Chapter 1144: Flesh and Spirit (9)

The time is not right!

The thought popped into Ann's mind.

According to the figures on the nameplate below, the arapaima specimen was made in 1930, and Ann remembered that color photographs became popular after the 60s of the twentieth century.

Merlin and Dane said they had seen Godwin fight the arapaima and taxidermy it.

Assuming that it was the 1960s, it would have been more than 30 years since arapaima was taxidermy.

So here's the problem.

Whether it is Merlin or Dane, these two people look to be in their thirties, even if their faces are tender and young, as if they were over 40 years old, they were just little children under 10 years old more than thirty years ago.

How did Godwin know the two of them, and how could he take two little kids on an adventure in South America?

That's why An Yizhi said that the time was not right.

Lied? Just telling this ridiculous lie?

This kind of lie is so easy to debunk that the effect is similar to An Yizhi saying that I have seen Qin Shi Huang unify China with my own eyes, and anyone can hear that he is talking nonsense.

Merlin, along with Dane and even Winhum, seemed to have no sense of anything wrong with what they were saying, as if they were telling a definite fact.

This made An Yizhi a little confused, because he couldn't remember whether the era when color photos were popular or not was the sixties, after all, this is quite unpopular knowledge.

So he chose to ask:

"Ms. Merlin, what year is it?"

Hearing An Yizhi ask such a strange question, the other three looked at each other.

"Why do you ask?"

An Yizhi turned his head and pretended to be embarrassed:

"Because I stay in the mountains all year round to sketch and investigate, my concept of time is somewhat thin."

This argument barely persuaded Merlin, who said:

"It's 1967, of course, but it's Christmas in two months."

Sure enough, the time is not right!

Why is this happening?

An Yizhi felt like he had pierced a piece of window paper, and in an instant he realized that this was a crucial clue, a key to unlocking the truth!

With this big premise, An Yizhi looked down at the photo belonging to Godwin again.

Something is clearly not right here either.

As Merlin said, the date in the copy is 1967, which is similar to the era when color photographs were popular in Ann's memory.

And she also mentioned that the pictures on the cabinet were Godwin himself, not his grandson and son.

Then the problem arises again.

Why are Godwin's photographs of his youth in color?

When he was young, there were no color photographs at all, or color photographs were not used by the general public at that time, and the photographs used by the public at that time were still black and white.

Of course, the problem of photographs can also be explained, after all, the first color photographs appeared in the nineteenth century, for example, Godwin's family was very wealthy and able to take expensive color photographs.

And the next question is unexplained.

An Yizhi finally found the subtle sense of disobedience in this house.

- The degree of old and new.

Everything in this wooden house is still as good as new, as if time has not left any trace on it.

This doesn't seem to be anything remarkable, and perhaps the cabin was built recently.

Furniture and the like do explain it that way, but the taxidermy hanging on the wall is clearly not.

Underneath them are all hung with the time of production, some five years ago, some three years ago, not to mention the arapaima specimen more than 30 years ago.

No matter how well maintained and cleaned it is, it is impossible not to have any traces of 'old', which is the source of the subtle sense of disobedience that An Yizhi has always felt.

What does this mean?

Ann pinched her chin with one finger, stringing together all the clues after entering the dungeon.

The opening CG from the first-person perspective, the sketches of animals and plants carried on his body, Ge Dewen, who is very familiar with animals and plants, the other three people who were accidentally trapped here due to heavy rain, this wooden house without any traces of time at all, the memory of time, and the CG of the cutscenes.

"That's what happened......

A bold guess suddenly popped into his mind, and as for whether it was right or not, it still needed to be verified, because it was speculation after all.

Speculation should be consistent with the evidence, not evidence should be consistent with speculation.

This is the most basic way to solve the mystery.

As for how to verify?

An pointed and rolled his eyes, and suddenly had an idea.

He crouched down, looked at the roaring fire in the fireplace, and picked up a piece of wood that had been placed outside the fireplace and threw it in.

The other three didn't pay attention to his actions, and An Yizhi also took the opportunity to reach out and directly put half of his palm into the flames.

- I didn't feel burned at all.

Although the flame in the fireplace exuded an astonishing temperature, An Yizhi's hand reached into it without the pain of being burned by the fire at all, and even felt that the flame was very warm.

Found it, this is ironclad proof!

An Yizhi, who stood up again, opened the task list, which still said 'Unlock the truth', and it was estimated that he needed to say it before it was over.

So he cleared his throat and was about to open his mouth to show off, when Merlin, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly stood up.

"I need to go to the bathroom."

“……”

It feels like the atmosphere that had just been brewing is gone......

As the so-called management of the sky and the earth, you can't control shit and fart, people have three urgency, it's not a joke......

Although Winholm had just suggested that everyone stay together, they should not follow them when they went to the bathroom, after all, they were women.

Besides, the toilet is just across from the living room, and the wooden door of the toilet can be seen from the sofa, so you don't have to worry about Merlin taking the opportunity to escape.

So everyone watched Merlin walk into the toilet, and it didn't take long for the sound of water to be heard......

- It feels like a little perverted.

With one less audience, An Yizhi didn't rush to throw out the answer he gave, but turned his head to look at the ventilation window.

Outside the window, the white mist was already very close to the wooden house, almost 'face to face' with the window of the wooden house, and An Yiyi could only see the thick white fog through the window, and nothing else could be seen.

Yasuchi believes that this fog, which only he can see, should be a time limit, as well as an area limit, to prevent the player from running outside of the fog.

Although he has already touched the truth of this copy, it does not mean that there are no unsolved mysteries.

For example, what exactly killed Godwin.

He soon found out, though.

- Bang!

Very harsh noise, like something heavy hitting the wooden floor, and the sound source came from the toilet!

The three people, including An Yizhi, immediately set their eyes on the wooden door of the toilet, and then a woman's scream sounded inside, and only half of the scream stopped.

"Merlin! What happened! ”

Dane quickly got up and shouted as he walked briskly towards the toilet.

Ann snorted with a finger, and he smelled a very pungent smell.

- It smells of blood.

A viscous dark liquid slowly flowed out from under the crack in the door, which startled Dane, who was about to open the door, and quickly took two steps back.

"Stand back! Something is wrong. ”

Winhum pulled out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at the bloody toilet door.

At the same time, the wooden door was slammed open by some kind of huge force, revealing the scene inside the toilet.

"What kind of monster is that!"

Dane stepped back, almost behind An Yizhi.

The thing that appears in the toilet is roughly shaped like a werewolf, with sharp claws and a large mouth dripping with foul saliva, and a large wolf head is placed on a neck that resembles a human body.

But the problem is that its form is a little erratic, or a little amorphous, to give Ann a finger, this thing is actually the illusion of liquid.

This also reminded him of the embarrassment of being chased by slimes in Ice City not long ago.

Although An Yizhi had already thought that the person who killed Godwin was probably not a person, guessing and seeing it were completely different things, and a good suspenseful puzzle plot was turned into a monster movie......

At the same time as seeing the monster, everyone also saw Merlin who had just walked into the toilet.

She collapsed on the toilet like a rag doll, her expression frozen in horror from death, and a large amount of blood spilled on the ground as if it had been pumped out.

- Bang!

Winhum fired.

You can see that his hands are also a little trembling, but he still calmly aims at the monster's head with his pistol and pulls the trigger.

Generally speaking, according to the experience of monster movies, the monsters that appear in the film are not afraid of guns, but the guy in front of him who is suspected of being a werewolf is an exception.

Winhum fired three shots in succession, and the werewolf who was hit by the bullet let out a whimpering cry, and his entire body instantly lost its shape, turning into a large pool of black viscous liquid like oil, and quickly burrowed into the water pipe on the side of the bathroom and escaped.

Winhoom also took the opportunity to quickly reload, he also used a revolver, which was more troublesome to reload.

Dane opened the window and was about to jump out.

"You can't outrun the monster on two legs alone, you must find a way to trap him!"

Hearing Winhum's words, Dane also regained some senses, after all, although the monster was terrifying, it could still be driven away by firearms.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the whole wooden house squeaked and unsettling, followed by the explosion of broken wood, and the ceiling of the second floor collapsed instantly.

An pointed to a flying body and hugged his head, thanks to his fast running, if he was too late, he might be smashed by the falling broken wood.

The collapse continued for several seconds, and when the sound faded, Ann pointed at the broken wooden planks covering her body and stood up.

The room near the fireplace side of the wooden house was like being gnawed by a wild beast, and less than half of the house had completely disappeared, and the culprit was the fog that An Yizhi had seen before that was gradually approaching the wooden house!

At the same time, a prompt was sent.

[Main quest update: only one left]

At this time, the main quest is updated?

An Yizhi hurriedly called out the task list, and the main quest said 'There is only one left', and there was no more explanation.

"Mr. Anslow!"

Hearing the shout, Ann pointed his head and saw the liquid werewolf-like monster 'flowing' from the ceiling and quickly converging to form.

Its barbed feet were right in front of Ann's eyes, and now Ann's eyes could see the werewolf's bloody mouth as soon as he looked up.

However......

Didn't attack me?

The werewolf had plenty of time to attack Ann's finger, but instead of doing so, it raised its foot as if it were bypassing Ann's finger.

- Bang bang bang!

Winhoom hurriedly fired three shots in succession, and the werewolf who hit him retreated step by step, and An Yizhi also took this opportunity to quickly get up and rush behind Winhum.

"Go for a drive! Fast! I'm going to hold him back! ”

He shouted, picking up the kerosene lamp that had been placed in the corner of the living room and throwing it at the werewolf's feet.

The kerosene lamps were broken in the wool carpet and the sofa, both of which are very flammable. With the help of the remnants of kerosene, the fire roared.

Dane had long wanted to run, and he rolled over the window of the living room with a lunge:

"Mr. Ainslow, come and help me."

Ann glanced back at Winhum, who was reloading the cover to catch the fire, and then followed Dane out of the cabin.

The dense fog outside the house had approached to the point of less than ten meters, and An Yizhi could clearly see the dividing line.

Dane hurried to the garage on the edge of the cabin.

The garage has an aluminum roller shutter, it is not electric, there is a handle on the side of the door that can be rotated, and Dane is desperately shaking the handle to make the roller shutter lift up to the size of a person who can get in.

"Mr. Anslow!"

He called Ann again, then pointed to the handle, motioning for him to help open the garage door, and he quickly slipped through the gap below, presumably to start the car.

The NPC is so desperate, and An Yizhi looks a little salty.

Because of the inexplicably updated main quest, An Yizhi was a little confused, and at the same time had a new idea in his heart.

He didn't work his side, but Dane's movements were very fast, and the garage was only halfway open, and Ann heard the roar of the engine from inside, and then directly slammed open the aluminum alloy garage door and rushed out.

It seems that Dane was frightened, and it is no wonder that there are not many normal people who can maintain their sanity when they see a monster like a werewolf.

"Mr. Anslow, quick, get in the car!"

It's not bad to run away alone, but An Yi pointed at the dense fog that gradually surrounded him, and knew that the option of running away with a car was wrong.

- Boom!

There was a small explosion in the wooden house where the fire had already been ignited, and in the firelight, Ann and Dane saw the werewolf come out of the flames with the head belonging to Winhum, and locked their eyes on the Beetle cart driven by Dane.

"Get in the car!"

Dane urged again, if Ann rubbed his fingers again, he would definitely run away by himself without hesitation.

And An Yizhi was still unhurried, he ......

- Loosened the trouser belt.

Remember the pistol he stuffed into his crotch?

"Mr. Ainslow? You, ...... you!? ”

The muzzle of the black hole hole was pointed at Dane, and Ann didn't hesitate at all, and then pulled the trigger.

- Bang!

A gunshot sounded, even if the marksmanship was so bad that An Yizhi could not miss it when the muzzle of the gun was almost close to his face, and this shot directly penetrated Dane's head.

The system is also sending a prompt at the same time.

[After the main quest is completed, you can choose to teleport immediately or automatically after 180 seconds]

The updated main quest says 'There's only one left', which literally.

When I turned my head, I saw the werewolf.

It threw Winhum's head away, and without looking at Ann, turned around and seemed to walk in the direction of the white mist.

"Anyway, the main quest is over, maybe you can change the way you play......"

An Yizhi didn't pay attention to the prompt from the system, but turned the muzzle of the gun and pressed the trigger on his temple.

- Bang!

–‐‐——–‐‐——

If you die in a dungeon, you will be thrown out of the dungeon, but this time, An Yizhi has completed the main quest, and the dungeon is in a completed state.

But the character Ann is already dead, and he wants to see how the system will respond in this case.

From pitch black, the picture reappeared.

An Yizhi tried to control the perspective, but the picture in front of him was more like the opening CG, which could only be watched, and the player could not operate it.

What appeared in front of him was a busy, busy scene that he was a little flustered.

The wards seen in the CG are now crowded with doctors and nurses, and the values displayed on the instruments fluctuate dramatically, and the alarm sounds are quite harsh.

"What happened? Why are all personalities gone? ”

The doctor who had been talking to the police grabbed the nurse next to him and asked, but his expression was no longer a question, it was simply a roar.

"The reason is not clear for the time being, the hound is obviously working normally, and all the settings are confirmed."

An Yizhi's gaze followed the camera, and he saw a document on the bedside table in front of the hospital bed, with several familiar names written on it.

Winhum is a police officer with a sense of justice.

Dane, a doctor personality, is timid and kind.

Merlin, a writer, is neurotic and interested in death.

Godwin, the main personality, is adventurous, but vicious at heart, and has repeatedly attacked travelers and used corpses for food.

Anslow, the scholar's personality, a new type of personality that emerged after Godwin's arrest, a personality that is not a threat to mental judgment and needs to be preserved.

"Get the hounds out! I need first-hand information, I need to know what the hell is going on! ”

The doctor roared loudly, and the camera shifted to a view of the entire ward.

The next moment, An Yizhi saw Godwin, who was tied to the hospital bed, struggling to get up, and the muscles of his bony body instantly puffed up, like blowing up a balloon.

With a few snaps, he snapped the belt that bound Godwin, and he let out a loud roar under the horrified gaze of the doctor and nurse.

- Whew!!

He doesn't look like a human anymore......

This is the end of the CG, and when he left the dungeon, a line of words appeared in front of An's eyes.

Does consciousness determine the body, or does the body support the formation of consciousness?