"You don't have to think about me," the fat man waved his hands quickly, "My heart is bigger than you think."
"That's right..." Chenran squinted at Fatty, who looked away directly. The pressure brought by Chenran's eyes was no less than that of the doctor.
As for the reason why the doctor did this, Fatty probably knew it in his heart.
The doctor was worried that Chenran would suddenly attack him from behind when he was observing the clues, so he simply pulled Chenran to watch together.
Su Xiaoxiao was a bit inaccurate.
There was not just one painting on the stone pillar, but many, depicting different scenes, but they were all related to each other. The fat man was fascinated as he looked at them.
The artist's brushstrokes are rough, but it can still be seen that he has a certain level of skill. The composition of each painting is very clear, making it clear at a glance.
Overall, the impression given to Fatty is that the people depicted were a series of paintings completed under conditions of extreme fear or urgency.
There are nine paintings in total, arranged in a grid. The first eight paintings can all be seen clearly, but only the ninth one... The fat man blinked, and it seemed that only half of the painting was completed.
It's a broken picture.
What was missing was about two-thirds of the upper left side of the painting, and in the lower right corner, the fat man swallowed his saliva, walked around the dusty place, and took a closer look. There... was a person on it.
A strangely dressed man.
Curling up, hiding in a very small corner.
And... it should be a woman.
The moment this impression first appeared, the fat man shivered involuntarily. He immediately thought of the crazy old woman hiding in the lighthouse.
But... when he concentrated and looked at the last painting again, the strange feeling of familiarity disappeared again.
The painting that represents a person only has a few strokes, which are not even as good as a simple drawing of a kindergarten child. Not to mention the clothes, even the movements of men and women cannot be seen.
But at that moment, he was sure that the person in the painting was the old woman.
How can it be? !
The fat man panted violently, and his body that looked very big began to tremble. He subconsciously controlled himself not to swallow, but he couldn't do it at all.
He didn't know when this painting was left, but judging from the degree of wind erosion, it must have been at least hundreds of years. That old woman..., she...how could she... .
Could it be that she had already appeared at that time?
Then is she...still a human...
The fat man who had just come to his senses wanted to remind the doctor about the old woman, but because Chenran was by his side, he couldn't explain it clearly. The doctor and Chenran were now sitting shoulder to shoulder, like a conjoined twin.
"What has Brother Hao discovered now?" Chenran asked, squinting his eyes.
Jiang Cheng stood up, thought for a while, and said, "It's not clear yet. I think we should go upstairs and take a look first."
Hearing that the doctor was planning to go upstairs, the hairs on the fat man's back stood up. He could almost predict that Su Xiaoxiao's entrustment had failed, and Su An was probably cold.
Ah no, just like Motorcycle Girl and Diplodocus, they both disappeared mysteriously.
These are all related to old women.
Once you open your mind, you will feel like you have everything covered. Things that you couldn't understand before now seem to have reasonable explanations.
At the beginning, he was still discussing with the doctor why he also suffered a shipwreck and only the old woman survived, and...according to the doctor's understanding of nightmares, when everyone was selected for the nightmare mission, at the beginning The chances of survival should be close.
How could a second-level player appear?
This is inconsistent with the inferred nightmare mechanism.
Now we have answers.
The old woman is not a player at all. To be precise, she should be a very special NPC, so special that she can attack all players indiscriminately.
Thinking of the old woman's eyes staring at him the night before, and the scarlet tongue across her lips, the fat man couldn't help but tremble, and his two ham-like legs were about to give out.
"Ouch!"
The next second, the frightened fat man jumped half a meter high on the spot.
When he came back to his senses and turned around to look over, Jiang Cheng's left hand was placed around Chenran's neck, his right hand was straightened... still maintaining the same action as when he poked the fat man.
"you......"
"Let's go," Jiang Cheng said to the fat man carelessly, "Let's go up and take a look, you... just follow us."
"Okay...okay."
Obediently following behind Jiang Cheng and Chenran, Fatty now understood the struggle between the two more clearly. The streamlined muscles on Jiang Cheng's arm around Chenran's neck bulged, as if he could strangle the latter in the next second. neck.
Chen Ran was about the same, holding a seemingly intimate hand around Jiang Cheng's waist.
But judging from the veins that appeared on the back of the hand, it was obvious that there was hidden strength. The sudden force would probably not be much worse than the palm that hit Su Xiaoxiao.
Taking a deep breath, he also cheered up secretly. I was afraid that it would only be a matter of time before the two sides broke up, and the victory or defeat would be decided in an instant.
After all, once the doctor loses, it will be difficult for him to be his opponent as long as Chen Ran still breathes.
The stairs were relatively dark, and he didn't know where the previous torches were thrown. He followed the two of them cautiously. The stairs were spiral-shaped, with a dark abyss in the middle. Everyone was as close to the side of the wall as possible.
Fatty was also seriously considering in his mind the possibility of teaming up with the doctor to drop the time bomb that was Chenran.
The hypocritical politeness came to an end, and Jiang Cheng and Chenran walked forward together slowly and steadily, neither of them making a sound.
The atmosphere was tense for a moment.
As he got closer and closer to the lighthouse, the hazy illusion about the truth in Fatty's heart also became much less intense.
On the way back from Blackstone the night before, the doctor had told him some of the problems he had discovered.
But at that time, Fatty didn't have any ideas, so he just listened to it as a surprise. It wasn't until now that Fatty realized how scary the doctor was.
Among the questions the doctor asked, there were a few that impressed him the most.
According to the doctor, when they were invited to sit down in Blackstone Town, except for the blond man who was the mayor, there were still four empty seats.
In other words, the "people" in Blackstone Town have 7 "guests" by default.
How did the number 7... come about?
Just a coincidence?
After all, the old woman and the motorcycle girl stayed in the lighthouse at that time, and there were only six people at most who had ever appeared in the sight of the townspeople.
The second time, there were only the doctor, myself, Chenran, and Diplodocus.
In the end, only the three of them attended the appointment.
But what if... the people in Blackstone Town learned their entire number through some kind of record or some unknown way?
Taking a deeper guess, the townspeople not only knew their total number of people, but also... also knew that one of them was not human, so there was no such thing as preparing food for her.
Thinking of the old woman staring at him greedily, the fat man's pupils shrank, and a guess slowly emerged in his mind.
Very scary.
