webnovelfull Chapter 196 Mirror Maze
Chapter 196 Mirror Maze
Returning to the mural, Yun Qingyi quickly recalled the scene and pressed a certain spot on the next mural figure.
The mermaid princess examined it closely. This time it was a rhombus-shaped gemstone in a necklace. What kind of mechanism could this be?
After thinking for a long time, the mermaid princess still couldn't guess. She shook her head and decided to give up. Anyway, as long as she followed her seniors closely, nothing would go wrong.
This time, they arrived at a long corridor instead of a room. Just as the mermaid princess hesitated about whether to go forward, Yun Qingyi and the others strode in without any hesitation.
Upon seeing this, the mermaid princess paused for a moment, then followed them inside.
The moment I stepped inside, the surrounding scenery changed. The corridor that had just been walls was now completely transformed into crystal mirrors, and there were mirrors all around me.
As soon as they entered, they were separated by mirrors.
Seeing Yun Qingyi and the others disappear in an instant, the merman princess panicked and couldn't help but call out, "Senior! Senior! Where are you?"
But the only response she received was her own, ethereal and dreamlike, which seemed somewhat eerie in the silent crystal labyrinth.
She steadied herself. Although she was a bit silly in the eyes of her seniors, she wasn't really a complete idiot. If there was any danger in this place, her seniors would definitely have informed her in advance.
Since she hadn't been informed beforehand, she figured she wouldn't encounter any danger here, so she found a place to sit down.
Since that's the case, she'll stay put and wait quietly for her seniors to solve the puzzle.
……
Yun Qingyi touched the crystal mirror in front of her. Her reflection was very clear, and the numerous mirrors around her made it seem as if countless versions of herself were standing beside her.
Sometimes she can't even tell which one is herself.
Yun Qingyi curled her lips, showing no surprise at her current situation.
When she pressed the diamond-shaped gem again, she guessed that this hidden area must be related to the illusory mirror.
The level of danger in the hidden areas is actually closely related to the murals. For example, the woman in the second mural is passionate and alluring, but upon closer inspection, she is somewhat sinister. Now, the little girl in the third mural has an innocent and kind expression, but her smile reveals cunning.
Therefore, she guessed that this hidden area would not be dangerous, but judging from the girl's cunning face, it would most likely be much more difficult to navigate than the formation in the second room.
She carefully stroked each mirror. Here, her voice should not be able to travel. After all, she had just shouted a few times and used her spiritual power. If it were possible for the sound to travel, someone would have responded by now.
After searching for clues for a long time without finding a single trace, Yun Qingyi frowned. Suddenly... she looked in the mirror in front of her. The reflection of herself in the mirror was cold and aloof, no different from her own reflection.
But just now, she saw herself smile strangely in the mirror.
She continued to observe discreetly.
There seems to be a pattern to it.
That different "she" hides in different mirrors in a recurring pattern.
Yun Qingyi sat down on the spot, channeling her spiritual energy into sharp swords in her palms, silently counting the locations where "she" would appear.
Three sides... two sides... one side...
A sharp blade shot out from her palm. Yun Qingyi looked coldly at the shattered mirror in front of her. The reflection in the mirror stared at her with a look of astonishment, disbelief, and then all the mirrors around her disappeared from Yun Qingyi's sight along with "her".
"Huh?" Just as Yun Qingyi emerged from the mirror illusion, she heard a loud explosion.
"..." Without a doubt, this must be Yun Qingrou. They seemed to hear the sound of glass shattering completely, and then a figure appeared before them.
Yun Qingrou, who had just emerged from the illusion, looked at the person in front of her with a delighted expression: "Sister? You're out too!"
Yun Qingyi smiled gently: "Yes, breaking through this illusion is not difficult."
After a while, Ji Zhaoze also came out.
“A four-sided rhombus.” Yun Qingrou looked around: “The illusions on three sides have been broken, now we only need to break Liangmeng.”
"Okay, let's wait a bit," Ji Zhaoze said.
Yun Qingyi nodded and waited in place for the mermaid princess to break the illusion.
……
The mermaid princess sat in a maze full of mirrors, feeling uneasy and a chill run down her spine. She kept feeling that her reflection in the mirror was smiling at her strangely, but then she realized that there was nothing unusual about it.
Gradually, a sense of unease began to rise within me. Hadn't the seniors resolved the issue yet? Had they forgotten about me?
The idea had barely surfaced when she immediately rejected it.
Bah! How could my seniors have forgotten me? It must be that this maze is too difficult to solve, which is why they haven't come for so long. I have to trust my seniors.
Thinking of this, despite my fear, I still obediently stayed where I was and waited.
Over here, Yun Qingyi and the others had been waiting on the ground for a long time, and frowned: "Why hasn't Liangmeng come out yet? Could she have encountered danger?"
“But it shouldn’t be.”