I saw a young man in black uniform standing next to the helicopter, watching Zhang Ze quietly.
"He is...Brother Tiger's son!"
Zhang Ze recognized the other person's identity at a glance, and he was surprised: "Is he really still alive? Or is this the person in his mirror?"
"Rakshasa! Follow!"
Shirley's voice came, and Zhang Ze responded. He looked back and saw that Brother Hu's son was gone.
"It shouldn't be an illusion."
Zhang Ze pursed his lips and turned to follow the team, but he kept thinking in his heart, who is this person? Why does it appear here?
Zhang Feng asked Zhang Ze curiously: "Brother, what's wrong?"
Zhang Ze told Zhang Feng what he had just seen, and the latter was a little surprised: "Regardless of whether this person is Brother Tiger's son, how could he appear here? Hank said that the mirror world is different every time he comes in, and The mirror world where Brother Hu’s son disappeared is definitely not here, how could he be here?”
"I don't know." Zhang Ze shook his head and guessed: "Perhaps, no matter how the world in the mirror changes, those people in the mirror will always exist."
The two of them couldn't find the answer, so they had to give up temporarily and concentrate on following Hank.
The entrance to Hank's group seems to be a lounge. After entering, you can see many iron lockers, and many of the cabinet doors are open.
"Be careful with the mirror on the locker..."
Hank whispered to Shirley, Zhang Ze and others, and everyone hunkered down and moved forward close to the iron cabinets, closing all the cabinet doors they passed.
"etc!"
When they came to a corner, Shirley grabbed Moonlight Bunny and said, "There is a mirror in front of you!"
Zhang Ze glanced carefully and saw that in a long corridor in front, the wall on one side was covered with mirrors!
"Damn it!" Hank cursed: "Why are there so many mirrors here?"
Zhang Feng interrupted: "Wouldn't it be better to just break the mirror?"
"No!" Shirley shook her head: "Fragments of the mirror can also shine on us, and the person in the mirror will also appear."
Moonlight Bunny asked with a grimace: "What should we do? Or should we take a detour?"
"There is only one way to enter the base, and you can only pass through here." Hank shook his head and said: "We must find a way!"
Zhang Ze thought for a moment and said, "I have a way to try."
After hearing this, Hank was pleasantly surprised and said, "Well, your idea is good! Everyone, take action now!"
Afterwards, everyone carefully removed the cabinet door from the locker and removed the mirror above and put it away.
They squatted down, held up the cabinet door to block themselves, and walked towards the passage.
The cabinet door that was half a person tall just covered their bodies, and their figures could not be reflected in the mirror.
"Be careful and don't expose any part of your body!"
Shirley reminded everyone that everyone was half squatting and moving forward little by little, for fear of accidentally being caught in the mirror.
Fortunately, they managed to pass through this ten-meter-long corridor and enter the interior of the base without any danger.
"There's an electronic lock!"
A heavy iron door blocked Hank, Zhang Ze and others. Hank checked it and said: "You need an identity card..."
"Colonel, do you have an electronic lock at the entrance over there?"
Hank talked to the colonel on the intercom, and the latter replied: "Yes, I have cracked it with a copied ID card. Captain, do you want me to send someone to deliver it to you?"
"No, you put the magnetic card on the ground and continue to move. I will send someone to get it." Hank ended the call, looked at Zhang Ze and the others, and said, "Who among the three of you is going?"
"I'll go." Zhang Ze volunteered. He couldn't let the two girls take risks.
"Okay, be safe, we'll wait for you." Hank nodded and watched Zhang Ze leave.
Using the cabinet door to re-enter the corridor, Zhang Ze returned to the lounge. He still remembered the entrance location of the colonel's group and set off immediately.
Arriving at the open space outside the base, Zhang Ze couldn't help but look in the direction of the helicopter, but he didn't see anyone.
Narrowing his eyes, Zhang Ze withdrew his gaze and ran towards Entrance C.
Entrance C is located in the garbage disposal room, where a lot of food and household waste are piled up. They are packed in large black plastic bags and piled together.
The iron gate at the entrance is right next to this mountain of garbage.
"found it."
Zhang Ze looked down and found the duplicate magnetic card left by the colonel. When he stood up, he suddenly found a figure behind him!
Zhang Ze reacted instantly, [Blood Dragon] appeared in his hand and stabbed directly at the person behind him!
"Hey, don't be impulsive, bro!"
The man took a step back to avoid the attack. He showed his hands and said, "I mean no harm."
Zhang Ze took a closer look and saw that it was the person he had met before - Brother Hu's son!
"Are you the real person or the person in the mirror?"
Zhang Ze asked while observing the surroundings. He suspected that there were others.
However, his intuition told him that there were only two of them here.
"The man in the mirror? Is that what you call us?"
Brother Hu's son shrugged and said with a slight smile: "Actually, in my opinion, they are all the same."
"I am both the person and the person in the mirror, but no matter what, there is only one Toma in the world, and that is me."
Zhang Ze secretly muttered: "Hu Zhen? It turns out that Brother Hu's son is called this name."
"However, it can be judged from the other party's words that the original Tiger has probably been replaced by the guy in front of me..."
Zhang Ze shook his head. He didn't intend to take the man in the mirror back. It was too dangerous.
He didn't intend to tell anyone about Brother Hu's entrustment to find his son, because it had nothing to do with the man in the mirror.
Unexpectedly, Hu Zhen asked: "My dad, are you okay?"
Zhang Ze was stunned for a moment. He pondered for a moment and said, "It's not good. He seems to be seriously ill."
Hu Zhen sighed and said: "It seems that his liver disease has worsened again..."
Zhang Ze stared at Hu Zhen and saw that his expression was sincere and not fake. He couldn't help but curious: "Are you really the person in the mirror? I met one before. He was almost like a beast, completely devoid of reason and humanity, but you But he will care about his father..."
"So, I said you don't know much about us."
Hu Zhen smiled slightly and said: "The so-called man in the mirror you met before was just born. It is a soulless monster. Its only instinct is to hunt and devour the original body."
"When it successfully devours the original body, it will possess everything of the original body. Memory, knowledge, abilities...eventually completely replace the original body and become a complete human being."
"This is a process that every person in the mirror has to go through..."
Zhang Ze said in a deep voice: "So, you swallowed the original Hu Zhen and became a real 'human'?"
After a pause, Zhang Ze asked again: "You just said you, are there many of you?"
"A lot." Hu Zhen did not deny it, he said: "But the number is far from comparable to yours. After all, not all people in the mirror can swallow their own bodies."
"For us, there is no difference between those soulless mirrors and monsters. We will not accept such things as our companions."
Zhang Ze frowned and asked, "I have another question. This mirror world is updated every time and becomes a different environment. How did you get here?"
Hu Zhen looked around and said: "The world in the mirror does change randomly, but we always exist and will never disappear."
"The world in the mirror was originally just a dark nothingness, with nothing but a stone door..."
When he said this, Zhang Ze was startled and interrupted him hastily: "You said a stone door? Can you tell me where it is?"
"Haha, of course, I can even take you to find it."
Hu Zhen chuckled and said, "However, you may not be willing."
"How do you say this?" Zhang Ze felt that Hu Zhen was talking in a roundabout way, and he didn't like it very much.
Hu Zhen waved his hand and said: "Don't be impatient now. You will know it naturally after I finish what I said."
"We live in darkness, we can't see or hear anything. Can you understand this feeling of life being worse than death?"
"We long for light and can live like normal people, but we can't."
"Only when you come in will the world in the mirror change and become the normal world again."
"Even if this world is a lifeless desert, an endless ocean, or even a harsh environment that humans cannot adapt to... but at least we no longer have to face darkness."
"We can also walk in the sunshine and feel the beauty of the world like normal people."
"But unfortunately, this world can only last until you leave, and then everything will collapse and return to darkness."
Zhang Ze whispered: "So, you want to leave the mirror world and come to our world?"
"Yes." Hu Zhen nodded, with longing in his eyes: "Your world is so beautiful, we can only dream of going there."
"It's a pity that we can't find the entrance, because the entrance you come in appears randomly and it's difficult for us to find it."
"So, you came to me hoping that I could take you to the entrance?" Zhang Ze shook his head: "It's impossible, I won't take you to our world."
Zhang Ze instinctively felt that the people in the mirror like Hu Zhen were very dangerous. Once they were allowed to come to the other side of the mirror, something extremely terrifying might happen!
"I know what you're worried about."
Hu Zhen waved his hand: "We are not demons and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"We will replace the original body and blend into you, silently, and no one will notice."
Zhang Ze didn't believe Hu Zhen's words, but he didn't want to say anything. He just shook his head: "Sorry, I can't help you with this matter."
I thought that the other party would become angry, but Hu Zhen was very calm, nodded and said: "I understand, I won't force you if you don't want me to."
"But..." He paused and suddenly said: "Don't you want to know where the Shimen is?"
Zhang Ze was stunned and curled his lips: "Are you blackmailing me? If I don't take you to find the entrance, why won't you tell me the location of the stone gate?"
"Haha, this is a deal, so it must be fair."
Hu Zhen spread his hands and said: "However, I said I won't force you, so I certainly won't force you to take me to find the entrance."
As he spoke, he took out another bronze mirror with a diameter of twenty centimeters from his arms.
"Hide this in the supplies you brought back to fulfill your agreement with Mu Chengxiu."
Zhang Ze's pupils suddenly shrank, he hurriedly avoided the bronze mirror, and shouted: "Take it away, don't shine it on me!"
Hu Zhen placed the bronze mirror upside down on the ground. Zhang Ze was relieved. He asked in a deep voice: "How do you know Mu Chengxiu? Do you also know the agreement between me and him?"
"Haha, God is omnipotent!"
Hu Zhen did not answer directly, but said something that Mu Chengxiu once said.
Zhang Ze finally knew why Hu Zhen came to him. It turned out to be to give him a bronze mirror.
However, he was still hesitant to accept it.
"Are you worried that we can go to your world through this bronze mirror?" Hu Zhen smiled and shook his head: "It's impossible. Look, this bronze mirror is so small that even a child can't get into it. How can we get in?"
Hu Zhen was right, this bronze mirror was too small and people couldn't get through it.
But Zhang Ze still didn't agree. He always felt that something was not safe.
Seeing that Zhang Ze was still hesitating, Hu Zhen brought up the Shimen matter again.
"If you miss this opportunity, I promise you won't see me again next time."
"Then you will never find the Shimen! I think you don't want this to happen, right?"
Zhang Ze pondered for a moment and finally took the bronze mirror.
He admitted that it was risky, but he had no other choice now.
However, he has a remedy. As long as he gets the key and knows the location of the stone door, he will destroy the bronze mirror with his own hands.
Pulling out a black plastic bag from the nearby garbage pile, Zhang Ze carefully wrapped the bronze mirror and put it into his system backpack.
"Very good." Hu Zhen smiled and said, "I will tell you one more thing about Shimen."
"To find the Stone Gate, you must stay in our world, because you can only find it when darkness falls."
"That's why I said, you may not be willing."
After saying these words, Hu Zhen turned and left, leaving Zhang Ze alone in his thoughts.
From Hu Zhen's mouth, Zhang Ze learned a lot of information, which gave him a better understanding of the world.
But at the same time, more mysteries emerged, leaving Zhang Ze puzzled.
for example:
What is the relationship between Hu Zhen and the leader of Pingping Cult, Mu Chengxiu? Could he be that "god"?
How to find the Stone Gate in the Mirror World? Will he be attacked by the man in the mirror?
No one can answer these questions.
At this time, Hank's call came to my ears: "Rakshasa! Where are you? Reply received!"
Zhang Ze came to his senses and immediately replied: "Captain, I will go back right away."
Returning to the team, Hank took the magnetic card. He looked Zhang Ze up and down and asked, "Did something happen to you on the way? Why are you so late?"
"Nothing." Zhang Ze said casually: "I forgot the entrance location of the Colonel's group, but I remembered it later, so I wasted some time."
Hank took a deep look at Zhang Ze, said nothing, and turned to deal with the electronic lock.
Zhang Ze knew that Hank was suspicious of him, but he was not worried. The bronze mirror was placed in the system backpack and no one would find it.
