"No." Lao Mo shook his head. "The Apostles suspect that Van Gogh didn't 'leave something at the coordinates,' but was 'using those coordinates to locate something.' They firmly believe those might be the coordinates of where 'It' is, or perhaps the location of the Root within the Great Sea."
"All these years have passed, and no one has cracked it. Everyone who studied The Starry Night became a fanatic, so The Starry Night became one of the most representative works of Contamination."
"Someone even once took the Old Kerosene Lamp along to study The Starry Night..."
Lin Yi pressed, "What happened?"
"What happened was... the light went out, but he was still there," Lao Mo said. "The Starry Night doesn't hurt people, but no one can resist the Contamination that comes with studying it in depth."
"The Stargazing Platform was closed because of that, and The Starry Night was never displayed again."
"But Van Gogh had foreseen this long ago, so he left behind a normal-sized Starry Night and let it circulate... like tossing out a photocopy of a treasure map."
Lin Yi asked, "Did that Starry Night... have the same effect?"
"Of course not. Otherwise, how could they possibly let it circulate...? The contaminating properties carried by a single Starry Night would be enough to turn an entire region into a Dark Zone. No one would dare take that risk..."
"Some people call that painting Starry Sky, while others keep the name The Starry Night. It has no Supernatural Trait, but the 'essence' it contains is already enough for people to study."
"Some people feel something from it and make a special trip to seek out the original."
"Of course, only a small number of people who pass the Authorities' assessment are qualified to view The Starry Night."
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