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He only had time to let out a shrill scream before he was dragged into the mirror.

Boom!

The lantern fell to the ground, and the mirror rippled like water before slowly dissipating.

Kamio's figure stood in the mirror, a bizarre smile on his face, but there was no one in front of him...

Xu Ming had just climbed the stairs to the second floor when he suddenly heard Kamio's scream coming from one of the rooms on the right side of the second floor.

Xu Ming immediately gripped the crowbar in his hand and rushed toward the room from which the sound came.

Upon arriving at the room, Xu Ming immediately kicked the door shut.

Bah!

The door opened with a sound, but the room was empty, with only a lantern lying forlornly on the floor.

'Too late!'

Xu Ming frowned. He still had some questions for Kamio, but he hadn't expected him to be killed so soon.

Those who knew the details of this mansion had all been murdered, making the Nakiri residence exceptionally dangerous tonight.

Xu Ming scanned the room but found no useful clues, so he went to the dressing table and picked up the lantern and lighter from the floor.

Just then, Xu Ming suddenly felt a strange gaze coming from him.

This gaze was not only filled with malice, but it was also incredibly close!

As soon as Xu Ming looked up, he immediately saw his reflection in the mirror staring at him with a cold smile.

Xu Ming stared at his "self" expressionlessly for three seconds, then raised the crowbar in his hand and slammed it hard against the mirror.

clang!

This strange mirror seemed to be protected by some mysterious force, as it emitted a metallic clanging sound and remained unbroken despite such a heavy blow!

The smile on 'Xu Ming's' face in the mirror grew increasingly eerie.

Xu Ming pursed his lips, remaining silent, and swung the crowbar again, slamming it heavily onto the mirror.

Then came three, four...

After he hit the door five times, he stopped immediately and quickly retreated outside.

...3,2,1

Bang! !

Xu Ming had just counted down from 10 to 1 in his mind when he heard a loud bang from the room.

In an instant, accompanied by a scream, countless transparent shards of glass scattered throughout the room like bullets.

The metal frame looked as if it had been hammered dozens of times, and was crooked and twisted.

The wooden dressing table below had completely fallen apart.

The scene was a complete mess, as if a small bomb had exploded on a mirror.

Once the commotion inside had completely subsided.

Xu Ming then peeked out from outside the door.

Looking at the devastated bedroom, Xu Ming examined the crowbar in his hand—no, it should be called the 'holy sword of physics'—and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

The phone slows down, breaks defenses, and deals massive damage, then finishes off the enemy with the 'physical holy sword'.

With this power, it could probably kill any 'weird' below soul level 4 instantly.

If he could acquire another decent defensive item, his equipment trio would be complete. He wouldn't be so passive in the face of the 'strange'.

Having obtained the lantern and eliminated the 'mystery,' Xu Ming was preparing to leave.

Suddenly, at the entrance to the corridor, a woman dressed in a tattered maid's outfit was standing there.

Just as Xu Ming thought the woman was about to attack, she suddenly turned and ran away...

Chapter 128 The Strange Changes in the Mansion

"stop!"

Xu Ming shouted reflexively.

He thought about it and felt that his words were too harsh and might frighten the other person, so he tried to call out in a slightly softer voice.

"I mean, ma'am, please wait!"

To everyone's surprise, the woman ran even faster when she heard his voice.

In order to uncover the truth behind this mansion and improve the completion of the case, Xu Ming had no choice but to give chase.

The two chased and fled, and soon arrived at the first floor.

Xu Ming saw the woman disappear into the room at the end of the corridor without looking back.

He followed and pushed open the door, only to find that it was a large room divided into several bedrooms and a shared washroom, which seemed to be the residence of the maids who used to work in the mansion.

Just then, one by one, women dressed in tattered maid outfits, with disheveled hair and faces obscured by their hair, slowly crawled out from different rooms.

Soon, more than twenty strange maids gathered in front of Xu Ming.

They lay on the ground like wild beasts, their eyes filled with hatred staring intently at Xu Ming through the hair that covered their faces.

Seeing this, Xu Ming smiled.

His phone is fully charged...

After a dazzling flash, the world suddenly became quiet.

Xu Ming searched the maids' dormitory but found nothing of value, so he left the room.

"Oh, I think I forgot to turn on the lights."

As he stepped outside, Xu Ming suddenly slapped his forehead.

They were so busy chasing after the maids that they forgot to light the lamps.

However, the lamp's purpose seems to be to protect ordinary people from the 'strange' forces lurking in the mansion, but he doesn't seem to need it.

hum!

As soon as Xu Ming returned to the stairwell on the first floor, an invisible wave spread throughout the mansion.

Soon, Xu Ming noticed that the atmosphere in the mansion had changed.

A strong smell of blood filled the air.

Under Xu Ming's watchful gaze, the mansion began to undergo visible changes.

Every corner of the mansion began to emanate a red glow, like a person bleeding from an injury. At first, the glow was faint and light, but as time went on, it became increasingly intense.

Eventually, the entire mansion was covered in a thick layer of red, as if all the surfaces of objects were draped in a blood-red veil.

This change is just the beginning.

Then, under Xu Ming's gaze, the floor, walls, and ceiling of the mansion began to undulate slightly.

Xu Ming felt a soft, smooth sensation under his feet, which felt more like stepping directly on fresh flesh than on rotten wood flooring.

The entire mansion was like a monster that had come to life, and Xu Ming was inside the monster's body!

They could even faintly hear a heartbeat coming from deep within the walls.

Xu Ming quickly took out his phone and saw that it was already 10 o'clock.

Less than two hours remain until the ceremony officially begins!

Immediately afterwards, the staircase in front of Xu Ming also changed shape.

The once straight staircase began to twist and turn, like the intestines of a monster.

On the smooth wooden railing, there were countless yellowish-white teeth growing out of thin air, so densely packed that it made one's head spin.

On the other side of the wall, large and small pustules grew. These pustules swelled up and sometimes spurted out green, toxic pus from their tops, making them look extremely disgusting.

Xu Ming picked up his phone, aimed it at the stairs, and pressed the shutter button.

The dazzling light of purple, gold, and white instantly dispelled the strange phenomena nearby, and the staircase returned to normal.

But after a short while, the stairs slowly returned to their disgusting and bizarre state.

Xu Ming hurriedly rushed up the stairs before they completely changed.

Finally, Xu Ming rushed to the second floor before the staircase changed shape.

Xu Ming wasn't paying attention and his hand accidentally went close to the stair railing.

The stair railing looked like a real mouth, its teeth wide open, as if it were about to bite down hard on Xu Ming's hand.

Xu Ming instinctively pulled his hand back.

Click!

The guardrail snapped into the air, and a loud bang was made as a large number of teeth collided. Xu Ming even saw that several teeth were knocked out, which showed how powerful the impact was.

Xu Ming's face immediately turned cold.

Without saying a word, he raised the crowbar in his hand.

blah blah blah!

Five times in a row, he struck the teeth of the guardrail directly.

Ten seconds later, bang! The guardrail exploded, and white teeth flew everywhere like bullets.

However, after a while, Xu Ming was surprised to find that the guardrail he had smashed had slowly returned to its original state.

Based on what he had just witnessed, Xu Ming immediately came to a terrifying conclusion: this mansion was gradually beginning to become otherworldly.

He had encountered similar situations before; Momoko Akane's "Fairy Tale Castle" and Eishi Tsukasa's "Ashina Castle" were also in similar circumstances.

However, the otherworldly nature of those two locations was far less severe than that of the Nakiri Mansion.

Those two locations were more like a thin film laid on top of the original scenery, a clever and realistic illusion.

However, the otherworldly transformation of the Nakiri Mansion has clearly begun to completely invade the real world.

The evidence is this damaged but repairable stair railing.