"I understand, I understand," Xiaolan said, "Sister Xia Hua, how did the body you just beat to death die?"
"He should have been hit to death by some kind of weapon," Xia Hua said, "but it really wasn't me."
"I want to ask a question," Yi Yao's expression turned cold, "Master Xia Hua, is it still a hospital outside?"
Xia Hua looked at the two of them and shook her head very slowly, "It's not a hospital at all, it's a hellish world outside..."
***
"There's something wrong with this mirror!" the Taoist priest shouted, stopping a few people and moving away from the mirror.
Several people huddled in the corner and watched for a while, but saw no change in the mirror. After a while, Luo Jiutian, who was hiding behind his father, quietly poked his head out.
"What's the problem?" Luo Jiutian asked timidly, but because he felt his father's fierce gaze, he could only walk out aggrievedly, and then asked, "What's wrong with the mirror?"
"The fog on this mirror should have dispersed long ago," Li Muyuan said, "but you see, not only have they not dispersed, but they don't even mean to disperse."
After hearing this, Lao Luo reached out and touched the mirror.
Several long finger prints were instantly scratched on the matte surface of the mirror.
"Look!" Zhou Ye pointed at the mirror and exclaimed, "Suddenly a hand appeared on it!"
Li Muyuan frowned and moved closer to the mirror to observe. The Taoist priest and Luo Jiutian looked at them awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
Lao Luo's hand quickly retracted, and the fog on the mirror never changed again.
Li Muyuan leaned in front of the mirror and looked at it for a long time, but his brows became tighter and tighter. After a long time, he muttered, "It seems... moving..."
"What?" Luo Jiutian narrowed his eyes, "Muyuan, what did you say?"
"Look at this mirror carefully." Li Muyuan raised his face and poked his fingers on the exposed part of the mirror. His eyes were filled with shock. "This mirror seems to be moving."
Hearing this, everyone imitated Li Muyuan and moved closer.
Where Lao Luo traced it with his finger, there was no steam on the mirror surface, but there was an ethereal feeling, as if something was flowing behind the mirror.
Is it the things behind the mirror that are flowing, or the mirror itself?
"Could this be related to Sister Hua's disappearance?" Luo Jiutian asked.
"Eighty percent it has something to do with it," Zhou Ye said, "But speaking of mirrors..."
Everyone's attention focused on Zhou Ye.
When Zhou Ye saw the looks in everyone's eyes, he swallowed his saliva nervously and did not dare to say anything.
"Do you know something?" Li Muyuan narrowed his eyes, "No, you must know something."
"I did think of something..." Zhou Ye said softly, "But I feel...it seems a bit inappropriate to say it here now..."
"Just tell me what you know. As long as it's a clue, anything is appropriate now," Luo Jiutian said eagerly, "Is there anything related to the mirror?"
"I've only heard of it, but haven't actually seen it," Zhou Ye said out of a desire to survive. "You may have heard of it, but there is something called stagnant water..."
He drew out his voice as if he was waiting for the others' reaction, but the others just tilted their heads in confusion, as if they didn't understand what he meant.
"Have you never heard of it?" Zhou Ye asked knowingly.
"Stadly water...isn't it just stagnant water?" Luo Jiutian asked, "Of course, I know this is not what you are referring to..."
Zhou Ye sighed and said, "You are right, but the stagnant water I am referring to is a kind of water that is said to be able to lead to another world."
Another world...
The Taoist priest and Luo Jiutian looked at Lao Luo who was standing aside.
Does that world refer to Ming Ting?
What about the waterway leading to Ming Ting...?
Lao Luo shrugged, "I haven't heard of it."
"What does the stagnant water you mentioned look like?" Luo Jiutian asked.
"I don't know," Zhou Ye shook his head honestly, "I've just heard of it, never seen it."
"Is that stagnant water alive?" Li Muyuan asked.
"Stad water is just water, it should have no life," Zhou Ye said.
"Since there is no life in stagnant water, who will capture Sister Hua?" Luo Jiutian asked, "Did Sister Hua enter this mirror herself?"
Everyone looked at the mirror again.
The Taoist priest thought for a long time, stretched out his hand, and wiped away the fog on the mirror.
A mirror with sparkling water patterns appeared in front of them.
Zhou Ye shrank his shoulders and asked, "We...should we go in too?"
The eyes of Taoist Priest and Luo Jiutian were extremely firm.
Li Muyuan stared at the mirror and thought for half a minute before silently saying, "I'm afraid... we have to go in."
Several people's eyes shifted to him.
"Do you still remember what my senior brother said?" Li Muyuan turned his head, his eyes gloomy, "The way out is in a place beyond the reach of living people."
Several people looked at each other.
"you mean……"
"According to what Zhou Ye said, the backwater leads to another world, and that world does not belong to living people," Li Muyuan said. "Perhaps, only by entering that backwater can we have a chance to leave here and return to reality."
***
After hearing Xia Hua's words, Yi Yao immediately turned to look at Xiaolan. Xiaolan swallowed guiltily and said hesitantly, "No...that's not right. We were still in the hospital just now, why did we suddenly...
Why do we..."
"Xiaolan," Yi Yao said, "did you get the wrong navigation guide?"
Navigation? Uncle, what do you think I am?
"No," Xiaolan scratched her head, "I directed... when I opened the space gap, what I was thinking about was the dean's office upstairs..."
"There is a possibility," Xia Hua said, "that the dean's room you call, like the hotel we are in, has become a place that can connect the two worlds."
Xiaolan patted her thigh and said, "I knew it wasn't me who made a mistake."
"But didn't you just say that your hotel is in some other world?" Yi Yao asked, "So, the real world, the other world, and the hellish world we are in now are all connected together.
Is it done?"
Xiaolan hugged her head.
God, there are so many worlds, so hard to understand...
"I think it's very possible," Xia Hua said, "but there are advantages to this. In this case, we might really have a chance to meet up with others."