With his eyes red and swollen, Chen Ge stood in front of the mirror holding the puppet.
"It's one minute to midnight."
There was no light on in the bathroom, and Chen Ge stared at himself in the mirror.
For fear of missing something, he kept his eyes unblinking, pressed his palms against the sink, and kept his face very close to the mirror.
He was concentrating and focusing all his attention on the mirror. About a few seconds before midnight, the phone in Chen Ge's pocket suddenly vibrated.
"Telephone? Who will call me at this time?"
The sudden change shocked Chen Ge. He took out his mobile phone and saw Captain Li's name written on the caller ID.
"Did something unexpected happen?" Chen Ge answered the phone and put it to his ear: "Uncle Sanbao, do you have a problem with me?"
"Zhang Peng has not yet been arrested. We have further narrowed the scope of the investigation and can confirm that he is hiding in the western suburbs of Jiujiang! You have to be careful! This criminal suspect is extremely cunning and dangerous. His behavior is different from normal people. We are not ruling it out now.
There is a chance that he will go back to find you!" On the other side of the phone, Captain Li's voice was serious and urgent.
"Weren't there layers of security outside New Century Park last night? His arms were injured, so he shouldn't be able to run very far?" In Chen Ge's view, it was only a matter of time before Zhang Peng was arrested.
"The situation has changed. I can't explain it to you in detail for the time being. I'll just reveal that after successfully intercepting a criminal suspect last night, a police officer seemed to have seen something. He is now in a deep coma and is being rescued in the hospital."
"What?!" Chen Ge's expression changed, and when he was about to speak, he inadvertently saw the mirror on the wall again.
On the smooth mirror surface, at some point, a blood-red Arabic numeral - "1" appeared.
"But you don't have to worry, the scope of the search is constantly shrinking, and if evil is not suppressed, he will definitely be punished by law!"
Captain Li was still talking, but Chen Ge had no intention of listening. He put his phone aside and stared at the mirror blankly.
"When did it appear? The monster in the mirror has left, how could the numbers still appear on the mirror?!" Chen Ge recalled the scene last night. Half of the monster in the mirror was in the mirror and half was outside the mirror. Then Zhang Peng took the initiative
Attach it to the mirror and blend with it.
"What do these numbers mean? Yesterday it was '2', and today it became '1'. Will it be cleared after twelve o'clock tomorrow?" The gradually decreasing numbers made Chen Ge look solemnly: "Zhang Peng
After being possessed by the monster in the mirror, the number changed for the first time. Just now, Captain Li said that a police officer fell into a coma. After the second victim appeared, the number decreased again. Could this number be related to the victim? In the mirror
The monster needs three living people?”
Regardless of whether this number represented time or human life, Chen Ge was not prepared to wait any longer. He felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.
"The monster in the mirror is constantly growing. Tomorrow night may be my last chance." Chen Ge took out a rag and wiped off the numbers on the mirror. He didn't care about it anymore.
After briefly dealing with Captain Li, he hung up the phone and entered the tool room with his black mobile phone.
"It's past midnight and early morning, and new daily tasks should also be refreshed. There are two tasks that can help me now. One is the favorability task of the red ghost, and the other is the nightmare-level daily task added today."
Opening the black phone, Chen Ge clicked on the daily tasks column.
"Easy difficulty: A frightening experience should not cause traumatic psychological shadow to the experiencer. I think you should understand that going too far is never better. Please improve the safety system of the haunted house and check out the safety hazards in the haunted house."
"Normal difficulty: You have been given a chance to expand the haunted house. Please find a suitable site for expansion as soon as possible! Due to site restrictions, you will not be able to conduct trial tasks in any scenario until the expansion is completed!"
"Nightmare difficulty: There is another person living in your room. Don't you want to know who he is?"
"Attention! Some tasks are extremely dangerous, please choose carefully!"
After Chen Ge finished reading the three missions, his eyes lingered on the third nightmare mission: "Is there another person living in the room? It sounds uncomfortable."
Chen Ge was well aware of the dangers of the nightmare mission. He hesitated for a long time but did not choose to accept it. Instead, he flipped his phone again and opened the exclusive page of the red-clothed ghost.
"Do you want to accept Zhang Ya's favorability task? Attention! This task is dangerous!"
The phone thoughtfully gave Chen Ge a warning. He rubbed his temples, a little undecided.
"Both tasks are very dangerous, but the rewards for the nightmare difficulty daily tasks are random and will most likely give me another auxiliary ability. On the other hand, for the favorability task, Zhang Ya is a red-clothed ghost and has an exclusive ability on her mobile phone.
The page looks very powerful, like it’s a few levels higher than the monster in the mirror. If I can get her to take action, I have a high chance of breaking the game."
After analyzing for a long time, Chen Ge gritted his teeth and clicked on Zhang Ya's favorability task.
"Are you sure you accept Zhang Ya's favorability task?"
"Sure!"
The blood-red interface began to churn, like withering roses, and new writing quickly appeared on the phone screen.
"The Third Collection of Volume One of Andersen's Fairy Tales - "The Red Shoes": There is a pair of very beautiful and attractive red dancing shoes. When girls wear them on their feet, they will feel lighter and more energetic when dancing.
But the girls are just thinking about it, and no one dares to actually wear it on their feet to dance. Because these are a pair of magic shoes. Once you put them on and dance, you will dance endlessly until you run out of dance.
Until all the energy of the author..."
"Please arrive at Xicheng Private School within one hour of accepting the mission and find Zhang Ya's red dancing shoes before dawn."
"Note: Don't be late for your first date, otherwise she will be unhappy."
After reading the mission prompt on his phone, Chen Ge had a weird expression. Xicheng Private School had been abandoned a few years ago. The specific reason was unknown. It was said that something terrible happened and had to be closed down.
"My first date with a girl was in an abandoned school after midnight. Is there something wrong with my love story?"
The task requires arriving at Xicheng Private School within one hour. Chen Ge calculated the time and found that it was enough time: "The former site of Xicheng Private School is in the western suburbs. It's not too far for me. The key is that it goes past midnight...
Forget it, I'd better take a shower first, anyway, this is my first time."
After taking a quick shower, Chen Ge changed into clean clothes and stood in front of the mirror again: "There are still fifty minutes left, why do I suddenly start to feel a little nervous." bdshare();