Chapter 90: Shadow 13┃ tracking.

When everyone came to the lobby on the second floor, Guo Lixia was persuading Shi Zhendong something: "Anyway, what we have to do now is to find the signature quickly, and then quickly escape the painting, maybe those people are still saved."
Shi Zhendong smiled bitterly and couldn't say anything. Seeing that everyone was coming downstairs, he didn't wait for everyone to persuade him and stood up: "Go to the first floor for dinner, and work after dinner."
Wei Dong pushed open the door of his bedroom, looked inside, closed the door again and came out.
"Is Ye Ning Chenyi's body missing?" Qin Ci asked.
Wei Dong nodded, unconsciously sighing: "The first time we saw Xiaoye, we felt that she was a particularly good girl, warm and sensible, who knew she was involved in the painting in the end..."
Miao Zipei asked, "Where did the bodies of Ye Ning Chenyi and He Yu go?"
"Probably the painting is clearing the scene," Zhu Haowen answered him. "Perhaps for the boss, those who are contaminated with colors are the most meaningless existence."
"No matter what it means or not, at least Xiaoye didn't feel so painful when he left." Weidong thought of Xin Beibei who had lost his head in the blue liquid, and felt that Ye Ningchen would be much luckier.
Everyone went back to the lobby on the first floor and simply had breakfast, and then divided the labor. After some discussions, one person was left in each room to continue working: the purple room is Weidong, the blue room is Guo Lixia, and the yellow room is Qin. Thanks, the green room is Shi Zhendong.
Shi Zhendong had no intentions to continue searching, so he volunteered to stay and work.
There are fewer and fewer people, leaving only five people responsible for finding signatures.
The five people first found paper and pen in the drawer of the hall, and then went to the fourth floor window to look down and draw the maze. Because of the angle, it is impossible to look down at 90 degrees. Therefore, the northern half of the maze is not clearly drawn. Can draw a rough idea.
"Xin Beibei mentioned several times that she was going to the maze. If she was really bewitched by the painting, what was her purpose of going to the maze?" Mi Wei analyzed along the way, "After all, in full view, she doesn't What might be done."
"When she contaminated Ye Ningchen's skirt with blue berries, there was no one beside her." Zhu Haowen said.
Mi Wei frowned and said nothing.
When everyone came outside the castle, they still went to the pool to take a look.
The pool seemed to sense someone coming to watch it, and suddenly it spewed crystal clear spring water, and the coins at the bottom of the pool were shiny.
Several people approached the pool and carefully observed the coins. Everyone found the coin with their own pattern first. Only Ke Xun first found the familiar curly grass pattern, and then found his own wave pattern.
The little flower pattern belonging to Ye Ning Chenyi disappeared, and Xin Beibei's diamond pattern disappeared.
The statue in the center of the pool is still the invisible black stone, like a huge physical shadow.
"About the shadow, I have a few thoughts." It was Mi Wei who spoke.
The crowd motioned for her to continue.
"Since Xin Beibei was dragged away by her own shadow last night, can we understand that her shadow betrayed her first." Mi Wei's gaze gradually deepened, "Shadow is in the scientific category. , There is nothing to explain, but we are now in a painting that has nothing to do with science, so the shadow may be given another meaning."
"You mean, Xin Beibei is not completely bewitched by her, but her shadow?" Zhu Haowen said.
Mi Wei nodded: "Since the painting we entered is called "Shadow", then the shadow must play a very important role in the painting."
The shadow statue in the center of the pool seemed to be spied on some secret, and more and higher sprays were sprayed out to try to cover it up.
Mi Wei continued: "But what puzzles me is that the shadow can drive Xin Beibei's body. It can be seen that the power of the shadow is very great. But what is the big hand that Ke Ge said on Xin Beibei's neck? Who is that? Hand? It will never belong to Xin Beibei."
This is exactly what Mu Yi was thinking about just now.
Mi Wei continued: "If there is indeed an invisible person holding Xin Beibei, is the person controlling the shadow the same person as this invisible person? If the shadow alone can hold the body, why bother to suffocate him? To prevent it from calling for help?"
Miao Zipei, who hasn't spoken for a long time, also gave his own analysis: "When a person is dragged, it is difficult for the person strangling her neck."
"There must be something more powerful that dominates everything. When the night is completely dark, it should be when that thing appears." Ke Xun looked at the black sculpture in the pool, feeling a little uncomfortable, feeling like Many people are wrapped in a black skin, and those people are struggling to get out.
"Go to the maze." Mu Yiran unfolded the blueprint in his hand, and walked to the maze first.
The area of ​​the maze is about half the size of a football field. The walls of the maze are made of dense shrubs, and the fluffy green plants are trimmed neatly. It really has a fairy tale effect as Xin Beibei said. .
Five people standing outside the maze: Mu Yiran, Ke Xun, Zhu Haowen, Miao Zipei, Mi Wei.
"It's best to go in with two people, and the other three guards outside." Zhu Haowen made a suggestion and looked at Ke Xun with his eyes, as if he had a foreboding that this person would bravely rush forward.
This time, Ke Xun intends to seek the opinion of the chief shepherd first: "Mi Wei is a girl, not suitable for mazes. Miao Zipei is bookish, thin and weak, and is not suitable. Among the remaining three people, the most suitable sitting You are the only one in the battle."
Zhu Haowen: You guessed wrong, dare to love this guy not only volunteered, but also brought me on.
Before Mu Yiran could speak, Zhu Haowen gave Ke Xun a step directly: "Then we two will enter."
Mu Yiran didn't say any more, and directly handed over the two ropes: "Be careful, the rope must be stretched, and if there is a danger, pull the rope."
"Don't worry." Ke Xun's words seemed to weigh a lot, and he bowed his head and tied the rope tightly around his waist.
Zhu Haowen also tied the rope, holding the drawing in his hand.
When the two people walked into the maze with the rope, Ke Xun felt like he had released two good dogs...
The two people slowly walked into the inner circle of the maze according to the drawings. They not only depended on the drawings and the rope, but also made marks on the way they passed.
But the actual experience is different from that on paper. After all, two people still have the wrong path.
When the two walked into the first dead end, they suddenly discovered that there was an imperceptible door at the end of the dead end.
It is indeed a door, a door made of plants.
Ke Xun and Zhu Haowen looked at each other: Is there such a door in every cul-de-sac?
"Let me come, the door is green." Zhu Haowen still firmly remembers the color he belongs to-green.
Ke Xun smiled: Hao Wen'er is too serious.
Zhu Haowen opened the green door of plants. Inside was a small space, placed some ropes and maintenance tools. The most eye-catching was an entrance on the floor.
"This is to the underground." Zhu Haowen said to Ke Xun, standing at the door.
"We don't have time to dive into the underground right now, so we should try to get out of the maze first." Ke Xun felt the rope around his waist straining, and couldn't help shouting: "We're all right, we just went the wrong way!"
The end of the rope was loose, which seemed to indicate that I heard it.
The three people outside were reserved enough, and none of them responded loudly.
Ke Xun and Zhu Haowen continued to look at the drawings and move forward. They had to stop and take a look every time they passed the wrong road. Sure enough, there was a door made of plants hidden in every dead end. Zhu Haowen only opened two of them and found out the inside. The structure is similar, and there is an entrance to the underground on the floor.
The two people gradually reached the center of the maze because they entered from the northwest corner of the maze. According to the top view, the exit of the maze is located at the southeast corner.
"It's a pity that there is no sun in this world, otherwise we can distinguish the direction based on the sun." Zhu Haowen looked at the blueprint in his hand. The north mentioned above is just the north in everyone's imagination-according to Chinese custom, buildings usually face north. South, so everyone marked the direction of the castle as north.
"If the exit is in the southeast corner, it happens to be what I saw last night..." Ke Xun suddenly fell silent and looked at Zhu Haowen, who was also cautious.
If the green plants in the maze can be called walls, then the current situation can be called: there are people on the wall.
It was a gentle sound of footsteps, walking past the road of the partition wall.
Although it is broad daylight, it still feels terrifying.
When did this person appear in the maze? When everyone looked down at the maze from a height just now, they didn't see anything unusual in it.
The sound of footsteps stepped on the grass on the ground and made a special sound, which gradually disappeared into the distance.
"Is this person passing by, or has been following us?" Zhu Haowen asked softly.
Ke Xun can only judge by intuition: "I think this person suddenly appeared just now. Maybe he passed by here, maybe he lives in the maze."
Some words Ke Xun did not say: There is another possibility, this person is following us.
The two of them talked and walked forward slowly, only then did they find that the rope was getting tighter, and it seemed that the length was not enough.
Mi Wei's shout finally came from outside the maze: "Come out first! The rope is not enough! Come out! Don't take risks!"
At this time, no one dared to take the risk easily, so the two people walked back along the way they came. When they passed the center of the maze again, both of them couldn't help stopping.
The center of the maze is easy to identify. From the top view, you can see that there is a small circular space in the center of the maze.
On the wall of this circular space, a door can be vaguely seen.
Zhu Haowen stepped forward and gently opened the door.
Inside was a simple living room, but what attracted the attention of two people more was the glass bottle placed against the wall, filled with pure red liquid.
This glass bottle is not big, less than one meter in height.
The two of them squinted their eyes for a long time, but the red liquid was too thick, and they couldn't see what was inside.
"Go back first." Zhu Haowen looked at the big entrance on the floor of the room, as if thinking of something.
Ke Xun also thought about it. Both of them no longer said clearly, but walked back along the way they came. Because there was a rope for indexing, the two quickly returned to the entrance of the maze.
The three people waiting at the entrance were full of concerns.
Ke Xun's voice was low: "The maze and the castle are probably connected underground."