Chapter 160 Night Candle Rules 38 Punishment? Mirror Image!
The interior of the barrier is vast, and many people have been drawn into this strange realm, but now the entire space is almost completely silent.
Some indigenous people tried to ask questions out of confusion, but those around them quickly silenced them.
Everyone looked in Nanmenjue's direction, their expression overwhelmed by disbelief and astonishment.
"This is impossible!" Zhang Jin strode towards Nanmen Jue, and passersby hurriedly made way for him. He arrived in front of Nanmen Jue without any hindrance. "What tricks did you play on the judge?"
His imposing aura was astonishing. Ying Yao stepped forward, half-blocking Nanmen Jue's path, and stared coldly at him. "You should ask yourself that question. It's not that whatever methods you use, others will use the same methods."
Zhang Jin sneered, ignoring him completely, and looked at Nanmen Jue behind him, "I underestimated you. I thought you were new here and didn't have a strong foundation, but it turns out you have some tricks up your sleeve."
Nanmen Jue: ...
She said she didn't understand this scene at all. Does anyone believe her?
However, since she had already set such a high bar, she naturally wouldn't undermine it herself. So she looked at Zhang Jin and gave him a meaningful smile.
Zhang Jin's face seemed to have turned a little paler.
Hearing their conversation, some people looked enlightened.
Yes, it must be that Nanmen Jue used some method to mislead the judge.
Otherwise, how could this be possible?
They would rather believe the world would end in the next second than believe that Nanmen Jue had only killed a handful of people.
However, many people are still skeptical and immersed in the shock they have experienced.
Terra and Zhou Yiming followed, both of them looking at Nanmen Jue with somewhat strange eyes.
Faced with all the shock and doubt, Nanmen Jue remained silent.
The judge dropped this bombshell, ignoring the uproar below, and calmly continued speaking from his unbalanced position on the scales.
"The scales are out of balance; punitive measures are to be initiated."
The area below fell silent again, and pairs of bewildered and uneasy eyes looked up.
Do you know what punishments the judge may use?
Zhang Jin's low voice rang in his ears, and Nanmen Jue glanced at him.
"The mortal realm doesn't need a judge like Man; only the underworld has such a thing." Zhang Jin's voice held a hint of amusement, yet it carried a chilling, sinister undertone. "Judges don't judge the living, but the dead... Do you understand what that means?"
Nanmen Jue's heart sank. She still didn't respond to the conversation, but she already had a very bad feeling about it.
“Few people can leave the judge’s domain alive, because the judge’s purpose is not to judge the living,” Zhang Jin said with a smile. “So his first step is to make everyone… die.”
"A powerful combatant has been detected... An image is being generated based on the data... Generating."
Nanmen Jue suddenly turned her head, and a figure gradually appeared beside her. Like the monsters outside, it was formed from a transparent material, but it looked more solid and less transparent.
It has the exact same face as Nanmen Jue and wears the same clothes. However, Nanmen Jue noticed that the eyelash that was originally very long at the corner of her left eye has moved to the right side of this creature.
Mirror image, mirror image, as the name suggests, all structures are reversed from the original?
Exclamations rang out continuously. Nanmen Jue turned around and saw that, in addition to her, the other four Jinming also had their own mirror images appear in front of them. Besides them, there were also some other people staring at each other in bewilderment at the newly appeared mirror images.
What does this mean?
"The protective shield will disappear in five minutes, and the next problem will arise tomorrow."
Without any explanation, the judge fell silent after saying those words, standing like a grotesque sculpture on the horizon.
Nanmen Jue looked at Zhang Jin, who was frowning as he examined the mirror image in front of him, seemingly not expecting the judge's punishment to be this.
"Another Jue Ge?"
Mo Gui curiously approached Nanmen Jue's mirror image. Yu Wanyan also had a mirror image of herself in front of her, but she seemed to dislike her own and also came closer to study Nanmen Jue's.
"How can a human body have such balanced facial features? Even when mirrored, it's still so beautiful." She cupped her face in her hands, her eyes seemingly sparkling.
Mo Gui glanced at her without any emotion, but she immediately changed her expression like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"What are you looking at? I didn't say anything wrong. If you turn people's facial features upside down, nine and a half out of ten people will be ugly."
"I didn't mean to argue with you." Mo Gui was baffled.
Nanmen Jue ignored the minor dispute. She was also keeping an eye on the mirror images. Many people were interested in the other clone and were trying to take advantage of them. But they hadn't made any moves yet, which made it easy for people to lower their guard.
But the judge's words kept echoing in her mind: "Based on combat strength... that is to say, the combat strength of these mirror images is a one-to-one replica of their originals?"
But so what?
Or will these mirror images, like the monsters outside, try to kill the original and take its place?
This guess is the most likely, but there's still a question.
“If the judge’s goal is simply to kill, then he only needs to increase the number of those transparent monsters; most people would struggle against them,” Deng Erhuai said. “And why only generate these few mirror images? Since he has this ability, wouldn’t it be easier to just create a copy of everyone and assassinate them one-on-one?”
“No,” Wei Chongru said. “I don’t know why, but those monsters didn’t seem to attack everyone randomly. There were a lot of monsters around us last night, but no one tried to come closer to us.”
"Isn't it because of the candles?"
“Among the others who were attacked, there were also candles,” Wei Chongru scratched his head. “But some monsters were like madmen, still attacking even after being burned.”
Nanmen Jue had a vague idea in her mind. She exchanged a silent glance with Ying Yao, who nodded slightly to her.
"A bunch of idiots," Yu Wanyan suddenly said coldly. "Didn't you even notice what those things looked like?"
"What?" The others were taken aback.
When encountering an attacking monster, there's no time to even kill it; who would pay attention to its appearance?
Yu Wanyan glanced around, a malicious smile on her face. "You good people must have killed very few people, right? Can't you even remember the faces you killed?"
Everyone was startled.
Sometimes, even if you have a vague feeling about something, you often overlook the correct answer when no one specifically points it out.
Yu Wanyan's words confirmed Nanmen Jue's guess. She felt that she had seen a somewhat familiar face, but the other person disappeared too quickly, and she did not have time to confirm it.
The transparent monsters in this eerie realm are all the souls of those killed by people in the realm, or rather, they are just replicas of the things in front of us.
Therefore, some people are besieged and intercepted, while others are much more at ease.
“Those people outside are all dead, but these aren’t dead yet. I’m really curious what they’ll do.” Yu Wanyan excitedly stretched out a finger to poke the face of the mirror image Nanmen Jue.
The barrier began to flicker, indicating that it was about to disappear.
Ying Yao asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Without realizing it, Nanmen Jue's brows furrowed tightly, and his expression became extremely solemn.
Something's not right. Could it be that the Judge's plan is to use the cloned entity to deal with those who are strong, so that the rest of the people can't fight against ordinary monsters? Is his goal really that simple and brutal?
The logic was clear, but she just felt something was wrong; she must have missed something crucial...
Mirror image, mirror image.
As the countdown ended, the light suddenly disappeared, and the eyes of the mirror images began to show expressions like those of living people, as if another soul had truly come to life.
A gentle smile suddenly appeared on Nanmen Jue's lips, but his gaze, fixed on Mo Gui who was so close, remained utterly cold...
In a flash, a clear thought crossed Nanmen Jue's mind. She sprinted forward and, before the sound could be heard, she had already arrived in front of Mo Gui, standing between him and the mirror image of Nanmen Jue!
Get out of the way!
At that very moment, the mirror image of Nanmen Jue's attack arrived, holding an identical white bone knife, which was just a hair's breadth away from piercing Nanmen Jue's chest.
Nanmen Jue gripped the mirror image's wrists tightly with both hands, preventing it from succeeding.
At the same time, the mirror image of Yingyao also moved, launching an attack on the person next to it. After a brief moment of shock, Yingyao immediately stepped forward, but a figure was a step ahead of him and started fighting with the mirror image of Yingyao!
It is a mirror image of Yu Wanyan.
I see... I see!
Not only are their appearances mirrored, but their nature of good and evil, as well as their personality and temperament, are also mirrored!
The real Nanmen Jue would not show such a gentle smile, much less launch an attack on innocent people.
"My God!"
Everyone was taken aback. The barrier had just disappeared, and the scene was thrown into chaos.
Mirror image Yu Wanyan was no match for mirror image Ying Yao and was knocked away. Ying Yao's real body quickly arrived and blocked the attack of mirror image Ying Yao.
"This scene is too bizarre."
The others, who hadn't reacted yet, stared in disbelief as the original and its mirror images went to war. However, those whose mirror images were copied were either gold-named or orange-named, and the others couldn't get involved at all.
Nanmen Jue also felt very strange.
What's it like to fight another version of yourself? Your opponent knows every move you make, and she can block every trick in the book. It's like you're looking in a mirror, and you're evenly matched no matter how hard you fight.
As the fight continued, the extremely gentle smile reappeared on Mirror Image Nanmen Jue's face.
Nanmen Jue was horrified and shouted sharply, "Stop laughing!"
"Why?" Mirror Image Nanmen Jue actually spoke up, "Don't you like your smile? Then why do you smile so much?"
The moment it made its sound, Nanmen Jue was stunned. In a battle between experts, victory or defeat is decided in an instant. Her momentary lapse in concentration was exploited by her opponent, who kicked her in the chest.
Nanmen Jue's injuries hadn't healed yet, so she didn't dare let it kick her directly. At the critical moment, she twisted her waist, and the kick landed on her side, causing her to stagger back several steps to dissipate the force.
Under the combined pressure of Ying Yao and his mirror image Yu Wanyan, Ying Yao was temporarily forced to retreat. The two groups of people stood facing each other, creating an eerie atmosphere.
Mo Gui stared in disbelief and murmured, "You can talk?"
The mirror image of Nanmen Jue wore a gentle smile that seemed to be welded shut, while the mirror image of Ying Yao had an even more exaggerated smile, his mouth stretching to the back of his ears, making him look like a clown.
“Of course we will,” said the mirror image of Nanmen Jue, his tone gentle, a stark contrast to the original Nanmen Jue. “We also possess all the memories of the original.”
Nanmen Jue's gaze sharpened, and a genuine killing intent gathered in his eyes.
Having her memories means knowing her secrets as well. This mirror image is an enemy, not a friend. Who knows if it will go out and spread rumors?
Noticing her expression, Mirror Image Nanmen Jue tilted his head and smiled even more gently, but his eyes were devoid of emotion. "The original body is quite boring. Why don't you go find someone else to play with?"
After saying that, it gently got up, jumped to the treetop, and ran off into the distance.
Ying Yao laughed heartily, "This is awesome! I am the king of the world! Hahahaha!"
Ying Yao himself had a serious expression, and seemed hesitant to speak.
Seeing the looks he was getting, he said decisively, "He's crazy."
Mirror Yu Wanyan looked at them timidly and whispered, "Um... if we don't stop them quickly, they'll kill a lot of people."
Everyone: ...
Mo Gui closed his eyes and murmured, "A timid and shy Yu Wanyan... I must be dreaming."
Yu Wanyan charged forward with murderous intent in her eyes: "You bastard! Don't use my face to make such a disgusting expression!"
Deng Erhuai, Wei Chongru, and Lu Yunxiao joined forces to hold her tightly. This mirror image is from the good guys' camp, so we can't kill it!
Nanmen Jue took a deep breath and turned to look at Ying Yao.
"It's no fun fighting yourself," she said. "How about we stagger our attacks?"
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