Terror is resurging, but only I am.

Chapter 101 The Solution to the Ghost Eye Trial (Part 2)

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Yan Ming could feel that his understanding of a certain rule was gradually deepening, and there was a progress bar symbolizing "experience" rising steadily.

He seemed to be frantically trying to understand something, but he couldn't figure out what he was trying to understand. He only knew that he must have seen something.

This realm of shadows is incredibly magical. In the words of fantasy novels, it might be a legendary blessed land, a blessed land governed by the rules of ghosts and spirits related to "shadows".

Every extra second he spends here strengthens his understanding of the rules of "shadow," allowing him to make connections to more uses of shadows.

However, Yan Ming could vaguely sense that all of this depended on his current ability as a spy.

Normally, simply entering the Shadow Kingdom will not provide any improvement.

You must have "senses".

If you don't have senses, you can't receive information from this space, and without information, you can't improve.

Whether it's "hearing," "smell," or "sight," you ultimately need at least one sense.

Moreover, Yan Ming had tried it and found that "touch" could not receive information from this space.

Of all the normal senses, one thing is certain: vision has the most efficient information-capturing ability.

Therefore, Yan Ming felt reluctant to leave. Even though he knew that such behavior would attract the attention of some mysterious creature, he still insisted on continuing until his "experience bar" rose to a certain level.

enough.

Yan Ming had a sudden realization. He used his Ghost Eye to look at the shadow that belonged to the girl Xiao Jie, and then looked at the shadow that belonged to himself.

seem……

Connect the two.

The ghost eye, accompanied by a ghost hand, lifted up Xiao Jie's shadow and projected it towards Yan Ming's shadow.

The shadows of the two men instantly merged together, and Yan Ming didn't have time to experiment with the effects of this state, because he saw a huge dragon-shaped creature in the distance of the shadow kingdom turn over.

In a fleeting glance, Yan Ming could not make out the creature's exact appearance, only that its body was enormous.

If compared to Xiaojie's shadow, this dragon-shaped creature is at least as big as a football field.

When it surges and tumbles, it feels like on a moonlit night with few stars, a large cloud cover obscures the bright moon, and a huge creature is vaguely moving on the cloud, its shadow reflected in the thick cloud by the moonlight, appearing and disappearing.

It was invisible, yet incredibly oppressive, as if you were facing a terrifying behemoth.

Yan Ming regained control of the ghost hand, which enveloped the ghost eye, and then merged into the shadow of the girl Xiao Jie, passing through the shadow barrier and returning to reality.

"What did you...just do?"

The girl, Xiaojie, watched as the ghostly eye with the ghostly hand emerged from her shadow again. She didn't feel anything unusual, but subconsciously she felt that Yan Ming must have done something wrong by wasting so much effort.

"Shh-"

Yan Ming shushed her, then looked at his and Xiao Jie's shadows on the ground.

In that space, he linked his shadow with Xiaojie's, but this scene did not actually happen in reality.

Is it some kind of implicit connection?
Yan Ming summoned the Ghost Eye again, this time targeting himself, and he also briefly turned back to search for the Ghost Eye's whereabouts.

So now he has two fully grown ghost eyes, which are now fixed on the girl Xiaojie and himself.

Both ghost hands carried by the two ghost eyes have the functions of "shadow touch" and "shadow fusion", and the equal replication of the ghost eyes also applies to the ghost hands.

Yan Ming did not feel any burden, which means that the matching Shadow Hand can appear without limit along with the Ghost Eye.

This is exactly the same as his understanding of "peeping at all evil spirits," and the word "all" is the core of the peeping ghost's ability.

At least when the number is less than "ten thousand", the individual ability of the Spying Ghost does not decrease as the number increases.

Abilities are not equally distributed; they only become stronger through replication.

The adult ghost eye was enveloped by the ghost hand, and then Yan Ming grabbed it in his own hand and threw it into his shadow.

He did not actively choose to enter the state of merging with the shadow with the ghost hand, but the ghost hand still carried the ghost eye and disappeared into the shadow beneath his feet. Then, as if passing through a spatial portal, it emerged from Xiao Jie's shadow.

Since the shadow is connected, can the Ghost Eye freely travel between the spaces where the shadows are located?
This ability is more flexible than imagined, because Yan Ming has not yet felt any distance limitation.

Xiao Jie can travel to the ends of the earth, while Yan Ming only needs to throw the Ghost Eye into his shadow to teleport it to the other party's side and try to strangle them.

This situation really gives you the feeling of a real spy ghost following you like a shadow.

Once the taboo is broken, there is no point in running away; the spy will follow you like a persistent leech.

Moreover, this spatial transfer is achieved through "shadows," making it more flexible than imagined.

Because light and shadow can be easily changed, not to mention that Yan Ming now has an "eternal" light source.

A bright lamp can grow from his forehead at any time, and he can control the position, angle, and brightness of the light source at will.

"What kind of trick is this now?"

Xiao Jie watched as Yan Ming threw the ghost eye into the shadow and then emerged from it. This bizarre scene was completely beyond her expectations; she couldn't imagine how Yan Ming had managed to do it.

seem……

After she explained how to use the "eyes," Yan Ming began to do some things that she couldn't understand.

This gap is like a mayfly looking at the blue sky; the difference between the two sides is like a high school student looking at the top ten math problems—there's simply no comparison.

In other words, is the talent of this man in front of you really that terrifying?

Having just learned Arabic numerals, how can one solve the ten most difficult problems that have puzzled scientists worldwide in just a few minutes?
At this moment, Xiao Jie truly began to fear this guy. Even when she discovered that Yan Ming's ghost eyes could easily see through the shadows and find her, she had never been this afraid.

Yan Ming's talent is what is truly terrifying.

"That's about it." Yan Ming stood up from the sofa. He had already obtained the most crucial information from Xiao Jie, and normally the girl was no longer of any use to him.

He could instantly project his ghost eye behind Xiaojie using the shadows, so he wasn't too worried about her continuing to cause trouble.

Yan Ming knew he didn't have that much time, nor did he have time to get entangled with Xiao Jie.

He thought for a moment, then walked towards the bathroom; he needed a mirror.

Xiao Jie's peeping had just made his back itch. He could barely suppress the feeling, but it couldn't be relieved or eliminated.

Only looking in a mirror can remove this negative effect, but looking in a mirror...

It will make the crack on his forehead bigger.

Yan Ming entered the bathroom, but was surprised to find that there was no mirror in the room.

He looked around but couldn't find a mirror, so he peeked into the living room and asked Xiaojie, who was frowning and deep in thought, "Don't you have a mirror in your house?"

Xiao Jie's thoughts were interrupted. She turned to look at Yan Ming at the bathroom door and subconsciously replied, "There's no mirror here. If you want to look in the mirror, you have to go to the checkpoint." The checkpoint?
The image of the crossroads flashed through Yan Ming's mind, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

There aren't any mirrors in this pipe city?

He finally got close to the core information point of this trial.

No mirror?

The fact that the mirror was only found at the checkpoint indicates that it was absolutely crucial to the entire pipe city.

Is it because the mirror is a key tool for the Wish Demon "Evil Eye" to confirm its own existence that it made the mirror one of the most special things in the pipe city?

Although mirrors are few and far between, they are an essential item for every Guancheng resident.

Once spied on, the people in Guancheng must immediately go to the checkpoint for self-examination, otherwise their bodies may develop some terrible deformities.

Just like the Sanity value in some tabletop RPGs, being spied on will affect your sanity, and you need to reset your Sanity value by looking in the mirror in time.

Yan Ming thought for a moment, then took out a basin from the bathroom, filled it with water, and placed it on the table.

When the water was calm, he went over to take a look, but the basin of water did not reflect any light and could not serve as a mirror.

The water was crystal clear, yet it resembled a stagnant pool of black water, as if it could completely absorb even light.

Sure enough, there was no substitute for a mirror in the city; if you wanted to see yourself in one, you'd have to go to a checkpoint.

Yan Ming endured the itching sensation on his back and began to quickly recall the words that Elder Jiang had once told him.

Only mirrors can make the ghosts doubt themselves, but currently all the mirrors in Guancheng are under the control of the "official".

what does this mean?
This means that the authorities are restricting these mirrors from being collected or used by "individuals".

Just as normal people are restricted from possessing lethal weapons, mirrors are something that can harm "wish-ghosts".

However, Yan Ming was still very curious as to why this so-called wish-granting ghost would destroy itself because of a mirror.

He wasn't questioning the authenticity of the information given by Elder Jiang; he was simply pondering a question.

In this trial, where exactly is the ghost eye of the wishing ghost, and does it have self-awareness?

If it has self-awareness, it should understand that it cannot look in the mirror indiscriminately, as doing so would lead to its own destruction.

If there were no self-awareness...

That's even more impossible. How could one fall into "existential nihilism" if they had no self-awareness?
In other words, this ghost's eyes are self-aware, but it may not be able to control itself.
Like an ordinary ghost eye, it cannot move at will, nor can it decide what it wants to "see".

That's why it inevitably looks in the mirror, and because the mirror is faulty, it destroys itself...

Doesn't this ghost eye have a choice?

As Yan Ming pondered this, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Will it be...

It's not just about having no choice; it's about not having a choice at all.
This ghost eye doesn't exist in Guancheng so far?
Yan Ming reached out and tentatively touched the crack on his forehead.

The crack has widened a bit.

As the second time it was spied on by others, the crack on its forehead began to grow, and the ghost eye inside must have been one step closer to awakening.

He was the one who participated in the Ghost Eye Trial, and the Ghost Eye in the crack on his forehead only appeared after he entered the trial.

Yan Ming certainly wouldn't believe that the two were completely unrelated.

In fact, Yan Ming remembered that after he used the Ghost Eye of the Wish Ghost, it directly swallowed up Li Yan's Ghost Eye.

The dove occupies the magpie's nest.

After considering this situation, Yan Ming was almost 100% certain that the ghost eye in the crease on his forehead was the ghost eye of the Wish Ghost.

So now what he needs to do is very simple.

Find a suitable mirror before the Demon Eye awakens. If the Demon Eye's first time looking in the mirror after awakening goes wrong, this trial can be easily resolved.

After the demon eye awakens, it needs to rely on looking in a mirror to confirm its own existence. If it can't "see" itself when looking in the mirror, it will doubt its own existence and naturally disappear.

A hint of joy appeared on Yan Ming's face. He could sense that this line of thinking was correct.

The entire logical thinking process was not difficult, because Professor Jiang had already leaked the questions to him in advance.

Unlike players who have actually fought against the "evil eye" of the Wish Demon, Yan Ming can take a shortcut, which will definitely make things easier for him.

Thinking about this, Yan Ming felt a pang of emotion. He didn't know how those players had figured out the weakness of this Wish Demon.

It seems there are quite a few strong players among the players of this bizarre game.

It's not just that they have a strong ability to control ghosts, but they also have mastered a large number of ways of thinking to restrain ghosts.

Yan Ming glanced at the basin of water in the bathroom and immediately poured it out.

Now that we've figured out the solution, the only remaining question is—

How can I get my hands on this special mirror?

Yan Ming frowned slightly, he had a feeling that Guan Cheng would not allow this mirror to exist.

The Demon King's only weakness is a special mirror, which is located in the Demon King's territory.

Why not just destroy it?
If such a mirror really existed in Guancheng, it would be far too formulaic.

Or……

Is it possible to make such a mirror yourself?
Yan Ming broadened his thinking; although he wasn't very good at physics, he did have some understanding of optics.

Specular reflection is essentially the use of light, so only a few minor changes are needed...

This allows them to make many special mirrors.

Putting aside other things, things like two-way mirrors and specially coated mirrors can achieve similar functions.

And it also has a very simple function.

That is, the "monitor" is disguised as a mirror, and the "image" that Yan Ming appears in front of the mirror is actually a pre-recorded video.

Yan Ming only needs to "perform" as shown in the video to perhaps make the ghost eye on his forehead misjudge.

Could this trial be overcome by relying on "technology"?

Yan Ming looked at Xiao Jie and asked, "Do you know where the mirrors at the checkpoint come from? Is it possible that they replace them? How often do they replace them?"

Xiao Jie was stunned upon hearing this, and immediately told Yan Ming to stop. Then she asked, "Wait... what are you going to do? The mirror factory... that's a top-secret area. You'll definitely be caught and die in there!"

(End of this chapter)