Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 66: Deadly Sketch (Additional Chapter)

"Hmm." Li Xiu held his forehead with his hand and spoke with difficulty: "There is something wrong with these statues. If you force yourself to remember their shapes, the memorizer will be hurt mentally and the appearance of the statues will be quickly forgotten."

"So weird?" Xie Shen said, "Could these statues be dedicated to some evil god?"

“There’s no need to be superstitious.”

Li Xiudao: "As long as it exists in the material world, it can be summarized and summarized from a scientific perspective."

“Same thing with these statues.”

"Before you see the real evil god, there is no need to link all the unexplainable things to the occult."

"Actually, I have an idea." Seeing that Li Xiu was unable to remember the shape of the statue, Zhuge Fu suggested, "Don't the personal terminals we wear have a camera function? So why bother trying to remember it? Why not just take a photo?"

As he spoke, Zhuge Fu pointed the terminal on his wrist at the statue beside him.
next second.

But then a loud bang was heard coming from Zhuge Fu's wrist, and his personal terminal suddenly exploded.

The explosion caused blood to seep from Zhuge Fu's wrist.

But due to the curse, Zhuge Fu not only did not feel any pain after being injured, but also showed an expression of enjoyment.

He even forgot to treat the wound on his wrist.

When Xie Shen saw this, he quickly used his spiritual power to stop the bleeding.

After a long time.

Zhuge Fu came back to his senses from his enjoyment and showed an expression of disbelief: "These statues are too evil, aren't they? I just took a photo and my terminal exploded."

"It really is."

In fact, it’s not just Zhuge Fu.

Xie Shen and Li Xiu also found the scene before them somewhat unbelievable.

In the end, Li Xiu came up with another solution.

He took out a pen and paper from his backpack, looked at the statues with all his might and said, "Since I can't remember the shape of the statues or take photos, I'll try to draw them on paper."

After saying that, he started drawing on the paper.

"You're really not good enough."

Seeing that Li Xiu knew nothing about painting, Zhuge Fu quickly snatched the paper and pen from his hand and showed it to him, "See? This is called sketching!"

have to say.

Zhuge Fu does have a certain foundation in painting.

With just a few strokes, the general outline of the statue was drawn.

Then, just further enrich its details.

"How about it, my technique is pretty good, right?" After Zhuge Fu boasted to himself, he continued to add another stroke to the drawing paper.

And during the entire painting process, nothing abnormal occurred.

This made Zhuge Fu a little bolder.

He wrote very quickly on paper, and in just a short while he had completed about 50% of the sketch of the statue.

I don’t know why.

As the sketch of the statue gradually took shape, Zhuge Fu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood like Li Xiu.

His head tilted and he was about to fall to the bottom of the tower.

Seeing this, Xie Shen quickly reached out and grabbed it back.

He looked at Li Xiu and said, "What's going on? Even drawing a sketch of that statue can make people faint?"

Li Xiu didn't rush to make a judgment, but just looked at Zhuge Fu quietly.

The latter slowed down.

After coming to his senses, he said with a lingering fear: "These statues are really amazing."

“I don’t know what happened just now.”

"As I was painting, I suddenly felt an inexplicable fear in my heart."

"Then I fainted."

Zhuge Fu continued: "But I don't think you, Xie Shen, will faint. After all, you are a cultivator."

"You should be able to handle the side effects of sketching that statue."

"Okay, I'll try." With half curiosity and half vigilance, Xie Shen took the paper and paintbrush from Zhuge Fu.

He glanced at the statue not far away and tried to draw a stroke on the paper.

“Something’s wrong”

With just one stroke, Xie Shen felt a chill spreading from his heart to every part of his body.

The hairs all over his body stood on end.

His instinct told him that if he continued to paint, he would die instantly.

Xie Shen was scared.

He had finally broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, so naturally he didn't want to die here for no reason, so the movements in his hands stopped abruptly at this moment.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Xie Shen stop writing, Li Xiu hurriedly asked him.

Xie Shen replied: "When I first started writing, I had the same feeling as Zhuge Fu."

He described it this way: “There is an inexplicable sense of fear in my heart.”

Li Xiu thought for a moment and said, "What if I use the spiritual power in my body? Try it and see if the fear still exists with the spiritual power."

Use spiritual power?

This is not a bad approach.
After being reminded by Li Xiu, Xie Shen decisively activated the spiritual power in his body and tried to draw a stroke on the drawing paper.

efficient!

With the blessing of spiritual power, the inexplicable chill no longer appeared.

just
Xie Shen said with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "It still doesn't work. After the spiritual power is added, I really can't feel the fear anymore, but doing this will quickly consume the spiritual power in my body, and I can't hold on for long."

"So how fast exactly?" Li Xiu asked, "Can you finish the sketch of this statue before you run out of spiritual power?"

"It's unlikely." Xie Shen estimated, "I can only finish about 75% at most, and then I won't be able to hold on."

"Then you'd better stop painting."

Li Xiu snatched the paper and pen from Xie Shen's hand and said, "You must retain some of your spiritual power and find a way to get out of this tower."

“After all, whether it’s the sketch of the statue we’re drawing now, or the black chip we got in the bunker before.”

"You will be responsible for taking these out in the end."

"So you can't die."

“But I don’t care.”

"I could have risked my life to finish this sketch of the statue."

As Li Xiu spoke, he picked up his pen and started drawing on the paper.

He made only one move.

The next second, two lines of blood and tears were seen flowing out from the corners of his eyes.

When Zhuge Fu saw this, he hurriedly reminded him, "Li Xiu, your eyes."

"I know." Li Xiu said expressionlessly, "Didn't I just say that I intend to risk my life to complete this painting?"

As he spoke, he added another stroke to the paper.

Affected by an unknown force, blood began to ooze out of Li Xiu's ears and nostrils.

His whole body was shaky and he seemed like he would fall down at any moment.

Zhuge Fu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to continue persuading her.

But as soon as the words came to his lips, he sighed unconsciously, and all the words he wanted to say were swallowed back into his stomach.

In this way, Li Xiu wasted his life, drawing on the paper bit by bit. As time went by, more and more blood began to flow out of his seven orifices.

In the end, he couldn't hold on any longer and fell straight to the bottom of the tower.

At this point, the statue sketch is nearly 70% complete.

"Li Xiu!"

Zhuge Fu instinctively wanted to reach out and grab it, but his movements were too slow and he ended up catching nothing.

He turned around and looked at Xie Shen and asked, "Why don't you catch him?"

"That's not necessary." Xie Shen said helplessly, "Li Xiu is already dead. Even if I reach out to grab him, I'll only grab his corpse."

"Are you dead?"

Zhuge Fu was silent.

His eyes were moist, as if he was about to cry out loud.

In the midst of grief, a familiar voice suddenly came from the headset.

The voice called out, "Hello? Zhuge Fu? Can you hear me?"

"This..." Zhuge Fu said with a strange expression: "Li Xiu? You are alive so soon?"

"Ah."

In the headset.

Li Xiu said calmly: "I am in the space station. I have priority to be resurrected. I can be resurrected as soon as possible after death."

"You're looking for privileges, huh?" Zhuge Fu wanted to cry but couldn't, and wanted to laugh but couldn't find a reason, so he just complained: "To be honest, I was really a little sad when you died just now."

Li Xiu said speechlessly: "With the resurrection spell, why are you sad?"

"Okay, no more nonsense."

"I'm connecting with you just to say: Hurry up and follow my example and risk your life to finish the sculpture sketch."

"And if you die, I will have someone resurrect you as soon as possible."

"I don't care whether it's the first time or not." Zhuge Fu is an underground man, and his name is not on the resurrection list of the Tower Prison at all.

He has nothing to fear.

Zhuge Fu picked up the paper and pen that Li Xiu had dropped on the ground and said, "Then I'll try my best. To be honest, I also want to see what secrets are hidden in the statues in this tower prison. It's so weird."

After saying this, he continued with Li Xiu's unfinished painting.

Same as Li Xiu.

Zhuge Fu had only been drawing on the paper for a few minutes when two lines of blood and tears oozed out of the corners of his eyes.

Then the ears and nose.
Blood began to ooze out of all his seven orifices.

In the end, Zhuge Fu could no longer hold on and fell straight to the bottom of the tower just like Li Xiu.

At this point, the statue sketch is nearly 85% complete.

The moment Zhuge Fu died suddenly, Xie Shen hurriedly reminded him: "Li Xiu, Zhuge Fu is dead."

"Got it." Li Xiu, who had been resurrected in the space station, responded quickly: "We are already arranging people to resurrect him."

"And then," Li Xiu continued, "after Zhuge Fu dies, don't rush to paint that picture."

"Don't we still have three cyborgs including Mag in our team?"

"I will convince them to risk their lives to continue to complete the sketch of the statue."

"Then, you just need to watch from the side."

Li Xiu finally emphasized: "In any case, you can't die. You have to take the chip I gave you and the sketch of the statue with you."

"Okay, I understand." Xie Shen followed Li Xiu's instructions and squatted quietly in the same place.

This went on for about an hour.

at last.

Mag and the other three modified humans finally climbed down along the glass pipe.

I don’t know what kind of promise Li Xiu made.

When the three of them saw Xie Shen, they simply greeted him.

Then he took the paper and pen and continued the unfinished painting with a fearless look on his face.

During this period, Xie Shen discovered:
The more complete the statue sketch is, the greater the harm to the painter.

This is a rule.

For example, at the beginning: Zhuge Fu painted about 50% in one breath before he started to vomit blood.

The difficulty increases afterwards.

Li Xiu risked his life to paint the picture, but only managed to complete about 70% of it before he died suddenly on the spot.

This further increases the difficulty.

By the time Zhuge Fu took his life to paint, he had only improved the completion of the sketch from 70% to about 85%.

When it came to Mag and the other three cyborgs, the speed slowed down again.

The first cyborg risked his life to draw, but only improved the completion rate of the sketch from 85% to about 90%.

After the death of the second cyborg, the sketch completion rate increased from 90% to 92%.

Obviously, the speed has become visibly slower.

Finally, there is Mag.

As the 'most ruthless cyborg' in the space station.

With amazing willpower, he pushed the completion rate of the statue sketch from 93% to around 99%.

Finally, Mag, who had reached his limit, died suddenly and his body fell directly to the bottom of the tower.

At this point, only the final stroke of the statue sketch remains.
In the space station.

After learning the details, Li Xiu said to Xie Shen, "Don't rush to finish the last stroke. Just take the chip and the sketch and find a way to get back to the surface. As long as you can get to the surface, I can take you back to the space station alive."

Hearing this, Xie Shen instinctively looked towards the bottom of the tower.

He said somewhat unwillingly, "It's a pity that we can't continue to the bottom of the tower. Only a small part of the white mist was injected into the statue, and the majority was transported all the way to the bottom of the tower. So it's obvious that there must be a big secret hidden at the bottom of the tower."

"Let's play it safe." Li Xiu said calmly, "Let's not talk about the sculpture sketch for now. The value of that thing is still under discussion."

“But the chip in your hand”

"That chip is so important that there can be no mistakes."

"So it's wise to retreat."

"As for the bottom of the tower prison, we will find a way to explore it later."

"Yeah." Xie Shen also knew that the safest approach was to quit while things were going well.

He followed Li Xiu's suggestion and kept moving around on the glass pipe of the Yuta Prison.

Compared with traveling with Li Xiu and Zhuge Fu, Xie Shen was more than twice as fast alone. In just a short while, he had seen the top of the underground part of the tower prison.

Xie Shen stood on the glass pipe, silently mobilizing the spiritual power in his body to strengthen himself.

Then, he suddenly leaped upwards and used his 'Virtualization' ability in mid-air.

Relying on the characteristic of 'Void' that can ignore all obstacles, Xie Shen easily passed through the top of the underground part of the tower prison.

After passing through the top, he went straight into an enclosed metal room.

But in the room:
There was a young woman in her early twenties, holding various torture instruments, desperately torturing another woman who was tied to the wall by a mechanical arm.

The tortured woman was howling.

Seeing Xie Shen suddenly barge in, he immediately showed an incredible expression and asked in surprise: "You are...you are from outside? There are actually living people outside the Tower Prison?"

(End of this chapter)