Chapter 268 Crimson Mirror

The glass noodle sales conference ended successfully.

Although this thing is simple, it is highly targeted. It can use the simplest thing to resist the mental attack of the mirror, save your life, or at least save some props.

After getting the items, the players left the sixth floor corridor.

Only Xu Zhiyan and a few others were left in the spacious place, and Xiao Ke Gu was using a woven bag to collect the remaining garbage.

Glancing at Chi Bei and Song Xiying still standing by, Jiang Huaique said impatiently, "We've already entered the museum, why are you still following us?"

Although he felt a little sympathy for the two unlucky players who were forced to enter the dungeon.

But in the final analysis, these two people got what they wanted. Because of the clown, Wei Guang would not attack these two people when he was stealing. In the following copies, as long as the two of them did not do anything out of line, no player would target them.

Listening to the words that seemed to drive him away, Song Xiying gritted her teeth and explained, "Well, we two don't plan to do the task of finding the mirror."

The two of them just wanted to find someone to hold on to and win.

"The president doesn't seem to want to do the mission. We want to find a place to stay until closing time and not go back to the hotel." Ikebe stated his plan without hesitation.

Xu Zhiyan, who had just collected the broken glass, nodded when he heard this. It seemed that these two people had also found some information left by the original tourists.

From the information we got last night, it was not difficult to see that there were monsters in the hotel at night, and it was uncertain whether the intensity would continue to increase, while the museum was safe at night, especially now that everyone had glass masks to protect against mirrors.

If Chi Bei and Song Xiying intend to give up the guild mission completely, then returning to the hotel to eat and drink during the day and entering the museum before closing at night would indeed be a good choice.

Jiang Huaiqie obviously thought of this as well.

"Why don't you just go away?"

Chi Bei was obviously not used to being scolded, but he stared at Jiang Huaique for a while, then suddenly lowered his head and his face turned a little red.

"Well, I mainly think this plan is good. Brother Jiang, do you want to join us?"

They also thought their plan was good, but they still wanted to call more players to join them, as they would feel safer with more people.

Xu Zhiyan declined the proposal.

"I appreciate your kindness, but we plan to continue with the mission. If you encounter any trouble and ask for help in the future, I will give you a 95% discount." He said with a smile.

Invite failed.

The two groups went their separate ways.

Only when there were no outsiders at the scene did Jiang Huaique look at Xu Zhiyan and speak in confusion.

“Why not sell glass masks later?”

The difficulty of the Mirror Museum is these mirrors that attract the players' attention all the time. Selling glass does make a lot of money, but the other players may complete the guild mission first if they have masks.

Xu Zhiyan pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"If you're talking about special props, then I think it's unlikely that they'll be placed in the room."

This copy gave him a strong sense of separation, as if someone had merged two copies together, which was very inconsistent.

"Twelve hours later, we only found the coordinates for placing special props when we first checked into the room."

There was no light in the room where he lived with his companions, nor in the room he opened the second time. During this period, Jiang Huaique also looked in other places. Many players also complained last night that the special props seemed to be broken and did not light up at all.

So many players, just one hotel.

How come no one has found the coordinates for placing the special props?

"The extra rooms we opened were out of context."

"Now I suspect that special items will only light up when you go somewhere for the first time, or when you open something for the first time."

There will be no gain if you follow the routine.

"And I think someone found the right place to put it, but couldn't do it." He guided his teammates to recall the information from last night.

Xiao Ke Gu, who was standing by, was not idle. After cleaning up, he held up his notebook, on which was written the message exchanged yesterday.

One of them was selected by Xu Zhiyan.

[Nightweaver Guild remaining number of people: 2]

[Reason for reduction: One person touched the red light of the hotel's defense mechanism and aged rapidly, and died because he was too weak to deal with his companions; one person attacked his companions, causing them to become furious and die; one person explored the multi-purpose room on the seventh floor of the hotel and disappeared...]

The player who was exploring the multi-purpose room is missing, so this line is circled.

Xiao Cuigu turned a page and showed the information analysis on the back to Jiang Huaique and Yu Xiu.

[When talking to his teammates, they said that when they rushed over, there was no one in the room, but their special props were missing and there was a bloody smell in the multi-purpose room.]

[When the task progress is 0, there is one special item missing. It is reasonable to suspect that the player was caught when placing the item.]

Jiang Huai Que was stunned.

He didn't expect that Xu Zhiyan looked calm and unhurried, and even had the mind to stretch his neck to look around. He actually asked a little monster to record and summarize the information of all the guilds in the copy behind his back.

A strange feeling came over me that a top student was actually reviewing before an exam.

But when he thought of the tricks Xu Zhiyan often used when deceiving certain NPCs, he couldn't tell for a moment whether Xu Zhiyan was retaining his awe of the copy and carefully recording every message, or was intermittently letting himself go.

Jiang Huai Que, who was unaware of the identity of the ghost slice, fell into strange thoughts.

Seeing his teammates standing there stupidly, Xu Zhiyan quickly raised his hands to prove his innocence, mainly to explain to the audience in the live broadcast room.

"I wasn't eavesdropping!"

"Their conversation was very loud, and everyone except me heard it."

One of the two people happened to be the weak target of Wei Guang's bullying today.

Xu Zhiyan sighed and said with emotion.

"There are not many businessmen as honest as me these days. When I finally collected the money, I gave them a 5% discount, which I considered as the information fee."

After saying that, he pointed to the room where someone had just died, with a complicated expression: "With the mask, other players will definitely search every room in the museum first. We won't check it and will go straight to the mission."

Exploring the room will definitely take time.

They can do the task first and become the 'first' person to do the task.

“It’s a win-win.”

"I charge money to help everyone avoid the risk of being sucked into the mirror. They can decide for themselves whether to explore the room first or do the task directly. After all, not everyone wants to do this task."

What Xu Zhiyan said was as it should be.

On the other hand, Jiang Huaique felt that his brain was not enough.

At first he really thought that his unlucky teammate was selling glass just to make money, but he didn't expect there were so many reasons behind it?

In the live broadcast room, the audience suddenly understood after listening to Xu Zhiyan's explanation.

They have more information.

This speculation seems quite reliable to the audience.

【This wave is a single 6. 】

【Ah? I thought Xiao Baiwan just wanted to make money. 】

[I want to customize a little millionaire's brain. Although he is physically weak, his brain is really useful.]

【It’s mainly about information collection.】

[That’s right. After he checked into the guest room last night, he used a lie detector to buy information. He actually bought quite a lot. This instance doesn’t look difficult, but the players didn’t seem to get any information.]

[Yes, there is almost no information about the museum in the hotel. ]

[Wow, wow, wow, I suddenly realized that Xiao Baiwan is so reliable! ]

[Comrades 886, I will apply to enter the krypton gold to change my fate! ]

Thanks to the precise content analysis, Xu Zhiyan gained a lot of fans, but unfortunately his image was not maintained.

【? ? Joining the Little Millionaire Guild? Are you trying to save your life? Once you click on the application, you will find that the membership fee for non-trading customers is 500,000 points. Don't ask me how I know.】

[Five hundred thousand?? Five hundred thousand points?? Why doesn’t he just go and grab them?! I think the Undead Hunters only need eighty thousand to join the guild!]

[It's so funny, what an honest businessman. 】

[This wave of charges is very small, only one million, and the unscrupulous businessman's character is not defeated. 】

Different from noisy barrage.

The three people in the corridor quickly organized their thoughts and were ready to go.

Since they only have the opportunity to place props when they enter certain scenes for the 'first time', they must start before others start their tasks.

After careful consideration, the three decided to go their separate ways.

If you want to fight, don't hesitate!

Xu Zhiyan received Jin Sheng’s task, which was to go to the first door on the right on the third floor and get a cat-head mirror.

He walked down the stairs, wearing a Jiang Huai Que special edition fine full-face mask on his head.

The museum is the same size as the hotel.

Although there were not so many rooms, it was still difficult to run into each other after the players dispersed, especially when some of them returned to the seventh floor and tried to fight for the mirror used by the tour guide.

The third floor was very quiet, without a single sound.

After Xu Zhiyan pushed open the first door on the right, he looked at the scene inside with an expression that was a little tense.

What the hell?

Although he has already prepared a lot of cat-shaped mirrors after sorting them.

But seeing the spacious and bright room in front of me filled with cat-shaped mirrors still makes people feel a little scalp-tingling.

The rooms on the third floor are not like those on the first and seventh floors, where all four walls are covered with mirrors.

The rooms here have normal walls. Unlike the room on the sixth floor where mirrors are piled haphazardly on the ground, the rooms on the third floor have many cabinets neatly arranged in an orderly manner. Some of them look like the bookcases in a university library, tall and dense.

In addition to the four walls covered with mirrors, every cabinet in the room was also covered with mirrors.

Xu Zhiyan frowned and walked in, moving between the tall cabinets.

Too many.

Why are all the mirrors related to cats?

He picked up a mirror at random. The entire mirror was only the size of a palm, and the outline was a cat sitting on the ground. If you turned it over, you could see some scratches, indicating that the cat had a thick coat.

Putting down the long-haired cat mirror, Xu Zhiyan continued walking forward. Between the two cabinets, he saw a floor-length mirror. The mirror had an ordinary black frame, except for two pieces of black plastic protruding from the top. It looked like the mirror was wearing a cat ear headband.

He walked all the way from one end to the other.

During the Jinsheng mission, I looked at at least eighty faces of the 'cat-head mirror', if not a hundred.

Before he could make the next move, the guild dialogue panel lit up.

As expected, the first player to enter the corresponding task room will have his special item light up.

[Yu Xiu: Brother Xu! I have put away the special items for the guild mission.]

[Yu Xiu: I moved quickly. After I hid the thing, the red thing appeared on the window again, but I didn't do anything else.]

Xu Zhiyan called up the task panel and found that their guild task progress had indeed reached 2/9.

【Xu Zhiyan: Well done, be careful. 】

Just a few seconds later, his teammates encountered the same problem as him.

[Jiang Huai Que: I have a question. These are all mirrors. Which one do I need? The room I entered is full of mirrors of the style I need!!]

【Yu Xiu: Brother Xu, I can’t tell the difference either...】

The guild mission has made progress, but the dungeon mission is stuck again.

Xu Zhiyan thought for a moment and took out Jinsheng's flag from his bag. Since the mirror was related to his companion and the thing was given by his companion, then this prop should also be able to provide some clues.

It was pretty much what he guessed.

The moment the flag was taken out, a uniform friction sound was heard in the room.

Xu Zhiyan turned around.

All the mirrors are 'looking' at him.

Yes, look.

The mirrors on the tall cabinets were originally facing outwards, but the moment he took out the mirrors, all of them changed their directions.

A prompt on the game panel also popped up.

[New prompt: It is detected that the player has enabled the task props. ]

[Note: Once the prop is activated, the matching items must be found within two minutes, otherwise the player will be attacked. ]

【Note: Matching items are special. 】

Xu Zhiyan gritted his teeth and started searching quickly without even having time to curse the system.

The time is too tight!

Is it illegal to give a reminder a few minutes in advance?

【Xu Zhiyan: The flag is a prop.】

After handing the information to his teammates, he closed the panel, faced the gazes of countless mirrors, and shuttled through the tall cabinets, looking for the mirror he needed.

Since it is related to cats, it must be similar to the one in the room.

Abyssinian cat...

Red, thin and long...

Xu Zhiyan recalled the shape of the mirror on the tall cabinet when he was sweeping from beginning to end.

The mirrors here are arranged into different categories.

Soon, he touched the red mirror.

Because he was not sure whether the mirror would suck the monster in, he did not dare to summon Little Bone here and could only find it by himself.

Square, round, oval...

He pursed his lips, a little sweat seeping out of his forehead, and continued to narrow his search area.

As he moved, the sound of mirrors rubbing against wooden shelves became more and more frequent, as if the mirrors were mocking this frantic human being.

Because he was too close, the entire mirror in front of Xu Zhiyan was facing him...

Suddenly, he stopped.

No longer staring at the cabinet in front of him, Xu Zhiyan strode towards the far side of the tall cabinet.

“Shua—Shua—”

The sound of mirrors moving came one after another.

Two minutes is not too long, and the journey ends in the blink of an eye.

In the live broadcast room, the audience was more anxious than the person himself who was looking for a mirror.

[Ahhhhhh why! Xiao Baiwan, don't run away. What are you looking for by running so far?]

[? ? I don't quite understand. It's understandable that he was looking for me in the red area just now, but why did he run away near the black iron-framed mirror? ]

[Are you stupid? There are big-headed cats around, which has nothing to do with the car seat-faced cat. ]

[Pfft——I was actually quite nervous, what the hell is this car seat?]

【Ahhh, there are only ten seconds left!!】

[Xiao Baiwan has retreated so far, is he not going to look for someone else? ]

[Wait! Xiao Baiwan seems to have a target, he runs back again! ]

In the picture, Xu Zhiyan, who had just run to the side, stood in the distance facing the red mirror on the high cabinet, looking at it very carefully.

When the countdown entered ten seconds, he finally started running again.

[Tip: Your props have little time left, please find the matching objects as soon as possible. If you leave the room after the prop time is exhausted, the room will be closed permanently. ]

Xu Zhiyan didn't even look at the prompt.

He quickly ran back to the tall cabinet filled with mirrors, and stood on tiptoe to reach for the mirror on the top shelf.

However, the cabinet was too high and he couldn't reach it even when he jumped.

[Countdown: 5, 4...]

There was a ladder in the warehouse backpack, but it was too late to take it out and climb up.

Just when the audience was so nervous that they didn't dare to post comments, a black shadow suddenly flashed from Xu Zhiyan's right hand...

[Countdown: 2, 1! ]

At the moment the countdown ended, a small mirror was delivered to his hands.

The mirror is very small, small enough to be easily put into a pocket. It is only the length of a finger and has a not-so-round cat head shape. The strangest thing is that it has only one ear.

Xu Zhiyan held the small mirror ornament carved from red wood and glanced around.

The moment he found the mirror, all the mirrors around him returned to their original state.

The audience in the live broadcast room was still confused and didn't understand how Xu Zhiyan found this cat-head mirror among so many mirrors.

[Can someone explain this to me? It happened so fast that I didn't even see clearly when he found it.]

[It seems that no props are used? 】

[I slowed down the video three times and saw that Xiao Baiwan probably relied on the direction of the mirror to make his judgment.]

Someone released a video of the slowed-down version.

In the video, as long as Xu Zhiyan moves, all the mirrors on the cabinets will face him, and even the ones hanging on the wall will curl up at the edges.

At first, Xu Zhiyan followed normal thinking and stood in front of the tall cabinet with red mirrors. All the mirrors in the cabinet returned to their original state. He realized that if he got closer, the direction of the mirrors in the cabinet would not make any difference...difference.

He instantly thought of the words on the prompt.

The match is special.

Since all the mirrors here are unique and special, the matching ones must be special in other ways!

So when he walked away and observed, he found a motionless mirror on the top of the cabinet.

[Xiao Baiwan probably listed two options instantly. He was not sure whether the mirror was special or not, so he walked away and was very close to the door.]

【！ ！ It is true when I think about it! 】

[Xiao Baiwan may be planning to run away if he fails to find the special mirror within the specified time.]

[This mission is Jin Sheng's, not his, so of course he'll just go with the flow.]

[In fact, the method is not difficult, but Xiao Baiwan is really smart to be able to think of so many things in two minutes in an emergency. ]

[Big Dads, there is something I don't understand. [Screenshot.jpg] Xiao Baiwan clearly couldn't reach it just now, but a black shadow appeared from the back of his hand and rolled the mirror back. What is this black shadow? ]

[I have never seen it before. I wonder what kind of prop it is? ]

[But Xiao Baiwan's right hand doesn't have any new items. Don't I know his few skills? ]

[I think it's the hand bone? I used to think that the hand bone was useless, but for some reason, it makes me feel a little uneasy now. ]

Xu Zhiyan has no obligation to explain the barrage.

He touched the edge of the cat-head mirror where an ear was missing, put the thing in his pocket, and quickly sent the specific method of finding the mirror to his teammates.

“Can I complain?”

While sending these messages, he also expressed his dissatisfaction to the panel.

"Did your system warn you in advance that it was illegal? Did it deduct money from you or arrest you?" If he had been told two minutes earlier that this thing had a timer, he wouldn't have been so nervous.

[We are sorry, please believe that the system stands with the players this time. ]

[The message you triggered will also benefit other players. ]

"???"

Xu Zhiyan was confused.

After working for such a long time, he was the only one who triggered the props first, and everyone else could easily get the clues?

Probably because he saw his dissatisfaction.

Without waiting for Xu Zhiyan to say anything, the system took the initiative to offer compensation, but the compensation was not very satisfactory.

[System Announcement: The reminder just sent to everyone was provided by the player Xu Zhiyan. I hope everyone will remember the well digger and take the initiative to express gratitude to the player Xu Zhiyan after seeing him.]

Turning around, the system continued to talk to Xu Zhiyan.

[Here we have made some reputational compensation for you, I hope you like it. 】

"…Thank you so much."

Xu Zhiyan's blood pressure was about to rise.

He silently closed the system panel and did not say anything to the unreliable game system of this copy, for fear that the other party would demand reputation compensation and tell others what he had done.

And what the system said... is worth pondering.

Xiaokuigu finished his conversation with Jinsheng and gave a new note.

[Master (crossed out) Brother Xu, Mr. Jinsheng's mission is not yet completed. He is still looking for the mirror. I guess, do we need to send the mirror back to the hotel?]

Xu Zhiyan nodded slightly.

He has already got the mirror, but there is no reaction from Jin Sheng. Maybe he has to give the mirror to the cat, or Jin Sheng himself has to get it.

"Never mind for now."

Anyway, the mirror is already in hand and the hotel won’t run away, so we’ll talk about it tonight.

Now other players have probably received the information that he has started the quest, and it is possible that some of them will change their plans and do the quest first.

The abacus beads clattered in my mind.

After Xu Zhiyan sorted out his thoughts, he walked towards the door.

At this moment, an accident suddenly occurred!

The moment his foot stepped on the door, he felt a severe dizziness, and Xu Zhiyan's eyes went dark and he knew nothing.

"Bang--"

There was the sound of a door closing in the corridor on the third floor.

A sign that read "No Exhibition Allowed" appeared on the door at some point.

If someone enters the room, they will find that the room is empty, all the mirrors are inexplicably turned upside down, even the mirrors on the wall are turned over.

…

cold.

Xu Zhiyan was awakened by the cold.

It had been a long time since he had felt the biting cold wind blowing on his body.

An almost irrepressible drowsiness kept attacking him.

But he still remembered that he was in a copy, so he could only calm down, force himself to open his eyes, and look around.

There was no light around.

What can be clearly seen are some dark brown cardboards.

He heard a deafening snoring sound in his left ear, but heard nothing in his right ear. He felt a heat source behind him, so he stood up and planned to go over and take a look.

But as soon as he stood up, he realized that something was even more wrong than his physical condition!

step……

"Bang--"

Xu Zhiyan fell down.

He looked down at the cat's paw that was pressed under him in the dim space, and it took him a long time to accept this fact.

He...seems to have turned into a cat?