Everyone's nerves were tense at that moment. Shenhong raised the camera, Zhiyao drew out the knife and protected Gudu behind him, waiting for her to tell them where the enemy was.

But for some reason, the fallen object did not move. Shenhong walked forward carefully to check and finally saw that it was a human corpse with pale hair.

Looks like a peak crosshair?

Shenhong was about to take a closer look when Zhiyao, who was standing next to him, came over and gently poked Gao Feng Zhunxing's body with the tip of a knife. Unexpectedly, as soon as the tip of the knife was poked, Gao Feng Zhunxing suddenly struggled to stand up, scaring everyone.

"Hurry... run away..." Gao Feng stared and shouted intermittently.

"W-what?" Zhiyao responded.

"The rope... the rope... she's... coming..."

"Hey, tell me clearly, what exactly is it?!"

Unfortunately, just as he finished speaking, Gao Feng's eyes suddenly rolled up, and four hemp ropes appeared out of thin air on his limbs. Then he began to sway his body and pounced towards the nearest Crimson with his fangs and claws.

"Mr. Gaofeng————!"

Crimson dodged hastily, trying to wake the other person up by calling his name.

Unfortunately, Gao Feng's crosshairs did not respond at all. When he realized that he had missed, he turned around and continued to pounce on her.

It was difficult to maneuver in combat in the narrow space of the ancestral hall, especially for a close-quarters fighter like Zhiyao. Fortunately, his two teammates were strong and he won the victory without any danger.

Finally, as Shenhong pressed the shutter button, Gao Fengzhunxing collapsed to the ground and never stood up again. Not long after, he disappeared into the void. There happened to be a photo where he disappeared, which showed the Mingshen Gate outside the ancestral hall.

This should be some kind of instruction. The three of them went outside without saying anything and checked around Mingshen Gate.

Soon, Shenhong discovered an inconspicuous cave near the root on the left side of Mingshen Gate. She reached in and touched something. She took it out and saw that it was the last Buddha statue.

The three of them immediately returned to the ancestral hall and placed the five Buddha statues in the corresponding positions on the nine-square chessboard in front of them according to Shenhong's description.

"click"

The sacred fence in the middle of the altar opened automatically, revealing a broken lens.

"This is..." Shenhong took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again.

"A part of the Imperial Mirror?" Gudu guessed.

Zhiyao didn't say anything. Gudu was about to ask for his opinion, but he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Zhiyao was staring at the mirror on the left. Gudu looked closer and found that he was visibly trembling.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhiyao was still looking in that direction, and Gudu followed her gaze and noticed that in the stained mirror, a woman in white clothes and long hair was slowly approaching.

"Si, Sikong..." Gudu also began to tremble uncontrollably and poked Zhiyao's waist.

"Wu...Wuhui..." Zhiyao trembled and spoke in a trembling manner.

He finally understood why his right eyelid kept twitching, and finally remembered what happened here in the game.

『This is where Crimson first met Wuhui』

He originally thought that he couldn't see spirits, but Wuhui could appear clearly before his eyes. That could only mean one thing—Wuhui's power was far beyond his imagination.

At that moment, Zhiyao only felt that her body was enveloped by an invisible huge force, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not move, as if the time and space around her had solidified.

The fog is still approaching and the situation is extremely urgent.

As Wuhui's half body emerged from the mirror, Zhiyao bit her lower lip hard and finally regained control of her body under the stimulation of pain.

“Run————————————————————————!”

The three of them immediately turned around and rushed towards the open door of the ancestral hall, but they didn't expect that the door would close automatically as soon as they approached it.

In a panic, Zhiyao banged on the door and kicked it hard, but the door just wouldn't open. Seeing this, Wuhui even slowed down her approach, as if a hunter was mocking the prey's futile efforts.

I can't just sit there and wait for death any longer, Crimson thought.

Raising the camera and aiming it at Wuhui, Shenhong pressed the shutter button several times in succession. The film was visibly reduced, but Wuhui was not affected at all, and she didn't even pause for a second. After arriving in front of Shenhong, Wuhui just raised her hand, and the powerful spiritual pressure blew Shenhong away, and her back hit the wall behind her. Shenhong was in danger, so Gudu immediately clasped his ten fingers together, intending to freeze Wuhui to buy some time for his two teammates. Unexpectedly, as soon as her palms were put together, her spiritual power was bounced away, and then a stronger spiritual power rushed towards her, blowing her away and hitting the wall.

In the blink of an eye, both girls fell down, leaving Zhiyao still trying to unlock the door. Seeing Wuhui's hand about to reach out to the two girls, Zhiyao made up his mind and gave it a try.

“No———————!”

He drew out the Chuyeshi knife, and the light illuminated his glaring face.

“Touch them——————————!”

He wanted to stab Wuhui's defenseless side with a knife, and he wanted to seriously injure her even if it meant death.

The blade cut through the sky, and golden light flew towards Wuhui's side. Who would have thought that when it was about to stab, Zhiyao suddenly found that his arm could no longer move, suspected that it was bound by something. He immediately switched to his left hand to grab the knife, but his left hand was immediately bound by something invisible. Then he saw Wuhui slowly turn around, with one hand reaching for her neck.

Afterwards, Zhiyao felt that his feet were leaving the ground, his neck felt like it was being strangled by a steel rope and he couldn't breathe. His eyeballs were being squeezed upward uncontrollably by the huge brute force, and his vision gradually turned black.

At that moment, everyone was in danger.

Suddenly, the tightly closed door of the ancestral hall was forcefully pushed open, and Xiao Wuhui, who had been missing for a long time, ran straight towards Wuhui and pounced on her without saying a word. Due to the unexpected interference, Wuhui let go of Zhiyao and entangled with Xiao Wuhui who was biting her.

Only then did the three of them catch their breath and stand up one after another.

"Xiao Wuhui, she..." Shenhong said while rubbing the back of her sore neck.

"Don't worry about her, let's go quickly——!" Zhiyao picked up the knife on the ground and tried hard to breathe the hard-earned fresh air.

"But we can't just abandon her like this..." Gu Du was so anxious that he was about to cry.

"She'll be fine, trust me!"

The two girls had no choice but to follow Zhiyao out.

After quickly running down the stone stairs, the path leading to Himuro's residence was on the right. As soon as the three of them turned right, Kirie appeared in front of them, blocking the way, and little Kirie disappeared.

Seeing this, Zhiyao shifted his gaze to the forest behind.

"Everyone, run to the woods, quickly, and be careful not to get separated————————!"

The three of them immediately turned and entered the forest that seemed to have no end.

After a while, the two girls, who were almost exhausted, stopped and leaned against the tree trunk, gasping for breath. Zhiyao, who still had some strength left, was concentrating on being alert to her surroundings, always paying attention to whether Wuhui was chasing her.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, fog suddenly rose in the jungle. It was so thick that he could hardly see his surroundings. When Zhiyao looked to the side again, the two girls had disappeared. The next moment, he sensed something behind him and turned around to see Wuhui very close.

His feet still felt suspended in the air, and his neck was still suffocated by the brute force. At this moment, Wuhui's face was as close as it could be. At this distance, Zhiyao could even see those cold and empty pupils.

"Let you also... feel... my pain..."

This was the last voice heard from Wuhui.

After that, everything went black before his eyes and there was no movement.

Chapter 29: [When Each of Them Wakes Up]

After an unknown amount of time, Shenhong woke up in a daze. As soon as she stood up, she felt a splitting pain in her head, which lasted for a long time before slowly subsiding.

She vaguely remembered that before she lost consciousness, she and her two companions ran desperately in the woods to avoid Wuhui. After finally getting rid of Wuhui, she was gasping for breath when a white fog suddenly appeared around them. She was about to notify her companions to be careful, but in a blink of an eye, she found that her companions were gone. Later, she wandered in the woods for a while and was grabbed by the arm by Wuhui who suddenly appeared behind her.

Hei Ze, Si Kong, are they all okay?

Crimson looked around and noticed a portable shoulder bag at her feet. She opened it and checked. Seeing that the flashlight and camera were still inside, she breathed a sigh of relief. But when she accidentally looked at her wrist, she took a breath.

There was a dark rope mark on each of her wrists. She didn't know when it appeared, but she thought of the rope tied to Gao Feng's limbs.

It's definitely not a good thing...

Never mind, let’s reunite with my two companions first.

Turning on the flashlight and shining it around, Crimson immediately found herself in the same room with many small dolls. As the flashlight beam moved under the booth, a little boy crawled out from under the red curtain.

After that, the man and the spirit looked at each other.

Although the opponent looked harmless, Crimson reflexively took out the camera to prevent a sudden attack from the opponent.

After a while, the little boy walked around her and headed towards the secret door with the mural. Shenhong looked over and noticed that there was something glowing in the boy's trouser pocket, which seemed to be a lens or something.

Thinking of the lens, Shenhong opened the bag without saying a word, and found that the fragments of the Imperial Mirror were missing.

"Wait a moment!"

Crimson hurried forward.

As a result, just as she started, the little boy suddenly started to speed up, and the man and the spirit chased each other all the way to the second floor of the fireplace room, at the main entrance of the lounge.

"Please give that thing back to me." Crimson pointed at the little boy's trouser pocket.

Although she could have just used the camera to kill the little boy and then taken it back, she still felt a little reluctant to do that to the child who didn't actively attack her.

Hearing the sound, the little boy took out his lenses and took a look.

"I can't give it to you. This is a gift for Mikoto."

"Mikoto?" Crimson's head tilted. "Who is Mikoto?"

"Mikoto is my partner. She loves sparkly things. We agreed that I would give her something like this the next time we meet."

After saying that, the little boy put the lenses back into his trouser pocket, opened the door of the lounge and walked in.

Crimson followed without saying a word. After entering the room, she saw the little boy sitting by the brazier, so she sat down next to him.

"Mikoto, it's a girl, right?"

"Ah."

Just as he was about to inquire for further information, a melodious piano sound suddenly came from somewhere, attracting Shenhong's attention.

After thinking about it, Shenhong decided to go to the source of the sound first to see what was going on. However, when she groped her way to the room where the sound came from, she did not see Qin, but only a photo.

She picked it up and saw that the photo was of the little boy from before, with a little girl next to him. The little girl looked familiar, and Shenhong vaguely felt that she had seen her somewhere.

"Is this Mikoto?" Shenhong returned to the little boy with the photo and handed it to him.

"Wow, Mikoto!" The little boy's expressionless face suddenly became bright, "Sister, do you know Mikoto?!"

"Uh...eh?" If she had to say it, it looked familiar, so Shen Hong answered truthfully, "I definitely think I've seen it somewhere."

As soon as he finished speaking, the little boy stood up immediately.

"Sister, come here." The little boy said as he urged Shenhong to follow.

Next, the two left the lounge and came to the corridor with floor-to-ceiling mirrors and then went straight left. Shenhong looked back and thought to himself that he had never been here before.

Soon, the two reached the end and the little boy pushed open the door on the left.

After entering the house, the little boy pointed to a table not far away and said, "There are a lot of photos of Mikoto over there. Look quickly, sister."

Shenhong walked to the table and his eyes suddenly widened.

Among the photos on the desktop, there are several that are the same as those in her family's photo album. There are photos of Mikoto and a couple, photos of Mikoto and a little boy, and photos of Mikoto and Komie. The reason why Shenhong was surprised is that she finally remembered that this little girl named Mikoto is actually the childhood of her grandmother whom she had only seen in photos.

"Sister, did you remember it?" The little boy was very happy and smiled.

"..." Crimson suddenly didn't know how to answer. After thinking for a while, she spoke obscurely, "Mikoto... is actually my grandmother."

"Huh?" The little boy was stunned.

Then, Shenhong continued: "My grandmother has passed away for many years, and I have never seen her in person since I was a child..."

The little boy next to him suddenly lowered his head, looking extremely lost. Over time, tears welled up in his eyes, like pearls shining in the sun on the beach, falling to the ground one by one.

"fraud……"

Not knowing what to say, Shenhong turned her face away in embarrassment.

"Ugh... liar... you clearly... you clearly said you would come back..."

The little boy next to her was already crying uncontrollably, his sorrowful voice flowing into her eardrums and touching her sensitive emotions.

She thought that the child must have a very good relationship with his grandmother. He had been waiting here for her to come back for so many years, but he didn't know that the person had passed away. She even felt that maybe she shouldn't tell him the truth. It was better to keep a thought than to face the cruel truth.

Shenhong looked at the sobbing little boy, her heart heavy as if a mountain was pressing down on her. After a long time, she finally managed to utter a word.

"sorry."

The little boy didn't say anything. He took out the lens and put it gently on the ground, then ran out the door. When Shenhong chased out to check, the man was nowhere to be seen.

She finally got back the fragment of the Imperial Mirror, but why did she always feel like she had done something bad?

It had been a while since the little boy left, and her heart was still heavy with pain. She looked through the photos on the desk one by one and put them all into her portable bag.

It turns out that my grandmother's generation once lived in Bingshi Residence. So, coming to Bingshi Residence is like going home in a sense.

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