198: Chapter 198 Cuilan, where are you?

"Haa... haa..." Chen Mo gripped his knees, panting heavily.

When he opened his eyes again, the entire scene had changed.

The bluestone-paved ground was ancient and level, with moss growing in the cracks.

Lifting his upper body, Chen Mo saw a wide courtyard with a rockery artfully arranged in the center.

On the rockery, a waterwheel was constantly turning, and the murmuring water fell into the pond below, causing the fish inside to flick their tails.

However, the "drip-drop" sound of the flowing water was truly soothing.

Thin white lines "swished" down from the sky; it was raining, and the occasional rumble of thunder illuminated the vermilion railings until they shone like mirrors.

Chen Mo could even see his own expression reflected in the oily-sheened pillar before him.

At this moment, he was no longer Chen Mo, nor was he Many Children Many Blessings.

Chen Mo was wearing the mr. mask from the Face Changing Bar, and he had transformed into a very ordinary-looking man.

Just how ordinary? He was the kind of existence that, if thrown into a crowd, no one would ever notice.

Only if he got hit by a car would people perhaps see him.

And at this moment, Chen Mo's game ID was no longer Many Children Many Blessings.

It was Ashes Silent.

He had entered the dungeon to find the truth about his parents' deaths, and he couldn't let the people in the Management Group know.

Because teleportation items were a major taboo within the Management Group; such items were only allowed to be used by the Administrator.

If anyone else used a teleportation item, it would disrupt the dungeon's matchmaking mechanism, which made things very difficult for the operations department.

Jiyin's teleportation item was an exceptional circumstance, and if the people in the Management Group found out, they might send someone to investigate.

There was another important reason why Chen Mo couldn't let the Management Group notice.

That was that Jiyin, having successfully broken through to level 20, had calculated the path of fate and told Chen Mo:

"To survive in this dungeon, you need to use something outside of the rules."

After the group analyzed this sentence, the final conclusion reached was:

Chen Mo needed to use the items drawn from the Thriller Blind Box; this time, in the dungeon, he had to bring all the new items he had acquired.

So... this time, the Management Group couldn't help; he had to rely on himself.

Chen Mo had already created a fake version of himself, teamed up with Xu Xiaoman and Su Qing, and threw them into a different dungeon to make the Management Group watch that one.

This was the ability of the twin fish bronze mirror.

A few days ago, Chen Mo was lying on his bed, toying with the bronze mirror in his hand.

Although it was called a bronze mirror, the surface was actually glass; only the frame enclosing the mirror surface was made of bronze.

After Chen Mo wiped the mirror's surface clean with silk, he called out:

"Cui Lan, Cui Lan, where are you?"

The next second, Chen Mo saw through the bronze mirror that a woman was actually standing behind him.

Yet, when he turned his head in reality, there was absolutely no one behind him.

Watching the scene in the mirror, the woman dressed in Tang Dynasty silk walked step by step toward him.

Then... she stretched out her arms and embraced Chen Mo.

Women's attire during the Tang Dynasty was very revealing; when leaning over, it was easy to expose their fair skin.

And at this moment, Chen Mo could truly feel... the sensation coming from behind him.

Then, the woman behind him brought her lips to Chen Mo's ear.

She whispered: "Why have you summoned me?"

When this woman leaned on his shoulder, Chen Mo felt very cold.

It was as if he were carrying a corpse.

Swallowing hard, Chen Mo trembled and asked: "You! What can you do?"

"What can I do? I... I can do many things!"

This voice sounded very seductive, like a bone-scraping knife, strike after strike.

It made one feel that if they weren't in good health, they would be in trouble.

Besides, 'can do many things'? This phrase... why did it sound so strange?

"You..." Before Chen Mo could say the next sentence, he felt his body grow extremely cold, and his legs felt a bit unsteady.

Immediately, Cui Lan suddenly detached from his shoulder, floated in the air, and waved her colorful, fluttering sleeves a few times.

After spinning in place a few times and turning into a pink tornado, she reappeared, having perfectly transformed into Chen Mo's image.

"Holy crap!" Chen Mo was shocked beyond belief at that moment.

He reached out and pinched Cui Lan's cheek; even the texture of the skin was exactly like his own.

So... this twin fish bronze mirror was a top-tier item that could create clones?

Everyone had once fantasized about possessing the ability to create clones.

The main body plays games while the clone goes to study hard, and so on.

When they got a bit older, they would think about using the clone to play out some strange and peculiar tricks.

However, the difference was... when Chen Mo saw this version of himself opposite him raise a pinky finger and slightly curtsy in a bow, and even want to apply nail polish.

Chen Mo understood that it wasn't a one-to-one replication. The brain was still Cui Lan's, only the appearance had become the same.

Over the next few days, Chen Mo put Cui Lan through devilish training, trying to get her to think like a man.

After a week of training, hard work paid off, and there was finally some initial improvement.

There was no more demure shyness, and no more seductive, watery eyes. Only a sissy-like Chen Mo remained.

But compared to a completely feminized Chen Mo, this was much better; one couldn't ask for too much.

"Master, I need to tell you one thing." "What?"

"When you use this bronze mirror, my power source is longevity."

"For every day of use, I will absorb 10 days of your lifespan. Similarly, I can also replicate other people's appearances; when I turn into someone else, I absorb their longevity."

"Hiss!" "Why didn't you say so earlier?" Chen Mo was rendered speechless.

In other words, 70 days of his lifespan had already been enjoyed by Cui Lan.

"Does it have an effect if I use it in the dungeon?" Chen Mo asked again.

Cui Lan couldn't help but want to raise her pinky finger again while speaking, but under Chen Mo's fierce gaze, she immediately pulled it back.

Coughing twice, she deliberately deepened her voice to answer: "The impact is less in the dungeon; it's a one-to-one exchange."

Chen Mo stroked his chin, "That's still considered a good deal. I'll try to get out of the dungeon as soon as possible."

The human and the ghost pinky-promised, and that was that.

Therefore, the Chen Mo currently in the "Eight-Headed Snake Ghost School" dungeon that Su Qing and Xu Xiaoman entered was played by Cui Lan.

And Chen Mo himself could enter "Liaozhai Afterword" without a worry.

Of course, Cui Lan's game ID was still Many Children Many Blessings.

[I Am Not Mentally Ill: Holy crap! Isn't this Many Children Many Blessings? He didn't enter the Snake Woman's dungeon, but teamed up and went directly into the Eight-Headed Snake Ghost School!]

[I Am Not Mentally Ill: And... why have I never seen this Snake Woman's dungeon before? I checked the data, and this dungeon doesn't exist.]

[Sunny Turns Cloudy: Come on! Many Children Many Blessings! Come on!]