Chapter 49
If you accidentally bump into a ghost, you will not read the calendar when you go out and you can only think of yourself as unlucky. But you will be rushing to the ghost to show it to her, which is probably because you are brain-sick.
Unfortunately, Qi Chen felt that he and Longya were now in a state of brain disease, and of course, he was forced.
The dark staircase and the light white woman were less than ten steps away from where they were standing. Qi Chen was pulled by Long Ya. Even though he was reluctant to slow down his pace, he was about to bypass the corridor column and get closer and closer to the stairs.
Long Ya looked careless, but his hands were surprisingly strong. He pulled a thin and thin Qi Chen as if he had no effort. He spoke casually: "In fact, even if he didn't look, he could guess. At that time, he had neither taken photos nor photographs. The only thing that could save the scene in this yard was painting-"
He said this very well. Qi Chen was pulled by him and took two more steps before he reacted and suddenly stopped: "Since you can guess it, let me come over to see what team leader Long!"
Long Ya raised his hand and pointed up very casually. Qi Chen realized that even if he stopped, they were already standing under the stairs. What made him want to slap the most was that he knew that Long Ya sometimes did some tricks, but he was foolish and subconsciously looked up in the direction of his finger.
As a result, he was shocked by this glance - because he was standing under the stairs and looking up, he could face the woman in white who was standing in the middle of the stairs and nodding her head.
And that woman... has no face at all!
Qi Chen: "..." Damn it!
As a person who is not interested in thriller and horror movies, Qi Chen has not seen many thriller scenes and rarely looks for that kind of excitement. So he never developed associations when he was in the scene, so he was really shocked by this shameless woman and took a step back.
However, his hand was pulled by Longya, and Longya stood still. He couldn't retreat even if he wanted to take a few more steps. He could only stare at his eyes and his face was white and his breath was silently sucking.
It is actually not accurate to say that he is shameless, because after all, there is still a contour - the woman has a full forehead and a small and round chin, and the whole face is very beautiful, but she has no eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips, and looks like a freshly pinched dough.
I saw a dough combed in a gentle and low bun at such a close distance, and the weak willows walked on the stairs with the wind. No one could stand it!
Especially at this time, the initiator who came up to find the excitement came over and looked over, and then said with a smug look: "Look, I'm right, it was indeed drawn, because this woman went downstairs and lowered her head, so the person who wrote the pen would no longer have to draw her face."
Qi Chen looked at him expressionlessly: "..." He wanted to kill this unreliable non-direct leader here on the spot, but unfortunately the difference in force was too big, so he had to give up.
However, Long Ya pulled Qi Chen to see the ghost, and he was not really aimless to come and flirted with him. Seeing that Qi Chen's face was green and almost surpassed the leeks, he reluctantly explained: "I pulled you over to see if this woman was really repeating an action, without any discount. Although this is too conspicuous, it is not guaranteed..."
He muttered the last sentence, and Qi Chen didn't understand what it meant for a moment, and asked a question "ah".
"Our current situation is that we are sealed in this haunted place, probably just like Li Zhengchang encountered every night in the past few days. However, when Li Zhengchang encountered it, this place appeared regularly and at a fixed point, and worked diligently every day like clocking in. It was like a sunset and rising and rising. For Li Zhengchang, it was just a matter of sleeping and sweeping two petals. But tonight it was designed by us, nine out of ten people were designed by people who were interested. Basically, don't expect it to be locked in it by itself. If you can't find the exit, you may be locked here for the rest of your life and spend your time with this shameless person--"
Qi Chen glanced at the woman on the stairs and twitched the corner of his mouth: "So what?"
Longya then said, "So you need to find the exit as soon as possible. There is a key to going out from such places. Remember, if you are alone one day, you are not mindless and have no brains and are brought into such places, you will also avoid helplessness-"
Qi Chen looked at himself, then at Longya, and said, "We are two of us now, too..." He had no brains and multiplied by two.
Long Ya suddenly looked at him with a painful look: "You are itchy and you have to mention this to me. When you think of my handle, you will get hurt!"
"...you keep going." Qi Chen shut up silently.
"I just told you that the reason why this place exists is that it is recorded in the form of a painting. The characteristic of the painting is that it is still. To get out from here, you naturally have to find the key place. The key place is generally where the flaws are, that is, where the nature of the painting is opposite."
Qi Chen understood as soon as he heard this: "Looking for the place where the contradiction is uneven, the painting is quiet, and the place where the contradiction is naturally moving."
Dragon Ya nodded.
"Then this woman--" Qi Chen raised his hand and pointed to the woman in white who was constantly rising and falling on the steps, and spoke hesitantly.
Obviously, this thin woman in white was the most obvious move in this situation. However, Qi Chen was a little hesitant after saying a while, because this woman in white was moving too obviously. If it was really a flaw, then this flaw would be too easy to find. Who would have such a flaw? Are you stupid?
Long Ya was naturally the same idea, so he didn't focus on the woman in white at the beginning. He nodded and said to Qi Chen: "First of all, the movement is too obvious, and the possibility of the connection with her is slim. The one who puts the flaws here is either a lack of brain or just a purely teasing us. Secondly, this woman is not actually moving."
After hearing this, Qi Chen looked at the woman again and understood what he meant - many people focused on movement and stillness in painting, as well as emptiness and reality. This courtyard covered with bluestone, the old house with a little dark light, including the stairs the woman was holding, were all really still. In the painting, the woman might be frozen at the moment when she went downstairs. The skirt was lightly raised and her footsteps would be raised. That was the part of the painting that symbolizes movement. So when the painting became such a real situation, she was not absolutely still, but was constantly completing the movement of going downstairs here.
But every time she went downstairs, the size of her steps, and even the amplitude of the hem of her skirt, were exactly the same. Such a vicious cycle itself is still in another sense, and naturally it cannot be regarded as a flaw.
Knowing the key to finding the exit, Qi Chen would certainly not be so stupid and speechless to the faceless man. He immediately turned to look at the scene and objects in the courtyard. He finally understood why the fog scattered and the dragon teeth were enjoying the scenery there without saying a word.
When it comes to flaws and inconsistencies, Qi Chen didn't find anything obvious at first glance. But he couldn't help but look at the old locust tree in the yard.
"What?" Long Ya glanced at him as his eyes passed by the old locust tree unconsciously again and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with that tree?"
As soon as he said that, Qi Chen felt like he had become a turtle shell again, but he didn't bother to stop and nodded, saying, "I always feel that this locust tree looks awkward, I can't help but want to glance at it. Don't ask me the reason, I don't know."
Of course, Longya didn't need Qi Chen to say anything. Because, when he heard Qi Chen's words, he pulled Qi Chen to the old locust tree without saying a word and carefully looked it from top to bottom.
Qi Chen looked more carefully than him, and he almost scanned every leaf and every string of flowers. However, at this carefulness, he really noticed some movement - when a breeze swept through the gaps between the branches and leaves, Qi Chen saw a string of flowers shaking extremely slightly.
Because the flower is too dense and overlaps with the green leaves, it makes people dazzled. The extremely subtle shaking can't be discovered without staring at it.
Qi Chen immediately pulled the dragon teeth and pointed at the string of locust flowers and said, "Look at that! Those strings are moving!"
Longya looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, he found the string of locust flowers half hidden under the leaves. After waiting for a while, another breeze blew by, and the string of flowers swayed slightly.
Just this flash, the joy that Qi Chen had just discovered the flaw was gone.
"Uh... wait." Qi Chen grabbed Longya, afraid that he would be too straightforward, so he just took a knife to go up, and then hesitated and said, "Look at it again, it's a bit... not right."
Longya glanced at his claws and said angrily: "You think I am you, and I want to jump up when I see something moving! This flower shouldn't be-"
As soon as he finished speaking, another extremely slight wind passed through the gaps between the branches, shaking gently with the string of locust flowers...
The remaining half of Qi Chen was suddenly lost in joy. He raised his hand expressionlessly and scanned Longya: "Okay, I've read it wrong. Team Leader Long, you can take your eyes back and look elsewhere."
Because no matter the breeze or the string of shaking locust flowers, they are just like the thin woman who is going down the stairs, just repeating infinitely... it is not a flaw at all.
The hope that he had finally found was shattered again, and Qi Chen had to stare at those eyes again, and carefully searched for the "moving" place in this small courtyard.
Because it comes out of the painting, there is only shape and no sound. The entire courtyard and the few dark rooms surrounding it have no movement or stillness, which makes people feel uncomfortable. In this situation, such silence not only does not calm people, but makes people more anxious.
It's like a dead place. Everything is fake. If you see too much, you will feel as thin as a painting. Qi Chen squatted on the ground, wishing he wouldn't even let go of a crack in the wall. He thought to himself: If you really want to lock in this kind of place for a lifetime, you will be crazy, if you are alone...
Thinking of it, he subconsciously glanced at Longya again, but it happened to meet Longya's gaze that lowered his head. Qi Chen was a little embarrassed, although he didn't realize why he was embarrassed for a while. He only subconsciously made up a reason to talk and talked about it: "Captain Long, I still think something is wrong with the locust tree..."
After saying this, even he felt a little strange. Why did he always remember the locust tree in his subconscious mind? And after he finished saying this, he felt a sense of certainty in his heart for a moment, sure what was there...
Long Ya didn't grab him and asked why he was looking at him. After listening to his words, he returned to the locust tree without saying a word.
Seeing that he was so straightforward, Qi Chen certainly would not speak out without doing anything. He followed him and then followed the locust tree from the branches and leaves to see the trunk. Finally, he squatted down next to the locust tree and looked at the roots of the locust tree carefully.
The upper part of the locust tree root was exposed from the mud, like a snake arched with its body and half buried in the soil. At the edge of the winding roots, there were a few pieces of gravel, mud with pores, and some fragmented scattered petals.
Chapter completed!