Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Then Gu Wuji took down the painting in front of him and saw letters, miscellaneous things and notes hidden behind the frame.
Others quickly took down other portraits, but there was nothing behind them.
Unexpectedly, Gu Wuji chose the most critical portrait in one choice. This may be why the other party explained it so quickly… After all, if Gu Wuji really wanted to modify the painting better, he would definitely have to remove the other party. They would surely find something different by then, so it might as well sell out the owner to save itself.
Gu Wuji spread out the clutter in front of him and found that they were all award certificates and various reports about the owner of the house.
When the owner of the house was still alive, he was praised by the media as a talented painter. He achieved achievements that most people could not achieve at a young age and received a lot of honors. Even in addition to painting, he was also perfect in sculpture, and his appearance was also quite good. There was absolutely no shortcoming in his whole person.
Because he had never encountered any obstacles since he was a child, he was also very proud in his personality. He never believed that there was anyone in the world who could be more powerful than him. Of course, this was also because of the constant praise from people around him.
Originally, with the passage of time, he might have slowly matured, but before that, everything had changed dramatically because of one person.
At that time, after the house owner won the first place in another competition, a certain master as a referee sighed and said that he had seen someone more talented than him, but it was a pity… Of course, the house owner could not accept such a thing, and immediately went to find that person.
Gu Wuji couldn’t help but shake his head when he saw this. Jin Yu was not an ordinary person at all. How could this house owner be better than others…
No one knew what happened to the house owner after he saw Jin Yu. They only knew that after coming back, he tore up all his paintings like crazy. He couldn’t accept that he was so much worse than others… Didn’t this prove that his so-called genius was just like a normal mortal in front of the real genius??
From then on, the owner of the house stayed at home and devoted himself to painting paintings that could surpass Jin Yu’s level.
But obviously, such a thing could not be accomplished. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t reach the level of Jin Yu, and he couldn’t even surpass the graffiti he drew casually. There was a spirituality in those graffiti that he couldn’t achieve no matter what.
He could only copy Jin Yu’s paintings over and over again, even leaving everything about himself behind.
In such a crazy situation, perhaps due to some mistake, the owner also purchased a villa not far from where Jin Yu lived. And successfully copied a world in the painting. Although everything inside was broken, it was no longer an ordinary painting.
Gu Wuji couldn’t help but think when he saw this. He didn’t expect that copying Jin Yu’s paintings could reach this level. If his own paintings were spread, wouldn’t it be possible to create countless copies in the world…
Soon, the owner of the house relied on his previous experience of copying and painted several paintings, but none of them were perfect… Then by chance, he discovered that sealing a person’s soul into a painting could improve the quality of the entire painting, and he immediately started doing it. He committed all kinds of crazy actions, and even developed many weird spells that targeted people’s souls.
“This man has simply gone crazy!” The red-haired follower who was watching from the side felt chilled all over and couldn’t help but say.
“I think so too.” Gu Wuji said: “If he doesn’t learn any spells, it’s a waste of his talent… But it’s a good thing he didn’t learn any spells, otherwise this dungeon would probably become an advanced dungeon.”
In the end, he wanted to complete what he thought was his most perfect painting. The owner of the house invited some frustrated painters here in his own name, and also forged a new identity for himself to live and eat with these people.
In name, they studied with these people, but in fact, the owner of the house put a curse on these people, causing their life’s luck to explode in advance. While these people became successful, they also consumed their luck early and died suddenly due to this relationship.
Even then the owner of the house did not let them go. His obsession even made him as a ghost far beyond others and sealed everyone in the painting of the villa.
Even though such horrific things happened here, people were still attracted by the rumors, and there were always people who were willing to do anything to succeed. Of course, these people were already drawn into the painting the moment they entered.
Only then did the others understand the truth about this dungeon and figured out all the weird things about this dungeon.
[Completed the main mission: Learn the truth about this cursed studio.]
[Trigger new main quest: Escape.]
While everyone was relieved, they couldn’t help but be confused, “How can we escape from here?”
Before Gu Wuji could take out the matches to solve everyone’s doubts, sneers sounded from the side.
The ghost of the house owner once again emerged from the black mist. This time it was not just him. A large number of twisted monsters also crawled out of the black mist, and the paintings on the wall of the ghosts had started floating at an unknown time, looking at the players with cold eyes.
This time’s situation was no longer something they could handle. Not only were there ghosts like the house owner who had unleashed all his strength, but there were also portraits of those ghosts, and even those extremely terrifying monsters.
The players’ faces turned pale. They couldn’t imagine how they could escape under the eyes of so many ghosts with almost only defensive items.
“As long as my painting is completed, of course you can leave.” The owner of the house looked at Gu Wuji with a look of determination. He had been preparing for so long, but the souls of these people were of no use at all. Sub-paintings were always unfinished, as if something important was missing.
He had been thinking about what was missing before, and it was only when he saw Gu Wuji that he finally understood that what was missing was the soul of such a person. There was no way he would let Gu Wuji go! It didn’t matter even if everything he has managed for so long was destroyed.
“I think you are willing to sacrifice your life for these companions.”
“Stop your imagination!” Rong Qingman said coldly: “Even if I die with you monsters, I will never allow that to happen.!”
The other three players also mustered up the courage to look at the monsters. After receiving help from Gu Wuji several times, how could they still stand by and wait for others to sacrifice themselves?
What’s more, the ghosts’ words were the most unbelievable. If something went wrong with Gu Wuji, the strongest among them, could they still save their lives with such strength? They would be afraid of being wiped out by the evil ghost.
The owner of the house had contempt in his eyes, “You are the only one who wants to stop me, so don’t think so.”
As his words fell, the surrounding monsters suddenly attacked in Gu Wuji’s direction, as if there were simply no other players existing in their eyes, and only Gu Wuji was their goal.
Soon, several players had a hard time facing off against those monsters. Although these monsters did not have strong attack power, their regeneration ability was terrible, making everyone fall into a hard fight, not to mention there were other ghosts behind them.
Gu Wuji took a deep breath. He knew that even he would have little chance of winning under the siege of so many ghosts. If this continued, sooner or later everyone would die together in this dungeon.
Although his ghost control technique was not logically able to control so many intermediate and above ghosts, this place was the world where the first dungeon boss was located after all, and his power had also increased because of this. So maybe he could take advantage of this.
As long as he solved it quickly enough, he would definitely be able to solve the trouble before he was caught by the ghost boss!
Gu Wuji immediately closed his eyes and secretly prepared to use the ghost control technique.
Over there, the portrait of the middle-aged man had come to the players, with a ferocious smile on his face. As for the other two ghosts that were stuffed in, the owner of the house had taken them out to find other picture frames.
“You didn’t expect it… Even if I die, you guys won’t be able to get out!”
He looked at the players proudly, expecting to see the frightened eyes of these people, especially Rong Qingman, whom he had always hated before.
But although these players’ eyes were filled with shock, it was not because they were afraid of him. Instead, their eyes fell behind the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man couldn’t help but wonder what was going on with these people. Then he turned around and saw other portraits glaring at him.
Middle-aged man: “??”
When the ferocious-looking evil spirits in the other portraits rushed over, the middle-aged man’s screams suddenly broke out, “Wait, aren’t we in the same group?!”
As for others, the other idle portrait demons started biting the monster on the ground.
No one expected that things would turn out like this, that these ghosts would actually start killing each other! They had experienced so many copies and had never encountered anything like this.
The face of the house owner ghost turned extremely ugly. He looked at these ghosts as if they were looking at garbage. Just when he was about to take action himself, his expression suddenly changed, with resentment and unwillingness, and a faint trace of anger. The fear that could not be concealed from within.
“Damn it! He found out…”
Everyone suddenly realized something, their hearts lurched, and they turned their heads to look at the floor-to-ceiling windows.
“What is that?”
At some point, a pair of huge eyes appeared outside the window, full of weirdness, as if someone was peering in from the outside world.
Under this huge pressure, everyone was sweating and didn’t even dare to move. Their instinct told them that what had appeared in front of them was an extremely terrifying existence.
Those black and white eyes hardly paid much attention to other people. Their eyes immediately fell on Gu Wuji, with a hint of excitement and fanaticism that made people feel chilled all over.
At this moment, Rong Qingman suddenly remembered the things he had forgotten last night, and cold sweat slid down his face.
It turned out that the person these eyes were looking for was Gu Wuji…
Then what would he do after he found him?
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