Chapter 119, The Chaotic Battle Begins
"Three minutes left. Wait a minute, by the way, have you received any messages from Li Hanmo?"
Zhong Bingxuan's mental page about the dungeon clues was still loading, and it was very unusual that there had been no news from Li Hanmo for quite some time.
"No, is it because your health points are low?"
Fu Yuchen guessed that this might be the reason why Li Hanmo had no energy to communicate with them.
"Impossible. If his health was about to run out, he should have come out to find us. The current situation clearly indicates that something has happened."
Zhong Bingxuan's keen intuition has never been wrong, and this time was no exception.
Especially when the dungeon clues were loaded, Zhong Bingxuan felt a huge weight on her mind.
[First clue to explore: In the strictly governed underworld, everyone is powerless and yearns to escape to the free real world.]
[Second Clue: The inner world and the real world will intersect tomorrow at dawn. You must destroy the treasure, find the mirror, and escape the mirror world before then.]
[Third clue: Afternoon onwards, all events will unfold near the treasure.]
Everything Zhong Bingxuan wanted to know was contained in three important clues, but they did not put her at ease; instead, they left her feeling heartbroken.
When I told Fu Yucheng about these three messages, he had the same idea.
"Where is that guy Li Hanmo? He has no idea how to find the treasure in one night, complete the plot, destroy the treasure, and escape from the mirror."
"That's right. We were misled by the turn-based story dungeon and almost forgot about the dungeon's name, 'The Mirror of Shadows'."
Zhong Bingxuan had a terrible headache. In such a short time, she had forgotten such an important thing. If she waited any longer, she might forget herself altogether.
"Speaking of mirrors, have you ever seen one?"
Zhong Bingxuan raised a thought that was extremely terrifying, and Fu Yuchen raised another topic that was equally disheartening.
There are no mirrors here, let alone the idea of escaping from a mirror.
Does a mobile phone camera count?
Zhong Bingxuan recalled the photos she had taken for her WeChat Moments when she first arrived here, wondering if the camera could be used as a mirror.
"You're allowed to bring your phone to school?"
Fu Yucheng looked at Zhong Bingxuan with surprise, and Zhong Bingxuan nodded shyly.
"I was thinking that having a phone from here would make things easier, so I deliberately hid it so I could easily find it if I needed it later. Luckily, I had the foresight to not have to climb over the wall to look for it at home."
Students here all live on campus and don't go home except on weekends and holidays. If Zhong Bingxuan leaves her phone at home, she'll have to climb over the wall to find it.
"Forget it, if we really want to climb over the wall, it's faster and safer to find something else that can be used as a mirror."
Fu Yuchen told Zhong Bingxuan about a student in his class who wanted to skip playing games, and Zhong Bingxuan remained silent.
She was swallowed up by the seemingly harmless white wall, leaving no trace of her remains. Her fate was truly tragic. She was very glad that she had brought her phone in beforehand.
"Alright, since there's a substitute for the mirror, let's think about where that guy Li Hanmo is most likely to be?"
"We still need to find the mirror, and we also need to locate Li Hanmo. Here's what we'll do: you go find Li Hanmo's coordinates first, and I'll go get the phone and see if there's a mirror anywhere, just in case."
Time was of the essence, so the two split up into two groups.
Zhong Bingxuan said goodbye to Fu Yuchen and went to her dormitory to retrieve the phone that Fu Yuchen had hidden. Before she could look for a mirror elsewhere, she heard a commotion outside the door, so she stopped trying to open it and sat back down on her bed.
Just as Zhong Bingxuan sat back down on her bed, a teacher barged in with a fierce expression.
"Have you been here the whole time, classmate?"
"Hello teacher, after class I came back to the dormitory after parting ways with Teacher Fu. Is something wrong outside? It's so noisy. It's almost curfew, isn't everyone going to rest?"
"Someone stole the school's most prized possession, and you can still sleep soundly? Don't you want to regain your freedom? Or are you an outsider?"
Four or five teachers burst in, glaring fiercely at Zhong Bingxuan. Zhong Bingxuan blinked innocently, looking confused, and said, "Wasn't the treasure always kept in a hidden place? How did it get away?"
It's obvious that this was Li Hanmo's doing. It seems he knew about the biggest trap set in the dungeon and the time limit, so he took the risk to escape from the treasure chest and take the treasure with him.
Zhong Bingxuan was very worried about Li Hanmo. To get out of the treasure chest, he would have to deplete his life points. She wanted to check on Li Hanmo's current physical condition, but she dared not make any small moves because of the watchful eyes of the four or five teachers in front of her.
"It seems this student has been staying in the dormitory the whole time and is unaware of what's happening outside."
The leading teacher said something that Zhong Bingxuan thought was a way to get away with it, but she was still taken to the side by four or five teachers. Under the guise of helping the teachers find the whereabouts of the treasure, they actually monitored Zhong Bingxuan's every move, trying to find clues about the treasure from her.
Fu Yuchen hurriedly rushed from the teachers' dormitory toward Zhong Bingxuan. He encountered Li Hanmo along the way and obtained the treasure from him. He then wanted to meet up with Zhong Bingxuan.
See if your phone can help you escape this mirror world. If it can, you can probably complete this instance.
Once you complete the main quest, the story becomes a huge pitfall. After the afternoon, the only storyline is about seizing the treasure in a free competition. Whoever gets the treasure and escapes the mirror world is the winner.
Since it involves Zhong Bingxuan's first-class mission, she should be the best winner.
However, Fu Yuchen discovered that Zhong Bingxuan was being guarded by the indigenous people and was difficult to approach.
No, to be precise, anyone who approached was killed by the natives, except for Ya Ya, whom Zhong Bingxuan said was a friend of the original owner, who was allowed to approach freely.
This is very strange. How could this indigenous person get close to Zhong Bingxuan?
Fu Yuchen's messages weren't blocked by the system, and he was still able to send messages to ask about Zhong Bingxuan's situation.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yuchen)]: Captain, how are you? I see you have people watching over you. Apart from your good friend, can the other indigenous people get close to you?
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)]: Don't come any closer. These people are crazy. They're trying to get close to me. Whoever they are, kill them without mercy.
Fu Yuchen understood; this meant that even indigenous people were not allowed.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yuchen)]: So what's so special about your good friend?
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)]: Sigh, don't even mention it. That guy is actually the principal's daughter. The principal specifically instructed him to come and try to get information out of me.
If Zhong Bingxuan hadn't been so vigilant, she would have almost fallen into that girl's trap.
【Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)】: Principal? I heard from Li Hanmo that the guy was injured by him and is currently recovering at the medical center. I could use his identity to carry out my plans.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)]: Just in case, you'd better not come over.
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