Looking directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

Chapter 2155 Confinement (Twenty-four)

So is this a supernatural power, or a sudden serious illness?
It’s a bit hard to say.

But what is certain is that the pain in the fingers is becoming more and more intense, and there is a tendency for it to spread.

Fu Qian moved his fingers, feeling the feedback.

It hasn't affected the action yet, but if it is of a supernatural nature, then it will undoubtedly be worse news.

This means that even if you are active in the surface world, you will be at risk of being affected by the supernatural.

And worse, it appears to provide a marker for competitors.

Regardless of whether the "old hunter" knows that someone is racing with him, under the current circumstances, if he really retains some of his extraordinary abilities and spots someone with an extraordinary aura, then his reaction is not optimistic.

Of course, even so, this trip was still quite fruitful.

The first thing was to find traces of the two missing persons, and even sort out their possible itinerary, as well as the itinerary of their opponents.

For a mission with an ever-increasing countdown, such a reward is almost worth any price other than death.

Secondly, a previous doubt seemed to have been answered - about the time when Jane and Mr. Huck met.

Jane said herself that she was supposed to have Wednesday off, but she came to take over because Rachel was absent from work.

Logically speaking, these emergency personnel should not arrive too early.

So how did "Huck", who arrived particularly early, meet her?
Now combined with the situation on the Art Prison side, there seems to be a more reasonable explanation - is it possible that Jane is not the "Huck" she met today, but earlier?

Like yesterday morning?

Otherwise, "Huck" would have been inquiring about the whereabouts of the missing people in the morning, so how would he have had the time to come here and kill people?
The timing is not right.

Brother Tantou also mentioned that two people came here yesterday. Is it possible that the "old hunter" was already looking for someone at that time, so he entered the breakfast shop where Zhen was on duty?
It is hard to say why she entered the other world, but because of the deep impression left by the communication process, even when she came to take over the shift the next day, Jane still unconsciously poured a glass of milk there due to the influence of her subconscious mind.

By that time, the old hunter might have already visited the Art Prison.

This is the correct order.

……

Not only was his opponent suspected of retaining extraordinary abilities, but he even took action at least one day in advance.

The situation seems more serious than imagined.

Even so, Mr. Hake's suspicion still seems to be unable to be ruled out.

After all, the mission has not failed so far, which means that the old hunter has not found the white key yet.

After many efforts, he was on the verge of despair, so he used this method to guide himself to help find it, trying to wait for the opportunity behind the scenes. It sounded not impossible.

The good news is that no matter what the situation is, what I have to do next is the same, which is to confirm the situation of the artist Ivan in this world.

It is impossible to give up the clues. If it is really some kind of conspiracy, then we might as well use an open conspiracy to deal with it.

You can even confirm the nature of the problem you are dealing with.

Without waking up Brother Tantao, Fu Qian walked straight towards the guard tower, just like before.

……

Even in this world, the studio's owner seems to be absent.

Soon, under more than one pair of scrutinizing eyes, Fu Qian arrived at the guard tower again.

Mr. Hake's advice once again demonstrated its value.

On the one hand, the onlookers did not greet him like Brother Tantao did, and on the other hand, they did not react much to him walking into this place.

If he came in police uniform, even if he didn't scare people, at least there would be people watching, right? While sighing, Fu Qian had already used the tools he brought from the car to easily unlock the door and pushed it open.

That’s right, not only was there no response when I knocked on the door, but it was even locked.

Fortunately, I always believe in being prepared, and with this little preparation, the total time I spent in front of the door did not exceed three seconds.

So much so that the onlookers obviously didn't notice anything unusual.

I just don’t know if they are like Brother Tantao and have not noticed anything unusual here.

……

The tower was quiet and showed no reaction to the intruder.

Fu Qian also closed the door casually and looked around.

Up and down, surrounded by vines, there are similar creations here.

From the beginning of the mission to now, this place should be the one that is most similar to the temperament of the other world. Brother Ivan is indeed extraordinary.

While admiring him, he quickly confirmed that no one was on the ground and went straight down the familiar stairs.

In comparison, the hanging paintings are much more abstract.

We soon arrived at the entrance of the previous passage, and this time there was finally something different.

There is still a painting there, but the content has turned abstract.

Apart from the similar colors, only a few strokes are used to outline the ambiguous pattern, making it difficult to confirm the theme.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Brother Ivan has not finished yet, because there are brushes and paints next to him.

Meanwhile, the artist himself remains absent.

Fu Qian didn't hesitate and simply raised his hand to open the painting.

……

It is indeed a passage, but it seems a little different.

Looking at the scene revealed behind the painting, Fu Qian seemed to be lost in thought for a moment.

Still in a similar position, a hole appeared on the wall for entry and exit, which was about the same size.

But at a glance, you can see that it is different from the inside world.

In comparison, the cave was too regular and had become a common abandoned passage, far less lively than before.

So... why is there so little natural atmosphere missing? Is it because the painting is not done well?

The scene before him was undoubtedly more realistic, but Fu Qian still retained his good habit of asking why.

The next moment, he even picked up the pen next to him and gestured at the painting.

Wait, I seem to know the answer to the previous question——

If Brother Ivan is indeed describing an invisible plant, then what exactly is that spherical space? How can it grow at the roots?
Why was the body placed in there?
The answer is actually very simple. It is indeed a fruit-like part, but it does not grow at the root.

People always have some habitual thinking, for example, the roots of plants should be at the bottom and the branches at the top.

However, just when he picked up the pen and brought in Brother Ivan's thinking, Fu Qian re-outlined those lines from the creator's perspective and came up with a more "subversive" interpretation - for that invisible thing, those that had been extending downwards before were not its roots but branches.

That thing is upside down, and the spherical area is the fruit, flowers, or anything related to reproduction between the branches.

The corpse placed inside completes a process similar to pollination.