Paintings of TerrorCh257 - You, I, He; At, This, That

“Listen,” Ke Xun was still holding down Qi Muhuan, who struggled until he was exhausted, “It will be…thy turn soon. No matter what thou want to do or how angry thou are and want to hit someone, do not mention those three words specified on the screen. We have been warning thou. If thou don’t believe it, the one to suffer will be thou.”

After warning Qi Muhuan again, Ke Xun raised his head and looked at his companions. “Me think the dice might be the key to this problem. If it can roll a 2, it can roll other numbers as well. Maybe the other numbers represent more of these challenges? If that’s the case, when will it end? We should look for clues in the previous parts of the text. The phrase ‘Does God play dice’ could be related to this dice. Also, Cheng Shi kept mentioning about finding the son. Me believe this is a hint. Finding the son might lead to finding the signature?” CwObJm

After Ke Xun finished talking, the small window switched to Qi Muhuan.

Ke Xun shook his head slightly and released Qi Muhuan. 20 seconds had already been deducted for breaking the rules, leaving him with only a 10-second period to speak. In other words, if he didn’t speak within the next 10 seconds, he might not get another chance to speak ever.

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As soon as Ke Xun let go of him, Qi Muhuan struggled to get up from the ground. He stared at Ke Xun with wide eyes, filled with anger, shock, and disbelief. He gnashed his teeth and exclaimed, “What’s wrong with you guys—”

“Beep—” An alarm sound rang out in the room, and Qi Muhuan suddenly screamed. His upper and lower lips seemed to sprout countless fleshy filaments between them, connecting the two lips and growing longer, thicker, and tighter until they firmly sealed his mouth. The fleshy growth became a single mass, covering his original lip color, turning the place where his mouth used to be into a smooth, flesh-covered surface. His entire mouth disappeared from his face. L q9Vs

Qi Muhuan, in extreme panic, tried to use his hand to pry open his mouth, but he could only make muffled, miserable groans in his throat. He was so terrified that he rushed towards the wall of the room, seemingly attempting to escape, but there was no door on the wall. He ran frantically throughout the room, pounding the walls with all his might, even using his head to strike the walls, leaving a jarring splash of blood on the walls in no time.

Ke Xun chased after him, pinching his neck at a spot that could make him faint, causing him to temporarily lose consciousness. Then Ke Xun carried him back to the original spot and placed him on the ground.

The small window on the screen had already switched to Fang Fei after the alarm sounded. Fortunately, Qi Muhuan’s frantic running did not affect her. She had reached the end of her speech, and she looked down at Dong Yao, who was already in tears, and said, “See what happened to Qi Muhuan just now? One final warning: all of this is real. Follow the instructions on the screen, do not say those three words. Don’t believe it? It’s fine. Qi Muhuan serves as an example.”

After saying this, she let go of the hand she had been using to cover Dong Yao’s mouth.

Dong Yao was completely frightened. As soon as Fang Fei took her hand away, Dong Yao raised her own hand to cover her mouth. Her makeup was smeared, and her face turned into a mess of tears. However, she dared not make a loud sound and struggled to suppress her sobs in a low voice.

Fortunately, it was not Dong Yao after Fang Fei, but the girl with long hair. The three newbies were terrified by what Qi Muhuan had just experienced. At first, they also screamed in fear, but quickly, they each covered their mouths.

The girl with long hair’s voice was trembling with fear, unable to form coherent words, let alone think about what she was going to say. She reached out in panic to grab Deng Lin’s hand for encouragement and comfort. However, Deng Lin didn’t have a chance to react. He was startled and even moved back when her hand reached towards him.

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The girl with long hair looked at him in astonishment and despair, unable to believe that he would do this. Seeing it was about to reach 30 seconds of silence, Ke Xun took a few steps forward and reached up to hold the top of her head. He made her turn to look at him, and with one hand, he pointed to his own hair. The girl instinctively said, “…Hair…” QHR3G0

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After pointing to all facial features, he pointed to his clothes and indicated that she could name all parts of clothes. However, the girl had apparently lost her ability to think independently. She stared at the place he was pointing and said, “…Pecs…”

Ke Xun: “…”

This girl had sharp eyes. She could spot his pecs through a down jacket. 7bzUwt

Ke Xun could only continue pointing, including collarbones, shoulders, biceps, back, waist, and even his butt. When he pointed to his stomach, the girl even creatively said “V-line.”

Ke Xun: “……”

Why did it feel like she was visually assaulting him…

After the girl had safely reached 200 words without any issues, it was now Dong Yao’s turn. jetDOK

Seeing everyone looking at her, Dong Yao finally stopped sobbing for the time being. Her voice trembled as she began, “White, white sun climbs over the mountain, the Yellow River flows into the sea. To see, to see a thousand miles further, climb, climb, climb to a greater height… What comes next? Help, help...”

Just as the word “me” was about to come out Fang Fei’s hand swiftly covered her mouth, making a crisp “pop” sound.

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Dong Yao was so scared that tears were streaming down again. Fang Fei pointed to the large screen and released her hand to let her continue to talk. Dong Yao sought help, looking towards Ke Xun. Dong Yao had also noticed he had been helping the girl with long hair.

Ke Xun: “…” 3CPgoL

The rules required that one must not repeat the content of the same structure or type said by others. Ke Xun couldn’t possibly point to his own body parts for her again, so he made a dog’s paw-lifting and tongue-sticking-out motion. Dong Yao quickly said: “Mentally retarded.”

Ke Xun: “……” What the hell, mentally retarded…

Ke Xun scratched his ear and cheek to mimic a monkey. Dong Yao quickly said, “Child with ADHD!”

Ke Xun: ……What the. 4dGx7f

Ke Xun’s train of thought was disrupted, and for a moment, he didn’t know what kind of animal to mimic. As long as Dong Yao could guess the animal he was mimicking, it would be easy then on. The problem was that this big sister’s thought process was a bit different from the usual people’s…

Seeing that Ke Xun was stuck, Luo Bu volunteered and quickly took over. He extended two fingers from each hand, one on each side of his head, and then hopped in place.

Dong Yao: “Little zombie!”

Luo Bu: “…’ oTeBSM

Your little zombies grew long rabbit ears?!

…Anyhow, with Ke Xun and Luo Bu’s gestures, and Dong Yao’s mismatched guesses, they passed the 200-word requirement somehow.

Next up was Wei Dong, who listed the names of various functions he used in his work with graphic design software.

Lastly, it switched to Mu Yiran, who spoke in a calm tone: “Next, there might be two scenarios. In the first scenario, this language test will continue, and the difficulty will increase. In the second scenario, the test will end, and we will continue to roll the dice. Let’s not dwell on the second scenario for now. If it’s the first one, it’s best for everyone to start preparing now.” MEjbxX

“Things that everyone is familiar with in their daily lives, such as various nouns, poetic verses, and professional jargon, will eventually be used up. If the rule forbids repeating, the available vocabulary that everyone can use will become scarcer, and that will be the most dangerous situation.”

“My recommendation is that everyone conserves resources and makes reasonable use of the rules. For example, the total time is 180 seconds, there’s a 30-second restriction for remaining silent, and 200 words to speak in total. In other words, in 180 seconds, one only needs to speak only six times, each time with 34 or 35 words. The remaining time can be used to mentally check and contemplate the words one is about to say. Of course, if one is confident that one can get it all correct in one go, one can also finish it faster.”

“To avoid accidentally repeating content or using up someone else’s resources, it’s advised that everyone starts by saying nouns or knowledge within their professional field. In general, the more professional the terms are, the less likely the pronouns are used. If someone has to say nouns or expressions related to common items, please do so by categories, not randomly using words here and there. That will confuse others and is error prone. It will also use up available words.”

Mu Yiran spoke very quickly and ended just in time before the 180-second countdown was over. As he was the last one, everyone quickly looked at the large screen on the wall, and below “1”, a new line of text appeared: PcIEj7

“2. In addition to satisfying the first condition, the words ‘at’, ‘this’, ‘that’ are not allowed.”

Everyone was taken aback, just as Mu Yiran had expected, the first scenario had occurred. The language test would continue, but now it came with new requirements. In other words, they were not allowed to use the six words “you”, “I”, “he”, “at”, “this”, and “that”.

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These six words were the most commonly used in daily life, and it was easy to slip up if they were not careful. The difficulty level of this second round was higher than the first, and this made everyone a bit nervous.

The first person to appear in the small window was Qin Ci, who began reciting medical terms and successfully reached 200 words. DgAmcl

Next, everyone took their turn, with inspiration from Mu Yiran’s advice, they spoke terms related to their respective fields of study or professions. However, Dong Yao was still panicking because she didn’t have an academic background for acting, nor learned how to act, let alone taken any professional courses. She had long forgotten what she learned at school. She was quite anxious and frantically looked at Ke Xun for help.

Ke Xun was out of ideas too. How would he know what she had learned? After thinking about it, he gestured to her:  You can talk about the props and tools commonly used by your film crew, such as wires, lighting boards, cameras…

Dong Yao nodded repeatedly.

In the end, Ke Xun listened to her recite a long string of people’s names… m9NeTv

He suspected that she had read out the names of all the crew members from their film crew.

However, Dong Yao’s unintentional move also inspired others. They decided when they couldn’t come up with any other things to say, they would use the names of people they knew as a backup.

Ke Xun felt that human adaptability and creativity were truly boundless.

Suddenly, he thought of the conversation between Cheng Shi and his son on the big screen, and his son’s complaints about the education system. Could this language test be a satire by Cheng Shi against those rigid educational methods? ACud4I