The Third Night: Gazing into the Mirror

When Chen Yu heard the talent prompt,

He was a bit dazed.

He looked at Li Mengyao and found that she was also looking at him.

One could tell that her eyes were red.

It was also Chen Yu's first time experiencing a red luan level... jumping levels consecutively in a short period of time.

Now, in his talent list... Deng Yuxin (Subconscious Safety Entrustment/physiological connection): Lv.17

Wang Mengmeng (Domestication Connection): Lv.6

Yang Kexin (Value Contract/physiological connection): Lv.11

Zhang Wanyue (Trust Consensus): Lv.10

Li Mengyao (asymmetric attachment): Lv.15

Li Mengyao had actually surged directly into second place!

A massive 150-fold return!

It was a pity she didn't have the resource talents of the Class Monitor or Yuxin, otherwise, that would have been truly amazing!

Looking at it this way... Wang Mengmeng's level is the lowest?

She knows nothing but flattery every day, yet her level doesn't rise at all!

When they got back to the car, he would have to discipline her severely to make her keep up with the main group!

The method... was simple!

After all, how long had Yang Kexin and Chen Yu known each other?

Wasn't she still at level 11?

This showed that—

High-end connections often only required the most primitive connection methods!

"Let's go, Chen Yu."

Shen Qingci took the lead and pulled open the bathroom door.

She took a deep breath. "After going in, don't look at the mirror first. Look at it together on my command."

Having said that,

She stepped inside.

Lin Yue's lips turned pale. "Do we really have to go in..."

Chen Yu stood by her side and simply nodded.

"Alright..."

Lin Yue replied softly and followed him inside.

Li Mengyao stayed at the door, smiling radiantly as if lost in thought.

She was completely immersed in her own world.

Chen Yu: "..."

"Let's go."

"Ah?"

"Oh, oh, oh."

Li Mengyao snapped back to her senses, the smile on her face fading. "Going... I'm going now..."

She hurriedly followed, nearly tripping over the threshold.

Chen Yu was the last to enter, closing the bathroom door behind him.

*Click.*

The four of them were squeezed into the dim, damp bathroom, facing that mirror.

Shen Qingci stood with her back to the mirror, facing the three of them, and raised a hand. "3! 2! 1! Look!"

The command fell.

She also turned around, and four gazes were cast simultaneously onto the mirror's surface.

The mirror was murky.

Chen Yu saw his own calm face.

Shen Qingci saw her tightly pursed lips.

Lin Yue saw her trembling eyelashes.

At the moment her eyes met the mirror, Li Mengyao actually thought of the tenderness from just now and almost smiled again, but she immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly stiffened her face.

Three seconds.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

A deathly silence spread.

There was only the sound of suppressed breathing and the faint dripping of a distant water pipe.

The three girls were all glad... that this damn mission didn't require them to face the mirror alone.

Otherwise, they really would have cried.

Time stretched longer and longer in the silent eye contact.

For the first two minutes, the world in the mirror merely duplicated reality.

But everyone felt their skin crawl, feeling as if a century had passed.

Until a certain moment... Li Mengyao's reflection in the mirror suddenly tilted its head.

"Ah!"

Li Mengyao cried out, her body instinctively wanting to lean back.

"Don't move!"

Chen Yu immediately stopped her. "Watch the mirror!"

Li Mengyao hurriedly braked her movement, her vision refocusing.

Immediately after, she saw an even more terrifying scene... In the mirror, a bloody tear seeped from the corner of her left eye, slowly sliding down her cheek.

"Blood! My eye!"

Li Mengyao's voice carried a sob; she didn't dare look, but she had to force herself to.

Chen Yu had already caught it with his peripheral vision.

He reminded her in a low voice, "It's the reflection that's bleeding, not you. The rules only require us to watch. Whatever you do, don't project yourself into it, or you'll surely die!"

As his words fell... Shen Qingci's reflection in the mirror also changed.

On her neck, a black handprint became increasingly obvious, deepening into a bruise.

Shen Qingci's breathing hitched slightly.

But her expression remained unchanged, her gaze only growing sharper. "You are you, I am I..."

These words seemed to be meant to bolster her own courage.

And on Lin Yue's side, it was also sufficiently creepy.

Her reflection wore a smile on its face, and its right hand rose from outside the field of vision, holding a fruit knife.

The tip of the knife was pressed against its lower abdomen.

Then slowly... it sliced horizontally.

Dark blood gushed from the wound, soaking the clothes and winding down.

Shen Qingci was right beside her, and even her peripheral vision made her wince... "Lin Yue, it's all fake, don't project yourself into it!"

"You're fine right now, do you hear me..."

"Mm."

Lin Yue answered softly, and nothing more.

Chen Yu's reflection was actually quite well-behaved, the only difference being that it would look at the other girls.

It would even lean forward slightly, as if it were about to come out.

However, Chen Yu wasn't worried at all; he was even looking forward to it daring to show its head.

He guaranteed he would crack its skull open.

But unfortunately, the five minutes passed quickly and came to an end.

【Third Night Special Rule: Gaze in the Mirror】

【Rule has expired】

All the eerie images in the mirror instantly reverted to their original state.

Li Mengyao shuddered, not wanting to stay for even another second, and stumbled out of the bathroom.

Lin Yue also kept her head down and followed her out.

Shen Qingci rested one hand on the edge of the sink and touched her neck with the other. "Aren't we leaving?"

Chen Yu flipped his wrist, and the Octagonal Hammer appeared in his hand.

"Smash it before we go."

*Crash—!*

A crisp sound exploded, the mirror instantly shattered, and shards clattered to the floor.

Chen Yu stood in place, waiting for two seconds.

The Grand Tutor Container activated, but it was quiet, with no reaction at all.

This mirror, once the rule ended, seemed to be just an ordinary mirror.

It was not a Spirit-possessed object itself.

But during the game, he indeed didn't dare to smash it recklessly.

It seemed that this third night was destined to yield no free attribute points.

Chen Yu sighed softly, put away the Octagonal Hammer, stepped over the glass shards on the floor, and walked out of the bathroom.

Shen Qingci followed him.

In the living room, Li Mengyao was curled up in the corner of the sofa with her knees hugged, her eyes still a bit vacant.

Lin Yue was the same.

Chen Yu glanced at them and walked straight toward the door.

Shen Qingci hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

"Next door,"

Chen Yu pulled open the door. "My points are waiting for me to save them..."

Li Mengyao quickly walked to the door, her voice trembling. "Chen Yu... do... do you really have to go? What if the mirror over there is even more sinister? We've clearly finished the mission..."

Chen Yu turned his head and said indifferently, "If it's sinister, it's sinister. It still can't steal my points."

Li Mengyao was choked up by his words.

She clenched her fingers and took out the golden body card from her bosom. "Then take this golden body card. This is the last one left. I'm hiding in the room, so I won't need it for now..."

Chen Yu shook his head and turned to leave the room. "I'm invincible, I don't need it."

Li Mengyao stood at the door, watching Chen Yu's back being swallowed by the dimness, unable to calm down for a long time.

Seeing her state, Shen Qingci gave a cough. "Mengyao, get some rest first..."

"Oh, okay."

Li Mengyao finally snapped out of it, her face turning red.