Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

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On the other side, Jiangcheng.

After entering Hall 3, Qin Shang immediately found the "Picture of Nun" described by Fang Changpei.

There were pedestrians passing by, pointing and talking about the "Nun Picture", and some people stopped to take photos.

It seems that this "Nun Picture" is indeed as I guessed, and it has attracted a lot of traffic. As the only one of the top ten weird stories in Jiangcheng that has a little connection with reality, it naturally attracted a lot of supernatural enthusiasts and various ghost bloggers.

Most of the people who come to the Xiang'an District Art Museum are here to see the painting "Nun" in Hall 3.

Not far in front of Qin Shang, he could see someone holding up a mobile phone selfie stick and live-streaming the "Nun Picture" on the spot.

Seeing this scene, Qin Shang couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

I cursed in my heart, brother, you are such a talent. If this shadow is projected and recorded by someone with a mobile phone or photo, it will be opened, and then you will be in trouble.

Although it is a "sealed" and contaminated copy, some of its elements may be targeting you.

For example, there are strange shadows stretching their necks in the middle of the night, or there are monsters hiding in the bathroom and using human heads as mop heads to mop the floor. Bringing these elements home would be enough to cause trouble.

It would be interesting to wake up in the middle of the night in your own bathroom and see a stranger whose face you can't see mopping the blood-stained floor with a human head!

Even with Qin Shang's physical fitness, he was squeezed outside by the crowd at the beginning.

I waited until the people in front of me gradually dispersed before I finally got close to the painting of "Nun".

The painting was placed in a frame and surrounded by a fence.

Visitors can only get close to the painting from two meters away to appreciate it.

The painting is about one meter wide and half a meter high.

The composition is horizontal, and the content of the painting is the same as Fang Changpei described, that is, a nun wearing a white veil standing at the door of the temple.

Seeing this, Qin Shang frowned.

To be honest, there's actually nothing special about this painting.

First, it did not mention the long-necked monster and the monster that eats children's tongues in the folk ghost story version; second, it did not mention the so-called girls' dormitory described by Fang Changpei, or the monastery corridor where the supernatural incident occurred.

There is not even any trace of the element of fire. There is just a simple temple as the background, with a nun wearing a white veil standing in front. However, if you look closely, you can see a small human figure under the nun's feet.

Just under the feet of the only figure in the composition of "The Nun", there is another shadow. However, if you look closely, this shadow does not look like the shadow of a single person, because the shadow under the nun's feet appears slightly bloated, as if two shadows overlapped together, making her shadow appear a little fuller.

The nun in the painting has a slender figure, but her shadow is particularly fat, which obviously doesn't make sense.

If you look closely, apart from the nun's own shadow, you can tell that there is actually another shadow under the nun's feet, but it is very faint, almost negligible, and there is no exposed body part.

Maybe... the painter wanted to add such an element when he first painted the picture, but then deleted it for some reason?

"But what about the fire? What about the children? What about the criticism? Shouldn't there be a crowd or something like that to represent the scene? And what about the great monk who passed away in the monastery as mentioned by the leader? This doesn't fit the story at all!"

The next moment, Qin Shang opened his mouth, frowned, and stared at the painting with the corners of his mouth twitching wildly.

Finally, his eyes fell on the signature on the picture of the nun!

The signature is—Dong Zhen.

"Is this the name of a painter?"

Qin Shang touched his pocket and was about to take out his cell phone to subconsciously search for information related to this name, but then there was a commotion nearby. Qin Shang didn't even turn around when he felt someone bump into him.

I saw an old man rushing through the crowd and walking straight to the painting of "Nun", looking at it angrily.

"I've already said that nuns in the last century were not like this! The veils that nuns wear on their heads don't look like this. The one in this painting is clearly a wedding veil. The information spread by this painting is all wrong. How can something like this become a work of art? Just because it's called "The Nun Picture", and there's a well-known supernatural story in your Jiangcheng..."

The old man was well-dressed in a Zhongshan suit and his hair was combed meticulously. He seemed to be from a wealthy family and was probably some kind of expert in European culture. Qin Shang didn't know much about nuns, churches, religion, etc. before. If Jiang Qiqi hadn't dragged him to play foreign suspense games, he would have been exposed to these elements in general games.

In fact, Qin Shang didn't even know what a nun was...

"The place behind is not a church either. I tell you, don't be scared to death. It is a tomb. Look, this location, this location in the painting, isn't the terrain exactly the same as the road sign at the entrance of the museum now?"

"The image of the temple behind the composition is also wrong. The shape of the monastery should be a pointed cone-shaped building, similar to a castle, but the gate will be deliberately built very high and made into a hollow design."

“But you see, the temple behind it doesn’t look like a monastery at all, it looks more like a Buddhist temple!”

After the old man finished speaking, Qin Shang looked at the monastery in the painting again. He was suddenly startled and the difference between the temple and the castle emerged in his mind.

Yes, the temple behind the nun in this painting is exactly the shape of a temple. There is no iconic conical column on the top of the building, nor a large semicircular arch. It does not look like a castle but more like a temple, with a low and simple shape.

As for the nun's monastic robe, the shape is correct, but the way it is worn is also problematic.

Her clothes are basically draped diagonally, a bit like the way a monk wears his robes...

Buddhist temple!

The place where the enlightened monks passed away.

The road to the clear spring!

When Qin Shang thought of this, his eyes widened.

I thought to myself that it wasn't that the painting didn't reflect the elements of this horror story, but that I didn't notice the details due to my lack of knowledge.

"The temple behind this painting is not big at all. It's just a small tomb about four or five meters high. It just borrowed the shape of the Buddhist temple. In order to suppress the resentful spirits in it, the symbol of Islam appeared in Tianjiaozhu's work. Isn't this a mess? Have you ever respected faith? Have you ever respected culture? Have you ever respected believers!?"

The next moment, a roar came from the old man's mouth.

"Due to the fire in the 1990s, this place was completely abandoned, and strange things happened from time to time. I have no objection to you turning this place into a museum now, but you still want to take advantage of the situation and hype up a well-known ghost story. This is too much!"

"Aren't you afraid that those weird things will target you?"

slam-la-

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Qin Shang suddenly felt that he seemed to know a lot. He was about to go forward to talk and ask questions, but a row of security guards pushed the crowd aside and rushed over. His behavior at this moment was obviously disturbing social order, especially in someone else's museum, which obviously affected their normal business activities.

So, two security guards stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, while the rest of the security guards were responsible for evacuating the crowd and opening a passage. Then the two security guards dragged the old man out. Seeing their familiarity with the situation, they didn't even bother to ask any questions. It was obvious that this was not the first time that the old man had caused trouble in the museum!

Seeing the old man being dragged away, a young man who looked like a tourist beside Qin Shang clicked his tongue;

"This is the third time this month. This old man is really persistent..."

The man was talking to the girl next to him, but Qin Shang keenly heard something wrong.

This is the third time this month. Does that mean this young man has come to the Xiang'an District Art Museum at least three times this month?

Thinking of this, Qin Shang couldn't help but take a look at the other person's clothes. Noticing the camera in the man's hand, Qin Shang guessed that the other person was probably a reporter or a self-media worker.

But why does this old gentleman appear so frequently in the Xiang'an District Art Museum?

Is it because you feel that the content of this painting disrespects two religious cultures at the same time?

Then he can just promote it outside the museum.

He also doesn't have many religious traits, such as Buddhist beads, bracelets, or a cross around his neck.

Judging from his appearance and dress, he doesn't seem to have any religious characteristics.

At this moment, Qin Shang suddenly felt a heaviness in his arms.

He had just not put the ghost baby away. After the little guy told him that someone on the ceiling was using a telescope-shaped prop to [shock] the entire museum and try to pick out the Shenlu players in the crowd, Qin Shang let him move freely.

After all, it has been a while since the little guy was let out to get some fresh air.

It is said that in order to reassure Zhang Xiaofang's parents and let her parents live in Master Yin's house, Qin Shang usually left the ghost baby and Shen Xiuxiu outside during those two weeks.

The little guy has been trapped in the props in the inventory for a while, and he must be bored.

Qin Shang usually summoned him out to do work, and the little thing felt more or less resentful. Anyway, there were a lot of people in this area, and the little ghost baby was moving quite fast. As long as there was no empty space suddenly appearing, the little ghost baby should not be discovered.

Besides, only he could hear his voice, so Qin Shang let him walk around by himself...

As a result, the little guy was found now.

He hugged the little ghost baby inconspicuously and whispered to himself.

"What's wrong? Are you tired from playing?"

"Abba, Abba, gurgle, gurgle!"

Qin Shang's mind moved and he understood what the little ghost baby meant.

hungry?

When human children are hungry, they can drink milk, but when you are hungry, only locust tree juice can fill your stomach!

But where the hell can I find a locust tree for you little guy? You are really making things difficult for me!

He was just about to put the little ghost baby away, but he felt a strong desire erupting from the little guy's body.

Qin Shang showed a perverted expression in his stunned look, and his eyes were fixed on the "Nun Picture" in the No. 3 venue, which was admired by passers-by.

Then, the little ghost baby's mouth was almost drooling, and he kept making "Ababa" sounds...

"What the hell? You said this painting is edible?"

Feeling the intention conveyed by the ghost baby, Qin Shang was suddenly confused.

How could this painting be edible?

The content in the painting has nothing to do with food. No, it has nothing to do with the food that the ghost baby needs!

The only food for the little ghost baby is locust tree juice, which Qin Shang had verified a long time ago.

This little fellow eats nothing except the sap of the locust tree.

This is how it should be. It's not in human form. It's a weird form formed by resentment and grievances. Humans and ghosts are different, so how could the food of ghosts be the same as that of humans?

However, Qin Shang's gaze fell on the "Nun Picture" again.

At this moment, his body suddenly shook again...

hiss!

and many more!

The next moment, a horrifying thought flashed through Qin Shang's mind like an electric shock.

The excitement and desire of the little ghost baby at this moment did not seem fake. If the ghost baby was not joking, he really thought from his instinct that "The Nun Picture" was food. Does this mean that there is a locust tree in this painting...

No, it’s not the content of the painting, but the frame or the drawing board or the material of the painting is made of locust tree!

Then, four old sayings that I had heard from the elders when I was a child in Jizhou, the province of making soup, suddenly emerged in my mind.

"Don't hold mulberry trees on your head, don't step on locust trees with your feet, don't lie on willow trees when you are alive, and don't sleep on poplar trees when you die."

There’s something wrong with the material this painting is made of!