r18novel Chapter 61 The Incomplete World in the Painting
Chapter 61 The Incomplete World in the Painting
The machete fell with great force, the entire blade embedding itself in the bed frame, but there was no blood splattering as expected.
"Where is he?" Marcus asked instinctively.
"Are you looking for me?" Sun Rui's voice came from the side.
Marcus drew his machete and slashed at himself.
It didn't feel like a cleaver cutting into flesh.
"Don't waste your energy, you can't kill me." Sun Rui's voice came from another direction.
The next moment, a hand grabbed Marcus by the neck.
"You!" Marcus exclaimed in a panic.
"It seems you've been holding back for a long time," Sun Rui said, looking at him.
"I can get out of here as long as I kill you!" Marcus roared.
"If you don't speak properly, believe me, I'll throw you right off here." Sun Rui walked to the window.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Marcus has completely lost his mind. He has only one thought in mind: to kill Sun Rui. He doesn't even care about the threat of death.
"It seems that killing people within one's own territory has become a kind of rule of thumb, and this behavior has become almost instinctive. It can be controlled for a while, but it cannot be controlled indefinitely," Sun Rui analyzed.
Just as Sun Rui was about to throw Marcus out, he was suddenly stabbed in the back.
Furthermore, Sun Rui felt a corrosive pain, and he subconsciously reached behind him, where he also felt a corrosive pain in his hand.
"This is paint."
"Die! Anyone who comes into contact with this paint will surely die!" Arya's voice rang out from behind.
Soon, Sun Rui's body was corroded beyond recognition, and he collapsed to the ground, but he still had a breath left.
Marcus broke free from Sun Rui's grasp, picked up the machete that had fallen to the ground, and began to unleash his bloodlust with each strike. Blood splattered throughout the room, but Marcus did not stop.
"Dad! It's over, you'll be able to leave soon!" Arya said.
Marcus shoved Arya aside and continued hacking tirelessly.
"Why is this happening? He's clearly dead, so why hasn't Father regained his senses?" Arya asked anxiously from the side.
The real Sun Rui stood aside, watching with great interest as he was killed.
He learned an important piece of information from Arya: killing one person would restore his sanity. Sun Rui guessed that this might be the key to breaking free from the painting's control.
He clearly remembered seeing Arya in room 404 outside, and Arya was not controlled by that murderous pattern. She had maintained rational thinking since she appeared, just like a living person.
"Interesting. How did you get into my room without me noticing?" Sun Rui said.
Arya was shocked: "How are you still alive! How is that possible? Outsiders can't possibly survive."
"I understand now. That kind of paint can actually give people supernatural powers. Why can't I use it?" Sun Rui looked at the crooked road drawn on the ground and suddenly understood something.
"You... you're completely unharmed, that's impossible." Arya turned to look at the corpse beside her; the corpse looked so real.
"Tell me how you use supernatural powers, and I may spare your life," Sun Rui said.
"you!"
Arya wanted to waste time with more talk.
However, Sun Rui saw through her thoughts and stepped forward to restrain her.
The temperature of the neck and the pulse both indicated that the person in front of me was alive.
"It's quite realistic. If I didn't know so much, I would really think you were alive," Sun Rui said. "Let me guess, even though you've left this world, do you still have that immortal body?"
"Let me go... I can tell you how to get out!" Arya said. Sun Rui guessed right. Anyone who walks out of the painting will gain freedom, but will also lose the terrifying power of resurrection.
"I'll give you a chance. The method is real. Letting you go this time isn't out of the question," Sun Rui said.
"Okay, you keep your word!" Arya said.
"Don't worry, I'll keep my word. If I don't let you off the hook, I'll kill myself by smashing my head against the wall in my room," Sun Rui said.
Arya nodded and said, "Find the edge of the city, then jump into the darkness, and you'll get out."
"What do you mean?"
"The world here is incomplete. As long as you find the edge of the city, where it's all darkness, you can jump in and get out," Arya said.
"You went out like this too?" Sun Rui asked.
"No... for us, all we need to do is kill someone to appear at the corresponding location in the real world," Arya said.
Seeing that Sun Rui didn't speak, she continued:
She continued, "If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do, because this is the only way out."
"I believe you, of course I believe you! But you should go and scout ahead first!" Sun Rui said with a smile.
He had just tried to induce Arya to read her memories, but unfortunately, he failed.
"You!" Arya exclaimed in horror.
"Stop talking nonsense, I know more than you think," Sun Rui said.
"Then kill me! I can't tell you, you'll be trapped in this world forever!" Arya cursed.
"Alright then." Sun Rui took out a pistol and pointed it at Arya's head.
But Arya remained unmoved and did not say how to get out, though Sun Rui could sense that Arya knew.
boom!
Gunshots rang out.
Arya gradually lost the breath of life.
Since he was unwilling to talk about it, Sun Rui would not hesitate.
Moreover, based on Arya's behavior, Sun Rui could deduce something: the fact that she was unwilling to talk about death proved that this thing was very likely related to her life.
"You should die too."
Soon, Sun Rui threw Marcus out of the window.
"I don't know if I can kill it, since there's paint on the outside." Sun Rui thought for a moment. If he could kill it the first time, he could kill it a second time. He didn't think too much about it anymore.
He lay in bed asleep. Now that the crisis was over, he could rest a bit. Tomorrow, he planned to explore the edge of the city. He was quite curious about it, and Arya had also tempted him to go there, wondering what secrets it held.
Silent all night.
Here, day and night do not alternate gradually, but are completed in an instant.
Feeling the light on his face, Sun Rui opened his eyes. A night's rest had made his mind much clearer.
He then realized that he had overlooked something last night: why Marcus didn't attack him from the beginning, but instead waited until he was on guard before making his move.
He stayed in the room for a long time until Marcus could no longer bear the urge to kill and approached him.
"It all seems premeditated. Could it be that so-called mastermind behind it all?" Sun Rui couldn't help but think.
After all, the post office's mission was clearly stated: to deliver the letter to the apartment's rightful owner.
"Too little information, still no clues." Sun Rui stroked his chin and walked straight out the door.
A strange thing happened: Marcus, whom he had thrown out, reappeared on the first floor, completely unlike his manic behavior from the previous night. He even smiled kindly at Sun Rui.
"As expected, we couldn't kill them. It seems that with paint at night, there's no way to completely kill them."