"The core of the mirror maze is jealousy, and the specific manifestation of jealousy is blindness and loss. Just as the key door of the 'lazy' witch is her own lips, which is the so-called 'kiss of true love', therefore, to crack this maze The way is not to follow your instructions, follow you step by step across the mirror, out of the maze... let me guess."
Lin Huai squatted on the ground, resting his chin with both hands, and tapped his cheek with his fingers: "Well, if two people with an ordinary relationship walked in here, if I were a witch, I would set up all the mysteries like this. question."
"The first room is the most common puzzle - not only is it not sharp, but also a little funny and amused, which successfully made the two of them relax their vigilance about the puzzle." He raised the corner of his mouth, "In the second room, The question will be more real-but if it were me, I would design the answers in each mirror like this. Except for the mirror that shows the real thoughts of the person being questioned, in the other five mirrors, I will not Instead of presenting random false answers, it will present—”
"The person who pointed out the mirror, when he heard the question, various conjectures and answers emerged in his mind—under what circumstances did he think he would be betrayed, under what circumstances did he think he would be betrayed by the other party?" Kill. I have to applaud this ingenious design, because it is the biggest killing move in this game." Lin Huai said slowly, "People may question the random answers that were sent to them, But they will look for reasons again and again to support their baseless suspicions. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will quickly take root... Especially when both of them discover the design secret of this mirror option. For two people A and B who come to play the game, when A sees B’s true thoughts about life and death, B will also see A’s unreasonable speculations and conjectures about himself. In this case, even if B holds A’s Originally, they were all good intentions, but when he saw A’s doubts about himself in the mirror, no matter how much kindness there was, there would be suspicion.”
"If the two people participating in this game are normal people, the rift will become bigger and bigger as the mirror enters multiple times. In this process of constantly passing through the mirror, I will even use some small means to make them more serious. Falling apart quickly..." Lin Huai said casually, "Well, for example..."
"Here," he pointed to this room, "put some dead bodies, some blood, or let a few black shadows flash in the mirror. Although according to the rules, in the correct room, I should not be able to directly harm the player Yes, but it should be harmless to use a little trick to scare the players and make them think that they have gone to the wrong room... At this level, even a couple who trusts each other will have suspicions, wondering if they were in the wrong room before? I chose a wrong option. At the same time, the other party who was shut up will also see the changes in the other party’s psychology that appear on the mirror... Well, thinking about it, I’m actually a little excited and want to try it.”
Chu Tianshu behind him: ...
Chu Tianshu grabbed his bench and looked at the sky and shook it.
"... In addition, you can even take them to a room where there is no correct answer, and ask them to choose a mirror that represents the truth. Of course, there is a high probability that the two will kill each other before making a choice. Or, even two people can be tested separately after walking into the wrong mirror, so that the person accompanying them is replaced by a ghost without knowing it, it is really a little exciting to think about it." Lin Huai murmured, "For example, at the end of the mirror game between me and Lao Chu, you can set it like this—let me guess, is your original game link set up like this?"
He chuckled.
"You originally planned to destroy the trust between the two of us through the front ten mirrors - suspicion and betrayal will destroy the relationship between two people - this is normal, but for two people who love each other, and in such a dangerous environment In the midst of it all, no matter how dangerous it is, you will try to trust each other. And this trust is hanging by a thread, so you will ask such questions in the last mirror—that is—”
"Lin Huai, this is the last question," he said softly, "After going through these dozen mirrors, now it's up to you to tell me—"
"Under what circumstances did you intend to kill this person beside you?"
"At the same time, what appears on these mirrors is no longer the light-hearted and humorous answer to the same question that appeared on the mirror when we entered this room for the first time. Instead, in a different room, when we are Asking about the words of the heart, but still reluctantly smiling and leading the other party away from the mirror scene. Then the cunning rabbit died, and the wild dog cooked. After experiencing this game, the same question will be given differently Provocative—this is indeed in line with the style of the Envious Witch, isn't it?" Lin Huai smiled, "It is never the potential betrayal that can kill people, but the inner suspicion induced by extreme circumstances. "
When his voice fell, the "woman" reflected on the ground also smiled.
After Lin Huai looked down with an axe, the originally smooth and flawless floor finally revealed its true face—it was also a mirror.
However, what is reflected in this mirror is not the shadows of two people, but...
A distorted, huge, terrifying face that does not resemble a human being!
That witch has been watching them from the ground!
It was an extremely terrifying face. On that face, there was no skin, only blood-red flesh and countless pairs of wriggling eyes. All eyes turned to Lin Huai at this moment.
"What's wrong?" Lin Huai tapped the floor with an axe, "I've got everything right, so you're speechless?"
The place where he knocked was the witch's eyes, and the witch said sharply, "How did you find out that the real mirror leading to the witch's room is right under your feet?"
"Because of shadows."
"shadow?"
"The heart of jealousy is blind, and those who are jealous often only look at the eyes, but ignore themselves. Just as in the sleeping city, the only way to survive is one's own lips—so, in the mirror maze, the only way to survive is also 'self' ——It’s not the reflection of oneself in the mirror, but the real shadow stepped on by oneself. This is one of them. Therefore, the real way of life is not in the mirror, but under one’s own feet.” Lin Huai Shaking his head, "I have to say, this is really... a fairytale decryption method."
"As for the second, it is a story. In the story of the princess, it is the answer of the magic mirror that leads the queen to destruction step by step. Therefore, the magic mirror—the mirror surface, is a dead end. As for the third..."
"It's the female ghost that we used as a guidepost on the ground." Lin Huai said, and sighed, "It's born from the same root, so why rush each other. We are all ghosts, and we should get along well. However, you directly crushed her into powder in a rage, and I have been thinking about the reason why you are so irascible... "
Chu Tianshu raised his eyes.
Witch: ...
Lin Huai: "It was only later that I realized that if any woman sees another person staining her makeup mirror with her own blood, she will be furious and will immediately destroy her..."
Witch: ... That's no reason at all.
"Okay, that's the end of the rhetoric." Lin Huai tapped the ground with an axe, smiling innocently, "Will you come to my side first, or should I go to your side first?"
Before the blood-red witch could reply, Lin Huai said, "Oh, I understand, you want me to go and accompany you, right?"
Witch: ... I didn't say that.
For some reason, she felt that the little girl's smile in front of her made her hair stand on end. The witch suppressed the goose bumps on her body, and said according to the program: "Since you have discovered the real exit, according to the rules, the exit of the mirror maze will be opened for you..."
"Stop," Lin Huai waved his fingers, wondering, "Who said I'm leaving this maze?"
Witch: "... Then what do you want?"
"...Speaking of which, as long as you are eliminated, will you be able to obtain your mirror and the qualification to control this maze?" Lin Huai said enthusiastically, "I just analyzed it for a long time, and I suddenly want to practice my own Thoughts, that being the case, I decided to…”
"Come to your room first to have a look." Lin Huai held up the ax high, smiling, "Don't run away... no, as a good host, you should remember to stay and treat guests warmly. You Don't worry, we'll come and take a look, as long as you obey, we won't do anything to your life."
As he spoke, he raised his axe and slashed at the mirror again and again. The entire mirror space trembled because of this.
At the moment when the ax passed through the mirror, a strong suction force hit him, Lin Huai blinked, and before he had time to react, he felt a strong suction force hit him.
He closed his eyes tightly in this hurricane, the moment he fell into the vortex, Chu Tianshu rushed over and grabbed his—
Raised bangs.
Lin Huai: ...
—I'll kill you when I get out! !
With such a scream, he followed Chu Tianshu to the end of the maze.
"Ouch!"
— After a burst of spinning that could be called a drum washing machine, he and Chu Tianshu fell out of the mirror together.
— and rolled to the ground.
"Lin Lin," Chu Tianshu let out a cry of pain after finally being relieved of his experience, and looked nervously at Little Red Riding Hood in his arms, "Are you alright?"
Lin Huai, whose bangs were being pulled by him, gave him a murderous look.
"... I was in a hurry just now, and you are so short, so I had to grab the best thing to grab. It just so happened that your hair was flying in the air..."
Chu Tianshu, who was beaten up by Lin Huai, touched his nose and followed behind him. Lin Huai glared at him, and reached out to pick up a candlestick.
"...the person seems to have disappeared." Lin Huai looked around the dark room and wondered, "What's the matter, is the host so inhospitable to the guests?"
"Let's look for it." Chu Tianshu shrugged.
Behind them is the magic mirror from which they fell, and a faint light slid across it.
Lin Huai glanced at the dark room and opened the door.
Outside the door is a long corridor with many doors on both sides.