Bodhi is just exhausted, the physical condition is fine, and the Seven Nights Monk is very seriously injured, although the monk's breath is still there, and it is still strong, death is not dead, but relying on this body, basically there is no way to carry out any autonomous activities, at this time, Bodhi first found a van from the side of the road that was abandoned but still able to drive, and then Zhang Shuqian moved the body of the Seven Nights Monk to the van, Bodhi drove, and the three of them left the place where the previous battle was fought, Zhang Shuqian also arranged a lot of Gu worms on the van, and used the breath of these Gu worms to cover the breath of the three of them. ∑

Of course, the degree of the van must not be comparable to the degree of gluttony, even if Xiao Xuan chased the professor for a long time, it took a long time, but when he turned around and caught up with Bodhi and the others, it took a while, when the burly body of the gluttonous beast blocked the direction of the van on the road, Bodhi breathed a sigh of relief while stepping on the brakes, Xiao Xuan was able to come back with all arms and legs, which in itself explained a lot of problems, and besides, using this broken van to avoid the professor's pursuit, Bodhi felt that it was more likely that he would take a piece of tofu and shoot the professor to death.

Xiao Xuan jumped down from the gluttonous beast, and the gluttonous beast also obediently threw the professor's heart in his mouth into Xiao Xuan's hand, the professor's heart did not look greasy, but constantly emitted a very fragrant taste, and it was really embarrassing for the gluttonous beast to be able to hold it for so long without swallowing it.

Bodhi pushed the car door, walked down, looked at the heart in Xiao Xuan's hand, and said with some irritation: "I didn't expect that you could really get it, what you have in your hand is the qualification for the Death Cup, and it is also hundreds of thousands of reward points." “

"A little bit of luck. Otherwise, we should be wiped out, how about it, how is the monk's injury? Xiao Xuan asked, it can be said that under the professor's hands, the one who was hit the hardest was the Seven Nights monk, and the others included Bodhi. In fact, the injury is okay, Xiao Xuan did not suffer any too serious injuries due to the defense of the ancient black armor, of course, all this is based on the premise that the purple flame he showed happened to restrain the professor, otherwise the Chinese team would have turned into a cold corpse and sent to the laboratory to be studied by the professor himself.

"The monk's life is very hard, and the Buddha is afraid that he will go to the West Heaven to compete for a place with him, so he will not accept him." Bodhi glanced at Xiao Xuan and said angrily.

"I don't have to hurry, and I don't know where to go. Let's set up camp here for now, and we'll wait until the day passes. Xiao Xuan directly took out a few tents from the space ring.

Seeing Xiao Xuan say this, Bodhi naturally understood that those things and dangers Xiao Xuan had almost finished cooking, so he no longer worried about anything, and helped Xiao Xuan set up a few tents.

At this time, Zhang Shuqian also got out of the car with the Seven Nights Monk on her back, and when she looked at Xiao Xuan, Zhang Shuqian nodded silently. Then he placed the monk in one of the tents, and he came out later. I sat by the campfire, and it was almost dark by this time, but it was still about three or four hours before 12 o'clock in the evening.

Everyone took some food in their hands and began to chew and swallow it carefully, and the three people sitting around the campfire were silent, and the scene seemed a little silent. However, the three of them are not boisterous, and they don't feel any discomfort or embarrassment.

Xiao Xuan washed his hands with water after eating, and then sat in a tent by himself, first experiencing a fight with the professor during the day, and then a big chase. Purple Flame is actually a kind of power in Xiao Xuan's body, and it also consumes a lot, so Xiao Xuan's whole person is already very tired, and as soon as he sits in the tent, he enters a meditative state to recover.

There were no accidents, everything seemed very calm, Cui Yuer didn't come, the professor didn't come, when the clock went to 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the main god's prompt sounded in the minds of everyone in the Chinese team, and the white light covered everyone in the Chinese team, returning to the main god space, the second round of qualifiers finally survived, and the Chinese team also qualified for the Death Cup 1 main competition, although the process was a little thrilling, but the result was still good.

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The sun, the waves, the beach, the study, Xiao Xuan slept here for two whole days, he was indeed tired, and only in his own room world could he really let go of all his guards, close his eyes and sleep peacefully, after all, if it was really the main god who wanted to be unfavorable to him, Xiao Xuan had nothing to do.

When he just got up to shower and change into a dry suit and walked out, the gluttonous beast rushed over directly excitedly and didn't know where to go, lowered his head, and kept rubbing on Xiao Xuan's arm, this look is the same as a pet dog who has not been led out for a walk by his owner for a few days.

Xiao Xuan was also a little speechless about raising a fierce beast like this, he naturally knew that gluttonous beasts still needed to keep fighting to exercise, but he had never found any good opportunities, as a fierce beast, he naturally had to look like a fierce beast.

And at the other end of the room world, there are constantly blood flashes, exuding an earth-shattering aura, there is the area of the evil baby's activities, looking at this, it is not far from the evil baby's award-winning advancement, of course, you must know that this is the effect that Xiao Xuan spent nearly 1ooooo reward points to exchange for a bunch of high-grade soul crystals, under this almost extravagant resource supply, the evil baby who was already planning to improve his life level naturally began to prepare to impact the next life level, However, the current situation is just accumulating momentum, and it is estimated that the real promotion and breakthrough will have to wait a few more days.

This time, the second round of qualifiers was rewarded for qualifying for the Death Cup, a total of 5o million reward points and an A-level plot, Xiao Xuan won 3o million reward points and two B-level plots with his own contributions, which can be said to be a rare big gain, but for improving his realm, it is still a drop in the bucket, Xiao Xuan's realm at this time is no longer simple to be strengthened with hundreds of thousands of reward points, at least nearly 10 million reward points, what kind of terrifying number will it be?

In addition to spending 10,000 reward points to exchange for soul crystals to stimulate the promotion of the evil baby, Xiao Xuan also deliberately spent nearly 10,000 reward points to exchange for a beast armor for gluttony, the beast armor is usually hidden under the fur of the gluttonous beast, once it is in battle, the gluttonous beast can be urged out by itself. At that time, the upper body of purple-gold armor is really powerful, and it can greatly improve the defense ability of gluttony.

And the remaining 50,000 reward points, Xiao Xuan exchanged some heavenly and earthly treasures for the Gold Devouring Worm to devour, and the Gold Devouring Worm now seems to have signs of evolving again, but it is estimated that it will not be able to catch up with the time in the main god space. Xiao Xuan originally planned to open other quest worlds that he had already experienced and go there to win some time, but when he redeemed it, it turned out to be 3ooo reward a day, and at this price, even the current Xiao Xuan had to shake his head and sigh in his heart that he couldn't support this high cost.

The reward points have been spent on his three-party pets, Xiao Xuan himself has not exchanged anything, in fact, he himself does not have much to exchange, the realm cannot be improved by this little reward point, and the weapon also has the dragon slaying sword armor and black armor. There is no need to exchange anything (the exchange of tens of thousands of reward points is equivalent to a chicken rib for Xiao Xuan).

Xiao Xuan thinks about it now, it is estimated that this kind of game is also a kind of competition in which the main god allows the various reincarnation teams to fight each other and stimulate each other, here, you can plunder from the other team, and some things that cannot be exchanged for enough reward points in the main god space can be snatched at that time, which can be regarded as a kind of collision of strength and weakness and redistribution of resources.

At least Xiao Xuan now. It is true that I think that in a short period of time. It is estimated that there is really only one way to snatch it from other powerful team members, otherwise it will be difficult to have anything that can make you look good, and what you can see is at least a million reward points to redeem here in the main god, although Xiao Xuan has just made a small fortune, it is far from the point of being a local tyrant.

Stretched. Xiao Xuan lay down on the beach, with a tablet floating in front of him, on which "Horror Cruise" was being screened. It seems that because of the qualification for the main competition, the qualifiers for the Death Cup have just come to an end. And the main competition did not go seamlessly, so the next game was the usual mission world, this mission world Xiao Xuan used his authority to probe and learned that it was "Horror Cruise". A suspenseful horror film that is very interesting for Xiao Xuan himself, but when he wants to face this world, he will not feel any happiness and comfort, especially when the attribute of this mission is: death struggle!

Every time it is the task world of this task attribute, the mortality rate is often very high, and the newcomers who joined this time, there are as many as 15 people, and you can think of it with your toes, among these 15 people, it is estimated that there are only one or two, and even one may not survive, and even for the veterans, it is also a life of nine deaths.

So even if he has just qualified for the main competition, Xiao Xuan doesn't have much time to relax, and at this time, he can only quickly spend some time watching this movie a few more times and analyzing it a few more times, and now, he can only expect to gather the wisdom of himself, Bodhi and Qiye to gain insight into the essence of this mission world in advance, so as to avoid danger.

In other words, everyone else, how to die, at least, you have to save the three of yourself, so that the strength of the Chinese team will not suffer too much damage all at once, otherwise it will definitely be unfavorable to the Death Cup.

Just studying this movie, Xiao Xuan spent about two days, in these two days, the evil baby is still doing the momentum, there are still a day or two before the breakthrough, and at this time, Qiye and Bodhi applied to Xiao Xuan to enter their own room world, at this time, it is time for the three of them to summarize their research and conjectures on the next mission world.

When the Seven Nights Monk came in, he was covered with a more quaint light black robe, this robe is 1o million reward points, and it also comes with a plot, which is very precious at this stage, and the Seven Nights Monk can also be regarded as having a magic weapon that is really on the table, and Bodhi is also exchanged for a set of fighting energy attribute weapons, which is somewhat similar to a set of equipment for the bright knight in the church, which has an increase in fighting spirit, and it is also expensive.

The three of them sat down, and Xiao Xuan said directly to the point: "Let's talk about the worldview of this movie first, according to our experience, it is easy to go wrong if we analyze it purely according to the plot, because the main god likes to change the plot, and even directly change a new world background, the only thing that remains unchanged is the theme of this mission world, which can be regarded as a kind of ever-changing." ”

Bodhi nodded and said, "I'll say it first, I think." The theme of "Horror Cruise" is similar to a modern version of Western European mythological fables, and I will retell the plot first: On Saturday morning, Jesse takes his son to go to sea with Gray at half past eight (the note on the refrigerator reads: Gray, thet day ang1ehar wave r8:3o, which she reminded herself to use), but because her son spilled paint, he lost time. So Jesse drove a fast train in order not to be late, which led to a car accident, and the mother and son died on the spot, and the time of death was 8:17, which is the time when Jesse's watch and the ship's wall clock stopped forever. Jesse's soul remembered that there was an appointment that had not yet been made, so she asked the Grim Reaper to take her to the port to see Gray as a concern, and she promised that the Grim Reaper would definitely come back to die, but she broke her promise and never returned, so there was a subsequent condemnation.

Two dialogues on the boat and in the taxi are key to understanding the film's theme:

When the boat passed through the corridor. When he saw the name of the ship, he mentioned that Aeo Lus's son, Syphus, was punished by the gods and had to push the stone up the mountain endlessly, and then watched the stone roll down the foot of the mountain. Curious as to what great sin Syphus had committed to suffer from this, Sa11y replied, 'Hecheate, Madiapro DeathThatDidntkeep' (He deceived DeathThat. No, it should be said that he made a promise to the Grim Reaper, but did not keep it)

At the end of the film, Jesse takes a taxi to the port, and the driver (i.e., the Grim Reaper) says, 'i111Eavethemeter nimmy nening enticing i11ebt seduction?' (I'll leave the odometer on all the time.) You'll be back, right? Subtext: You can only go to the pier for a look, and then come back to continue taking the hearse to the underworld. Because the fate of your death is an irrevocable fact) Jesse replied, "Yes, iipro fan." This pro fascination is the key, that is, Jesse's commitment to death, which is strikingly consistent with the commentary on the ship's SA11Y.

So the theme of this story is the futile struggle of a soul who does not want to admit that she has died, and she wants to defy the laws of nature to restore her lost life and restore her lost love. Make up for the damage he once brought to his son. And all this is destined for her to fall into the purgatory created by her own heart, and the endless cycle continues.

This film is the story of the infinite loop of the protagonist Jesse, the cycle on the big cruise ship is regular, and the film tells a total of 3 Jesses who board the cruise ship in turn, which is actually an infinite loop. Symbolizes a person who is punished for breaking the promise of death. There is a line in the film that explains that breaking the agreement with the god of death will be punished, and you will keep pushing a big rock to the top of the mountain, and every time you reach the top of the mountain, you will roll down, and the cycle will start over and over again. ”

After Bodhi finished speaking, he cast an inquiring glance at Xiao Xuan and Qiye, and the Qiye monk spoke: "Amitabha, the poor monk agrees with Bodhi's point of view, the world of "Horror Cruise" seems to be a modern version of the reincarnation story, but its theme is traced back to Western mythological language stories, and even traced back to some myths and legends before the Middle Ages. In fact, there are several points in the film that have been shown or hinted at.

The first is the Greek myth of private syphus pushing stones. After being sent to the underworld, Syphus asked for three days to return to the world to bury his body, but when he returned to the world, he refused to leave, reneged on his promise, and was eventually captured by Hermes.

The second is a famous narrative poem by the English poet Samue1tay1orco1e Daydge, "The Day Metheaer" (translated as "The Song of the Old Sailor" or "The Song of the Ancient Boat"), which tells the story of an old sailor who leads his companions out to sea, because he recklessly shoots an albatross to death, which brings bad luck to the sailing ship, so the wind stops and the world seems to be still, and the ship that cannot rely on the wind to sail is trapped in the middle of the sea.

The crew, weakened by extreme hunger and thirst, removed the cross from the old sailor's neck and hung the dead bird as punishment. In the distance, a deserted ghost ship with a lonely banshee on board, symbolizing the nightmare and 1ife-in-deathas. After embarking on the ship, the sailor's companions fell to the ground and died one after another under the banshee's curse, and their corpses all kept their eyes open and kept their dying gaze and stared at the old sailor with resentment, as if to condemn his negligence for causing all the disaster.

Only the old sailor could not die under any circumstances, and he spent seven terrible and painful days and seven nights on board the ship, and finally repented. He began to pray for all living beings, when the albatross around his neck fell off of its own accord and fell into the sea. The apparitions of the Virgin Mary gave the old sailor a sweet sleep and sent him back to the 6 lands in a ship of the dead. The old sailor survived, but he was destined to live alone all his life in self-reproach and resentment against the dead, and he repeated the story when he saw people, exhorting people to be careful about their words and deeds. Do not trample on any living beings, no matter how weak they may seem.

The theme of "The Song of the Old Sailor" is about the original sin of Christianity. I remember Jesse snatching the apple from Victor's hand when he saw the seabird pecking at the corpse of Doney on the deck, Victor took a bite in the dining room, grabbed it and ran out, and smashed it at the seabird, the apple is the original sin, which means that all the disasters originated from Jesse. In the poem, the crew once hangs a dead bird around the old sailor's neck to remind him of the sins he has committed, and Jesse hangs a picture of her son around his neck, suggesting that the son is like the innocent albatross who has been hurt by his mother's roughness and selfishness. Jesse is under a lot of pressure to raise a child as a single parent, so he always beats and scolds his son. , and eventually died in a car accident caused by his mother. And Jesse can only live in repentance forever with a necklace that symbolizes his sins. ”

"Monk, are you an Eastern monk, why are you so proficient in these myths in the Western church?" Xiao Xuan couldn't help but tease.

"Amitabha, the stones of other mountains can attack jade." The monk of the seven nights replied seriously.

"Well, I have reservations about your and Bodhi's opinions. In my opinion, "Horror Cruise". In fact, it is a bit similar to "Dream Space", I boldly guess that in fact, Jesse has always lived in his own subconscious, and he has set up opportunities for himself again and again to try to achieve the goal in the virtual consciousness, just like a person is dreaming. Have an infinite loop of nightmares. I also have some details to prove my point.

The first detail is that the time on the ship is stationary, the first time I looked at the watch in the dining room was 8:17, and then the wall clock behind Jesse in the room with a record player was still 8:17, of course, Jesse's watch also stopped at 8:17, which shows that the mother and son were about to be late on the morning of the car accident. And the time of 11:3o for others is the time to advance after going to sea normally. The implication is that Jesse is stationary, and the ship is stationary. While others are fluid concepts.

The second detail is room 237 on the ship, which is the same as the house number of Jesse's house, which shows that the ship is a nightmare created by Jesse (when we dream, we subconsciously recreate scenes in our lives in our dreams). Coincidentally, in the movie "The Shining", there is also an unapproachable room 237, which is the starting point of a murder, and in "The Shining", Jack sees a young woman and an old woman in room 237, both of them are rotting, and it is the ghost of the same woman who was killed in that room. Doesn't this little easter egg also imply that Jesse's seemingly youthful ** is actually dead. It's the same thing that when Jesse is alone, the fruit in front of her appears to be rotten.

The third detail is that the music played on the skipping needle record on the boat is exactly the same as the melody played by the children's band on the side of the road when Jesse takes his son to drive at the end of the film (you have to listen carefully to hear it), which is also the music that Jesse left in his subconscious before he died, so it was recreated in another way on the boat.

In addition, the pattern on the drum surface of the restaurant on the ship is exactly the same as the pattern on the drum in the hand of a child watching the car accident, and it is also reproduced. The masked Jesse's injuries and bleeding from the top of the head that were shot are the same as the fatal wounds on the head of Jesse's body in a skirt in the car accident. Jesse's drive to kill a seabird is similar to the bad luck of shooting a seabird in "The Old Sailor's Song", and Jesse's house also has an albatross on the wall, and there are several close-ups of seabirds in the film. Albatrosses are also famous for their scavengers and love to eat waste thrown from ships.

These details show that what is seen, heard, and encountered on the horror cruise ship are all things and things that Jesse has encountered in the real world, and people's dreams, that is, people's consciousness, come from the projection of the objective existence in people's minds in reality, that is, as the saying goes, think about it day and dream at night. (To be continued!)