Chapter 16: The Six Gods Disperse
I knew that the reappearance of the mirror array would inevitably come at me.
But unexpectedly, we couldn't help but escape to the first floor, and the merged mirror teleported to block the way of escape.
I hugged Lin Shufan and couldn't help but fall backwards... His eyes stared at the change in the mirror.
I saw the merged mirrors spinning silently like hanging wires...
The speed was extremely slow, and it was approaching leisurely.
The right mirror in the two-way mirror diagonally gradually paralleled me, and a pair of pupils dilated by fear were more and more clearly reflected in the mirror.
It's my eyes! But I didn't see Lin Shufan on his arms!
Time and space seemed to stand still for a while....
Before I could figure out whether I was holding the real Lin Shufan, or whether there was something strange about the mirror image, the merged mirrors in front of me "swished" and disappeared like a phantom, and then, mirrors appeared horizontally from both sides of the corridor, blocking the waist, both front and back.
What makes me most desperate is that the ground, along with the top of my head, has evolved into a mirror.
The six parties gathered together and sealed us in it.
The gray light faded, and the blue was brilliant again.
However, there was no place to be seen from the previous memorial altar and tablet, and this time, there was no procedure for the death to be declared.
I just feel that the whole person is heavy, like falling into a swamp.
"Is the ground sinking?" The sudden feeling of falling made me glance sideways at my feet.
The blue candle flames, arranged along the line at orderly intervals, I already expected something in my heart, but because I was holding Lin Shufan, I couldn't see it completely from the straight body...
Until it falls again... It was only after my knees were completely submerged in darkness that I could discern the danger I was in up close:
It's a coffin.
This time, the feast of death was more direct than before, and I had to wonder once again if this strange tower had the wisdom of a "living being".
I struggled to raise my legs and try to get back on my feet in the mirror.
But everything in the mirror image is like a pool of "weak water" - if the feathers are brushed, they will also drown.
After struggling for a long time, nothing changed. I looked forward to a mirror other than the ground:
Up, left, right, front and back, in the five mirrors, there is a reproduction of my image trapped in a coffin, my hands arched, empty, as if holding a heavy air between my arms.
"Lin Shufan... Obviously I was holding her in my arms, but why can't I find her in the mirror? β
I forced myself to calm down, "Judging from what happened, the mirror array here can only construct a space that can accommodate one person's death, that is, one-to-one correspondence, and before the dead object is completely devoured, if there are other forces in the way, it will interfere with the creation of 'dead space'... In this way, it alternates repeatedly..."
My heart burst suddenly, and I lowered my eyes to look at the unconscious Lin Shufan, "If this continues, none of us will be able to escape from this treacherous building... Cracking the 'Dead Space' with a psychic power is just a pause in the progress of devouring. Since the space that is being constructed now is for me, then Lin Shufan should not be devoured..."
Suddenly, the images in each mirror shrank a little, and I was surprised to withdraw my gaze from Lin Shufan, and fixed my eyes on the mirror in front of me. As the saying goes, I quickly realized that the situation was not good.
There was another slump, and as the coffin sank deeper and deeper into the mirror, I was completely submerged from the waist down into the mirror space that had evolved from the ground.
No more hesitation!
"We must buy time for Lin Shufan, after all, in this other world, she is the only one who has mastered the mystery of cracking the mirror array." I carefully put Lin Shufan down, and only after confirming that the mirror ground was just an ordinary ground for her, did I withdraw my arm with peace of mind.
I pulled out the note she had entrusted the boy to me from her pocket... Fold it and gently put it in Lin Shufan's palm.
"We just met, and we had to separate again... I hope that when you wake up, when you see this note that says 'things return to their rightful owners', you will understand my intentions... Stop using your spiritism to track me down and get out... Gotta get out alive... I'm sure that one day, we'll see you again. β
I squeezed Lin Shufan's hand, she seemed to hear my explanation, and before she completely disappeared into the mirror space, I caught a glimpse of her frowning slightly...
The moment he had no choice but to let go, a faint grip came, and it was Lin Shufan who consciously grabbed the note in his hand.
It's too late.
I only felt that my body suddenly floated in the air, and I floated on my back in the mirror space, everything around me was quiet and weird, only a faint blue candle light emanated from below.
It was a candle flame around the coffin.
Consciousness is close to dissipation again...
I tried my best to open my eyes, and I really wanted to see Lin Shufan again...
Vaguely, at the intersection of the ground and the mirror space of the strange tower, I saw her... But it's an image that can't exist!
I was able to see a person from different angles at the same time!
"How is this possible?" I was surprised, and I vaguely heard a subconscious voice again.
"Fragmented, the six gods are scattered."
Thinking of the rectangular space constructed by the corridorβfront and back, left and right, up and downβI suddenly understood one thing:
"The mirror derived from this strange building is actually a mirror lock and a spirit, after I was completely swallowed by one of the mirrors, it is actually equivalent to being fragmented by six mirrors at the same time..."
"But... Why are there six spirits? "Before I could think about it, my consciousness became more and more blank.
Fall... As if sinking to the bottom of the sea, I soon lay in the coffin, surrounded by a coffin wall nearly one meter high, black and oppressive, very depressing, only through the candle flame, I can see the environment I am in.
Gradually, my vision dimmed, and I don't know if it was because I was disconnected from the spirit, or if the candle flame burned out immediately, but there was no doubt that this time, I should not have been so lucky.
The lid of the coffin followed, and in the narrowing line of sight, it seemed that he saw Lin Shufan standing up with difficulty, staring at the note in his hand, and his expression was very complicated...
She's making a choice... I saw that Lin Shufan's eyes were suddenly like torches, and after looking around at the mirrors on all sides, he settled on the ground that devoured me again, and the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch, muttering something.
Suddenly, Lin Shufan retreated under the mirror in front of him in horror, vigilant left and right, very afraid of the mirror that the corridor had evolved.
At the same time, I could feel the loss of two lines of sight, "Could it be that two of the six spirits have been completely fragmented?" β
As if constrained by some force, the lid of the coffin was halfway closed and came to a standstill, just enough for me to see out of the coffin.
The sound of glass shattering echoed through the closed corridor...
And I could hear it very clearly, the sound was right and around me, close at hand.
Before I could think about what was happening in front of me, I suddenly felt a force tug at the crook of my arm.
When I reacted, I saw a pair of hands holding me, and when I raised my eyes, it was Lin Shufan!
"Lin Shufan? How..."
Before I finished speaking, I suddenly felt a space jump, and when I fixed my eyes again, I returned to the perspective of the coffin just now-
For the rest of the day, only the light from the top and bottom, front and back of the four sides hit my eyes at the same time.
In the closed mirror array, I saw Lin Shufan from a four-sided perspective, and a ragged and unkempt man.
It's me.
The man Lin Shufan was dragging was me... But if I'm on the corridor, who is the person lying in the coffin right now?
I was shocked, and I wanted to tell Lin Shufan loudly not to believe the "person" in front of me... saw the two of them struggling to step forward in the mirror.
It's another inexplicable sense of space switching...
"Xiao Taka... You have to stabilize the only two 'spirits'..."
I was stunned, "What 'spirit'?" β
The incomparable sense of prostration made me gasp for a breath when I only said one word, "Huh~huh." β
Lin Shufan supported me, her face was haggard, she raised her hand and pointed to the mirror walls on both sides, and said, "Every psychic has six primordial gods, just like a living person has three souls and seven spirits..."
Lin Shufan paused, and when he just wanted to continue, the sound of glass breaking was even more detailed, dense, like a broken thin Xiaoice layer.
At this point, I could see clearly that there were broken lenses falling mottled down, and it was the two walls of the original corridor that were broken.
"It's too late to explain... Xiao Taka... Xiao Taka? β
I was in a trance, and I felt that my soul was not possessed, and it took a while for a while to hear Lin Shufan's words.
"Xiao Gao!"
"Hmm..."
Lin Shufan's tone was urgent, very worried, she held up her palm, spread the note in front of my eyes, and said, "Remember the two words that can't be easily said in the other world?" β
I nodded and made a lip speech to her, which means: "broken ~ mirror".
"Broken Mirror!" Unexpectedly, Lin Shufan actually said it out loud.
I looked at Lin Shufan in horror, "Don't~"
Suddenly, a large number of lenses peeled off...
"Xiao Taka... This is the only way to save you, let the mirror corpse sleeping in the wall break the mirror trapped in you..."
I thought I had misheard, and I was surprised: "Walls? Mirror corpse? This strange building... Aren't we just the two living beings? β
Lin Shufan shook his head and explained simply: "Last night... Xinghuacun Restaurant, do you remember those mirrors that were moved to the third floor? β
After her little push, I remembered that I never saw the mirror wrapped in a white cloth.
Lin Shufan saw my expression, and echoed: "Mirror space, mutual growth... The mirror placed in that otherworld, driven by some force, is possible to produce incomplete symmetry in this otherworld... Yesterday, in front of room 0316, I got in touch with you through a trace of psychic power, and I also sensed the existence of the mirror array... At first, it was impossible to locate it completely, but now, because of the fusion of your six 'spirits' in this space, it is like a darkness, with a white background as a contrast, and you can find the clues of the left and right wall mirrors..."
Hearing this, my head buzzed, "So... Shouting those two words is to evoke the mirror corpse in the wall mirror space... In this way, by their hands, the mirror containing my spirit is broken..."
"But then... I'm standing here now... This me, who is talking to you, is nothing more than a body that carries two-sixths of a spirit body?! β
Lin Shufan was noncommittal, looking at her pale face, the word "walking dead" turned violently, and instantly, my consciousness was intertwined, and I seemed to be back in the coffin.
"Xiao Gao! Don't be distracted! β
Lin Shufan shouted in horror, the hand holding my arm suddenly tightened, and I hurriedly concentrated and signaled to her that she was okay.
"For the sake of today, I can only gamble...", Lin Shufan muttered a spell.
"The eternity of light shines in all directions."
After finishing speaking, the warm light of the sun seemed to shine from afar... A piece of gold floated and fell, and the four-sided mirror array shrank to the top... Soon, the merged mirror reappeared.
"A new round of devouring is about to begin... This time it was coming at me. Xiao Gao, you must remember what I am going to tell you next. β
I nodded firmly, and at this time, the floating merger mirror had already fallen behind Lin Shufan.
I tried not to be distracted by this, looked at Lin Siyan, and listened to her brief instructions, "Every world we are in is actually an image in a mirror, infinitely reproducing, or parallel, or not parallel, two parallel worlds that should be mirror images of each other, may have immeasurable changes due to factors such as superposition, staggering, and angle rotation of space..."
As he spoke, Lin Shufan raised his hand and pointed to the building, and continued: "This strange building, its real body should have been Xinghua Village Restaurant... But now, the Mirror Corpse has twisted it into 'dead space' through an ability to merge mirrors.
Xiao Gao, the bell must be tied to the bell... As incredible as it sounds, to unleash your remaining four spirits would have to destroy the merged mirror. β
I glanced uneasily at the mirror behind Lin, remembering that I had struck this mirror before, but my efforts were in vain, and I looked at her watery eyes suspiciously, "What do you need to do to destroy it?" β
Lin Shufan's tone became solemn, and she could hear that this time she should have instructed the most important words, "The mirror of merger, folded like a book, the two mirrors are facing each other, if you want to destroy them, you have to destroy these two mirrors at the same time... Remember that it must be at the same time, otherwise, one will perish and one will be born. β
I was really relieved to hear this, Lin Shufan and I just had the power of two people.
But Lin Shufan was not relieved, she frowned, "Now there are just two of you and me, but I don't have to worry, but the most difficult thing is that this merged mirror can only be destroyed from the inside... I'm afraid that with the only two spirit bodies you have, you won't be able to reach the 'dead space' within. β
"Destruction from the inside of the dead space?!" I asked, surprised.
Lin Shufan's eyebrows tightened a little, and he looked at me worriedly, "Hmm! Mirror to mirror, space to live space... Over and over again, there are countless spaces in the two mirrors, and one of these spaces is necessarily related to death... You..."
"It's the thirteenth space!" Without waiting for Lin Shufan to finish speaking, I blurted out...