Suddenly, there was a feeling of earth-shaking all around, and Zhou Ze subconsciously lowered his center of gravity to prevent himself from falling.
But he saw that the old Taoist in the bathroom was still holding his faucet and screaming;
Xu Qinglang was still sleeping on the sofa in the living room, and seemed to feel nothing unusual.
Zhou Ze suddenly realized that it was not a real earthquake, but the light and shadow of everything around him were greatly deviated, creating an illusion of violent shaking.
Everything around you that can reflect light seems to come alive at this moment. They become very active and begin to actively try to mislead and influence you.
It is a very incredible feeling, as if at this moment you have been rejected by the entire environment around you. They are no longer dead objects around you, they are no longer tools for you to choose and trample on. After they have their own consciousness, they instinctively begin to reject you and hate you.
Zhou Ze opened his mouth and wanted to wake Xu Qinglang up, but when he shouted, Xu Qinglang continued to lie on the sofa and sleep, as if he didn't hear him at all.
No matter how soundly he slept, he couldn't have died like this.
"Old Taoist!"
Zhou Ze called out to the Taoist priest again.
The old Taoist was standing in the bathroom, still staring at his faucet and shouting. No matter how Zhou Ze called him, he didn't turn around.
Gradually, Zhou Ze discovered that the old Taoist's figure was twisting, and Xu Qinglang, who was sleeping on the sofa, was also twisting his body. He felt like he was in a funhouse mirror room, and the light around him seemed to be bent, bringing an extremely painful visual impact.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Ze began to close his eyes. He was no longer a rookie ghost catcher. He had experienced many ups and downs in the past six months. He knew that the first thing he should do when facing such a situation was to calm his heart.
If your heart is as clear as ice, you won’t be afraid even if the sky falls!
However, as soon as Zhou Ze closed his eyes, he felt a sudden sense of weightlessness under his feet, as if he was about to fall into the abyss of the cliff in the next moment.
This feeling often occurs when sleeping. Suddenly, I have the illusion that I am falling. Then my whole body trembles subconsciously and I wake up quickly, only to find that it was a false alarm.
But for Zhou Ze right now, this feeling lasted for a long time and became more and more intense.
Zhou Ze had no choice but to open his eyes, and the moment he opened his eyes again, white light suddenly burst out from all around, the brightness was like a car in front of you suddenly turning on its high beam at night.
After a moment of dizziness and blindness, when Zhou Ze's vision regained clarity, he found himself still standing in the living room.
Nothing around him changed, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion that could not be counted, an illusion of glass, but soon Zhou Ze realized something was wrong.
The sofa was still the same sofa, but Xu Qinglang was gone.
The bathroom is still the same bathroom, but the old Taoist priest who urinated blood in the bathroom is gone.
The furnishings are still there, nothing has changed, but I am the only one left here, and only me.
Zhou Ze took a deep breath. The lights were on, but the brightness was obviously not enough. It could even be said to be very low, making everything here seem dim.
Walking into the bathroom, Zhou Ze suddenly saw the figures of the Taoist priest and Xu Qinglang in the mirror through the remaining cracked surface of the mirror on the wall.
The old Taoist leaned against the wall, his face full of fear and blood all over his body. Xu Qinglang was beside him, helping to watch over him and also seemed to be comforting him.
Are they in the mirror
Zhou Ze was a little dazed. Then, he saw Xu Qinglang helping the old Taoist out of the bathroom, and he could no longer see them.
"Hey! Can you hear me?"
Zhou Ze shouted, but there was no response. Then, Zhou Ze left the bathroom and walked into the living room. There was a huge photo frame in the living room, which contained an oil painting of Eight Horses. From the mirror, Zhou Ze saw the old Taoist sitting on the sofa in the living room, and Xu Qinglang brought him a glass of water.
Then, Xu Qinglang lit a piece of talisman paper and melted it into the cup of water, then handed it to the old Taoist to drink.
The old Taoist frowned in pain and drank the talisman water in one gulp, then kept breathing out.
Zhou Ze could not hear any of their voices, he could only see their images and movements.
It was not until Zhou Ze saw that he was also in the scene that his heart sank.
matter,
It really has reached a point that is hard to imagine.
I just lay there on the sofa, motionless.
Xu Qinglang and the old Taoist looked at him sitting on the sofa with concern from time to time. Xu Qinglang even wiped his face with a wet towel, but he felt nothing.
Huh…
Understood,
It's not that they didn't know why they entered the mirror,
In fact,
Really enter the mirror,
It’s me!
Zhou Ze tried to scratch the mirror with his fingernails. He instinctively wanted to break it and get out. However, his fingernails, which had been invincible before, were really powerless against this small mirror. The mirror was like a diamond, so strong that it made people despair.
After trying for a while, Zhou Ze gave up and sat down on the sofa.
After sitting down, Zhou Ze discovered that the furnishings in the room were indeed the same, but in fact, the arrangements were reversed. After all, what was in the mirror was indeed the opposite of reality.
Reaching out and touching, Zhou Ze found that his cigarette was still there. He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. He could actually light it with a lighter, and when he took it out, he really had the aroma of tobacco.
Zhou Ze didn’t know what state he was in now. His body was still in the reality outside the mirror, but everything here was so real that it didn’t seem like his soul had left his body.
Zhou Ze had experienced the state of soul leaving the body before. It was a very weak and confused feeling, but he obviously didn't have that feeling now, which meant that his soul was not being sucked in.
Zhou Ze remembered that in the afternoon in the restaurant, his fingernails were of no use to those "ghosts". This seemed to mean that he was now in the same state as those "ghosts" dining in the restaurant
Not the soul,
Not the flesh,
A... very strange and indescribable state
That is,
The state in the mirror
That night, Zhou Ze basically sat on the sofa, thinking about how to get out, how to leave here. Zhou Ze also tried to open the door to look outside, but he found that the gate and the wall of the yard were separated by a layer of "glass". He could not get out at all and could only move in this narrow area.
So, that night I would either sit on the sofa and contemplate life, or stand in front of the picture frame and watch how Lao Dao and Xu Qinglang anxiously tried various ways to wake me up.
In fact, what Zhou Ze is most worried about right now is whether Xu Qinglang and the old Taoist will take his body back to the city bookstore the next day
Although Zhou Ze had a very strong character, he really didn't want to be abandoned by his companions like this, even though his companions might not even know that he was actually in a mirror.
Zhou Ze even tried to fill the hot spring pool with water and soak in it a few times, but found that even if he put his head in the pool, he still couldn't leave the area. Zhou Ze had executed and tried every possible way, but failed.
In short, this night was very long, so long that Zhou Ze felt a little suffocated.
When the faint sunlight came out from outside, Zhou Ze slowly raised his head.
It's daybreak, isn't it
“Click… Click…”
There seemed to be a sound of something breaking. Zhou Ze stood up, walked to the door, reached out to open it, and found that a piece of the glass outside was broken, enough for a person to walk out normally.
This was like the tunnel for children to pass through in an amusement park. Zhou Ze walked in and could only move forward along this single route because there was a thin layer of glass on all sides. You could see the people outside and the scenery outside, but you couldn't get out.
No matter how hard you try, you can't break this layer of glass at all.
As he walked, Zhou Ze saw a door. The door was open, so he walked in.
Then,
suddenly see the light.
After all, after walking through the narrow glass corridor for more than ten minutes, I suddenly walked into an open area, and it really felt like a fisherman who had strayed into the Peach Blossom Spring.
However, Zhou Ze walked into a restaurant.
Buffet layout,
Familiar environment,
It's the restaurant in the hotel.
"Sir, please give me your room card."
A voice sounded from beside Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze turned his head and looked at her.
This is a waitress, but her mouth is above her eyes and her facial features are all inverted, giving people a very scary feeling.
Zhou Ze didn't move.
The other party reached out and took out a room card from his body.
"Hello, enjoy your meal." The waiter said with a smile.
This smile was the most creepy smile Zhou Ze had ever seen in his life. Even Picasso could not paint such an effect.
There were not many people in the restaurant, but after Zhou Ze sat down, more and more guests began to come in to dine. It was exactly the same scene as yesterday.
However, Zhou Ze was just a bystander yesterday, but this time, he joined the game.
He didn't go to get food, but just sat down again in the same seat as yesterday. If this was the case, Zhou Ze would like to see if Xu Qinglang and the old Taoist would also come through the hot spring pool.
Before Xu Qinglang and the Taoist priest arrived, Zhou Ze first waited for the family of three. They sat down in the same seats as yesterday. The little girl sat down first while her parents went to get the food.
Then,
The headless family of three stared in a daze at the dazzling array of food in front of them.
"Hi, hello, nice to see you again." Zhou Ze tried to find a way to smile.
However,
The family of three, who had been unable to communicate before, suddenly turned their bodies to face Zhou Ze.
They have no head.
Logically, they can't talk, after all, they can't eat either.
But they made a sound, a collective sound.
Although there is only one simple word:
"Hi."
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PS: Starting today, Long will participate in a grassroots charity event for "Internet writers" and will go to a poor county in the mountainous area. It is estimated to take more than a week. Long will try to ensure updates;
Of course, if there are unexpected circumstances that prevent timely updates, Long will publish a separate chapter to tell everyone in advance.
Don't panic,
Hold on to the dragon!