Chapter 103: There Are Indeed Multiple Me in the Seventeenth Dance...
"Hello, are you the Magician attending the Ball? Please show me your invitation."
At the entrance of the ceremony hall, a man in a black tuxedo, his face completely covered by a mask, extended his hand politely and spoke to He Yuezhe.
At Minglin's request that the dress must not be crushed, He Yuezhe finally walked for more than two hours and reached the ceremony hall in the city.
But why is there no one else here except her?
She turned her back and took a few deep breaths before walking up to the man and handing him the letter she had received that morning.
"Oh, Minglin, right? She certainly looks like herself."
The man opened the letter and seemed to read it.
"Since you are still a [Beginner] [Magician], to ensure your safety, your [Dance] area will be Area A9."
"This is your mask and ID card. Please wear them at all times."
"Once you enter the ceremony hall, someone will guide you to your area. Please don't look around."
"Then the [Dance] will begin in 31 minutes. Please be in your seats before then."
"Thank you very much for joining us. Please come in."
The man held the letter behind his back in one hand and held the handle of the tall door of the ceremony hall with the other.
The door opened with a bang, and countless strange dusts with a weird smell fell from the sky!
He Yuezhe stood there without moving, only gently raised her hands to cover her mouth, nose and ears, and then put on the pure white mask that the man gave her, which could cover her entire face, and the ID card.
"Hello, Minglin, I'm your personal guide," the dust cleared, and a voice, indistinguishable between male and female, emerged. "Please follow me this way."
He Yuezhe looked at the man in front of him who was dressed like a rooster, and after a few seconds of silence, he followed him.
"Host!! Do you really want to attend this [Dance]? It looks very dangerous!!!" The system's voice was almost drowned out by the scary music playing in the ritual hall.
Looking up, you can see all kinds of sticky and bloody "pieces of meat" neatly stacked in the museum.
On that high platform, there were countless "people" piled up with "pieces of meat"!
"Danger presents opportunity." He Yuezhe followed the guide obediently and replied to the system, "If I don't take a gamble, when will I ever get the 'truth'?"
"Oh? Minglin, who are you talking to?" The guide suddenly turned around.
It rushed to He Yuezhe at an extremely fast speed, and the distance between their faces was only 1 centimeter in an instant!
"[The ball] is a very private place, so we don't welcome guests with family members."
"Oh, but your [rules] don't seem to mention this?" He Yuezhe was not afraid. She stared at the guide's erect pupils and asked slowly.
Inhuman things?
[Deformed species], or [Deformed species variant]?
"【Rules】? Haha, Minglin, you are such a smart guest."
“That’s definitely not in the rules.”
"But are you sure you want to resist my words?"
The guide's eyes began to spin like a whirlpool.
"In fact, I wasn't talking to anyone." He Yuezhe narrowed his eyes, resisted the urge to poke out its eyes, and took a few steps back.
"Really?" The guide stepped back, waved his limp hand, and said, "Well, it seems I was wrong about you."
"However, I suggest you refrain from such misleading actions. You are a Magician, after all."
The guide didn't wait for He Yuezhe's answer anymore, and walked straight in a certain direction while talking.
In the deserted and complex ritual hall, He Yuezhe was unable to explore on her own for the time being, so she had to quickly follow the guide.
…
"Welcome, Minglin, this is Area A9 of the Dance Party!"
Just as he passed through a tunnel and saw a psychedelic light, a mechanical sound suddenly rang out in the open space.
"Okay, this is your area," the guide stopped at the door at the end of the tunnel and did not move forward. "Please do not leave this area unless..."
"Unless you see me again."
"Also, there are [Deformed Species] in this area who want to take you away, or [Deformed Species] in other areas who are calling you."
"There's more than one of you at the dance, right?" He Yuezhe also stopped in the tunnel and asked.
"Oh, oh!! You're so smart! I should have assigned you to area A6!"
The guide held his forehead, then lifted up his non-existent hair, his eyes flashing with a faint light.
——"Yes, there are indeed multiple versions of me at the [Dance]."
"But you can only communicate with me, and you can only travel through areas when you see this me."
"Then how should I recognize you?" He Yuezhe asked.
"Oh, recognize me?" The guide shook his head. "You don't need to recognize me, as long as I recognize you."
"Ah, then why don't you ask me the same question?"
"W-what?!"
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"Chan Yi...are we almost there?" Shan Rendong covered his face with his hands, and Zhang Chan Yi pulled his hand forward.
"Are we almost there?"
"... Let me see. Yeah, it's really fast. There's less than ten meters left!" Zhang Chanyi's voice was relaxed. "Rosewood, if you're scared, come stand next to me."
"Yeah!" Mountain Honeysuckle quietly opened his eyes and shrank behind her, "I know."
"Oh? Hello? Is it... Zhang Chanyi and Shan Rendong?" At the entrance of the ceremony hall, a strange-looking man took a few quick steps to greet them.
"How do you recognize us?!" Zhang Chanyi asked in surprise.
"Zen, Zen Yi, don't we have our [license] with us?" Shan Rendong pulled her sleeve and reminded her in a very low voice.
Zhang Chanyi nodded, turned around and gave Shan Rendong a thumbs up, saying, "Yes, Rendong, you are smart! I didn't even think of this."
"Oh, you two Magicians are close friends?" The man smiled, but the corner of his mouth dropped to the front of Honeysuckle's shoes. "Do you want me to arrange for you to stay in the same area?"
“No, no need!!”
Shan Rendong screamed and hid on the other side of Zhang Chanyi, turning her back and no longer looking at the overly weird man.
"Chan Yi, I, I'm afraid... I'll be a burden to you..."
"It's okay, Honeysuckle. If you can handle it yourself, we can separate." Zhang Chanyi patted Honeysuckle's shoulder as if to comfort her.
Honeysuckle tucked her sleeves, sobbed a few times, and then turned around again.
"Well, here are your masks and ID badges. Please wear them at all times."
"After entering the ceremony hall, someone will lead you to your respective areas. Please do not look around during this time."
The man spoke and handed something to the two men.
"The dance will officially begin in 10 minutes. Please be seated before then."
…
"Linde, why are you shaking? Are you okay?" Zhang Chanyi wrapped the blanket tightly around Shan Linde and asked with concern.
Mountain Honeysuckle couldn't help but shiver again, shook his head, and said, "It's okay, just a little, a little cold."
After saying that, she lowered her head to look at the identity card pinned to her chest.
——It turned out to be an identity card that was emitting a chilling chill!
The three words "Mountain Honeysuckle" have almost been completely swallowed up by the cold.
She found that she could no longer control the stiffness in her legs, so she had to rely on Zhang Chanyi's strength and walk with difficulty like a robot.
"Honeysuckle, do you have any hidden illness?" The guide turned around, walked over, stepped on Honeysuckle's knee, and asked.
The already inconvenient knee was stepped on by this time, and Honeysuckle cried out in pain: "Ah!"
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Zhang Chanyi also shouted, standing between Shan Rendong and the guide.
"Chan Yi... I, I do have some hidden illness." Shan Rendong's eyes paused for a moment before he spoke, "You don't have to be so anxious."
"But it—!!!"
"It's okay, Chan Yi. This is a disease that runs in my family. It has nothing to do with...it."
Mountain Honeysuckle lowered his head, covered his knees with his hands with an indifferent expression, and fell to the ground.
"Besides, as you can see, I don't usually get sick."
"So, Chan Yi, don't always rush ahead like this. It's easy to get killed."
"But Ninja… Winter…?"
"Zhan Yi, I'm sorry, it's just that this is our fate."
"As a child of ████████████████, I was born to be like this. I was born to █ ...."
"So, Chan Yi, I'm really sorry for lying to you."
"sorry……"
"sorry……"
"Yes, cough cough cough cough! Sorry...sorry..."
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"Damn it! Yu Yuanxiang, let me go! Do you hear me? I told you to let go!"
"Captain, I'm afraid you'll run away."
"My dear Yu Yuanxiang, you look down on me!?!! It's just a [Dance], how could I be scared!!!"
"Then why did you just…"
"Shut up, shut up!! Yu Yuanxiang, let me go first! Can't I just stay?!"
"Is this true?"
Seeing that Tang Xiqin stopped struggling, Yu Yuanxiang carefully let go of the rope.
"Really? I'm making myself look like a nobody." Tang Xiqin dusted herself off and straightened her clothes. "It's so small..."
"Hey, Yu Yuanxiang, who are you talking to?"
"Captain...?" Yu Yuanxiang was interrupted by the man standing in front of her before she finished speaking.
"Oh, is that Yu Yuanxiang and Tang Xiqin? Welcome to the [Dance]." said the man.
"It's the reception for the [Dance]." Yu Yuanxiang ignored the man and turned around to continue replying to Tang Xiqin.
"Wait...wait, the reception for the ball?" Tang Xiqin looked puzzled. "But aren't there just the two of us here?"
"Captain," Yu Yuanxiang pulled the man over and pointed at him, asking Tang Xiqin, "Can't you see this man? A man wearing a mask and a suit, can't you see it?"
"Hiss...Yu Yuanxiang, we seem to have fallen into a trap." Tang Xiqin pursed her lips.
She rushed forward and threw a punch, hitting the man in the abdomen!
"I'm afraid this isn't even a ritual hall! It's just an illusion created by someone!"
Yu Yuanxiang knew that Tang Xiqin's intuition had always been sharp, so she quickly let go of the man who still had no reaction after being hit, and stepped aside!
"Captain, you hit him." Yu Yuanxiang said, staring at the motionless man.
"Damn it," Tang Xiqin seemed to be rubbing her wrist, "Of course I know, my hand hurts from the shock!"
"Captain," Yu Yuanxiang continued, "This place seems to be a mirror image of the real world."
"Do you remember, when we came here last time, this man still looked the same, but this time—"
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