Chapter 0051 – Choice
Eyes red and swollen, Chen Ge stood in front of the mirror holding the Muppets.
”There’s one minute left until twelve midnight.”
There were no lights on in the bathroom, and Chen Ge stared at himself in the mirror with both eyes.
He was afraid of missing something, his eyes didn’t blink, his palms pressed against the sink, and his face was very close to the mirror.
Concentrating fully, all his attention was focused on the mirror, and about a few seconds before midnight, the cell phone in Chen Ge’s pocket suddenly vibrated.
”Phone call? Who would call me at this time?”
The sudden turn of events startled Chen Ge, who took his cell phone out, and the name of Team Li was written on the caller ID.
”Was there an accident?” Chen Ge picked up the phone and put it to his ear, “Uncle San Bao, what are you looking for me for?”
”Zhang Peng still hasn’t been caught, we’ve further narrowed down the scope of our investigation, and we can be sure that he’s hiding in the western suburbs of Jiujiang! You have to be careful! This suspect is extremely cunning and dangerous, his behavior is different from normal people, we can’t rule out the possibility of him going back for you now!” On the other side of the phone, Team Li’s voice was serious and urgent.
”Wasn’t there a layer of control outside New Century Paradise last night? He was injured in both arms, so he shouldn’t be able to run far ah?” In Chen Ge’s opinion, it was only a matter of time before Zhang Peng fell into the net.
”The situation has changed, it’s not good to explain to you in detail for the time being, I’ll just disclose one thing, last night a police officer seemed to have seen something after successfully intercepting the suspected crime, and now he’s in a deep coma and is being rescued in the hospital.”
”What?!” Chen Ge’s face changed and he was about to speak when he inadvertently saw the mirror on the wall again.
On the smooth mirror surface, at some point, a blood-red Arabic numeral-“1”-emerged.
”But you don’t have to worry, the scope of the search is narrowing down, and evil will surely be punished by the law!”
Team Li was still saying something over and over again, but Chen Ge no longer cared to listen, he put his cell phone aside and stared at the mirror in a daze.
”When did it appear? The monster in the mirror has already left, how could the numbers still appear on the mirror?!” Chen Ge recalled last night’s scene, where half of the monster in the mirror’s body was in the mirror and half of its body was outside the mirror, and then Zhang Peng took the initiative to stick to the mirror and fuse with it.
”What exactly does such a number mean? Yesterday it was ‘2’, and today it has become ‘1’, will it clear up after twelve o’clock tomorrow?” The gradually diminishing number made Chen Ge’s gaze heavy: “The number changed for the first time after Zhang Peng was possessed by the monster in the mirror, and just now, when Team Li said that one of the officers fell into a coma and the second victim appeared, the number decreased again. Could this number be related to the victims? The monster in the mirror needs three living people?”
Regardless of whether this number represented time, or human lives, Chen Ge was not prepared to wait any longer, and a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart.
”The monster in the mirror is growing, tomorrow night might be my last chance.” Chen Ge took out a rag and wiped away the numbers on the mirror, he couldn’t care less anymore.
After simply dealing with Team Li for a few sentences, he hung up the phone and entered the tool room with his black cell phone.
”Midnight wee hours have passed, and it’s time for the new daily quests to be refreshed, there are two quests that can help me right now, one is the red-clothed Knight Ghost’s goodwill quest, and the other is today’s new nightmare level daily quests.”
Opening his black cell phone, Chen Ge tapped on the column of daily quests.
”Simple Difficulty: a frightening experience should not cause traumatizing psychological shadows to the experiencer, I think you should understand the reasoning of too much is not enough, please improve the safety system of the haunted house and inventory the safety hazards among the haunted house.”
”Normal Difficulty: You have been given one opportunity to expand your haunted house, please find a suitable site for expansion as soon as possible! Due to site restrictions, you are unable to carry out any scenario trial missions until the expansion is complete!”
”Nightmare Difficulty: another person has been living in your room, don’t you want to know who he is?”
”Attention! Individual quests are extremely dangerous, please choose carefully!”
Chen Ge finished reading the three quests and his eyes hovered over the third nightmare quest, “Another person has been living in the room? It sounds uncomfortable.”
The danger of nightmare quests was well understood by Chen Ge, and he didn’t choose to accept it after half a day of agonizing, but instead flipped through his phone again and opened the exclusive page of the red-clothed stern ghost.
”Whether or not to accept Zhang Ya’s favorability quest! Attention! This mission has a certain degree of danger!”
The cell phone thoughtfully gave Chen Ge a warning reminder, and he rubbed his temples, a bit undecided.
”Both of these quests are very dangerous, but the rewards for the Nightmare Difficulty daily quests are randomized, and it’s highly likely that I’ll be given another ability of a supplementary nature; on the contrary, for the Good Sense Quest, Zhang Ya is a red-clothed stern ghost that possesses an exclusive page in her phone, and she looks powerful, like she’s a couple of levels higher than the monsters in the mirror, so if I can get her to make a move, there’s a high hope that I’ll be able to break out of this situation. ”
After analyzing for half a day, Chen Ge clenched his teeth and tapped on Zhang Ya’s goodwill quest.
”OK to accept Zhang Ya’s favorability quest?”
”OK!”
The blood-red interface began to tumble like a fading rose, and new words quickly appeared on the cell phone screen.
”Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales Volume 1, Collection 3 – The Red Dancing Shoes: there is a pair of very beautiful and attractive red dancing shoes, and when girls put them on their feet, they will all feel lighter and more energetic when they dance. But the girls just think about it, no one dares to really wear it on their feet to dance. Because this is a pair of shoes with magic power, once worn to dance it will go on forever until the dancer’s full energy is exhausted ……”
”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 or she will be unhappy.”
After reading the mission tip on his cell phone, Chen Ge’s expression was odd, the Xicheng Private School had been abandoned a few years ago, the exact reason was unknown, it was rumored that something horrible had happened and it had to be shut down.
”The first date with a girl is in an abandoned school after twelve midnight, is there something wrong with my love story?”
The task requires arriving at the Xicheng Private School within an hour, Chen Ge counted the time, it’s still sufficient: “The old Xicheng Private School is located in the western suburb, it’s not too far for me, the key is that it’s more than twelve o’clock in the morning past midnight……. Forget it, I’d better go and take a shower first, no matter what, it’s my first time.”
Quickly rinsing the cooler, Chen Ge changed into clean clothes to stand in front of the mirror again, “There are still fifty minutes left, how come I suddenly started to get a little nervous.”