With red and swollen eyes, Chen Ge stood in front of the mirror holding the puppet.
"It's twelve o'clock in the middle of the night in one minute."
There was no light on in the bathroom, Chen Ge stared at himself in the mirror.
For fear of missing something, he didn't blink his eyes, his palms pressed against the sink, and his face was very close to the mirror.
Concentrated, all attention was focused on the mirror. About a few seconds before midnight, the phone in Chen Ge's pocket suddenly vibrated.
"Phone? Who will call me at this time?"
The sudden change shocked Chen Ge. He took out his mobile phone, and the caller ID showed Team Li's name.
"What happened?" Chen Ge answered the phone and put it in his ear: "Uncle Sanbao, are you looking for me?"
"Zhang Peng has not yet been arrested. We have further narrowed the scope of investigation. We 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 that of normal people. We will not rule it out now. The possibility of him going back to find you!" Over the phone, Team Li's voice was serious and urgent.
"Didn't there be layers of control outside New Century Park last night? He injured his arms, so he shouldn't be able to run very far?" In Chen Ge's opinion, Zhang Peng's arrest is only a matter of time.
"The situation has changed. I can't explain it to you in detail for the time being. Let me just reveal one thing. Last night, a police officer seemed to have seen something after successfully intercepting the suspect. He is now in a deep coma and is being rescued in the hospital."
"What?!" Chen Ge's expression changed, and just as he was about to speak, he inadvertently saw the mirror on the wall.
On the smooth mirror surface, at some point, a blood-red Arabic numeral - "1" appeared.
"But don't worry, the scope of the search is constantly shrinking. If the evil does not suppress the righteous, he will definitely be punished by the law!"
Team Li was still talking, but Chen Ge had no intention of listening. He put the phone aside and stared blankly at the mirror.
"When did it appear? The monster in the mirror has already left, how can the numbers still appear on the mirror?!" Chen Ge recalled the scene from 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. Paste it on the mirror and blend it.
"What do these numbers mean? Yesterday was '2', and today it has become '1'. Will it be cleared after twelve o'clock tomorrow?" The gradually decreasing number made Chen Ge's eyes dignified: "Zhang Peng After being caught by the monster in the mirror, the number changed for the first time. Just now, Team 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, and he felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.
"The monsters in the mirror are constantly growing, and tomorrow night may be my last chance." Chen Ge took out a rag and wiped off the numbers on the mirror. He couldn't care less.
After simply responding to Team Li, he hung up the phone and entered the tool room with the black mobile phone.
"It's past midnight, and the new daily tasks should be refreshed. There are two tasks that can help me now. One is the favorability task of the ghost in red, and the second is the nightmare-level daily task added today."
Turning on the black phone, Chen Ge clicked on the daily tasks column.
"Easy difficulty: A frightening experience should not cause traumatic psychological shadows to the experiencer. I think you should understand that it is too much. Please improve the safety system of the haunted house and check the hidden safety hazards in the haunted house."
"Normal difficulty: You have been granted an opportunity to expand the haunted house. Please find a suitable venue for expansion as soon as possible! Due to the limitation of the venue, you cannot perform any trial tasks in any scenario until the expansion is completed!"
"Nightmare difficulty: There's always another person living in your room, don't you want to know who he is?"
"Attention! Some missions are extremely dangerous, please choose carefully!"
After Chen Ge finished watching the three missions, his eyes lingered on the third nightmare mission: "There is another person living in the room? I feel uncomfortable listening to it."
Chen Ge has a deep understanding of the dangers of the nightmare mission. He struggled for a long time and did not choose to accept it. Instead, he flipped through his mobile phone and opened the exclusive page of the red-clothed ghost.
"Do you accept Zhang Ya's favorability quest! Attention! This quest is dangerous!"
The mobile phone gave Chen Ge a warning reminder, he rubbed his temples, a little undecided.
"Both of these tasks are very dangerous, but the rewards of the nightmare difficulty daily tasks are random, and it is very likely that they will give me another auxiliary ability; on the other hand, the favorability task, Zhang Ya is a red-clothed ghost, and has an exclusive ability in the mobile phone. The page looks very powerful, it seems to be several levels higher than the monster in the mirror, if I can make her move, I have a great hope 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 to accept Zhang Ya's favorability quest?"
"Sure!"
The blood-red interface began to churn, like withering roses, and new handwriting soon appeared on the phone screen.
"Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 1, Collection 3 - "The Red Shoes": There is a pair of very beautiful and attractive red dancing shoes, girls wear them on their feet, and they will feel lighter and more energetic when they dance. But The girls are just thinking about it, no one dares to wear it on their feet and dance. Because this is a pair of magic shoes, once put on and dancing, it will dance endlessly until the dancers are exhausted. with all my energies…”
"Please arrive at Xicheng Private School within one hour of accepting the task, and find Zhang Ya's red dancing shoes before dawn."
"Note: Don't be late for the first date, or she will be unhappy."
After reading the task reminder on the phone, Chen Ge had a weird expression. Xicheng Private School was abandoned a few years ago. The specific reason is unknown. It is said that something terrible happened and it had to be closed.
"My first date with a girl was at an abandoned school after midnight. Is there something wrong with my love story?"
The mission required arriving at Xicheng Private School within one hour. Chen Ge calculated the time, and it was enough: "The former site of Xicheng Private School is in the western suburbs, which is not too far for me. The key is to pass past twelve o'clock in the morning... Well, I'd better go take a shower first, anyway, this is my first time."
After a quick shower, Chen Ge changed into clean clothes and stood in front of the mirror again: "There are still fifty minutes left, why suddenly start to get a little nervous."