"...I told Yuna that if she didn't let Uncle Zhang and me leave, I'd smash that painting."
Liu Yuhan sat on a low stool, hidden in the shadow of the corner. Her eyes, behind her glasses, stared blankly at the ceiling.
"She seemed to care a lot about that painting, so I told Uncle Zhang to go first and used it as a shield while I covered our escape. She kept two steps away from me until I'd made it out of the kitchen. Then she finally couldn't hold back and tried to snatch the painting from me... I had no choice but to give it back."
Liu Yuhan briefly recounted everything she had seen and heard throughout the day, from coconuts turning into human heads to triggering a death point in the kitchen.
Zhang Hongfeng nodded beside her, confirming that the girl was telling the truth.
"The paintings hanging in the hotel rooms should all be Moses in Egypt. Combined with the hallucinations Chang and I saw on the top floor of the Clock Tower, the instance's backstory probably carries strong religious symbolism."
Qi Si analyzed the clues, then suddenly lowered his voice. "What do you think God is like?"
Liu Yuhan's eyes snapped up.
Smiling, Qi Si asked his next question. "Who seems more like the god here, Yuna or the Sea God? Or is neither of them a god?"
Liu Yuhan's lips trembled as she murmured to herself, "God doesn't love humanity, and brings calamity upon the world. People believe in God because they hope to receive blessings. People wouldn't believe in a god who doesn't love them. They would only believe in..."
"Shh." Qi Si held a finger to his lips, signaling her to be quiet.
As the two teams exchanged information, the other players also