Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 8 The Hermit's Philosophy of Seclusion

The initial points were 50, and killing monsters gave him another 5 points. Now Yang Xu had 55 points left, so he could buy another shovel and continue digging the land.

However, after all the twists and turns tonight, including the battles, the continuous use of time stop, and the subsequent digging of the land, both physical and mental fatigue has reached its limit.

The sleepiness that had been forcibly suppressed just now surged up again, and Yang Xu could only feel his eyelids fighting each other wildly.

It would be troublesome to fall asleep in the mirror world. Who knows if there will be another mirror ghost tonight.

Yang Xu quickly got up, tried to stay alert and climbed back to the sixth floor, then returned to the real world through the mirror in his home.

As soon as he reached the living room, the warm, realistic light of reality shone on him, and a surge of sleepiness instantly hit him. Without even taking off his clothes, Yang Xu sprawled out on the sofa and fell asleep.

The territory is now monitored by spirit-detecting radar, so there is no need to worry about mirror ghosts invading again.

Yang Xu thought that after everything was settled, he would be able to rest peacefully that night, but he slept very uneasily that night.

Yang Xu had a nightmare. In the dream, he was being chased by a madman in black. The madman laughed wildly like a pervert and kept throwing flying knives and bombs at him from behind. Yang Xu could only hide and escape desperately.

He had tried to resist in his dream, but it was useless. The man was much stronger than him. He was like a bird trapped in a cage and could only let the man play with him.

After an unknown amount of time, this unbearable nightmare finally ended...

At seven o'clock the next morning, Yang Xu was woken up by the alarm on his cell phone.

Climbing up from the sofa, Yang Xu moved his sore limbs, a mask of pain on his face.

After a fierce battle last night, followed by digging holes and climbing stairs, he expected his muscles to be sore today, but why was his spirit so weak?
Rubbing his forehead, he went to the bathroom to wash up.

While brushing his teeth, he subconsciously looked up. There was still no sign of him in the mirror. The countdown to '10:54:42' was displayed in the center of the mirror, and the color of the numbers had indeed turned back to red.

Yang Xu tried to reach out to the mirror, but this time the mirror turned back into a solid object and he could no longer penetrate it.

Yesterday, he didn't understand the meaning of the mirror countdown, but now he finally understood: every mirror within his territory is equivalent to a door leading to the mirror world, but only when the number color is green is the mirror passable. When the number is red, the mirror will turn back into a solid state, indicating that it is impassable.

The time displayed on the countdown is reminding him how long it will take for the mirror world to open/close next time.

The mirror world is only open from 12pm to am, exactly hours. As administrators, they can only be administrators for half of the day, and have to play their real identities for the rest of the time.

At 7:50 in the morning, Yang Xu rode his bike into Qingyang University.

Along the way, he was still thinking about the dream he had last night. For some reason, he always felt that this dream was a little too real.

The figure of the man in black and his crazy laughter in the dream kept floating before his eyes. Coupled with the fact that he had not slept well, his head was dizzy and his consciousness was a little hazy.

While yawning, Yang Xu relied on muscle memory to park the car as usual, walked into the stadium, and prepared to take a shortcut to the teaching building.

When passing by the tennis court, Yang Xu suddenly heard a cry of surprise and a sound of breaking air from behind him. The scene of being chased by the black-clad man with a flying knife last night suddenly flashed in his mind. Yang Xu's body instinctively paused and his head tilted back.

A tennis ball flew past his cheek and hit the protective net beside him. The ball was still spinning, which showed how fast it was going.

"Wow, that was close..." Several boys watching the game not far away exclaimed subconsciously.

Not to mention others, Yang Xu himself was also stunned at this time: How did he dodge it just now?

"I'm sorry, classmate, are you okay? Do you want me to take you to the hospital... Hey, where's he?"

In the distance, a girl holding a tennis racket ran over in a panic, apologizing repeatedly. It was obvious that she was the 'culprit' who hit the ball, but when she got closer, she found that the figure that was originally there had disappeared.

At this time, Yang Xu had already blended into the crowd and quietly left the stadium.

He is not used to being watched.

His grandmother was a natural "invisible person," rarely interacting with others. It could even be said that she had no social attributes. Yang Xu wasn't as extreme as her grandmother, but growing up with her, influenced by her, he also developed a low-key personality.

The two phrases his grandmother often said to him when she was alive were "The first tree to stick its head out gets shot to the wind", and "Those who fall behind will be beaten". Whenever she had free time, she would nag him: In everything, we should not be the worst, nor the best, just be ordinary. Only when we are ordinary enough will we not attract attention and can we avoid being involved in unnecessary troubles to the greatest extent possible.

The small hermit returns to the mountains and forests, the great hermit hides in the city.

Grandma's theory of seclusion philosophy may not be absolutely correct, but Yang Xu agrees with it, so he usually imitates his grandmother intentionally or unintentionally, and naturally avoids many things that will attract attention.

For example, when he goes out, he will intentionally control his route to reduce the possibility of conflict with others. He usually does not wear overly bright clothes. Even when taking exams, he will control his scores according to the difficulty of the test paper to keep his ranking at an above-average level.

If someone carefully observes his test rankings from childhood to adulthood, they will find that no matter which stage or class he is in, he is always in the range of 30% to 35%, which is extremely stable.

The reason why he was admitted to this ordinary non-key first-class university was decided in junior high school. The reason was simply because it was close to home and he didn't have to live on campus. Besides, his grandmother was old, and he couldn't leave her alone to go to school in another province.

But he didn't expect that not long after he started college, his grandmother passed away...

Getting back to the point, after experiencing what happened last night, Yang Xu now feels that his grandmother might have intentionally cultivated him into having such a low-key personality. Because of the special nature of the administrator, he usually needs to be careful to hide his real identity. If he just becomes an administrator and starts to make a lot of noise and spread it everywhere, he might die without knowing how he did it.

Especially since he is not an ordinary administrator. He just became an administrator yesterday and inherited something like the 'Stopper Card'.

Yang Xu currently has no idea about the level of treasures in the mirror world, but he can sense that this card is by no means a simple thing. Once word gets out, it will probably attract a lot of covetousness.

The letter left by the stopper also specifically mentioned that it was a crime to possess a treasure, so he was asked to hide himself and clean up.

In short, it’s definitely a good idea to continue to keep a low profile.

"low profile!"

Yang Xu silently recited the slogan in his heart and rushed to the teaching building. He walked around the corner and was about to follow the crowd into the teaching building gate when a familiar figure came into his sight in the distance.

The person was a tall and fair-skinned girl, wearing a suit and short skirt, high heels, long hair tied behind her head, holding a book in her arms, with a temperament that stood out from the crowd. She was standing in front of the teaching building, looking at her watch from time to time, as if waiting for someone.

The moment he saw the girl, Yang Xu decisively turned around, went back to the corner, and walked quickly towards the back door of the teaching building in another direction.

(End of this chapter)