Chapter 261 Crimson Mirror
In the spacious and bright lobby bar, Jinsheng encountered some trouble.
He tried several times, but every time he stepped out of the door, he returned to the starting point. He heard the same conversation more than a dozen times.
The only difference, apart from the absence of a bartender, is that once he has integrated into the bar and cannot leave, the guests can all see him and have normal conversations with him.
Originally Jin Sheng had calmed down.
He sat at the bar, waiting for the boy who would trade ten bucks for a lighter.
However, things don't always go as planned.
While he was still waiting anxiously, midnight arrived.
“Dang-dang-dang—”
The clock struck twelve.
All the guests in the lobby seemed to have received some kind of signal and instantly shut up.
Jin Sheng sat on the stool, holding his breath and not daring to make a sound.
He glanced at the guests around him out of the corner of his eye, cold sweat running down his forehead, and subconsciously reached out to push Xiaoyi back when he wanted to stick his head out of his pocket.
A strange change was taking place in the guests.
They are 'falling off'.
Like rotten and faded lacquerware, the skin of all the people who were frozen in the scene began to show signs of peeling.
The textured muscles were exposed, looking dry, hard and dull. The subcutaneous fat had not completely disappeared, leaving only yellow-brown hard scabs filling the intermuscular spaces, which looked a bit nauseating.
As the guests' skin took on a pitted appearance, their clothes began to change as well.
Some fabrics had holes from moths, brightly colored coats faded to black and white, and straw hats were covered in mildew.
The lobby bar is also changing.
Obviously, the tables, chairs, and the seats for the guests had not been moved, but as the entire bar counter and dining cabinet gradually became rotten, it gave off a musty and damp smell, and pieces of red paint fell off.
“Ka——”
The fallen paint turned into powder and disappeared into the air before it even hit the ground.
The crystal clear chandelier hung high above my head, and it was covered with dust at some point. There were no spiders here, but spider webs appeared on the chandelier.
Soon, the entire lobby was changed into another gloomy style.
Jin Sheng began to feel fortunate that his usual dressing style was relatively simple and he was only wearing a grey short-sleeved shirt at the moment, so he did not look particularly out of place here.
However, the feeling of luck did not last long.
Just as he withdrew his gaze and decided not to show his head to observe for the time being, the guests began to turn their stiff and dry heads.
“Click—click—click—”
The sound was like a rusty gear turning, making one's scalp tingle.
Jin Sheng swallowed subconsciously.
The sound of swallowing saliva was obviously only audible to him, but he thought it was incredibly loud.
When he came to his senses, all the guests in the hall were staring at him intently, with only emptiness and void in their inorganic gazes.
Jin Sheng slowly reached into his pocket.
He performed this action very slowly, and time seemed to be infinitely stretched.
The next second, the faded guests seemed to finally realize that the guy sitting at the bar was different from them, and they stiffened their bodies and pounced on the bar!
Realizing that he was exposed, Jin Sheng pushed himself over to the bar with one hand and quickly took out the summoning box with the other hand.
“Woof woof——”
Xiaoyi's alert cry rang out.
Suddenly, six huge three-headed dogs appeared on the narrow bar!
“Boom!”
"Bang! Crash—"
The glass was pushed to the ground by the sharp and thick dog claws and shattered all over the floor. The narrow bar was not suitable for such a big dog to fight. Just supporting the weight of these dogs made the bar shaky.
The battle is about to begin!
“Woof woof!!”
“Ouch—Ouch—”
“Woof woof woof…”
The faded guests faced off against the three-headed dog, and the bar, which had been extremely quiet just a moment ago, was instantly filled with the sounds of dogs barking and various objects breaking.
Jin Sheng didn't look back. He took the opportunity to climb up the wine cabinet, trying to find a high point to command the dogs. However, the wood was cursed for some reason. Every time he stepped on an edge, the cabinet collapsed and he couldn't get up at all.
“Woo!”
The flying dog Xiaoyi twirled its tail, looked anxious, and finally rushed up, grabbed Jinsheng by the collar, and carried him up to the high-hanging crystal chandelier.
"squeak--"
A few seconds later, Jin Sheng stood on the shaking crystal chandelier with a sad face.
"Xiaoyi, please don't let go."
He always felt that the chandelier's load-bearing capacity was not good enough, and it would be no joke if it fell.
However, once he reached a high place, he was finally able to command the dogs properly.
"Woof——" Xiaoyi opened his mouth and agreed.
The chaos continues...
At the same time, in the edge room on the seventh floor of the hotel.
The blood body, which had transformed into the appearance of the young boy Bai Jin, was sitting on the table bored.
"Why haven't you come yet..."
It was still waiting, waiting for the young man whose blood it had separated from it to become out of control, to come upstairs to find it.
Maybe it's just too boring to talk to oneself.
Two columns of blood rose from the ground, intertwining to outline a border. The next moment, the blood spread from top to bottom. After all the blood flowed away, a mirror appeared in its place facing it.
A bloody face was reflected in the mirror.
It curled its lips, and then the mirror surface spread out like ripples. When the mirror returned to its original state, the face inside had changed into the appearance of the adult Bai Jin.
It is indeed too boring. Separating oneself from the others to have a conversation has become a daily pastime.
At this time, the self in the mirror has become a good chat partner.
"Is my guess wrong?"
Blood said to the mirror.
The man in the mirror hesitated for a moment, then frowned and answered.
"I think my guess is correct."
"That drop of out-of-control blood that stole the memory must have had some past with this human."
"But why didn't he come to me? Didn't he recognize the traitor's voice?"
Deep down, I don't think my judgment was wrong.
Originally, it recovered that drop of out-of-control blood, obtained a lot of memories, and knew the existence of this human being... Damn, these memories were stolen in the end.
In the chaos, it only remembered the young man's appearance deeply.
There should be some other information...
It remembers that there is still fear.
Now that the other party has come and really entered this copy, it can't wait to send out various clones to lurk around the other party, wishing that all the NPCs the young man has contacted were it.
However, things started to go off the track.
Out of control, out of control again!
Without exception, all the clones that had come into contact with Xu Zhiyan became out-of-control products with their minds filled with only the other party in their minds.
Especially the 'wife' it has high hopes for.
"I have compromised so much to place this clone and maintain its strength, but why?"
The blood doesn't like the feeling of being out of control.
Although the empathy that the other party conveyed when he clung to the young man in the darkness made him unable to help but indulge in it...
"I should do something now."
"Indeed, it would be foolish to stay here and wait. It would make us look like fools."
"So what should be done? Any specific suggestions?"
"Perhaps I can take a closer look at him, more detailed than the cursory observation I had before, yes..."
Having made up his mind, the boy sitting at the table snapped his fingers.
“Shua—Shua—Shua…”
Countless mirrors rose up around it, and Xu Zhiyan's face was reflected in each mirror.
"Let me make it clear that I am not a lowly creature that likes to peek." It muttered to the mirror in front of it.
However, the blood in the mirror was not very convincing.
"Oh, then what should we do with the out-of-control voyeur waiter? Should we expel him directly from his hometown?"
"I got you out here not to cause you any trouble."
Blood glanced at the mirror with his own image on it, frowned and snapped his fingers. A few seconds later, when the blood soaked the mirror again, a new Bai Jin appeared in the mirror.
“I think splitting off to create a new dialogue partner is not a good option.”
The person in the mirror spoke dutifully.
But the real body seemed unhappy when he glanced at it outside the mirror. The re-split conversation clone did not mention the out-of-control guy again.
"Well, let's go check out that human... He's really good looking."
The corner of Blood's mouth twitched.
Seeing the obsessed look on the face of the guy who had split again in the mirror, it still had doubts. Could it be that it really longed to see that human being in its heart?
No...that's not right.
In addition to the person who lost control, it could clearly remember that something else must have happened when it met this handsome young man.
It was a kind of fear that made its soul tremble.
"…reminds me of that door."
"Ah? What door?"
"Nothing, let's take a look first."
In the circular mirrors, images with Xu Zhiyan began to play.
It starts when the other party enters the hotel.
The young man standing in front of the sculpture was tall and thin, and seemed to be looking at something before he touched the sculpture. After entering the hotel, he praised its aesthetics in the lobby.
The blood suddenly felt a little happy.
Yes, he is truly a human being with the ability to appreciate art!
But soon, its smile fell.
The first clone that came into contact with the young man began to lose control. This waiter, who should have been standing in the lobby with the door closed, unexpectedly made a weird invitation to get a room without knowing what was going on in his mind...
"I think there's something wrong."
"I can't possibly make such a low-level courtship invitation to a human being I've only met once, no, maybe twice."
The most unacceptable thing is being rejected!
The tourists who fought in the square did not receive the punishment they deserved. It repeatedly stared at the words written by Xu Zhiyan on the glass, and was silent for a long time before slowly speaking.
"I seem to be ill."
"Why do I feel like he smiles so cutely when he blackmails others..."
I hadn't looked at the blood so carefully before.
Because its original memory related to Xu Zhiyan was filled with fear, it was very cautious when facing Xu Zhiyan. Later, because it did not see the other party take out any lethal things, it took the lead itself... and waited in vain.
Now, after observing it carefully, a strange feeling of love is surging through its body.
Because there are so many mirrors, it can see all the images quickly.
"…childhood sweetheart?"
"That doesn't match up. He doesn't look like he likes women."
The blood inside and outside the mirror automatically communicates.
It couldn't understand, if Xu Zhiyan really liked women, why could he resist its carefully designed 'wife'? You know, in order to enhance the sense of reality, it even handed over the letter.
"He is different from what he showed in the letter."
"Like other unexpected tourists, he can also create something out of nothing. Oh, yes, that thing is called a player..."
"But it's so strange. If I only read the letter, he should be very... flirtatious, no, enthusiastic. He should be very enthusiastic towards me!"
But judging from the situation after the other party entered, the young man is not as bold and unrestrained as in the letter. He is very shy when faced with intimate actions.
This time, before the young blood could say anything, the one in the mirror spoke first.
“He’s really cute though.”
"That's right! I just touched it casually and his ears turned red."
"No, that's not right, we shouldn't discuss this now!"
The blood waved its hand, and the mirror with Xu Zhiyan's image on it fell down, turned into blood and disappeared into the crack in the ground.
It pointed to the mirror in front of it.
"You go too."
“I think the form of dialogue will expand thinking more.”
"…Then you stay here first."
Just like that, the only things left in the narrow room were the blood and its mirror.
“Shua——”
Blood as thick as a bucket fell from the ceiling and washed over the mirror in front of the blood. When the blood dried up again, a long-haired girl in a short skirt appeared here.
"Is it your childhood friend who likes astronomy this time?"
The girl looked up with a very happy expression.
She stared at her fingers in ecstasy, as if she was enjoying the feeling of having a body.
With the blood of the young master on his shoulders, he smacked his lips and issued a new order.
"Go to him and lead him to me."
"If you lose control, just find a sewer and flush yourself away. Don't come back and cause me trouble."
Seeing the girl nodded and turned to leave, it thought for a moment and added another sentence.
"Melt the out-of-control waiter."
"Where's the 'wife'?"
"Never mind that. I made a deal with that strange system and will provide it with an NPC."
"OK."
Bid farewell to the freshly minted childhood sweetheart.
The blood summoned a mirror again that could talk to itself, and continued to wait idly.
"We still have to have some fun."
It muttered to itself.
The new clone seemed to be responding to the original body, and soon the mirror in front of him began to fluctuate, revealing a new scene inside.
"He's not dead? Dogs? Why are there so many dogs?"
In the chaotic bar lobby, Jinsheng's war with the faded guests continues.
Two of the six three-headed dogs were injured, and the rest were still fighting hard.
Blood suddenly remembered the scene he had just seen. The person in the mirror who could control the dog seemed to be that guy's friend?
"If a friend died, would he cry very sadly?"
Blood grinned, as if he had thought of something funny, and there was murderous intent in his eyes as he looked towards Jin Sheng.
Unexpectedly, the mirror shook, and the newly separated clone spoke, his words full of disapproval.
"As much as I want to see him cry, I don't think he should cry over something like this."
After hearing this, Xue felt as if she had lost all her energy.
“That makes sense.”
Therefore, it likes to talk to its separated self. There are many subconscious issues that it often does not realize and jumps to conclusions.
"Can you get him out then?"
Blood felt that he had come up with a good idea.
"If, I mean, if I rescue this friend when he is about to die, then can I use this friend's life to find that guy and exchange it for something..."
This proposal instantly made people excited.
Many images flashed through Xueli's mind, such as the young man with the teardrop mole under his eye inviting him to book another room...
“Pah—”
The erotic scene had not yet ended when it slapped itself in the face, its expression becoming somewhat gloomy.
What just flashed through its mind must have been the waiter's fantasy.
The clone in the mirror saw the blood's original state of madness and gave careful advice.
"Although he won't die, but after being split into so many parts, his mental state will definitely be affected. It seems that the waiter has been merged."
"I know it wouldn't be like this under normal circumstances, but it has to be considered now because everyone is out of control."
The blood calmed down a lot. It pursed its lips and said nothing, but its eyes fell on Jin Sheng again.
The clone saw that he still seemed to want to use this human to exchange something with Xu Zhiyan, so he continued to remind him.
"Hey, this thing is called... Special Scenario? Remember? After you took away the props inside, you used this thing to do experiments and reassembled time. But the person who triggered it didn't belong here, so it was natural for him to die in there. This was their design."
"If we want to help, it may cost us a little. Isn't that why you hate that system and want to separate from it?"
Xuefeng came back to his senses and tilted his head to look at Jinsheng who was still fighting hard.
"If he comes to me tonight, I will help him."
…
Room 3045.
Xu Zhiyan and Jiang Huaique planned to go out at night to see if they could find any useful clues.
Considering that it was past midnight, he did not go out rashly, but lay on the peephole and looked out first.
"…Why is it black?"
Xu Zhiyan murmured doubtfully and stared at it for a while. Could it be that someone had taped the cat's eye? This shouldn't be the case.
Just when he was about to call Jiang Huaique to come and see, a horrifying scene appeared!
The black outside the cat's eye begins to fade...
When the black faded to a certain extent, a dry eyeball appeared in Xu Zhiyan's field of vision!
Then the owner of the eyeball seemed to step back a little, revealing half of his face covered with dry muscles, and a gold tooth was exposed on his jaw with half of his lips missing.
Xu Zhiyan froze and said nothing.
The weird guy who just looked into the door didn't seem to see anything. He slowly backed away, moving like a zombie, and left. Although his clothes were faded, it could be judged from his clothes that he was a tourist in the hotel before he turned into a monster.
After briefly explaining what he had seen to his teammates, Xu Zhiyan was pulled back by Jiang Huaique.
"You stay in the room and watch the door. Yu Xiu and I will go out together."
"I watch the door? Is that reasonable?"
Xu Zhiyan was not convinced, but when he glanced at Yu Xiu who was holding up the barrier, he hesitated for a moment.
"It's not convenient to use your weapon in the hotel. Yu Xiu and I should go out and you stay here."
"If I stay here, I won't be able to raise the price for you..."
While they were talking, sounds of someone running for help were heard in the corridor.
"Fuck, what kind of monster is this..."
"What should I do? What should I do now?"
"Wow, wow, wow, I regret it..."
From the voices, one can tell that they are a man and a woman.
Jiang Huaiqie walked around his teammates and came to the door. He looked out through the cat's eye and asked after a while, "It's Chi Bei and Song Xiying. Have you received any money from these two people?"
If Xu Zhiyan had received the money, he would have to go out and save people now.
Xu Zhiyan flipped out the panel and ripped it.
"No, but the final payment from the Joker has arrived. This guy is quite rich."
"Do you want to save me?"
Jiang Huai Que put his hand on the door handle.
But he did not go out rashly. There were several monsters following the two guys outside, and who knows if there were more.
Xu Zhiyan hesitated.
"It's only midnight..."
If they can enter the five-star copy, then theoretically speaking, these two people should not be too weak. Now the night has just begun, maybe they haven't used any tricks yet, so they are being chased?
Xu Zhiyan is not a good man, and these two people would not die if they were not rescued.
"How about first——"
He was halfway through his words when he heard Jiang Huaique's additional information.
"These two are from the Clown Guild, but they don't seem to dare to get close to the clown."
Xu Zhiyan suddenly looked determined.
"Why don't we save people first?"
"Ah?" Jiang Huai was a little confused: "Xu Ba Pi? You have a fever? What is your relationship with these two people?"
"Don't always measure me with money. I don't like money at all." Xu Zhiyan looked heartbroken and slapped away Jiang Huaique's hand that was reaching out to touch his forehead.
"I'm just a player with ideals and ambitions."
"For the sake of us all being human, I just want to save them, what's wrong with that?"
"I know that in the infinite game, you all don't like the Virgin Mary, but I am different. I think I am a person with great love, and I have to save them..."
"Brother Xu, you..."
Yu Xiu felt that he had heard some extraordinary speech, but he did not understand it. He just felt that Xu Zhiyan was emitting holy light from beginning to end today.
"You are worthy of being Brother Xu! Let's save him!" He responded positively.
Jiang Huaique looked at the two of them as if they were fools.
"Xu Ba Pi, please speak human language."
Xu Zhiyan argued quietly.
"Since they are the Joker's teammates, then since we saved the Joker's guild members during a crisis, it should be okay for him to give us a little thank you gift, right?"
"…A little thank you gift?"
Jiang Huaiqie couldn't help but think of the riddle man who was as cold as a flying knife.
The audience in the live broadcast room laughed loudly.
【Hahahahaha, little millionaire, do you want to listen to what you are saying! 】
[Mother Jiang really understands him. It's so funny.]
【Tell a joke: Xu Baiwan doesn’t like money. 】
[I suggest you submit this paragraph to the Infinite Game Annual Joke, and win a gold award at least.]
【Where's my emoticon? Show it to me now! 】
【[Go away! Go away, stinky money.jpg]】
【Hahahahaha that’s too mean.】
Xu Zhiyan had sufficient reasons.
"Since he was able to come up with 20 million to open a backpack for a guild of only four people, it proves that he has a lot of money."
"When you went to raise the price, the clown didn't bite you, right?"
He gave a thumbs-up.
"He's stupid and has money... Well, no, he's a good person to deal with."
"And he must have some unique methods. We saved his teammates, and he helped us find Jin Sheng. This makes sense!" Xu Zhiyan was still a little concerned about his lost teammates.
Jiang Huai Que sighed.
"...Xu Bapi, you'd better pray that the clown won't watch your live broadcast replay after he leaves the dungeon."
After saying that, he turned around and quietly opened the guest room door a crack.
The two people running outside the door rushed towards 3045 as if they had found a life-saving straw...
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