Chapter 307: Chain of Clues
“Xiao Shao’s analysis is very detailed,” Qin Ci nodded. “I also think we should also refine them. Perhaps each of the fourteen paintings we’ve entered has provided us with a different hint. We shouldn’t overlook more clues in our search just to find commonalities across the paintings.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Maybe ‘Animal World’ hints at the survival of the fittest and the species swapping Shao Ge just mentioned?” Luo Bu said, looking at Ke Xun. “Ge, do you remember in ‘Burning Rhinoceros at Sea,’ you mentioned the movie ‘Pacific Rim’?
“The monsters invade the human world from the sea, slaughtering humanity—if they eventually succeeded, doesn’t that sound like the cows in ‘Animal World’? In that painting, the cows replace humans as the dominant species, and their numbers would surely grow until they completely replace humans, swapping out the most powerful species.
“I remember you also said it felt like ‘humans’ from another world were slowly infiltrating and replacing us. At first, they only used the lowest-level members to test us, then they’d send higher-level ones to continue the tests, and eventually send even more advanced ones to launch a full invasion…
“Brothers and sisters, do you think these fourteen paintings we’ve entered might be tests sent by ‘another world’ to probe this world’s most powerful species—humans? Once all thirteen of us receiving the tests fail, they might then launch a full-scale invasion?”
Luo Bu shivered at his own words and scooted closer to Ke Xun.
“Radish’s idea is very possible!” Ke Xun suddenly slapped his thigh, startling Luo Bu.
“But according to our investigation a few days ago, weren’t the previous batch of entrants all wiped out?” Zhu Haowen asked. “If Luo Bu’s theory is correct, shouldn’t the full-scale invasion have started already?”