Soul Painter

in the library.

The desk lamp illuminates the thick and old books on the desk.

The past of Gao Fan, a professor of mystical aesthetics at Miskatonic University, is written in beautiful cursive script on the book.

Ren Erba read these handwritings, his English reading ability is much better than his spoken English, if those college students who look down on him are willing to communicate with him by letter, they will find Ren Erba's rich connotations, of course, no one Just do it.

To find the traces of Gao Fan, one must look for all the clues, but be careful not to cross the line. Ren Erba saw that the words in the book were distorted as if they were alive, and the lights above his head began to change colors. At the same time, there seemed to be a A strange atmosphere was rising around him, and he knew that today's 'share' of prying into mysterious knowledge had run out.

Read on, he will see some wonderful 'truths', these 'truths' are fatally attractive and threatening to human beings, so, touching them, the only result is madness and death.

Ren Erba closed the book with a thick black cover.

The cover of this book is made of suspicious animal skin, and the name is 'Mystical Aesthetics'. It is said that this book is written by Gao Fan, and Ren Erba doubts whether the beautiful handwriting in the book is from Gao Fan. Fan Zhi, this is obviously a woman's handwriting, right?

Is it Xin Wei?

Xin Wei is an important clue to trace Gao Fan's whereabouts.

Gao Fan, as a person from the old world, in the information obtained by Ren Erba, there are many "truths" involved in his past. Exploring his past is like groping for answers in a dark room full of traps. It is easy to touch taboos, and at that time, Ren Erba will disappear out of thin air like the messengers sent by Lin Shuai before, or become inhuman.

But Xin Wei is different.

In the records of all schools, Xin Wei is an ordinary oriental girl, the only abnormality is 'retrograde'.

"Retrograde..." Ren Erba looked at the notes and summary he had made.

This word comes up repeatedly.

what does that mean?

the next day.

Ren Erba, who thought he had resumed spying on the mysterious "share", continued to search for the records of Gao Fan and Xin Wei in the library.

Before that, Ren Erba had dealt with several "accidents" that occurred due to borrowing and returning books, that is, because readers went too deep into the mysterious realm, and suffered attacks from negative states such as absent-mindedness and mania, but as long as no physical nature occurred The changes, and can pass the mental appraisal, it means there is nothing serious.

In Ren Erba's view, the library of Miskatonic University is not so much a holy place of knowledge as it is a devil's claws extending to the human world. As for why it is still open and not permanently banned, Ren Erba does not know. I don't know the reason, but it probably has something to do with Miskatonic University's school motto of 'spread necessary knowledge and pursue human progress'.

Ren Erba continued to search for Xin Wei's clues.

Soon he found a photo.

This photo is sandwiched in a thick dictionary.

When Ren Erba realized that he needed it, but didn't know what it was, he saw this dictionary. It seemed to have self-awareness, and it protruded a part of itself on the shelf, so that Ren Erba could read it at a glance. see it.

This is the benefit that the library provides for knowledge seekers. In the vast ocean of knowledge in the library of Miskatonic University, how can you ensure that the knowledge you acquire is necessary and useful? It's very simple, just follow the inspiration That's fine, the knowledge you need will naturally appear in front of you, and then lure you into the abyss step by step.

Ren Erba dug out a photo from the dictionary.

It seems that someone stuffed it into it casually and forgot to take it away.

This photo is a group photo of nine people in total, four sitting in the front row and five standing in the back row.

Among the four people in the front row, Ren Erba recognized Gao Fan. In the photo, Gao Fan is in good condition.

Gao Fan's left hand side should be the principal of the school at that time, and Gao Fan's right side is a woman with her back to the camera.

It's weird.

The moment he saw the woman in the photo, Ren Erba's common sense was shocked, because the people in the first row of the photo were in a sitting posture. The so-called sitting posture naturally has both legs and knees facing the camera, but this woman is different. She is facing away from the camera. The camera, but in Ren Erba's eyes, in his cognition, her knees can still be seen.

So is she facing the camera, or is she facing away from the camera?

If it was facing the camera, why did Ren Erba see the back.

If she is facing away from the camera, how does she use what kind of sitting posture so that her knees are facing the camera to take pictures.

Unless a person is turned 180 degrees from the waist, it can match the content of the photo Ren Erba sees at this moment.

Ren Erba's common sense was impacted, he felt his cognitive system was crumbling, the murmur representing madness resounded in his ears again, the air was filled with an irritable temperature, Ren Erba tore apart The collar of his own shirt, he grabbed the photo and wanted to use a magnifying glass to take a closer look at it, but...

But an overwhelming willpower controlled Ren Erba.

With firmness that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, he stuffed the photo back into the dictionary and closed the dictionary again.

After finishing all this, Ren Erba realized that he was already covered in sweat, and the sweat on his back almost soaked his shirt, while the whispering voice gradually receding in his ear was telling Ren Erba that he almost fell into the An irreversible trap.

"I thought Xin Wei was a breakthrough, but I didn't expect a photo to almost drive me crazy..." Ren Erba was a little horrified.

It seems that pursuing the past of Gao Fan and Xin Wei is equally dangerous.

However, if you can see the specific source of danger, you are already close to the final 'truth', but Gao Fan's past is still in the fog, so it is indeed necessary to trace Xin Wei's whereabouts to determine Gao Fan's whereabouts. shortcut.

According to official records, Gao Fan disappeared during a teaching activity three years ago. Unlike the disappearance scene of other well-known professors, Gao Fan disappeared in the university. He was still there one day, and disappeared suddenly the next day. Then all those who try to find him will receive mysterious knowledge that should not be touched, and then accidents will happen.

"Retrograde... what does it mean?"

Next, Ren Erba began to rummage through a large amount of information, trying to find teachings or classics related to 'retrograde'.

All kinds of great beings are unknowable, but human beings have identified and judged them according to their own habits, so these great beings have survived in this image. The process of "cognizing the world" is a two-way influence. Human beings worship greatness, and greatness manifests itself, so great beings are getting closer and closer to human beings' cognition of them.

For example, the Yog of all things, the black goat of reproduction, Cthugha of fire, etc., but according to Ren Erba's search, there is no god related to the concept of "retrograde", it seems that this is an unrecognized A god defined by humans... But how is it possible?

In the following years, Ren Erba began to look for the existence of the "God of Retrograde", that photo was a clue, it pointed to everything, Ren Erba resigned as a librarian at Miskatonic University in the second year, He began to explore the footsteps of God. By this time, he had deviated from his original goal. Finding Gao Fan was no longer his goal. Finding God was his goal in life.

After Ren Erba resigned, the principal looked at Ren Erba who walked out of the principal's office backwards, and realized that another faculty member was bewitched by the devil.

This is the whole story of Ren Erba, the last messenger.

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