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Chapter 77 The Hall of Mirrors

After a brief feeling of weightlessness, Lin Yu found himself standing in the middle of a corridor that seemed to have no end in sight.

The corridor was exceptionally wide, about ten meters high, with walls, ceiling, and floor all made of a smooth, mirror-like material.

Countless figures of Lin Yu were reflected, extending infinitely forward and backward, forming a dizzying mirror maze.

The air was cold and filled with a faint, pungent odor.

A cracking sound, like shattering glass, came from afar, intermittently.

This is the Gallery of Mirrors.

Lin Yu immediately recalled the information from the Red Falcon: symmetry, reflection, reality and illusion.

He did not move rashly, but first carefully observed the nearest few mirrors.

His reflection in the mirror was perfectly synchronized with his movements, without the slightest discrepancy.

Lin Yu tentatively raised his right hand: "west..."

*Ahem*... All the mirror images simultaneously raise their right hands.

He blinked his right eye, and all the reflections blinked their right eyes too.

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, as if everything was normal.

So, where will the danger come from? An attack from the mirror image? Or getting lost?

Lin Yu remained vigilant and began to slowly move forward along one side of the corridor.

Footsteps landed on the mirrored floor, making a clear "tap-tap" sound that echoed in the enclosed space, overlapping with the footsteps reflected in countless mirrors, making it even more difficult to judge.

After walking about fifty meters, everything was normal.

But just as he passed a side mirror, a slight discord caught his eye out of the corner of his eye.

After the person in the mirror had already walked out of the mirror's area, the head of the "he" in the mirror image turned an extremely slight angle.

Lin Yu suddenly stopped, turned around, and stared intently at the mirror.

The "he" in the mirror also stopped and turned around immediately, the movements synchronized and perfectly in sync, as if the slight disturbance just now was merely an illusion.

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand and gave the middle finger to the mirror.

The "he" in the mirror is also raising his middle finger.

However, Lin Yu's left hand was at his side, and he very discreetly tapped the seam of his pants three times with his fingertips.

But the "he" in the mirror did not move.

really!

Mirrors are delayed, or rather, they are only forcibly synchronized at the moment they are viewed.

When the gaze is taken away, or when attention is focused on other actions, the mirror exhibits extremely subtle autonomy.

And danger may very well be lurking here.

Lin Yu understood and continued forward, but became even more vigilant, glancing at the mirrors he passed from the corner of his eye from time to time.

After advancing nearly a hundred meters, the corridor still seemed endless, and the scenery on both sides remained unchanged, with only oneself stretching infinitely outward.

This kind of environment can bring enormous psychological pressure to people, making them prone to self-doubt and a loss of direction.

Just then, about twenty meters ahead, a side mirror suddenly shattered without warning.

The mirror rippled like water, and then a reflection exactly like Lin Yu emerged from the rippled mirror!

This "mirror image of Lin Yu" wears the same clothes, has the same face and expression, and even has a gambler's revolver that looks the same on his waist.

It stood in the middle of the corridor, blocking his way, and looked at him calmly with the same eyes as Lin Yu.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third mirrors also began to ripple, and more "Mirror Lin Yu" emerged.

They silently spread out in front of and behind him in the corridor, surrounding him.

They did not attack immediately, but simply stood there quietly.

Lin Yu counted them; there were a total of seven mirror images.

He slowly drew the Gambler's Revolver from his waist, and the seven mirror images simultaneously drew their guns.

But Lin Yu noticed that when his gaze locked onto one of the mirror images, the mirror image's movements became completely synchronized.

When he looked away and observed with his peripheral vision, the movements of the other mirror images showed extremely slight delays or deviations.

Rule 1: Mirroring is only forced to synchronize when it is being observed.

Rule Two: A mirror image detached from the gaze possesses subtle autonomy and may harbor true danger.

The seven mirror images began to slowly move forward, approaching from both the front and back.

Lin Yu frowned slightly; with seven targets, he couldn't focus his gaze on them all at the same time.

However, these mirror images should have a leader.

Lin Yu's gaze quickly swept across the seven mirror images, finally locking onto the second one on the left at the back.

Without further hesitation, the gambler raised his revolver and pulled the trigger!

"Bang!"

The silver bullet left the barrel, leaving a trail of light.

Almost at the same instant, the locked-on mirror image also fired.

The two bullets collided in mid-air, exploding into a small burst of dazzling sparks and metal fragments!

The other six mirror images also fired simultaneously, with six bullets shooting at Lin Yu from different directions!

Lin Yu did not try to dodge everything, but instead charged towards the selected mirror image, his body making extreme side dodges and rolls during the sprint.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The bullet grazed Lin Yu's clothes and ear, hitting the mirrored wall and the ground, exploding into more cracks and sparks.

But Lin Yu had already broken through this barrage of bullets, closing the distance to the target image to less than five meters.

The mirror image raised its gun again, and Lin Yu also raised his gun again.

The two looked at each other from five meters apart, as if they were looking in a mirror.

But Lin Yu's lips curled into a cold smile. He didn't fire the gun; instead, he suddenly closed his eyes.

In the instant he closed his eyes, Lin Yu pulled the trigger again, based on the location and distance he remembered from his sprint!

"Bang!"

Gunshots echoed through the Hall of Mirrors.

At the same time, he heard the sharp sound of glass shattering completely.

Lin Yu opened his eyes.

Ahead, a hole the size of a bowl appeared in the chest of the target's mirror image. There was no blood, but rather, like a shattered mirror, cracks spread from the bullet hole to the entire body.

"Splash—"

The mirror image shattered completely, turning into a pile of glittering shards that then dissolved into the mirrored floor, as if it had never existed.

The other six mirror images all froze for a second the instant the target image shattered.

Then the movements became stiff and uncoordinated.

Sure enough, once the source mirror image was destroyed, the others were weakened.

Lin Yu seized the opportunity and fired the Gambler's Revolver in quick succession!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Lin Yu's bullets accurately hit one mirror image after another.

The second mirror image shattered.

The third one.

The fourth one...

When the last reflection melted away as a mirror, the gallery of mirrors returned to deathly silence.

Lin Yu put away his revolver and looked ahead.

At the end of the once empty corridor, a huge mirrored wall began to flow like mercury, slowly parting to both sides.

A door emitting a faint light was revealed behind it.

Above the door, a complex mark outlined by light appeared, the first of the door's marks.

At the same time, where the shattered image dissolved, a faint dark blue light rose and slowly drifted to Lin Yu's front.

It was a rhomboid, translucent blue crystal, with what appeared to be a small, ever-changing mirror image sealed inside.

The information about the crystal appeared in Lin Yu's mind:

【Mirror Crystal】: A unique crystal produced from the regular space "Mirror Gallery", containing a rare law of reflection and illusion.

It can be used to enhance and visually deceive, create illusions, and refract and deflection-related strange objects.

Alternatively, it can directly activate a one-time powerful mirror clone (short duration, possessing 30% of the original's strength, dissipating after taking a certain amount of damage).

nice one.

Lin Yu put away the Mirror Crystal shards and walked to the door.

The door opened automatically, revealing a thick, swirling fog outside.

He stepped out and left through the first door.

Behind me, the entrance to the Hall of Mirrors slowly closed and disappeared into the mist.