Paintings of Terror

Chapter 256: Schrödinger's Cat 05 ┃ Words and Languages

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The dice on the screen was spinning rapidly, making it difficult to see which side of the points on it was facing. However, the spinning time was not long, and it only took ten seconds before it stopped slowly.

The face is facing this side, and it shows 2 points.

The old members held their breaths and looked at every corner of the room vigilantly. Suddenly, a wavy sound sounded, the original text on the big screen disappeared, and a new string of text reappeared.

[Dad, I hate the teacher forcing us to memorize those texts word for word. I just need to answer the core meaning, right? Should I just understand the meaning? Why do you have to memorize it so rigidly?]

[And those texts, I think the important thing is to learn how an article should be structured, how to be logically rigorous, how to be relaxed and detailed, and how to express what you want to express clearly, completely, rationally and fluently. Instead of rote memorizing a lot of things, and throwing a word that doesn't matter will be deducted points, I don't understand what the point of doing this is.]

[What I want to appreciate is the power of thought and the beauty of words, using the imagination and creativity of others to stimulate my own imagination and creativity, rather than simply copying others rigidly. Isn't it strange to use other people's words to test our memory, so as to evaluate our learning ability and intelligence?]

After these paragraphs of text appeared for a while, they gradually disappeared and were replaced with new text. A few lines of bold characters with heavy strokes appeared on the dead white screen coldly:

[Language World]

1. Subject: Within a limited time, everyone will communicate in language as required.

2. Requirements:

① There shall be no language blank period every 30 seconds;

② It is not allowed to say 5 homophones or homophones in a row;

③ It is not allowed to open your mouth without making a sound;

④ It is not allowed to repeat other people's language, repetitive sentence structure, and read number strings;

⑤ Foreign languages are not allowed, dialects will be recognized as Mandarin, and communication in written words is not allowed;

⑥If you violate the requirement once, the 30-second time will be reduced to 20 seconds. If you violate the requirements twice, the 20-second time will be reduced to 10 seconds. If you violate the requirements three times, you will be deprived of language rights.

3. Three-minute preparation time, countdown: 180 seconds.

"180 seconds" here, the number is constantly decreasing, doing the countdown.

"Wow, what does this mean? I didn't understand, what is this trying to do?" The panic on Dong Yao's face seemed to be deliberately made, and it was exaggerated.

But at the moment, no one could care about her, Mu Yi's solemn voice sounded, the tone was not high, but it was clearly sent into everyone's ears: "Long story short, according to the previous words of Cheng Cheng's son and the requirements of the topic , it is speculated that the test is the rigor of the language. Everyone, remember not to panic, don't think about any other irrelevant things, focus on what you want to say, and keep your head calm. Now everyone sits down and sits better than standing. To be less anxious, I suggest that you minimize your physical movements to avoid distracting others and yourself. Remember: too many words will fail. As long as there is no word count requirement, try to say as few useless words as possible. If there is a requirement, think about it. Okay, let's talk."

The old members hurriedly sat on the ground, facing the big screen. The three young people who came in last were a little flustered. When they saw everyone sat down, they hurriedly sat down, but Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan took a few steps forward and sat down. Go in front of everyone, closest to the big screen.

The 180-second countdown came to an end, and new text appeared at the bottom of the screen:

[1. The respondents take turns to speak, and each person speaks at least 200 words within three minutes. Among them, the three words "you, me, him" are not allowed.]

When the countdown was displayed as 0, a small window suddenly appeared on the screen. The face of Zhu Haowen appeared in the window. Below the small window, two number boxes were displayed side by side, and the number box on the left was a countdown of 180 seconds. , the count is starting, and the number box on the right shows "000".

Zhu Haowen was stunned for a moment, but then he reacted and said, "It's time to count."

The number in the number box on the right instantly changed from 000 to 005.

This proves that he has said five words.

Everyone understood now. Zhu Haowen was about to continue speaking when he heard Qi Muhuan, who was sitting at the front, say with a smile: "So that's how it is, I understand, this is for us..."

Ke Xun jumped up, took a few steps to cover Qi Muhuan's mouth, but it was too late, a small window popped up on the left side of the screen, Qi Muhuan's face was displayed in the window, and at the top of the window, the word -20s was marked.

Ke Xun was so angry that he couldn't just knock this kid out of his mind—it would be fine if he killed himself, and he even interrupted Zhu Haowen. Time, not only that, his interjection might also disrupt Zhu Haowen's thinking.

Qi Muhuan struggled under Ke Xun's hand, and the eyes exposed outside Ke Xun's palm stared at him in shock and disbelief, as if saying, "What are you doing?! What kind of thing dare to cover my mouth, hurry up Let go!" Such.

It was even more impossible for Ke Xun to let him go. As soon as he let go, the kid would definitely open his mouth to speak again. He simply pressed his entire body to the ground, continued to cover his mouth with one hand, and firmly controlled his body with the other. Let him move.

Dong Yao, who was next to her, was stunned. It took a long while to react, and she was about to scream, but Fang Fei, who was sitting behind her, suddenly stood up, covered her mouth, and then turned her face towards her like Ke Xun. Press down on the ground.

Fortunately, Zhu Haowen was not affected. He said 226 words in three minutes, and did not involve the three words "you, me, and him" required by the regulations.

When the three-minute countdown reached 0, Zhu Haowen's face in the small window switched to Qin Ci's face, and the two number boxes also changed to 180 and 000 again.

The timing and counting restarted, and this time it was Qin Ci who spoke.

"I suggest that those who don't have their turn, think about what to say for a while now," Qin Ci said slowly, the count box jumped to 21, "It is suggested that you can recite some professional terms, so that these three are generally not involved. In addition, please listen carefully to Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan," Qin Ci said, looking at the two people who were still struggling on the ground, "Please don't interrupt when others are talking, and don't put this Treat it like a variety show. Everything that happens in front of you is real. Anyone who violates the rules will die. It's a real death. Even if the two of you don't believe it, please do your best to follow the requirements on the screen. No harm to the two of you."

Qin Ci quickly said enough 200 words. When the countdown reached 0, Shao Ling's face was switched over in the small window.

"If you are afraid of making mistakes and breaking the rules," Shao Ling said calmly, "then recite ancient poems. Most ancient poems rarely involve these three subjects, but please be careful not to recite the same poem repeatedly. The sentence structure that is not allowed to be repeated should mean that the same paragraph is not allowed to be recited repeatedly. Alternatively, the name of a certain type of item can be counted, such as all fruits, all vegetables, food, life Items, etc. In addition, Dong Yao and Qi Muhuan, the two must have misunderstood. This is not a variety show filmed by a certain crew. The two should notice that there is no relevant staff that a crew should be equipped with. Light, live radio, inscription board, and so on are not available, the two of you will think about it carefully, think about everything you just said to the two about the world in the painting, and tell the two again: it's all true, not as required Do it, and you will die."

When the small window switched again, it was Luo Xue's turn, and Luo Xue's voice trembled: "Apples, oranges, bananas, cantaloupe, radishes, beans, potatoes, durians..."

Thanks to Shao Ling's reminder, Luo Meng passed this level without any risk, and it was Deng Lin's next turn. Although Deng Lin didn't seem to believe in this matter, he honestly followed the rules: "Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron, Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon, Sodium Magnesium Aluminum Silicon Phosphorus, Sulfur Chloride Argon Potassium Calcium..."

Next was the girl with shawl hair. She chose to recite ancient poems. There were also those who had memorized the wrong words and forgot the words. Her lips began to tremble with nervousness. She looked helplessly at several old members, her eyes happened to fall. On the face of Wei Dong, who was sitting closest to her, Wei Dong was stunned, thinking of himself when he first entered the first painting.

All the helplessness and fear collapse seems to be only yesterday, but it also seems to be left in yesterday. Today, I don’t know if I’m really brave, or I’m gradually numb. Sometimes I think about it, if a person doesn’t even have the emotion of fear anymore, then is this person still a normal person, a flesh and blood person? A person with emotions

Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive. So, are those of us who were "locked" into the painting, just like the cat, from the moment we entered the first painting, we are no longer living people in the true sense, we are already A superposition of life and death coexisting, when observed by the evil force "painted", some people die and some people survive.

And before deciding to die, that is, before the moment of being observed, all the people in the painting are the living dead

Wei Dong's heart suddenly filled with an indescribable sadness. When he received the panicked look of the girl with the shawl, he felt that she was extremely pitiful, and he felt that he was just as pitiful as she was.

Wei Dong raised his hand, gave the girl a thumbs up, and gave her a comforting smile.

This action, this expression, if Ke Xun did it, it would definitely be more handsome, more infectious, and more soothing than he did. Wei Dong knows that he is just an ordinary person, and he doesn't seem to have any qualifications to pity others, but at this moment, he still wants to do it. In this endless despair without hope, he would rather be comforted to death, or I was encouraged to live, but I didn't want to be a living dead person who lost even my fear.

The shawl-haired girl is very smart. She understands Weidong's meaning. It doesn't matter if she memorizes the wrong poem or forgets the words. The "test" is not about memorization ability or any accumulation of words, as long as it does not violate the requirements of the title, Even if you get it right.

She relaxed a little and continued to memorize ancient poems. If she couldn't think of the next sentence, she just jumped over it, and said whichever sentence she remembered. Finally, she had said enough for 200 words.

Next it was Ke Xun's turn.