Chapter 275 Crimson Mirror
Half of the eighth floor of the museum is a mirrored hall, and the other half is empty and I don’t know what it corresponds to.
Leaning on the banister, the astrologer looked toward the open door.
A whole mirror stands vertically.
[……]
Xu Zhiyan looked at the six dots on the mirror, looking extremely helpless.
"Then what?"
He didn't receive any other information, so he could only ask on his own initiative. This mirror seemed to be a conscious being, maybe it could communicate?
Well, it would be even better if we could enable forced trading for the mirror.
The opposite happened.
Although the mirror showed a more human side, no matter how much Xu Zhiyan asked, nothing appeared on the mirror.
Thanks to him, the extremely curious audience finally got to see the entire Hall of Mirrors.
[Wow——this is really impressive! ]
[Indeed, this mirror is so big, and the edges are not inlaid, it seems to be growing in the hall. ]
[Eh, will it grow? It sounds so disgusting. ]
[By the way, what are those small mirrors hanging next to it? There are so many of them, a bit like the mirrors piled up in the room downstairs.]
[Eh? It seems to be true. Look, Xiao Baiwan even took it to have a look.]
Xu Zhiyan, who stood in front of the mirror for a long time without receiving a response, also discovered the small mirror mentioned by the barrage.
It was a decoration similar to that in a hotel lobby, with mirrors tied together with thin threads hanging from the ceiling, and each mirror looked very much like the ones he saw in the room on the third floor.
Thinking of those mirrors piled on the shelves, a bad feeling came over me.
If the cat mirror on the third floor stores the cat's life-long memory world and soul, then aren't the display cabinets filled with mirrors downstairs the morgue?
Xu Zhiyan was not sure whether other mirrors were like the kitten mirror, containing other things besides the kitten's soul.
The terrifying conjecture overlapped with the scene before my eyes.
There was no light in the Mirror Hall. Only the light from the street lamps in the square outside the window shone through the glass. However, there were many mirrors here, and the faint light was refracted repeatedly, so it was quite bright.
Xu Zhiyan raised his head and glanced at the drooping filaments.
In just a few minutes, some of the mirrors that had just been hanging on the beams actually sagged a lot.
Moreover, the shapes of the mirrors become more special as they go down, while the shapes of the mirrors hanging high are similar, all basic circles or squares.
Before Xu Zhiyan could look for more information, a slight air fluctuation appeared beside him.
is the astrologer's warning.
"Well, you see, this mirror doesn't want me."
He turned around and explained sincerely to Alves.
It’s not that he wants to take the money for free!
A question appeared in the mirror, and then there was no response. He couldn't go on at all and there was nothing he could do.
The young man's expression looked particularly innocent.
The astrologer took two steps forward, but did not enter the door again. He asked in confusion, "You don't want to change your past?"
She still remembered the words on the mirror.
More than ten hours ago, Alves stood in front of the mirror just like Xu Zhiyan.
She didn't want to enter the room where even the clown was trapped, but without the threat that was following her like a shadow, she thought for a long time and finally pushed the door open.
It is no different from the guesswork.
The predicament that even the Joker cannot escape is indeed a difficulty that targets the weaknesses of the human mind.
But she also encountered some trouble when facing the mirror.
[Have you ever regretted something?]
have.
The memory of this body answered the question subconsciously.
[Do you want to change your past?]
think.
There was a brief fluctuation in the gray memory of death, and Alvis was instantly alert.
[If it were possible, would you like to go back in time?]
[To amend your mistakes, to meet your deceased relatives, to redeem your past self.]
The churning memories were suppressed, and there was no life left.
Unlike Gan Mi, she had already cut off the consciousness that had invaded her body and clearly distinguished herself from humans.
At the end of the question, she did not give any more answers.
After this experience, Alves realized that the Crimson Mirror copy was not easy.
Players can use various props to improve their defense, attack power, and even resist mental attacks.
But humans are flawed creatures.
Everyone will inevitably have regrets. No one has never done anything wrong. As long as the regret is strong enough, it will lead to subsequent problems.
What could be more tempting than living your life over again?
Correct past mistakes and continue to make the most perfect choices at the forks in life...
This is why the astrologer wanted Xu Zhiyan to come in here. She felt that this guy was so greedy and must have a lot of things he wanted to remedy.
However, reality gave her a slap in the face.
"You... never regretted it?" Her voice was full of uncertainty.
At this moment, the astrologer even doubted whether the young man in front of him possessed some special ability that could ignore the spiritual flaws of human beings.
Xu Zhiyan was stunned after hearing this.
"Yes, I think so..." Seeing Alves' serious expression, he quickly added the details: "For example, when we first entered the dungeon, I didn't know that the hotel's defense mechanism triggered by your fight would last for a whole night."
He sighed and shook his head.
"If I had known this earlier, I would have definitely chosen to ask for a little more money, but I can always make back the difference later..."
Xu Zhiyan's voice became smaller and smaller.
Although he was greedy, as a principled businessman, he always understood that there are gains and losses in business, and there is never the best choice in doing business.
Seeing Alves' expression change from solemn to puzzled, he thought about the 100,000 points that the other party had given him before.
Forget it, after spending so much, I’m considered a VIP.
Xu Zhiyan coughed lightly and explained his business mentality: "It's good to make a lot of money, but if I make too much money, people will come to their senses and stop trading with me. If I make less money, I may lose money in the short term, but the customers will benefit and will easily become repeat customers."
"So whether I make money or lose money, it's the best option for me." He gave a formulaic smile to deal with customers.
Alves was silent.
“…”
What did she ask? Why did the other party suddenly explain the business philosophy? Was it because of this idea that Xu Zhiyan maintained his "no regrets"?
"Don't you want to be reborn in the past? To change your own destiny?"
"Why do you want to be reborn into the past?"
Now it was Xu Zhiyan's turn to be confused.
He had suffered psychological trauma as a child and had amnesia. He had been in poor health since childhood and had few friends. Especially later on, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He felt that even if his brain was stuck in the door, he would not want to go back to the past.
Now he owns a safe house and has a bunch of loyal followers. Every time he leaves the dungeon, his beautiful vase will wait for him to return...
Isn’t this much better than going back to the rental house alone?
Of course, he couldn't talk about the rest. He pursed his lips and picked out some nonsense that sounded reasonable.
"If the problem you're talking about is the problem behind the mirror, then I think that's not very rigorous."
He frowned in resistance.
"If I were reborn and go back to my second or third year of high school, you might as well kill me with a knife!" His expression froze when he recalled the painful high school life.
Get up earlier than the chicken and sleep later than the dog.
Damn, it’s so bitter!
An awkward atmosphere spread.
[…Shit, what Xiao Baiwan said seems to be right? ]
【This makes a lot of sense! 】
[It’s over. I was convinced by Xiao Baiwan. When I first heard the astrologer’s question, I thought it was a person who wanted to go back to the past.]
[No——It hurts too much! I can go back to college, but I can’t go back to high school or middle school! ]
[Yes, especially since the environment is getting more and more competitive, I feel tired when I see students going to school now.]
[Wow, wow, wow, this high school dog has been hurt! ]
[Touch the large human cub upstairs. 】
[But I have to say... Xiao Baiwan's mentality is really stable. He actually has no regrets. ]
【Xu·Never look back at the explosion·Million】
After a while, the astrologer finally calmed down.
Since we can't use the obstacles in the dungeon to kill Xu Zhiyan, there is now an empty space on the eighth floor...
"The deal is over, you can leave." She said in a cold voice.
It’s better to kill him.
Having this person around is always a variable.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xu Zhiyan not only did not leave, but instead smiled and pointed behind him.
"You go ahead, I want to study it further."
His unlucky teammates are still in there.
"come out."
The astrologer's voice became colder and carried murderous intent.
Xu Zhiyan stopped smiling.
Although the other party did not ask for the money back, it now seems that he is planning to take my life.
On the eighth floor of the Hall of Mirrors, the only two remaining players were in a stalemate.
The other side.
The hotel was in chaos at midnight.
A beautiful woman in a red dress sat by the window, holding a slender cigarette between her fingers. She let the cigarette burn out. When the cigarette almost burned her fingers, she slowly pressed the cigarette butt on the marble windowsill to extinguish it.
Its eyes did not move during this time.
From beginning to end, I quietly looked at the museum opposite the hotel.
The person it was waiting for did not come back today.
“Knock knock knock—”
There was a rapid knock on the door.
The woman didn't move.
There are a lot of messy and ugly things in the hotel after midnight, and it is not interested in lowly and weak monsters.
But when it continued to look at the building opposite, a faint smell of blood filled the room.
"who?"
The woman didn't turn around. After asking coldly, she started to light another cigarette.
If someone else was here, they would have noticed that the windowsill was piled high with cigarette remnants.
“Bang!”
The lights in the room went out.
An almost invisible pool of blood slowly approached the window.
The beautiful woman seemed to sense something.
As it raised its eyes, heavy curtains fell, blocking out all light sources in the room.
It's a familiar smell.
It is an organism of the same origin.
Let the blood crawl onto his palm, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the words on it.
[Do you love him?]
An abstract question.
Without waiting for its answer, a stream of blood climbed up its fingertips, quietly cut a gap, and penetrated part of it.
[We can collaborate.]
In an instant, many memories came flooding back.
The cigarette fell to the ground, and the woman's pupils trembled slightly.
After a moment, it regained its original expression and said lazily, "Don't be so cautious. The main body doesn't have time to observe us right now."
Some memories that were long overdue were brought back.
Realizing that he was just a blood clone of a chess piece, his voice revealed displeasure.
Upon hearing its words, the blood on the ground instantly rose and took on a human shape.
If Xu Zhiyan were here, he would definitely recognize him.
His little ATM is still alive!
The young master, who had changed into hotel waiter's clothes, glanced at the woman in front of him with a strange expression.
"He doesn't like you like this."
The woman was stunned, then retorted: "Then he doesn't like a chicken like you who hasn't even grown all its hair yet!"
After saying that, the two of them seemed to sense something and turned their heads away.
Damn it…
Now is not the time to be jealous.
The young master was a little annoyed.
It was originally locked up by the main body, but for some reason, the power of the main body was greatly weakened.
Naturally, it escaped from the place where it was imprisoned.
I thought the blood body would find a way to catch it back, but it seemed that it didn't notice its disappearance at all...
I took the opportunity to contact the other locked-up clones.
It got a lot of news.
"I need your help. His teammates are trapped, but the main body doesn't seem to want to help the dog breeder again."
Although it really wanted to see Xu Zhiyan.
But it knows that the opponent's every move is under the monitoring of blood.
“I think we can work together.”
It alone cannot open the separated independent space, but it still wants to do something for Xu Zhiyan.
In the darkness, the woman waited until the new cigarette burned out before slowly nodding.
"Can."
It thought of something and quickly added a sentence.
"How could he possibly like a weakling like you who hasn't even fully grown any hair? You're just deceiving yourself." The beautiful voice was filled with malice and jealousy.
"Oh, that's because I didn't send you the memories of our time together..."
The young master was not to be outdone.
It walked to the table, picked up the crumpled letter, and declared its sovereignty: "I guess you don't know yet, this letter is written to me?"
"you……"
The formal cooperation was agreed upon, and when the blood wasn't paying attention, the two clones started to fight each other, totally disregarding their image.
In the lobby bar.
Jinsheng and Xiaoyi stood side by side in front of the ruins of the bar, waiting for the wine cabinet in front of them to be rebuilt.
Been locked up for too long.
Although the bartender gave him a potion that could restore his health two days ago, so much time had passed and his physical and mental strength had declined again.
Painful trials make people stronger.
Relying on his less mental strength than before, Jin Sheng lasted three times longer than the last time.
But mental strength can become stronger, but the stomach cannot.
He is still a human being at heart, and if he doesn't eat for a long time, he will die.
During this period, Jin Sheng, who was already starving, found a natural way to obtain supplies through rounds of bar resets.
Whenever the reset started, the items in the bar would return to normal. Although it only lasted for a few minutes, it was enough time for him to find something to fill his stomach.
“Woof woof——”
"Well, I also feel that the fruit plate I just ate is a bit stale. Last time, I found some bags of grilled squid in the cabinet downstairs." Jin Sheng tried to respond.
"Woof!"
Xiaoyi shook his head in disapproval.
"Woof woof woof!"
Because it has happened so many times, it has already helped people to time it. Every time, from the time the scene is reset to the time the guests in the scene turn into monsters, it takes seven minutes and thirty-six seconds.
This time is best used to eat a sandwich, or some high-calorie snacks, and some milk.
But its owner always wants to eat those strange things.
“Woof woof!”
Oh, it’s really worrying.
"Okay, okay, I won't eat the squid slices." Jin Sheng raised his hands in surrender. That thing was very salty and it was slow to eat, so it was easy to not have enough time to replenish water.
The conversation between the man and the dog was very relaxed.
But Jin Sheng was a little worried.
He couldn't find the way out. It was said that Brother Jiang and Yu Xiu had also disappeared. He didn't want Xu Zhiyan to be distracted by his affairs, so he kept saying that he was fine.
...If I continue like this, when my mental energy is exhausted, I don’t know what will happen.
Soon, the entire ruins of the bar began to reset.
The meal ended with a big feast.
Jin Sheng summoned the pack of dogs and looked warily at the recovering monster.
Suddenly, he felt something wrapped around his waist. He looked down and saw a space prop falling from his waist and landing on the ground.
He hurriedly picked up the props and looked at the full of spiritual power replenishing potions with a dazed expression.
Just like last time, there was still a piece of paper inside.
[For Xu Zhiyan's sake.]
The handwriting was somewhat different from the previous ones. Jin Sheng felt that his teammates seemed to have provoked more than one NPC...
But anyway, he was happy.
That’s great, I can live a few more days!
…
While the clones were busy doing things, the blood body was not unaware of it, but after being cast a spell by Xu Zhiyan and having half of its power sealed, it was now upset and did not want to care about this group of messy clones.
Damn it, after it finishes dealing with Xu Zhiyan, it will come back to collect all these clones.
As for the matter of the traitor teaming up with other clones to send something to Jin Sheng, it chose to turn a blind eye without much hesitation.
The human who raised the dog fed its gift to the dog and will never get its help again in this life!
Staring at the mirror hanging above the pool of blood, the blood felt its temperature rising and falling. If it had a heart, it would surely jump out by now.
The eighth floor of the museum is a restricted area.
It didn't expect that while it was just chatting with its clone, this cunning human ran to the eighth floor.
The moment it saw Xu Zhiyan push open the door of the Mirror Hall, it almost rushed over to rescue him back to the hotel. Even if this was a violation, didn't the system seal half of its power? This way, it was even!
However, the next scene not only stunned the astrologer, but also the blood body.
It knows that Xu Zhiyan is special.
But I never thought Xu Zhiyan... was so special.
Looking in the mirror at the handsome young man's confident and calm appearance, it felt its body temperature begin to rise.
This guy must have cast a spell on him remotely!
The alarm is lifted.
But when Blood was about to retrieve the clone that was causing trouble, an accident happened again.
The battle inside and outside the Hall of Mirrors began silently.
…
"What if I don't go out?"
Xu Zhiyan moved a few steps to the side, avoiding the unformed star rift.
"It's against the rules to destroy things here, you know that, right?" He kept reminding Alves, hoping that the other party would give up the attack.
"So you should come out."
The astrologer spoke slowly.
"If I hit the mirror, I'll be hit back, but you're not much better off if you're close." She was stating a fact.
Previous tests by players showed that the player closest to the damaged item was the most seriously injured, followed by the person who damaged the item. The rest of the players were not affected.
"...Hey, Boss Zhan, you're not going to hurt the enemy by a thousand while hurting yourself by eight hundred, are you?"
The smile on Xu Zhiyan's face faded a lot.
When he helped the Joker before, he had prepared himself for the possibility that he would be listed as an enemy by the astrologer, but he felt that the astrologer's hatred for him should be limited to being killed at random.
Why is the other party so obsessed with killing him?
Then he changed his mind and understood the reason.
The astrologer was just trying to force him out of the Hall of Mirrors.
The opponent's movements were neither fast nor slow. If he was really determined to kill him no matter the cost, then if he attacked the mirror directly now, he would definitely not escape punishment.
Force him out?
Could it be that... the astrologer is afraid to enter the Hall of Mirrors?
Previously, he thought that the astrologer was just like him and was not affected by entering the Hall of Mirrors.
But she actually knew the following question.
This can only mean that although the astrologer used some means to avoid the mirror problem, she was actually worried about getting trapped in it...
It was pretty much what he guessed.
Alves' subsequent attacks were mostly driven away, and he was very cautious.
Not long after, many star cracks appeared on Xu Zhiyan's side. If he stepped on one accidentally, he would be teleported out.
Just as he and the astrologer were in a stalemate, a faint smell of blood appeared.
I saw a series of 'wounds' on the heavy door of the Hall of Mirrors, and bright red blood was appearing from the cracks in the door.
In a short while, the blood condensed into a young man in a white shirt.
The blood is a little irritable.
The more you know, the tighter the rules become.
It saw Xu Zhiyan being troubled by other players and rushed over subconsciously, but saw more rules on the way.
For example, you can't kill players.
For example, as an NPC, one should be objective and fair... What fairness!
But some things need to be obeyed once seen, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to modify them. It swears that it only wants to drive away the players in front of it and let its humans get through this dark night smoothly.
However, when the figure just solidified, Xue Xue looked at the woman in front of him coldly. Before he could speak, he felt his wrist being grabbed...
The huge force pulled it away from the door.
When the blood body came to its senses, it found that it was being held by that hateful human and hiding behind the door together.
The other party...seems to have recognized the wrong person.
Seeing the long-awaited small ATM appear, Xu Zhiyan's heart beat faster.
This is the territory of blood.
His young master hasn't come to see him for such a long time, he must have encountered some problems, probably related to his blood.
Seeing that the young master was about to speak, he quickly raised his finger to block the other's lips.
"Shh, I can handle this myself."
"It's dangerous here. Wait for me behind the door."
He looked at the stunned little ATM in front of him with a very gentle expression.
"I'm sorry I couldn't explain more to you before, but I will definitely take you this time."
All of them will be returned to Party A!
Seeing that the young master's face was a little red, Xu Zhiyan touched his head and lowered his voice.
"I know who you were hiding from before. Were you hiding from the Blood Realm? That guy is really perverted. Don't worry, I will protect you."
“…”
Blood opened his mouth and paused for a long time before speaking guiltily.
"Actually, actually my true self isn't... that... abnormal." It turned its face away, its voice stuttering a little.
Damn it? Why does Xu Zhiyan think it is a pervert?
Which avatar has affected its reputation?
In room 3012.
The beautiful woman sneezed.
"He must have missed me."
It still thinks so open-mindedly.
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