Chapter 128 Because I look a lot like him
Li Ziyue said nothing.
"You are hesitating." [Zhang Lian] curled his lips, "Why are you hesitating? Because I am very similar to him, so you love me too."
"No—" Li Ziyue answered without hesitation.
"No," Zhang Lian savored the word "no," "You are so anxious to answer, are you trying to stop your brain from thinking, or to stop your heart from regretting?"
[Zhang Lian] The most amazing thing about him is that he is very good at invisibly guiding people to give the answer he wants them to give. Although there are thousands of ways to explain Li Ziyue's reaction, he quickly limited his thoughts to two options that are both beneficial to him.
In addition, Li Ziyue is a person who says one thing and thinks another. His IQ drops to 20 in front of Zhang Lian, and he almost jumps into the trap set by Zhang Lian with his eyes closed.
"I……"
Li Ziyue tried very hard to refute.
Then he felt a chill on the side of his face. The other person gently lifted his chin with his palm. Li Ziyue was forced to raise his head, and his nose touched Zhang Lian's. The distance between them was very close, and he even felt Zhang Lian's lips kissing the corner of his mouth.
Li Ziyue's brain completely crashed.
He saw himself in Zhang Lian's deep blue pupils, and saw his blushing face and panic that he could not hide at all.
"Haven't we kissed each other many times?" Zhang Lian looked him up and down, circling Li Ziyue's right earlobe with his fingertips, "Are you still blushing? Li Ziyue."
"You can't..." Li Ziyue pushed him away violently, gasping for breath.
His ears were red as if they were about to bleed, and his whole body was so hot that he felt like he was thrown into a steamer.
"What can't I do?" Zhang Lian pretended to smile, "Is it that I can't kiss you, or I can't touch your ears like this, or..."
"Zhang Lian!"
"Well," Zhang Lian said slowly, "Who is this 'Zhang Lian' calling? Is it me, or him?"
Li Ziyue looked away and remained silent again.
"Li Ziyue," [Zhang Lian] bent his knees and got on the bed, pushing Li Ziyue down step by step, "Don't like him anymore."
He clasped Li Ziyue's wrist and said, "Like me. I am more honest than him and I like you more than him. Besides, in this copy, my identity can help you better."
"Impossible." Li Ziyue raised his head and met Zhang Lian's eyes.
"The reason I'm reacting like this now isn't because of your touch, but because you're so much like him," Li Ziyue said in a hoarse voice, "Everything is based on him..."
"Well," Zhang Lian lifted Li Ziyue's wrist, then turned his face and kissed his palm very skillfully, then smiled and said, "What's the difference between what you said and directly saying you like me?"
Zhang Lian has another advantage - in most cases, he only listens to what he likes to hear. If he doesn't like what he hears, he will misinterpret it to mean what he likes.
Li Ziyue was really at his wit's end.
He lay on the bed without pulling his hand away from Zhang Lian: "I give up."
[Zhang Lian] raised half an eyebrow: "Can you let me kiss you?"
"Just kiss me." Li Ziyue said emotionlessly.
[Zhang Lian] pinched his earlobe and rubbed it for two seconds, without any other action.
“No more kissing,” Zhang Lian’s eyelashes trembled slightly, “You will deceive yourself that it is the real Zhang Lian who is kissing you, and I will become his substitute. I don’t want this.”
Li Ziyue, whose inner thoughts were revealed, said: "..."
"Do you hate me, Li Ziyue?" Zhang Lian looked at him seriously.
Li Ziyue was stunned and was about to answer, but Zhang Lian covered his mouth.
"It should be a bad answer. I don't want to hear it."
Being upset again.
Li Ziyue blinked and took the initiative to look at Zhang Lian for the first time. The fake person and the real person shared the same set of thoughts. What the person in front of him thought was no different from Zhang Lian's. It was just that Zhang Lian would suppress the three words "I don't want to listen" in his heart, while this person would say it more directly.
He did get some other meaning from this.
[Zhang Lian] left the bed and looked to the other side: "Forget it, a substitute doesn't matter, at least you need me now."
Li Ziyue frowned imperceptibly.
He followed Zhang Lian's gaze and saw a red reminder light up at the door lock: [The number of people in the room is 2/2, meeting the rule conditions]
He stood up instantly and picked up a yellowed [Room Rules] from the table next to the door lock.
The first rule is: ① Only 2 or 0 people are allowed in the room
Li Ziyue couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Zhang Lian pulled him back from behind.
"Li Ziyue."
His voice was very soft.
"I don't care about other people's lives, but I will never harm you. You can kill me at any time, and I won't resist. I promise you."
He took Li Ziyue's right hand and kissed her ring finger, as if swearing an oath.
“…Yeah.” Li Ziyue was silent for a long time before answering in a low voice. He opened and closed his lips, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
[Zhang Lian] pursed his lips and his brows softened.
Li Ziyue sighed silently in his heart.
Even though he was facing a fake person like Zhang Lian, he didn't want Zhang Lian to be so humbly asking him for trust and... a little love.
In the past, he was deceived so badly by fake people that he lost all his companions, was deceived to the point of bleeding from the abdomen, and almost died in the alley. Logically, he should be most wary of fake people, but after being hurt again and again, he still couldn't make a rational analysis when facing Zhang Lian.
Bitterness rises in my heart.
His hands hanging by his side moved slightly, and he hesitated for a long time, but ultimately did not take any follow-up action.
[Zhang Lian] was behind him, looked up at him, and then lowered his eyelashes.
Li Ziyue adjusted his thoughts back to the [Room Rules] in his hand.
②Please make sure that the knocks at night come from inside the door. If not, please do not answer.
③If any unknown object appears outside the window at any time, please call the security guard immediately
④Please choose your room according to 1, 1/2, 1/4
⑤ Don’t stay in your room for 3/4 of the day
⑥ If you find that some parts of the room are different from your memory, please hide in the bathroom
The long-lost player system prompt sound rang in my mind.
[Congratulations to the players for finding the key rule*1. Please leave the room in time and gather at the public restaurant on the first floor on time]
Usually when you see the rules, the first step should be to look for other clues to determine whether these rules are credible. Most newcomers to dungeons blindly believe everything in rule-based dungeons, and end up being deceived by the rules and not even knowing how they died.
These are the basics of rule-based copies, and there are no obvious contradictions. There are currently two people in the room and no abnormalities have been triggered. Li Ziyue will temporarily mark it as "partially credible".
He roughly classified these rules and finally focused on "3/4 of the day", "1, 1/2, 1/4", and "Bathroom".
If a day is 24 hours, then we can just say 6:00 p.m. Why use such an awkward term as 3/4 of a day?
"Time change" is a common element in dungeons, where the flow of time may not be consistent from day to day.
The electronic clock in the corner of the desk shows that it is 16:27.
Don't worry too much for now, look at other issues first.
The fourth rule for selecting a room is the most confusing, and it is estimated that other rules will be added later.
Li Ziyue went into the bathroom next door first.
The bathroom was equally shabby in decoration. Behind the rusty sink was an unpainted wall with a dusty rectangular mirror hanging on it.
There were spider webs on the faucet in the sink, and the water outlet was very dry, so it looked like it couldn't be used.
There are no ventilation holes or secret passages in the entire space, and there is no other way to leave except to open the door.
He fished out a sheet of rules that was half buried in the cracked ground at the bottom of the sink.
【Mirror Rules】
①Please remember the warning from the Markov chain and do not lose the rock-paper-scissors game. You cannot afford the consequences.
②If you see the person in the mirror has red eyes, please call the security guard immediately
③Please do not touch the cracked mirror. If you accidentally touch it, please smear your blood on the crack of the mirror.
④If you find that your body has some non-human characteristics, please make sure there is at least one mirror around you.
[Congratulations to the player for finding the key rule*1]
Li Ziyue was not surprised by these rules.
In most copies of mirrors, mirrors will play an "evil" role. Humans love to use mirrors to observe their own appearance, but they are always worried about whether the thing shown in the mirror is really themselves.
Using mirrors to make trouble is... too common.
Both rules mention the protection of the "gatekeeper" for players. If the rules are true, then you should seek the protection of the gatekeeper as much as possible. If they are false, then the gatekeeper will most likely become the main force that harms the players.
The underlying logic of most rule-by-rule weird stories is: cheating within the rules, while constantly forcing players to believe in the rules, and luring players into the grave of death between black and white.
But for now, everything that happens in this room is quite standard, even a bit clichéd. There is no innovation in the rules, and the ghosts have not appeared yet.
This is not in line with the tone of "Advanced Dummy Copy". If it continues to develop in such a mediocre way, Li Ziyue will really look down on the so-called final level.
Isn't there anything I can't think of?
Li Ziyue looked up and saw his appearance through the mirror.
The mirror was too unclear, so he used his fingers to wipe away the dust from his eyes bit by bit.
A pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to be sparkling with water appeared in the glass, the long and curly eyelashes were trembling slightly, and the deep black pupils were imprinted on the self in the mirror.
Li Ziyue suddenly laughed.
The eyes were curved in a small arc, and two small moons were seen in the mirror.
He put his hand on his face in the mirror and felt something cold.
"Is the mirror's 'life' linked to your life?" Li Ziyue asked calmly, "If it breaks, will you die too?"
"Many mirror-related dungeons are designed this way. If you want to do this, I can give you some advice." Li Ziyue in the mirror chuckled. "But, at least I saved you in Snowstorm Manor. I thought the first thing you said to me should be 'Long time no see'."
He raised his hand and it overlapped with Li Ziyue's hand which was pressed against the mirror.
They were the same person again.
"You hate me more than I thought."
The 20-year-old Li Ziyue whispered to the 26-year-old Li Ziyue.
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