Chapter 173

Chapter 173

The moment they entered the dormitory, Yellow Hair let out a long, hard breath of relief.

He knew Zhao Yingguo couldn’t see, but coming face-to-face with the real thing like that still put no small amount of pressure on his heart.

And it wasn’t just Yellow Hair. Everyone else also relaxed a little.

Their danger hadn’t passed yet, of course. After all, their target was the bathroom, and Zhao Yingguo could teleport straight there at any moment. Still, not having to stand face-to-face with her made them feel a little more at ease.

Jian Fan was the calmest of them all.

After entering the dormitory, he didn’t linger. He went straight into the bathroom.

The bathroom looked exactly as it had when they left. The mirror had been moved to one side. Above the sink, there was now nothing but a wall. In the wall was a small hole, and the key that had been inside it was currently in Jian Fan’s hand.

Jian Fan did not immediately examine the problem with the wall. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the toilet.

They had speculated about it before, but they still couldn’t be certain whether they were right.

As soon as Jian Fan looked over, Qin Nan, standing beside him, followed his gaze.

Their eyes landed on the toilet.

There was no water in the tank, but there was some in the bowl. And now, it was completely different from when they had left. The bloody water in the toilet had turned into clean, clear water. In other words, their guess had been correct.

When they thought about how they had already come face-to-face with the dangerous Zhao Yingguo right at the beginning, everyone shuddered.

Back then, they had even been talking so loudly. The fact that they had survived really was sheer luck.

However, Jian Fan didn’t think it was luck. There had to be something else going on here. He just didn’t know where the problem lay.

How many more secrets could be hidden inside Dormitory 6103?

The matter of the toilet did frighten everyone a little, but they soon turned their attention back to business.

Their goal this time was the map that might exist. Even if there was no map, they still had to properly investigate what was so strange about Half of the Mirror.

The bathroom wasn’t big. If a whole group crowded inside, they would barely be able to move, and it would be very easy to accidentally bump into something and make noise.

Yellow Hair was very self-aware. He knew what he was capable of, so he simply stayed outside and waited for the Big Shot players to carry him. Lu Jing had even less interest in joining the crowd; it wasn’t as if he would be able to spot anything anyway. Lin Junruo did want to take a look, but after considering her own abilities, she ultimately stayed outside as well. At worst, she could ask Jian Fan about it after this world ended.

He would probably tell her, right? Lin Junruo wasn’t too sure herself.

As for Shi Chen, he did want to take a look too. But he had been in the bathroom at the time, watching as Jian Fan found the key, and he hadn’t noticed anything wrong. On top of that, these people were clearly a team, while he alone was the outsider. So in the end, Shi Chen stayed outside as well.

In the end, the four who entered the bathroom were Jian Fan, Qin Nan, Mu Xin, and Qin Weiyi.

The four of them stood in front of the sink.

The wall was just an ordinary wall. The only thing different about it was the small hole where the key had been placed. As for anything else, perhaps… because it had been there for too long, there were already some cracks in it? Other than that, there was nothing strange about it.

Mu Xin looked it over again and again but couldn’t make heads or tails of it. She glanced at Qin Nan and Jian Fan beside her.

They counted as a three-person team, and there were only four people here right now. With their whole team inside, Mu Xin felt a little embarrassed. She glanced at Qin Nan and saw that he was also looking quite serious, so she simply turned and left the bathroom on her own.
After she stepped out, she looked at Shi Chen and pointed inside.

Shi Chen was a little surprised, but he soon smiled and nodded at Mu Xin. Then, without refusing, he went in to take a look.

Unfortunately, even after another try, Shi Chen still found nothing.

He examined the place from top to bottom, and after making sure he had not missed anything, he left the restroom as well. Imitating Mu Xin, he stepped aside to make way for Yellow Hair.

Yellow Hair did not stand on ceremony.

Of course it was great if Big Shot could carry them through, but if he could solve it himself, then naturally, he trusted himself the most.

Yellow Hair went in and made a round too. Afterward, he came out and switched with Lin Junruo.

Although Lin Junruo knew her own ability was nowhere near enough to solve the puzzle, she still wanted to go in and see it for herself.

Everyone went inside to take a turn except Lu Jing.

When Lin Junruo came out and made way for Lu Jing, Lu Jing shook his head like a rattle drum. Anything that required using his brain was not suited to him. The others could not help laughing when they saw him like that, but they did not force him.

Mu Xin, Yellow Hair, and the others kept taking turns going in and out, while Jian Fan and the other two remained by the sink the entire time.

There was nothing wrong with the wall, but how exactly were they supposed to explain Half of the Mirror?

Qin Nan truly could not figure it out.

He was the first of the three to pull himself out of his thoughts. Since he could not find any hidden message on the wall, his gaze subconsciously began to wander around the restroom. He did not notice anything unusual, but he did remember something.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the cracked lamp above.

There were bloodstains on the lampshade, so where had that blood come from? At first, he had considered whether someone had died in this restroom, but Zhao Yingguo and the others had all burned to death. That made it rather hard to understand.

Qin Nan thought it over and over, and in the end, his gaze fell back on the mirror lying on the floor.

After Jian Fan had taken the mirror down, he had placed it in a corner of the restroom against the wall. Now, when Qin Nan lowered his eyes, he could see the line of words on the mirror. Other than that line of text, there did not seem to be anything different about it.

Jian Fan also withdrew his gaze from the wall.

He had likewise found no clues.

Noticing that Qin Nan was examining the mirror on the side, he looked toward it as well.

Aside from the line of red words, the mirror reflected their feet and part of the tile floor. If one looked more closely, the mirror also reflected some of the cracks on the wall behind them. And those cracks…

Jian Fan abruptly froze. Then he strode forward two steps and lifted the mirror again.

Qin Nan had been examining the mirror, so naturally he noticed Jian Fan’s movement. For a moment, he was somewhat puzzled. Jian Fan’s movements were quite large as he walked back and forth, and Qin Weiyi was also pulled out of his thoughts, looking at Jian Fan in confusion.

Jian Fan did not explain anything to them. He picked up the mirror and aimed its surface at the wall.

Everyone looked at Jian Fan in puzzlement.

The wall was still the same wall. It had not changed, and there was nothing strange about it. After looking it over for a while and finding nothing, everyone turned to Jian Fan. Only then did they realize that Jian Fan was not looking at the wall at all, but at the mirror!

The patterns on the wall were all reflected in the mirror, but there did not seem to be anything strange about the mirror either.

Since they could not speak right now, everyone could only express their confusion and hunger for answers through their eyes.

But Jian Fan had no attention to spare for them at the moment.

The mirror did not seem to hold the answer he wanted.

Had he guessed wrong?

Or had he missed something?