Chapter 346 Arrival at the Coastline
"No." Lao Mo shook his head, "The Apostles guessed that Van Gogh did not 'leave something at the coordinates', but 'used this coordinate to locate something.' The 'Apostles' firmly believed that it might be the coordinates of 'His' location, or the location of the 'root' in the sea. "
"After all these years, no one has cracked it. Everyone who studied "Starry Moon Night" has become a fanatical believer, so "Starry Moon Night" has become one of the most polluting representative works. "
"Some people even carried old kerosene lamps to study "Starry Moon Night"..."
Lin Yi asked: "What's the ending?"
"The ending is...the lights go out, but he is still there." Lao Mo said, "'Starry Night' will not hurt people, but no one can resist the pollution suffered by in-depth study." "
"As a result, the observatory was closed, and the "Starry Moon Night" has never been displayed again. "
"However, Van Gogh had thought of this scene a long time ago, so he left the normal-sized "Starry Moon Night" and let it spread... It was like throwing out a copy of a treasure map. "
Lin Yi asked: "That "Starry Moon Night"...does it have the same effect?"
“Of course not, otherwise how could it be spread... The pollution characteristics of a starry night are enough to transform an area into a "dark zone", and no one dares to take this risk..."
"That painting, some people call it "Starry Sky", while others retain the name "Starry Night". It does not have extraordinary characteristics, but the "charm" contained in it is enough for people to study. "
h "Some people feel this, and they will go out to find the original."
h "Of course, only a small number of people who have passed the official evaluation are qualified to watch "Starry Night". "
Lin Yi looked at Lao Mo and asked curiously: "Have you seen it?"
Lao Mo shook his head: "I haven't seen it."
Even though Lin Yi thought it was normal whether Lao Mo had watched "Starry Moon Night" or not, he still felt a little regretful when he heard Lao Mo say that he had not watched it.
Lao Mo has never seen it. It seems that it is not easy to see Starry Moon Night.
Lin Yi observed the surrounding environment curiously. The vortices one after another looked extremely interesting, as if they had penetrated the space.
After walking for a while, Lin Yi found that the whirlpools around him seemed to have become looser, and the tightly entangled lines had also become looser.
He understood that these whirlpools were gradually returning to their twisted appearance. In other words, he was "floating" in the layer, returning to a relatively normal layer from that weird world...
He glanced at his watch and tried to check the time, but found that the hands on the watch kept swinging between the 15th and 16th seconds of 22:48...
"What's going on...Why doesn't the watch keep time?"
When he thought of the "accurate timekeeping" he had boasted to Lao Mo just a moment ago, he felt a burning pain on his face, but fortunately, Lao Mo didn't notice his situation at all and was still concentrating on walking.
This process lasted for a while, and then the watch's time returned to normal, but Lin Yi always felt that it seemed to be "stuck" for a few minutes for some reason.
On May 9, 2023, at 22:52, Lin Yi's side was filled with ancient trees twisting irregularly like seaweed and thick fog. The scene of the "Corpse Forest" was no longer visible, leaving only an environment similar to the misty forest near the desolate land.
Lao Mo's voice came from the front: "Keep this rhythm, we will be there soon!"
"Okay!" Lin Yi responded quickly.
Soon, the distorted environment around him gradually returned to normal, but the ground under his feet became inconsistent with his pace again.
Lin Yi was secretly frightened. At this moment, Lao Mo's instructions sounded at the right time: "Don't panic, this is a normal phenomenon, just like an airplane lowers its landing gear and adapts to the runway when landing. It will pass soon, even if you are not used to it. It doesn't matter, just wait. 」
Lin Yi calmed down immediately after hearing this. After all, as a bad boy with rich experience of crawling in the dark on the twisted road, it is easy to adapt to this change.
And he was frightened at first because he thought there was a new moth.
After walking for a few minutes, the twisting feeling on the road also disappeared, and the surrounding dense forest returned to the look of intertwined branches.
Lin Yi began to feel some loose feedback under his feet. He found that the fog in the dense forest seemed to have become extremely thin, leaving only some ankle-length fog still floating on the ground, like a stage filled with dry ice.
There were faint sounds of wind blowing from the front of the road, as well as the sound of some waves pushing toward the shore.
Lin Yi said in surprise: "Are we going out?"
Lao Mo nodded: "Yes...it's going well."
Lin Yi couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, but Lao Mo immediately poured cold water on him: "Don't be too happy too soon...the next step is business."
Lin Yi immediately understood. At this time, the art building should be under attack from the nocturnal species and the laughing angels, and the art building itself was also the building closest to the source on the entire campus.
As the sea breeze and the sound of waves increased, a white light spot faintly appeared in front of Lin Yi.
In several visions, he had seen this light spot, and he knew that it was the exit of this dense forest.
Under the leadership of Lao Mo, they were getting closer and closer to the white light...
Finally, they rushed into the white light!
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The moment he passed through the white light, Lin Yi's vision and hearing were impacted to a certain extent. His field of vision was filled with a blinding white light, and the sharp, heart-wrenching "Bah--" sound sounded in his ears, as if he had fallen into another world.
Happily, the discomfort quickly disappeared, and his vision and hearing began to recover quickly.
While his vision was still blurry, he could feel the salty sea breeze blowing on his face, and his ears could hear the sound of waves crashing on the rocks.
His blurry vision soon became clear, and he discovered that his location was somewhere along the coastline.
Behind him was a dense forest, and in front of him was another gloomy and depressing terrifying picture.
The sky is like a thick quilt filled with water, weighing heavily on the coastline. The clouds pile up like mountains, crowding and rolling, filling the entire sky, with some tendencies to spread to the horizon, seeming to tightly wrap up the entire world.
There are a few faint, almost imperceptible rays of light deep in the clouds. It is as pale as if an eraser has been lightly rubbed on a drawing board covered with toner.
The entire coastline presents a cold and rough appearance, with jagged rocks protruding abruptly from below the sea level. The dark brown surface is covered with traces of erosion over time, with pits and uneven spots, like the wrinkles on the face of an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life.
There are still some white sea salt crystals remaining on the reef, shining in the faint light, like frost flowers condensed on dead branches in the winter morning.
The gray sand on the beach is rough and cold. It is blown wildly by the sea wind, forming irregular lines, like cracked wounds on the earth. Things that cannot be seen as seaweed or plants are mixed with the corpses of some unknown creatures washed up on the shore by the waves. They are scattered wetly on the beach, exuding a salty and decaying smell.
The black ocean seemed to be boiling, setting off waves one after another, rushing towards the shore. Each wave carried huge power, and hit the rocks and beaches with anger as if venting its anger, making a dull roar, like the roar of the ocean.
The white foam rolled and broke on the top of the waves, and then was quickly swallowed by new waves.
The sea breeze whizzes past, like a sharp knife, cutting across the face, bringing a biting cold. The wind is mixed with fine raindrops, which are cold and moist. When they hit the body, they can penetrate the clothes in an instant, making people feel a chill that goes deep into the bone marrow.
However, looking around, Lin Yi did not see the art building.
"Where's the Art Building?" He couldn't help asking and looked at Lao Mo who was not far away from him.
Lao Mo's already ugly face turned even uglier: "There were some deviations. We didn't arrive near the art building."
"It should be that the storm affected the stability of the layer port, and coupled with the influence of some other factors, our exit was deviated... It seems that the situation over there is more ominous than I imagined..."
"Then..."
Lao Mo waved his hand: "Don't speak for now, let me 'lock' the position...and then we'll go straight in."
Lao Mo fell silent after finishing speaking.
"Go straight to the point?"
Lin Yi was slightly startled, and then realized that Lao Mo seemed to have focused his attention somewhere on the coastline.
"Hey, there...!!"
In that direction, the celestial phenomena seem to be different from here!
A cluster of golden fire appeared in Lin Yi's eyes, and then his vision quickly zoomed towards the coastline as if it were a magnifying glass...
Soon, he saw a huge and terrifying storm!
The dark clouds in the sky are like enraged giant beasts, surging in with overwhelming force. They squeeze and collide with each other, making low roars. The thick colors seem to pile black soil on the high sky, constantly pushing it.
In the clouds, lightning flashed freely like sharp swords, and deafening thunder rumbled across the sky and the earth.
Every time thunder and lightning roared, the clouds were torn into countless pieces. White light shone through the earth, and the nearby world turned into pure white for a short time.
In that pure white world, a section of cliff that is higher than the coastline is particularly eye-catching. What is even more eye-catching is the castle that stands on the cliff like a sharp blade that cuts through the clouds!
"Art Building!!" Lin Yi's pupils narrowed sharply.
"Old Mo!!!" He suddenly came back to his senses, and the zoomed-in vision immediately collapsed, "That's the Art Building over there!!"
At this moment, Lao Mo was firmly fixated on that location, but due to the existence of the storm, he was not completely sure whether there was an art building in it. Hearing Lin Yi's call, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"Are you sure...?" Lao Mo couldn't help but ask.
Lin Yi nodded vigorously: "Absolutely, I saw it!"
"You... saw it?" This was the first time that Lao Mo was stunned. He looked at Lin Yi strangely, "You mean... you can see it? "Through that storm?"
"Yeah..." Lin Yi was a little unsure at first, but immediately felt sure about what he had "seen with his own eyes." "I saw it. It's a castle, and there's a lookout. Isn't that the Art Building?"
Lao Mo was shocked in his heart, but he restrained himself from showing too much on his face. He just calmly said: "I understand the boss a little bit. If it were me, I wouldn't want you to take risks with me..."
Hah?" Lao Mo's sudden change of attitude made Lin Yi feel confused. Didn't he just see the Art Building? Is there anything to be surprised about?
Besides, wasn’t it Lao Mo who observed it first?
Lin Yi didn't know that even if Lao Mo was 70% confident that it was an art building, he didn't dare to bet on the 30% possibility that it wasn't.
"In that case, let's go." Lao Mo believed Lin Yi's words, "Come to me!"
"Oh, here it comes!" Lin Yi didn't understand what Lao Mo meant, but he did as he did.
Because in his mind, the day lilies would be cold if he rushed over such a long distance, right? Lao Mo must have some special means of traveling, otherwise it would definitely not work.
However, Lao Mo did not move in a hurry. Instead, he took out the scale first, and then stretched out his hand to crush it.
After the scales were crushed, they did not turn into countless fragments as Lin Yi imagined. Instead, the surface was damaged like xylitol, but there was a soft and extremely flexible milky white gelatinous substance inside.
Lao Mo started tinkering with the scales like an artist making maltose, and said: "Give me yours too, and squeeze out the remaining value."
Lin Yi was a little anxious at first, but seeing Lao Mo's strange calmness, he couldn't help but wonder: "Old Mo, aren't we going to leave yet?"
“Once we’re sure, there’s no need to worry. There will be a gap in the storm, and we’ll go over there when the time comes.” Lao Mo added, “Originally, I could only wait for the gap to appear before I had a chance to peek inside, and then I had the opportunity to decide whether to leave, but now… …It doesn’t need to be so complicated.”
“I’ll get you something to save your life first.” Lao Mo said, and started to put the maltose-like substance on Lin Yi’s face...
(End of this chapter)