Chapter 264 Crimson Mirror

The sunlight dispelled the haze.

The sun rose slowly over the roof.

The lobby bar has become a ruin for the umpteenth time.

The expensive crystal ceiling fell to the ground, the dusty crystals shattered all over the floor, and even the alloy frame was bent and twisted; the wooden wine cabinet was smashed apart, and the wine and blood mixed and flowed out; the monster corpses at the door piled up into a small mountain...

Jin Sheng leaned weakly against the floor-to-ceiling window at the edge of the lobby bar, and his dull eyes finally regained some spirit.

There were quite a few empty medicine bottles lying around him.

There were several wounded three-headed dogs lying on his side, each with a large amount of blood on its fur. Some of the wounds had already scabbed over, while the rest had been recalled by Jinsheng because they were too seriously injured.

The smell of fresh blood combined with the smell of decay filled the entire bar.

“Woof woof…”

Xiaoyi limped on one leg and nudged Jinsheng's palm.

Its tail, which had been held high, was now hanging in an unnatural posture and looked like it was broken.

Seeing that its owner didn't respond, it raised its voice and barked twice.

“Woof woof!”

Jinsheng finally came to his senses, reached out and took Xiaoyi into his arms, and touched its injured head with heartache.

"It's daybreak now, I should be fine now."

His voice was very weak. Five hours of mental overdraft had already put him on the verge of mental collapse, and this was even with the added bonus of the most expensive mental replenishing potion.

Now that the guild backpack has been opened, most people will choose to throw shared items in it. Xu Zhiyan is rich and cautious. Although he is sometimes stingy, he still prepares enough replenishing potions for each teammate to ensure that if a teammate is accidentally left alone, they will not be trapped in the situation of running out of ammunition and food.

Jin Sheng had never thought before that he could actually use up so many mental power replenishing potions.

He gritted his teeth and endured the severe headache.

This is a precursor to mental collapse.

The potions that Xu Zhiyan prepared for each teammate are already the most advanced in the game, with the lowest side effects. If there are too many of them, the human body still won’t be able to bear it.

Unlike physical enhancement, the game sets an upper limit on the player's mental strength threshold at the beginning.

Assuming that the player's mental power is compared to a bowl full of water, then the consumption of mental power is equivalent to slowly drawing water out of the bowl, and the mental power replenishing potion is like the water added in later.

In any case, this "water" is no longer the "water" that was originally suitable for the bowl.

Jin Sheng could feel that even if he did nothing now, his mental strength was constantly decreasing, and his mental strength threshold, which had originally risen to more than 300, dropped by more than 100 after a whole night of fighting.

【Name: Jinsheng】

[Status: Severely injured, severely mentally exhausted]

[Mental Threshold: 0-239]

[Current Spirit: 157]

Glancing at the panel, he confirmed that he had just replenished his mental strength...

“Woof woof!”

There was anxiety in Xiaoyi's voice; he could sense that his master was close to collapse.

"I'm fine."

Jin Sheng endured the headache and forced a smile.

In a dark room in the corner of the seventh floor.

The blood was sticking to the young master's skin. He sat on the table and looked at the gray mirror beside him. All the mirrors in room 3045 were covered, so he could not see anything.

"Aren't you going to try to rescue that human?"

On the other side, the clone who was split out specifically for chatting couldn't help but raise the mirror belonging to Jin Sheng.

"To be honest, he made me look at him in a different light."

"A human whose spiritual consciousness is almost collapsed can still maintain emotional stability until now."

As a part freshly cut from the blood, it has many memories.

In its impression, human beings are very fragile creatures. Not to mention when their mental strength is overdrawn, most people find it difficult to keep their emotions stable even if they encounter bad luck one after another.

The human in the center of the picture, who was judged to be indecisive and unsuitable for infinite games, seemed to have an extraordinary peace of mind.

"If we don't get him out, he might really be finished."

It reminded.

Blood turned his head lazily, frowned and looked at the mirror, as if thinking about something.

Seeing that the original body didn't say anything, the clone couldn't help but urge: "If we hadn't separated from the system, this guy would have received some system prompts and might have broken through."

Jin Sheng did not receive any hints or clues when he entered the special scene.

In the cycle of reshuffling again and again, he attacked monsters and searched for clues, but it was too difficult. Without any directional clues, trying to leave properly was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"If you can be sure that you can keep this man's death a secret, it's not impossible..." The clone gave a new suggestion.

But Blood just shook his head sullenly.

"I won't cheat on him."

It does not specify who this 'he' is, but both the original and the clone in the current conversation know it.

"I'm a little curious about what he can do for his dog." Blood suddenly became interested, as if he had thought of some interesting plan.

It snapped its fingers.

The next second, the mirror belonging to Jin Sheng was magnified a lot.

"What supported him before was the dawn."

"He thought if he could just hold on until the sun came out, he could leave."

Blood smiled, revealing two small fangs.

"If he found out now that the cycle would continue at dawn, would he still be able to maintain such a stable mood?"

The ruins of the bar.

Jin Sheng groped for the floor-to-ceiling window and slowly stood up.

The sun has risen.

He took back all the three-headed dogs, held Xiaoyi in his arms, and planned to try to leave the bar again.

The injuries all over his body were aching, so much so that he could hardly see the road ahead.

Jin Sheng walked towards the door of the bar with halting steps like an old man.

When he slowly stepped out of the bar with his dusty shoes, he heard a noisy sound...

"Where are we going to play tomorrow?"

“Our next stop is Emerald Beach!”

"Please God, please don't delay tomorrow's flight..."

It was a conversation so familiar that one could almost recite it backwards.

Jin Sheng closed his eyes in despair.

When daybreak came, he still couldn't get out.

In a moment, these guests and the entire scene will change, and he will be trapped in this time loop.

Suddenly, Xiaoyi's voice sounded.

“Woof woof——”

Xiaoyi nudged Jinsheng's hand, reminding his master to look at the bar.

An NPC appeared at the bar.

He is the bartender who only appears when you first enter the scene!

At this moment, the bartender was wiping the glasses carefully.

Seeing Jin Sheng looking over, he waved towards the door.

Jin Sheng raised his head, drank the last bottle of mental energy supplement, and walked towards the bar.

"Hello sir, I see you have been here for a while. This is our boss's invitation, but before that, our boss left a message for you."

The bartender placed two glasses on the table with a smile.

The cup on the left is filled with bright red liquid.

The cup on the right is filled with water.

Jin Sheng took the note hesitantly, opened it and took a look.

[Want to leave?]

Just the first sentence made his eyes widen, but when he looked down, his heart sank to the bottom.

[Kill all the dogs around you.]

[Then drink the contents of the cup in your right hand, and you will be able to leave.]

Jin Sheng raised his head and glanced at the cup on his right.

It was exactly the same water he had asked the bartender for at the beginning.

He began to wonder, wasn't he trapped here because of the boy who changed the lighter, but because he asked the bartender for water?

Seeing that Jinsheng didn't move, the bartender who was wiping the glasses asked with a smile.

"Sir, is this a difficult decision?"

Seeing Jin Sheng nod silently, the bartender reached out to take the glass of water on his right.

"Are you sure you don't need this glass of water?"

"Um."

As Jin Sheng answered, the bartender grabbed the glass and prepared to pour it out, but the next second, he found that his cuff was bitten.

“Woo woo woo woo——”

Xiaoyi crawled out of Jinsheng's pocket at some point and bit the bartender's clothes tightly, preventing him from taking the glass of water away.

As a puppy with an IQ high enough to take the college entrance examination, it glanced at the note faster than Jinsheng.

“Woof—”

Xiaoyi whimpered, and used all his strength to support his injured body, and finally stopped the bartender's hand from pouring out the water.

The bartender staggered.

He stared at the puppy that was pulling at his sleeve, loosened his grip, and put the cup back.

"Sir, I think your pet thinks you need this glass of water."

Jin Sheng was stunned.

The brain, which had been sluggish due to the continuous decline of mental strength, finally started to work.

Without answering the bartender, he turned around and coaxed Xiaoyi softly.

"I'm fine, open your mouth."

"Woo woo ...

Xiaoyi was very angry.

Its big eyes were filled with anger.

At this moment, it even began to get angry about why it couldn't speak human language.

“Woof…”

Jin Sheng listened to Xiaoyi's words, reached out and gently stroked Xiaoyi's head, his tone as gentle as ever.

"I don't need this glass of water."

When the master dies, the beast will die.

But on the contrary, if the destiny beast dies, the master may not necessarily die.

Xiaoyi believes that when there is no way out, letting Jinsheng leave is the best option.

It didn't care about the other three-headed dogs.

It just wants Jin Sheng to live.

But its owner doesn't think so.

Jinsheng pinched the skin on the back of Xiaoyi's neck and rescued the bartender's sleeve from inside.

"I don't need this glass of water."

He repeated what he had just said to the strange NPC in front of him.

In fact, perhaps he should try to fight with the bartender in front of him, but now he has reached his limit just by maintaining his mental strength and he can't do any extra moves.

The bartender finally took the water away.

Xiaoyi, who was held tightly in Jinsheng's arms, shouted loudly.

“Woof woof woof! Woof woof!”

“Woof woof——”

It wanted to rush up and bite the bartender to death.

But its fate was linked to Jinsheng's, and it no longer had much strength, even its tail that allowed it to fly was broken.

Just after the white water was poured out, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The entire bar hall became silent in an instant.

All the NPCs that were about to turn into monsters seemed to be frozen in place, and their movements came to an abrupt stop.

Jin Sheng's brain was still in a mess.

He turned back to look at the bartender, wanting to ask something.

Unexpectedly, the bartender in front of him smiled and raised a finger to his lips.

“You don’t need to ask anything else.”

"This glass of wine is a gift from our boss. Remember to drink it before time stops."

The bartender pressed a piece of paper under the wine glass, and then pushed the glass and the paper together over.

When Jin Sheng looked up again, the bartender had disappeared without a trace.

[For Xu Zhiyan's sake.]

Looking at the note in his hand, Jin Sheng was a little confused. The familiar names of his teammates on the paper made his already blurry consciousness much clearer.

He didn't know how long he would be frozen, and he didn't even have time to think. He could only mechanically reach out his hand to the cup of unknown blood-red liquid.

The unknown is inside.

But he no longer had a choice.

In front of the mirror, Blood looked at the bartender who had completely disappeared with a sad expression.

"I lost my only employee, and my bonus from this shitty place."

"Hey, hey, hey, this bartender was obviously kidnapped from the system."

"He's good at mixing drinks, otherwise we wouldn't have kept him."

"Some things can't be helped. It's hard to communicate with each other in the split space. There's always a price to pay..."

Suddenly, the original body and the clone of the blood were stunned at the same time.

"What is this guy doing?"

"Feeding his dog with power."

“…”

In the picture, Jin Sheng, who was originally distracted, seemed to be reborn after drinking half a glass of red wine in one breath.

Abundant power flowed throughout his body, his injuries were healed, and the cracked sea of consciousness began to slowly repair itself. The damaged cracks were filled, and the entire sea of consciousness became even more indestructible!

Even the upper limit of the mental power threshold, which had just dropped a lot, was completely restored.

It took almost all of his willpower to stop himself from drinking the entire cup.

Before time stops...

Jin Sheng remembered what the bartender said, and quickly took Xiaoyi out of his pocket, carefully poured some red liquid from the cup, and fed it to the puppy.

A miracle happened.

The injuries on Xiaoyi's body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even his spirit became very full, without any sign of being on the verge of death just now.

After making sure Xiaoyi's injuries were fully recovered, he quickly summoned the twelve dogs from the box...

Soon, all the injured dogs recovered.

Broken bones were repaired, lost heads grew back, bleeding wounds disappeared, and the two most seriously injured ones actually mutated after drinking the unknown liquid! A circle of flames burned on their red and black fur...

Looking at the blood, it was really hard to hold back.

"Is he sick? Why would anyone give their power to a pet?"

When it first wanted to test Jinsheng, it thought it was a complete bad guy, a cold-blooded villain.

After seeing Jin Sheng's actions, it felt that it was not cold-blooded enough. It should have asked the bartender to knock off the man's head!

"This guy and his dog should be killed!"

“Bang—crash!”

The mirror containing Jin Sheng shattered, and Xueli didn't want to look at this hateful human who was wasting his strength anymore.

Xu Zhiyan is still the best.

It couldn't help but think.

If it were Xu Zhiyan, he would definitely not feed the gift he gave to the dog casually.

at the same time.

When the sun came out, the monsters that had been running around the hotel at night disappeared.

The Joker accepted the task of finding Jin Sheng.

They planned to find Jin Sheng from the time and space three years ago before going to the museum.

Xu Zhiyan brought everyone to the first floor, and they stood stealthily at the place where the lobby bar should have been, watching the clown start to take out props.

He was holding a prop clock in his hand and was adjusting the hands on the back, his expression becoming increasingly solemn.

Not only did Xu Zhiyan stare with wide eyes, but even the audience in the live broadcast room expressed their ignorance.

[What the hell is this? ]

[I haven't seen it before. There are very few time-related props in the game. ]

[The last time I saw a time-related prop was the box that Xiao Baiwan got in the blind school, and the one before that was the Moon Goddess...]

[Goodness! What kind of ancient times is that? ]

[Xiao Baiwan didn't get the time item in the end, he just used it. I thought this game wouldn't leave time-related items for players.]

[Ahhhhhhh, where on earth did the clown get this thing? I'm so anxious! ]

[@Safe House, I wonder if this place can produce some time props? ]

[I really need it! If I can make it, I will buy it immediately! ]

Xu Zhiyan looked at the clown calmly.

This guy's identity is really not simple.

He thought he had seen a lot of props, but the few props that the clown had taken out were all very rare. He had never heard of the 3D projection and the small clock in front of him...

After a long while, the clown stood up and said indifferently to Xu Zhiyan.

"I can only help you contact him."

After exploration, he found that the space here was divided, which was completely different from other places he had seen. It could not be directly connected. At most, it could only be contacted, and nothing more could be done.

Seeing Xu Zhiyan wanted to take the prop, the clown suddenly raised the thing up.

"I'll give you the things. Don't come to me again about those two things."

The clown is just thin-skinned, not stupid.

He knew that the young man in front of him was extremely greedy, and he didn't want to be involved in the affairs of the other two people in the guild in the future, nor did he want to be blackmailed.

"Of course I won't come looking for you again because of them."

Xu Zhiyan responded and took the props.

[Name: Reverse the Clock]

[Level: A]

[Type: Special]

[Status: Time has been traced back to three years ago]

[Introduction: Discontinued! This thing has been discontinued! Why does it still appear? It is really confusing! It can reverse time, and the reversed time will consume the user's natural lifespan.]

【Notes: Not recommended for older people. 】

[Spiritual Threshold Limit: 0]

However, after taking the prop, Xu Zhiyan was a little stunned when he looked at the content on it.

" ?"

What the hell? Three years have been reversed...

Putting aside this weird introduction, this operation cost the Joker three years of his life?

Xu Zhiyan suddenly felt the clock was a little hot.

He doesn't understand.

What kind of mentality does this taciturn man in a clown mask have to act so indifferent about his own three years of life?

As if he knew what Xu Zhiyan was hesitating about.

The clown lowered his head, leaned close to the young man's ear, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"I don't need that much life."

"I might die in the next instance, or the one after that."

"This is a thank you gift. Thank you for killing Song Longchuan."

Hearing this long-lost name, Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and said nothing.

When he wanted to say something to the clown, he looked up and found that the other party had disappeared, as if he had never existed at all.

Jiang Huai Que was the first to react and asked nervously.

"Are you okay? What did the Riddler say again?" Damn it, he was clearly on his guard, but he still didn't notice the clown leaving.

"He said that Chi Bei and Song Xiying belong to me, and I can kill them if necessary."

Xu Zhiyan shrugged and answered as if nothing had happened.

The two people who were following Yu Xiu heard this, their eyes widened in disbelief and almost cried.

Seeing this, Yu Xiu quickly comforted the two of them.

"It's okay, Brother Xu is a very nice person."

"You can do the same as me and give all the money you earn from each dungeon to Brother Xu, and he will protect you!"

The flames that had just risen in Chi Bei and Song Xiying's eyes were extinguished in an instant.

What a devil!

Could it be that after escaping from one devil's guild leader, they are about to jump into another devil's guild leader?

Xu Zhiyan didn't care what the two people were thinking.

With the reverse clock, he successfully contacted Jin Sheng.

However, after watching Jin Sheng speak a long string of messages, he fell into a brief silence.

He understood the first half.

In the second half, Jin Sheng said that someone used his name to restore Jin Sheng's health, which not only restored Jin Sheng's condition, but also made him stronger than before...

Xu Zhiyan frowned.

The face of the little ATM flashed through his mind.

If someone can help him in the dungeon, then it must be a slice of ghosts and gods.

He hadn't seen the real blood yet, so the only thing that could help him was probably the slices he had seen before...

Xu Zhiyan looked towards the stairs and suddenly had the idea of going to the top floor to look for the other person.

However, time does not permit.

When the clock in the lobby rang six times, everyone received a new notification.

[Task 3: Visit the Mirror Museum]

[Note: It's dawn, and tourists are going to the next stage. You will go to the Mirror Museum for a visit. Your companions will not accompany you on this visit. Only the tour guide will go with you. Please gather in the hotel lobby as soon as possible. ]

[Hint 1: I hope everyone still remembers the guild mission. ]

【Tip 2: Don’t forget who you are. 】

Jiang Huaique frowned and turned off the panel.

"Bring all the tools to prevent mental interference."

Tip 2 is obvious.

Next in the Mirror Museum, players will most likely encounter mental interference.

After saying that, he imitated what Xu Zhiyan had just done, wrote down the question on a piece of paper, and stuffed it into the hole behind the reverse clock. He was a little worried about Jin Sheng who was trapped.

But the result is still good.

[I haven't received any quests. I should be completely disconnected from the instance. You guys can go ahead. I'm in good shape now. I can hold on for another day.]

Jinsheng turned a disaster into a blessing and just got strengthened.

Several people breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

The lobby bar they were exploring was on the first floor, so it was very convenient for them to meet up now. As soon as they arrived at the hotel lobby, Xu Zhiyan saw a girl in a white dress.

"I am your tour guide."

The girl has a sweet voice and a smile in her eyes.

When the other person turned around, Xu Zhiyan was a little confused.

… Damn, why does this guy look so much like the gender-swapped version of Bai Jin?

Jiang Huai Partridge also discovered this problem.

He asked in a low voice: "Why does this tour guide look so much like your wife?"

This question left Xu Zhiyan confused.

The atmosphere was a little awkward. He pursed his lips and stared at the other person with a complicated expression.

On the other side, the tour guide clone, who had already made up for his astronomical knowledge, was quite confident. While the other players had not arrived yet, it quickly moved to Xu Zhiyan's side, swept Jiang Huaique and others away with a cold gaze, and started talking to itself.

"I heard you like astronomy? That's great, I like it too... You look a bit like my neighbor."

It has already completed its identity perfectly and feels that it has no flaws.

Xu Zhiyan's scalp tingled after hearing this.

Damn! What a bullshit neighbor! He just made up an identity, why is there an NPC who looks like a sliced ​​person attached to it?

Not sure if adding another layer of relationship is good or bad.

He lowered his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head firmly.

"You don't look like him. My neighbor is a man."

“…”

Now it was the confident tour guide's clone's turn to split apart.

It reacted quickly, and after a few seconds of pausing, it suddenly grabbed Xu Zhiyan's hand, immediately touched its body, and explained in a low voice.

"I'm a man, I was just teasing you." Its voice lost its previous sweetness and instantly turned into a deep male voice.

"……Oh"

Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but laugh.

Who can save him.

He felt like he was going to have schizophrenia because of the blood!