Chapter Ninety-Four: The Concentration of Lights
There was silence in the room, not a single person in the room spoke, and on the walls, the sound of the flow of time came to everyone's ears, and the rate of each of their hearts was the same.
"19:05!"
Everyone present heard this voice coming from Wen Ya's mouth, and if the time on the original scroll was 1905 separated, it could be understood that it was 19:05 in the evening. Recall the contents of the four paintings they deciphered just now, and each of the four paintings extracts a keyword and joins them together to produce a message: "The back of the bookshelf." ”
At the same time, last night, Han Mo found four bright lights on the window in this room, as well as a clock on the wall, which had a switch in the center of the dial, but there was no response when pressed it. At the same time, he found that opposite the four bright lights was the bookshelf, according to the information on the four paintings just now, it is very likely that these four bright lights are also a hint, but they need a time to turn on, that is, 19:05 in the evening that Wen Ya just said.
Behind this mysterious bookshelf, it should be the secret passage in the museum that they have been suspecting all along, but they don't know if their reasoning is correct, and the answer can only be revealed at 19:05 at night. And they don't know even more, if their own reasoning is correct, what will be behind this bookshelf.
They looked at the time of the clock on the wall, it was now 3 o'clock in the afternoon, because the situation in the exhibition hall had basically been thoroughly understood except for the famous paintings hanging on the wall, which they had already recorded, so there was no need to continue to stay in the exhibition hall full of famous paintings in the afternoon, and after a morning and a few hours of continuous reasoning, they should also be a little tired.
Ling Yu, Qin Jian, Han Mo and the others are all criminal policemen, for them, this physical strength is nothing, mainly Wen Ya and Yin Fei'er and others, after they remove things related to reasoning, they are just ordinary people in the city.
After everyone had agreed, they went back to their rooms to rest. Then come out before 19:05 and press the button in the center of the dial on the clock to verify whether your guess is correct.
When they were all gone, there was no one in the room, only bright lights shining on every corner of the room, and the bright window with four lamps above them that had no light, they were facing the bookshelf opposite, the bookshelf with many books, like four pairs of eyes had been staring at the prey in front of them, and their eyes did not leave for a long time. There was no light outside the window, only shade. During this season, the cold wind blows in and through the windows on the bookshelves, and the books on them shake a little, as if they are fragile and unbearable.
Time was still passing, everyone had returned to their rooms, and at this time, the originally silent room suddenly heard the sound of pushing the door. Ling Qi came in alone, still pushing an empty trolley in his hand. The food on the table was already cold. Ling Qi walked in through the door that connected the room to the exhibition hall, apparently to clean up the leftovers. Also, let's prepare food for the evening.
It's just that no one knows where Ling Qi has gone on this day, there seems to be no other place here within a radius of a few miles, if he has been staying in the secret passage that Ling Yu and the others reasoned, it may mean that in addition to the bookshelf they think, there is another passage leading to the dark passage. It's just not found.
Ling Qi put away the tableware one by one, and after being busy for a while, he pushed the cart out of the room and walked in the direction of the exhibition hall, and after a while, he pushed the cart in again, unlike when he went out, this time there were more cooked meals on the cart, and the time on the clock was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. I think that it will not be long before a few people who enter the room to rest will come out to eat.
Ling Qi left the room after placing the food on the table, he closed the door, and he didn't know where it went. In fact, he knows that he can't meet them, it's just that this is a game for them, it can also be said to be a game, he is just a person responsible for introducing the gameplay, but it doesn't mean that he has the role of giving players hints, so as a person with this status, it's better for him to show up as little as possible. Moreover, this is a game created by Jin Xi, since he was a child, he knew what he should do, Ling Qi's father told him. Because Ling Qi's father was also the manager of this museum, and he was the only manager at that time......
After Ling Qi left, the room was quiet, and inside the other door in this room, the corridor where the light was not very obvious, the walls of the corridor like every wooden board were well insulated, and there was no sound coming from Ling Yu and the others' room in the small corridor. The lights over the hallway flickered as if they were out of power, and then returned to their original brightness, though still not very bright.
Qin Jian didn't go back to his room, neither did Chu Ming and Shu Xiaoran, they stayed in Ling Yu's room together, for them, they didn't need to rest this afternoon, they had to use the current time to sort out their thoughts. Today is the second day of coming to the Museum of the Dead, and there are still five days left, and I don't know what will happen in five days.
"Sister Ling Yu, are you so sure, is there a secret passage behind that bookshelf?" Shu Xiaoran, who was sitting on Ling Yu's bed, asked Ling Yu, who was sitting on a chair in the room.
Ling Yu said: "I can't be 100% sure, but based on the reasoning on the previous four picture scrolls, as well as the clues mentioned by Han Mo before, it can only be said that there is a greater possibility of a secret passage behind the bookshelf." ”
"Then have you noticed that Ling Qi hasn't appeared since this morning?" Xiao Ran then asked.
"Didn't he already make a statement yesterday, he is only responsible for telling the rules and precautions here, and we need to figure out the rest of the things ourselves." Chu Ming said to Shu Xiaoran beside him.
After Chu Ming finished speaking, Shu Xiaoran shook his head, obviously Chu Ming's answer was not the answer Xiao Ran wanted to get, and then Xiao Ran said:
"No, I mean, since we haven't seen him for a day, he can still prepare food for us, if according to Sister Ling Yu's reasoning, the secret passage is behind that bookshelf, then doesn't this mean that there are other secret passages? Or there's nothing behind the shelves. ”
Xiao Ran said. The four people in the room bowed their heads and said nothing, anyway, if there was anything behind the bookshelf that would be solved by waiting until 19:05 to go out and see. Ling Yu looked at the time on her watch, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was getting closer and closer to 19:05......
In another room in the corridor, Han Mo and Wen Ya were sitting on the bed, Wen Ya put her head on Han Mo's solid shoulder, and she was almost asleep when she lay on Han Mo's body. Han Mo wrapped her around with a hand that was close to Wen Ya, giving her a sense of security. Let her naturally enjoy the feeling on her shoulders.
Wen Ya's eyelids are very heavy, and she probably didn't sleep well last night. There were a few more crow's feet in the corners of her eyes, and people of her age, especially those with her face, should not have wrinkles on their faces, because they were not used to sleeping on the first night of their first visit to this museum.
Lying on Han Mo's shoulder, Wen Ya was almost asleep, Han Mo shook his shoulders and said to Wen Ya beside him:
"Xiaoya, don't go to sleep, I'll go to dinner in a while."
Because Wen Ya hadn't eaten dinner in that room the night before, Han Mo was worried that if she had been eating the food she had brought in the room, Wen Ya's body might be affected.
After Han Mo finished speaking, Wen Ya didn't speak, but nodded, since she was on Han Mo's shoulder, the fragrance on her hair was constantly smelled by Han Mo, which made Han Mo also get a little relaxation in this tense environment.
After Wen Ya lay on Han Mo's body for a while, she seemed to have some doubts, she left Han Mo's shoulder, looked at Han Mo, her deep pupils looked at Han Mo's equally dark eyes, about their reasoning at noon before, Wen Ya still didn't understand.
"Based on the information on the four paintings, can you deduce that there is something strange behind the bookshelf?"
"That's what the four scrolls say, isn't it? And the following time, don't you also say that 1905 means 19:05? Han Mo explained to Wen Ya.
Wen Ya said again: "That's because of this, the information on these scrolls can be easily seen, and this is the residence of the former painter master Jin Xi, so we shouldn't be able to find the secret passage so easily, so what's the point of this game." ”
Maybe because Xiao Ran is not a person in this field, she doesn't know a little about this aspect, Han Mo also gave Wen Ya a simple statement: "The so-called some passwords are just to express some content of information, which are originally used to make people understand, not to mention that Ling Qi is talking about letting us unlock a secret that this museum has been hiding for a long time, and simply finding the secret passage is not a victory in this game." ”
Han Mo's voice fell, and Wen Ya nodded as if he didn't understand.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was seven o'clock in the evening.
Zhang Xiaoqian and Yin Fei'er in the room went out of the door of their room at the same time, and the two happened to meet, they walked towards the beginning of the corridor, pushed open the door, and saw that everyone was already sitting on the sofa.
There are also two people's places on the red sofa, as if they were deliberately reserved for two people. Yin Fei'er looked at the table that was already full of dinner food, but no one moved, and when she looked at the wall, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, and there were still five minutes left before they deduced the time. At this time, no one can settle down to eat.
The clock had already passed the seven o'clock position, and after a minute or so, they seemed to be unable to sit still, and left the red sofa one after another, Ling Yu stood in front of the clock, waiting for the arrival of 19:05. Behind her were Shu Xiaoran and Zhang Xiaoqian, while Qin Jian and Han Mo Wenya were in front of the four windows, observing the changes in the light bulbs on the windows. At the same time, in front of the bookshelf, Yin Fei'er and Chu Ming waited in front of them, watching the changes on the bookshelf.
The time was getting closer and closer, and everyone was nervous about what would happen next. There was less than a minute left until the target. All of you have a hunch based on your experience that when the hands cross 19:05, something will happen to this room!
Ten seconds to go!
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
When the minute hand just touched the position of '1', Ling Yu saw the opportunity to press his finger on the switch in the middle of the dial and pressed it, the spring behind the switch was pressed down, and the next moment, Qin Jian and the others standing in front of the window stared at the four light bulbs on it.
The four bulbs lit up one after the other, in different colors, red, yellow, green, blue, and in that order, all of them lit up. Their previous assumption was correct, if they really want to open this mechanism at 19:05, then what next? Is it the same as what they had inferred?
Qin Jian and Han Mo watched the changes in the light bulb on the window, and after the light bulb lit up from left to right, it seemed to emit rays from it, and it kept shining on the opposite bookshelf. Four colors of light come out of four equally spaced bulbs and are concentrated to one point above the shelves.
Yin Fei'er and Chu Ming, who were in front of the bookshelf, watched the four colors of light rays shine on the location of the bookshelf, and the concentration point of the bright light is a book. Yin Fei'er stepped forward and looked at the place where the light was concentrated.
To be precise, the focus of this bright light is the only book written by Jin Xi on this bookshelf - "One Man's World"!