Although the two corpses still maintained their complete human form, a closer look revealed that the two people had been cut into pieces by some sharp weapon like chicken fillets, and then neatly stacked on the ground.
The clothes of the two men had been completely soaked with blood, and were wrinkled and twisted and stuck to the corpses. The soil beneath them had also turned black and red, and was filled with a strong smell of blood. There were dozens of crows around the corpses, and they did not fly away when they saw Adrian Mu approaching. They stared at it with their dark eyes, revealing a dead silence.
Nathan Ke turned around and opened his mouth to vomit, which frightened Owen Wei so much that he moved back another seven or eight meters using his hands and H!ps: "Shut up! What did you see?!"
Nathan Ke shook his hands, and finally suppressed the nausea for a long time. He took two deep breaths of the unpleasant air, gritted his teeth, and turned back.
Adrian Mu was still staring at the corpse, seemingly lost in thought.
Nathan Ke gritted his teeth and looked at the two bodies again. Two people were lying there side by side. If you ignore the fact that their bodies were cut into pieces, the postures of the two people when they died can be said to be quite peaceful. Their arms were neatly placed on both sides of the body, their legs were straight, and their heads were facing upwards in a standard manner.
Face... Nathan Ke took a few glances at the corpse on the left. The sixteen or seventeen-year-old student girl closed her inexperienced eyes. The bloodstains on her face concealed her original youthfulness. Her long, soft hair was mixed with mud and blood under her body and turned into a mess. The body of youth that was about to bloom had now become a pile of minced meat.
Nathan Ke had no way of imagining what kind of horrible things this girl had experienced before her death. How scared, how painful, and how much she wanted to go home she was in the process of being slaughtered like an animal by that irresistible force of terror.
Nathan Ke's hands hanging by his side trembled unconsciously, and then he clenched them into fists.
"Have you finished your examination?" he asked Adrian Mu.
Adrian Mu raised his eyes to look at him and nodded slightly.
Nathan Ke stopped talking, walked over, picked up the shovel thrown not far away, and started digging the soil nearby.
Mu looked at him happily but didn't say anything else.
Owen Wei stood at a distance and didn't dare to come over, so he had to raise his voice and ask Nathan Ke: "What are you doing? Don't mess around!"
Nathan Ke just buried his head and dug the soil, ignoring him.
There were more and more crows in the sky, and they kept falling down. Seeing Adrian Mu standing motionless beside the corpse, a few crows stopped staring at him and fell directly on the corpse, tearing the flesh with their sharp beaks.
Adrian Mu frowned slightly and took a few steps back.
Nathan Ke heard the sound, turned his head and took a look. Suddenly, he was furious and swung the shovel in his hand at the crow on the corpse: "Fcuk you! Get out!"
However, there were too many crows. When a few were waved away, others fell down. More and more crows kept falling. Soon, the two bodies were covered with crows. The bodies could hardly be seen as they were completely covered by the dense swarm of crows.
Nathan Ke didn't want to touch the corpse, so he tried to do something useless for a long time. In the end, he simply covered the corpse with dirt. The crows hid aside, dozens or even hundreds of crows, all in unison, silently, and coldly stared at him.
"Nathan Ke." Adrian Mu suddenly called him in a deep voice, "Stop, don't bury it."
Nathan Ke held the shovel tightly and looked up at him: "Just let them be eaten by birds?"
"Look what they are doing." Adrian Mu looked at him coldly.
Nathan Ke looked at the group of crows and met their dark and dead eyes.
"If you bury these two people, I'm afraid you will be the next to die." Adrian Mu warned in his tone and took a few steps back again, "Put down the shovel and come here."
Nathan Ke pursed his lips tightly, threw down the shovel after a moment, and strode towards Adrian Mu: "Have you finished your investigation? I want to go back."
Adrian Mu looked at him, and in his calm tone there was a subtle hint of tolerance: "I have nothing else to check."
"Dongzi, get up and go." Nathan Ke immediately turned around and strode out of the wasteland along the same path he came from.
When they were still some distance away from the village, Nathan Ke saw several other people walking out of the village together, also heading towards the wasteland. Tristan Liu was walking in front, and did not say hello to Owen Wei when he saw him.
Everyone is trying hard to find clues.
Nathan Ke calmed down and turned to look at Adrian Mu: "Did you find any clues just now?"
Mu looked at him calmly and said, "Why do you think I would share the clues I found with you?"
Nathan Ke was choked, and Owen Wei was also speechless, looking at Adrian Mu's back who continued to move forward without stopping: "Although there is nothing wrong with saying this, I still feel a little hurt..."
Nathan Ke lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then quickly followed, looking at Adrian Mu with one face: "You are right, you really have no obligation to share the clues you got with someone like me who you are not that familiar with. We are not related in any way, it is a favor for you to tell me, and it is your duty not to tell me. I can't hate or blame you for this, now is an era where everything is paid for.
"In that case, let's discuss this from the perspective of mutual benefit. I think I am still somewhat useful, and I don't want your clues for nothing. You pay, and I get something in return. How about that?"
Adrian Mu looked at him calmly and said coldly: "How do you want to repay me?"
Nathan Kehu pulled a handful of messy hair on his head and answered seriously: "A poor student like me can't provide any help mentally, but physical strength should be no problem. If you need any work that requires running errands, you can leave it to me, and you just need to talk. What do you think?"
"Do you think I'm a lazy person?" Mu asked him happily.
"No, I think you are the kind of boss who can do whatever he wants and command everything in a blink of an eye," Nathan Ke said sincerely, "Boss, please take me as your little brother. I'll give you one for every one I take, and I guarantee you'll make a profit."
"You are the only one giving gifts, your whole family is giving gifts." Owen Wei was angry.
"Whose legs are thicker, yours or his?" Nathan Ke asked.
"Hello, boss. I'm a gift." Owen Wei said to Adrian Mu.
Perhaps he was shocked by the two men's unabashed flattery, or perhaps he anticipated that even if he refused, he would still be pestered by these two idiots. After walking for a while with a blank expression, Adrian Mu finally spoke: "This is the first painting you have entered. There are many things you don't understand. We are not as peaceful as you see. So, if you two really want to form a team with me, you must agree to one condition of mine first."
"Tell me about it." Nathan Ke looked at him.
The serious look in his eyes made Adrian Mu slightly restrain his coldness. If the other party agreed without thinking, it would make him difficult to trust him.
So he said calmly: "I need you to always remember that all the clues we have obtained must not be disclosed to anyone other than the three of us without my permission. Any questions?"
Owen Wei looked at Nathan Ke. He knew his childhood friend best, and such a request was not in line with his childhood friend's values.
Nathan Ke was always casual and even somewhat indifferent in the eyes of outsiders, but as a close friend of his, Owen Wei knew that he was actually a very pure and... kind person. Although he had done a lot of bad things since childhood, he had also done good things.
Nathan Ke doesn't care about gains and losses and has never been a selfish and stingy person.
He used the inheritance from his parents to open a gym. When he was able to make ends meet, he never forgot his friends.
Nathan Ke brought those brothers and classmates who came from poor families, had no ability to earn money and were about to starve to death into the gym. Those who could be coaches became coaches, and those who couldn't be coaches worked as receptionists, clerical workers, or accountants. Those who really had no skills maintained equipment, cleaned, and distributed flyers. He tried his best to ensure that they had enough food and clothing in terms of treatment.
So people like Nathan Ke, although they won't rush to help others on the streets, but if things come to him and he can, he will not hesitate to lend a hand.
Back to the present, all the people who enter this world in the painting are not facing the difficulties of poverty or hunger, but life and death. If you give a helping hand, you may be able to save one or even several lives. If you don’t help, in such a context, it will be no different from sending people to death.
Owen Wei was not sure whether Nathan Ke would agree to Adrian Mu’s condition. Nathan Ke was not the Holy Father, but he was not Satan either.
"Can I ask the reason?" Nathan Ke looked at Adrian Mu.
Adrian Mu also looked at Nathan Ke.
This guy, who is new to the painting, a little hot-blooded, a little ignorant, and a little needy, can always use the pure look in his clear eyes to make him... involuntarily soften his heart.
Mu lowered his eyes, his voice still cold: "Because, in the painting, it's not just those 'things' that can kill you, there are also living people."
"You mean, those who entered the painting with us might kill us?" Nathan Ke's eyes narrowed slightly, "Why?"
"There is a rule in the painting," Adrian Mu looked coldly at the lifeless village in front of him, "I said before that we only have seven days. If we can't find the signature or seal of the painter within seven days, everyone will die. And during these seven days, someone may die every day due to the various strange forces in the world of the painting, but this is not absolutely inevitable.
"In fact, death caused by the power in the painting is random. Just like last night, you were in danger, but because of the sudden situation in the main room, you escaped. This is not a process pre-set by the power in the painting. Whether it is an unfortunate death or an unexpected survival is all random.
"But, there is another rule in the world that cannot be changed or resisted - if one day in seven days, due to the randomness of the world in the painting, no one dies by chance, then between 8 and 9 am the next day, all the living people will gather together and vote for someone...to die."
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