Chapter 278 Crimson Mirror
After moving around in the empty mirror hall for a long time, Xu Zhiyan failed to find the mirrors belonging to Jiang Huaique and Yu Xiu.
But he did see an extremely special small mirror.
It was a mirror that looked like a clown.
The entire back of the mirror was a grotesque clown with an exaggerated expression, a pointed chin, a red nose, and green hair... It was the first time Xu Zhiyan saw a small mirror with so many colors.
Yu Yan. Unlike other monochrome mirrors, the carvings on the back of this mirror are colorful and made of a very strange material.
The unpainted part is made of wood like the other mirrors, while the painted part has the texture of hard plastic, which is quite discordant.
Xu Zhiyan took the clown mirror and looked at it over and over again for a while.
"how so?"
If all the mirrors hanging here are humans who have been sucked into the mirrors, then judging from the situation downstairs, those who have completely turned into mirrors of a certain shape are not far from being doomed.
Hundreds of small mirrors that have not yet been formed are hung on the ceiling of the entire Hall of Mirrors.
There are not so many people participating in the game this time, which means that these mirrors may not only belong to this group of players, but may also belong to the previous group of players or other NPCs.
The audience in the live broadcast room had already guessed his doubts.
[Clown mirror! There must be an ugly guy inside! ]
[Strange, if turning into a mirror man means being completely defeated, then theoretically speaking, with such strong personal abilities, Ugly Emperor shouldn't be the first player to be defeated.]
[Yes, there are still many mirrors here that are probably not transformed by players, and it may take several months to transform them. ]
[…Not necessarily? If Xiao Baiwan’s previous guess is true, the more beautiful the past is, and the more significant the change is, the easier it is for a person to be trapped.]
[Emm, this is very possible. ]
However, compared to the somewhat dull Hall of Mirrors here, some viewers are more concerned about the world in the mirror.
[Ahhhh, Xiao Baiwan, quickly send a message to the boy’s mother! Don’t let him continue eating! ]
[+1, I watched the male mother’s live broadcast, it was horrible. ]
【What? I'll go check it out. 】
[I suggest you don't watch it. The food he eats is... hard to describe. ]
[I really want to explain it to you, but I think it's hard to explain, [screenshot.jpg] you can see it for yourself. ]
In the picture, Jiang Huai Que was drinking soda, and the drink in his hand turned into a strange red sticky substance before it went into his mouth.
…
The world in the mirror.
Standing on the side of the road and drinking half a bottle of drink in one breath, Jiang Huaique touched his stomach and felt something strange in it.
However, he checked the production date of the drink and found it was very fresh, so it shouldn't be a problem with the drink.
Walking home through the deserted alleys.
The light in my sister's room was still on.
Jiang Huaique quietly placed another bottle of drink at the door of his sister's room. Without making any noise to disturb her, he quietly returned to his room.
Jiang Huaique put the drink on the table, collapsed on the bed, and took out an A4 paper from his pocket.
He spread out the papers one by one, including those that had initially overflowed from the box, and began to make detailed comparisons, trying to gain some information from them.
The stable life he has now is what he has always dreamed of.
He would never allow anyone to sabotage it!
Just now he was frightened by the killer's remarks and did not check in detail the relationship between these threatening letters and the previous contents, but now think about it, the same paper... the probability that the sender is the same person is very high.
However, since then, he has not received any messages with the word "Yu Xiu" in them.
"Tsk, it really is just a bluff."
Jiang Huaique curled his lips, thinking that his guess was right, these letters must be a prank.
But before he could finish checking all the papers, his cell phone suddenly vibrated and a new text message popped up on it.
[You placed two missiles, which is a great job. The organization is very confident in your ability.]
[I don’t know who your sister has offended, but I promise that as long as you help me, I will protect your sister.]
[Remember, our transactions should not be seen by others.]
After reading just a few messages, Jiang Huaique's whole body froze and cold sweat broke out.
This man who claimed to be a killer actually knew that he had already secured two props. Could it be that the other party was nearby?
“Buzz——”
Additional information from the mysterious person appears.
[By the way, it seems like someone is using your name to play a prank on you. I will help you solve it. No one will play a prank on you again in the future. Don’t worry.]
Jiang Huai's Adam's apple moved slightly and he subconsciously refused.
"No!"
He didn't like people playing pranks on him, but that didn't mean he wanted the prankster to disappear. The prankster didn't deserve the death penalty.
After taking a look at the number marked confidential, Jiang Huaique quickly tapped the phone keyboard.
[No, don't kill anyone, it's just a prank between us as friends, it has nothing to do with you!]
He didn't want anyone to die because of him.
Soon, news from the mysterious man came back.
[……]
[Friends? Interesting.]
[I promise you, if I let him go now, I won’t care if he harasses you again in the future.]
[Young man, remember your mission.]
Seeing that the person who had played a prank on him was not killed by the mysterious killer, Jiang Huaique breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the chair, unscrewed the drink and drank the rest.
At the same time.
Xu Zhiyan sat on a high ladder, looking at the news about Jiang Huaique, still holding the clown mirror in his hand.
"Hiss, I never thought, Jiang Jiang, you really want to be friends with me. Is our friendship really everlasting?"
Just after finishing the conversation with the system, Xu Zhiyan obtained a special dialogue channel, which allowed him to send messages to Jiang Huaique and Yu Xiu individually. Only the contents in the guild dialogue box would be disclosed to both of them at the same time.
Just as he put on another vest and played two roles, the clown mirror in his hand suddenly opened its eyes.
"Hi~! Hello dear——ah——"
Before the mirror finished speaking, it screamed, because Xu Zhiyan subconsciously let go of his hand the moment the mirror opened its mouth.
The clown mirror, which already had an extra-long string, swung like a swing.
"Ah - you, don't - don't let go -" The clown mirror was still screaming.
Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips with a serious expression.
Oops, he didn't pay attention to the direction when he let go just now, and the small mirror was about to hit the big mirror... Speaking of which, if the props in the copy smashed the items in the copy, who would be responsible?
Just as he was thinking about using his skills to stop the mirrors from colliding, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the young boy Bai Jin leaning against the ladder, looking at the big mirror with a sarcastic look on his face.
...Slice doesn't care about this at all, and even wants to laugh at it?
Everything happened in a flash. A second of hesitation prevented Xu Zhiyan from using the props.
However, the next moment, he saw that the clown mirror did not hit the big mirror. Instead, it suddenly slowed down and kept swaying - the clown, with its face facing the big mirror, was puffing up his cheeks and blowing the wind hard to control his direction.
Xu Zhiyan watched for three minutes, and the clown mirror blew for three minutes.
Only then did he realize that this clown mirror looked exactly like the mask the clown had worn on his wrist before.
He remembered this prop.
The Joker always carries it with him.
The ability of this mask has not been made public yet, and players are only guessing, apart from being able to place scare boxes, and all sorts of nonsense.
"Tsk, I didn't hit him."
There was a hint of disappointment in the young man Bai Jin's voice.
Xu Zhiyan climbed down from the ladder, touched the boy's head, and asked curiously, "Why do you want the mirror to hit you?"
The young man who was touched on the head froze, jumped to the side, turned his head away and snorted coldly.
"I won't tell you."
After saying that, the blood began to spit on itself.
No, it shouldn't be so childish, it should be more cool.
Xu Zhiyan paused, then revealed a disappointed expression, pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry, I asked too many questions. If you don't want to talk, forget it."
A proud and arrogant person who speaks in a hostile manner but acts honestly? He is the best at dealing with him.
“…”
Blood felt that there was something wrong with these words.
But when it saw the young man's lost look, it felt that it didn't matter what it said.
But Xu Zhiyan didn't get the news in the end.
Before Blood could think of speaking, the clown mirror shouted first, its cry for help was deafening and could not be ignored.
"Help! Boss Xu over there, help me! Help me! Help me!"
The stiff atmosphere was instantly broken by the clown mask.
The corner of Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched, and he walked over and grabbed the clown mirror which was only one meter off the ground.
Worried that the mirror might bite him, he pulled the rope on it.
"Boss Xu, let me introduce myself! I'm the SS-level prop Ghost Face. You can call me little cutie or dear~" The mask suspended in the air didn't care at all about being spun around, and talked a lot.
"From now on I'll call you a chatterbox."
Xu Zhiyan had a cold expression.
This was the first time he had encountered a prop that was full of nonsense, and it was a bit novel.
The strange face's smile remained unchanged as it continued to introduce itself.
"My master is a clown, you've probably seen him before! Oh, I know you guys have done business together, and you cheated my master out of his money, but that doesn't matter! My master is very rich!"
Xu Zhiyan's eyes brightened instantly.
"Little cutie, is there anything I can help you with?" Even the way he addressed her changed.
In the live broadcast room, everyone was scratching their heads and guessing the function of the clown's weird mask.
[What exactly is the ability of the clown mask? 】
[Ahhh, I'm curious! I used to think that the Ugly Emperor used this mask as a mascot.]
[+1, this thing is so talkative. I have seen the clown take off his mask immediately after using the scare box more than once.]
[But it seems that this mask should have more uses than just this. ]
[SS level, and he can even ask for help, damn, he's too strong. ]
[Little Millionaire's face-changing technique is hilarious. His expression changes immediately when he hears that the clown is rich. Hahahaha.]
Seeing Xu Zhiyan showing a cooperative attitude, Guimian resisted the urge to talk nonsense and simply stated his demands.
"Boss Xu, I hope you can send a message to my master saying 'Don't eat' to stop him from eating in the mirror space."
"I'm sorry I'm short on time and can't explain it to you in detail. Anyway, just don't eat it."
"Of course, I promise that as long as you do it, I will be able to convince the master to give you at least 100,000, no, 300,000 points as a reward! Don't worry, he can't stand my nonsense the most, and he will definitely give you this little money."
It's quite sincere.
The hurried tone and the gradually fading color on the back of the mirror indicated that time was very tight.
Xu Zhiyan nodded sharply, called up his own panel, quickly sent a message to his teammates asking them not to eat, and asked casually.
"But your master and I are not from the same guild. How can I get the message in?"
"This is the difficulty. You can get the money if you solve it!" The clown mask obviously didn't know how to do this, so he offered such a high price.
"Five hundred thousand. I'll find a way now."
Xu Zhiyan took the job without much thought.
But considering the success rate, he added: "I will try my best, but I'm not sure I can do it."
"make a deal!"
After the clown mirror finished speaking, the color on the back disappeared and it turned completely into ordinary wood color.
The night was almost over.
Xu Zhiyan let go of the clown mirror, touched his chin and looked at the ceiling... Can't eat? What kind of space have the players entered?
Tiny clues passed through his thoughts, leaving a trace.
When he became a cat, the system immediately changed his personal status, one of the initial changes being that he did not need to eat.
The hotel food was good and safe but the food in the mirror was not edible.
Why is the system arranged like this?
As if he had thought of something, he straightened up and his eyes fell on the young man Bai Jin who was frowning behind him.
They have been here for so long and no blood has been found. Does this mean that he can get more information from the other party?
But when he looked at the little Bai Jin outside the window, his expression was slightly unhappy.
Half of its power has been locked away. If Xu Zhiyan is killed, it should be able to be regained.
It's almost daybreak now.
If it fails to kill the person before dawn and recover the other half of its power, it must leave the museum immediately.
While hesitating whether to say hello, Blood felt his wrist being grabbed.
Through a thin layer of skin, it could feel the warm blood flowing in the young man's body... The guy from 3012 seemed to have sucked his blood. It had to retrieve this guy first when it went back, as for killing him.
Forget it, forget it!
Don’t kill him yet.
It was afraid that Xu Zhiyan would say something that would make it unable to move, so it hurriedly spoke with a cold snort before the other party opened his mouth.
"We will say goodbye now. My memory of the Hall of Mirrors will fade."
Xuefeng felt that what he said was perfect. This way, no matter if the traitor met Xu Zhiyan or he met the other party in his original appearance next time, the matter of moving the ladder all night could be exposed.
It’s just that the person it’s saying goodbye to doesn’t think so.
When Xu Zhiyan heard that the little ATM was about to run away, he didn't have time to prepare for it and asked directly.
"Do you know how to talk to the human in the mirror? This is very important to me." As long as you can bring a message to the clown, you will earn 500,000 points.
“…”
The blood has a dark expression.
It thought the other party would keep it... Bah! What was it thinking! It didn't need this human to keep it!
An inexplicable anger makes the blood and mentality unstable.
There was no answer, for it was afraid that if it opened its mouth, it would not be able to resist dragging the young man back into the blood pool, trapping him forever.
This selfish human being only thinks about himself!
When Xu Zhiyan saw this look, he thought that the little slice in front of him didn't know either, but was too embarrassed to admit it.
Seeing that the other person's body began to bleed continuously and seemed to be about to leave, Xu Zhiyan let go of his hand, put his hands on the other person's shoulders, and forced the other person to look into his eyes.
"It's okay if you don't know. You've done a great job."
"It looks like your current situation is not very good. Please be patient for now and don't get into conflict with others. Your safety is the most important."
He lowered his head to the boy's ear and whispered soothingly: "Don't anger the blood body, wait for me to find you."
Xu Zhiyan still cherishes the slices that helped him wholeheartedly.
Perhaps it was Dr. Bai's final action that changed his opinion, and he began to consider the feelings of the ghosts and gods who were sliced.
After all, they are all Party A's slices.
If possible, he hopes that the slices can be recycled without any regrets.
Because he was too close, Xu Zhiyan couldn't see the confused expression on the young man Bai Jin's face. He was still trying to comfort him.
"I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye last time. I hope... huh? Why is your face so hot?"
Accidentally touching the side of the boy Bai Jin's face, Xu Zhiyan was shocked by the high temperature on his face. He quickly stood up and checked the condition of the small slice.
The blood entity's face was so red that it was about to bleed, and he turned away angrily, with gritted teeth in his voice.
"There is a pool of blood on the eighth floor of the hotel."
"There are countless mirrors under the blood pool. As long as you can find the corresponding one, you can communicate with the guy inside."
Finally, as if to intimidate the other party, it said viciously: "In the pool water, all your props and skills will be ineffective. The longer you soak, the more you will be unable to leave here."
After saying that, it turned into a pool of blood and instantly disappeared into the crack in the ground.
Xu Zhiyan didn't have time to say anything else.
"Eighth floor...blood pool...corresponding?" He frowned and looked at the hotel on the other side of the window.
It seems that the Mirror Museum not only changed the structure of the hotel, but also projected other mirrors. If this copy is as he had guessed before, it is a merger of two copies...
Then the blood's lair should be in the hotel, and the out-of-control system, or the out-of-control mirror, occupied the museum.
In this case, the guide's previous slicing and the young master's hurried departure just now can be explained.
They can enter the Mirror Museum, but only during daytime hours with the correct identity, such as a tour guide arranged by the system. The rest of the time, that is, at night, the Mirror Hall is not open to the public.
The messy clues are being sorted out one by one.
Xu Zhiyan went to the door to untie the tied Xu Xiaohua, wondering how to leave the museum so that he could get back to the hotel as soon as possible.
The door is blocked, and there might be an astrologer outside.
Suddenly, he looked at the rope tied around Xu Xiaohua's waist and the window that the other party had just opened and climbed up and down, and he had an idea.
Since Xu Xiaohua can walk down from the window, why can't he?
As for whether the hotel would open the door to him before dawn, Xu Zhiyan was not very worried. Since the hotel was the territory of the ghosts and gods, then he... should be able to go in through the back door, right?
…
The eighth floor of the hotel.
In the deserted blood pool, bubbles would occasionally appear only near the shore.
After a long while, it returned to the eighth floor and dived into the pool of blood, and its head came out. At this time, it had recovered its original state. Its appearance, which was exactly the same as that of a ghost, made it look very majestic when it closed its mouth.
Suddenly, a mirror formed from the blood.
In the mirror is a beautiful woman smoking.
Bloodshot had a gloomy face and hooked his finger in front of the mirror. In an instant, the woman in the mirror covered her heart with her hand and her expression became ferocious.
Some blood flowed out from the corners of its mouth and disappeared into the air in an instant.
The blood that Xu Zhiyan's wife had sucked away earlier was recovered on the eighth floor of the hotel without a drop left...
“Pah—”
A ball of blood wrapped in blood mist appeared above the blood pool. The amount was not large, but the sweet scent emanating from it made the man soaking in the blood pool squint his eyes.
It licked its long, thin canine teeth that had appeared out of nowhere, and its expression became fanatical and complicated.
…
On the other side, Xu Zhiyan had already come downstairs along the rope.
The dark square seemed to detect something the moment he landed, and before he was halfway there, he felt the temperature around him begin to drop rapidly.
"Dad! Run, Dad!"
Xu Xiaohua ran fast. It ran to the hotel entrance in one breath and then ran back. The temperature in the square changed very slowly.
“…Don’t, don’t rush me!”
Xu Zhiyan also wanted to run fast, but he was a human, not a monster!
Physical strength was originally his weak point.
Damn it, just now he asked Xu Xiaohua if she felt unwell after running over and back, and the kid shook his head and said that he only came down when nothing happened.
Now it seems that there has definitely been a temperature change, but Xu Xiaohua's skin is thick and the speed is so fast that the child himself did not feel it.
In the live broadcast room, the audience was even more anxious and angry than he was.
[Ahhh, Xiao Baiwan made a mistake this time. Although he sent the little monster to explore the way, the monster ran very fast and ran back and forth in the blink of an eye.]
[You will die. You will really die. I remember a player climbed out the window last night and died of heat on the road.]
The temperature changes were too extreme.
[Where are the props? I think you can use props here.]
[It's too late to use props, and defensive props will not be triggered unless it's frostbitten, but his temperature is changing as a whole, so in this case, a large-scale temperature control prop must be used. ]
[Control the balls, it's better to run a few steps instead of wasting time. ]
【? ? F*ck? ? Look at this? ? Damn this... this? ? 】
[Wait! How did Xiao Baiwan become an afterimage? ]
In the scene, Xu Xiaohua was really disgusted with his father's slow running, so he rolled up his sleeves, laid on the ground with his hands, and tied up Xu Zhiyan with his hair and threw him behind his back.
I saw it using its hands and feet, and in almost the blink of an eye, it ran to the hotel entrance with the person on its back.
Xu Zhiyan just felt dizzy.
When he came to his senses, he was already standing outside the hotel.
The temperature returned to normal instantly.
He was still a little dazed when his feet landed on the ground.
"Dad! You run too slowly!" Xu Xiaohua looked disgusted.
Xu Zhiyan was silent for a moment and touched his stepdaughter's head. If it weren't for the dust on the kid's hands, he would have thought he was hallucinating.
But the temperature is normal after all.
He felt relieved.
Putting his hand on the glass, Xu Zhiyan tried to push the door open.
The eighth floor…He was going to the eighth floor.
Now all clues point there.
Xu Zhiyan tiptoed into the hotel before dawn, carefully avoiding monsters that might appear in the hotel.
He thought he could walk to the eighth floor like this, but unexpectedly, he was caught by his beautiful wife again halfway.
"You didn't come back last night. You lied to me."
In the dim corridor, the woman's beautiful eyes were lowered and her expression was very sad.
The sound of monsters' footsteps could be heard in the distance, forming a sharp contrast with the ambiguous atmosphere between the infatuated man and the resentful woman.
Xu Zhiyan was overwhelmed after hearing this.
He was thinking about how to coax the other person, but the other person's next words made him instantly put the gift he had taken out back.
"The blood I got from you was taken away by someone." He got angry when talking about this clone.
But it is the main body that is snatching the blood, and it can't do anything.
When the blood clone was immersed in sadness and unable to extricate himself, Xu Zhiyan in front of him rolled up his sleeves and presented his white wrist to Slice.
"It's okay, you can take some more." As long as he is not drained dry, he doesn't even need to take blood-replenishing potions, he can return to full health on the spot by returning to the shell. It's nothing to meet the requirements of slicing. Maybe he can even get back the hundred dollars he got for the ring before.
The blood clone raised his head and met a pair of eyes filled with gentle smiles.
It felt that it couldn't help but fall in love with the young man in front of it.
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