infinite danger

Chapter 188 The Mirror of Evil Thoughts

"People here call this building the 'East Building' because it is located on the east side of the castle. The history of the East Building is earlier than that of the castle. No one knows when it was built. It was here before. It is said that it used to be a secret cell, specially used to detain the most vicious prisoners."

Professor Wen Ren pushed open the door of the East Building and turned on all the lights. The walls were inlaid with a large number of stained glass. When the lights were turned on, these glasses reflected gorgeous colored light, and the whole hall was full of brilliance, like a dream. .

The main hall has a hollow design, and on the right side is a spiral staircase leading from the first floor to each floor. Next to it, hangs a large round bronze mirror.

"Your study task today is to appreciate the reliefs on the walls and the stained glass on the windows. You don't need to hand in your homework, but you must study here for an hour before going out, otherwise you will be punished."

Professor Wenren led them up the spiral staircase to the second floor.

This wooden ladder has a history of hundreds of years, and it creaks when you step on it, as if it can't bear their weight, and it will crack at any time. Every step you take must be careful.

The more you go up, the closer you are to the round bronze mirror. If you look closely, you can find that the golden relief on the mirror frame is very strange - it is actually made up of countless hideous strange faces. Like an open mouth.

Their figures are reflected on the mirror, like food in the "beast's mouth".

Ji Siwei frowned slightly: "Professor, does this mirror hang here, does it have any special significance?"

Professor Wenren paused, looked down at him, and showed a delicate expression on his warm face: "This mirror is called the 'Mirror of Evil Thoughts'. Some people say it can absorb the evil thoughts in people's hearts and convert evil people, while others say it can absorb the evil thoughts in people's hearts. It can release people's evil thoughts and expose people's true colors...Of course, these are just rumors with no evidence."

Hearing Professor Ren's words, Ji Siwei guessed that the rumors of "Mirror of Evil Thoughts" were probably true, but which version was true had yet to be verified. He seized the opportunity and asked, "Isn't there any interesting story left in the east building?"

Professor Wen Ren shook his head: "Unfortunately not, there is less information about this building than the old castle."

Ji Siwei: "What happened to the prisoners detained here?"

"It's been...so long, and I don't know much about it." Professor Wen Ren laughed and changed the subject: "Because this used to be a prison cell, its layout is very different from other buildings. You can study it. , I still have other jobs, let's go first."

After Professor Wen Ren left, there were only eight missionaries left in the huge east building.

In front of him was a long corridor, with cells surrounded by iron fences on both sides. It was cold and damp, and the closer it got to the inside, the darker it became. There was a sweet and rotten smell. This place was completely different from the magnificent hall.

Several people stood in place, no one spoke, they all watched Professor Wenren leave.

As soon as Professor Wen Ren came out of the east building, the door was closed immediately, and the lights on the ceiling flickered violently twice, and all went out.

This scene was exactly the same as what happened in the side hall of the ancient castle yesterday. Everyone was already mentally prepared, and they were not frightened. They just raised their vigilance by coincidence.

From the time Professor Wen Ren said that he could not leave the east building within an hour, the taskers knew that there must be danger waiting for them here.

"What should we do now?" Lemon asked in a low voice, "Shall we just wait here for an hour to pass?"

"This is the safest way. Don't walk away for now, so as not to attract some dangerous things." Qin Lin rubbed his brows: "Punishment or something, I have already experienced it once, and I don't want to experience it again."

"Speaking of punishment." Shu'er cleared his throat, and looked at Ji Siwei seriously: "Huya, yesterday's painting review, Qin Lin took the worst, you took the best, his punishment is to be chosen by the ghost once, But your reward doesn't seem to have appeared."

Ji Siwei raised his eyes like deep pools: "It's not time yet."

"It's so depressing here, there's not even a chair, and it's gloomy everywhere." An old hand raised his voice and said, "Why don't we go down to the hall? At least it should be brighter and more spacious."

Several people agreed and walked towards the spiral staircase with him.

"Huya, should we go?" Qin Lin's first reaction was to ask Ji Siwei for advice.

"Wait a minute." Ji Siwei said, "I always feel that there will be..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a sharp cracking sound.

"Ah [Let!!" The person who walked up the stairs first broke the wooden steps, and his whole body fell downwards, breaking several steps below. Fortunately, he grabbed the guardrail on the side in time, narrowly hanging in mid-air.

The railing that he regarded as a life-saving straw was also shaking slightly, and it seemed that it would not last long.

The storey here is more than three meters high. He is holding the railing with one hand, and there are several thick wooden thorns on his hands and legs. He is dripping with blood. If he falls to the ground, he will have to lie in bed for the next few days.

"Come and pull me up!" The old hand was trembling all over, his forehead was full of cold sweat, his veins were bulging, and his voice changed his tone: "Why are you still standing there?! I can't hold it anymore!"

The two missionaries stood at the stairs, and they were indifferent when they heard the cries for help.

Lemon, who was standing behind the two, couldn't see anymore, and wanted to squeeze over to rescue them.

The man in the black hat stopped her and said in a bad tone, "Don't meddle in your own business."

Lemon glared at him: "What are you talking about, he's about to fall!"

The man in the black hat had a gloomy expression on his face, and he emphasized his tone: "There were so many people when I came up, and the stairs were fine, but now they are trampled, there must be ghosts at work, you go to save him, it doesn't matter if you kill yourself, don't get involved us!"

Lemon's complexion changed, she actually withdrew her hand, and took two steps back.

Hearing their conversation, the veteran hanging in the air was angry and desperate, staring into Lemon's eyes and shouting loudly: "Don't believe him, you save me up, everything will be fine!"

Lemon cowardly avoided his gaze, and said hesitantly: "Sorry, I...I can't help you, you can figure it out yourself."

"You guys!" The veteran hanging in the air couldn't hold on any longer, his face was flushed with suffocation: "I beg you, help me up!"

With a "click", the fragile railing cracked a slender gap. The veteran was startled, and immediately shut up. He looked around in a panic, and found that there was no second support point nearby. .

When things got to this point, Qin Lin and Shu'er didn't say anything, and acquiesced to the black hat man's actions.

This didn't fit their personalities. Ji Siwei noticed something was wrong, and a thought flashed in his mind. He looked at the "mirror of evil thoughts" hanging near the spiral staircase.

Their figures were clearly reflected in the mirror. Except for Ji Siwei, everyone was surrounded by a cloud of black air of different shades, which made them look very vicious.

Ji Siwei remembered Professor Wen Ren's description of this mirror - it can release people's evil thoughts and reveal their true colors.

Could it be that they were all influenced by this mirror, revealing their evil side?

Ji Siwei walked behind the man in the black hat, and said coldly, "Get out of the way."

The man in the black hat looked back at him, frowned, and said impatiently, "Smelly brat, what do you want?"

Ji Siwei's tone remained unchanged: "I said, get out of the way."

The man in the black hat met Ji Siwei's gaze, shivered involuntarily, and moved away without saying anything.

Regardless of their reaction, Ji Siwei directly grabbed the wrist of the old hand who was on the verge of falling, and lifted him up.

Others have become smaller, but their strength has not.

After the veteran was rescued, he pulled out the wooden thorns on his body without saying a word of thanks: "If you don't want to save yourself, do you have any humanity? I'm so fucking..."

"It's so noisy." The man in the black hat kicked him without saying a word: "I shouldn't have saved you up, believe it or not, I will kick you down again?"

This kick was not light, the old hand spat out a mouthful of blood, and stared at the man in the black hat fiercely with red eyes.

"Stare at me?" The man in the black hat snorted coldly, rolled up his sleeves: "It seems that I still owe a lesson."

"It's almost done." Another person stopped the man in the black hat: "Why don't you think about it, now that the stairs are broken, how do you get down?"

The man in the black hat pointed to the deep corridor: "There may be stairs on the other side of the corridor, let's go and have a look."

"I don't agree." Shu'er said, "As far as the atmosphere of the corridor is concerned, there may be something inside."

Qin Lin agreed: "Stay here, let's talk after an hour."

The man in the black hat pointed to the person who almost fell down the first floor and said, "This guy almost fell, do you think it's safe here? It's up to you whether you want to go or not, but don't interfere with us."

The three people headed by the man in black hat walked towards the corridor, Qi Yu hesitated for a moment, then followed.

What is unbelievable is that the old hand who was kicked by the man in the black hat just now followed up with his wound covered, blood dripping all the way.

……

The man in the black hat walked for a while, glanced back, and raised his eyebrows: "Did that stinky brat follow?"

"No." Lemon clenched her fingers and said nervously, "Qin Lin and Shu'er didn't follow either."

The man in the black hat pressed down on the brim of his hat and said disdainfully, "Tch, if they stay there, they will be killed by ghosts sooner or later."

"Do you feel a little cold?" One of the veterans shuddered: "I always feel that someone in these cells is watching us."

The corridor is narrow and dark, and the layout of the cells on both sides is simple. Each cell has only one bed, a separate simple bathroom and a mirror facing the corridor.

The man in the black hat said nonchalantly: "Don't scare yourself, it's just the reflection in the mirror that gave you an illusion."

The cold and clammy breath seeped out from the damp ground, and penetrated directly into the bones of the people. Unknowingly, no one spoke, only the sound of footsteps of different severity echoed in the corridor.

Suddenly, the man in the black hat leading the way stopped, and they reached the end of the corridor.

There are no stairs in front, just an oval mirror.