June is here. As time went by, Xia Ri's footsteps began to approach. In 2011, half of the past is finally over. The distance from 2012 is getting closer and closer, and many rumors of the end of the world are also rampant. But for the residents of the apartment, whether they can step into 2012, the legendary last year of mankind, is also a big question.
The resident of Room 2001, Roland Anterson, was currently studying the recent scarlet records. And opposite him, there were two people sitting, those two were Huangfu He and Shen Gu Sayoko.
There are three people Roland can talk to the most in this apartment. The first is Kate Lubien, a resident of Room 802 who is also an American resident. Clothes made of high-quality fabrics, her buttocks always twist and turn when she walks, and she was secretly scolded by some residents as shameless. Kate's appearance is actually average, but her figure is excellent. Relying on this inherent advantage, she and Roland have many exchanges. , were all performed on the bed, which is why Roland put her first; the second was Kamiya Sayoko, and Roland found that many of Sayoko's personalities appealed to him. The original shadow experiment was that he and Sayoko were in Li It was carried out with implicit consent; the third one is Huangfuhe. As a researcher of supernatural phenomena, Roland is more concerned with the analysis of Western culture, such as divination by gypsies, the field of astrology, and medieval demons. culture, etc., while Huangfuhe mostly analyzes the phenomenon of ghosts based on ancient Chinese culture.
And when Roland and Huangfu He met, Xiao Yezi would definitely be there. Because, unlike Sayoko, Roland can speak fluent Chinese. This handsome Western man with beautiful blond hair also came to China for the first time, and entered the apartment, which can be said to be quite miserable.
Sayoko has a wide range of languages. Although she can speak six languages on the surface, she also has a little understanding of Spanish and Latin. In addition to her native Japanese, she is most fluent in Chinese and English, followed by French and Latin. German. At only 21 years old, she already has such a strong language learning ability, which is one of the reasons why Roland admires her quite a bit. Roland himself can only speak a little French besides English.
"There are two fragments of the Hell Contract." Huangfu He interlocked his fingers and said to Roland, "Mr. Anterson, by this time, I hope you can understand, right? The competition for the Hell Contract is just around the corner. "
Xiao Yezi translated this sentence into English and said it to Roland, and the latter hesitated for a while before saying, "I haven't performed the bloody word yet, but I think it will be soon."
Speaking of this, he picked up a blood character analysis form that was printed out at yesterday's blood character meeting on the table, and said: "At yesterday's blood character analysis meeting, many people proposed multiple ways of life for the recent blood character." Answer. It seems that the wisdom of the residents really cannot be underestimated."
"Unfortunately, many rebirth paths cannot be verified."
Speaking of this, Huangfu He still looked worried.
Residents, every day, are spending such days. Living up to the present, many residents have survived by relying on their strong psychological quality. Those who cannot support themselves are either deceiving themselves and fleeing the apartment to be killed by a curse, or committing suicide to escape this terrible fate. The surviving residents now accept the idealistic existence of the apartment, and try to explain it from the perspective of supernatural phenomena.
However, at this moment Roland put forward a different opinion.
"What do you think 'supernatural' is?"
After Xiao Yezi translated this sentence, Huangfu He held his chin, seemed to think for a while, and then replied: "It's really an interesting question. Supernatural is generally a general term for supernatural phenomena such as ghosts, curses, and possession."
"No matter what era, there will always be people who are fascinated by supernatural phenomena." Roland said leisurely: "If you put it together, it is a sense of rebellion against the world framed by science. People are often fascinated by mysterious phenomena and unknown things. With strong curiosity and exploration, but more, it is a pleasure to break the inherent cognition. However, in the process, people feel fear and confusion about unknown phenomena. The confusion itself is exactly It is a great contradiction. Longing for the unknown but fearing the unknown is exactly the same as the emergence of supernatural beings.”
"Appreciate further details."
"Take the Middle Ages as an example. In that chaotic era, the supernatural often produced chaos and disasters. The spread of the Black Death gave birth to legends of werewolves, vampires, witches, and demons. These are non-existent in the eyes of modern science. It exists. But... isn’t the birth of this phenomenon just a concrete manifestation of the unknown fear of the Black Death?”
"Concrete?"
"It's the same as ghosts. The unknown of death, the fear of death, and the fear of the afterlife give rise to the image of hell and ghosts. Regardless of the East and the West, ghosts in legends often appear in hideous and terrifying images. Of course, in In the West, things related to ghosts often have religious elements, while in the East they are more related to folk tales and legends. The fear of the unknown itself is the most terrifying element of ghosts."
"That's right." After listening to Xiao Yezi's translation, Huangfu agreed, "Eastern ghost legends, such as "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", contain many terrifying and eerie ghosts. Ghosts are often created by villains. Because of its unknown horror, it drags people into the abyss of fear. The existence that returns from the unknown world of death, the existence that fully expresses people's potential fear, has become synonymous with 'horror'."
"Yes, so, horror literature is often synonymous with ghost literature. Many horror novels often contain ghosts, and ghosts in horror novels are often life-threatening and desperate existences. Regardless of the East and the West, horror Ghosts in literature, such as werewolves, vampires, or eastern fox demons and female ghosts, are often not physically harmable. The West can use silver bullets to eliminate werewolves, use crosses to kill vampires, and the East can use Taoism to kill evil spirits. However, it is impossible to kill ghosts with physical bodies and normal weapons. What's more, in some literature that exaggerates horror and incomprehension, the ability of ghosts is infinitely expanded, and it becomes... a true spiritual existence that is immortal and immortal .”
Xiao Yezi continued to translate this passage without changing his expression. After listening to it, Huangfuhe said thoughtfully, "You mean... like a real demon?"
"You can say that."
"It sounds like the source of instructions written in blood. Specially starting from human beings' fear of the unknown, mystery and confusion, darkness and despair, idealism and immortality... Only the way of life arranged by the apartment can be like a 'silver bullet' ', the 'cross' generally restrains the ghosts. But that's all, the residents have no way to use other methods to cause the slightest harm to the ghosts."
"Yes. This apartment itself is such an idealistic existence. Ghosts are born out of human beings' fear of the unknown and blindness to despair. They are the same existence as devils and hell. And I have no doubts about supernatural beings. The same is true for the cognition of phenomena, which is not so much a ghost as a phenomenon of the mind.”
"Psychological... phenomenon? But, those ghosts really exist!"
"Rather than talking about existence, it is better to say that it exists for us. The apartment itself is an ideal existence. Even people's memory and cognition can be modified, and even the traces of people who have existed can be eliminated. Then, you Do you think the boundary between 'existence' and 'non-existence' is still very clear? My understanding of this apartment is that it is the product of the fear that is bred in the human heart. There is no real master. For this world, it is a The fear, confusion, and unknown are generated through the form of blood instructions, and only through ten blood letters can self-salvation be achieved."
"Self-salvation? That sounds really like a Western expression. But I get a rough idea of what you mean. Because, like the human heart, the apartment itself is a combination of contradictions. On the one hand let us execute the blood of despair. , but it also gives us a glimmer of life, as if it is a contradiction between a person and the unknown. And the devil-level blood-letter instruction is the direct manifestation of a person's inner demons, and obtains the only life by interrogating one's own soul, right? Maybe it's what you Westerners call 'original sin'?"
Roland leaned his head on the sofa when he heard this. Huangfuhe's words hit his heart.
Original sin, is the true face of the devil
If so, what is the hell contract? Trade hell for a chance at redemption? Or, at what cost
Whether the apartment was really born from the human heart itself is just Roland's guess. No, not even a guess, but an alternative interpretation of the apartment.
Fear because of the unknown, fear even more because of fear, and the cycle continues indefinitely. Ten bloody words, in the end, only those who can face the unknown firmly and calmly remain.
Mima is such a person.
On the second day, Huangfuhe went out of the door for a rare time. After entering the apartment, Huangfu He seldom went out, but today, he went out very unexpectedly.
Today is June 4th.
At noon, Huangfuhe got off the bus at the commercial street in Baiyan District. This is also the most prosperous area in K city. He walked silently on the street, and not long after, he saw the entrance of a certain western restaurant.
Huangfuhe opened the door and walked into this western restaurant, after a quick scan, he found a woman with curly hair and a black western dress sitting in the middle of the restaurant.
He walked up to the woman.
"Long time no see, Xuezhen."
The woman in the black dress raised her head to look at Huangfu He's unparalleled handsome face, her facial features were so delicate that they could be compared with the top movie stars, and thus attracted the attention of countless women in the restaurant. In comparison, although the woman's looks were considered above average, she was obviously not commensurate with Huangfuhe's beauty.
"Indeed, it's been a long time. Don't stand, sit down."
Huangfuhe pulled out the chair and sat down slowly.
"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to contact me." Huangfuhe's expression was obviously surprised. After he sat down, he said eagerly: "What do you want to tell me? I should have told you back then to prove my mother's integrity." Before I was wronged, I would not take the initiative to show myself in front of you."
"Yes, you said so, so this is what I called you."
"you… "
The woman in front of her was the object of Huangfuhe's mother, Sun Xindie, who originally planned to remarry, Lian Tianxiang's daughter, Lian Xuezhen.
"Actually, in recent years, I have thought a lot. I was too impulsive back then," Xue Zhen said slowly: "Although I can't say that your mother was wronged, I do feel that the case back then was not simple. Your mother As a weak woman, how did she kill so many people? Moreover, she did not have a motive for killing. This is what your mother’s lawyer argued for a long time. Later, when I was studying the case, some public opinion put forward a point of view That is... the verdict at that time had the taste of a media trial. At that time, the case attracted a lot of attention, and your mother always maintained that the murderer was a ghost, which was one of the reasons why the case attracted attention, because you After the mother’s psychiatric appraisal, she was considered to have full criminal capacity, and many media began to report that your mother was pretending to be crazy and trying to escape the trial. The trial was influenced by this kind of thinking. I later also thought that this statement made sense.”
"What did you say?"
"I haven't stopped thinking about this question in the past few years. Later, I inquired about your movements. You organized a group called the Prayer Society to study supernatural phenomena. At first I thought you were going to organize new religions, but it doesn't seem to be the case. In this way, you have neither teachings nor publicizing superstitions, and the most important thing is that the research itself is not profitable. So I know, you... must prove that what your mother said is true, right?"
Huangfu He didn't speak.
"You are really stubborn." Xuezhen sighed and said, "But, must we investigate from the supernatural angle? I don't believe in ghosts and gods. At least my dad can't die from some supernatural phenomenon. I am This kind of thing cannot be accepted.”
"Do you still think my mother is lying?"
"I don't know," Xue Zhen said, shaking his head desperately, "I don't know anything."
For a moment, the two people on both sides of the table fell into silence.
"Yes." Huangfuhe said in a very sure tone: "It does exist. I can assure you of this, Xuezhen."
"Why do you still say that!" Xuezhen immediately stood up and said angrily: "What's wrong with you? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"
"Believe it or not, it's up to you. But, there are."
"I thought you would become more mature in the past so many years, it seems that I was wishful thinking." Xue Zhen grabbed the tablecloth on the table, seemed to suppress her anger with difficulty, sat down again, and said: "Forget it, I I didn't call you out to argue with you. I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?"
"I want to work with you to re-investigate my father's death. I want to know what happened back then!"