Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 13 The Weakness of Time Stop

【Your territory has expanded to 10 squares. 】

Following the prompt on the panel, the originally closed air wall in front quietly disappeared, extending forward into a 200*200 meter space.

The first grid was opened, and Yang Xu immediately placed the second grid next to this new grid, accommodating two more residential buildings into the territory.

In this way, his territory has almost covered the residential area of ​​the entire community. Because his community is close to Qingyang University, the overall occupancy rate is quite good, with a permanent population of two to three thousand households, almost five to six thousand people, which is enough to conceal his presence.

【Your territory has expanded to 11 squares. 】

After the two plots were settled, Yang Xu carried a shovel into the new plot in front and found a piece of vacant land to start digging.

"Crack!"

Twenty minutes later, Yang Xu dug another shovel, and a familiar collision sound came from the tip of the shovel.

A piece of corpse was faintly visible in the soil.

Yang Xu's eyes lit up. Could it be that some new skin had been dug out?

Before Yang Xu could be happy, a panel prompt popped up.

You excavated a plot of land and unearthed an ancient zombie.

[Archaeological shovel durability -1, durability has returned to zero.]

Following the prompt, the shovel in his hand broke into pieces and turned into ashes.

And under the pit, the piece of bones actually began to move on its own.

First, a bone-only arm emerged from the soil, followed by a head, a body, and two legs...

A few seconds later, a zombie covered in green, wearing a crimson official uniform and a flowered official hat, stood in front of Yang Xu.

[Encounter 1-star Mirror Ghost, Qing Dynasty Zombie (LV1): According to folklore, this is a jumping corpse formed after the death of an ancient person due to excessive Yin energy. It uses hearing and smell to determine its location and has the ability to spread corpse poison. It is commonly found near various cemeteries and has a certain chance of appearing when digging.]

"Depend on!"

Yang Xu almost vomited blood. How could he dig out the mirror ghost?
He didn't know whether to be happy or sad. He needed the Mirror Ghost, but digging it out of the ground like this would be a waste of a card drawing opportunity...

No matter what, we must not let the mirror ghost, which we have finally found, run away.

On the opposite side, after the zombie appeared, it immediately turned to the only living person on the scene, growling "hehehe" from its mouth, raised its arms, jumped and rushed towards Yang Xu.

Yang Xu quickly switched to the Taoist boy skin, and while stepping back to keep his distance, he quickly condensed a small fireball in front of him. With a wave of his hand, the fireball was fired at the zombie.

What Yang Xu didn't expect was that when the zombie faced the oncoming fireball, it turned around and jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding the fireball's attack path, but was still burned on the shoulder by the aftermath of the fireball explosion.

"Oh, you can hide?"

Yang Xu was very surprised. He thought these mirror ghosts were monsters without consciousness that could only rush around. But this one actually knew how to dodge attacks. It seemed that it was not completely without intelligence.

The zombie opposite with half of its shoulder on fire seemed to be enraged. It roared and its jumping frequency suddenly doubled, rushing towards Yang Xu more ferociously.

Yang Xu was not afraid at all. He stood still, holding a hatchet in one hand and preparing a new fireball in the other, silently waiting for the zombies to approach.

To be fair, this thing is quite fast, but in terms of pressure, it is far worse than yesterday's wall painting.

After all, that Tu Bi was a level 5 monster, and Yang Xu was penniless yesterday, with nothing. But now, he has skins, weapons, spells, and sometimes he can stop, which enriches his means of dealing with the enemy. In addition, this thing is jumping around the whole time, and it has its own ghost effect, which dilutes the already small horror atmosphere a lot.

Yang Xu recalled his training that day, silently adjusting his form. When the zombies came within ten meters of him, time pause naturally activated. Everything stopped, the zombies were frozen five or six meters away from him, and Yang Xu immediately launched the fireball he had prepared.

The fireball flew past quickly, and just when it was about to hit the zombie, it suddenly froze.

The fireball hovered half a meter in front of the zombie, motionless, and like everything else around it, it was in a state of time suspension.

"Oh? Even the attack can't leave the five-meter range?" Yang Xu raised his eyebrows.

The description of the time stop states that he cannot move five meters from his "initial position." This means that during the time stop, he can only move within a five-meter radius around him.

Yang Xu just didn't expect that even his attacks would be subject to this restriction.

In this case, in future battles, he will need to get close to the Mirror Ghost before releasing the time stop. Only the time stop within five meters of the enemy will be considered an effective time stop.

It's not so difficult to face a mirror ghost that can attack in close combat, but it will be a bit troublesome if you face a mirror ghost that can attack from a distance.

"Five meters is too short. I wonder if the range can be increased..."

Yang Xu glanced at the time-stop description on the panel. Behind the word "Time Master" was the word "(LV1)." Since it was marked as LV1, it should be upgradeable, right?

While I was thinking, the five-second limit had quietly passed and time automatically resumed.

The hovering fireball immediately resumed its flight, with only half a meter left. Even if the zombie reacted quickly, it could not dodge and was hit directly by the fireball.

With a muffled thud, sparks flew all over the sky, and the zombie was blown to the ground, its body charred black.

One fireball was not enough to injure the zombie. The zombie quickly got up and jumped towards Yang Xu again.

Yang Xu was not in a hurry. It was a rare opportunity to encounter a non-threatening mirror ghost, so he took this opportunity to practice his various abilities.

Next, Yang Xu started running around the field with zombies. He would try the time stop when the cooldown ended, and when there was no time stop, he would throw a fireball at the zombies that caught up with him.

After a few rounds of fireballs, the zombies were covered in flames, their speed slowed down, and they looked like they were dying.

Seeing that the zombie was almost dead, Yang Xu put away his thoughts on practicing. After pausing again, he rushed forward, picked up the hatchet and chopped the zombie's eyes three times.

This is to fulfill the condition for dropping additional Mirror Ghost fragments: attack the same vital point three times in a row.

But then he remembered that the eyesight of this kind of zombies seemed to be very poor. They basically relied on their sense of smell to find prey. Yang Xu was not sure whether the eyes were a vital weapon.

To be on the safe side, Yang Xu stopped several times and slashed the zombie's head, back of the neck and heart three times each.

After all this ordeal, the already seriously injured zombie became even more exhausted.

Yang Xu fired one last fireball, ending its suffering completely.

[You killed a level 1 zombie, gaining 10 experience points, 1 point, and 1 zombie fragment.]

[During battle, if you hit the same vital part of a zombie three times in a row within 1 second, you will receive an additional 'Zombie Fragment'*1.]

[Zombie Fragment: After use, temporarily gain the 'Corpse Poison' skill. When hitting a flesh and blood creature, it will stiffen the opponent's flesh and blood, reducing its movement and attack speed by 20%.

Gather ten zombie fragments to create a Mirror Ghost: Qing Dynasty Zombie.

Kill the zombies and get two more fragments.

Yang Xu stacked the new cards with the two wall-painted fragments from yesterday, fitting them together perfectly. He figured he'd have a full stack of playing cards soon. He was already considering getting a card album to store his cards.

(End of this chapter)