Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 44 Grayscale (Seeking follow-up reading)

It was just after four in the morning and there was still some time before dawn. Yang Xu continued to refresh the team list, trying to find another team like Zijin.

It’s a pity that even after brushing until the Six O’Clock Mirror World was closed, I still couldn’t find a team that met the requirements.

Facts have proved that teams like the Violet Team, which actively seek out low-level rookies, are indeed exceptions among exceptions.

The next day, Yang Xu acted as usual, playing the role of a student during the day and attending classes honestly.

However, Yang Xu now completely regards class time as a time to catch up on sleep and practice time-stopping.

He was even somewhat thankful that he was still a student, at least he had the opportunity to slack off. If he were an office worker, working two shifts every day, basically without sleep 24 hours a day, he would die suddenly at any time.

Yang Xu slept through the classroom until it was already noon, so he went to the school cafeteria to get some food. When he returned from lunch, the Bone-Dissolving Palm had brought him news.

The information on the Mirror Ghost Fragments that he had ordered last night, as well as the beginner's advanced guide, were sent to him.

Yang Xu asked the other party what supplies they wanted this time, but Huagu Mian Zhang said there was no rush. In view of the good cooperation yesterday, Yang Xu's character temporarily gained the other party's trust. She asked them to keep the account first and not send all the supplies at once. She only needed to send her supplies every few days.

This required Yang Xu to fully understand, because a large part of the things Huagu Mian Zhang asked for were food ingredients, such as vegetables, fruits, meat, and eggs, which had a relatively short shelf life. Giving too much at once would be a waste.

So Yang Xu spent the afternoon reading the guide.

This advanced guide is indeed much more comprehensive than the basic guide. You can tell from the number of pages alone, which is as many as 38 pages. It basically covers all the problems that administrators may encounter during their growth process.

Putting aside the information that was far away and not needed for the time being, in the first few pages of the guide, Yang Xu first noticed a description about skin.

"Except for the First Era, a large number of skins have been passed down from the Second to Eighth Eras."

"As for the First Era, it doesn't produce skins, equipment, or buildings. Instead, it produces something called 'Origin Cards.' In a sense, Origin Cards are the 'skin' of the First Era."

"This type of card is quite high-end, and only top figures are qualified to play with it. I don't know much about it. I only know that after fusing this root card, you can gain a root ability, but the user will also receive a lifelong curse. It is said that the stronger the root, the stronger the curse..."

Yang Xu immediately locked onto the information about the "Root Card" among the densely packed text.

This was one of the pieces of information he cared about the most. He was now eager to know how to upgrade the Time Stopper Card. The LV1 Time Stop was too short in terms of both time and travel distance.

Unfortunately, the guide only mentioned this casually and never mentioned the root card again.

It was not convenient for Yang Xu to ask about the Bone-Dissolving Palm at this time. He ran to ask about the Root Card right after reading the guide. Anyone could guess that he had the Root Card.

On second thought, it seems that there is no need to ask others. The person involved, Zhizhe, is in the Zhijie. Wouldn't it be better to just go to the space and ask Zhizhe at night and know everything?
……

At 11:40 that night, Yang Xu lay down on the bed in advance, trying to get sleepy to ensure that he could fall asleep at midnight.

His consciousness sank and in a daze, Yang Xu came to that pure white space again.

After waking up, Yang Xu immediately looked at the time display screen in the sky.

癸卯年9月16日00:00:00
Sure enough, screen time increased by one day compared to yesterday.

In this way, after five months, the time here will reach his current date.

But by then, the one who stops will have died. Will this space still exist?
Yang Xu wasn't sure.

At this time, the cloaked Stopper had appeared in front of him again. Just like yesterday, he lifted his cloak, revealing his weathered face, and looked at him silently.

Yang Xu took a deep breath and asked the question he hadn't finished yesterday: "Zhizhe, I want to know how my grandmother died!"

He originally thought that the person would calmly answer a few of his questions like he did yesterday before gradually losing his temper.

As soon as he uttered this question, the face of the person opposite him suddenly twisted, and he held his head in his hands, with an extremely painful expression on his face: "Your grandmother... Hermit... This is none of my business... It was Grayscale... It was Grayscale who harmed her..."

"Grayscale? Who is Grayscale?" Yang Xu demanded. But the Stopper stopped answering, mumbling something in a low voice, his expression rapidly shifting from pain to madness.

"You are too weak. Weak people have no right to exist in this world!"

Amidst wild laughter, countless flying knives flew towards Yang Xu, the weapon...

"I rely on!"

Yang Xu glared. Why did you go crazy so quickly today? At least finish what you were saying first...

There was no way. Once the stopper entered a state of madness, he could no longer communicate. He had no choice but to put the problem aside and start today's training.

……

After another seven days of dodging training, the pure white space collapsed.

Yang Xu woke up, got up from the bed, and rubbed his swollen head.

I touched the phone and the time was still 0:01 as usual. On the personal panel, the skin compatibility increased by 4%.

"Grayscale..."

Yang Xu muttered the name, frowning slightly.

Before he went crazy, the Stopper only had time to say this name, saying that it was Grayscale who killed his grandmother... He didn't know who this Grayscale was, but now it seemed that there was indeed something strange about his grandmother's death.

Thinking of this, Yang Xu opened the forum, switched to the friend interface, and sent a message to Huagu Mianzhang.

[Qingyun Daotong 2547: I have a question I would like to ask.]

【Bone-dissolving Palm: Say.】

The Bone-Dissolving Palm was obviously online and replied quickly.

[Qingyun Daotong 2547: Have you ever heard of 'Grayscale'?]

[Bone-Dissolving Palm: Grayscale? Why are you suddenly asking about this organization? Where did you hear this name?]

There was an obvious sense of vigilance in the Bone-Dissolving Palm's response.

Qingyun Daotong 2547: Organization? Are you saying Grayscale is an organization, not an individual?

Yang Xu was very surprised.

[Bone-Dissolving Palm: Of course it's the organization... It seems you really don't know.]

[Qingyun Daotong 2547: Uh, I just happened to hear someone mention it today while I was teaming up with someone. I was a little curious, so I just asked.]

Qingyun Daotong 2547: What's wrong? Is there anything about this organization that you're not comfortable discussing?

Yang Xu made up an excuse and started to make indirect inquiries.

[Bone-Dissolving Palm: That's not the case. It's just that this organization is very dangerous. I don't know what you're planning to do, but I advise you not to forget our rules. If you provoke this organization in any way, our cooperation will be terminated immediately.]

Qingyun Daotong 2547: Yes, I'm just asking casually. I promise not to provoke them. I'll pay the consultation fee.

Having been asked to this point, Yang Xu naturally would not give up and insisted on asking the other party to speak.

(End of this chapter)