"So... what happened after you finished bleeding?" Feng Bujue asked.
"I heard the sound of water..." Wang Tanzhi replied.
"Don't tell me that's the sound of you or someone else being scared to pee..." Brother Jue continued.
"Of course not." Xiao sighed, "I heard a sound similar to the flow of a river."
"Santuchuan? Huangquan? Minghe?" Bao Qing asked three consecutive sentences.
"I don't know about that." Xiaotan shrugged, "But I know that in many religions and myths, the channel connecting the world and the underworld is described as a 'river'; I think... what I heard at the time It's the sound of 'the river'."
"So... what happened after hearing the voice?" Feng Bujue asked again.
"I also saw a lot of fragments, a lot... fragments of memory that don't belong to me..." Xiaotan couldn't help frowning slightly when he said this, "Most of them are scenes related to death... such as the memory before being murdered, Or the moment before being run over by a train... ”
"It didn't cause any mental pollution to you, did it?" Feng Bujue looked at his expression and asked out of concern.
"Uh..." Xiao Tan replied, "Not really... Because those clips are just 'visual' and 'auditory' memories, to me, it's like watching a bunch of unrelated horror movies editing; by comparison, some of the scripts in Thrillerland are far scarier than that.”
"Oh..." Hearing this, Brother Jue replied with confidence.
At this moment, Mr. Bao was beside him and complained very sharply: "Well... the moment you said the four words 'really not', I thought the second half of your sentence would be 'my spirit is already gone. I was tainted by Jue Ge’s super pollution source, so I have lost my sense of this level of clips’.”
"Hahaha..." Xiao Tan laughed heartily after hearing this, "Don't even mention it, it's also possible."
"Hey, hey... what's so exciting about this?" Feng Bujue continued, "Also..." He turned his head to look at Bao Qing, "What is 'super pollution source'? What did you define?"
"It was defined by an expert who gave me psychological counseling since childhood." Bao Qing replied.
"Which expert? Report the name and let me know." Feng Bujue said again immediately.
"For the sake of his/her safety, I think it's better never to let you know his or her name." Bao Qing said, tilting his head, avoiding Brother Jue's sight, and sighed to Xiao, "Come on, let's continue talking about the fragment thing..."
"There's nothing to say." Xiao Tan continued, "The test will be over after that."
"Huh?" Bao Qing asked suspiciously, "Is that all?"
"Yeah, that's it." Xiao Tan replied.
"Then what is the significance of this test?" Feng Bujue also asked.
"The purpose of the test is to know how the scales will react when they come into contact with my blood." Xiao Tan replied, "Of course they have already done other tests, such as... what will happen to the scales when the blood of ordinary people comes into contact with them? What will happen when the blood of the capable person comes into contact with the scales, what will happen if you hold the scales in your hands and meditate, what will happen if you stay with the scales for a long time, etc." He paused for half a second, and then said, "And I... belong to a special case, Chief Gu felt that my blood might trigger different changes, so he arranged this test just now."
"But the result is nothing special?" Bao Qing continued.
"Well, at least they told me no." Xiao Tan replied.
"This is strange..." Bao Qing rubbed his chin and pondered, "Since nothing abnormal happened during the test, how did the accident happen later?"
"Oh... that..." Xiao Tan replied quite calmly, "The thing is like this... After I finished the test, I went back the same way led by Agent Zhang. We didn't know it at the time. When I passed by the fourth containment area once, a certain spiritual sensor on the upper shelf of the shelf reacted... So when I passed by here for the second time, that thing was pulled from the shelf by the 'gravity' generated by me. It fell; thankfully, the thing itself was harmless, but... as it fell, it happened to rub against the 'mischief mirror' placed under the shelf, and when the mirror was turned around, the cloth covering it It just slipped... the moment the mirror was about to shine on me, Uncle Zhang Zhiang quickly turned around and threw me down, not exposing me to the mirror, but... "
"... But, he himself was photographed." Hearing this, Bao Qing already understood what was going on.
"So what if you see it?" But Feng Bujue still didn't understand, so he continued to ask.
"If someone is photographed... the 'that guy' in the mirror will turn into that person and escape from the mirror." Bao Qing said, "and start to 'prank'."
"It sounds like... 'that guy' is a goblin or something?" Feng Bujue continued.
"No... it should be described as a 'hysterical and extremely cunning monster'." Judging from Bao Qing's expression when he received the words, he obviously had a story, "The monster in the mirror is like a 'prank' It is a concrete embodiment of this thing. It is purely to tease people. From its perspective, there is nothing that cannot be used for pranks. The quasi-vocabulary doesn't even have a concept. Although it doesn't have any destructive capabilities, you can imagine... in a place like the 'warehouse', letting it come out to move freely will trigger a terrible chain reaction."
"Eh? Master Bao, have you ever worked in the warehouse?" Xiao Tan asked immediately, "Hearing your tone, it seems that you have dealt with this mirror before."
"That's because... a few years ago, I participated in the entire process of containing this object." Bao Qing explained, "On that day, Corey got a piece of news: a man who attempted suicide claimed that there was a man with him. The exact same person is impersonating him... and ruining his life, and no matter what he explains, no one around him believes what he says.
"This case quickly attracted our attention, so several detectives and I rushed to the police station to investigate; after confirming that this person was not insane or lying, we took him away and conducted more detailed investigations. inquiry.
"Afterwards, I joined the action team and went directly to the man's house to investigate... and thus discovered the existence of the 'prank mirror'.
"Afterwards we learned that he found this mirror from a thrift store that was being cleared; he saw that the mirror had a strange shape, and the mirror was still clear although the frame was old, so he thought it was a valuable antique; After bargaining, he bought the mirror back home.
"Who would have thought ... what he brought home was essentially a terrible disaster."
Hearing this, Feng Bujue couldn't help asking curiously: "Then how did you 'contain' this mirror and the monster hidden in it?"
"Well... that's what I have to talk about." Bao Qingnian said, "It's really difficult to 'catch' that monster, because it has the characteristic of teleportation within a short distance. In addition, it has certain uses." 'Mind-reading' ability, which means ... it can know what you're thinking when you're in its vicinity."
"Heh... They are all very convenient to carry out pranks..." Brother Jue laughed.
"Fortunately... this guy also has weaknesses." Bao Qing didn't answer his words, and continued, "In fact, the various characteristics of this monster... are written on the frame of the mirror; It is impossible for ordinary people to understand ancient characters."
"But you are not ordinary people." Feng Bujue continued.
"Yes, we are not." Bao Qing replied, "So, after we took a picture of the text on the frame and sent it back to Corey, someone sent back the translation in less than ten minutes." He took a sip of tea, Besides, "About the conditions for this 'prank monster' to come out of the mirror... the frame of the mirror only said a general idea, but later we obtained more detailed data through experiments; the basic trigger condition is—the appearance of a 'human' In front of the mirror, even if it is a tenth of a second... that's fine. As for the boundary of this 'appearance', we also experimented later... If the head is illuminated, it will be triggered immediately; and the head Other parts... need to have more than 60% of the body area on the two-dimensional surface level to be reflected by the mirror before it can be triggered."
"Oh... It's like when Detective Zhang threw me down, only my back flashed in front of the mirror, and I got caught." Xiaotan replied.
Bao Qing nodded, and continued: "The way to lock the monster back is... let the person who released it appear in the mirror with him. At that moment, the prank monster will show its original shape and be sucked into the mirror; And for the next six minutes, it couldn't come out again."
"Wait..." Feng Bujue said, "Isn't this guy capable of teleportation and mind reading? Then how do you achieve the above condition?"
"This is about its 'weakness'." Bao Qing said here, showing a noncommittal expression, "The monster living in the mischievous mirror has two weaknesses—one, the straight-line distance between it and the mirror No more than 6,666 meters; and second, for some reason, if peanut butter gets on the mirror, it has to come back immediately and lick the mirror clean."
"Huh?" Feng Bujue wanted to complain when he heard the first weakness, but he held back; but when he heard the second weakness, he suddenly felt that the previous weakness was quite normal, "Uh …why… the peanut butter part, made some weird images pop up in my head…”
"I think it's because your inner world is too filthy." Bao Qing continued calmly, "In short... Later we transported the mirror to a place with almost nowhere to hide within a few kilometers, and took the victim's Blindfolded, brought to the mirror, fulfilled the sealing conditions with peanut butter, then covered the mirror and contained it."
"Such a dangerous thing... Is it really okay for you to just cover it with a cloth?" Feng Bujue asked this question immediately after listening.
"Do you think we want this?" Bao Qing replied, "Experiments have proved that, except for linen, all the coverings exposed in front of the mirror will be corroded, and the corrosion cycle is elusive... The same material can sometimes block One week, sometimes only for a few minutes; in addition, fixing the cloth to the mirror with rope, tape, etc., or wrapping the mirror directly in it with an oversized cloth, will trigger the corrosion effect-even if we use It's linen."
"Oh... so to speak." Feng Bujue continued, "Isn't it okay to cover this mirror and put it in a closed space?"
"Yes." Bao Qing continued, "We have tried covering it and putting it in a separate room; we have also tried covering it and putting it in a large cabinet or box, and we have even tried putting it in colored ice cubes ... However, if you do this for more than ten seconds, the mirror will teleport out of the closed space by itself and appear in a random area nearby." He paused, showing a helpless expression, "Also, put it It doesn't work in that kind of uninhabited wasteland. It will also teleport when there are no humans or other things around it. The time and distance of teleportation depend on the degree of emptiness around it...
"Countless experiments have proved that only by stacking this thing with other furniture and sundries and covering it with linen to ensure that there are frequent human activities around it can it maintain a relatively stable state .”
"I also have a question." At this time, Xiao Tan raised his right hand like a child asking a question in class, and asked, "Have you tried to destroy this thing? For example, smashing or melting the mirror..."
"Tried it." Bao Qing replied, "for the first destruction experiment, we swung the mirror with a hammer, and only a small crack was left; There was an earthquake of magnitude 6..." He paused for a second, "Again, the second time, we changed positions and took a chisel, so South Africa trembled again... Please note that these two things Happened on the same day."
"I'll go..." Feng Bujue was startled when he heard that, "This thing is going against the sky."
"After that, we haven't made any similar attempts." Bao Qing said, "If we take the mirror to melt and cause the volcano below the Yellowstone Park in the United States to erupt, then things won't be easy to deal with..."
"Hmm...so that's how it is." Brother Jue responded, and then looked at Xiaotan again, "Eh? So... the day you went to the warehouse, it ended with Agent Zhang smearing peanut butter on the mirror?"
"No." Xiaotan shook his head.
"What?" Bao Qing was startled this time, "No?"
"Ah..." Xiaotan looked at Bao Qing and said, "It's the first time I've heard of the detailed characteristics of the mirror you just mentioned..."
"Then how did you lock the monster back into the mirror?" Bao Qing asked nervously.
"Uh... that's how it is." Xiao Tan replied calmly, "That day, after the mirror was revealed, I was inexplicable for a long time...
"First, I saw a man who looked exactly like Detective Zhang run out of the mirror, and disappeared in the blink of an eye; then I heard all kinds of alarms in the warehouse, and the staff were in a mess...
"Anyway... five minutes after the alarm went off, I was taken to a 'safe room' where the agents told me to hold still and then went out.
"As a result, as soon as they walked out of the room, I found...the other 'Agent Zhang' had appeared beside me at some point; he was squatting on the ground... quietly tying the laces of my two shoes. tied together."
Xiao Tan said with a chuckle: "So I said to him... 'Can you stop', unexpectedly... He looked at me for two seconds, said 'Yes', and immediately stood up with a nervous expression on his face , Stared at me respectfully. I saw that he seemed to be listening to me... Then I tried to ask again—"Can you go back to the mirror and don't come out for a while?" He cried and said, "Okay Right', followed by disappearing…”
When he said this, Feng Bujue and Master Bao all heard it - this situation should be related to Wang Tanzhi's spiritual ability or bloodline.
But Xiaotan himself still doesn't seem to get the problem: "Now that I think about it... Could it be that you all misunderstood that prank monster, maybe it is quite easy to talk about?" (.)