Chapter 98: “You don’t seem very willing to see me.”
Darkness, heavy and thick, silent and invisible, quietly enveloped the surroundings.
Like some kind of jelly, it penetrated through the gaps in the windows, engulfed the light, and occupied every corner of the entire space.
The sudden light brought by props such as flares could only dissipate the darkness for a few seconds, barely illuminating a narrow space.
And at the moment when the props went out, the darkness attacked again, silently and densely surrounding them.
Wen Jianyan clenched his teeth, his chest heaving sharply.
Not good.
Not good, not good, not good.
The touch on his neck was so familiar.
Horrifying tentacles protruded from the darkness, cold and soft, like fingers caressing the skin carelessly or like ropes tightly binding the throat.
It wrapped around the neck of innocent prey, tightening mercilessly.
Wen Jianyan’s scalp was numb.
He opened the virtual live broadcast interface as quickly as possible and frantically pressed the void button.
Useless.
The use time of the prop was always fixed at [00:07], which couldn’t be ended or
recovered.
Dammit…
How could this be?
Wen Jianyan was feeling a little devastated.
He really didn’t expect that using a mirror-related prop would have such a result! Obviously, neither in the Thriller zone nor in the North Square—
The mirror house hidden among the dense branches and reflecting a bright luster in the sun flashed in his mind.
Wen Jianyan was slightly taken aback.
Or was it because of the park where he was now?
During the few seconds he was in a daze, the area where the darkness was in contact with the skin expanded little by little, and the cold, semi-liquid touch oppressed his throat, bringing a feeling of suffocation due to poor breathing.
“…!!!”
Wen Jianyan’s pupils shrink.
He suddenly realized that he seemed to be being dragged backward, and the mirror was right behind him.
H-he was going to be dragged in!
He struggled violently.
As if feeling the strong resistance and reluctance of the prey that was almost overflowing, more entities condensed from the darkness protruded from the depths of the mirror, wrapping around the young man’s slightly sunken and thin waist.
Shoulders, calves, and ankles.
Under that irresistible force, the young man’s toes couldn’t help but slightly lift up in the air, his whole body hanging in the air like a big doll.
Wen Jianyan could feel that his calf had hit something hard.
It seemed to be the border of the mirror.
However, within the frame that he had just touched, there was only an empty space. The cold and hard mirror surface, like a shallow water surface with a terrible adsorption force, seemed to be pulling him inward.
F*CK! ! ! !
He was really going to be dragged in!
In desperation, Wen Jianyan stuck his calf joints firmly on both sides of the mirror to prevent himself from being dragged in directly.
“Help hmmm…”
In the next second, the darkness solidified and sealed Wen Jianyan’s mouth, wrapping around his cheeks in circles. All the vague sounds were stuffed in his throat, and the broken throat sounds that were squeezed out with difficulty were overwhelmed by the wailing and fierce firing at the zombies all around.
Silenced again!
He was silenced again!
Wen Jianyan’s eyes darkened with anger.
…Dammit!
If he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have said that he was fine because he was worried that his teammates would be distracted in the zombie wave!
Most of his body had sunken into the mirror.
Under the shackles of darkness, Wen Jianyan moved his fingers with difficulty, took out something from his pocket, and threw it on the ground.
The sharp edge cut through the soft fingertips, and scarlet blood dripped down.
Then he relaxed his body.
The youthful body that had been tense, struggling, and fighting suddenly relaxed. The bowstring that had been tensed suddenly turned into a soft weed, and the slender legs that were firmly stuck on both sides of the mirror loosened.
The young man stopped his fierce resistance, and as if accepting his fate, he was obediently dragged into the darkness.
There seemed to be a layer of shallow water ripples in the air.
The translucent ripples swallowed up his figure and then disappeared, as if they had never appeared in the first place, leaving no trace at all.
“Woo-woo—”
The train whistled, and with regular clanging and shaking, the long train finally drove out of the dark tunnel.
Bright light poured in from the windows, dispelling the original dense darkness that seemed impenetrable.
Whether it was scratching or howling, everything disappeared the moment the train pulled out of the tunnel.
This time the tunnel was much longer than the first time, and the number of “zombies” that came was too many. They could only be killed with specific “guns”, and other things could only restrict their actions.
Some anchors ran out of ammunition, so they could only try to support themselves by activating props again and again until the train left the tunnel and the zombies stopped attacking.
There was a strong fishy smell in the air.
Everyone involuntarily let out a long sigh of relief, as if relaxing for the rest of their lives after a catastrophe.
“Finally got through this wave, and now there should be only the last—”
Wen Ya spoke as she turned her head to look behind her.
The next second, she was stunned and subconsciously swallowed the remaining words into her throat.
Only Lilith, who was panting heavily, was left behind her, while Wen Jianyan, who had always been by their side, disappeared without a trace, as if disappearing out of thin air.
Not far away, the yellow-haired man was panting heavily and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the target person.
The moment he looked over, he also froze in place.
The young man was gone.
Only two of his teammates remained in place.
“……”
How could this be?
The scene just now flashed across his mind. In the short moment illuminated by the flare, the two identical teenagers looked over at an astonishingly synchronized rate, smiled briefly, and then were engulfed in darkness again.
He wasn’t wrong.
Definitely using mirroring.
But… why did the target, who was supposed to be unscathed, disappear after the train pulled out of the tunnel?
The yellow-haired man stared blankly in that direction, almost unable to believe his eyes.
Hui Cheng retracted his gaze.
He patted the yellow-haired man on the shoulder and breathed a sigh of relief: “Good job; let’s call it a day.”
The yellow-haired man opened his mouth.
But, but–
At that time… He obviously didn’t get hit!
For some reason, a strong feeling fermented in his heart.
The target person was not dead.
Just like the previous two times, he found a way again and easily escaped from the sight of which he was proud, blinding his five senses and escaping his gaze.
“Why, how did this happen? Could it be that he was bitten by a zombie? Or dragged away?”
Lilith turned around anxiously, even wanting to look around among the swollen corpses.
Fortunately, Wen Ya pulled her back in time:
“Calm down!”
Not far away, Yun Bilan and the others, who had been separated from them before entering the tunnel, also rushed over at this moment. They were all taken aback: “Where’s he?”
Wen Ya shook her head; her voice was difficult:
“No, he’s gone.”
“……”
The blue-haired girl narrowed her eyes slightly. She turned her head and searched for the traces of that group with raging eyes:
“Where are those people?”
Wen Ya had just persuaded Lilith and hurried forward to grab Yun Bilan, anxiously saying: “Wait, don’t be impulsive! Whether he was bitten by a zombie or was plotted against by those people, it is impossible not to see the corpse in the current situation if a person is dead. There must be something hidden in it—”
“Hey…”
At this moment, Elise suddenly spoke: “Look , What is that?”
These few people were startled and subconsciously looked in the direction Elise pointed.
On the ground soaked by the pattering water, one could vaguely see something under the pale and swollen corpse.
Wen Ya activated the prop and stepped forward quickly.
Before the body exploded, she rescued what was crushed under the body.
Several people moved to a safe open space.
“What is it?” Lilith asked eagerly.
The rest of the people also looked into Wen Ya’s palm.
There were two items.
One was a tortoiseshell cat doll, and the other was a simply folded note with a little fresh blood on the edge.
Several people looked at each other.
Wen Ya unfolded the note.
Some blurred handwriting soaked in water appeared in front of everyone.
[Fantasy Amusement Park Staff Rules]
***
Wen Jianyan fell heavily to the ground.
“…Hiss!”
He gasped.
The bones all over his body seemed to be broken apart, and the joints were aching from the impact just now. Especially the small piece of skin that was stuck on the outer edge of the mirror before, it was burning in pain even more at this moment.
Wen Jianyan took a breath, waiting for his darkened eyesight to return to normal.
He realized that he was lying on top of a huge mirror.
The ground was cold and smooth, and the flat surface was so shiny that it clearly reflected his slightly distorted, pale face.
“……”
The entity formed by the darkness seemed to have disappeared, and it was unknown where it had gone.
Wen Jianyan stared at his own face reflecting in the mirror. He collected himself and then slowly got up from the ground.
The moment he stood up, he felt dizzy because of the sight in front of his eyes.
The ground, the top of the head, the side…
In every direction he could see, there were all brand-new, bright mirrors.
Mirror maze.
Wen Jianyan’s heart sank as if something cold was pressing heavily on his stomach, making him a little short of breath.
“You don’t seem to be very willing to see me.”
The man’s low, cold voice rang close to his ear.
Wen Jianyan shuddered and jumped to the side.
There was nothing behind him.
Every mirror reflected a self, reflecting the same face that was pretending to be calm. He was pale and tense, with an unsteady chest, and had nowhere to hide under the light coming from nowhere. Every moment of all the mirror images was synchronized with the main body act.
In the insignificant space, he was the only one, and his countless shadows wandered between the mirrors.
“No, absolutely not!”
Wen Jianyan quickly shook his head and denied it.
His brain was running fast, frantically searching for the words that should be used in his mind, and he said in a respectful, fearful, almost humble tone:
“It’s just… just I didn’t expect that I would be lucky enough to meet you again. It was too unexpected, so it was just a momentary gaffe—”
“Really.”
There was a kind of noncommittal indifference in the voice of the other party, and it was impossible to tell whether he believed the words of the human being in front of him.
“Yes, yes.”
Wen Jianyan’s heart was almost in his throat, beating crazily in his chest. His nerves were tense to the extreme, and he almost swore: “It’s true!”
In the mirror opposite, the darkness condensed little by little.
A tall man in a black robe slowly appeared in the mirror.
Dark, spell-like lines meandered on his bare, pale skin. A pair of pure animal golden eyes were hidden under the slender eyelashes, and the cold gaze without emotion fell on Wen Jianyan’s body.
Under the gaze of those eyes, everything that had happened before came to his mind so vividly that all the fine hair on Wen Jianyan’s body couldn’t help but stand on end.
He took a step back reflexively.
His back hit the mirror, and there was a soft “bang”.
“If that’s the case…”
The next second, the man’s voice rang out behind his ears, making Wen Jianyan’s scalp numb, and a chill crept up the back of his neck.
He turned his head stiffly, little by little.
Only to see Wu Zhu’s figure clearly appear in the mirror next to him.
He lowered his head, fixedly stared at the young man who was almost stuck into his arms with those cold and desolate golden eyes, and said in a low voice:
“Then why are you hiding?”
The author has something to say:
You don’t have any self-awareness, do you? (pointing)
