Yuying University
Wen Jianyan made no attempt to hide his shameless actions. His brazen attitude was unheard of, and even the Bricklayer himself was stunned for two seconds.
In the time he was dazed, the red-clothed female teacher had already closed in. Her pale face wore a ferocious smile, and a cold, foul wind rushed towards him, making his hair stand on end.
The Bricklayer instantly snapped back to his senses and was forced to face the deadly attack head-on.
From behind, Wen Jianyan’s deliberately lowered voice sounded:
“Right! Lure her inside, not outside!”
One had to remember, this floor had more than one office.
If they attracted the remaining student council members on this floor, they would have almost no chance of survival.
Under the pressing terror, fine beads of sweat appeared on the Bricklayer’s pale, wax-like forehead. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at Wen Jianyan, who was giving him remote instructions, only to see that the other had, at some point, taken two more steps back, creating a relatively safe distance from himself.
Seeing the Bricklayer look over, a shy smile appeared on the young man’s face, and he gave him a very sincere cheer:
“Big Brother, you’re the best. I believe in you!”
The Bricklayer: “…”
In the “Integrity First” live room chat:
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[You… I… Ah, this…]
[Thanks, my blood pressure is already rising on behalf of the Bricklayer.]
[Let’s be real, you can be shameless, but not this shameless.]
[Aaaah, I’m having a breakdown. I was still worried about you being taken hostage, but it turns out you’re the one treating him like a tool?!]
On the other side.
Under the cover of the item, Orange Candy glanced worriedly in the direction of the Bricklayer and Wen Jianyan, but she quickly retracted her gaze, beckoned to the person behind her, and whispered:
“Go.”
Although she was uneasy about the Bricklayer and Wen Jianyan cooperating, since it had come to this, they could only continue.
One after the other, the two walked silently through the door.
The office was almost identical to how she remembered it.
Orange Candy, familiar with the layout, went straight to the back of the office and found the desk belonging to the red-clothed female teacher.
“Watch the outside.”
After tossing out a cold command, Orange Candy squatted down and began to quickly rummage through the desk.
Unlike Wen Jianyan’s quick and meticulous approach, Orange Candy’s movements were much simpler and cruder. In just a few short minutes, the entire desk looked as if it had been hit by a tornado, leaving only a mess behind.
But after searching it top to bottom, she did not find a trace of the graduation certificate.
Orange Candy wasn’t too surprised by this.
After all, the graduation certificate was a crucial item for clearing the instance. If it were that easy to find, this instance wouldn’t have been rated SS.
She reached into her pocket and took out the two eyeballs Wen Jianyan had given her earlier.
Using the eyeballs came at a cost—a great cost.
According to Wen Jianyan’s previous summary, when outside the mirror world, looking through a dead person’s eyes would consume 5 SAN points at a time. Inside the mirror world, it would consume 20 points and would induce terrifying pain and hallucinations that most people could not endure for more than five seconds.
Orange Candy glanced at the top right corner.
…She could use it twice at most.
Therefore, she had to ensure that each use was worth its value.
She took a deep breath and held the two eyeballs up to her eyes.
In an instant, her entire field of vision was dyed blood-red.
Ten seconds later, Orange Candy’s fingers suddenly clenched. Her slender body hunched over, taut like a bowstring, and trembled like a leaf in the wind.
“What’s wrong?”
The member of the Bricklayer’s squad took a step forward, his eyes shifting, and reached a hand out towards her.
“…Get lost.”
Orange Candy turned her head, her voice hoarse and cold.
In the darkness, through the gaps between her fingers, a pair of terrifying, blood-red eyes looked over. The squad member’s fingers froze, and he subconsciously took a step back, putting distance between them.
Orange Candy took a deep, forceful breath and slowly straightened up.
“Any movement from your captain’s side?”
She asked in a seemingly casual tone.
The squad member replied, “No, everything has been smooth so far.”
Orange Candy paused and looked up over the desk.
She hadn’t expected the enemy’s hatred to be drawn so completely. After all, with Hugo not present, she had anticipated having to use at least a few more items. But unexpectedly, the NPC was completely unaware of their actions, single-mindedly focused on attacking. This was also somewhat beyond her expectations.
“…Our luck is pretty good.”
The Bricklayer’s squad member said with some surprise.
Clearly, he also hadn’t expected this plan to be so effective.
In the live stream room:
[Um… is it possible… that this has nothing to do with luck, and it’s simply that Wen Jianyan is so punchable that the NPC can’t think of anything else besides killing him?]
[Aaaah, what a dark joke.]
[Dying of laughter, and honestly, I think the Bricklayer over there is about to want to kill him too.]
…
The Bricklayer indeed had such thoughts.
And consistent with Orange Candy’s assessment, the level of terror from this NPC far exceeded any he had encountered before, and Wen Jianyan was completely useless.
After all, it was indeed hard for a normal person to imagine that a top-ten player could be so useless in actual combat.
This wasn’t even an act.
In most situations, the Bricklayer did want to leave him to fend for himself, but in contrast to his unremarkable combat skills, Wen Jianyan’s escape and disengagement skills were superb.
Every time, he could yelp and jump behind him for rescue, often leading to an even worse situation.
To block one of the certain-death attacks, the Bricklayer even had to use up several very precious item resources.
Just this one red-clothed female teacher was already making the Bricklayer struggle to cope, not to mention having a teammate who was completely useless except for self-preservation, and who even dragged him down from time to time…
As he became mentally and physically exhausted, the Bricklayer’s killing intent began to rise.
He turned his head to look at Wen Jianyan, an unknown dark emotion surging in his eyes.
Like an animal with an extremely keen sense of danger, Wen Jianyan’s movements paused. He quietly shifted a step back and looked at him cautiously. “Uh, what’s wrong, bro?”
The Bricklayer: “…”
…Count yourself lucky, kid.
He squeezed his eyes shut tightly and took a slow, deep breath, as if trying to forcibly suppress his emotions.
A few seconds later, the Bricklayer opened his eyes, looked at Wen Jianyan grimly, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth:
“Back off.”
“You got it!”
Wen Jianyan responded in a second.
When it came to running away, he never had a second word. He could act without even needing to ask questions, so practiced that it seemed the entire process was etched into his DNA.
The young man scurried far away.
“…”
Seeing this, the Bricklayer had nothing more to say.
He took a deep breath, turned around, and his gaze fell on the red-clothed female teacher not far away.
Her face was even paler in the darkness, her dress a viscous scarlet. Her pair of pitch-black, hollow eyes stared at him without blinking, and the cold aura around her had almost solidified.
Her hands hung down, and drops of fresh blood dripped from her bright red fingernails. Although they looked very ordinary, the Bricklayer knew that those nails were as sharp as steel, and the blood on them was even more terrifying, capable of corroding and devouring almost anything it touched.
The longer this dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for them.
So, the Bricklayer made a decision.
He turned his head and glanced back, as if to confirm whether Wen Jianyan had gone far enough.
Then, the Bricklayer retracted his gaze.
Talent activated.
About two minutes later, the dust settled.
The Bricklayer stood on the spot, his already bloodless face now even paler. His entire face seemed to be coated with a thick layer of plaster, and his features had become blurry like half-melted wax, making him look less and less like a living person.
On the empty ground not far in front of him, the woman in red stood ramrod straight. Her dress was as red as ever. Her face was lowered, and although the aura around her was as cold as before, she had lost her previous aggression, standing motionless like a wooden stake.
However, the Bricklayer did not show the slightest sign of relaxation.
He knew that this state would not last long.
Five minutes at most.
And once this time was up, an even more terrifying counterattack would follow.
He turned his head, looked towards the back of the office, and gritted his teeth. “—You’d better speed up!”
“…Alright!”
The voice of his teammate came from the other side.
Orange Candy didn’t make a sound—but that was normal. The Bricklayer didn’t expect a proper response from her anyway.
Although the crisis was temporarily paused, Wen Jianyan obediently stayed in the distance and did not tactlessly approach again, which was just what the Bricklayer wanted.
He stood on the spot, waiting fixedly.
The passage of time seemed to have been deliberately stretched, with every minute and every second moving exceptionally slowly.
The Bricklayer looked down at the time again and again, counting down in his head.
Three minutes left.
Viscous sweat seeped from his temples, slid down his pale face, and dripped from his chin.
Two minutes.
“Are you done yet?”
This time, the Bricklayer’s urging was noticeably more urgent.
“How much longer?”
This time, no one replied from the other side. Only dead silence remained.
The Bricklayer’s face was grim, but he couldn’t move a single step, because if he left, all his previous efforts would be ruined.
One minute left.
The red dress on the teacher seemed to become more viscous and glaring. At her lowered fingertips, the color of her nails gradually became more and more vibrant, as if blood was about to drip from them in the next second.
Scrape.
In the silence, a faint scraping sound was heard.
The Bricklayer’s gaze moved down, and his pupils shrank.
Under the red dress, the pair of feet in matching high heels seemed to have moved slightly.
…Much earlier than expected.
The Bricklayer’s expression became even uglier. Cold sweat had unknowingly seeped from his temples. His entire body was tense, as if he was quietly waiting for something.
Half a minute.
Scrape.
Another step.
Then, the faint sound of fabric rubbing appeared out of nowhere. The red-clothed woman in front of him silently and slowly raised her head, her pitch-black hair sliding down bit by bit—
The Bricklayer’s face was extremely ugly.
He couldn’t drag this on any longer.
Just at that moment, two figures came running from the back of the office.
“Got it!”
Orange Candy’s eyes were sparkling. “Run!”
The Bricklayer, as if granted amnesty, let out a long sigh of relief. He stared at the red-clothed woman standing stiffly in place, slowly took two steps back, and only after Orange Candy and the other had rushed past him did he immediately turn and follow.
The group of four rushed out of the office.
The corridor, bathed in red light, was empty. The few people who were supposed to be waiting on the second-floor corridor were nowhere to be found.
“…”
The Bricklayer’s brow furrowed.
From the side, Wen Jianyan’s voice came: “…Where are the others?”
He slowed his pace.
“Don’t stop,” the Bricklayer said expressionlessly. “If you don’t want to die.”
“But…”
As if to prove the Bricklayer’s words, not far behind them, the door to the Advancement Office was pushed open, and a terrifying figure in red slowly walked out.
In an instant, the temperature of the entire corridor dropped, and the gloomy aura made one tremble.
“The other office doors are all closed, and there are no signs of a fight in the corridor. They should be fine. Maybe they’re waiting for us in the first-floor lobby.”
Orange Candy spoke quickly.
“Comparatively, we’re in more danger.”
Behind them, the teacher’s figure was getting closer. Her red dress looked even more terrifying under the equally blood-red light.
The group had no other choice but to sprint down the corridor with all their might.
Soon, they entered the stairwell and headed down the stairs.
The first-floor lobby was reached.
It was still the same as in memory, with extremely low visibility, empty and cold.
In the center of the lobby was the large mirror that symbolized the way out. It still stood in its original place, and below the mirror lay a dark shadow. Seeing people approach, it suddenly sprang up, making “muffled” sounds.
The group was startled and subconsciously stopped.
Suddenly, the Bricklayer seemed to realize something. He frowned, strode forward, then bent down, reached out abruptly, and tore off the cloth gagging the person’s mouth.
The dark shadow was actually his teammate who had been left in the corridor before.
The moment the cloth was torn from his mouth, the person immediately began to cough.
“What happened?”
The Bricklayer’s tone was not good.
“Where are the others?”
“They… they all…” The teammate panted, turned his head, and pointed to the mirror behind him. “They all went out!”
What?
The remaining people were all stunned.
Did that mean Orange Candy’s teammates had knocked him out and then left through the mirror?
For what?
Wasn’t their captain still in here?
Behind them, the slow and heavy “click-clack” sound came from the stairwell, like high heels tapping on the ground, echoing in the narrow, enclosed passage, making one’s hair stand on end and a chill run down their spine.
Orange Candy’s eyes darkened.
She retracted her gaze and said, “Anyway, since we know where they went, let’s first—”
Orange Candy suddenly stopped. She looked at the Bricklayer and asked:
“—Why are you looking at me?”
Since just now, the Bricklayer had been staring at her grimly, his expression unreadable, and it was unknown what he was thinking.
Seeing Orange Candy’s question, he suddenly started laughing out loud:
“Haha… Hahahaha… Hahaha!”
He laughed louder and louder, more and more crazily. The sound echoed in the dark, empty lobby, and paired with the gradually approaching sound of high heels from the stairwell, it was enough to make one’s skin crawl.
“What the hell are you going crazy for?” Orange Candy frowned.
Suddenly, the Bricklayer stopped laughing abruptly.
Even so, a faint smile still lingered on his lips, looking very eerie on his pale, blurry face.
The Bricklayer’s gaze, like a cold snake, slowly swept over Orange Candy, finally stopping on a bewildered Wen Jianyan. His sinister gaze licked across the young man’s handsome face, yet it was as if he was looking through him at something else.
“I didn’t expect it. I really didn’t expect you all to actually get away.”
In the open space outside the administration building.
The gazes of Su Cheng and the others never moved from the three-story building not far away. They looked again and again towards the dust-covered glass main door, as if anxiously waiting for something.
Suddenly, a faint sound came from within the door.
The group was startled, their bodies almost instantly tensing up.
The next second, the dusty glass door was violently pushed open from the inside, and then, two figures stumbled out.
It was Wen Jianyan and Orange Candy.
Wen Jianyan’s face was pale, and he looked to be in a very bad state, but Orange Candy, whom he was pulling, was even worse off.
Her eye sockets were red, and a layer of greenish-black deathly aura shrouded her face. Her steps were unsteady, and she seemed to have reached the end of her rope.
Even in such a poor state, she could clearly only accept being supported, not carried.
So, Wen Jianyan had to maintain a very awkward posture to pull her along. But even so, Orange Candy’s face was still grim. Although she hadn’t said a word from beginning to end, her expression looked as if she had been constantly cursing.
The moment they saw the arrivals, Su Cheng and the others immediately rushed forward and surrounded the two.
“How did it go?”
“What’s going on? Should we—”
Wen Jianyan stopped, caught his breath, and said, “Water… who has the water?”
The group was stunned at first, then quickly reacted.
Wei Cheng: “I have it here!”
As he spoke, he began to rummage through his backpack and soon found the bottle of mineral water that was still more than half full.
After receiving the water, Wen Jianyan did not drink it himself first. Instead, he unscrewed the cap and handed it to Orange Candy.
Orange Candy took the mineral water and gulped down several mouthfuls. Only then did her complexion finally improve.
Only then did Wen Jianyan breathe a sigh of relief.
He took the mineral water that Orange Candy handed over and began to recover himself.
“So, what exactly happened before?”
Looking at Wen Jianyan and the other who were chugging water, Su Cheng lowered his eyes and asked, “Why did you suddenly send a message telling us to leave?”
Not long after Wen Jianyan and Orange Candy entered the Advancement Office, Su Cheng had received a message from Wen Jianyan. The content was very brief, just a short sentence:
“Control the Bricklayer’s man, leave the mirror immediately.”
Although he didn’t understand the purpose of this command, for Su Cheng, it was enough.
As his SAN value slowly recovered, Wen Jianyan’s face was finally not as pale as it had been just now. He put down the mineral water bottle, let out a long sigh of relief, and then raised his eyes to look in Su Cheng’s direction:
“Because the Bricklayer is not trustworthy.”
He touched the outer layer of the water bottle with his hand and said slowly, “The three questions I asked him, although his answers were flawless, they all happened to prove that he is not trustworthy.”
Not to mention that in the graveyard before, Wen Jianyan had personally experienced the Bricklayer’s ruthlessness and his tendency to wipe out his enemies.
“The graduation certificate is not a very common item. The difficulty of obtaining it will only be high, not low,” Wen Jianyan paused, then continued, “Even with those dead person’s eyeballs, it’s the same.”
Orange Candy’s overall strength was already strong enough, yet she was almost done in by the side effects of using the eyeballs, which showed its terror.
And Wen Jianyan also didn’t trust handing these eyeballs to the Bricklayer, let alone trusting that they would maintain their cooperation after obtaining the graduation certificate.
“So, even if we really found the graduation certificate, we would be greatly depleted.”
“By then, the Bricklayer would become a threat in the true sense of the word.”
“Since we’re afraid of being screwed over,” the young man lowered his eyes again, shrugged, and continued in a casual tone,
“Then we screw them over first.”
In the “Integrity First” live room chat:
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[…………]
[Damn, you really are shameless.]
[No wonder… when the Bricklayer sought cooperation before, you agreed so readily. You were planning to ditch him from the very beginning!]
[Dark, really too dark!]
[So, not only did the Bricklayer get nothing this time, he was also used as a proper tool, dragged down, and backstabbed… Seriously, after watching streams for so long, this is the first time I’ve felt sympathy for him.]
“Pfft.”
On the side, Orange Candy had also recovered from her low SAN state.
After hearing Wen Jianyan’s overly black-hearted speech, she couldn’t help but laugh with schadenfreude.
“Hahaha, not bad. Well done. That’s the spirit!”
Because she was in such a good mood, she was even magnanimous enough not to mind Wen Jianyan’s touch just now.
“That guy deserved to be messed with once,” Orange Candy’s eyes darkened for a moment. “…To be honest, not making him shed a layer of skin is already giving him a lot of face.”
“But,” Yun Bilan turned her head and looked at Wen Jianyan inquisitively, “at that time, you were so close to the Bricklayer and his men. How did you get away from right under their noses?”
“Do you remember how we entered the mirror world?”
Wen Jianyan asked in return.
“By… looking in a mirror?”
Yun Bilan recalled how they had stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the mirror for a long time before entering the mirror world.
“Yes,” Wen Jianyan propped himself up with the hand Su Cheng extended and shakily got up from the ground. “But also no.”
What?
The others were all stunned.
“Looking in the mirror is the action, not the cause.”
If simply being reflected in a mirror was enough to enter the mirror world, then why did they need to stand in front of the mirror for so long? Wouldn’t that be superfluous?
After carefully reviewing his last experience in the administration building lobby, Wen Jianyan came to another conclusion.
“I guess… the reason we had to be in the mirror for so long was to create another ‘self’.”
Wen Jianyan said this lightly, but it was enough to send a chill down one’s spine.
“So, the moment we entered the mirror, our mirror images already existed inside, it’s just that we couldn’t see them yet, and they were still learning our behaviors.”
“You mean,” Yun Bilan almost immediately realized Wen Jianyan’s implication. She frowned thoughtfully and continued his sentence, “The reason you were able to escape from under their noses was because you used your mirror image?”
Wen Jianyan: “Yes.”
“But don’t they only appear and replace the original person after the original has died?”
At least, that was how it seemed from Wen Jianyan’s previous experience in the administration building.
Although they hadn’t experienced it with Wen Jianyan, they had basically heard the general cause and effect from him after he returned.
“In a sense, yes, but not entirely accurate.”
Wen Jianyan said.
“I suspect… the appearance of these mirror images is, strictly speaking, related to SAN value.”
That was why, in the process of entering the mirror, they only lost SAN value and not any other stats.
“The more the SAN value drops, the more solid the mirror image becomes, and the easier it is for it to replace us,” Wen Jianyan paused, then continued, “Of course, if a person has already died in a crisis, which is equivalent to their SAN value dropping to zero, the mirror image can naturally replace them directly.”
This was perhaps also the reason why Zhao Ze was the only one who survived and was not replaced by a mirror image.
Because he was the only one who carried mineral water that could restore SAN value at any time, and before he gave the mineral water to Wen Jianyan, it was clear that it had already been used.
“So, what we needed to do was just find this critical value, make it appear, but not let ourselves be replaced.”
Thus, after being driven away from his side by the Bricklayer for being a hindrance, Wen Jianyan immediately edited his speculation into the simplest language and sent it to Orange Candy.
This had to be done by her.
After all, using the dead person’s eyeballs itself consumed SAN value, and as a veteran anchor, Orange Candy probably had far more life-saving means than Wen Jianyan’s own inventory.
What’s more… Wen Jianyan had also played a very clever little trick.
To put it simply, it was Tianji’s horse racing strategy.
Only one of the Bricklayer’s teammates was left in the corridor, while they had four. Even if this member of the Bricklayer’s squad was capable, they still had a high probability of gaining the upper hand.
And there was even less of a problem on Orange Candy’s side. With her means, it was almost impossible for her to have an opponent in PvP, and she would have more room to operate.
Wen Jianyan followed the Bricklayer, so his situation was naturally the most dangerous.
But precisely because of this, he had created a perfect situation for everyone else in his squad—everyone except him had the advantage. So, as long as he protected himself well and received information in a timely manner, it was enough for him to act as a stable information processor and command center.
Thus, after Orange Candy gave feedback that his guess was correct and that this plan could be successfully executed, Wen Jianyan immediately sent a message to Su Cheng and the others, telling them to leave this place of trouble.
Then, taking advantage of the gap when all of the Bricklayer’s attention was drawn to the red-clothed female teacher in front of him, Wen Jianyan ate an entire steamed bun that he always kept on him, forcing his SAN value to continue to drop.
As his SAN value decreased, hallucinations and auditory illusions once again rushed in like a tide. Then, Wen Jianyan saw a gray afterimage appear on his body.
However, he did not stop this time.
SAN value continued to drop.
In the darkness, bright red, writhing fleshy tubes descended from the ceiling and connected to the afterimage. Then, the fleshy tubes continued to writhe, as if injecting something into it. Soon, a thin, membrane-like illusion was filled with viscous, thick flesh and blood. The originally ethereal gray shadow swelled up like an inflating balloon and quickly solidified.
A few seconds later, a face belonging to “Wen Jianyan” slowly pressed against his own, a few centimeters away.
Although the features were familiar, the face familiar, the eyes were hollow, looking very terrifying and creepy.
But soon, Wen Jianyan saw his own expressions gradually appear on that face. The originally wooden, sculpture-like face gradually became vivid, as if it was learning and copying him at a very fast speed.
Before this process was complete, Wen Jianyan abruptly took a step back, putting distance between himself and his “mirror image.”
Then, he used his last [System Immunity].
This was a reward given by Nightmare to anchors like them who had started the second academic year. Wen Jianyan had already used it twice before, and this was the third time.
And the last time.
The moment the system immunity was activated, the face that should have gradually become more and more like his own became stiff, as if the pause button had been pressed. Its time was immediately frozen.
A countdown echoed in his ear. Wen Jianyan didn’t dare to linger and immediately turned and left.
In the corridor, he saw Orange Candy who was already waiting there, but in a very bad state. Although his own SAN value wasn’t much higher, compared to Orange Candy, who had forcibly used the dead person’s eyeballs several times, tried to find the graduation certificate in the desk, and also had to fight her own mirror image under the nose of the Bricklayer’s teammate, Wen Jianyan was much better off.
Thus, ignoring the other’s strong protests, Wen Jianyan pulled Orange Candy, and the two of them stumbled out of the administration building.
“Anyway, that’s more or less what happened.”
Wen Jianyan said.
“Then what about your two solidified selves in the mirror?” Su Cheng seemed to have thought of something and looked at Wen Jianyan. “Won’t they come out?”
“For them to come out, they have to leave the mirror hand-in-hand with a living person,” Wen Jianyan shook his head and said, “I already had you guys place the Bricklayer’s teammate so conspicuously. If he still can’t figure it out, he can just abdicate and let someone more worthy take his place.”
In the “Integrity First” live room chat:
[…Damn, you really calculated every single step.]
[I have to say, I’m filled with awe.]
[With a combo like that, is there really anyone who wouldn’t be fooled?]
Wei Cheng: “Then, the graduation certificate—”
Before he could finish his sentence, he got a kick on his shin.
Looking at the ill-tempered Orange Candy, Wei Cheng’s expression twisted, but he still managed to correct himself in time: “—With the captain on the job, it must have been obtained.”
Orange Candy’s expression softened, and she lifted her head. “Of course!”
Then, she took out a thin piece of paper.
Any other document they had obtained before had at most red text, but this time, the entire sheet of paper was a viscous, deep blood-red, as if it had been condensed from fresh blood.
And at the very top of the paper were several large black words.
[Yuying Comprehensive University Graduation Certificate]
Wen Jianyan was stunned and confirmed, “Only one? There’s nothing else?”
According to common sense… everyone should have a graduation certificate to graduate from university.
“That’s right.”
Orange Candy shrugged and said with great certainty, “If there was a second one, I couldn’t possibly have missed it.”
In an instant, the atmosphere, which had just managed to lighten up, suddenly became gloomy again.
“…”
Wen Jianyan lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.
Soon, he raised his eyes. “Whatever, let’s get out of here first.”
The Bricklayer and his group should be able to leave the mirror before long, and his other teammates were still active inside the administration building. Wen Jianyan had no desire to run into the other party’s full force right after screwing them over once. That would be suicide.
No one had any objections.
They quickly tidied up, then quickly turned and left, putting distance between themselves and the administration building behind them.
Inside the dark administration building.
After their identities were exposed, the two people in front of them quickly shed their previous vivid appearance and became like wooden sculptures.
Faces pale, eyes hollow.
Staring at the “Wen Jianyan” and “Orange Candy” before him, a faint, inscrutable smile was on the Bricklayer’s face. Although there was no angry expression, it was inexplicably terrifying.
Even without any other information, based on the scene before him, the Bricklayer had already pieced together seventy to eighty percent of the basic truth.
He strode towards “Wen Jianyan”: “A pity, what a pity. I thought I would get my hands on it this time.”
This sentence was filled with bone-chilling regret and undisguised, greedy killing intent.
The Bricklayer’s live stream room:
[Tsk tsk tsk, I knew it. Even though the anchor said he wanted to cooperate, he never intended to let go of this juicy piece of meat from the beginning.]
[Hahahaha, but I didn’t expect that not only did he not get to eat it, he got bitten back by the juicy meat.]
[Rare, really too rare!]
The Bricklayer raised his hand and slowly pinched “Wen Jianyan’s” chin. His pale, cold fingers slowly tightened, as if wanting to crush the other’s bones.
He sized up this face:
“What an interesting person. I’m almost reluctant to let go.”
In the corridor not far away, the approaching sound of high heels echoed.
A teammate couldn’t help but urge, “Captain, why don’t we—”
“Shut up.”
The Bricklayer said coldly.
He released his hand, looked at the two figures before him, and asked with a smile, “You want to leave the mirror, right?”
Both teammates were shocked: “Wait a minute, Captain, you’re not really thinking of taking these two non-human things out, are you?”
The figure that had just had a cold face and hollow eyes instantly became lively again.
“Orange Candy” said with a grin, “Yeah, yeah!”
“Take my hand,” the young man smiled and extended his hand towards the Bricklayer. “And we can all walk out of the mirror together!”
Behind them, the sound of high heels grew closer.
The Bricklayer didn’t answer.
With a sinister smile on his face, he looked at the two “people” before him, then slowly took the hand that “Wen Jianyan” extended.
“I’ll help you out.”
