Paintings of Terror

Chapter 258: God Doesn’t Play Dice?

Everyone passed the second round of the language test. Of course, this everyone no longer included Qi Muhuan.

Ke Xun tested his pulse and found that he was still alive. However, Ke Xun couldnt determine if sealing Qi Muhuans mouth was merely a punishment or if it would eventually lead to his death. Nevertheless, at this point, everyone was too preoccupied to be concerned about him. Because after the second round of the test, they quickly moved on to the third round. iB 7yW

In this round, there were more restrictions on the words, adding the words not, and, and is.

Everyones mental state was already stretched to the limit, even Mu Yiran and Shao Ling refrained from saying additional words. Every time they opened their mouths, they carefully considered their words. As for the others, they had already started reciting names of people.

Despite this, Deng Lin was still deducted 10 seconds for violating the rules, because among the names he read, there was someone named Lu He

After this, everyone lasted for several more rounds, words like have, of, now, want, to were also added to the restricted list. AiC5Qr

As everyone ran out of names of people they were familiar with, they began reciting names from books, movies, TV shows, and even titles of books and animated series. The group struggled within the harsh constraints of the rules.

Several more rounds passed, the girl with shoulder-length hair, the girl with long hair, Dong Yao, Luo Bu, and Wei Dong accidentally made mistakes and were deducted 10 seconds or even 20 seconds. Until eventually, Dong Yao, who had already been deducted 20 seconds, made another mistake and became the second person to receive punishment.

Dong Yaos lips, like Qi Muhuans, were sealed tightly with fleshy filaments, forming a lump of flesh on her face. Her exquisite makeup was washed away by her tears, creating a bizarre and grotesque appearance. Dong Yao cried bitterly and collapsed on the ground, but everyone expressed their helplessness.

The test continued, and this time, even Ke Xun, Zhu Haowen, Fang Fei, and even Qin Ci made errors or, rather, they struggled to think of suitable words and phrases as the available vocabulary dwindled. WOTFNA

There were more than 100,000 Chinese words, but practical daily use only involved 5,000 to 7,000 characters. Coming up with different word combinations within 10 to 30 seconds appeared easy but was quite challenging. This was especially true after extended periods of extreme tension, where their focus, concentration, and mental acuity inevitably waned.

For the first time, they realized that using language became such an arduous task under rigid and strict rule constraints.

People often said that language and writing were among the most beautiful creations of humanity.