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nChapter 1028: The Medium

n“Be careful of Zhou Mingrui!”

nAn Xiaotian’s voice echoed through the hospital room, drowning out the alarms from the monitoring equipment.

nWh- As Anthony struggled to hide his shock and out surprise, thunder rumbled outside.

nThe sky over the entire dream city suddenly turned gray, as if the brilliant sunlight had been cut off by a layer of clouds.

nIn Anthony’s vision, An Xiaotian’s figure suddenly be or became blurry, sometimes expanding, sometimes contracting, like a hazy, confusing dream.

nThe next second, Anthony and Ludwig felt the dream’s strong rejection, sensing their rapid transformation into marionettes.

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nInside Yangdu High-Speed Rail Station.

nLuo Shan quickly caught up with Zhou Mingrui and Zhou Sasa, intercepting them before they turned onto the road leading to the parking lot.

n“Zhou Mingrui!” Luo Shan called out.

nZhou Mingrui, who had already put the silver pocket watch in his trouser pocket, turned around and looked at the rapidly approaching Luo Shan with confusion. “Why are you here?”

nWeren’t you just at work in the office, slacking off and chatting with me?

nZhou Sasa looked at Luo Shan, then at her brother, and smartly kept her mouth shut, saying nothing.

nLuo Shan stopped within arm’s reach of Zhou Mingrui and said urgently, “There’s something important I need to tell you.”

nWhat could be so important that it couldn’t be said over WeChat or phone, and you had to rush here to tell me in person? Zhou Mingrui remembered Luo Shan’s previous warnings and looked at his colleague quizzically, waiting for her to continue.

nOn her way over, Luo Shan had already decided that today’s strategy would be “honesty.” She said with a serious expression.

n“There’s an item you shouldn’t touch right now. I’m here to keep it safe for you.”

nTaking advantage of Zhou Mingrui’s confused thinking, she suddenly reached out with her hand, using the ultimate speed of a Reporter.

nZhou Mingrui couldn’t dodge in time and Luo Shan “forcefully snatched” the silver pocket watch with vine and leaf patterns from his trouser pocket.

n“This is it!” Luo Shan quickly explained,

nZhou Mingrui, who instinctively wanted to grab it back, suddenly froze, looking at the pocket watch and muttering in disbelief.

n“This?”

nWhat could be wrong with it?

nThis change also left the observing Zhou Sasa confused and bewildered. She blurted out, “Mingrui, what’s going on?”

nWhat are you two talking about?

nAre the two of you flirting?

nZhou Mingrui didn’t answer Zhou Sasa’s question. focusing his gaze on Luo Shan.

nLuo Shan didn’t bother to conceal anything and couldn’t think of how to hint at it, so she directly raised the silver pocket watch.

n“This will bring you danger!

n“Think carefully, isn’t it a bit different from before?”

nAlthough Luo Shan wasn’t clear on what exactly was wrong with the pocket watch in her hand, from Jian Na and Li Ming’s conversation, she knew the watch was linked to some special mirror world fragment.

nIn other words, the watch was different from before- if there had been an anomaly in the past, Zhou Mingrui would have had problems long ago!

nZhou Mingrui suddenly fell into thought, frowning slightly.

nIndeed, the watch’s glass face seemed to have been replaced…

nWho would normally use black glass for a watch face, even if it was transparent…

nBeside them, Zhou Sasa grumbled, “I’ve repaired it, of course it’s a bit different from before.”

nZhou Mingrui thought for a few seconds, then cautiously said to Luo Shan, “Alright, you keep it safe for me for a few days.”

nAlthough this watch held great sentimental value for him, no object, no matter how important, could compare to real safety. Even if it was lost because of this, he would only feel heartache and regret, but not remorse.

nHow understanding, just like usual… And I haven’t had any problems yet! Luo Shan felt both relieved and grateful as she sighed to herself.

nShe quickly gave Zhou Mingrui a meaningful look. “I’ll make a move first.”

nAfter getting Zhou Mingrui’s permission, she turned and walked towards where Jian Na and Li Ming were.

nShe suppressed the explosive joy in her heart, not showing it for the moment.

nI succeeded!

nI did itl

nI completed an important task at the risk of my life!

nAs Luo Shan’s steps became increasingly light, she suddenly felt her body become weightless.

nHer throat began to tighten, as if a rope was wrapped around it.

nHer breathing quickly became labored, and her knees and elbows felt as if they were filled with thick glue.

nStill… something went wrong….

nWill I… be strangled… to death… like this… in public?

nIn this state, Luo Shan heard the rumbling thunder.

nShe found her surroundings had become quite dark and extremely oppressive, with the passing pedestrians all appearing blurry and distorted.

nThis… really is… a dream… Luo Shan suddenly had this realization, a realization tinged with sorrow and sighing.

nAt this moment, she saw Jian Na.

nJian Na was still clear.

nThen, Luo Shan clearly saw the anxious and worried expression on Jian Na’s face.

nShe once again felt that her life was still real, still meaningful.

nShe managed to give Jenna another smile, with difficulty.

nHer body also gradually became blurry, like those background characters seen hazily in a dream.

nRumble!

nAmid the rolling thunder, Zhou Mingrui also noticed the blurring and distortion of the people around him, and the darkness and unreality of the entire high- speed rail station.

nThe only light came from the side and behind him and Zhou Sasa, from the passage leading to the parking lot.

nClear radiance gathered there, as if forming a huge door.

nZhou Mingrui instinctively grabbed Zhou Sasa’s forearm, no longer caring about the luggage, and ran wildly towards that door of light.

nAfter running a few steps, he felt Zhou Sasa stop, becoming heavy, making it impossible for him to drag her forward.

nHas Sasa also been affected by the anomaly? Zhou Mingrui turned his head concernedly to look at his sister.

nIn his eyes, Zhou Sasa had somehow already become transparent, thin, like a mirror and the reflection of a person in a mirror.

nZhou Sasa’s black dress had half-merged with the “mirror,” making the surface appear dark.

nZhou Mingrui saw himself in the dark mirror.

nShort black hair, deep brown eyes, non-prescription glasses, soft contours and a somewhat handsome appearance….

nAs Zhou Mingrui clearly saw the image in the mirror, the him in the mirror suddenly curled his lips, revealing an eerie and chilling smile.

nThe Zhou Mingrui in the mirror began to overlap with Zhou Sasa, who had regressed to a pure female form.

nWh-Zhou Mingrui instinctively took two steps back.

nJust then, he heard a “bang” of a gunshot.

nA bullet tinged with a dull blue-green color shot out from somewhere, hitting the mirror that Zhou Sasa had become, hitting the reflected image of Zhou Mingrui in the mirror.

nCertain Death!

nFranca had lent the Inevitable Gun to Jenna.

nCrack!

nThat mirror quickly shattered, falling to the ground like a rainstorm.

nAll of its fragments lost their luster, no longer reflecting anything.

nZhou Mingrui instinctively turned sideways and saw Jenna, holding a brass-colored revolver, with delicate features, not at all blurry or distorted.

nHe didn’t recognize this beautiful young woman.

nJenna nodded slightly to Zhou Mingrui, trying her best to show her goodwill.

nWhen Zhou Mingrui witnessed his mirror self revealing that chilling smile, he had already judged this to be an enemy, someone harboring malice towards him.

nThis led to a series of thoughts:

nThey’ve used Sasa!

nI must find out what has happened to the real Sasa!

nBased on this judgment, Zhou Mingrui held no ill will towards Jenna, who had shattered the mirror and his mirror self, believing she was sent by friendly forces to stop this.

nSeeing Zhou Mingrui return a friendly nod, Jenna hadn’t had time to feel joy, hadn’t had time to think about how to save Luo Shan, when she suddenly felt the dream strongly rejecting her, felt her thoughts becoming sluggish, felt two kinds of pain attacking simultaneously.

nShe was being kicked out of the dream, she was being rapidly turned into a marionette.

nJust as Zhou Mingrui was about to ask the woman opposite what to do next, he saw her face contort, seeming to be in great pain.

nHas she been attacked? An invisible attack? Zhou Mingrui hurriedly looked around, searching for potential enemies.

nHe then saw that the pillars and screens throughout the high-speed rail station had become illusory, either elongated or widened, becoming dark mirrors.

nAll these mirrors reflected Zhou Mingrui’s searching figure, but without exception, the Zhou Mingrui in the mirrors all wore cold, chilling smiles.

n“They” suddenly stopped, all turning to look at Jenna. their voices overlapping as they laughed.

n“It’s too late!

n“Zhou Sasa is the medium, the medium pointing to that mirror world!”

nJenna, who was fighting against the dream’s rejecting force and rapid marionettization, suddenly froze.

nToo late?

nHas the Zhou Mingrui in the mirror already been born?

nIs the Celestial Worthy about to use this?

nOn one side of the high-speed rail station that had transformed into a mirror world, Lumian, who had never formally appeared, unhurriedly took out the magic mirror Arrodes.

nIn a rich timbre, he intoned, “The second question.

nOn the surface of the mirror, pale words quickly appeared: “Ask quickly!”

nArrodes didn’t repeat its rules, because this was the second question, not the first.

nLumian curled his lips slightly and said, “Are you a weapon, or a medium?”

nOn the dark mirror surface shimmering with water, the pale words writhed and changed, forming new content: “Medium!”

nThen, the magic mirror Arodes posed its own question:

n“How do you want to use me?”

n“Certainly not as a brick to throw at someone,” Lumian laughed.

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nAt Four-Way Street, in the Jinxiu Dongfang Community, inside the Mute Art Studio.

nAnderson Hood sat in front of his easel, bored, weal yawning.

nAt this moment, he heard the rumbling thunder and felt the light suddenly dim, the environment becoming extremely oppressive.

nAnderson stood up and walked to the window, finding that the pedestrians below had all become blurry masses.

nHe smiled and looked up at the sky, saying. “My task is about to be completed.”

nAs he spoke, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers with a loud crack.

nBoom!

nA violent explosion occurred deep within the building, with flames rising from various places.

nIn an instant, the newly renovated but uninhabited “motel” was engulfed by raging red flames.

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