Throne of Radiance

"Mysterious cursed paintings, lingering shadows of evil spirits, and unexplained disappearance of explorers. Behind all these, is a man-made conspiracy or the curse of evil spirits..."

"Welcome to this episode of Revealing the Truth, let us reveal the truth together and explore the unknown mystery..."

The pre-recorded narration is broadcast from the speaker of the mobile phone, accompanied by a piece of suspenseful accompaniment music.She had just finished her morning exercise and returned to the dormitory covered in steam. When she opened the door, she heard this passage and saw her roommate who was lying on the bed and looking at her mobile phone.

She walked over curiously: "Is this the mystery show you've been following lately?"

On the screen of the mobile phone, the screen that appeared was an edited replay, and the time displayed on it was the night before. Looking at the screen, it seemed to be the summary of the beginning of the Quest program.

"Yeah, let me tell you, this is a super popular mystery show recently!" The roommate looked up and saw her, and quickly waved, "Come here, let's watch it together! I asked you to watch it together several times before, but you didn't have time. Today You can't just say you don't have time, can you? I know that you have nothing to do this weekend."

"Okay, I've been aroused by you."

The two girls lay side by side on the bed. Sheila was also curious about the magic of this show that attracted her roommate so much. She put a pillow for herself, and her eyes fell on the screen.

——The sun has dissipated, the sky is full of dark clouds, the background of a ghost cave composed of ruined buildings and walls, the dilapidated and desolate old castle under the dark sky, and two men and two women who got off the bus one by one at the entrance of the old castle, one by one in full armor.

The subtitles appeared in perfect harmony with the appearance of the four of them——

The first is the couple holding hands.

Black hair and brown eyes, wearing a black vest, you can clearly see the contours of the muscles, making it easy to guess at a glance that he is a fitness trainer.And a girl with a petite figure and soft blond hair, like a girl idol.

[Andre] [Ella]

As the names emerged, there was a brief introduction of their identities, and the roommate who had watched the live broadcast the day before had already introduced it endlessly: "Actually, it is a combination of third-rate actors and Internet celebrities. After the show was broadcast, these guests It’s no secret that Andre’s identity is not a secret. Andre used to be a martial arts stand-in, because of his good martial arts talent, he bumped into the recovery of spiritual energy, and I don’t know how he cultivated his internal energy. There's a TV show..."

She looked rather envious.

Since Ley exposed the truth of the Transcendence Plan, there was chaos within the Morningstar Empire, and everyone had different opinions.Although most people demand to stop the Transcendence Project, many people think that the Transcendence Project itself is good, as long as the use of innocent citizens for human experiments is prohibited, and some people are outright supporters of the Transcendence Project.

But in any case, the government's credibility will inevitably be lost in this process.Fewer and fewer people are willing to believe the high-level officials of the empire to resist martial arts.Instead, let this system continue to spread through the Transcendent Forum.

However, the Morning Star Empire is not like the East, there is no country to teach it comprehensively, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to explore by yourself.Or you can ask martial arts practitioners from the extraordinary forum, which is obviously not cheap.

In short, Andre, who became a third-rate actor from martial arts, is one of the lucky ones who embarked on the road of martial arts practice, while Xila and her roommate, who can only lie on the bed and watch the live broadcast, obviously do not have that kind of talent and ability. Fortunately, they are just one of many ordinary people.

After talking about Andre's situation with a bit of a sour taste, the roommate pointed to the girl who was snuggling next to him: "This Ella is a well-known anchor on the Internet, but she used to be in the singing and dancing area. Only when I got in touch with Andre did I have the opportunity to participate in the mystery show as a couple, and the prelude was only broadcast yesterday, and her fans have directly increased by 100 million!"

As for the other two guests——

"... This handsome short-haired beauty is called Steele. She seems to be an extreme sports enthusiast, a master of parkour, and also very skilled in martial arts. She joined the show for adventure."

"The last handsome blond guy is called West. He's a mystery novelist I've never heard of. He claims to be here to collect material."

While her roommate was introducing the guests, Sheila also listened to the background of this program in the replay of the program clip the night before.Namely, the painting of the curse and the story of Worthy Castle.

The roommates discussed enthusiastically: "Sila, do you think this is real? If it is true, the evil spirit in the painting is too miserable, right? A wife killed by her husband, a daughter killed by her father..." She gritted her teeth, " It's just scum, scum!"

In the roommate's broken thoughts, the previously replayed clips have been broadcasted, and the originally dark live broadcast room lit up.

The roommate stopped thinking about it immediately, and instead clapped Xila's hand excitedly, looking at the screen intently: "It's started!"

……

The mobile phone alarm clock rang a few times before Andre woke up from the heavy dream. He struggled to open the heavy eyelids that seemed to be glued on, and looked at the faded ceiling motionlessly. Those brown eyes There was a void.

"Andre, Andre, are you still awake?" The girl put her soft hand on his arm and pushed it several times, her voice became a little anxious, "Andre, wake up!"

Probably because the movement was too big, after several times in a row, the man lying on the bed accidentally tilted to the side and fell off the bed.

Boom!

As if being pulled out of the sticky swamp, Andre, who hadn't reacted before, woke up suddenly, his empty eyes lit up, and his chest began to heave violently.

He lay on the floor like this and panted heavily for a while, before slowly spreading his hands to his eyes, the dim light shone into his pupils through his fingers, and he finally sat up from the ground.

"--I woke up?"

"Honey, are you okay?" A hand was suddenly placed on his shoulder, and the girl's worried voice came from above, and at the same time, a shadow enveloped him.

Ella leaned over and put her hands on the shoulders of the man sitting on the ground, bent her forehead against the other's forehead, her eyes were full of worry: "What's wrong with you today? Could it be that you are sick?"

She does this intimate action very naturally, and every time, a group of CP fans who have entered the pit can shout in the barrage that it is so sweet, so sweet.

"I..." The man opened his mouth, his forehead was still covered with unknowing cold sweat, and his voice was exhausted, "I'm fine."

His eyes flickered for a while, and seeing Ella's worried eyes, Andre suddenly realized that they were filming a show now, and he shouldn't destroy the pre-arrangement for a false nightmare.

He forcibly suppressed the faint uneasiness in his heart, showed the same smile as before, and shrugged his shoulders pretending to be relaxed: "I just had a nightmare, and I actually saw the evil spirit in the dream. It seems that it is really a day. Thinking and dreaming at night."

Saying this, the man touched his head embarrassingly, and smiled awkwardly: "Really, I promised to protect you, but it's too embarrassing to be frightened by a nightmare!"

——But the other hand by his side was trembling that even he hadn't noticed, it seemed that the horror left in the nightmare was still lingering in the depths of his heart.

Ella: "..."

...This guy is too good at acting, right?Even though I got the script to create a thrilling atmosphere, there's no need to start acting before I wake up, right?There is no need to be so introverted!

...Besides, the smell of being tortured by a nightmare, to be honest, really frightened her, it was too real.Is this the strength of professional actors?It's so terrifying!

What else can she say?Of course, I can only cooperate with this guy's performance, and said suddenly: "It turned out to be a nightmare! I know my dear, you are not the kind of timid person, so there must be something wrong with this place!" She naturally Encouraging her boyfriend, such a conclusion blurted out immediately.

But in the next second, she seemed to realize what she said, her face changed slightly, and she pretended to be calm: "Wait, so there are really evil spirits? Are the rumors about the cursed painting true?"

At this moment, there was a light knock on the door.

Andre's fingers subconsciously twitched.

"What are you doing? Are you still up?"

When Steele and West walked into the room, they had already packed up.West, who has excellent observation skills, saw that their faces were wrong at a glance, and asked strangely: "What happened?"

The two looked at each other, and Andre said, "It's nothing, it's just that I had a nightmare that was too real yesterday, and I didn't realize it when I just woke up."

"What dream?" appeared, a line beyond the script!As expected of a professional actor, why don't you start adding scenes to yourself now?

The other two reacted and immediately asked in cooperation.

"It's just..." Andre's lips moved, his eyes became dazed, and he seemed to have returned to that dream for a while, "I saw that the whole villa was stained red with blood..."

Long corridors, broken and incomplete stair steps, cracked marble floors, walls with peeling skins, and faded ceilings. The blood is like paint falling on the canvas. Starting from the first floor, it has dyed the whole place red. villas...

He saw a woman in a long black dress walking through the corridor, heard the sound of her high heels tapping on the ground, her dark skirt was dragging in a pool of blood, and she was holding the little girl beside her with blood dripping hands, His face was bloodless white.

In that dream, his consciousness seemed to have escaped from his body and floated over the entire villa. He saw them walking along the corridor, climbing up the stairs leading to the second floor, coming to his room like ghosts, and finally standing there. by his bed.

He saw his body lying heavily on the bed.

And the woman whose face was whiter than paper stood beside his bed holding the little girl's hand, staring at him motionless.

Then, the bleeding hand slowly touched his face.

Ice-cold, chilly, and stiff, as if there was still the decaying stench of the long-dead corpse... At that moment, Andre's hair was terrified, and his wandering consciousness seemed to be pulled back to his body suddenly, and he felt the overly real cold touch on his face .

He wanted to get up, but found that his body couldn't move, as if he had encountered a ghost bed in a horror movie, and he could only watch the cold hand touch his face all the way down.

"I feel like my blood is draining..." Recalling the feeling in the dream, Andre's eyes became more and more dazed, and the cold sweat on his forehead unknowingly grew more and more, but his whole body seemed to be controlled by some kind of force , Still continuing to recall, "The body has become shriveled, the skin and the flesh are no longer tightly fit, there is a gap between them, my skin is empty to wrap my flesh, and the woman is coming to peel it off... "

"Andrei!" a cry woke him up.West frowned and looked at Andre, who was obviously wrong, "Are you really sure you're okay? Could it be because of the influence of the story?"

"—You don't really believe that rumor, do you?"

He analyzed solemnly: "I think this is mostly a story spread by people, just to cover up the truth about people robbing, killing, and killing people. Although I only stayed for one night, I didn't do nothing yesterday. I found a lot The traces can prove that someone once occupied here for a period of time, and most of them did some illegal activities."

"...For example, kill and silence the explorers who listened to the rumors, and then blame the legendary evil spirits."

"This is all your speculation." Steele objected, and she firmly grasped the character design, "I think there should be something really wrong here. From my experience, there is a mysterious aura left here." An explorer looked vigilant, "Andre's dream may be some kind of sign. It is said that people with strong perception can easily perceive things that ordinary people cannot perceive. We have to be careful."

"Anyway, the dream is just a dream, not reality." West patted Andre who was in a trance, "Look, the villa is fine, and you are fine, nothing happened."

"...I brought bread. Let's finish our breakfast first. Today is a good day to find out the truth."

Suddenly returning to his senses, Andre nodded subconsciously.But in the next second, his face became extremely ugly again.

...Wait, what did I do just now!

...everything that's happening right now is being broadcast live, and I'm acting like a goddamn coward in front of all the audience!

Damn it!The tough guy who I have been working hard to set up——

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at West.

... Is this kid deliberately stepping on me to express himself?

...Scores and highlights have been robbed?

Thinking of this, he couldn't even take care of his psychological shadow. While eating bread, he thought about how to refocus the audience's attention on himself.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, he was definitely the most eye-catching person in the audience, catching the most eyes of the audience.

[! ! ! ]

[Run!Not a nightmare!it is true! ! ]

[Help!Are you still in the mood for breakfast?Everything that happened in the dream is real, there are evil spirits!run! ]

In the dormitory, Shila was already shivering in a hug with her roommate, and the two girls uttered high-decibel screams at the same time.

The mobile phone that was playing the program fell on the quilt, and the illuminated screen seemed to be coated with a blood-red filter, revealing the blood-stained castle and the four people who were also stained red.

Blood dripped continuously from the ceiling, along their hair, cheeks, and the hem of their clothes, and dripped onto the ground.

There was no blood or skin, only the bright red flesh under the skin. Andre, who was like a large piece of meat, sat naturally among the three who were still intact, holding up the blood-stained bread and eating it. He didn't On Pi's face, there was a terrifying smile.

With him like this, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to steal the show.

On this day, in front of the screen of the live broadcast, I don't know how many people uttered the same panic-stricken screams as Shila, and the San value went crazy.

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