Chapter 20: The Gymnasium

"What did you say?"

Shi Yuan subconsciously glanced ahead.

In the "mirror", the movements of the shadows of the three of them looked no different from them.

"Aunt Huang, why do you say this doesn't look like a mirror?"

Shi Yuan asked.

"Because...... The three people in the mirror are not ...... No eyes! ”

Huang Qiong's voice changed, her hands trembled, and she kept retreating.

"No eyes?"

Huang Qiong's words also startled Shi Yuan. He immediately fixed his gaze, but the light was too dim for him to see the details of the shadow in the mirror. The faces of the three figures inside were all blurry, and they couldn't see clearly at all, and even the outlines of their facial features couldn't be distinguished.

But if that's not a mirror, what is? Could it be that there are actually three other people inside?

Shi Yuan pointed the flashlight at the three shadows and observed them carefully. The "he" in the mirror also picked up the flashlight and aimed the flashlight at the real him.

Finally, he saw the face of "himself" inside.

It was a face that was exactly the same as herself, and her facial features were all exactly the same, not as Huang Qiong said.

However, Shi Yuan in the mirror was actually laughing.

A chill suddenly enveloped the three of them, and almost subconsciously, all three of them made a backward movement.

However, a dazzle, the three shadows inside, actually disappeared.

"I didn't ...... No ......."

Huang Qiong stammered.

Shi Yuan didn't dare to be careless, and carefully perceived it, but there was no abnormal aura in that direction.

In the gymnasium, the abnormal fluctuations continued to attract Shi Yuan's attention.

To go in, or not to go in?

In the end, Shi Yuan made up his mind and said, "There is no place in the dark world that is safe at all, and there is no point in blindly escaping. I'm going to go in and check it out, what about you? ”

Fang Yisheng did not hesitate, and immediately said that he would follow Shi Yuan into this gymnasium. And Huang Qiong hesitated for a long time before finally reluctantly agreeing.

For this Huang Qiong, Shi Yuan was a little puzzled. The reason why the third aunt and Shen Han stayed in the dark world for so long and still maintained their survival state, he guessed that the first reason was that they themselves were forced to transfer to the dark world by the corresponding ghost body without dying, even if there was some kind of problem with the balance stone, it would not be completely invalid, otherwise it would not be as simple as only the big problem in Dark Crow Ridge and the occasional supernatural event in other places, but it should be a curse and a complete outbreak of ghosts.

The ghost body is still somewhat restrained, so Shen Han himself will not die easily, because there must be a certain balance between the two worlds after all.

The second reason is that they rarely leave their original position, and most of the time they are in "their own home", not running around. Of course, they are extremely weak and spend most of their time in a coma, which is also an important reason why they cannot leave their original positions at will.

However, Huang Qiong is far away from the location of "her own home", and her consciousness is still very clear, and she once said that she knows that this is the "underworld". How did she survive?

Shi Yuan kept thinking as he slowly walked towards the inside of the gymnasium.

The anomalous fluctuations have changed again. It was still very specific when he was outside just now, but when Shi Yuan walked into the door of the gymnasium, it suddenly became blurred.

It is impossible to judge the specific location of the fluctuation, and Shi Yuan has no good way at present, so he can only look for it slowly.

In addition to several lounges and offices, the gymnasium is a large indoor basketball court. In Shi Yuan's memory, except for physical education classes and intramural events, it was deserted, and almost no one came.

However, when they saw the basketball court, they saw that there were many paintings on it.

Is there an art exhibition going on here?

Such a thought subconsciously popped into Shi Yuan's mind.

But then it occurred to him that this was not the real Haiyuan No. 3 Middle School, but an illusion constructed by the dark world. The so-called "art exhibition" is definitely not what it seems on the surface.

Shi Yuan whispered, and then slowly approached the paintings. From afar, he saw that almost all the paintings were oil paintings, and they were painted in the style of the Western court, including luxurious palaces, graceful aristocratic figures, etc.

"Shi Yuan, these ...... Will it have anything to do with the stage play just now? ”

Fang Yisheng said in a low voice.

"Very likely," Shi Yuan nodded, "Let's look carefully and see if we can find any clues." ”

In the empty and dim stadium, three people held flashlights, and the surrounding atmosphere was extremely gloomy. The empty auditorium, the eerie oil paintings, the darkness in the distant corners, there is a strange and terrifying atmosphere everywhere.

"Huh? Shi Yuan, look at this painting. ”

Fang Yisheng suddenly stopped in front of a certain painting and called for Shi Yuandao.

Shi Yuan immediately came to Fang Yisheng's side and looked at the painting.

The painting depicts a wedding in the palace, with the bride and groom smiling happily, surrounded by opulence and smiling guests. Through this painting, Shi Yuan can even feel faint cheers and laughter.

But Shi Yuan noticed some clues.

The bride's appearance and clothes are almost exactly the same as the princess played by Xiao Jing in the stage play just now, and the groom's appearance is also the same as Chen Shanshi's appearance.

"What does that mean?"

Fang Yisheng asked.

"Are these paintings an extension of the plot of that stage play?" Shi Yuan guessed, "What we saw just now was only a very brief fragment, I guess it should be the scene when the two first met." Later, perhaps after some more events, the two finally came together. ”

"That's how it should be. But how does that help us in our current situation? ”

Fang Yisheng was still puzzled and kept thinking.

Huang Qiong's expression was extremely flustered. She walked from painting to painting, and every now and then she suddenly looked back like a frightened bird, as if she was worried that something would suddenly appear in the darkness.

"Look again. Since these paintings are the plot of a stage play, we should perhaps understand the whole story. ”

After Shi Yuan finished speaking, he continued to look at the oil paintings.

There is no pattern in the placement of oil paintings, and there is no such thing as numbers, so it is impossible to know which painting is in front of what happened and which painting is in the back. Shi Yuan and Fang Yisheng could only rely on logic to guess, and roughly arranged the oil paintings.

"Shi Yuan, look, will this story be like this? The two first met, and then the prince confessed to the princess. But the princess was more reserved and did not immediately agree. The prince went to ask the king to marry the princess to him, but the king did not immediately agree. Later, a war broke out, and the prince led the army to fight, and finally won the king's approval, so the two had a successful wedding. That's how it should be. ”