Almost at the same time as dawn came, the thick and dark darkness was like smoke that was sucked out of thin air, and quickly faded away.
Ke Xun fixed his eyes and saw that a dozen steps to his right was the vast ocean. Even if he could swim, he believed that once he fell, he would never have a chance to return to the boat.
Turning around, Mu Yiran was standing behind him, even only half a step away.
If he hadn't been able to withstand the terrifying pressure brought by the terrifying, Mao Ran aura on his back last night, it is very likely that the sharp arrow in his hand would have been pierced into the body of his beloved by his own hands.
Ke Xun threw away the crossbow and arrows in his hands, turned around and hugged his lover tightly. His lover also caught him with open arms, closed his arms, and covered the back of his head with one hand, which was slightly damp with sea water. superior.
"...Brother, brother-in-law... If you guys hit Boo'er... let me know in advance... I'll take a step back..." Luo Xiao's trembling voice came from his feet.
Ke Xun tilted his head and saw Luo Meng lying on the deck with a white face, still wet tears hanging from his cheeks, he seemed to have no strength to raise his hand to wipe it, and his whole body became a puddle. Carrot puree.
"Are you alright?" Ke Xun asked him.
"Is it okay to pee my pants from fear?" Luo Meng said, sniffling.
"..." Ke Xun ignored him, turned around and kissed Mu Yiran's lips, released the arm that was hugging him, raised his finger and pointed upstairs, "I'll go upstairs to see Dongzi and the others."
"I'll go to Shao Ling and the others to see." Mu Yi nodded, without instructing them, because they had already understood each other.
Ke Xun saved himself the effort of running around the stairs, and climbed the rope three times, five and two, and then climbed up to the second floor. Seeing that Wei Dongqin gave Zhu Haowen and Xue Ge were still "in", but the expressions on their faces were different. .
"How is it, are you all right?" Ke Xun asked again.
Several people responded humbly.
"What happened last night?" Ke Xun asked.
"It's hard to say a word..." Wei Dong's face was full of fear, and there was still cold sweat on his forehead.
"Where's Xiaomu?" Qin Ci asked.
"Go to see Shao Ling's group," Ke Xun said. "Let's go down first and see how the group is doing."
Everyone went down the stairs, but on the deck outside the atrium, a group of people were standing on the side of the ship looking at the sea below.
"What's wrong?" Several people hurried over.
"Li Yi fell into the sea." Shao Ling answered, "It is presumed that there is more luck than luck."
"Accidentally fell in, or... related to last night?" Qin Ci asked.
"I think it has something to do with last night," Shao Ling turned to give way, revealing a white robe that was accidentally hooked on the side of the boat, "We have all the clothes on, so this should be Li Yi's, it is very likely that he fell into the sea because of the hallucination last night."
"So, all of us had hallucinations last night?" Yu Long was obviously also scared, and his voice trembled with shock.
"The deceased can't be traced, we will hurry up to collect clues," Shao Ling said calmly, "Please tell us in detail about your experience last night. If possible, please try to be as detailed as possible, maybe a small detail is relevant. Sealed clues."
"Let's go to the central hall..." Chen Xinai was so frightened that she could not stand still, and was barely supported by Liu Yanlei.
While everyone was walking to the atrium, Ke Xun went to the stern to look for Luo Xun. Seeing that the cargo was still tanned on the deck, his wet pants had begun to smell.
"Get up," Ke Xun stepped forward and kicked him, "Go to the kitchen to find some water to wipe your buttocks. I threw my pants away. I'll go to the lower cabin to find you a new one."
"I really can't get up..." Luo Meng was paralyzed and rolled like a worm all the way to the direction of the kitchen.
Ke Xun: "..."
When Luo Ye was brought back to the central hall, everyone sat on the mat with a dignified expression and was relatively speechless.
Ke Xun threw away Luo Xun, sat cross-legged beside Mu Yiran, and asked him, "Why, what did you guys just say?"
"After darkness fell last night, Li Yi lit the rhino horn in his hand." Mu Yi said.
"So, whoever ignites the rhino horn will die?" Liu Yanlei looked complicated.
"Is that so?" Xue Ge, who has always been indifferent, raised his eyes and glanced at him, "Do you think the hallucinations last night were not enough to pose a risk of death to you?"
Liu Yanlei choked for a moment and stopped speaking.
"Whether whoever ignites the rhinoceros horn is doomed to death, this question will be analyzed later," Shao Ling looked at the crowd, "We now need to recount our experiences last night in detail, and then find common ground or It's suspicious, if you don't mind, I'll come first?"
The newcomers seemed to be very convinced of Shao Ling, so no one had any objection, and the old members were not too busy, so they all looked at him.
Shao Ling even prepared blank bamboo slips and pens to keep records at any time.
"After darkness fell last night, I seemed to be separated from others by an invisible barrier." Shao Ling's voice was clear and slow, "I even suspected that I had entered another parallel space at that time, because at that time My position is right next to the door of the central hall, and when I tried to touch the door and the wall next to it, I couldn't touch it anyway. The whole person seemed to be in a cosmic black hole. It's an endless, empty darkness. I wonder if it's the same for all of you?"
All nodded or affirmed.
Shao Ling wrote on the bamboo slip with a pen the words "One, be isolated and enter a parallel space."
His move made him look more calm and reliable, and the newcomers were more focused than before, looking at him earnestly and attentively, waiting for his next words.
"But in the subsequent development, I don't think each of us will be the same again," Shao Ling continued, "because then I had a hallucination, and the voice that sounded in the hallucination was someone I personally knew. People have intersections, so I speculate that maybe the hallucinations you have appeared are also people you are familiar with, right?"
The crowd continued to nod or respond.
So Shao Ling wrote the entry "Second, hallucinations, they are their acquaintances" on the bamboo slips.
"The person who appeared in my hallucination is my friend," Shao Ling further said. "Although I can't see him at all in the dark, his voice is very distinctive. Even if someone imitates it, I can still recognize it. It can be concluded that the voice in the hallucination last night was exactly the same as his.
"Of course, under the circumstances of last night, it is impossible for me to believe that this voice was made by him. He is in City S and cannot appear in this painting.
"But my firmness didn't last long. 'He' was very frightened and panicked, and kept asking me where this was and what was going on. He said he should sleep in his own bed in City S, why would he Appearing here? Why does such an incredible and terrifying thing happen
"If I put the strange situation in his words, I wouldn't believe it, but the incident of entering the world in the painting completely collapsed my materialism, and I began to doubt whether he was the same as me. I also inadvertently entered the world of painting, so my original negative belief about whether this 'he' was really my friend was shaken.
"You may understand that the reason why the liar's tricks can deceive many rational, sober, and even high-IQ and highly educated people is not because the liar's IQ is higher, but because the liar is precisely because of people's firm beliefs. The only sway was like a tiny crack in a solid wall. The crooks penetrated all the way, digging into it, attacking their hearts and minds, until they collapsed the entire wall from the inside.
"So last night, I was tricked by this trick, and even almost changed from 'shaking' to complete belief.
"My friend, for me, is more intimate than my own siblings. We are a life-threatening friendship. Some people say that almost all friendships can share weal and woe, but we cannot share wealth. He is not.
"He can dispose of my property at will, I trust him, just as he trusts me, we never hide anything, never avoid any taboos, our relationship is as close as one person, and even a word from the other side can go through fire and water for each other.
"So I was inevitably shaken by the horror and helplessness he showed last night. I'm afraid that if this is true, he was really caught in the painting by that mysterious force, then I must not let it go. leave him alone.
"To be cautious, I asked him a lot of things that only the two of us know, even some very small details, and he was able to answer all of them with the same score. I almost completely believed that he was my friend. The deity, until on the last question, he showed his feet.
"The last question, I asked him: If this horrible world is doomed that only one of us can survive, do you want to live by yourself, or do you want me to live, or, want to die here with me
"His answer is, then die here with me. As I said before, we are a lifelong friendship, and we go through fire and water for each other, and even give our lives, so his answer does not sound wrong at all.
"But the problem is, if the other party is the real him, when I ask this question, he will not only not answer, but will scold me. There are some words between friends that don't need to be spoken. Once the words are spoken, No matter how heavy the weight is, it will become as light as a feather.
"Of course, each pair of friends has a different way of getting along, but my friends and I belong to this kind of, probably the so-called tacit pattern.
"So I immediately understood that the panic and panic that 'he' showed was just taking advantage of my concern for my friends, and wanted to deceive me to him. The ultimate goal of 'his' was to make me Walk over, and the sea is a few meters away. Once I pass, what you will be looking for in the sea today will probably be the bodies of me and Li Yi."
When Shao Ling said this, he glanced at the expressions on everyone's faces and nodded slightly: "It seems that the hallucinations everyone experienced last night were all similar, and they were all almost deceived and fell into the sea. If anyone's experience is different, Please also point it out."
Everyone shook their heads, and Shao Ling wrote the third rule on the bamboo slip: "Three, cheating with acquaintances, tempting to fall into the sea".
Immediately raised his head and looked at everyone: "Then let me ask again, are the acquaintances in everyone's hallucinations, like the situation I encountered, all the details and details of your relationship are clear?"
Everyone nodded in unison this time.
Shao Ling made a note after the third item just now: "Have the ability to read memory."
"It now seems that Li Yi is the only one who failed to see through the scam," Shao Ling said, "but maybe, his death was related to the fact that he ignited the rhino horn. In order to prove which of the two possibilities is the cause of death The direct reason we need to continue to sort through everyone's experience last night…”
"I'm sorry, let me interject," Ke Xun raised his hand and met Shao Ling's gaze, "Did Li Yi lit the rhinoceros horns through discussion beforehand, or was it his own spontaneous act? Also, Li Yi Where's the horn that was on fire? Where is it now?"