Chapter 168: Yin-Yang Mirror

"Wake up, everyone wake up."

"Don't be deceived, don't be deceived, wake up, all of you!"

Bang......

Shouting, flying kicks, slaps, collisions—nothing worked no matter how they called out.

In their desperate anxiety, Director Yu Wen Tao and the others even drove knives into people's thighs, hoping to use pain to stimulate them and restore their senses.

Yet even this had no effect.

The person whose thigh was pierced merely lowered their head to glance at him, then immediately turned to look at the sky, pulled out the dagger without hesitation, and stabbed it fiercely into their own heart.

Puchi......

"They're mad, they're all mad. Forget about the people here, go stop the others from coming over. There must be something on the bamboo building that we can't see; only those who have worshipped the Mirror Immortal can see it!"

Just moments ago, there were only two or three thousand people gathered around the bamboo building.

Before they knew it, people began to emerge one after another from the other houses in the encampment. They all approached the bamboo building as if possessed, their gazes fixed motionlessly on the space above the building, revealing the same smiles as those before them.

Puchi...... Puchi...... Puchi......

Seeing that the speed at which everyone was committing suicide was increasing, Director Yu Wen Tao completely gave up on this group and led his people directly toward the outskirts of the crowd.

"Don't come over, don't any of you come over, leave, leave, everyone leave!"

He shouted until his voice was hoarse, but it didn't have the slightest effect.

The vast majority of people in the encampment were still continuously gathering toward the bamboo building.

Silvery-white light emerged from the pupils of those people; they seemed unable to hear any sound from the outside world, killing themselves one after another, exactly the same as Director Yu Wen Hu and the crowd beneath the bamboo building just moments ago.

"What's wrong, Tao'er, what's wrong!"

"Tao, what's the situation?"

"Old Hong, what's going on here?"

Of course, there were a few clear-headed people who heard Director Yu Wen Tao's voice and walked out of their houses.

When these people came out, their expressions were somewhat dazed, but when they noticed the people by the bamboo building committing suicide one by one, their expressions instantly froze.

"Everyone leave, everyone leave, don't come over."

Director Yu Wen Tao did not explain to them. Noticing that these people who could still remain clear-headed were all those who had never worshipped the Mirror Immortal, he immediately understood that he could not possibly stop what was happening by the bamboo building.

"Mother, don't come over, hurry and run with Uncle Hong and the others, run out of the encampment, don't stay here. The leader and the others who worshipped the Mirror Immortal have all gone mad."

Seeing that his mother, Xu Lan, was also walking toward the bamboo building, Director Yu Wen Tao immediately shouted to stop her, then hurried over to meet her.

"Where is your father?"

Hearing his mother's inquiry, Director Yu Wen Tao's expression jolted. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, his gaze looking intentionally or unintentionally toward the top floor of the bamboo building.

Xu Lan was no ordinary person; she also possessed Earth-Digging Realm cultivation.

Seeing her son's expression, she had already guessed something. She then followed her son's gaze to look at the top floor of the bamboo building, and her body instantly jolted.

Director Yu Wen Hu was hanging quietly on the railing of the top floor.

Even from a distance, one could clearly see a terrifying wound on Director Yu Wen Hu's neck, with blood dripping down along the railing.

Combined with the sight of him not moving at all, and the increasing number of people committing suicide and falling beneath the bamboo building, it was not hard to guess her husband's situation.

Scanning the scene around the bamboo building, Xu Lan suppressed the grief on her face and quickly turned to speak to her son with a solemn expression:

"Tao'er, there are many people who came with us from Ningzhou who haven't worshipped the Mirror Immortal. They should still be savable; hurry and go save them."

Mother also knows about the Mirror Immortal?

Director Yu Wen Tao's expression was stunned, but hearing Xu Lan's subsequent words, he immediately realized something in his heart and quickly shook his head:

"No, Mother, you come with me......"

"Say no more. When has your mother's decision ever changed? The more time you waste here, the fewer people can be saved. Hurry!"

Looking up and seeing the determination on his mother's face, Director Yu Wen Tao's heart jolted.

"It's too cold; I can't let your father just lie there like that......"

Xu Lan whispered softly, then resolutely walked toward the bamboo building.

Seeing his mother's back, Director Yu Wen Tao clenched his fists tightly. Finally, he looked up and stared at the corpse of his father, Director Yu Wen Hu, then turned and rushed toward the remaining houses in the encampment, beginning to notify the others to flee.

"Father and I were not wrong to suspect it. The Mirror Immortal is a strange monster. The question now is, has the leader, He Yuanhun, been controlled by that Mirror Immortal, or has he himself long since been replaced by the Mirror Immortal?"

If before, Director Yu Wen Tao only suspected that the Mirror Immortal was a strange monster, then after witnessing his father Director Yu Wen Hu commit suicide and the scene that occurred at the bamboo building, he could be certain.

The previous resurrection from the dead might have all been a ruse given by that Mirror Immortal, all for the sake of this moment today.

Director Yu Wen Tao led Hong Guang and the others to gather everyone in the encampment who still possessed their senses, organizing them to flee while also thinking in his mind.

He Yuanhun was undoubtedly a real person. The biggest reason his father, Director Yu Wen Hu, decided to lead the people of Yuanzhou to merge into the Mirror Immortal encampment was his admiration and respect from the bottom of his heart for this sworn brother, He Yuanhun.

Including Director Yu Wen Tao himself, for a long time, he had also viewed He Yuanhun as an idol.

"No, whether he is controlled or he himself is the Mirror Immortal, it doesn't matter now. What matters is, what is the purpose of him doing this!"

Confirming that He Yuanhun is a strange monster, then many things can be understood!

"Great Xia must have some divine object that can see through and restrain him. He Yuanhun was afraid, which is why he created that cold beast tide, which was equivalent to taking out an insurance policy for himself. It's just a pity that in the end, it was still thwarted by Great Xia!"

Not just thwarted; it should be that he was defeated in a complete mess.

He Meng and He Gang, along with 271 Earth-Digging Realm experts, were completely wiped out, and even He Yuanhun himself was severely injured and nearly died.

Returning and immediately creating this scene like a frightened bird, then his purpose is very clear.

"Is this because he is afraid that the people of Great Xia will attack, so he moved it up!"

Director Yu Wen Tao led a group of people to flee to the south passage of the encampment, roughly estimating that there were only three thousand-plus people. While his expression was pained, he realized that the scene happening before his eyes should have been long premeditated by He Yuanhun.

The total population of the Mirror Immortal encampment was over twelve thousand, and over nine thousand had worshipped the Mirror Immortal.

Judging from the fact that He Yuanhun gradually incited everyone to worship the Mirror Immortal, his goal should have been everyone in the encampment, or rather, the more people the better. But because of the Great Xia affair, he had to move it up.

Ding......

A crisp sound of a mirror being struck came from behind. The crowd fleeing toward the outside of the passage, including Director Yu Wen Tao, couldn't help but turn their heads to look back.

At this look, everyone's gaze went blank for a moment.

The basin where the Mirror Immortal encampment was located was only about five miles in radius, not very large, and the drop from the ground was about ten meters. This passage on the south side slanted upward, so when they turned their heads, they could just happen to see the bamboo building.

In the sky above the bamboo building, before they knew it, two oval-shaped mirrors with outlines resembling eyes and an ancient style had appeared.

The mirror on the left was emitting a violent, intense light, shining on the bamboo building below. Looking at the size of the beam of light, it could at most shine on one person.

The mirror on the right was also emitting light, but what it emitted was a grayish-black, low, dark light.

And the reason everyone's expressions were blank was because of that mirror on the right.

On the surface of the mirror on the right, a scene was actually reflected.

Although they were far away, they could still see it very clearly.

That scene was also a basin; the bamboo building, wooden houses, roads, and all the layout and construction were exactly the same as the Mirror Immortal encampment they lived in daily.

The difference was that the world in the mirror was filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, lush and green, with sunshine everywhere. There was no cold, no ice and snow, and the ground was piled with food. There were even people walking back and forth inside, with constant laughter and joy.

"Isn't that Old Chen's family?"

"I see my father."

"That's my man, my man is also inside."......

"Second Leader, I see the Second Leader!"

One voice after another rang out. Hong Guang even saw Director Yu Wen Hu inside, and immediately told Director Yu Wen Tao with a face full of surprise.

But as soon as he turned his head, he met Director Yu Wen Tao's extremely cold expression.

"That's all fake. You all saw it with your own eyes just now; those people have all died. That is the trick of the strange monster, don't be foolish!"

Although Hong Guang instantly became much clearer, others were different.

Especially some ordinary people with weak psychological defenses, who had just seen so many people commit suicide and had already suffered no small impact. At this moment, seeing the world in that mirror, they seemed to remember something, and their expressions began to struggle.

"Don't be foolish, that's all fake. If there really were such a world, why would you have to die to go there? That's all created by the strange monster to confuse us."

Seeing that many people's faces revealed signs of being moved, Director Yu Wen Tao immediately shouted loudly.

"Tao'er, do you not believe your uncle anymore?"

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He Yuanhun's sincere voice suddenly came from above.

Many people who had been awakened by Director Yu Wen Tao couldn't help but look up at the beautiful world in the mirror in the sky, a hint of hope emerging in their eyes.

"I am the Mirror Immortal, and the Mirror Immortal is me. This paradise in the mirror was created by me. There are no cold beasts, no strange monsters, no frost, snow, or bitter cold inside. It is a world completely opposite to the Frozen Abyss. As long as you die once, you can live inside and obtain the ability to be immortal and indestructible. Even if you regret it, you can still travel back and forth to the Frozen Abyss at will in the future.

Such a world, Tao'er, do you not want to come?"

He Yuanhun's gentle voice was sincere to the extreme. Accompanied by his narration, the eyes of many people below began to blur, and they even couldn't help but move their hands to their weapons.

Not just ordinary people, but even some Woodcutting Realm and Earth-Digging Realm experts were the same.

Even Director Yu Wen Tao couldn't help but feel a trace of wavering.

He Yuanhun's highly seductive voice, and the perfect world he described, were simply too attractive to the humans of the Frozen Abyss.

The Frozen Abyss was simply not a normal world.

To describe it as a cold ice purgatory was not an exaggeration at all.

No frost, no bitter cold, no cold beasts, no strange monsters.

Such a world, who wouldn't want to go?

Of course, what was more important was He Yuanhun's later sentence.

Even if you regret it, you can still travel back and forth to the Frozen Abyss at will in the future.

Before, He Meng, He Gang, and many others were all people who had died once and been resurrected. Except for their tempers becoming irritable, they were almost no different from before.

Doesn't this prove even more that He Yuanhun's words are true?

"He is lying to me. People cannot be resurrected after death; it's all fake, it's an illusion."

Director Yu Wen Tao's breathing gradually grew heavy. He kept repeating this sentence in his mind, wanting to open his mouth to refute, but he didn't know how to refute it, so he could only remain silent with a struggling expression.

"Old Guang, what are you waiting for? Hurry and come, I'm waiting for you!"

"Son, come in, Dad is waiting for you here."

"This world is much more comfortable than the Frozen Abyss. Hurry and come, Father."

"Rong'er, what are you waiting for? Hurry and come in."

He Yuanhun's previous passage had already caused everyone to waver.

At this time, the people in the mirror world actually took the initiative to speak.

They reached out their hands toward the people on Director Yu Wen Tao's side, calling out to their respective relatives and friends one after another, their faces full of sincere smiles.

This, for those who were wavering, was a direct dose of strong medicine.

Puchi......

In the crowd, an older person finally couldn't help but pull out a dagger and stab it into their own heart.

"I also want to go there, I want to go there, I don't want to live in the Frozen Abyss."

"Even if it's fake, I want to go over; I want to be with my relatives."

"I also want to go; I believe the leader, I want to go to that world."

With the first one, there was soon a second, and then, like a chain reaction, the three thousand-plus people who were about to flee from the encampment passage began to commit suicide, just like the people by the bamboo building earlier.

"Tao'er, believe Mother, come in. Once you come in, you will know that the leader did not lie to us. Your father and I are both waiting for you!"

In the mirror world, Mother Xu Lan's voice made Director Yu Wen Tao's body jolt violently. His eyes became completely blurred, and he slowly raised the broadsword in his hand and placed it against his own neck.

"Born in the Frozen Abyss, it was already a life of nine deaths. If I die and can go to such a world and be with my parents, even if it is illusory, it is worth it!"

This thought emerged in Director Yu Wen Tao's mind, and his hands exerted force violently.

Boom......

However, at this moment, a violent heat wave suddenly rushed toward his face, pulling Director Yu Wen Tao directly back from his blurred state.

"Ah......"

In the mirror above the bamboo building, a shrill scream suddenly rang out.

"How can you be so fast, how can you be so fast, ah!!!"

He Yuanhun's previously sincere voice now became flustered, filled with panic and terror.

The two mirrors above the bamboo building were already burning with raging fire.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh......

Dozens of iron arrows flew from behind, all accurately hitting the two mirrors above the bamboo building.

Puchi......

Bizarrely, after the iron arrows hit the mirrors, they did not make the normal sound of a mirror shattering; instead, it was as if they had hit flesh, directly sticking into them.

The next second, the tips of those iron arrows all erupted with flames, adding fuel to the fire that was already burning.

Boom......

The fire became even more violent. At the same time, a thick black smoke also slowly emerged from the mirror surface.

Accompanying this was He Yuanhun's even more painful roar.

"How can you be so fast, how can you be so fast, uh...... ah......"

He had only collected over nine thousand souls, and the mirror world had not yet taken shape, only the last bit was missing. Xia Hong had actually attacked so early.

The location of the Mirror Immortal encampment was not hard to find, but Xia Hong had never been there before. The first time, no matter what, it would take some time.

How could he, how could he find this place so fast.

"Stupid, I deliberately let you go, how could I not leave a mark on you? If I were so easily escaped by you, wouldn't my breakthrough to the Cold-Resisting Grade be in vain!"

A slightly mocking voice rang out outside the passage.

Director Yu Wen Tao hurriedly turned his head, only to find that outside the passage, sixty or seventy people dressed in black cloaks were already standing there, holding strong bows and shooting arrows frantically at the mirrors above the bamboo building.

The one in the lead, who else could it be but Xia Hong.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 169 =====