The author's diary of ghost stories

"I want to leave here." Yu Liang said, "What should I do?"

Although he didn't hold much hope, Yu Liang still asked.

"Sorry, this is outside the scope of my business." The masked man shook his head. He spread his hands and gestured to the rows of shelves behind him, "These are all products available for purchase. Do you need them?"

"Then I want to buy that mirror." So Yu Liang pointed to the mirror hanging high on the wall. The mirror was exactly the same as the one in the girl's home, as if it was produced on a factory assembly line.

He continued: "Can you explain to me what the mirror is for?"

"That mirror?" The man wearing a metal mask looked in the direction of Yu Liang's finger, "Sorry, I can only give you the instructions after purchasing."

"Then you should be able to tell me whether that mirror was bought by a girl yesterday? In other words, the mirror I am in now." Yu Liang asked instead. He had to confirm this matter, but he had to modify his words. , "I don't want to invade your customer's privacy, I just want to make sure that what I want to buy is what I want. As an honest store owner, you should be able to guarantee this, right?"

"This..." The masked man hesitated. It seemed that he really cared about his "childlike and innocent" sign, so he nodded, "Yes, the two mirrors are the same. I have many mirrors like this. .”

a lot of?

There are actually many mirrors with strange properties?

What is the background of this masked man?

Yu Liang was confused, but he didn't ask any more questions. He tried to use "View" on the things around him.

[Special items are prohibited from viewing specific information, please ask the relevant person for details]

Can't view it?

He turned to look at the store manager: "Then I want to buy this mirror. How much does it cost?"

"Five kinds of characters, no less than two of each." The masked man answered, "Or four stamps."

"Huh?" Yu Liang was stunned. He did not expect that the masked man would propose such a deal.

This is a single-player dungeon, and the girl is an NPC. It’s not like the girl also paid the price with characters or stamps, right?

Five kinds of characters, no less than two of each kind, he might not be able to come up with these, and four stamps, he happened to only have five stamps, so he definitely didn't want to spend it on this kind of place.

Is the price set based on each person's actual situation?

Do you have to make customers feel pain?

This setting is not unusual at all.

Li Huachao: "Then you just buy..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Liang continued smoothly: "Then I'll just buy the manual."

Li Huachao: "How about the instructions... Haha, you are as smart as me now."

Yu Liang: "..."

What's bad, he actually went with Li Huachao.

But "You are as smart as me now", is this a compliment or a curse?

"Just buy the instruction manual?" The masked man was stunned. After so many years of business, this was the first time he heard such a request, so he touched the edge of the mask and reminded, "The instruction manual is just an instruction manual, it is of no use."

"I know." Yu Liang nodded, "Just tell me the price, but the manual won't require four stamps, right?"

"Well, of course, as for the instructions..." The masked man thought for a moment and gave the price, "Just a stamp will do."

"Okay, then how should I give it to you?" Yu Liang nodded. This stamp is not a character. There is no interactive button for transferring the stamp on his page.

It seems that only Sweetheart Shop can trade stamps by exchanging rewards...

Wait, isn’t this masked man also the owner of Sweetheart Shop?

"Open the page now and you will understand the process." The masked man continued.

Yu Liang did as he was told, and sure enough he saw the transaction-related buttons in the stamp bar.

Needless to say, the seal used for the transaction must be the Midnight Wandering Spirit, and this seal was the one Yu Liang needed the least.

So is this masked man actually an official character of Kaitan World?

"The transaction is completed, here is your instruction manual." The masked man took out a small instruction manual from his body and handed it to Yu Liang with both hands.

He treats every customer who completes a transaction with respect, because customers are God and his bread and butter.

He thought for a while and then added: "If you need it, you can buy matching mirrors from me at any time by paying three more stamps. Thank you for your patronage."

"Okay, I understand." Yu Liang nodded, and his favorability towards the masked man increased a lot.

He seems to be an easy-to-talk boss, and he is relatively honest in his business dealings.

Li Huachao: "Let me out, I really want to rob him... Everything here looks so interesting, just like Doraemon's treasure bag."

"You'd better forget it." Yu Liang said helplessly, "Don't think about whether these things are available or not."

Let’s not talk about whether we can beat him or not. Even if he can, he still wants to leave after offending a high-level NPC?

What if I get put on the blacklist?

Yu Liang looked around, but he didn't see her face in the mirror in the grocery store.

It's obviously not because the girl doesn't want to, it's definitely because she can't.

Is this grocery store off limits to prying eyes?

In other words, he is now outside the scope of monitoring?

Thinking of this, Yu Liang understood it. He opened the manual and quickly read page by page.

The first is the catalog.

The catalog divides the booklet into several parts: Mirror, Mirror World, Ruler, and Mirror Spirit. There is not much specific content, most of it is just an overview.

【mirror】

The channel connecting reality and the mirror world, this channel can be opened through the mirror spirit.

【Mirror World】

Reality is a high-level world, and the mirror world based on the real world is a low-level world.

There is at least one ruler in the advanced world, and the ruler has the ability to control the "mirror".

The mirror person in the lower world has no self-awareness and has a certain degree of plasticity; all damage to things in the lower world will be restored after one hour, returning to the appearance of the thing in the higher world.

"The girl today should be the ruler mentioned above." Yu Liang thought.

He also had a general understanding of the characteristics related to the mirror person. These things were not too critical, so he continued to scroll down.

【Dominator】

Permissions:

·Through the "mirror" you can see the scene reflected in any mirror in the lower world.

·After the mirror spirit opens the channel for the first time, the ruler can open the channel alone, but after entering a low-level world, the ruler's authority will disappear.

【Jingling】

After the transaction is completed, the mirror will generate a mirror spirit based on the human who looks in the mirror for the first time. The mirror spirit's appearance characteristics are exactly the same as that of the human being, but the left and right sides are reversed, and the inner characteristics such as personality are the same.

·The mirror spirit does not possess the past memory of the original body.

·The mirror spirit is a natural ruler, and its authority will not disappear.

·The mirror spirit cannot appear in the same world as the main body.

【Appearance】

There is no obstacle for the high-level world to enter the low-level world. The low-level world needs to meet one of the following conditions to enter the high-level world:

1. The mirror spirit dies and there is no other ruler in the advanced world

2. The ruler in the advanced world dies and there are no other rulers.

【end】

Please use the mirror properly and illegal purposes are strictly prohibited, thank you.

The instruction manual ended abruptly here. Yu Liang silently wrote down these key information points, while also having some doubts in his heart.

The most direct question is the mirror spirit.

The girl is in the real world, so the mirror spirit cannot be in the real world, but Yu Liang has never seen the existence of the mirror spirit in this mirror world.

Could it be that the mirror spirit is dead?

The instruction manual mentions "the death of the mirror spirit", which means that the mirror spirit can be killed, but I don't know what means are needed to do it.

With the girl's character, it is still very possible to kill Jing Ling in order to prevent Jing Ling and Yu Liang from coexisting in the same space.

Jing Ling has no memory of the girl's past, and does not know that the girl is actually a paranoid, and it is normal for her to fall into the trap due to carelessness.

As for why Jing Ling knew that the girl liked "Yu Liang"...

The girl bought the mirror before the date. After the purchase, she should have looked in the mirror. At that time, the mirror spirit has been generated.

So during the date, Jing Ling is very likely to have been observing the girl, so Jing Ling will obviously know that "the girl likes Yu Liang".

Yu Liang's eyes fell on the conditions for entering the advanced world:

"The ruler in the advanced world dies and there are no other rulers."

Does he really have to kill the girl before he can leave?

He is in the mirror world and cannot escape from here. How can he kill the ruler in the advanced world?

This is equivalent to bugs in a low-dimensional world trying to kill humans in a high-dimensional world, which is like nonsense.

Yu Liang was thinking as he walked out of the grocery store. He looked at the people coming and going on the street and sighed to himself.

They are all shells.

He suddenly felt that this huge world seemed a little empty.

Fortunately, the girl only wanted to imprison him, not kill him directly, so she would not control the people in the mirror to attack him.

It was time to go back and he needed to think about it.

His real chance comes when night falls.

【Act 2】

You find the grocery store and get the instructions for the mirror.

The instructions say that you can only leave here by killing the ruler of the advanced world.

You know, Xiaoran is the ruler of that advanced world, and you can only leave by killing her.

But the good memories between you and Xiaoran in the past keep popping up in your mind...

You hesitated.

But you didn't give up on finding an opportunity to "kill" her.

Your heart is in confusion, but you know you have no choice.

[To be continued...]

Yu Liang read the script of this scene several times, trying to figure out its meaning.

He's implying that he can kill, right?

Right?

Then he doesn't have to worry about violating the script and being punished.

Speaking of which, what Yu Liang is most afraid of is that the script forces him not to kill the girl for some bullshit love.

That would be too bloody.

Fortunately, Guitan World still understands him, so he should be more decisive in killing him.

After all, it wasn't him who was romantically involved with the girl, so it was him who was imprisoned now, which was unlucky enough.

Not long after, Yu Liang returned to the door of the girl's house, as if knowing that he was coming back, the door was open.

It is estimated that the girl opened the door in reality, so the door is also open in the mirror world.

He walked in the door and closed it behind him while looking around the girl's home.

Yu Liang twisted the door of the girl's parents and brother's room again, but it still couldn't be opened.

He subconsciously wanted to see if the layout of the girl's home had changed to confirm if anyone else had come in during this period, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was unnecessary.

The world in the mirror is a reflection of reality. If there is a change, it is also a change in reality. If someone sneaks into her home, the girl should be worried about herself, and it has nothing to do with him in the mirror world.

In other words, Yu Liang is quite safe now in the mirror.

"boom--"

"boom--"

"boom--"

Suddenly, another earthquake-like roar came from the wall, one every few seconds, like a heavy hammer hitting Yu Liang's heart, making him feel dull, as if there was a big stone pressing on his heart. It left him breathless.

Yu Liang looked in the direction of the sound. He knew it was the girl's parents' room.

Well, it looks like the mirror world isn't all that safe either.

The world in the mirror is a reflection of reality. If there are strange creatures in reality, it will be the same when reflected in the mirror.

The girl's home is not safe. There may be some monsters hidden behind the two closed doors.

Yu Liang walked into the girl's bedroom. The mirror and cosmetic bottles in the bedroom had been restored to their original appearance.

"You're back." The girl looked up at Yu. She was repairing her nails slowly, cutting off and smoothing the protruding sharp parts one by one.

Yu Liang looked in the mirror. He didn't respond to the girl, but sat on the bed.

The girl took out a box, which contained more than ten orange nail polishes with slightly different colors. She compared them carefully, never raising her head to look at the person in the glasses.

She took out a light orange one from the box, lightly traced a little outline on her nails, and then slowly outlined it, moving gently to avoid slipping her hands.

The girl stretched out her hand, her slender fingers were like jade, and her light orange nails reflected the white, giving off a bright luster.

"Okay." The girl shook her hand, then looked at Yu Liang in the mirror, smiling sweetly, "Does it look good?"

Yu Liang still didn't answer. He looked at the girl in the mirror and calculated the distance.

When looking in the mirror, the distance between the entity and the mirror is twice the distance from the entity to the mirror. This is something we learned in elementary school.

He thought silently, then fell down and lay on the girl's bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

It wasn't the time yet, he had to wait until night, he was going to take a look in the girl's parents' room.

——

The night comes as expected.

"boom--"

"boom--"

"boom--"

The thumping sound in the wall woke Yu Liang up from the bed. He instantly opened his eyes and sat up, looking around.

In the copy of Kaitan World, he always slept very lightly.

If it weren't for the purpose of recharging his energy, he wouldn't want to sleep at all. This time, there was no setting in which sleeping could escape the influence of "it".

There was no light on in the girl's bedroom. Maybe the girl was sleeping now, or maybe the girl turned off the lights and drew the curtains so that he could sleep more soundly.

Anyway, it's pitch dark in this room now, and I can't see my fingers.

Yu Liang took out his blind stick and tapped on the bed gently.

The knocks made no sound, but the cane still conveyed images to his mind.

There is nothing abnormal within three meters around.

It's safe in the dark.

In order to ensure this, Yu Liang used his blind stick to tap around the room to ensure that the detection range completely covered the room.

He looked at the ceiling, under the bed, inside the closet, all the places where strange creatures could hide.

There aren't many clues left in the girl's bedroom. The focus is still on the girl's parents' room.

In the darkness, Yu Liang was at ease. He did not use a blind stick and was able to successfully find his way to the bedroom door just by relying on the memory in his mind.

Yu Liang tapped his blind stick on the door to see through the situation outside the house.

The weather was calm and there seemed to be no danger.

He opened the bedroom door and walked into the living room.

The curtains in the living room were closed, so it was still dark in the living room and nothing could be seen clearly.

Yu Liang stood in front of the bedroom door and thought for a while, then released the paper people. Thirty-seven paper people ran away, completely searching the situation in the darkness.

He was still quite worried about what monsters were hiding in the darkness.

After confirming the safety, Yu Liang quickly came to the door of the girl's parents' bedroom. He took out the key from the inventory and opened the door directly.

The moment the door opened, a smell of cement and lime rushed straight into Yu Liang's nose. After careful inspection, there was also the smell of blood.

He still didn't turn on the light because he wasn't sure if there was a mirror in this room.

If there is a mirror, the girl may notice it.

Yu Liang tapped his blind stick on the room, and the layout of the room suddenly appeared in his mind.

There are four walls, and in the middle is a double bed with a neatly folded quilt. To his left is a wardrobe, and in the past there was a desk.

As for the corner on one side of the room, there are some paint, cement, lime, and some construction tools such as hammers.

Um?

Does a normal person have this thing in their room?

Yu Liang turned to look at the wall, which connected the two bedrooms. The conjecture in his mind became clearer and clearer, so he tapped lightly on the wall with his blind stick to present the scene inside the wall. in mind.

It was with this knock that he was able to notice that there was a small hole in the wall.

There are three people inside the wall. No, their current state obviously cannot be called human. They are in ragged clothes, and the flesh on both sides of their faces is hanging down, like half-melted candles.

Inside the wall were a man, a woman and a child. The man was scratching the wall and looking at Yu Liang outside the wall through the small hole in the wall.

He didn't say anything, he just stared at Yu Liang with his pale eyes, as if he wanted to see what Yu Liang was going to do.

These three people were sealed inside the wall and have turned into special ghostly creatures.

But Yu Liang couldn't confirm whether they were strange creatures or mirror images generated by this world.

Has the family of three turned into monsters?

Based on the available information, Yu Liang had a vague guess that the girl was not the biological child of the family, but might have been trafficked here to take care of her blind brother, so her status in the family was not high.

In the girl's picture album, it is said that this family should go to hell. The boy is okay, maybe he just made some small mistakes like informing, but her parents are heinous bad people, and the mother may be a human trafficker. The father went to great lengths to cover up his crime.

It's just that Yu Liang has not found any specific evidence of the family's crimes so far, and all of this is just a bold guess.

Maybe this family is normal and the only one who is abnormal is the girl.

"Snapped--"

Suddenly, the lights in the room suddenly turned on, and the sudden light made Yu Liang couldn't help but squint his eyes.

At this moment, he put his blind stick back into his inventory and looked around.

The hole in the wall disappeared, the commotion in the wall disappeared instantly, and Yu Liang saw the girl in a small mirror on the desk.

The girl was standing by the door, and Yu Liang was also standing by the door, but one of them was in the mirror and the other in reality. They felt close at hand, but yet far apart.

"What are you doing here? Why can you enter this room?" The girl's face was cold and her tone was full of questions.

She is coming.

Yu Liang made a quick judgment, and he slowly walked towards the mirror, with a slightly painful look on his face: "You...you actually paid so much for me?"

He walked to the mirror, lowered his eyes and said, "Sorry, I never knew."

"Huh?" The girl was also stunned. She didn't expect that Yu Liang would say that at this time. She thought that Yu Liang would reject everything she did, but she never thought that he didn't do that.

She asked timidly: "You...you don't blame me?"

"I won't blame you." Yu Liang said firmly, "You should have told me earlier."

"Sorry." The girl was moved when she heard this. She couldn't help but stepped forward and walked to the mirror to express her feelings, "Don't worry, after I finish dealing with the outside matters, I will come in and accompany you. No matter if you blame me, I will kill you." Neither I nor I will resist. As long as I can keep looking at you, I will be satisfied."

Yu Liang silently calculated the distance in his heart.

The girl now was only one step away from him, both of them were in front of the mirror, and the light in the room was bright.

"Broken." He confided softly, and the characters flew out of his hands, passed through the mirror, and disappeared into the girl's eyebrows.

This is something he has confirmed before. The character can attack the person on the opposite side of the mirror with his gaze.

So now he doesn't hesitate to use the character "shatter" on girls.

The girl's body collapsed inch by inch, and Yu Liang witnessed this scene with his own eyes.

In order to confirm the girl's death, he would not look away, even though such a scene was extremely bloody and made people gag.

However, this was not the first time Yu Liang had seen it, and he had already been mentally prepared.

The girl turned into a bloody corpse in front of him.

Li Huachao suddenly said in his mind: "She is really graceful and graceful."

Yu Liang: "..."

As the girl's last glimmer of hope was cut off, Yu Liang sighed, mourning for a second in his heart, and then tentatively stretched out his hand toward the mirror.

He saw that his hand could pass through the mirror.

This proves that there is indeed only one ruler in the world outside the mirror, the girl, and now that the girl is dead, there is no longer a ruler in the world outside the mirror, so he can travel through the mirror and return to reality.

This escape room...

It's so simple?

At the end of the day, as long as you discover that the character can pass through the mirror, the mission will be completed.

For ordinary players, an instant-death character may be difficult to find, but for Yu Liang, it is very simple.

Just a stone plus a "pawn" piece.

Yu Liang couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, but he didn't hesitate and just leaned into the mirror.

No, I should say leave the mirror.

A few seconds later, Yu Liang stepped into the girl's bedroom. He looked at the puddle of minced meat at his feet and looked away.

Now, it's time to return.

Yu Liang opened his own page and waited for the prompt box to appear.

But after waiting for a long time, no one showed up. On the contrary, the door of the girl's house suddenly opened, and a group of fierce-looking strong men rushed in with knives and axes, and greeted Yu Liang without saying a word.

"Kill!" The strong men shouted in unison and waved their axes. The leader among them was the wooden man next door in the afternoon.

What? !

how so?

Yu Liang suddenly realized that his judgment was all wrong.

Wrong, all wrong!