Back in time not too long ago.
When Rong Qingman was sitting beside the bed and was about to fall asleep, he suddenly saw a blood-red scene behind the window that was opened for no reason.
It was just like another world. The next moment, when the uncomfortable gaze became extremely strong, a pair of huge black and white eyes suddenly appeared in the red world.
Rong Qingman was stunned on the spot, clearly facing such a danger, he should have taken out the props at this time, but for some reason, he couldn't move.
And the huge eyes were looking at the location of their room. When the cold eyes stared at him, Rong Qingman unknowingly felt that his back was soaked with cold sweat.
Fortunately, the eyes didn't stay for a long time, and they swept to the next room, as if looking for someone, and Rong Qingman was obviously not the one he was looking for, so he was just ignored.
Not long after, those eyes disappeared directly, and the fog covered the place where the eyes originally appeared.
"What the hell is going on here, what are those eyes? It's the sight we feel these days... Who is it looking for? If it finds that person, what will happen?"
Rong Qingman's face turned pale, he felt that his exploration in this villa for the past two days seemed to be of no use at this moment, and there was no mention of such a monster in this dungeon at all.
"Fortunately, this monster has no killing intent on passersby, otherwise I would definitely be in trouble."
Then he saw the position of the window frame, and immediately realized that the window had become a painting at some point.
"Is this the owner's painting? He actually has such an ability, it seems that he should be more careful."
A person like Rong Qingman who was about to enter an advanced dungeon certainly wouldn't back down because of this. He immediately got up and walked to the window to take a closer look, but the moment he took a step, he suddenly felt a dizzy feeling in his mind. The body seems to be out of its own control.
Even in the next instant, the ghost of the copy that was originally suppressed by him suddenly appeared.
"Damn, this portrait actually..."
To know the will of someone who can control his strength, that is not something that ordinary ghosts can do, at least it is an existence above high-level ghosts!
This intermediate dungeon is really not easy, and there will be ghosts at the level of ghost kings...
Under that strong bewitching force, Rong Qingman no longer had any extra energy to think about other things. All he had in his eyes was the painting in front of him, and all he thought about was entering that world.
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Rong Qingman woke up, but he couldn't remember exactly what he saw by the window before he fell into a coma. That memory seemed to disappear out of thin air. But he suddenly remembered that when he couldn't control his body, the good man Sun Shi came to save him.
He suddenly widened his eyes, and when he saw two shadows in the room, he remembered what happened before, and suddenly sat up, "Sun Shi, hurry up—"
Before he finished speaking, Rong Qingman saw Gu Wuji sitting there like a big boss, and a ghost who looked like a humble little brother kneeling in front of him.
Rong Qingman: "..."
Rong Qingman: "??"
This picture simply subverted Rong Qingman's imagination. In his sense, this Sun Shi is the kind of person who, although he is stronger than ordinary players, is still a little stronger, so he is only slightly qualified to have a conversation with him.
But now the reality hit him hard in the face. Rong Qingman never thought that he would still be rescued by careless in such a situation. The other party restrained the ghost with ease.
Rong Qingman looked at the position of the window again, and found that the blood-red color outside the window suddenly disappeared, and the yin qi that had spread into the house also dissipated, and everything returned to its usual appearance. Just a dark villa.
"It's great that you're all right." Gu Wuji was halfway through questioning the ghost, and when he heard the movement, he immediately turned his head to look over, "I was really scared to death before, I thought you were going to jump off the building."
Rong Qingman couldn't help blushing because he felt embarrassed. He usually dragged himself in front of others... As a result, such a shameful thing happened.
In fact, it seems that Sun Shi's strength may be stronger than him! The other party could not be shaken by the bewitchment of the portrait, and even more easily restrained the ghost. And saved his life! What right does he have to be presumptuous in front of each other.
Rong Qingman sighed, his attitude was a huge change from before, and said to Gu Wuji: "Thank you very much for your help, I don't know how to repay."
"No need, you'll be fine." Gu Wuji remembered his previous dream when he heard the word repayment, and immediately pulled out a friendly smile and looked at Rong Qingman. He didn't even think about asking for help when he helped who will repay themselves.
Rong Qingman was even more ashamed. He had humiliated other players in various ways before, thinking that these people should wait to die because of their poor strength, and it would take time to save people... If others were such a person who did not care, he would have long ago died.
"No, I will definitely thank you." Rong Qingman said, and then looked at the ghost in front of Gu Wuji with hatred, his eyes were full of cold killing intent, "This damn ghost actually took the opportunity to attack me. ... It seems that it should end you here."
The ghost was immediately frightened by Rong Qingman and shivered, but it was really afraid of doing nothing and could only stiffen in the middle.
"Speaking of which, can these ghosts still be killed?" Gu Wuji looked at Rong Qingman in surprise.
"Although they are already dead, they can still use special methods to make their souls fly away... Or let more powerful ghosts swallow them." Rong Qingman immediately explained things that would never be easily revealed in the past, Said: "Although I can't completely dissipate them, it is still easy to weaken the power and attract other ghosts."
Gu Wuji nodded and said again: "But I am a peace-loving person. You should not do such a thing to this ghost. Besides, it still has something to explain."
The ghost on the ground felt grateful. But I really want to complain about being careless, just by looking at the kitchen knife, I can't see the slightest love for peace, and the words after that are full of danger!
At this time, Rong Qingman was already looking at Gu Wuji with eyes full of filters, and he was immediately moved. In the past, what he thought was useless Gu Wuji's kind behavior, at this time, it was like sparkling.
"You're right, then of course I won't do anything to it again." After speaking, Rong Qingman stared coldly at the ghost on the ground again, "You've recovered a dog's life, if you do anything else , I will never forgive you."
The ghost can only keep nodding, no matter what it thinks, now it can only do so in the face of these two terrifying living people.
Gu Wuji looked at the ghost on the ground again, "You haven't told me how to complete that painting."
The ghost said: "Of course, it is only by sacrificing the soul of the model with the perfect face that the studio owner thinks into the portrait, in order to complete the painting. Of course, it is very difficult to find such a person, so now we are all retreating. Second, find suitable parts from the faces of a large number of souls to fill in the portraits."
Then it looked at Gu Wuji a few more times, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Gu Wuji's face was in line with the owner's requirements.
Gu Wuji frowned and asked, "Is there no other way?"
At this time, Gu Wuji was fine. Rong Qingman stared at him next to him with eyes that were more terrifying than ghosts, "Don't you mean to ask Sun Shi to sacrifice himself?"
"How could such a thing happen!!" The ghost almost cried, but this time it said honestly, "I really don't know!"
"It doesn't seem like it's lying." Rong Qingman is quite sensitive in this regard. The reason why he overturned the car before was because he accidentally encountered the portrait, otherwise the ghost would definitely be suppressed by it all the time.
After that, Gu Wuji couldn't figure out what to ask. Suddenly, two ghosts who had been pretending to be dead appeared on his body.
Rong Qingman's face was not very good-looking. Could it be that these three ghosts thought this room was for them to communicate with each other? If it weren't for Gu Wuji's indifferent look, he would definitely not be able to bear it.
When the ghost on the ground saw the male ghost on Gu Wuji's body, it immediately showed surprise, and quickly said to Gu Wuji: "He is actually here with you... If it was him, he would definitely know more about this. Something about the master of the studio."
The ghost on Gu Wuji's body immediately shook his head, his face still dazed and somewhat painful, "...I have no memory, I can't remember it at all."
Rong Qingman looked coldly at the ghost on the ground, "Are you serious?"
The ghost on the ground was frightened to death, and quickly said: "It's true! Although I don't remember very well... But this guy will definitely know something, if not, you can try to stimulate him!"
Gu Wuji looked at the ghost possessing him, and picked up the kitchen knife inadvertently, "How are you feeling now?"
"I think I'm tired, I'd better rest first." The ghost on him immediately retracted.
It's not that these two ghosts don't know what's going on outside. Their impression of Gu Wuji has also changed dramatically... The previous impression of a pure, kind and beautiful man with no power to bind chickens will never come back.
The female ghost shook her head, and her body subconsciously moved a bit away from Gu Wuji's hand. How could a terrifying ghost like her ever be afraid of anyone! But thinking of the other party's previous ability to quickly bind the ghost in front of her, she couldn't help but feel a little scalp.
"It seems that because of some relationship, it has far less memory of the past than us... Also, let's take it slowly."
"Then let's go to bed first." Gu Wuji thought he wasn't the kind of person who forced ghosts, so if he couldn't, then forget it.
Although the amazing thing happened when he was sleeping before, Gu Wuji insisted that he couldn't sleep without sleep. Otherwise, how can I get up tomorrow to continue the copy in the spirit.
What's more, the boss of the first instance wouldn't be idle enough to find him twice in one night.
The ghosts on the ground feel strongly dissatisfied, so why don't these ghosts need to be questioned? But it knew it was its own problem, so it sighed and continued to be tied by the rope.
Rong Qingman put the ghost away and felt exhausted. This time he saw Gu Wuji falling asleep at the speed of light, and he didn't complain like he did before, but he felt Gu Wuji's psychological quality.
"I thought I was going to become a high-level player, and I must be the most powerful in this group, but now it seems that I am a little far behind." Rong Qingman said this, and arranged several props in the house , to ensure that you can remind yourself at the first time when danger occurs, and then fall asleep.
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The weather is not very good today, it is very dark even in the daytime.
Gu Wuji was still lying on the bed when he was suddenly awakened by screams from the corridor.
"What's the matter?" Gu Wuji couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and slowly climbed out of bed.
"I don't know either." Rong Qingman shook his head, he just woke up.
After the door was opened, Gu Wuji and Rong Qingman finally knew what was going on.
The paintings that originally hung on the wall, representing the progress of the previous studio members, have now disappeared. Instead, there are paintings drawn by the players themselves yesterday.
After a night of these paintings, the terrifying degree has not diminished in the slightest, and it makes people feel that their spirits have been polluted when they look at them.
There were even players who were overwhelmed and wanted to rush up to tear up the painting, but finally calmed down forcibly.
"What's going on here, who brought these paintings up!"
"Are these paintings really okay? I always feel like some monsters will appear in them."
No one dared to stare at the paintings for too long, and they all went downstairs, just wanting to pretend that nothing happened.
Gu Wuji looked at the wall and found that his portrait was not here... But also, his painting and these paintings are obviously not the same style.
He couldn't help but observe other paintings around him at close range. Although these paintings were very weird and terrifying, they were nothing to Gu Wuji. Anyway, he had seen so many ghosts. These are just portraits of corpses again. .
"Wait." Gu Wuji suddenly realized something, reached out and pressed the portrait in front of him, "This is..."
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After going downstairs, everyone was absent-mindedly eating breakfast, and their spirits were sluggish.
Although they didn't encounter the window turning into a painting last night, they also felt a strong sight, and they couldn't sleep at ease. When they woke up, they saw those terrible paintings again, and their psychology was greatly stimulated.
Although nothing happened last night, and there are still six players left in this dungeon, the situation is still not optimistic.
They have all realized that the situation in this dungeon has become worse and worse. If they can't think of a way to leave, they may not survive today.
Among these people, the middle-aged man is still calm, it is better to say that he is eating food in a very normal state.
In the information he learned, today's task is still very calm, but after the painting is finished, the dungeon will change, and ghosts will appear to fight the player one after another.
And as long as he escapes at that time, there is no difficulty at all.
"Last night..." The red-haired attendant next to him looked like he was hesitating to speak. He tried to speak several times, but was interrupted by the middle-aged man.
"It's just a small matter. It's good that people don't die. Do you still want to sleep for a night with such a copy?"
"That's right." Hong Mao had no choice but to nod, but his expression was still subtle.
After the meal was over, everyone was still not mentally prepared, and sat in their positions with pale faces, just wanting to delay for a while.
Gu Wuji suddenly said: "Rong Qingman, can you walk with me in the villa? I suddenly felt that I just ate a little too much and wanted to digest it."
Everyone was shocked when they heard his words.
Then they were even more shocked to see that Rong Qingman, who was still struggling a few days ago, seemed to be a different person at this time. honor."
If other people thought yesterday that Rong Qingman was suspected of becoming gay. Today they feel that Rong Qingman is already gay.
"It's terrifying!"
Seeing Gu Wuji and Rong Qingman walking around the house, the red-haired attendant whispered to the middle-aged man, "Is it okay to leave them alone?"
"What's wrong with this, it's just two gay guys." The middle-aged man couldn't help sneering. He thought that these two players were so good... In the end, it was just two people who couldn't find any clues and gave up on themselves. It's just a person who started to build a foundation, and it's not worthy of his attention at all.
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Everyone came to the studio together and quietly waited for the system to announce today's task - even if they had already guessed what the task was.
[Congratulations to all players who have completed yesterday's main quest. ]
[Trigger the new main quest: Before zero, draw a painting worth one million yuan. ]
Even if the result was the same as everyone guessed, they couldn't help shuddering when they heard it.
Although it is said that as long as the ghost on the painting can be possessed, such a goal is not impossible. But thinking of their weird state and the terrifying paintings they painted yesterday, they couldn't start for a while.
"What the hell is going on! We don't know how to get out of this dungeon yet..."
"This main quest seems to have no end! If you ask us to draw 100 million next time, who can draw it!"
Although everyone didn't want to do it at all, under the request of the main quest, they could only bite the bullet and pick up the brush.
At the moment of holding it, the eyes of these players became slightly dull, but the movements were smooth, fast to an abnormal level.
Not long after, the only female player present screamed. She looked at the portrait in horror, "Help, help! It's going to pull me in!!"
Her screams even woke the other players up, and everyone looked at them, startled by the sight in front of them.
The Specter in the portrait actually stretched out his hand and was about to pull the female player in with a grin.
This terrifying picture made other people dare not even move, their bodies were stiff and they didn't know what to do, but when they looked at Li Gui's face, they all felt a bit of a sense of disobedience.
Only the man who was once the boyfriend of the female player turned pale, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.
At this critical juncture, Gu Wuji rushed up, held down the drawing board in front of the female player, and snapped it off with a neat movement.
As the drawing board was broken, the Specter above looked at Gu Wuji with resentment, and his figure dissipated. The female player fell to the ground, sobbing in fright.
Gu Wuji's series of actions were so fast that no one else had time to react.
Now that the drawing board is broken, the female player is obviously unable to complete the main quest, but no one came out to scold Gu Wuji for this... It is better to say that they are a little envious of this female player, and they can simply get rid of this quest. They don't want to draw it themselves, but they have to draw it for the main mission.
"You don't have to draw anymore." Gu Wuji said lightly: "If you continue this main quest, you will only die. If you want to survive, you can't draw!"
Rong Qingman didn't start painting at all. Although he didn't know the basis for Gu Wuji, he also had a faint feeling like this... Not to mention, Gu Wuji is a kind-hearted person. Will it hurt him
The other four remaining players were the original couple, as well as the middle-aged man and his younger brother.
The male player in the couple's face was ugly, "How do you know this kind of thing? This is the main quest, if we don't complete it, we will die tonight!"
"What happened to her is not accidental. If you finish painting now, you will die soon." Gu Wuji said, his attitude was very calm, but it made people want to believe it subconsciously.
The middle-aged man's younger brother couldn't help but stop painting when he heard this, only the middle-aged man next to him didn't take it seriously and continued to paint.
"Everyone must have felt it faintly. The ghosts in this painting will occupy your bodies. As for the portraits, I observed them when I was upstairs before, and these portraits were all attached to parts of the ghosts... At the same time, their faces were actually Similar to you all."
But because these people didn't have the courage to face these terrible paintings before, so they chose to escape, so they couldn't find it.
"What?!" Everyone's faces were hard to look at, and the faces on the weird portrait were actually similar to theirs, which made people feel hairy when they heard it.
"While these ghosts paint with the player's body, they will also engrave the player's information in their minds. When the player can draw more valuable paintings, they can only entrust their bodies to the ghosts. Presumably, here After the painting is completed, the player will be trapped in the portrait, but the ghosts can use your body to get out of here."
"Take a closer look. The portraits you paint now are simply self-portraits."
With Gu Wuji's voice, the male player seemed to be afraid, as if he had just realized what he was drawing, and suddenly threw away the painting tools in his hand, "That's right... I see, the face of that Specter just now is not at all. It's exactly the same as Xiaojing…”
"How could it be..." Xiao Jing's face was frightened for a while, and she looked at Gu Wuji with gratitude.
The middle-aged man's valet also took down the brush tremblingly at this time, not daring to draw another stroke.
Then something even more startling happened. These portraits that no one was painting were starting to fill in, and it was still at an extremely fast speed, as if they were about to be completed.
In the real world, I don't know how many painters would want this to happen. But at this time in this copy, this kind of thing is no different from a horror movie.
The red-haired attendant was drenched in cold sweat, and suddenly remembered what Gu Wuji had done before. He took the drawing board and wanted to break it, but he was surprised to find that the drawing board was extremely hard, like a large stone. It was not his own strength to break it. arrived.
"How on earth did Sun Shi do it..."
He was about to break out in a cold sweat, and even the Specter in the portrait was about to emerge in the next moment, and the red-haired attendant was so frightened that he threw the drawing board away.
At this time, a hand stretched out and directly picked up the drawing board, and then easily broke the drawing board. The red-haired attendant was stunned, wondering how strong he was.
"Are you okay?" Gu Wuji looked at the red-haired attendant. There was already Rong Qingman on the male player's side to help, so he would not intervene. Although Rong Qingman was very reluctant to save a stranger, since it was something he had no intention of explaining, he would try to do it.
"Thank you, Brother Sun!" The red-haired follower was so moved that he nodded again and again, and then said to Gu Wuji, "Hurry up and save the big brother, he is still painting!"
The middle-aged man sneered, "Don't come here. You break the drawing board and seek death yourself, but I still have to complete the main task."
Gu Wuji advised: "If you continue like this, the ghost in this painting will devour you."
Although he wants to save people, if the other party already knows about it and is really unwilling, Gu Wuji also respects their choice.
"Yeah, brother, just listen to what Brother Sun has to say!" The red-haired follower shuddered a little when he thought of the incident that he was almost caught by the Specter, and quickly said, "What he said must be true!"
"What do you know." The middle-aged man said: "You people have been possessed by ghosts from the beginning, and now they will naturally be swallowed up. But I have restrained this ghost from the beginning, and it will only be used by me. , it is impossible to go against my will."
Gu Wuji was a little surprised, "It seems you know a lot."
"Anyway, you're all dying, so I'll just say it." The middle-aged man said proudly, "Before I entered this dungeon, I got the information of this dungeon from the advanced players... I know exactly what will happen here. .You people who destroyed the drawing board will be chased to the ends of the earth by those ghosts, and after I complete the main quest, I just need to hide!"
Gu Wuji: "... Sure enough, I have had a vague hunch from the past." After all, this middle-aged man's behavior has been wrong since before.
"Even if you regret it, it's too late." The middle-aged man said, the brush in his hand did not stagnate in the slightest, and a painting was only a few strokes away, which made him even more proud, "After you are all gone, I can easily Clear this dungeon loosely."
"I'm afraid your wish will not be fulfilled." Gu Wuji shook his head and sighed, "You have been deceived."
"You can only comfort yourself like this—"
Before the middle-aged man could finish his words, the expression on his face became extremely terrified. He had already seen the Specter who crawled out of the portrait that was close at hand and had the same appearance as himself.