Chapter 262 Crimson Mirror

In the chaotic corridor, a faint light shield appeared, blocking the hardened monster behind him.

Chi Bei and Song Xiying were running in a panic, and because they couldn't stop the car, they crashed straight into the door of 3045. Just when they were about to hit the door, the door suddenly opened from a gap to its maximum.

"Bang!"

“Ouch…”

The two men ran so fast that inertia caused them to roll in like a car crash.

Jiang Huaique was standing behind the door. Xu Zhiyan pulled Yu Xiu away from the aisle in advance. The three of them watched the two players enter the room without giving them any eye contact.

"Bang--"

After closing the door of the guest room, Jiang Huaique glanced at the monsters that had crashed into the barrier and said to Yu Xiu, "Remove your skills."

They first have to see if the monster that follows will destroy the door.

The three people have clear division of labor.

Jiang Huaique opened and closed the door, Yu Xiu was responsible for collecting skills, and Xu Zhiyan walked to the side, squatted on the ground with a smile, looking at the two players who were piled up in a ball.

"Are you all right?"

As he spoke, he took out two safe house gift supply packs from his system backpack and handed them over.

These are all human flesh...well, they are favors.

To the two people who fell, this action was no different from the Holy Father coming down to earth to show his love to the world.

“Woo woo woo, Boss Xu!”

"Boss Xu, you are such a good person..."

Xu Zhiyan waved his hands at the two tearful people: "It's just a small favor."

Chi Bei and Song Xiying looked at each other, took the supply bag, and without waiting for Xu Zhiyan to ask, they poured out everything.

"Luckily I met Boss Xu. I thought I was dead this time."

"My luck has finally changed after meeting Boss Xu..."

"I shouldn't have had the urge to join the guild back then, wuwu..."

It turned out that the two were teammates. Before the guild system was opened, their team included several other players besides them.

Originally, they planned to apply for a small guild to continue to do dungeons together. However, after the guild system was opened, they found that they could not raise enough money to open the guild backpack system.

Larger guilds have entry requirements.

Either you have to submit points or there are requirements for personal ranking.

After all, it takes 20 million points to open the guild backpack, and players’ points don’t come from the sea tide, so they definitely need to recover some points.

"As to why we entered the Infinite Card Game... the situation is quite complicated."

Ikebe sighed, his expression a little painful.

They searched the list for a long time and finally saw a guild with no payment threshold and a guild backpack. Then they saw that the guild president was the clown who was ranked tenth on the list.

"It was very quick, I clicked on the application in no time!"

Song Xiying shook her head and added: "Because we two discovered it first, we were the first to apply, and then others followed suit."

Before this, although the Joker was known as a lone wolf and had no teammates, his reputation was generally good because at least he didn't harm anyone.

"Who knows about this broken guild system? After you apply to a guild, you can only apply for a new one if it's rejected. There's a 24-hour CD in between."

A large group of their teammates applied for the guild, but the clown only agreed to the first two people who applied. Before Chi Bei and Song Xiying could be happy, they immediately received a guild mission information prompt...

In this way, the two were forced into the scarlet mirror.

Song Xiying pulled her hair in frustration, and couldn't help but speak faster: "We shouldn't be greedy for small gains!"

Along the way, the two still had fantasies.

Maybe the clown was just too busy and didn't approve the other applications? Maybe their new president saw the potential and wanted to train them to be his right-hand men?

"Before entering the dungeon, I saw that the president agreed to Mad Dog's application to join the guild." Song Xiying's eyes were filled with horror.

Who doesn’t know the relationship between mad dogs and ideal countries?

So after they arrived at the square, they were not surprised at all when they saw the clown and the astrologer fighting. They even felt like "it's finally here".

"We joined the organization earlier than Mad Dog..." Ikebe said, then took two big gulps of hot soup.

At this point, Xu Zhiyan finally understood that the two unlucky guys in front of him were actually unlucky cannon fodder captured by the clown to make up the number of people for the guild mission.

The smile on his face faded a little.

"It seems that your president and the Utopia are indeed sworn enemies. This is a bit troublesome."

He still remembered that when accepting the guild mission, Endless Card was the last one to accept, and the Joker approved Mad Dog's application a few minutes before entering the copy.

"So, your president has already determined that there will be people from the Utopia in this copy, and he wanted to deal with them, but he was not sure whether he could defeat them at that time. So the astrologer didn't know that your president wanted to kill him before entering the copy..." If Alves didn't have a unique item to detect murderous intent, he would probably be dead by now.

Xu Zhiyan was a little confused.

The Joker ranks tenth. He goes to so much trouble just to kill the astrologer. Is there any hidden story behind this?

Thinking of the mysterious conversation between the Clown and Jiang Huai Que, he thought that he'd better find some time to talk to the Clown after leaving the copy. He thought that no one would refuse paid consultation.

The Utopia is a rather complicated guild for Xu Zhiyan.

On the one hand, he had been inexplicably hunted by the Pope, but on the other hand, when Gan Mi asked him to meet, nothing unusual happened.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with that cunning boss Gan except that he never tells the truth?

Xu Zhiyan always felt that something was happening.

The number one on the list has extraordinary appeal to players. The Utopia is currently the guild with the most big guys, and its combat power should be the best.

The Pope and the doctor died one after another. Although one of them died because of him, he was sure that if there was no mad dog, he would have encountered great trouble in the separatist hospital.

How can a mere clown and a mad dog have the power to attack an ideal country?

This is like hitting a rock with an egg!

Everything is like an interweaving web, and an invisible battle is taking place in the dark.

Xu Zhiyan's thoughts were a little confused.

Although he didn't really want to get involved in the fight between players and longed to be a neutral businessman, he was very clear that if the forces behind the Joker and Mad Dog were big enough, he would be affected sooner or later.

Now it's just advanced.

In the live broadcast room, the audience was deeply moved after listening to Chi Bei and Song Xiying's explanation.

[Good fellow, it seems that Chou Ge doesn't take these two people seriously at all, they are just cannon fodder to make up the numbers. ]

[Gah! I also applied for the Joker's guild, damn it! I'll run away as soon as the 24-hour CD is over!]

[I understand. After all, no one wants to go up against an ideal country.]

[Although I think the two of them are so arrogant in front of Xiao Baiwan, they are here to explain to all of us that they are just unlucky guys and don’t want to fight against the big guys. ]

[…Oh, I would be panicking too.]

[It's useless. That guy is killing people like cutting vegetables now, and he also killed several other front-row players... I think these two unlucky guys are doomed. ]

"The monster outside is gone."

Jiang Huaique's words interrupted the three people who were gathered in the room to complain.

"These monsters are not strong. As expected, they were unable to destroy the hotel building. They ran away after finding that the door could not be opened."

"Judging from the monsters' clothes, these guys should be tourists."

Some were wearing dresses, some were wearing down jackets. They looked like tourists who came here all year round and stayed here forever because of some accidents.

After he finished explaining the monster's information, he looked at the two people who were lying on the ground drinking hot soup with disgust.

Before Jiang Huaique could say anything venomous, Chi Bei hurriedly began to explain.

"I know these monsters are not strong! But, they are not weak either. They can't be killed. I just tried to set them on fire, but it didn't work at all. The more I beat them, the stronger they get." He muttered to defend himself.

Song Xiying also nodded.

"These monsters came out of the mirror. Although they are not as strong as our companions, their enhancement mode is the same as our companions. They will continue to become stronger after being attacked. I still have the images here."

As she spoke, she took out the prop photo module from her bag and pressed the top button.

In an instant, a three-dimensional 3D image appeared in front of everyone.

It is an image of a corridor.

However, this corridor is not like the floors below, where there are palm-sized mirrors hanging on both sides. All the decorative mirrors here are about one meter high and are hung on both sides of the corridor together with small mirrors.

"This is the seventh floor."

Jiang Huaique passed by the seventh floor and recognized it immediately.

Suddenly, the mirror began to waver, like rippling water. The mirror, which was supposed to be a hard surface, now bulged and squirmed like soft silk cloth.

Something was pushing out from the inside, and the mixed humanoid creatures seemed to be held in silk.

Soon, a dry hand scratched the mirror.

Because it was a projection and there was no sound, everyone could only see this pile of mixed, shriveled human bodies squeezing out of the mirror little by little.

There were so many monsters in the mirror that they were even stuck in the mirror for a while.

“…It’s a bit like a goose that can’t lay eggs.”

Jiang Huai Partridge has a complicated expression.

Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched: "Thank you, luckily you didn't talk about chickens, otherwise I wouldn't even want to eat eggs after the dungeon is released."

The tense atmosphere in the room caused by the content Song Xiying played was broken by the conversation between the two.

Chi Bei said with lingering fear: "When we went to the seventh floor, someone had already gone in. Judging from the mark, they should be from the Undead Hunter Guild, so we didn't go in. We just happened to record this scene."

Hearing the name of this guild, Xu Zhiyan touched his chin.

"I saw a few guys in their guild who had paid. I guess they will be here soon."

He is always gentle when dealing with customers.

Reaching out to pull up Chi Bei and Song Xiying who were still lying on the ground, Xu Zhiyan conveniently put away the safe house gift supply packs that the two had not yet used up, and pointed to the projection module next to him and spoke lightly.

"This thing is quite rare. I have never seen it before."

The video recording equipment props sold in the Guild Store are all flat projections.

He had searched every corner of the safe house warehouse, but couldn't find anything related to 3D projection.

Props that Xu Zhiyan had never seen before were truly rare.

Seeing his curiosity, Song Xiying gritted her teeth and handed the item over: "This is not our item. It has been placed in the guild backpack. There are a few more..."

【Name: Projection Module (3D)】

[Level: A]

[Type: Special]

[Status: Image saved]

[Introduction: Congratulations on finding a rare item, a prop that is more advanced than the ordinary projection module. Theoretically, it should have been discontinued. I don't know why it appeared here. Press once to start recording, and press twice to project a 3D image. ]

[Notes: Each module can only be recorded for less than five minutes. It is a one-time prop with low cost performance. ]

[Spiritual Threshold Limit: 0]

"Discontinued?"

Xu Zhiyan looked at the words on the panel, feeling a little confused.

Compared to other props, this item has an additional status bar. You should know that other disposable props he used before, or summoning boxes, did not have this column.

This thing looks a bit out of place, but I can't tell what's wrong with it.

"How much? Sell one to me."

Xu Zhiyan smiled and looked at the two of them.

After hearing this, Chi Bei and Song Xiying's breathing became a little rapid. They hesitated for a moment, took out two new projection modules from the guild warehouse, and solemnly placed them in Xu Zhiyan's hands.

"Xu, Boss Xu, just give it to me as you see fit."

They now have great trust in Xu Zhiyan. After knowing that they might have nothing to do with the clown, he did not drive them out and now even plans to pay for the props!

Xu Zhiyan did not refuse.

He took the props with a smile and stuffed them into his bag, then said, "Okay, I'll keep it for now. When I meet your guild leader, I'll give him the money."

“…”

The two men, who were happily thinking they could make a small profit, didn't dare to say a word.

This originally belonged to the Joker. They wanted to sell it because they felt like they were being used as cannon fodder. This thing was most likely to be used by the Joker and Mad Dog together, so it was thrown into the guild warehouse.

Chi Bei and Song Xiying couldn't say what they thought of the clown now. They could only say that they hated and feared him, but also a little bit wanted to team up with such a strong player.

After collecting the props, Xu Zhiyan's expression became bright again.

Originally, after hearing what the two men said, he felt very discouraged, fearing that he would not get the money when he went to find the clown.

Now that the props are in his hands, he is in a much happier mood with the guarantee.

In the hotel at night, more and more monsters squeezed out of the mirror.

Soon, Suite 3045 welcomed other players who came to seek refuge.

…

It has been nearly five hours since midnight.

On the carpet of the suite, players in various states were crookedly lying or sitting, about six or seven of them.

Everyone is used to fighting in the game, and having a place to rest is already very good, and no one asks for more.

Those who explored the other floors were fine.

The four players who went to explore the seventh floor were severely injured by unknown monsters before midnight, and they had to use all their strength to get downstairs successfully.

Because there were so many people, Xu Zhiyan and Jiang Huaique did not leave in the end.

Yu Xiu is a very obedient child, and they are worried that he won't be able to handle the situation if left alone in the room.

Finally, Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and started offering discounts. Players who were willing to share clues could enjoy a 20% discount when they entered the suite for shelter. The three of them did not leave the house and still gained a lot of clues.

But unfortunately, there is no very definite information about the lobby bar, but there is some side information.

The hotel was renovated three years ago, the Mirror Museum was also built three years ago, and the waiters in the hotel used to wear gray-green uniforms...

There are a lot of bits and pieces.

Xu Zhiyan even got a list of part-time workers in the hotel from three years ago.

Xu Zhiyan flipped through the conversation between Jin Sheng and him, trying to find some clues.

As if knowing his confusion, or perhaps with some other purpose, the game system popped up.

【What objection do you have to this content? 】

Xu Zhiyan didn’t know what the other party wanted to do, but since he jumped out, he had to curse at him.

"Your system is rubbish. You said you would add a guild dialogue box, but in the end you updated nothing." He was still upset about this matter.

[We're sorry, we don't want to do that either. You can long press a conversation and spend 10,000 points to convert it into a voice version, which means the various sounds around the other party when they are sending messages.]

[You have to believe in this system. This time, we stand with the players. ]

“…Ten thousand for one voice conversation, why don’t you go and grab it?” Xu Zhiyan was so angry that he almost laughed.

But Jinsheng’s loss of contact did make him feel vaguely uneasy.

After the communication failed, Xu Zhiyan clicked on the longest message sent by Jin Sheng and converted it into a voice message.

There was no voice of Jin Sheng.

There was only background noise from the lobby bar.

Xu Zhiyan listened to it several times, carefully looking for clues.

Suddenly, he heard something and immediately took out the list he had exchanged before.

Three years ago, there was a bar singer named Bell in the hotel's staff list, but from the information sent back by others, it was learned that there was no such position in either the bar on the fourth or seventh floor.

And just now, when he heard Jin Sheng sending the message, someone was talking about this resident singer in the background!

“Not good…”

Xu Zhiyan called Jiang Huaique and whispered the conclusion he had reached.

"I originally thought that the theme of this dungeon was mirroring, and the scene should be more like folding or something like that. I didn't expect that the first difficulty I encountered was time dislocation."

Jinsheng accidentally entered the lobby bar from three years ago.

Time moves slowly.

When Xu Zhiyan sorted out the information, it was already past five in the morning and daybreak was approaching.

Just as he was thinking about how to find more information about what happened three years ago, there was a hurried knock on the door.

A man wearing a clown mask appeared outside the door of room 3045.

at the same time.

In a narrow room on the seventh floor.

The mirror in front of Blood's eyes was covered with a layer of white cloth.

All the mirrors in room 3045 were sealed by Jiang Huai and others to prevent monsters from appearing, which resulted in it being unable to see anything now.

“…”

It no longer wanted to ask Xu Zhiyan why he didn't come to see it.

“Too passive.”

Blood couldn't help but think.

“I feel like I should do something.”

The thing in the mirror replied:

"I suggest we first grab a handful of the human being trapped in the special scenario."

"Um?"

Blood was stunned for a moment, then realized that the other party was talking about the unlucky human who was trapped in the lobby bar.

The clone in the mirror said this as he summoned a new mirror.

“That special scene is really… so special!”

In the mirror, the lobby bar had turned into a ruin, and the monsters in front of him had turned into corpses, piled up at the door by a pack of dogs.

However, Jin Sheng did not dare to relax.

A three-headed dog with one head missing came up to him and licked his face with its tongue.

Although all the monsters were dealt with, the dog pack suffered heavy casualties. At this time, none of the twelve dogs was intact. Even Xiaoyi was injured, with a wound more than ten centimeters long on his back.

It was small to begin with, so the wound looked particularly large.

Jin Sheng leaned against a marble column, breathing heavily. He was completely soaked in sweat and completely exhausted. He looked even less energetic than a dog.

The blood is a bit confusing.

"These monsters are weak."

Its complaints are very accurate. The monsters in the lobby bar are not like the monsters in other places in the hotel. After being beaten, they not only will not die but will become stronger.

Although these monsters have decent attack power, they will die normally after being torn apart by the dog pack.

"How can he be so embarrassed when he has so many dogs?"

Blood pursed his lips, his eyes full of confusion.

The clone in the mirror gave the answer.

“There are many reasons.”

"This guy is very... indecisive? The dogs are his means of attack, but he puts too much energy into controlling the dogs, and most of them are actually avoiding attacks."

This is so funny.

It had never seen anyone who cared whether the weapon was damaged when attacking.

"If he doesn't care about the dogs' lives and gives up on defense, he should be able to hold out for a few more rounds. Otherwise, with the way he's fighting now, he'll have his mental strength collapse and die before all the dogs are dead."

“How many rounds?”

The blood keenly sensed something it did not expect.

Without waiting for an explanation, it found the answer in the mirror a few minutes later.

Jin Sheng, who had been fighting hard for five hours, calculated the time, staggered to his feet, and reached out to touch the head of the big dog that came over.

"We'll get out of this alive."

After saying that, he took away the most seriously injured three-headed dog.

His pale face indicated that his mental strength would not last much longer, but he was still unwilling to sacrifice any dog.

Xiaoyi came close to his owner's neck and pushed Jinsheng back with his wet nose, but he didn't dare to use force for fear of accidentally bumping into his owner.

"It's okay. I'm fine."

Jinsheng is as optimistic as ever.

"I never knew I could control so many dogs with so little mental energy."

People only grow when they encounter difficulties.

He had never encountered such a crisis before. Although he had a terrible headache now, Jin Sheng felt that he had become stronger.

"When I get out this time, Brother Jiang will definitely not scold me again."

Even at this time, he still has the mind to tease me.

Jin Sheng looked at the eleven dogs still standing there and said solemnly: "I will not let any of you die, not even one."

His expression was somewhat complicated.

He knew that if he gave up some dogs, the delay would be longer, but looking into the eyes of trust...

Some dogs were scratched, with their bones exposed through the wounds, some were accidentally injured in the eyes, and some had their tails broken and hanging down, and they grimaced in pain when they were slightly shaken.

Jinsheng can't do it.

He couldn't treat these dogs as inanimate weapons.

But time waits for no one.

After a short break, the entire bar lobby began to change.

Dead monsters are resurrected.

The collapsed walls, smashed tables and chairs, and even the shattered chandelier were all restored to their original state.

The special scene bar lobby in the dungeon three years ago would return to its original state every once in a while, except that outsiders would actually die...

Blood looked at the human who was making a promise to the dog.

This human, who was judged as a weakling by it, once again forced himself to control the pack of dogs...

Its tone was full of disdain: "That's it? How could such an indecisive human survive here for so long?"

The mirror clone answered.

"This should be the 'gentleness' of human attributes, which may be rare in the hotel? But after all, he is that person's teammate, so do you want to save him? He didn't come to you."

It speaks to the core issue.

The blood was silent for a long time.

I glanced out the window at the sky which was beginning to brighten.

After hesitating, it gave up.

"Just... hang on for now, don't really die."

After saying that, it slapped itself loudly, and after the slap, it did not take back the words.

Damn it! It must have been influenced by other clones, otherwise why would it do such a shameless thing? It's really annoying.

"We have to find an opportunity to kill Xu Zhiyan."

This human's influence on it is really too great.