Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

At 7 o'clock in the evening, in the courtyard in front of the building, Jian Shenxiu also led Markesia through the broken door and arrived at the center of this strange courtyard.

This is their second time here. Last time they were fully armed but got nothing. They even got stabbed when they saw Shenxiu, which cost them an expensive composite body armor. For investigating weirdness, failure is normal, and they don't feel depressed about it, but they also know that every confrontation with anomalies is a life-and-death struggle, and not every failure will have the good luck of retreating .

But this time they came prepared, although this "preparation"... seems somewhat strange.

"Is this thing really useful?"

Markesias looked at Jian Shenxiu worriedly. Even though the young man didn't know much about the world, he felt that this matter was unreliable. There was nothing reliable about the little witch from the beginning, so that when he came to this place after nightfall, he still felt full of worries.

"Try it." On the contrary, Shenxiu looked very calm. The more risky the thing to do, the calmer he appears, and at the moment he is even tense and gentle.

"If it doesn't work, we'll think of another way."

"Understood." Marchesias also knew that this was the only way at the moment. He arched himself beside Jian Shenxiu to protect his safety. What they are going to do next is extremely dangerous, and the opponent is too difficult to deal with, so that they have to use some more aggressive means.

Seeing that Markesias was ready and Shenxiu nodded, he took out a square box from his satchel and took out the contents from the box.

It turned out to be a piece of pufferfish-shaped porcelain, with a smooth and delicate surface, to restore the round shape of the pufferfish when it swelled, and it was thoughtfully tied with a cute bow with a pink ribbon, adding a lovely decoration to this prop.

No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a cute creature that has nothing to do with the eerie environment around it. At this moment, the setting sun was setting like blood, and even standing in the yard could feel the chill. The swaying grass and trees next to it gave a vague feeling of being watched by countless eyes, but as the center of watching, they held such an object in their hands.

But in the eyes of Markesias, Jian Shenxiu seems to have inexplicable trust in that piece of porcelain, maybe because he is well-read and knowledgeable, and knows the special mystical significance of puffer fish, maybe because of the making of this porcelain There is something particularly mysterious about Fang in his eyes. In the early morning at the Shrine, when the young priestess proposed such absurd way to break the situation, Jian Shenxiu did not show any objection, and accepted her suggestion calmly, and bought the product she specified. commodity.

...

"Go get one of their handmade fugu porcelain, the one with the pink ribbon, because I love pink! And can you donate the props to the shrine when you run out? Hey, I want one like that Pufferfish porcelain has been around for a long time…”

...

This kind of thing seems absurd no matter from that angle. Markesias was vigilant about his surroundings, while watching Shenxiu take the puffer fish porcelain out of the box from the corner of his eye, and tapped the air in front of him three times. However, what is even more absurd is that the surrounding environment actually changed with the three virtual dots! Ripple-like distortions appeared in the space, and subtle cracks faintly appeared in the places that were dotted.

"...It's really useful!"

Marchesus exclaimed. Seeing that Shenxiu's expression changed slightly, he increased his strength and knocked against the air in front of him three times in a row. This time, the change in space became more obvious. Cobweb-like cracks appeared in the air in front of my eyes. The swing was just an ordinary swinging force, but the air in front of me was powerful, and the space vibrated like ripples. It was as if a boundary was about to be forcibly broken.

"Hoo-hoo--"

At the same time, a dark wind suddenly blew up in the field, and the blown weeds shook and rustled everywhere. Except for the two, there was obviously no one in the field, but Markesias suddenly felt that the place was noisy, and the weeds shook as if countless lurking things were awakened.

"..."

Seeing Shenxiu's eyes froze, he immediately threw the puffer fish porcelain in his hand towards the crack. The fragile porcelain fell on the crack, and immediately fell to pieces and shattered into countless pieces. But at that moment, everything around them suddenly collapsed, revealing the deep darkness below, the scene changed, and the two had already appeared on a dark road.

It's the same building, but time has changed. The sky changed from evening to midnight, and the buildings ahead changed from dilapidated to brand new. Looking over, you can see that many windows are still lit, as if there are still people busy in it late at night. The road under his feet has changed from broken to smooth, and the bushes on both sides are also prosperous and neat. Only the weeds on both sides seemed to rise suddenly, and the shaking shadow grew from the original half-human height...

No, those are not weeds.

Those are "people"... Alienated "people", hundreds of "people". "They" maintained a stiff posture, standing silently in the garden on both sides. Before the two arrived, "they" were as dead as sculptures, as stiff as corpses. But now "they" have been awakened, one pair after another of scarlet eyes opened in the shadows, the bloody light is like countless red fireflies rising in the deep forest, making people doubt whether these things can still be called human beings reason.

The two finally entered the hideaway.

"Very good, very good."

Seeing this scene, Jian Shenxiu actually smiled with satisfaction. He bent down and picked up a shard of puffer fish porcelain from the ground and put it in his pocket, then put away his guns and drew his sword from his waist.

"Remind me when you go out..."

He tilted his head and smiled, and at that moment Markesias suddenly felt that he was somewhat similar to the monsters around him. The red pupils under the cover of black bangs have a similar but even stronger charm compared to those monsters.

"Don't forget to buy a new porcelain for the little girl at the shrine!"

But the content of his speech was extremely gentle, and he refused to give up every promise he had made.

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"No, I can't find any clues at all."

About half an hour later, the three of them who had searched the entire room finally failed to find the clue they were looking for. They sat down on the sofa next to them, with obvious sorrow on their faces.

"The most critical problem is that we still don't know what we should look for." Yuan Taiyi frowned and continued to observe the room, "There are not many things in the room, and there are only a few categories. If there are If there is a general direction, this problem will be much easier to solve. But now we don't even know what we should look for."

"..."

Speaking of which, the three of them fell silent at the same time, gave up talking, and just sat on the sofa, their eyes still wandering aimlessly in the room. But in the end, their eyes inevitably began to converge in a certain direction, staying on the huge drawing board in the room.

Without a doubt, that was the most eye-catching thing in the room. If we talk about other things in the room - such as sofas, fireplaces, etc., they are just the normal furnishings in the room. Then such a huge drawing board, which is one person high and half a person wide, looks particularly abrupt and conspicuous to other things in the room. You must know that this room is not a studio or studio with a strong artistic atmosphere. The layout of tables, sofas and other things is full of life. But only such a huge drawing board is placed here, and even occupies a very important position from the layout point of view. Just like a designer of a game level, designing a puzzle will definitely put the initial clues in the most conspicuous position.

"Hello? Are you still there?"

After pondering for a moment, Hino Mino spoke slowly, and began to call out the voice in the air, and the voice responded as she expected, still the kind of flirtatious and frivolous tone that was immature.

"Of course, I've been there all the time, just keep quiet so that you can think about it. After all, if you can't solve this mystery, this place may be your burial place. I think at this time you will Hope for a quiet environment to think about the philosophy of death."

"Philosophy of death?" Hino Minoru's expression moved slightly, and he began to tentatively try to use clichés, "You seem to have a good understanding of philosophy, and the style of speaking seems like an artist. Longtai, are you from an artistic family? Or are you an artist yourself? "

"Artist?" The boy's voice snorted, "Are you kidding, is Xuejian Ze a place where artists can live?"

"But as far as I know, Yukimizawa's artistic career is still very developed," Hino Minoru continued, "Are you a painter? Painters who are so interested in the philosophy of death are actually quite rare?"

"Prosperity in art? That's all before Eternal Night." The boy's voice mocked, "As for the philosophy of death, it's not that I want to pursue death, but that death always follows me. Hunger, poverty, cold, disease …Those who have not experienced these things will not understand. When you really face these things, you will understand that death is not something so remote as philosophy, but something that may happen to you in real life at any time. You You have to think about whether one day you will go to that end. You have to think about the impact of your death, the relationship between you and death. You struggle hard to live, but death is always behind you. You try to escape, but death always scythes behind you."

"When you think about those problems, you can't help but want to create, to paint your despair, to paint your fear. Your canvas is painted with cheap paint, but your spirit is Burning on the canvas. You feel like all your energy is poured into those paintings, even if they still mean nothing to other people.”

"Because everyone is hungry, poor, cold, and sick. Death is not your own understanding, but the commonality of lowly people. Eternal Night destroyed everything about us. We lost so much, so much that death is between us. It’s become commonplace in China.”

"But you will have to experience this soon." The boy's voice suddenly became cheerful, "If you haven't solved this puzzle, you have to think about how you should face death when it comes. Starvation is a very long way to die, and you have plenty of time to think about death."

"That will only happen when we can't solve the problem. I don't think it's the time yet." Hearing their conversation, Izumi Saori seemed to be touched, and she stood up and said, "You just said creation, if I said I need something, can you provide it to me?"

"Need something? Water or food?" The boy's voice raised slightly, "Did I say that there would be no such thing? All the clues are in this room."

"No, what I want is not water and food." Izumi Shaori shook her head, and found a white palette from the things they had just sorted out next to the table.

"I want paints, brushes and paints."

"Paint?" the boy asked suspiciously.

"Yes, paint." Izumi Saori nodded affirmatively, "There are drawing boards, canvases, and palettes here. Then there should be paints and brushes, right?"

Her words immediately attracted the attention of the two boys next to her. During the observation just now, they also undoubtedly noticed the huge drawing board placed in the center of the room. But a completely blank canvas is really hard to contain any information. They searched the entire easel and found no more clues.

"Well, you convinced me."

However, the boy seemed to be moved by her, and actually agreed to Izumi Saori's request. So, in the next second, Izumi Saori felt that the palette in his hand sank slightly, and paints of various colors were already placed on it.

"But if you want to draw something, maybe the conclusion will surprise you."

But the boy doesn't seem to be nervous because of this retreat, and there is still a relaxed smile in his words, and you can even hear a trace of ridicule in that voice, with a trap-like temptation.

"I'll try it."

But Izumi Saori directly ignored his words, and immediately got up and walked towards the easel after getting the paint. Then she randomly found a color of paint and began to daub it on the canvas with a pen, but immediately—no matter what color paint she dipped in, it disappeared immediately after it was painted on the canvas.

"This..." Minoru Hino and Gentaichi, who were watching by the side, changed their expressions, turned their heads to look at the air next to them almost at the same time, and asked angrily, "Are you cheating?"

"No, no, I'm the one who made the test, so how could I cheat." But the voice laughed triumphantly, full of joy, "That's how it is. Didn't I say it all? Want to try If so, the result will be unexpected.”

"..."

Seeing this result, Izumi Saori was also obviously stunned, but after contemplating for a while holding the painting tray, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly gave up the easel in front of her as if she had understood something, and dipped the pen in her hand. The paint is applied to other things as well.

Then came an astonishing conclusion. They immediately found that everything in the house could not be painted with color. The other party clearly gave the paint, but it couldn't be painted on any item, even the paint itself——In Izumi Saori During the use all the way, the original weight has been maintained without any reduction.

During this process, Izumi Saori's eyes gradually lit up, as if the fog had been broken, and the thoughts in her brain gradually became clear. This clarity reached its peak after she tried the last thing in this room, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"I understand! I understand how to solve this problem!"