Chapter 279 Crimson Mirror

Next to the window on the seventh floor of the museum.

The astrologer looked at the small mirror on the cabinet in front of him, with no expression on his face.

"It's almost dawn."

She thought of Xu Zhiyan who was hiding on the eighth floor to avoid her. Alves spoke calmly and checked the prop device placed at the entrance of the Hall of Mirrors.

If Xu Zhiyan didn't leave before dawn, he would be dead.

Once the sky gets bright, the Hall of Mirrors on the eighth floor will become a new "mirror". Like all the strange mirrors downstairs that can suck people in, anyone who remains inside at daybreak will be locked directly into the mirror.

The astrologer had seen a player break into the Hall of Mirrors yesterday morning when it was closed to the public.

At this time, she didn't know that Xu Zhiyan had already jumped out of the window and escaped.

[Sister Zhan, are you really not going to catch him? He's already run away!]

[Hahahaha, I guess astrologers don’t really care.]

[What is Alves waiting for? She seems to have stayed in this room since she came down from the eighth floor.]

[You can tell from the surrounding decorations that the human-faced mirror is the mirror that the astrologer is waiting for the clown.]

[Oh, yes. If it is really placed in the room below, the person outside will use a dimensionality reduction attack on the person inside the mirror, and the person inside the mirror will be gone if it is directly shattered.]

[I understand! If I were an astrologer, I would also stay here! ]

[Ugly Master's 1V1 ability is too strong. If the astrologer hadn't benefited from the dungeon, he would have been dead long ago.]

[I don't think the clown will necessarily fall into the room below. Didn't the mask make a deal with Xu Baiwan? Combined with the information I got from Jiang Huai, it should be fine as long as he doesn't eat. ]

Scarlet Hotel.

The dark corridor was covered with thick carpet.

The dim light failed to reach every corner.

Seeing that the beautiful woman did not move and just looked at him, Xu Zhiyan pushed his wrist forward again.

It will be daybreak soon.

Next, the monsters wandering here will disappear, which is the perfect time for him to explore the dungeon and go to the eighth floor.

But Xu Zhiyan waited for a while, but he didn't feel the pain of sharp teeth piercing his skin. Instead, the blood clone held his hand and left a light kiss on his white wrist.

The young man was stunned, thinking that the other party was hesitating.

"It's okay, as long as you don't suck me dry." He narrowed his eyes and acted very generously.

Unexpectedly, the woman just shook her head.

Her slightly lowered gaze just fell on the other person, and her beautiful eyes were full of piety.

“No need to worry about teammates stuck at the bar.”

"Your blood smells delicious."

"Since last night, the monsters won't disappear at night. They will hide. Be careful. It's best to go upstairs through the safe passage..."

The clone's words were disorganized.

It seemed as if it was explaining its last affairs, and it said everything it could think of, leaving Xu Zhiyan stunned.

"you……"

But just as Xu Zhiyan opened his mouth to ask, a raised finger was pressed against his lips.

"Shh." The beautiful woman told him not to speak.

"You go now."

"Before I wanted to keep you."

It turned its head away, slowly lowered its hand, and took out a pack of cigarettes from its pocket.

The slender cigarette was held between her fingertips. After the lighter was lit, the rich smell of tobacco was a bit choking. The already dim light shone through the smoke onto the woman's face, making it hazy and illusory.

Xu Zhiyan was a little dazed.

But he understood what the other party said.

Although he didn't know why, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to leave if he didn't leave now.

"Well, I'll be leaving first then."

After saying that, Xu Zhiyan did not linger any longer and turned around and walked upstairs.

The corridor fell silent.

Only the smoking woman was left.

It was not until it finished its cigarette and Xu Zhiyan's figure completely disappeared from its sight that it looked in the direction the young man left.

Suddenly, blood began to seep out of the wall beside it.

After a while, Master Bai, wearing a red employee uniform, slowly stood up from the blood.

"The bar lobby thing is done."

"That human should be able to receive the completed information soon. It just took a long time. We still have too little power." It sighed, dark and complex.

However, soon, Master Bai, who did not get a response, discovered something unusual about his temporary partner.

"What are you thinking about?" It looked at the stunned woman.

“I wonder, will he remember me?”

This time, the beautiful clone did not continue smoking. Instead, it carefully took out a ring made of a banknote from its pocket, put it on its ring finger, and repeatedly admired it under the light.

"I let him go."

"I plan to give up this NPC identity and return to my original form."

The woman's voice was faint.

"Even if it's just a little bit of an influence, it will leave some emotions in the original body."

It's worried.

He was worried that the cold-blooded blood original body would do something to its beloved. As an incarnation, what could have a greater impact on everything than returning to the original body?

"I was born...for him."

After obtaining the shared information, Mrs. Bai knew clearly that her existence was created by the original body in order to contact Xu Zhiyan.

But what does that matter?

"If you want to see him, go and see him before he reaches the eighth floor." This was the beautiful clone's final advice.

Young Master Bai was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head.

“No need.”

“…You can always see it.”

Hearing this, the woman who had been admiring the ring turned around and raised an eyebrow.

"Aren't you going to see him? At least explain what you did, otherwise you won't be unwilling." It was a little confused.

Out of selfish motives, it wanted Xu Zhiyan to remember it.

Even if the encounter was short.

Master Bai shook his head.

"If I return to my true self, there will be no such thing as being willing or unwilling."

It understands the idea of a temporary partner.

The more love returns to the main body, the greater the impact it will have on the main body. Even if the main body has never met the young man, it will not be cruel...

"There's nothing to be reluctant about."

The main body needs its memory, so its integration into the main body will be of the greatest help to Xu Zhiyan.

The two looked at each other and said nothing more.

The bright red blood spread from the soles of the feet, slowly engulfing the two calm-looking people...

…

On the eighth floor, next to the blood pool.

The blood body soaking in the pool frowned for no reason and looked at the ball emerging in the pool.

The next moment, two streams of blood, one large and one small, wrapped in a light red film, appeared in front of it. The power fluctuations transmitted from within made the blood somewhat unbelievable.

"Returning on your own initiative? Tsk."

It rarely encounters exceptions.

It understands the return of the NPC "Wife". After all, she is its own clone. It is normal for her to not want to be an NPC anymore after getting her memories back.

But another traitor with a lot of memories...

"interesting."

There was a playful smile on its lips, but the smile in its eyes was extremely cold.

“I hate being influenced by others.”

After saying that, Blood waved his hand, without even looking at the two clones that had returned on their own initiative, and locked them in a mirror together with the tour guide who had returned by death before.

“No one can influence my decision.”

"As long as he comes, I will trap him here."

By then, there will be only two of them left in the completely closed hotel.

It will completely cut off the connection between the other party and the system, making it impossible for ghosts and gods to find it; it will stay with Xu Zhiyan for a long time; it has plenty of time to make this human fall in love with it...

…

The unusual lobby bar.

Having been trapped inside for so long, Jin Sheng was almost forgetting what time it was.

His hair hadn't been taken care of for a long time and was messy. He felt a little uncomfortable, his eyes were bloodshot, and he lacked rest, but his mental control had made a qualitative leap.

If it weren't for the second round of supplies, he might have died long ago.

A few minutes later, Jin Sheng stood on the ruins, looking at the pile of monster limbs.

Suddenly, the game chat box next to me popped up.

[It was detected that the link was being repaired. 】

[Repairing special scenes...]

"Ah? Special scenes?" Jin Sheng was a little confused. He began to wonder if he had hallucinations because he hadn't rested for too long.

“Woof woof!”

Xiaoyi's voice interrupted Jinsheng's thoughts.

A three-headed dog came with Xiaoyi, carrying a palm-sized mirror in its mouth.

“Woof woof! Woof woof woof!”

Xiaoyi explained nervously.

Jin Sheng took the mirror, touched his head, and suddenly realized.

"Found in a corpse? ...Repaired. No wonder. Originally, it should be because the special scene information was incomplete, so a bug occurred."

Some polyhedral mirrors hang above the lobby bar.

The mirror fragments found in the monster's body are the raw materials for assembling the polyhedron. As long as he kills a few more rounds and finds more mirrors, he will be able to break the deadlock!

The sudden clue made Jin Sheng want to cry.

Although he has sufficiently stable emotions, this endless reincarnation space still makes him feel desperate.

If Xu Zhiyan hadn't given him the message...

Thinking of his teammates, Jin Sheng took a deep breath, called the dogs, and held up the mirror in his hand to show the three-headed dogs that were still holding on.

"We have found the clues, and we will be able to get out soon."

He touched the blood-stained fur of the three-headed dog and staggered two steps.

Looking at the bar scene being restored around him, Jin Sheng cheered himself up and comforted the dogs.

Leave quickly.

His teammates are still waiting for him.

There was also a picture of the three-headed dog that was exhausted and was comforted by its owner. It also wagged its tail with determination in its eyes.

They are the most loyal animals.

How could they fall down when their master hasn't fallen yet?

In the live broadcast room that was connected at the same time, the audience was amazed.

[What the hell? What the hell???]

[The dog master is still alive? Still alive? ? ? It’s already like this, but he’s still alive? ]

[Brothers, what's going on with these twelve dogs? ]

[Fuck, three-headed dogs, they have awesome attack power and are very loyal, but there are twelve of them! How can there be twelve of them!]

[Woo woo woo woo, the dog master's worth has increased twelvefold. ]

[! ! Wait, he hasn't been trapped in this space for the past few days, has he? What the hell is he eating and drinking? ]

[66666, I used to think that the dog master was only powerful in certain dungeons, but now he has so many three-headed dogs, so he must be powerful in any situation.]

In the picture, the monsters and scenes are reset again.

Jin Sheng, who had reached the limit of his physical and mental strength, took his dog and held on for a long time, attacking the monsters again.

…

The seventh floor of the hotel.

Xu Zhiyan walked smoothly along the safety passage and soon arrived at the seventh floor. It was not that he did not want to go directly to the eighth floor, but the safety passage only went to the seventh floor, and above that was the rooftop.

The corridor was quiet.

After dawn, the monsters that were running around the hotel and unable to return to the mirror hid quietly.

Xu Zhiyan still remembered the news he had received before, that someone had died while placing props in the multi-purpose room on the seventh floor. He hesitated for a moment, stood in the safety passage, and called out Xu Xiaohua.

"dad!"

The little girl is very cute and has a sweet voice.

"Baby, help Daddy."

Xu Zhiyan picked up the child and pointed to the multi-purpose room in the distance.

"Dad will give you a box in a moment. You open the door. If the thing in the box is green, you throw the box in. If it's not green, you take it back."

Before coming, no one had told him how strong this little monster Xu Xiaohua was, so he had always treated this naughty kid as a child. Just now downstairs, Xu Xiaohua showed amazing speed.

Of course you have to use it wisely when running so fast!

"Okay Dad, no problem!"

Xu Xiaohua nodded, and when she accepted the task, she did not forget to disdain her old father: "Dad, you need to exercise more, you are really too weak."

It had a worried look on its face, looked mature despite its young age, and was genuinely worried about Xu Zhiyan.

“…”

Xu Zhiyan's temples were throbbing.

Damn it, he is just an ordinary human, how can he compare to a monster? Even if Jiang Huai came, he couldn't run so fast!

However, considering that the live broadcast was still on, Xu Zhiyan did not say too much to Xu Xiaohua, for fear that this naughty kid would keep talking about ghosts and safe houses and expose his secrets.

Xu Zhiyan tiptoed to the stairs leading to the eighth floor.

Holding his breath, he quickly put the props into a small jewelry box and handed it to Xu Xiaohua.

Judging from the current situation, the strange blood outside the window is using vision to observe the surrounding environment. By the time Xu Xiaohua throws the box, the other party may not be able to arrive.

As expected.

After a while, Xu Zhiyan found that the task progress had improved.

[Progress: 5/9]

After placing that item, their guild mission was mostly completed.

Then, Xu Zhiyan raised his head and looked nervously at the door of the multi-purpose room. Since the task had been completed, he could now put Xu Xiaohua away.

all the best.

Just a few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan looked at Xu Xiaohua with tears in her eyes and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Wow, dad, you are so mean. I was about to hit the monster outside the glass, but you took me back! The monsters in that room can't beat me!"

"...Next time, I will definitely let you beat me enough."

Xu Zhiyan began to wonder whether the education of monsters was different from that of humans.

Fortunately, Xu Xiaohua is young and easy to coax.

After a few plastic rings were put on the little girl's fingers, she stopped crying and started making the sound of "Daddy is the best" again.

After finishing the remaining tasks on the seventh floor, Xu Zhiyan took his adopted daughter away.

The next floor up is the eighth floor.

There is no staircase leading to the eighth floor in the emergency passage, it leads directly to the rooftop.

He walked up the stairs. The floor under his feet made a rotten creaking sound for some reason, which was completely inconsistent with the brand new decoration on the outside.

Before approaching the old door on the eighth floor, a faint smell of blood filled the air.

Very strange...

Since entering the Infinite Game, Xu Zhiyan has smelled a lot of blood, but the bloody smell in other places is always mixed with a foul stench, indicating that the bleeding owner has encountered an accident.

However, the smell of blood coming from the eighth floor of the hotel was very different.

Very light and peaceful.

Xu Zhiyan thought there might be something wrong with his nose, as he actually felt that the smell of blood here was very fragrant.

Maybe it's because I stood at the door for too long.

The door in front of me suddenly opened a crack, as if inviting something.

Xu Zhiyan took two steps back.

He thought of blood, that unique slice of the devil.

The opponent can travel between different copies and can transform into countless forms. The opponent may be everywhere...

There is no doubt that blood is powerful.

He wasn't sure if the other slice was as easy to fool as the other slices.

He is about to face this slice that can reach into the safe house. He must abandon all luck and take his first meeting with the blood body seriously.

"Why don't you come in?"

A low and elegant voice came out from the crack in the door, carrying with it a kind of disdain and laziness of a superior.

Xu Zhiyan closed his eyes.

So familiar...

The other party's voice was exactly like that of a ghost.

Without his knowledge, the signal in his live broadcast room started to lag.

With every step he took toward the gate, the signal became weaker.

【??? Damn dog system! 】

[@Main System, if you can't do a live broadcast, don't do it. Just show us the recording after the dungeon is finished. ]

[I give up. I declare this instance to be the instance with the worst signal this year! ]

【I see Xiao Baiwan is stuck here! 】

[Ahhh, I really want to know what the eighth floor looks like. ]

[On the eighth floor of the museum is the core of the dungeon that turns the player into a mirror, so the things on the eighth floor of the hotel must be the core products of this hotel! ]

[Wow, wow, wow, three years ago. I really want to know what happened three years ago! ]

[Compared to this, I want to know more about how Xiao Baiwan can get Chou Ge's mirror and pass the information into it.]

[What should other players do? I saw the food the male mother was eating was disgusting.]

The audience is still thinking divergently.

As a result, the screen in front of me suddenly went black.

The secret of the eighth floor of the hotel is not disclosed to the public. If Xu Zhiyan saw this scene, he might be able to guess where the safe house is.

There are countless oil paintings on the towering ceiling.

A series of pictures, some beautiful and some weird, are pieced together to form the ceiling of the lobby on the eighth floor.

Xu Zhiyan pushed the door open and entered.

A huge pool dominates the space.

Considering the sculptures standing around, he thought that if there was water instead of blood inside, this place might be open to the public as a luxurious hot spring.

“Does it look good?”

A familiar low voice interrupted Xu Zhiyan's thoughts.

He stopped looking around and raised his head to look at the man across the pool of blood.

A man in a dark red silk robe stood upright beside the pool of blood, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, looking very noble. His half-exposed arm revealed strong and tight muscles, vaguely indicating that the owner of the arm was not a simple person.

Xu Zhiyan clenched his hanging hands into fists.

The cold gaze of the blood body was full of oppression. He didn't know if it was because the scene was full of crimson, but he felt a little breathless.

Ghosts and gods are always gentle.

But His slices did not look gentle.

Seeing a thin layer of sweat on the young man's forehead, the blood receded a little.

It controlled its gaze, not to show any desire for sex... The human opposite was very cunning, and it could not show any intention towards the other party.

Once the other party catches its desire, it will have to pay more to achieve its wish.

Very good, just apply pressure step by step.

Showing that you don't care will make the other party pay a higher price, or even stay to save those boring humans...

The blood turned its head away and stopped looking at the human on the other side of the blood pool, as if this could suppress the thoughts in its heart.

After a moment, Xu Zhiyan adjusted his mentality.

He raised his face and gave a standard smile.

"I'm a tourist here. My friend is missing. According to the clues, there is something I want at the bottom of the pool."

No nonsense or deception.

The young man stated his demands directly.

"I want to know how to get these mirrors."

Xu Zhiyan remembered Xiao Baijin’s warning.

Humans probably can't touch the blood in the pool.

The man standing by the pool touched his chin after hearing this and said, "I am the owner of the hotel. This place is consistent with the mirror image of the museum. The mirror at the bottom of the pool is indeed the only passage."

As it spoke, its voice became hoarse.

"What price would you give for the mirror? Just some simple little thing, that won't do."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cheap ring fell at Xu Zhiyan's feet.

It was the one he once gave to the tour guide.

Ah, this guy is not so easy to fool, right? Xu Zhiyan had mixed feelings, but he had already considered this before, so he was not very surprised.

"I am very rich." Xu Zhiyan said sincerely.

"You can tell me what you need, maybe I can provide it."

"oh?"

Although the blood seemed to be lacking in interest on the surface, it was extremely excited in its heart.

It coughed lightly, suppressed its impatient thoughts, and said in a cold voice: "I still lack a...servant."

Seeing that Xu Zhiyan seemed about to compromise, Xue Xue snorted coldly.

"But you humans are cunning."

"So I will break one of the servant's legs to prevent him from escaping."

Blood thought he was a genius.

If the young man begged for mercy, it would just reluctantly not break his legs...

However, on the other side of the blood pool, Xu Zhiyan just frowned slightly after listening to this, and asked slowly: "Can I pay the transaction fee after my friends leave?"

The blood stopped beating and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Here it comes, the guy on the opposite side wants to fool it again, but it won’t be fooled.

"Of course not."

"You have to pay me a deposit."

After saying this happily, Xue Xue waited for the other party to surrender and beg for mercy.

However, Xu Zhiyan, who took the blood body seriously, never considered that he could fool people with sweet words this time.

Without even thinking, he took out his pistol, the Golden Lynx.

“This is my sincerity.”

"I hope you can help me fish out all the mirrors first."

Before the blood could react, the young man on the other side of the pool calmly shot himself in the left leg.

"Bang--"

The sound of gunfire echoed in the hall.

Blood looked stunned.

It thought Xu Zhiyan was going to attack it with the gun, but it didn't expect that the other party was going to attack itself.

"……hiss."

Xu Zhiyan's face didn't look good. He was holding on to a sculpture beside him and could barely stand.

The pressure of the blood was too great, and he had no time to secretly give himself anesthesia. He could only show his utmost sincerity. Fortunately, after the strengthening of his blood vessels, although his physical fitness only reached the level of ordinary people, his tolerance seemed to have improved a lot, and he did not faint from the pain.

After a few breaths, he bit his back teeth, did not check the broken wound, suppressed the severe pain in his left leg, and forced a smile.

If you want to take shortcuts, you have to pay something.

"Excuse me……"

He wanted to ask, is this sincerity enough?

However, the next second, the man on the other side appeared in front of him without him noticing.

"Xu Zhiyan, you...you..."

Blood was almost speechless.

Catching a glimpse of the young man's rare stubbornness, it now wished it could lift the mirror opposite and turn back time.

Damn, it’s such a bad mouth!

Why did it say something else but break my legs...

The trembling fingertips touched the wound, and the blood felt like the bullet had pierced through its empty heart.