Chen Haiguo shook his head and looked at Kui Kui.

Kui Kui walked straight to the mirror and slowly touched the mirror surface with his fingertips.

The reflection of her fair, delicate fingers was mirrored in the mirror, the reflection and the fingertips seamlessly connected.

Seeing this, Jiang Tangzheng also stretched out his finger and tapped on the mirror.

"Do! Do!" The sound was hollow and slightly echoing.

He exclaimed in surprise, "A two-way mirror?"

Kui Kui nodded, held the edge of the mirror with both hands, and with a gentle flick of his fingertips, removed the mirror.

A square hole was visible in the wall behind the mirror.

"Were we being spied on?" Jiang Tang said, leaning his face closer.

The hole wasn't big; it was just big enough to fit the head of an adult male.

Through the hole, you can vaguely see the room separated by a wall.

The room was dimly lit, making it difficult to see the whole room.

Jiang Tangzheng then moved his face closer to the cave entrance.

A face as thin and withered as tree bark suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Tangzheng.

"Holy crap, what the hell is this?!" He leaned back tactically and took two steps back.

Upon closer inspection, there was no one there.

Jiang Tangzheng, with a pained expression, turned to look at Kui Kui and asked, "Was that... a person? Or a ghost?"

"It's a person, so it must be an NPC."

"Hehe, this plot is... pretty realistic!" Jiang Tangzheng chuckled dryly and scratched his nose to cover up his embarrassment.

"Stop joking, I found the key." Chen Haiguo found the key on top of the drawer and opened the door.

The room was dark, with the lights off.

The moment the door opened, a faint light shone in.

Chen Haiguo saw a man of similar build standing motionless not far away.

It was eerie and somewhat unsettling.

Even with his extensive experience, he was somewhat frightened.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be himself.

People can scare each other to death, and if you scare yourself, you'll lose your soul.

Chen Haiguo turned on the flashlight, which was the same one he had found in the cabinet drawer earlier.

It was clearly an important prop prepared for this room.

He was about to go in when Kui Kui stopped him.

She took the flashlight from Chen Haiguo and went inside first.

Under the dim light, the entire room was revealed.

The room was small, only about ten square meters, with a wooden chair placed in the middle.

A pair of rusty handcuffs hung from the armrests of the chair; it was a torture chair.

The chair was surrounded by mirrors, countless mirrors.

Round mirrors, square mirrors, diamond-shaped mirrors, triangular mirrors, antique carved mirrors... all kinds of mirrors are hung on the walls.

More floor-length mirrors were placed around the chairs at various bizarre angles.

From the moment I stepped into the room, countless versions of myself appeared in the mirror.

Whenever you look up at yourself in the mirror, countless versions of yourself will look back at you, which is quite unsettling.

Jiang Tangzheng is feeling exactly like that right now.

His first instinct was to escape, to get out of the room as quickly as possible.

"Close the door."

Kui Kui's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, and he couldn't help but shiver.

He closed the door as instructed, making the room even darker and the atmosphere even more eerie.

He touched the amulet that Mang Wei had given him and moved closer to Chen Haiguo.

Chen Haiguo glanced at him and laughed, "So you're scared now?"

"Where...where is it..."

As soon as Jiang Tangzheng finished speaking, Kui Kui on the other side had already turned off the flashlight in his hand.

In the darkness, a mirror was faintly glowing.

Jiang Tangzheng immediately thought of the doctor's diary he had just seen in the office.

On the first page of the diary was written: "The night gave me black eyes, yet I use them to seek the light." ①

"This design is indeed quite ingenious, and there's a reason it's so popular," Jiang Tangzheng praised, just as he saw Kui Kui punch the mirror.

The mirror shattered with a crack, and the room was instantly illuminated as if it were daytime.

His mouth was wide open.

Is this... also part of the design? No... surely not?

He looked at Chen Haiguo beside him, but before he could speak, the other man grabbed his throat.

"Team Leader Chen..."

Jiang Tang's face was flushed, and veins were bulging on his forehead. He reached out to pry Chen Haiguo's hand away, but he couldn't budge it an inch.

Chen Haiguo's face was expressionless, his clear black and white eyes stained with blood.

"Possession that injures someone is an even greater crime!" Kui Kui shouted softly, slapping Jiang Tangzheng on the back.

Jiang Tangzheng felt a deep sadness. He was the one who was frightened by the NPC, he was the one who was pinched by Captain Chen, and now he was the one being beaten.

Note:

①The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to seek the light. — Gu Cheng