The hybrid who walks infinitely

Chapter 179 Pickman Hotel

As the only person among the crowd who has read the script, Temari's shadow avatar is particularly valued.

The facts proved that she really knew this town named Devil very well, everything from the street layout to the topographical features was confirmed.

Suburbs.

The trees are lush.

Lu Li took her to arrive first. In front of his eyes, there was a gentle hill about 200 meters high. Next to the path leading to the top of the hill, there was a rusty iron sign with a sense of age:

Pickman Hotel.

Due to the small size of the town, within a short period of time, from Eriyi to other seniors arrived one after another, Temari and the female sword fairy Qingxi were slightly behind, so they came hand in hand.

The last one was the disciple of the Tang Sect. He was a long time coming. When he arrived, the shadow clone had already started to introduce the situation.

Don't wait for me, put your teammates in a dangerous environment alone, there is already a way to kill!

However, how could the ghost shadow fan Zongbu, who was learned secretly from the inner sect, be so unbearable?

You know, this is the top footwork of the Tang Sect. After performing it, the speed is increased to the extreme, and there are many phantoms, like ghosts, which can quickly evade attacks. It is basically impossible to use hidden weapons with Ziji Demon Eye!

What kind of unique knowledge is it? You have to find a way to steal it... Tang Wei thought to himself.

In fact, there are relevant exchanges in the main god space, which belong to the lower-level category. A D-level branch plot, plus [-] reward points, can learn the so-called Tangmen stunt.

However, he didn't know this, and forcibly suppressed the dark thoughts and dissatisfaction in his heart, and approached the large army, pretending to be dull.

I saw the Temari avatar with full head of blond hair and exquisite facial features was stating in a tone of reminiscence:
"One night, people saw strange creatures crawling here."

"Huge body, snake-like tentacles..."

The object described is the glass greenhouse garden next to the Pickman Hotel.

After Lu Li got closer, he found that there was nothing inside, no trace left, and the strange creatures mentioned in the book seemed to have never visited here.

"Go in and have a look."

"Ah."

There is no doubt about the execution ability of the East China Sea team. With a click, the mahogany door was opened.

At the eye, the sofa, fireplace, illustrations, and coffee table are elegantly decorated, and everything is arranged in an orderly manner.

In addition, contrary to the situation in the small town, the door of this high-end hotel is not locked, and it can be opened with a push, but there is no one waiting at the front desk.

"There is an oil painting behind us, little bald head. If you walk three steps forward from where you are standing, you will find that there is a loose floor."

Wait for her to finish.

Xiao Lin didn't care about his nickname, he just stepped forward, three steps away, the floor creaked, and the loose board was lifted upwards.

Simultaneously, Lu Li and the others' gazes drifted to the back. As the saying goes, there is an oil painting hanging on it, and the content is not strange——

The couple held hands and looked at each other affectionately while standing by the lake.

"Also, the owner of this hotel, Mrs. Pickman..."

Due to the existence of a consciousness different from that of the main body, the shadow clone was a little scared, and leaned against Lu Li and other senior people, and said in a very low voice:
"The book says she became insane and chopped up her husband's coleslaw as a result of being corrupted by evil forces."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a movement, someone came up from the basement.

The sound of footsteps was monotonous, and they were getting closer, three or two times, and they appeared in the corridor further inside the hall.

With the help of the snakes' eyes, Lu Li saw a silver-haired old woman. Before she came to the service desk, she specially combed her hair and put on a kind smile in advance.

When the glass door was pushed open, Mrs. Pickman was reserved and polite to meet everyone's gaze:

"good afternoon."

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

She has exquisite makeup and is dressed in pink. Although her face is wrinkled due to her age, she has a good temperament.

If the avatar who had read the script hadn't told her in advance that she chopped up her husband and ate the coleslaw in her stomach, if everyone only looked at the appearance, it would be difficult to connect the two things together.

In addition, the snakes had already penetrated into the basement. With their eyes, Lu Li found a skinny old man with parts of his body alienated, tied to an iron frame, lifeless.

Obviously, Mrs. Pickman was in the basement just now, taking care of her husband. If the reincarnated people didn't come to disturb her, she might have already eaten.

During Lu Li's investigation, Xia Mo, who had a deep understanding of the Cthulhu culture in case of any eventuality, thought of a story——

Pickman's model.

Under the relevant worldview, some people like to become seafood, such as deep divers; some people like to become mice; some people like to turn dead people into living people.

Relatively speaking, Pickman in that story is relatively normal, he is really a "single-minded" painter, all paintings - "Ghouls Eating", "Class", "Subway Accident", "Home" Ghouls, Lowell, and Longfellow are buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery".

It can be said that he really has a soft spot for "ghosts"... In the Cthulhu mythology system, art workers, as highly inspired people, are often favored by the outer gods and the old days. Pickman is lucky, at least in "Pickman's Model" does not have a big guy eyeing him, and his story is a good interpretation of one of the characteristics of Rockwell's horror-blood.

Pickman's blood comes from the Salem witches. In the setting, this kind of people have the same facial features as ghouls, with hideous dog faces, and Pittman's grandmother was the one who was sentenced as a witch in the witch trials.

At the very beginning, a friend of Pittman's, Reed, noticed something strange. He disliked Pickman more and more day by day, and finally even reached the point of fear—the other's facial features and expressions changed little by little.

In a sense, it was definitely not a human face and expression, and Rhett asserted that Pickman's diet must have become extremely abnormal and weird, and the whole figure looked like a monster that was rapidly transforming.

At the end, Pickman did become a ghoul, but he didn't turn around to attack humans, and because after the transformation, his appearance can be regarded as the ceiling level among ghouls, so he is deeply loved by the general public. Pursued by ghouls.

In another novel "Dream Quest for Uncharted Kadath", the legendary investigator Randolph Carter encountered a group of ghouls in the dreamland, among them was Pickman who turned into a ghoul, because he The ghosts have a very high status, so they sent three younger brothers to help Carter pass through the Guge Giant City smoothly.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that Pickman probably has a relatively complete version of the "Necronomicon" in his hands, and has mastered a large number of forbidden secrets.

Both have the same name?

Or is there some kind of special connection?
Eager to explore taboos and strengthen himself, Xia Mo couldn't help raising his eyes, staring at the silver-haired old woman in front of him. Mrs. Pickman didn't feel it, and handed everyone a form and a pen, signaling them to register.

　There are still [-] words, which will be posted later, and will be tens of thousands today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)