The elevator doors open with the bell ringing, and the scene from outside is projected in—sunlight shining on the marble floor, reflecting the shadows of the hall. It looks like the waiting hall of the Metropolitan subway station, just like before. But the whole hall was empty as if it were not open.

Could it be that the elevator turntable was broken just now? Is the Metropolitan subway station closed today? Or is it a combination of both? Or are these just illusions?

It was business as usual outside, but he didn't plan to go straight out. He pressed the button to close the door and pressed the other floors. But the whole elevator was as if it were out of order.

"Whew," he exhaled. The tension he hadn't felt for a long time made him a little uneasy, but the elevator was clearly not ready to accept him anymore. And there was no one else around him to count on, he was on his own.

"Ptolemy come out with me. Seleucus blocked the elevator door and did not let the elevator leave. He arranged the task and took a step.

Alexander stepped out of the elevator and felt the marble floor with his feet. Everything is still fairly normal here, nothing has changed.

He beckoned back, "Ptolemy, come out with me." ”

He shouted again without hearing footsteps, but there was still no movement inside.

Extreme uneasiness arose at once—Ptolemy could not refuse his orders. He was the master of Ptolemy, the master of Seleucus. Although they established their own empires, they were originally Alexander's generals. They never betrayed Alexander from the beginning to the end, and they shouldn't now. Ptolemy did not follow, there must have been something big enough to affect everything.

He swallowed and slowly turned his head. As if he were about to be judged, he wanted to see what had made Ptolemy resist his commands.

"It's just a gut feeling, I feel intuitively. And now that it's finally 'clean', it makes me think back to the previous situation - I think there must be something wrong with the elevator. Didn't you notice? Every time we delve into the situation here, we take the elevator, and there have never been exceptions. Excluding other possibilities, isn't it very likely that the elevator will have problems? ”

The "mirror image" did not answer Alexander's words, as if his words were the wind in his ears, or the distorted reflection in the water. Ptolemy, Seleucus, both of them were looking inside the elevator, not outside.

"You say, there's a problem with the elevator?" Phaethon received a message from Shang Luo, "Is there anyone else who wants to target you?" Even the deepest Alexander is gone. ”

"Makes sense," replied Faetong, "but I just saw Alexander going up in the elevator, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. However, there is no way to see what he looked like after he went up here, and nothing can be ruled out. ”

The elevator was waiting in its original position, because Alexander was not the one it was waiting for. It sent Shang Luo down, so it had to send Shang Luo back. It's pretty good.

“？？？” Alexander was immediately aware of it. But when he rushed to the elevator door, it had already closed. The stainless steel elevator doors shut him out of the elevator and closed mercilessly

The elevator's sleek stainless steel exterior doors project all the images of the outside world. The hall, the columns, the marble, and everything about the entire waiting room. However, Alexander, who was leaning in front of the elevator door, did not see his shadow on the stainless steel door.

“？？？” Alexander was stunned, "What are you?" ”

Suddenly, the mirror moved.

He was surprised by what he saw—Ptolemy didn't look at him, and neither did Seleucus. He could only see the back of their heads, and instead of looking at him outside, they were staring at the inner wall of the elevator directly opposite the door. On the mirror-like inner wall is a mirror image of Alexander. Both Ptolemy and Seleucus looked at the image in the mirror, as if it were more real than Alexander's.

Now the mirror image was the same as Alexander's, with a plain dress on the inside, a bracket robe on the outside, and a golden laurel branch and double horns on the head. This is a matter of course, and the mirror image will naturally be the same as the ontology.

Without any feedback, not even a greeting, the elevator lady pressed the close button.

"Father... Father? Alexander's stunned voice drowned out in the empty hall, dissolving into the sunlight.

….

The elevator went up and the elevator came back.

"But if we want to go up, we still have to take the elevator."

The mirror image enters the elevator through the elevator door in the mirror and walks into the elevator.

"That's true. Not only us, but even Fu Yuanshan's predecessors all took the elevator down. If the problem is the elevator and the elevator is no longer safe, it means that we have to find a new pathway. ”

"What do you think?" Shang Luo asked, "Why don't you wait for me to come out?" ”

"Then what if Wen Yuan also has to take the elevator down?"

"Huh? They are not in New Antioch. ”

"Who knows where they're going to come from. Anyway, I'm going to try it, I'm not going to get on the elevator anyway." Suddenly, she was silent.

"What's wrong?"

"The lift is back! No one had pressed the elevator button at all, but the elevator doors were open. The elevator lady was looking at me. As if to tell us to take the elevator? ”

"Then who dares to sit here! You retreat! ”

"Hmm," Phaethon nodded, "I'll go meet Karin first." Apollonia, you're here to keep an eye on. ”

[Huh? Why am I not moving here? 】

"Didn't you notice that the delay became bigger as you got farther away from Shangluo?! Don't you notice that your movements are getting sluggish? Hurry up, stand still here. In case you lose signal halfway, I don't know how to carry you back. ”

[Okay then, I'll stand here.] I'm afraid of life, you have to go early and come back early. Apollonia waved Phaethon away.

"Ah, I feel like I can't do anything at this time, but it's a little easier." Losing his body and not being able to perceive the outside world relieved Shang Luo of his responsibilities and made him much easier.

[Wow!!! What people! Apollonia was startled.

"What are you doing? What about scaring me? ”

"Good guys!" Fu Yuanshan next to him also jumped back, and both of them noticed something.

"What's the situation?" Shang Luo asked in the channel. But then he also saw something in his field of vision that surprised them - an automaton standing in the doorway with a tray in its hand.

"Shang Luo, are all things here geistes? Surprise me! It came out without any movement! ”

"Huh? As for it? ”

"Shang Luo, you are also a celestial. Wouldn't you be horrified if something popped up in your senses that you couldn't feel? ”

Suddenly, the automaton standing in the doorway spoke:

"Who wants to eat the lye water balloon?"

Everyone in the room was silent.

"Guys, why don't you eat some lye water balloon?"

"You know?" Fu Yuanshan asked.

"I seem to know., this seems to be Chef? But no, he shouldn't be here. He's supposed to be up there—how did he get down? ”

"Your Excellency the King of Rome?" The chef looked inside, "Would you like a lye ball?" Just baked. It's different from the previous taste, and the ingredients here are much more complete! I added delicious chocolate. Want to try it? ”

(End of chapter)