The strange death of the Persians makes people dare not take a closer look.
"Qingqing, why do I think this is not right?" Although Wu You was afraid, the time was more important at this moment, 12:31 - there were less than thirty minutes left, but this bead...
There is no problem with the beads, they can be put in the pocket, but Wu You didn't put them in rashly. He only tested the mouth of the bag and felt the strong suction force of the cowhide bag on the beads.
"Pulling the knife to decide the stock, the pearl will come out." Gu Qingqing said suddenly.
"What did you think of?"
"This is a story in "Taiping Guangji". Long story short, in ancient times there was a man named Li Mian who rescued the Persian like we do today. The Persian also cut a bead out of his thigh and gave it to him, but Li Mian did not He took the beads as his own, but put the beads back in the mouth of the Persians." Gu Qingqing said.
"Why put it back?"
"It seems that this is the tradition of ancient Persia. These merchants who sell beads must finally leave a bead for themselves, so that their souls can rest in peace."
"… "
"Not only this story, but there are similar records in ancient times. There are those who broke the stock and produced the beads, and some who cut the armpits to take the beads. In short, those people of righteousness will eventually return the beads to the Persians."
"Then we'll... we're out of time."
Gu Qingqing looked at Wu You, and Wu You stared at Gu Qingqing.
The two girls stared at each other silently for two minutes.
"Okay, if we take the beads directly, this question is a bit too simple." Wu You said.
"This question is probably a test of our willingness to choose." Gu Qingqing remembered to take a closer look at the cyan bead. The luster is extremely ordinary, and the shape is not perfectly round, but it always makes people feel that this is not a unique An ordinary bead, "This is probably the legendary green clay orb, which is very rare."
"It's rare and not rare, and we can't take it away." Wu You no longer hesitated, and put the bead into the slightly opened mouth of the dead Persian. Kind of suction, and soon the beads are gone.
"Why don't we put the Persian in the pocket, anyway, the beads are in his stomach." Wu You said.
Gu Qingqing suddenly exclaimed: "Wu You, look at the faces of the Persians!"
Wu You looked over, and the strange expression on the Persian's face was gone, replaced by a kind of serenity of dying.
Although this change of the deceased is from bad to good, it is very scary.
Just when the two were hesitating whether to put the Persian's body into a cowhide pocket, a large ship that turned out suddenly appeared in the sight of the two of them like a scene cut in a movie.
The Persians on the boat were all dressed in gold, silver and jewels, and one of the Persians, who looked like a leader, ordered everyone to tie up the boat.
Soon, the whole boat, including the people, was tied to the big boat with ropes by the sailors with infinite strength.
Gu Qingqing and Wu You had no choice but to let the sailor lift the boat up.
The Persian leader didn't say much. At this moment, he focused on examining the Persian's body. He put his hand to the position of the Persian's mouth and stayed there for a while before his brows gradually stretched.
The leader walked in front of Gu Qingqing and Wu You, folded his hands and saluted them: "Thank you two kind friends, that jewel can only bring wealth to outsiders, but to my dead friend, It was the return of his soul."
Gu Qingqing returned the salute to the leader.
Wu You secretly observed the Persians behind the leader, all of them were fierce and strong men. At this moment, seeing what the leader was doing, they all showed a kinder expression. Wu You couldn't help thinking to himself: If the beads were hidden just now, I don't know what the leader would do to the two of them.
It seems that this choice is correct.
I don't know what Gu Qingqing said to the leader, but the leader brought a treasure box: "The two girls are gentlemen, and this pearl of mine can be regarded as a prince's pearl."
The lid of the box was opened, and there was also a green mud bead inside, but the shape was more round and the color was smoother.
"Thank you!" Wu You couldn't wait, maybe even 10 minutes now, she picked up the green mud bead and put it in the cowhide pocket.
With a heavy sound, the cowhide pocket accepted another bead.
…
When Gu Qingqing and Wu You returned to the hall with the woodblock fragments in their hands, they found that the furnishings in the hall were a little different from before.
"I suspect that there are probably many halls combined here," Wu You pointed to a corridor in front, "Let's look for it."
The time on the phone now points to exactly 13:00.
In other words, the 13-hour period has passed.
Of these 13 members, those who should have returned have already returned, and if they failed to come back, I'm afraid...
Gu Qingqing slowed down: "Wu You, did you hear a voice over there?"
Wu You listened carefully, but he couldn't hear clearly, so he simply shouted: "Ke Xun! Ke Xun! Are you there?!"
Gu Qingqing: "How come I don't sound like Ke Xun's voice?"
Wu You: "Anyway, I'll just call Ke Xun, this name can give me courage!"
Gu Qingqing: "... ,... , Ke Xun!! Is that you?!"
…
Ke Xun sneezed three times in a row: "Isn't it a little disrespectful that I sneezed at the Eight Wax Temple?"
Yue Cen said with a smile: "Immortals don't have the same knowledge as mortals. Besides, we found the gods of the eight gods with great effort. I believe these gods will bless us."
Yue Cen looked at the piece of woodblock in his palm, which was a partial pattern of a bunch of wheat ears.
"We're fast enough, we're still three hours away." Ke Xun came over and pushed Yue Cen's wheelchair.
A ray of light appeared in front of the two, and Ke Xun pushed Yue Cen out of this world.
…
As soon as they returned to the hall, the scene in front of them shocked the two of them.
The surrounding scene is still a familiar hall, but there is a large pool of blood in the corner of the hall, and there is a blood man sitting in the blood pool!
Ke Xun only felt a rush of blood rushed to his forehead. At this time, he couldn't care about pushing Yue Cen. He stumbled under his feet first, and Ke Xun almost ran towards the man with his legs soft.
Yue Cen and Ke Xun have experienced many emergencies in the world of the 'Eight Wax Temple', but they have never seen this person in such a panic.
"Yan Ran." Ke Xun's voice was very soft, and he took Mu Ran, who was almost fainting, into his arms.
Mu Yiran's consciousness was not yet blurred, he looked at Ke Xun who was close at hand, looking up and down, as if to check whether Ke Xun had "returned in good condition".
Ke Xun tried his best to make Mu Yiran feel more comfortable: "Don't worry, I have nothing to do, just hold on, I'll find a way to find a doctor."
"This place is not the real world. I'm afraid there is no medical room." Yue Cen also came over, shaking his wheelchair, "Let's find out where is Mr. Mu's fatal injury?"
Ke Xun's heart was already chaotic. When he first came back to this world, although he was mentally prepared for the possibility of the sacrifice of his comrades in arms, what he didn't expect was that the first time he came back, he saw Mu Yiran covered in blood. .
Mu Yiran waved his hand slightly and said with all his strength: "There is no wound, I just got a poison in that world, and that poison will make every pore of the body bleed until the blood is drained."
Ke Xun's heart sank, and he gently wiped the blood on Mu Yiran's face with his hands. He found that his face was no longer bleeding. Ke Xun carefully checked Mu Yiran's arms and other positions. No more blood.
"It seems that the bleeding should gradually stop after leaving that world," Yue Cen also observed carefully, "You guard him, I will try my luck at the podium, maybe there is some agency or method that can be contacted. That NPC teacher."
Ke Xun nodded slightly, and all his attention was now on Mu Yiran.
"Ke Xun," Mu Yiran's voice was extremely weak, "My blood loss has not yet reached the limit, so I can persist for a few more hours."
At this time, Ke Xun suddenly realized: "Yan Ran, you are the only one?"
Mu Yi acquiesced, and he didn't dare to imagine that he would be the first member to go out of the world.
Ke Xun was anxious, but he didn't want Mu Yiran to follow him, so he wanted to talk about some light topics to relax his mind, but the more he wanted to talk, the more he couldn't find the topic, so he just hugged Mu Yiran tightly. , without saying a word.
Instead, Mu Yi looked at his lover peacefully: "Ke Xun, I have something important to tell you."
Ke Xun's mood became even heavier, and Mu Yiran looked like he was about to confess some last words.
"Ke Xun, Happy New Year." Mu Yiran smiled slightly, followed by coughing a few times, and blood spilled out of his mouth.
Ke Xun's heart twitched, and he wiped the blood from the corners of Mu Yiran's mouth with his sleeve: "Yiran, I believe everyone can come back and pass this level, we can go out in more than two hours at most. , Let's go to the hospital. By the way, there is Lao Qin, Lao Qin will come out in a while, let him show you first, he is highly skilled in medicine, maybe he can find some acupoints to stop the bleeding. "
"The blood has stopped," Mu Yiran wanted to rest for a while, but he couldn't help explaining to Ke Xun, "The blood that was spit out just now is the blood left in the mouth."
"Yi Ran, take a rest, and take good care of yourself." Ke Xun sat on the cold marble floor, using his legs as a pillow, and letting Mu Yiran lie on it in a more comfortable position, "I'll go home when I get home. Just stew your favorite beef brisket, I still have a lot of donkey-hide gelatin dates, last time you said it was delicious, just enough to nourish blood."
"Um… "
"Also, just now, Sister Cen and I felt like painting in that world... Forget it, we'll talk about it when we go back."
Mu Yiran opened his eyes slightly: "Tell me, I've been here alone for more than three hours, and I'm already lonely."
"Over three hours, when did you come back?" Ke Xun was surprised to hear that.
"It's more than seven o'clock..." Mu Yiran's voice seemed to have a trace of grievance.
The boss is worthy of being a boss, and he came out in only seven hours in that world single-handedly.
"I chose a shortcut, because the other paths require the cooperation of two people to complete," Mu Yiran was tired, but looked at Ke Xun and couldn't help but want to speak, "What I chose was to use force against a nian beast. Against...its teeth are poisonous and cause me to bleed all the time..."
"It's really... it's too much for us to be talented... "
"Um… "
"Ka'er!! Curse Da La!!" Suddenly a strange cry rang out.
Immediately afterwards, Ke Xun saw Wei Dong, who was flying over from the corner of the hall: "What's the matter, Da La!"
Mu Yiran closed his eyes and took a rest.
Ke Xun: "Dongzi, who are you with? What's wrong with your tongue?"
Fang Fei also came over: "He has been a goose for more than ten hours and can't speak human words anymore."
"Fair."
"Bia is called Wa!" Fang Fei was anxious, and ran over to see Mu Yiran's injury, "How did this happen?"
Mu Yiran made a gesture: It's okay, I want to rest.
Suddenly, Luo Yu's voice came from the hall, and Luo Yu came over pushing Yue Cen's wheelchair, followed by Hua Jiqiu.
"We've found water, and it's warm, so Mr. Mu can add some water." There were several paper cups filled with water on the convenient table on Yue Cen's wheelchair.
"Is there any problem with this water?" Fang Fei asked.
"It's okay, I've had a few drinks earlier. I have to thank Director Hua for finding the water dispenser," Luo said.
Suddenly there was a voice not far from the hall: "Is there anyone?"
"It's Doctor Qin!" Luo Meng hurriedly agreed, "We're here!"
"Where are you?" Qin Ci asked again, and there seemed to be Zhu Haowen's voice behind him - "No one, Lao Qin, you heard it wrong."
Soon a girl's voice came from another direction: "Ke Xun! Ke Xun! Are you there?!"
Several people simply split up and went to find these members again.
Ke Xun and Mu Yiran were left in place.
"Drink some water and keep your eyes closed. Even Dongzi and Radish came out. No, judging from the sound, everyone should have come out." Ke Xun dipped some water and put the hair on Mu Yiran Wipe off blood.
"You haven't said a word yet." Mu Yiran opened his eyes slightly and looked at Ke Xun.
Ke Xun thought for a while, and then said solemnly, "Yan Ran, Happy New Year."
…
After a while, everyone came back one after another, with a rejoicing expression on their faces, and they said meaningful New Year's greetings to each other.
"It's so good, on the first day of the new year, we are all still alive!" Luo Meng said with emotion.
Everyone also sighed and said to each other that each other was blessed.
Qin Ci checked Mu Yiran's injuries and concluded that Mu Yiran's body had been severely injured. Fortunately, he didn't stay in that world for too long. After he came out, his injuries were reduced several times, which was the only way to save his life. .
"Brother-in-law, if you come out an hour late, your life may be in danger!" Luo Yan said.
"Radish, is your world difficult? Who are you with?" Wei Dong asked.
"Brother, you don't call me 'Lapa' all of a sudden, I'm still not used to it." Luo Meng laughed, "I'm very lucky, fortunately I followed Curator Hua. People who don't know anything about the common people will definitely be folded in it."
Zhu Haowen said: "These things are not absolute. If some relevant knowledge is weak, there may be some detours, but it should not be an absolute dead end."
"Brother Wen'er said that if we don't understand the knowledge of Hua Jiu in a world like ours, we must have very strong logical reasoning ability to thoroughly understand those cases, right? Curator Hua?" Looking at Hua Jiqiu, "Director Hua, Uncle Hua, what do you think?"
"Why didn't Li Xiaochun come back?" Hua Jiqiu also realized after a surprise that he had never seen Li Xiaochun.
"That's right," Luo Meng looked at the group of people again, "and Mr. Shao! Mr. Shao is not here either!"
Everyone panicked for a while, and then became heavy.
"Who said that the number was full?" Wu You asked.
"It seems, this elder sister." Gu Qingqing looked at Yue Cen in a wheelchair.
Yue Cen: "The number of people is indeed full. I was at the water dispenser just now and saw the two gentlemen drinking water, and they seemed to be very thirsty."
Everyone: "… "
After a while, Shao Ling and Li Xiaochun were seen walking over in high spirits.
"It's different if you add enough water... ah." Wei Dong said.
Shao Ling: Is there something on my face? Why are people staring at me with such weird eyes...
After the number of people was all together, each group took out the woodblock fragments of the New Year pictures that they had worked so hard to obtain.
Some of the fragments were half-old, some were broken, and one was completely dyed red with blood.
Ke Xun frowned and looked at Mu Yiran's red fragment, but he really didn't see the word on it.
"It's 'year'." Mu Yiran said lightly.
When the seven woodblock fragments were put together, these unrelated woodblock fragments actually joined together to form a piece of wood, and a name appeared on the wood: Si Nian.
This name is like a full stop for this complex world. Soon, the familiar picture frame appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone had never walked out of the painting so calmly before, except for Mu Yiran, who had to be carried by Ke Xun, the others looked like they had just returned from New Year's Eve.
"Do you always look so peaceful every time you paint?" Hua Jiqiu asked.
"No, because every time there will be companions who stay in the painting and can't get out. This is the first time, 13 people went in and 13 people came out. I have no regrets." Qin Ci replied.
Hua Jiqiu was silent for a while, looking at the familiar art exhibition hall in front of him, as if what he had just experienced was just a messy dream.
Qin Ci helped Mu Yiran on Ke Xun's back: "It's not too late, he needs to go to the hospital immediately for blood transfusion."
Fang Fei and Wei Dong also hurried over to help, but heard a voice saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt everyone, but there is one thing that everyone must confirm here."
The person who spoke was Yue Cen, and she continued: "According to your previous experience, after the painting is published, there will be a ticket for the next painting in my pocket. But I have already searched my pockets and found nothing."
Hearing her words, everyone turned over their pockets in unison, only to find that they were empty.
This kind of blank, gives people a kind of surprise. But after the surprise, there is a sense of terror that has nothing to do with it.
"Without the tickets, shall we just... don't need to enter the painting again?" Wu You asked in a low voice.
No one can answer this question.
"I think it's best to figure out the bone patterns of the three new entrants first." Zhu Haowen said.
Everyone also thinks it makes sense. Although this time the picture push did not give any instructions for the next step, it is clear that this incident has not really ended.
This unanswered silence seems to be brewing, as if it is moving towards a deeper level of the situation.
"I'll take Yi Ran to the hospital first, everyone will go back to the hotel first, and we'll discuss anything after returning to the hotel." After Ke Xun said this, he left Mu Yiran behind his back.
Wei Dong and Qin Ci also followed Ke Xun to the hospital to help.
Wei Dong couldn't help but say, "What happened to Boss Mu? How could he be so seriously injured?"
Qin Ci was also very curious about this.
Ke Xun didn't say anything, but Mu Yiran mentioned to himself about the Nian beast, and the fact that he had no other choice in that world but to fight by force...
Ke Xun does not believe that these practices and choices are not Mu Yiran's consistent behavior; moreover, through understanding, several other worlds are all collection-based processes, and the world Mu Yiran has experienced is just like this. Different.
What he said to himself should have been a white lie.
No one knows what Mu Yiran has experienced in that world.
As for why he was hiding it from Ke Xun, it wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but that he couldn't.
Ke Xun stood beside the hospital bed, looking at Mu Yiran who was sleeping soundly, and gradually became sleepy because of exhaustion, so he simply fell asleep beside the hospital bed.