The picture scroll is very retro and well preserved. The old man seems to browse and stroke it often. The picture scroll feels smooth and oily, and there is no burr that belongs to the paper.
Xie Chi spread it out and painted an ugly and cute creature on it.
The creature was extremely short, with a flat and pointed mouth, a frog-like emerald green body, extremely long arms, a sharply arched back, and a tortoise shell on the back. The top of its head is sunken into a saucer-like shape, which can store water. In the painting is a rain scene, the green creature is hiding under a lotus leaf, waiting for the rain to roll down the lotus leaf into the cistern above it. It was laughing hilariously, the corners of its mouth grinning to the base of its ears.
The handwriting in the lower right corner of the painting is crooked and can be vaguely seen. It is "Kappa".
Xie Chi knew about this creature.
This creature is a creature in the myth of the Sun Kingdom, with excellent water, kindness, closeness to humans, and innocence.
Xie Chi found out the habits of this legendary creature from his memory, and began to recall what the old man said before.
The old man accidentally mentioned Kappa when he was lamenting the random layer-changing system of hell.
Xie Chi lowered his head and pondered, a flash of light flashed in his mind, what the old man wanted to say was the birth of Kappa.
According to legend, the kappa can decide whether to be born or not.
In the country of Kappa, when Kappa’s mother is about to give birth, Kappa’s father will invite Dr. Kappa. Doctor Kappa is not in a hurry to assist the delivery, but firstly lies on the belly of Kappa’s mother and asks if the little Kappa in the stomach would like to be born in such a Family, let such two people be their own parents.
The Kappa doctor will ask if the Kappa's parents are competent and if he is satisfied. If Xiao Kappa's answer is that he doesn't want to be the child of these two people, that he doesn't want to be born into such a family, and he doesn't want to come to the world, then Dr. Kappa will ignore his parents' obstruction, induce labor for Xiao Kappa, and let Xiao Kappa reincarnate.
The birth of a kappa and the system of hell are completely opposite.
Which floor the prisoner falls on is completely random, and which floor he reappears after the 15-day period expires is also random.
Little Kappa can decide their origin, prisoners can't.
Xie Chi was a little curious about the origin of this painting, and he flipped through the notebook the old man had hidden in his pocket.
The notebook is small, as long as the index finger and as wide as the thumb, with hairy sides. The old man should have obtained the paper, cut the paper to the size of the palm of his hand, and then perforated one by one, and tied the small pieces of paper together with the silk from the cloth clothes.
Very delicate and boring work, but the most important thing in hell is time.
Xie Chi glanced at the paper, surprise flashed in his eyes. This is a diary, the old man has the habit of keeping a diary, one every day. Because of the small area of the paper, the words on the paper were pitifully small, and Xie Chi took a lot of effort to recognize it.
He looked at it page by page, and after ten minutes, he found a record of Kappa paintings:
"Killed the inmate today, and found this thing from him. He said that he found it in the snow on a certain level of the Eight Cold Hell. I feel that it should be compared to the irony of the random layer drop and random change here. layer, but I don't know what it's used for, so keep it for now."
Xie Chi rolled up the scroll, thoughtfully, this thing was found in hell, a bit like... chance.
Xie Chi frowned, hell is boundless, it takes a lot of manpower to find this thing, it shouldn't be useless.
He glanced at the date under the old man's diary again: January 20.
The last page of the diary is March 23, two months have passed, and the old man has not yet figured out the use of this thing.
Xie Chi spread out the painting again and touched it carefully from top to bottom, without ignoring any corner, still found nothing.
[Chichi thinks there is a problem with the painting? ]
[Impossible, it has been two months, the old man who should be touched must have touched it]
[Will it be that special liquid is poured on the painting, and the words will appear]
[I've watched too many TV series. Besides, where did the special liquid come from in this broken place—ah this! I rely on! ]
Xie Chi found the thinner part of the ice layer, and slashed the ice layer with the knife left by the old man. The cold water under the ice layer was exposed, and Xie Chi did not hesitate to stuff the painting into the water.
[What is he doing? Ruining the painting? ]
[Fuck! ]
Xie Chi heard a "thump" sound, like the sound of a frog jumping into the water, maybe it was too quiet around, and Xie Chi even heard the subtle ripple sound of duck webs plucking water.
Something jumped into the water from the drawing.
Under the transparent ice layer, there was a green thing swimming happily, and within a few seconds, the thing plunged into the deep water and disappeared.
Xie Chi smiled and took the painting from the water. The kappa on the painting was gone.
The center of the scroll is blank, and only the word "Kappa" in the lower right corner proves that the painting was originally a lifelike Kappa.
The old man regarded the picture scroll as a treasure, and he kept it so well that he kept it close to his body, and it was impossible to let it get wet.
He always looked closely, trying to uncover the secrets hidden in it. In fact, Kappa's habits had already told the prisoner what was the way to get the chance.
Kappa likes water, so it is good to put the painting in the water completely.
The app that has been silent for too long rings—
[Congratulations, you got your chance in hell: Kappa's Choice Birth. Human children cannot choose what kind of family they are born in, they can only be forced to accept it, but Kappa can. Happy Kappa can choose their parents and choose the environment they want for themselves. ]
[In the next layer change, you can choose the birth place (except Elysium), only once. ]
Xie Chi smiled, is this an alternative balance? He was unlucky, fell to the bottom at the start, but got an opportunity by accident.
In this way, he doesn't have to worry about falling to the bottom again when he changes layers next time.
The use has been unlocked, and the blank scroll is useless. Xie Chi rolled the scroll and stuffed it back into the ice water.
Others are hell, something that cannot be seen by later people.
It will soon be re-covered by heavy snow, and no one will know that there is a picture scroll and a cheerful kappa floating under the ice.
Xie Chi had only been busy for ten minutes, and his body was covered with a thick layer of snow. Fortunately, with the energy of the old man, he could not feel the cold. It was already dark, and he was going to find a cave for the night.
The app has sent a message, the time here is 5 times the speed, fifteen days, in fact, only three days, very fast.
It's beautiful here, the sky is as blue as water filtered through, the rootless snowflakes are scattered everywhere, maybe there will be aurora, if my brother is still there, maybe they can watch it together.
Xie Chi was helpless, he said that the app was not so kind to separate him and his brother. It turned out to be acting alone. No wonder he generously promised to compensate 300 points after the shooting.
[Wow basically killed the inmate]
[two dead, so fast, how long this time]
[Fortunately there are many actors this time, almost twenty]
[Wait, Xie Chi got Kappa's choice to be born, so Xie Chi can't go to the first floor of Bahre after fifteen days? ! ]
[The first floor of the eight heat is too comfortable, the spring flowers are blooming, Su Qing and this little brother are lucky, they will be here as soon as they land]
[I feel sorry for my pool for three seconds. One is in the sky and the other is underground. My pool is about to become a caveman. It is very difficult to climb up.]
…
This is the first floor of the eight hot hells, and the mountains and plains are full of peach blossoms. The climate here is warm, the river is gurgling, the scenery is pleasant, and there are even huts for people living in the distance looming in the shadows of the trees. The sky is dark, and the white petals in the powder are spinning and falling, quiet and beautiful, like a fairyland on earth.
The two people walking in it walked silently, and the atmosphere was dull and depressed.
"Let me see the mark on the back of the neck for you?" Su Qing hesitated, but suggested.
"No." Xie Xinglan said.
Su Qing knew that he didn't believe in him, and he didn't force it any more, after all, they were almost strangers.
Su Qing tilted his head to look at Xie Xinglan, and he noticed that the darker the sky, the more gloomy this man's face was. Su Qing is very sensitive. He can feel that this person is in a very bad mood, and the manic-depressive feeling pervades his bones. Of course, the manic-depression does not affect his judgment. He is still calm and alienated, but he is obviously not in the mood to take care of himself.
Xie Xinglan is obviously not a lively character. Su Qing now feels that the person who laughed when he communicated with Xie Chi before seemed to be his illusion.
He noticed something strange.
When Xie Xinglan looked at him condescendingly again, Su Qing stopped and clearly stated his feelings: "You want to kill me."
[what? ! ]
[Fuck? ? ]
Xie Xinglan didn't bother to look back, and said coldly, "You guessed wrong."
"Why?" Su Qing chased after him and insisted, "You want to kill me, why didn't you do it?"
Su Qing can't understand, this is obviously the most comfortable first floor, he and Xie Xinglan do not have any competitive relationship, why is Xie Xinglan's vague murderous intention, killing him clearly has no effect on Xie Xing There is no benefit to the lamella.
Xie Xinglan sneered: "It has nothing to do with you."
Su Qing froze in place.
Has nothing to do with him? That is about other people.
Xie Xinglan wanted to kill him because it had something to do with someone else.
They just saw the rules in hell on the stone tablet at the entrance of the valley - if Xie Xinglan kills him, he will drop to the first floor of the cold hell. If they are lucky, the people in the cold hell will accept him. If they are unlucky, they will exploit themselves, kill themselves, and send themselves to the next level of hell.
This is completely bad for him, but not good for Xie Xinglan at all, but obviously he is in the way of Xie Xinglan.
Why did he get in the way of Xie Xinglan
Want to kill yourself related to someone else...
A terrible thought suddenly popped into Su Qing's mind, he froze in place, his heart trembled.
There is a possibility that makes sense - Xie Xinglan wants to open the passage to the next floor by killing himself.
If he kills himself, he will fall off the floor, thus opening the channel to the next floor.
Xie Xinglan wanted to jump into the next floor while he was falling.
Xie Xinglan wanted to leave here and go down.
He most likely wanted to… find someone.
Xie Chi... ? The person he was looking for was... Xie Chi
Su Qing felt a great sense of absurdity in his conjecture, and at the same time a little jealous.
Is Xie Chi so good? Xie Xinglan was like this, and so was Shen Yi.
Su Qing shook his head, shaking out those inappropriate thoughts.
He doesn't know Xie Xinglan very well, but Xie Xinglan is not like a hesitant person. He didn't do it to himself, maybe there are other reasons. He also took action to protect himself before.
Su Qing hesitated, ready to catch up with Xie Xinglan and let him kill him. Xie Xinglan killed him, he just dropped a layer, he has props and some means, he won't die...
As Su Qing was thinking, a huge hole suddenly appeared under his feet at the end of the road ahead.
Xie Xinglan stopped abruptly.
A rope fell from the hole.
Su Qing ran over, looked down along the entrance of the cave, and saw Ji Xingchen on the first floor of the cold hell.
Ji Xingchen saw an acquaintance who was also the kindest Su Qing, and a surprise flashed in his eyes: "Su Qing, pull me up quickly."
Ji Xingchen's sword was stained with blood, and the blood was still warm.
Su Qing felt a chill in his heart. On the first floor of the comfortable cold hell, Ji Xingchen still killed his cellmate for that tiny bit of energy.
Ji Xingchen wanted to be closer to Elysium, and the first floor of Hot Hell was above the first floor of Cold Hell, the closest to Elysium, so he killed his cellmate.
Right now, Su Qing stood by the edge of the hole with folded arms, Ji Xingchen felt that this was enough, even if Su Qing didn't help him, he was definitely not the one who fell into the hole and cut the rope.
"Are you alone up there?" Ji Xingchen smiled gently, grabbing the rope and climbing up as he asked.
"It's okay for two people, we don't have a competitive relationship," Ji Xingchen tried to persuade the second person above as he climbed, "If you can stay three people on one floor, you should know my strength, maybe I can help you find Elysium. door, our goals are the same…”
Su Qing heard a laugh, turned around in surprise, and found that the extremely indifferent young man laughed.
Xie Xinglan had a strange feeling of gratitude towards Ji Xingchen. Ji Xingchen's selfishness has opened up his upward path and completely opened up his own downward path.
Xie Xinglan jumped and jumped down without hesitation.
Su Qing's eyes widened, and Rao had already guessed a few points. When this scene really happened, he was still in cardiac arrest, and the tip of his nose was slightly sour.
Does Xie Xinglan like Xie Chi
There are people in this world who are willing to give up the warmth and comfort of the topmost layer, give up abundant energy and readily available information, jump into the dark hell, fall into endless fighting, and suffer in harsh environments for Xie Chi, just to find him.
Xie Xinglan will go all the way down and find him.
Su Qing was so convinced that he smiled, full of envy.
[Fuck! ! ! Why are you still jumping down? ! ]
[Oh my god? ? ! I am not wrong, right? ? ! ]
[I rely on! ! ! Did he not want the first floor of such a comfortable hot hell? ! ]
[Is the first floor of the cold hell okay? It is slightly worse than the first floor of the hot hell]
[I've taken this for a reason. People can't climb up if they want to. There is another one who jumps down on his own initiative. This hole is opened for Ji Xingchen to climb up. Hey! ]