Chapter 132
Chapter 132
Previously, Girl 206 had been unable to leave because her body had become transparent, preventing her from passing the Facial Recognition at the Elevator Entrance.
Later, she became unwilling to leave because she wanted to use the hotel’s Hot Spring Pool to help with her skin replacement.
Today, the girl’s decision meant that if her skin condition flared up again in the future, she would never be able to cure it.
Jiang Li helped Girl 206 up from the floor. “Don’t worry, I’ll get you out of here.”
Almost as soon as Jiang Li finished speaking, a powerful Black Wind slammed into the glass windows of the second-floor corridor.
With a loud crash, glass shards scattered everywhere.
The windows… had been blown inward!
It seemed the Aberration Power on the second floor did not want Girl 206 to leave.
The Black Wind surged violently.
In just two or three seconds, everyone was contaminated. The transparency of Jiang Li’s own body began to skyrocket.
“Oh no!”
Jiang Li quickly shielded Girl 206.
After soaking in the hot spring, the girl’s body was no longer transparent. However, if she were contaminated by the Black Wind again, she would once more fail the Facial Recognition at the Elevator Entrance.
The girl still wouldn’t be able to leave!
“Go, quickly!” Jiang Li took off her jacket and draped it over Girl 206’s head.
She just needed to protect the face.
As long as the face wasn’t contaminated, she could pass the Facial Recognition!
Jiang Li ran, escorting the girl toward the Elevator Entrance.
The electronic screen flickered on.
“Please place your face within the frame! Please place your face within the frame!”
A prompt sounded.
Girl 206 adjusted her position and placed her face inside the frame.
The girl held her breath, waiting for the verification.
She had tried many times before; every time she attempted to escape, this situation would occur.
Would it be the same this time?
Both Jiang Li and the girl stared at the screen with bated breath.
A moment later, the prompt rang out:
“Error! Error! Face not recognized. The screen will automatically shut down.”
Hearing that familiar mechanical voice, Girl 206 fell into utter despair.
“I can’t get out… I’ll never get out. It’s like this every time…”
Girl 206 murmured softly, her eyes welling with tears.
The girl’s mental state crumbled.
In contrast, Jiang Li appeared much calmer.
“Don’t panic yet. Wait for me.”
After saying this, Jiang Li turned and walked toward the broken windows in the corridor.
The Black Wind blew fiercely.
Jiang Li held the Black Gold Bead in her hand. Aside from her hair being blown into a mess, her steps remained steady.
Pushing against the Black Wind, Jiang Li reached the end of the corridor.
Jiang Li’s target wasn’t the glass window, but… the Hot Spring Pool!
The Hot Spring Pool was right next to the window.
Jiang Li picked up an Iron Bucket from the floor and entered the Female Hot Spring Pool.
She scooped up a bucket of water and carried it back to the Elevator Entrance.
“Wash your face,” Jiang Li said, patting Girl 206 on the shoulder.
Girl 206 was sitting on the floor, despondent, hugging her knees and crying. Hearing Jiang Li’s instruction, she stood up and obeyed.
After washing her face, Girl 206’s features were briefly restored.
Jiang Li activated the electronic screen once more.
“Please place your face within the frame! Please place your face within the frame!”
This time, the girl successfully passed the Facial Recognition and entered the Guest Elevator to leave.
“Jiang Li, thank you.”
Standing inside the elevator, Girl 206 wiped away her tears. “I’m sorry for before… If possible, I’d like to change my rating. I’ll give you a 10.”
Girl 206 said her farewells to Jiang Li.
The image seen by the viewers in the Live Streaming Room was that of a single face floating in mid-air.
It was an incredibly eerie sight.
The Black Wind continued to howl.
As the Black Wind eroded her, the girl’s floating face gradually faded from the screen.
Standing in the elevator, Girl 206 had returned to a state of complete invisibility.
Once she left this floor, no one would ever be able to see her again.
Eternal loneliness would accompany the Girl for the rest of her life.
Having seen the Girl off, the Black Wind on the 2nd floor gradually began to weaken.
The wind outside the window continued to howl.
That sound was more like a “wail.”
Ignoring these sounds, Jiang Li took out the Dressing Mirror and summoned the Mirror Person.
“I’m currently invisible. I’ll enter the elevator with you. When the time comes, you’ll pretend to be me and hand the Elevator Card to the Elevator Attendant.”
After Jiang Li finished giving instructions to the Mirror Person, she pinned her own Name Tag onto the Mirror Person’s clothes.
The Mirror Person had a Name Tag before, but the content on it was mirrored.
That was why the Bangs Elevator Attendant had known at a glance that the Mirror Person was a fake.
Now that Jiang Li had pinned her own Name Tag on the Mirror Person, the Bangs Elevator Attendant wouldn’t be able to identify the ruse so easily.
“Jiang Li, aren’t you afraid I’ll run off with your Name Tag?” The Mirror Person gave a devious smile. “I did say I wanted to replace you, you know.”
Jiang Li smiled back. “Sure, go ahead. From now on, you can be me. You can take my place at work, never getting enough to eat or sleep.
I’ll just take your place and travel around having fun. Thinking about it, the future looks quite promising.”
Upon hearing this, the Mirror Person’s face instantly turned pale. “No! No, no, no… What kind of miserable life are you living? I don’t want that!”
The Mirror Person waved its hands repeatedly, immediately abandoning the thought of “replacing Jiang Li.”
Every time the Black Wind struck, the Mirror Person could hide inside the mirror. Therefore, it hadn’t been particularly affected.
Under Jiang Li’s instructions, the Mirror Person went to the Facial Recognition Machine and verified its face.
*Ding-dong-*
The Staff Elevator doors opened.
Jiang Li and the Mirror Person walked inside.
The Bangs Elevator Attendant could only see the Mirror Person and not the invisible Jiang Li, so she didn’t notice anything amiss.
After Jiang Li entered the elevator, the seal for the 2nd floor slowly appeared.
In an instant, everything on the 2nd floor was reduced to ruins.
“Which floor? Give me the Elevator Card,” the Bangs Elevator Attendant asked the Mirror Person.
The Bangs Elevator Attendant was shrouded in black mist. She looked quite lethargic, and her face was a shade of purple.
Beneath her straight bangs, her eyes were filled with a melancholy aura.
The Mirror Person handed over the Elevator Card. “Here.”
The Elevator Attendant took the card and swiped it with a *beep*.
This time, the button for the 1st floor didn’t light up; instead, the button for the “-1 floor” illuminated.
The final guest of this building lived on the -1 floor.
The Mirror Person held the Dressing Mirror, admiring its features and preening itself in the elevator.
Unexpectedly, the Elevator Attendant suddenly struck the Dressing Mirror, shattering it.
This time was different from the last.
This time, there was nothing inside the Dressing Mirror.
The Elevator Attendant stomped on the shards of the mirror several times, her heart filled with rage.
Jiang Li wouldn’t use the same trick twice.
Perhaps the Elevator Attendant thought this Dressing Mirror was like the last one, with that monster that looked just like Jiang Li hiding inside.
*Ding-dong-*
The elevator doors opened; they had reached the -1 floor.
The entire -1 floor was devoid of light.
It was like a pitch-black basement.
Jiang Li and the Mirror Person stepped out of the elevator.
After taking back the Name Tag from the Mirror Person, the Mirror Person happily went off to play again.
“Ouch!” The Mirror Person was about to run when it felt like it had bumped into something.
The Mirror Person held its forehead and rubbed it a few times.
The lights in the hallway of the -1 floor flickered with a *sizzle* and turned on.
Under the eerie green light, Jiang Li saw an Old Granny with pale, wrinkled skin, standing in front of the Mirror Person while pushing a Cleaning Cart.