On that day, the horror movies they watched were "Death in Human Form", "Shadow Demon", "Sly Eye", "Death Ringtone", "The Descendant", "Butterfly Transformation" and "Bottomless Well" .
After listening to their memories and confirming that they were correct, Ah Jing raised a question.
"How long did you stay at Tu Bingzong's house that day?"
And Yuanxiu remembered that when she arrived at Bingzong's house, it was about five o'clock, and it was about eight o'clock when she left. Not long after they arrived, "Death and Human Form" started playing. Assuming that it was 5:10 at that time, it would take less than three hours from the first movie to the end of the seventh movie.
After thinking about it like this, even she herself felt incredible. I didn't pay attention to this problem at all at the time, but now that I think about it... can I watch seven movies played at normal speed in three hours
Although "Shadow Demon" ended halfway through, she recalled carefully that the playing time of each movie was about one and a half hours, and there was no fast-forward during the playback. In fifteen minutes, it would take nine hours plus forty-five minutes to finish watching these seven volumes, which is almost half a day. How could it be possible to finish reading in three hours
And the strange thing is that when she started watching the movie, she never once thought about looking at her watch, and she didn't feel that the time passed very long, it seemed that it was indeed three hours.
Ah Jing has always been a very strict person, so she immediately logged on to the official websites of the seven movies to check the specific lengths. Moreover, she has also considered the question of whether there is any deletion of clips. These seven movies are all horror films, and it is normal to have deletions. Now some movies also have director’s cut versions, extended versions, etc., because those discs also have They were burned as relics, so they can only rely on their memories to identify them one by one.
Finally, to determine the correct playing time of these seven movies, no matter how short it is, it cannot be less than eight hours.
"Are you sure it was eight o'clock when you left?" Ah Jing asked Yuan Xiu just to be cautious. And Zili also replied that he remembered looking at his watch when he left, and it was indeed eight o'clock. And there is another piece of evidence, that is, when Yuanxiu came home, it was nine o'clock, and when he turned on the TV, it happened to be the evening news broadcast at nine o'clock every night, and there was an exact time mark on the top of the TV screen. The distance between her home and Bingzong's home and the means of transportation she chose at the time did take about an hour. in other words…
The nine of them actually spent three hours watching seven horror movies that would take at least eight hours to watch!
Besides, there is another problem.
There were nine people who gathered to watch the horror movie that day, eight if Bing Zong was excluded, and these eight people were all found by him. Although they talked that day, but because they were watching movies most of the time, they didn't talk too much about the other party's identity. Yuan Xiu couldn't remember how many people there were. The only ones she can recognize are Nan Rentian and Zhao Ji, and Han Ning and the other person, she can't find it. Although she still remembers Han Ning, she doesn't know her address. After Bingzong's death, his parents burned all his belongings in order not to see things and think about others. So to find out their identities, the only way is to go to their alma mater.
Because Ah Jing still needed to continue her research, she asked Run An to accompany Yuan Xiu and Zi Li back to their original university. In any case, to find the last person, after all, go to the student union to check the list of graduates of that year, there should be detailed information on it. Of course, if you move after graduation, it will be difficult to find again. Han Ning was on par with Zhong Zili in terms of taciturnity, so no one had her cell phone number.
However, Bing Zong's death had already been published in the newspaper, no matter what, he should come to the funeral, right? Or at least come to condolences. The same goes for the other person. Could it be that these two people don't like reading newspapers
Yuan Xiu was the former vice-chairman of the student union, and the current chairman also knew her back then, so she easily entered the storage room of the student files.
The current chairman took out the information of the year they graduated, opened it, and Yuanxiu quickly found out the specific information of Han Ning. Her home address was recorded on it, so she immediately recorded it in the phone. The next step is to find another person, but after looking at the photos of everyone in that year's class, both Yuan Xiu and Zili feel that that person is not in it.
"Have you all forgotten?" Run An simply asked, "At least remember the gender?"
"At that time, there were so many people gathered together. If it wasn't so different from ordinary people, no one would pay attention to that person." Yuan Xiu also began to think hard, but all the things that flashed in her mind were Bingzong, Zili and others. Feng Hui couldn't think of a strange face. Therefore, I don't even know if the other party is a man or a woman.
The current chairman simply let the three of them stay in the file room and went out by himself. After moving a chair and sitting down, Run An looked at the two of them thinking hard, and asked: "Hmm... Could it be that they are from the same class? Maybe they are from the same department. Maybe they are from different departments." , since none of you know that person, I don't think the possibility is small."
"Hmm... makes sense." Yuan Xiu began to look through the photos of graduates from other departments, and identified them one by one. However, looking at it, she and Zili kept shaking their heads. "Forget it...it's such a waste of time." Run An took the materials of the graduates of that year, quickly flipped through the first page, and quickly finished reading the whole book, and then said: "Actually, Ah Jing still missed the information. It’s a little bit, I only recently discovered the new ability of this ghost eye. As long as I have seen the image once, it can reappear from my mind at any time. When this person dies, his appearance and name will be revealed. It will match the memory saved in my mind, and then I will go to his address that I have memorized to find him. Then there will be no problem."
"Then... what if you don't see him in your mind?"
"That means he won't die, so there's nothing to worry about."
The next step is to find Han Ning.
Just when they were about to leave, Fenghui called Yuanxiu. He told Yuan Xiu the abnormal scene he saw last night, and he hoped to know the truth.
Yuanxiu asked for Run An's opinion with her eyes, and Run An gave her affirmative look, so she said, "Well... remember the address of the university we graduated from? Let's meet in the cafeteria here."
When the three of them came to the cafeteria, Yuanxiu sighed and said, "Unexpectedly, even Fenghui couldn't escape..."
"Since he can't escape, let's tell him," Run An thought back to the past few days, and the figures of those who would die next week appeared in his mind, and he found them through the line of Tu Bingzong. them. In fact, on the day Tu Bingzong died, he and Ah Jing stayed by his side all night, ready for any accidents.
But he died anyway.
Run An only now felt his own powerlessness. Before the curse of the Dawn Pavilion, he always thought that he lost to the speed of the god of death, but now in retrospect, this is also a kind of necessity. Even if he arrived in time at that time, he could not save Yan Ruixin, Yue Jie and Qiu Shunxuan. Because of his ghost eye ability, facing real ghosts, his ability is really negligible.
Ah Jing had a long talk with him on this issue yesterday.
"Frankly speaking, your current ghost eye ability is developing faster than I expected, but at the same time, the danger of ghosts and curses is also beyond my imagination... This may be the so-called Dao is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot high. .”
When Run An thought of this, he gritted his teeth with hatred. He has been tortured by those inexplicable curses for seven years. Could it be that he still has no way to fight against them
"First of all... don't expect your ghost eye ability to be greatly improved in a short period of time. The enhancement of any attribute skills in fantasy novels seems to be as simple as playing games, and it is simply made up. The ghost eye ability is actually the ghost in your body acting on your body It is very difficult to control ghosts with human ego. I can't help you improve in the short term. Even if there is a quick way, you will immediately become a ghost. But the current situation Next, forcefully transform you into a ghost, I don’t have the confidence to turn you back.” Run An knew that if he became a ghost himself, his ability would not be comparable to what it is now, but he was also full of fear about this. Imagining that one day I am no longer myself, but become a ghost in a living state, it is more chilling than death.
At this time, Feng Hui ran into the cafeteria, and saw Run An and the three of them at a glance. His speed was so fast that he was still out of breath when he walked over. After noticing Run An, he immediately asked, "Yuanxiu, is this gentleman..."
"Let me introduce you. You should also know him... He is Mr. Yi Runan, the original author of "Death and Human Form."
Hearing what Yuanxiu said, Fenghui immediately looked at Runan. Before, he was still imagining whether the author who could write such a novel was a gloomy person like his name, but Run An gave people the impression that he was a very gentle and decent man, and he didn't seem unapproachable people. But he still didn't understand, is Bingzong's death related to this author
Out of politeness, he still shook hands with Run An and said, "Mr. Yi, it's a pleasure to meet you. In fact, I just finished watching "Death from Human Shape" not long ago..."
In fact, part of the novel was adapted with reference to the plot where the parents were killed by three claw marks. Run An didn't intend to write that way at first, but then he thought that even if he didn't write that way, his parents would not be resurrected. At that time, he had just arrived in a new city, and various life problems were difficult to solve. Although he had rented a house, he couldn’t afford a computer at all. Make some money, so put this in the novel at the end, and specifically note the death of the parents in the prologue. After many readers found it on the Internet, they gradually became interested and developed a sense of reality for the novel.
Run An has always felt guilty for using the death of his parents to write novels to make money, so when he heard someone praise this novel, he felt extremely uncomfortable, so he immediately said: "No... nothing good... this novel..."
Fenghui then sat down and asked, "Well... Yuanxiu, what does Bingzong's death have to do with Mr. Yi?"
"It's a big deal." Run An replied, "Well...you don't need to ask them, I don't think they would be willing to recall the experience that day. In fact, it's normal if you didn't find out. The movie you watched that day, Is this the first time you've seen all of them?"
"Um... yes, I haven't watched horror movies since college. No, I haven't even watched movies. What does this mean? Bingzong's death has something to do with the movie that played that day?"
"First of all... I want to ask first..." Run An first mentioned: "I participated in the whole process of filming "Death from Human Shape", and I was also present during the post-editing, so I will take this movie as an example. Be clear about all the shots in it. That day, first a man was chased, and then in front of him, a headless ghost appeared crawling, right?"
"Yes, yes..."
Run An then told him an astonishing fact.
"That's impossible... At that time, it was filmed according to the plot of the novel, and no special effects were applied to the camera afterwards... The ghost played at that time... had a head!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Feng Hui almost fell off his chair.
He was completely stunned for a moment, and asked after a long thought: "Are you... Are you kidding me? Mr. Yi? We obviously saw a ghost-free head that day. At that time, the lights in the corridor were not particularly dim, and with the disc The pixels are also relatively clear... Moreover, I can still see blood protruding from the neck... Did the crew perform special effects processing without telling you? Or did you re-shoot a scene and sell it as another version?"
"Impossible. According to the contract I signed with the crew, I have the right to review all special effects, and I cannot add special effects at will. Otherwise, I will not sell the copyright to the crew. I can watch the whole process of editing. Clearly, that ghost does have a head, and I watched the whole movie when it was screened. Besides, if there is another version released, I have no reason not to know."
"How...how could..."
"It's true," Yuan Xiu took out a PSP at this time, and said, "There is the movie version of "Death and Human Shape" stored here, do you want to show it to you? I saw that headless ghost come out the other day. I was taken aback, at first I thought Bing Zong was playing another version, but that's not the case... "
Run An took her words and continued: "I have seen Tu Bingzong, he wants to sell his house at a very low price. In fact, he has watched all those discs at least once. Because he is a super horror movie I am a fan, so I can remember some details very clearly. I saw a headless ghost coming out and crawling on the ground that day. He himself was the one who was the most frightened... "
"So?" Feng Hui felt goosebumps all over his body at the moment, and asked, "Bing Zong... died because of this? How come... You want to say, we really went to hell? Don't we?"
Seeing that they were silent, he also became afraid, and asked: "Answer me... Will something happen to me too? Answer me! Isn't it just a headless ghost... Maybe, maybe there is something wrong with the makeup. It looks like There is no first one... Also, it may be... Bing Zong himself also remembered it wrong... By the way, Mr. Yi, you probably also remembered it wrong, right? Yes, otherwise how to explain it? How can this be explained?"
"Unfortunately," Run An's answer directly shattered all his hopes: "This is not the only problematic scene."