You made all the streamers on the internet kneel before you when you were asked to make a game.

The other players, though confused, nodded nonetheless.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

As the command was given.

All six people, including Logic Cat, raised their left hands and touched their right ears.

From the front, the six people's movements are perfectly synchronized and identical.

There was absolutely no flaw to be found.

but.

Logic Cat slowly raised the small mirror in his hand.

He pointed the mirror at himself, and then moved the mirror little by little, so that the mirror would reflect the images of the other five people in turn.

Viewers in the live stream could also clearly see the image in the mirror from Logic Cat's perspective.

The first person, the one in the mirror, is making the gesture of "touching his left ear with his right hand".

normal.

Because a mirror image is the opposite of the image.

The second person, the one in the mirror, is also "touching his left ear with his right hand".

normal.

The third one, the fourth one...

When the mirror reflects the fifth person.

The image in the mirror, and the action it was making, was—"touching its right ear with its left hand"!

He and the person outside the mirror made the exact same movements!

[Holy crap!!! The case is solved!!!]

[Awesome! Using mirrors! Ghosts can't be correctly reversed by a mirror!]

[Because it's not a real entity, it's just "imitating"! It imitates the player's action of "touching their right ear with their left hand," so in the mirror, it reflects that action!]

[How did they even get this brain working?!]

The live stream chat instantly went wild.

The "ghost" reflected in the mirror seemed to realize that it had been exposed.

On its face, the features that belonged to a human player began to melt and distort.

In the end, it became a blank face.

Immediately afterwards, its body turned into a cloud of black mist and dissipated into the air.

[Ding! Congratulations to player Logic Cat Team for being the first on the entire network to clear the short horror story "Overnight in the Deep Mountains: The Extra Person"!]

[Passage Rating: S]

[Key Information Item: Faceless Puppet (Description: An empty container waiting to be filled; once given a "name" and "obsession," it will become the best "substitute.")]

[System Announcement: This information has been synchronized to the main storyline "Reincarnation: Yinshan". Exploration progress will affect the main storyline's direction.]

Meanwhile, in Fenghun Village, beneath the stage.

The chat room where Brother Long and his team were streaming had exploded with comments.

Countless players who had just emerged from the "Overnight in the Deep Mountains" instance were frantically spamming the chat.

It's a mirror image! Use a mirror! That ghost can't be correctly reversed!

The key prop is the "Faceless Puppet"! That thing is a substitute! It's a container!

A massive amount of information flooded into the live stream room instantly.

Meanwhile, far away in the safe zone of "Wangsi Village," Lu Zhixing, lying under the big locust tree recovering his soul, pondered even more.

An empty container.

substitute.

To bestow upon it a "name" and an "obsession".

Keyword after keyword rapidly connected and rearranged in his mind.

An even bolder and more terrifying guess surfaced in his mind.

[Scientology Cult Leader: I get it! This isn't a simple sacrifice, it's a trade fair!]

[The leader of the Scientology cult: The performance on stage is not just to demonstrate the process of making the elixir of immortality, but also a selection process!]

[The leader of the Cult of Science: That shadow ghost, because it is merely a rootless soul, without an independent name or obsession, can only be used as the lowest-grade medicinal ingredient, hollowed out and refined.]

[The leader of the cult of science: We, the living, each have our own unique names and intense obsessions. We are the perfect vessel, the ultimate conduit to hold the elixir of immortality!]

[Scientology Cult Leader: So, the real purpose of this play is for us to see! It's telling us that if you want to be used as a expendable tool like that shadow ghost, then continue to resist. If you want to ascend to the heavens in one step and become the immortal body that bears the divine medicine, then... actively cooperate!]

Lu Zhixing's analysis surprised everyone.

This grand spectacle was not about using violence or coercion.

Instead, the allure of immortality is used to lure people onto that stage and into becoming part of its alchemical furnace!

Under the stage.

As Liu Yedao watched Lu Zhixing's analysis in the live stream, a serious expression appeared on his face.

She looked up and gazed once more at the enormous stage.

At this moment, the crimson "elixir" that had been refined by the Shadow Ghost and was suspended in mid-air was shining brighter and brighter.

A strange fragrance emanated from it.

That fragrance seemed to awaken the most primal desires of living beings.

The audience below the stage had gone completely insane.

They stretched their necks, opened their mouths wide, and made eager "hoho" sounds in their throats, wishing they could rush up to the stage and swallow the pill in one gulp.

But they dare not.

There is an invisible rule that firmly holds them in their seats.

They are merely fuel; they have no right to enjoy the fruits of others' labor.

Liu Yedao's gaze passed over the crazed spectators and landed on the five empty armchairs at the deepest part of the stage.

Professor Chen previously said that this play was performed for "them" on the chairs.

In retrospect, this statement was only half right.

This play is especially for them, the living people.

And those five grand master chairs...

Lancet's pupils contracted slightly. A terrifying thought suddenly occurred to him.

Those five armchairs were facing the village entrance.

The stage is the key point of the formation.

The audience seats are the alchemy furnace.

So, these five armchairs are the judges' seats!

Or rather, the high priest's table!

The seat is occupied by someone who is truly qualified to enjoy the elixir!

At that moment, the old driver's weak and terrified voice rang out again, confirming her guess.

"Eyes...eyes..."

He kept his face covered, unable to look.

"In the darkness behind the stage... there was... a pair of very, very big eyes..."

"It's watching...it's been watching us..."

"It's...laughing..."

Just then.

On the stage, the paper effigy of a Taoist priest holding a tray moved.

It slowly turned around, its gaze falling on Brother Long, Professor Chen, Lancet, and the old driver.

Then, carrying the blood-red pill, it walked with stiff steps to the very front of the stage.

It held the tray high, facing the four living people below the stage.

At this moment, the lyrics sung by the female lead in the Qingyi role become incredibly clear and incredibly alluring.

"A distinguished guest arrives... A divine blessing..."

"This is the 'Taiyin Refining Pill.' If a mortal consumes it, he can be reborn and instantly become an immortal..."

"The ancestor has decreed..."

"Bestowed upon you... one elixir of immortality."

"I wonder... which distinguished guest would be willing to step onto the stage... and receive this supreme blessing?"