Chapter 93

After Old Black had his fill of food and drink, they were led to the staff lounge on the sixth floor.

Although it was called a staff lounge, in reality, there were only Zhou Xian and Old Black in the room. Moreover, there were two security guards standing at the door.

"Although the treatment is good, I feel like they are treating us as if we were thieves..."

Although Old Black found everything to be quite nice, he was displeased when he saw the security guards at the door. He had actually planned to go out and take a look.

At this moment, Zhou Xian did not move but instead took a look around the company and then took out his personal terminal.

"There's no internet here. Have they blocked the internet?" Zhou Xian's personal terminal showed nothing, clearly indicating that it was impossible for him to log into the official website from here.

Unless he could use the computers here to communicate.

"In places like this, where there are many business secrets, it's natural to have a small shield. I've seen this before. At my place... I mean, at my boss's place, they also have various shielding devices. It's already good that we can bring our personal terminals in without being searched. I heard that at the Red Blood Alliance, to enter their headquarters, you have to take off all electronic devices and cannot carry any metal items. That's what I call exaggerated."

Old Black seemed to be complaining, but he also revealed a lot of information to Zhou Xian.

"Is that so?"

Zhou Xian looked at the TX-800 he borrowed from Zhang Taihuo.

The situation was probably not as simple as Old Black said.

"What should we do now? Those two guys are guarding outside, so we can't go out," Old Black scratched his head.

"Right, since you've been here for a few days, have you tried sneaking in at night?" Zhou Xian asked.

Old Black shook his head: "No, you don't know. Every night, the security guards patrol with big dogs. Although I can use some illusions, those dog noses are really too sensitive. I can't get in at all."

"..."

Zhou Xian remembered that the reason this person asked him for help was because he "dared" not come over, which was why he sought out Zhou Xian.

Even Zhou Xian himself had subconsciously asked this question, but the man known as Old Black answered in a way that made Zhou Xian realize he was lying.

Whether it was the first sentence or the second, in any case, the two contradictory statements made Zhou Xian realize that this guy was hiding something.

"Old Zhu, do you have any good ideas?"

"Hmm... I'll see if there's a chance to get out."

Zhou Xian thought for a moment and then walked to the door.

"Excuse me, I need to use the restroom. Could you tell me where it is?"

The security guard on Zhou Xian's left immediately said, "Please follow me, this way."

Zhou Xian followed him to the restroom on the sixth floor.

After he entered the restroom, the security guard stood guard at the door.

The restroom was very clean, seemingly because it was not used much, so there was not even a hint of odor. Describing it as clean, tidy, or even empty seemed appropriate.

Zhou Xian pretended to enter a toilet stall, then took out a talisman and used an invisibility spell on himself.

"Now there's no problem."

First, he hid his presence and quietly walked to the door of the restroom.

"Has the gentleman finished using the restroom?"

The sudden words of the security guard almost made Zhou Xian jump.

—He was already invisible!

Was he discovered?

Zhou Xian's heart tightened.

These people were employees of a game company; they might know that skills could be used in the real world.

But what was he trying to do by saying this?

Was he going to reveal everything?

Zhou Xian maintained his composure and said, "Ah, I'm done."

The security guard nodded, seemingly completely unconcerned that Zhou Xian was invisible. No, it seemed that in his eyes, Zhou Xian was not invisible at all.

Zhou Xian, who had already used the invisibility spell, followed the security guard until his skill wore off.

But... he still showed no reaction.

"—How was it? Did you find anything?"

After returning to the room, Old Black came over.

"There is something, but it's too strange to say. I can't explain it for now."

While invisible, Zhou Xian saw himself as almost transparent. To others, he should have been completely invisible. This kind of invisibility was even undetectable by modern technology.

To see through it, one would need the knowledge of the Dragon Tomb world.

What was even more bizarre to Zhou Xian was that the security guard who went to the restroom with him seemed to not care at all. In his eyes, Zhou Xian's invisibility spell seemed as if it had never been used!

"You didn't find anything, but I noticed something just now."

Old Black glanced at the two security guards at the door and said, "I just realized that the name tags of these people only have their surnames."

He thought for a moment and added, "Just like Miss Wu's name tag."

"Could it be that their full names are some kind of taboo?"

Zhou Xian found this absurd.

"Or perhaps their real names are a means to hypnotize or control them?" Old Black tried to analyze.

"Um, it's possible," Zhou Xian nodded in agreement.

"It seems we won't get any useful information today. Old Zhu, if you think it's feasible, why don't we come back tonight? I'll distract the dogs, and you can investigate. Or I can stay and investigate while you distract the dogs."

"Alright, it seems we have no other choice."

Zhou Xian could only agree with this situation.

There was no way to obtain reliable information in such a situation, especially after discovering that his invisibility spell was ineffective.

This led Zhou Xian to speculate that the reason Old Black couldn't sneak in at night was not because of the dogs but because his "illusions" were completely ineffective here.

"Let's remember the layout of this place. It will be easier when we come back tonight."

Old Black went to the wall, where a map of the sixth floor was displayed, with all the information clearly visible.

"I don't know why, but I feel like something is missing here..."

Zhou Xian looked around and then focused his gaze on the transparent glass window.

"What could be missing?" Old Black asked curiously.

Zhou Xian's memory returned to the restroom.

After some thought, Zhou Xian realized that something seemed to be missing there as well.

Yes, this feeling of something missing had been present since he entered the hall.

But why was this feeling?

There must be a detail he had overlooked, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.

When the rest time ended, Miss Wu arrived on time.

Unlike the morning, the afternoon activities were clearly more "lively," including interactive sessions with the production staff, such as learning about the game's development, the years of research, and the amount of money spent on testing.

But to Zhou Xian, these words sounded particularly harsh.

Because they were almost completely different from the content in his father's notes.

To describe it as completely opposite would be fitting.

The two-hour tour did not provide Zhou Xian with much information.

"It seems that although there are some oddities here, there doesn't seem to be any major problem. Could this place really just be an illusion?"

After the tour ended, the two returned to the first floor, walking down the corridor they had entered through. Once they left the hall, they would leave the game company.

"No, there is definitely a problem here!"

Zhou Xian did not say this out loud.

But Zhou Xian knew that this place was not as simple as it seemed.

During the tour, Zhou Xian had noticed a very subtle detail: there were no mirrors anywhere in the entire building, whether in the hall, corridors, or restrooms!

It was only now that Zhou Xian realized what was missing.

Generally, there would be mirrors above the sinks in restrooms. Zhou Xian might not have noticed this in a small restroom, but given the excellent environment here... why were there no mirrors?

Not only that, but upon careful reflection, Zhou Xian realized that he had not seen any mirrors in any of the places he had visited.

No... there were no reflective surfaces at all.

Even the windows were made of frosted glass that did not reflect!

This was too strange.

"Right."

Zhou Xian suddenly thought of something. He slowed his pace slightly and then took out the mirror containing the simplified version of the Five Elements Formation.

However, upon seeing the image in the mirror, Zhou Xian's hand trembled, and he almost jumped!

—In the mirror, the clean and white corridor behind him was a dark, damp, and blood-stained terrifying passage.

What was even more terrifying was that there was a pale, terrifying face right behind him!

Zhou Xian quickly put the mirror away.

But when he looked up, Old Black seemed to have disappeared. The little tour guide in front of Old Black was still there, but the guide was emitting a terrifying stench of decay, and the originally cute girl had become a terrifying mummy!

The entire corridor was now covered in the smell of blood, and the path leading to the outside, which had been clear before, was now pitch black, as if it extended into an abyss.

"——————!!"

Zhou Xian felt a chill run down his spine as he remembered what he had seen in the mirror.

Behind him... there was something!

Zhou Xian immediately drew the dagger from his hand and turned around to prepare to defend against the monster behind him.

"Ouch!"

It turned out that Zhou Xian had collided with Old Black.

"What's wrong with you?" Old Black's back of the head was hit hard by Zhou Xian, and he looked somewhat angry.

"Hmm—?"

Zhou Xian looked around in a daze. He was back in the hall.

What he had just experienced...

Was it an illusion?

Page AD starts

Page AD ends