The style of the painting is different from the bloody and horrific works in the gallery of death paintings.
There is no blood mass on the screen, only the boundless dark blue plunges into darkness, and in the center of the dark blue is the wreckage of a cruise ship that has been cut into two halves.
The water plants spread wildly along the mottled hull, and the logo of the "Dusk" can be vaguely seen on the side of the ship, mooring forever barren and lonely on the seabed...
"So... Was the Dusk shipwrecked back then?" The red hair muttered to himself, his voice tense because of fear.
No one present could answer his question accurately, it should be said that this question does not need to be answered.
The truth is in the painting before us.
"Look, there's a line behind the painting!"
The big wave brought the lighter closer, and everyone rushed over to look at it immediately. Ye Chang calmly stood beside Chi Nan, trying not to let others touch his body.
"Dear guests, now you have two choices, wait for the storm at sea like hell, or sleep forever in the beautiful dream I prepared for you."
Da Wave softly read the handwriting on the back of the painting, his voice getting lower and lower, "She asked us to make our own choices."
"What's the meaning?"
"Either die in a shipwreck, or never wake up from a dream and become part of the Dusk, obviously." Big Wave said helplessly, and irritated, he lit a cigarette.
"Fuck, how do people choose this?!" Dark Tea became uneasy, looking at Ye Chang next to him, asking questions and talking to himself, "What do you think we should do..."
Ye Chang was silent for a moment, then pushed his glasses: "I listen to Brother Nan."
So the question was thrown before Chi Nan.
He looked at the painting thoughtfully: "I don't think you need to choose, the answer is obvious."
"Huh??" Black Tea was stunned again.
Chi Nan looked at him strangely: "Didn't we come here to find paintings, remind the captain of his own fears, and then use the features of Twilight's figurative fears to break dreams?"
The redhead pointed to the painting, his fingers trembling: "...But then the ship will be sunk by the storm, and we will all be drowned in the sea!"
Because of fear, he unconsciously raised his voice, and the moment the voice fell, the lounge fell into dead silence.
The two paths seem to be dead ends, one is a violent death, the other is a slow death, it depends on which kind of death the guests prefer...
Everyone who had finally ignited hope, now their hope has been shattered, and they have fallen into an unprecedented silence of despair.
"But this is the old captain's fear, and it's just his dream." Chi Nan's calmness seemed a little out of place.
Da Wave's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Yes! The sinking of the ship is his dream! If we die in someone else's dream, it shouldn't be really dead!"
Seeing the remaining people, she was still a little confused, and continued to explain, "I chose to let the captain recall the fear, and it was his dream that embodied it, so even if the ship sank, we would still die in his dream, not the so-called 'reality', This should be the key to breaking the dream and the answer to this dream copy."
After her explanation, everyone understood at once.
If they want to escape from the "Twilight Cruise", they must first die and then live, and experience everything that the old captain went through.
If the ship doesn't sink, they will be greeted by a never-ending dream, and they will also become part of the Dusk, like the ghosts who died at sea in the mouth of the old captain, trapped in the sea forever and unable to go ashore.
The answer couldn't be more obvious.
"Let's go, time is running out."
The setting sun has been engulfed by the sea horizon, and darkness has completely descended.
The big wave picked up the painting neatly, and the group walked quickly to the deck following the faint light.
The promenade from the captain's lounge to the main deck is usually only a five-minute walk, but perhaps because of the darkness, or perhaps because of the tension in the air, this corridor seems to have no end, stretching indefinitely in the swaying waves...
It was so quiet that only each other's breathing and heartbeat remained.
"Don't go away, everyone, just follow."
As if to break the terrifying silence, the big wave urged, "Check the people around you to see if there are any, it is best to hold them."
"Wait a minute! Ah Qing is gone!" Hei Cha, who was walking at the back of the line, suddenly said, "She was next to me just now!"
Because Ah Qing is a little girl, straight black tea is too embarrassed to hold someone's hand, so he can only confirm with his eyes from time to time, but in the blink of an eye, the little girl disappeared from his side!
"Aqing! Aqing!"
Although they were in a hurry, everyone stopped and called out Ah Qing's name in the narrow and long corridor.
"That! She's there..." It was the red-haired girl who first noticed the shadow of the little girl in the dark. It was lit by a faint light and slanted on the red carpet. "Aqing? Who are you talking to?"
"Aqing? Who's there?"
The people who were approaching the shadow suddenly stopped, because they found that Ah Qing, who was standing there alone, seemed to be talking to herself, and from time to time she made giggling and giggling sounds, very light, so light that it was creepy.
And Ah Qing turned her back to them, as if stunned, motionless.
Quietly staring at somewhere in the void and talking to it.
"Aqing?" Da Wave walked over and patted Aqing on the shoulder gently behind her, "What's wrong with you?"
A Qing's body trembled suddenly, and she turned her head in a trance to look at the horrified people: "I... I saw A Yu and A Xue just now."
It's fine if she doesn't speak, but when she speaks, everyone feels even more terrified...
The big wave looked in the direction of her eyes just now. There was nothing but darkness. She took a deep breath and took Ah Qing's hand: "Let's go, you are wrong."
The moment she held hands, she felt the warmth of a living person on Ah Qing, and she was relieved.
"We're running out of time, hurry up." Seeing Ah Qing reluctantly looking back, the big waves pulled the little girl away with more force, "Don't be confused by what's in front of you."
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and you don't dare to say a word.
After leaving, Hei Cha lowered his voice and asked Chi Nan, "What happened just now, it's terrifying..."
"It's getting dark, something is about to move." Chi Nan said.
Hei Cha: "..." He shuddered violently.
Big wave: "It should be that as the night falls, we are gradually assimilated by this ship and become a part of it, so we can see some things that we couldn't see before."
Such as the people who died on the ship, such as those souls who were trapped forever... But even if she was as bold as her, she still didn't have the courage to say it directly.
"Sister, can I stay?"
Ah Qing was walking, suddenly stopped, and looked back at the darkness where there was nothing.
That's where she stopped just now, as if something was standing there waiting for her and calling her.
"I hurt A Xue and A Yu in my dream. Actually, I was very sad. I wanted to stay with them." A Qing whispered, but her voice was unusually calm.
Da Wave was anxious: "Don't talk nonsense, what you saw in your dream is not really A Yu and A Xue, how can you say that you hurt them?"
"Sister, thank you," Ah Qing smiled a little sadly, "but they are calling me."
"They're waiting for me..."
Big Wave: "… "
"I and they were never born together, it seems to be destined for a lifetime, and now it's just me..." She smiled apologetically again, looking very embarrassed, "I...probably can't do it by myself. survive."
Everyone was silent for a while, and Da Wave finally let go of Ah Qing's hand and turned his head away without looking at her: "Then yourself, be careful."
"Okay, thank you sister." Ah Qing smiled and walked happily into the depths of the darkness.
"be careful."
"You too."
Seeing that the little girl made her own choice, the big wave head sighed without looking back, and then cheered up again and said, "Let's go."
On the deck, the sea horizon had sunk into darkness, the originally pleasant sea breeze had disappeared, and the Dusk, including the entire sea, seemed to be forced to stand still.
There was no wind and no waves, only the silent and boundless darkness spread.
The old captain who was tied to the guardrail also stopped struggling. Although he was described as embarrassed, he still showed a gentleman's smile to the guests who came with bad intentions, as if he had been restarted: "Dear guests, soon, you will be able to enter thoroughly. Twilight's dreamland, and enjoy the wonderful sea journey of Twilight forever and ever."
"Thank you, but maybe we can't enjoy it anymore," Ye Changzhen put on a regretful expression and pouted, "because this ship is going to sink soon."
The old captain's expression stiffened for a moment, and the shadow of fear flashed through his eyes: "Sir, please don't talk nonsense, the Dusk is the greatest cruise ship in the world, I am her captain, there is absolutely nothing that can make me The guests and ships suffered these horrific things."
Ye Chang regretfully curved the corners of his lips: "Captain, please recall carefully and remember."
With that said, he took out the painting that had been hidden behind him, and went straight to the captain.
The big wave was afraid that the captain could not see clearly, so he lit the lighter and pointed at the painting, so that the other party could clearly see the content of the painting.
Broken and sunken ships, rusted hatches, floor-to-ceiling windows in banquet halls covered with seaweed and shellfish, schools of fish scurried through the deserted Dusk...
The captain's fear was magnified in the flickering firelight, and from his eyes, everyone could clearly see that something certain was disintegrating in an instant.
In an instant, the confidence, glory, and brilliance of being the captain of a ship all faded away, replaced by a bottomless despair in his eyes...
The captain was like someone who suddenly woke up from a nightmare, trembling uncontrollably, and whimpering silently from his throat...
The memory is too far away, so far away as if he had deliberately erased it.
But the pain broke ground little by little with the recovery of memory, and spread wildly in his soul... The beauty and peace he had built for himself for a long time completely collapsed.
The Dusk, as early as a hundred years ago, was hit by a huge storm and sank forever in the sea.
Together with thousands of guests and hundreds of staff on the ship, they were buried in the unknown depths of the sea, and there was no chance to reach the harbour and reunite with those they missed.
The old captain remembered the evening before the big storm. The sea was unusually calm, and a sunset hung above the horizon.
He looked from a distance and remembered the harbour in his hometown. It was very beautiful at sunset. The bell rang not far away, and flocks of seabirds passed over his head, and the red clouds dyed the whole harbour red...
It was a pity that he never had the chance again, and docked at sunset.
Souls were trapped at sea for a long time, he finally and his beloved Dusk, weaved a dream for the souls at sea.
As long as you board the Dusk, you will always sail on the way home at sunset...
A quiet and peaceful dream, a never-ending dream, although there is no way to really return home, although I have experienced endless fear and death along the way, but hope will last forever.
And this Twilight also feeds on the fear of sea travelers, as her driving force, when the "fear of nautical miles" is exhausted, the sun will sink into the horizon little by little...
The captain whimpered intermittently. Although everyone felt sorry and sympathetic for him, there was really not much time left for them. Soon, they would be completely assimilated by the never-ending dream and become many souls trapped at sea. one.
"What should I do? The captain's fear is fear, but he has no sign of falling asleep right now? Isn't the embodiment of fear realized through sleep...?"
The red hair was anxious, and it was no way to see the captain trembling in pain, and they couldn't get out of the nightmare.
Ye Chang rolled up his sleeves and clenched his fists: "This is easy."
How is this easy? Could a person who is extremely sad and frightened suddenly fall asleep
Just when everyone was extremely confused, Ye Chang said a "good dream" in the ear of the old captain, followed by a muffled 'dong', he raised his arm and hit the back of the old captain's neck with precision, the old captain's body subconsciously. She shivered, rolled her eyes, and lost consciousness...
"Let him faint."
Ye Chang wiped the hand he hit just now and smiled politely at Chi Nan, like a child who got perfect marks and wanted to be praised by his brother...