This humble Taoist priest has terrified the world with a Chinese-style horror game!

"senior?!"

Park Guk-chang also recognized the figure from behind, his voice trembling:

"Is...is that you?"

The kneeling person did not respond.

They still stood with their backs to them, facing the bronze mirror.

The flashlight beam moved slowly, shining onto the bronze mirror.

The mirror reflected the face of the kneeling person—

It is indeed Kim Jae-hwan.

But that face...

That once resolute and courageous face was now twisted beyond recognition.

His eyes were wide open to the limit, his pupils dilated, and his eyes were filled with extreme terror.

Mouth wide open, tongue sticking out, lips torn to the ear.

His entire face was a deathly bluish-gray.

He is dead.

He's been dead for an unknown period of time.

But his body remained kneeling, facing the bronze mirror, as if...repenting?

Or, what are you looking at in the mirror?

"senior……"

Park Guk-chang's legs went weak, and he could barely stand.

Kim Jae-hwan is the idol of the mysterious arrival of money, and he has been following in Kim Jae-hwan's footsteps to get to where he is today.

But now, this legendary captain has died in such a terrifying and bizarre way in front of a mirror.

Fear level: 82 → 90!

"Captain... Captain... Look in the mirror..."

Lee Min-ji's voice was trembling.

Park Guk-chang forced himself to look at the bronze mirror.

In the mirror, Kim Jae-hwan's reflection was also kneeling, with the same distorted, dead face.

but……

Kim Jae-hwan's eyes in the mirror seem to be moving?

No, it's not moving.

It is... bleeding.

Two lines of black, bloody tears slowly flowed from Kim Jae-hwan's eyes in the mirror.

The tears flowed down her lifeless face and dripped onto the mirror.

"Tick-tock".

A soft sound.

In reality, a drop of black liquid actually appeared on the surface of the bronze mirror and slowly slid down.

"Tick-tock".

The second drop.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock..."

Black tears of blood flowed out like a floodgate being opened, gushing wildly from Kim Jae-hwan's eyes in the mirror, flowing and spreading across the surface!

Even more terrifying is—

In the mirror, Kim Jae-hwan's deadpan face began to slowly turn upwards at the corners of his mouth.

It opened up a reflection that was exactly the same as Park Guk-chang's in the bronze mirror plaza—

A strange smile.

"Ah... Ahhhh!!!"

One of the team members completely broke down, raised his gun, and fired wildly at the bronze mirror!

"Da da da da da!!!"

The bullet struck the bronze mirror with a loud clang, and the mirror vibrated violently, but... it did not shatter!

Not even a crack!

In the mirror, Kim Jae-hwan's smile deepened, and more and more black tears of blood flowed.

In reality, the kneeling corpse also began to change.

His neck turned slowly and stiffly.

Little by little, we turned towards the doorway.

"Giggle...giggle..."

The sound of neck bones rubbing together was exceptionally clear in the deathly silent room.

finally--

The corpse's face was turned completely.

Those unseeing, dilated pupils were staring directly at the ten people at the door.

Then, the corners of the corpse's mouth began to slowly turn upwards.

Split open.

The same eerie smile as its reflection in the mirror.

"run!!!"

Park Guk-chang roared and turned to run!

The ten people tumbled and crawled out of the room, down the stairs, out of the Mirror Studio, and into the dark, mirror-filled street outside!

No one dared to turn back.

After running several hundred meters and hiding in a narrow alley, the group collapsed to the ground, panting heavily like fish out of water.

Fear levels have all exceeded 80!

Park Guk-chang: 88

Lee Min-ji: 85

Kim Soo-hyun: 82

Others average: 80

"Kim... Kim Jae-hwan sunbaenim... how could he...?"

One of the team members choked up, his voice filled with both fear and sorrow.

"That's not your senior!"

Park Guk-chang said hoarsely, but his voice was trembling with tears:

"That's an illusion created by the people of the Dragon Kingdom! It's fake! Just to scare us!"

"But...it's too real..."

"If I say it's fake, then it's fake!"

Park Guk-chang roared, but his trembling hands betrayed his inner fear.

Li Minzhi did not participate in the argument.

She leaned against the cold wall, her gaze unfocused.

The scene in the mirror room completely shattered her belief that "mirrors are just psychological suggestions."

Kim Jae-hwan's corpse, the blood and tears reflected in the mirror, and that smile...

If this is also a "mechanism" or an "illusion," then this copy of the Dragon Kingdom has exceeded their comprehension.

"Vice-captain..."

Kim Soo-hyun spoke weakly:

"Will we... even make it out alive?"

Li Minzhi turned her head and looked at the young team member's pale face.

The walls on both sides of the alley are also inlaid with mirrors.

The mirror reflected the disheveled figures of the ten of them.

And...the deep-seated fear on everyone's face.

She opened her mouth, as if to say something encouraging.

But in the end, he simply shook his head slowly:

"I have no idea."

"But if we continue to live in this fear..."

She looked at the mirrors:

"What you see in the mirror may become reality."

"At that time..."

She didn't continue.

But everyone understood.

In the end, they might end up like Kim Jae-hwan.

Kneel in front of the mirror.

Died.

Then, forever, for those who come after—

He revealed that eerie smile.

---

In the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, after a brief period of silence, the chat exploded:

"Holy crap! Kim Jae-hwan?! Is that the legendary captain from South Korea who disappeared three months ago?"

"How did he end up in Mirror Town? And how did he die such a gruesome death?"

"This is terrifying to think about! Could the instance created by Boss Lin Ye be able to 'devour' those who died in previous instances?"

"What are you thinking! They're not even from the same instance; that must be a projection of fear within one of them!"

"My God... this setting is terrifying..."

"The South Korean team members' fear levels exploded! An average of over 80!"

"They're doomed... It's only been less than two hours, and their fear level is already this high. How are they going to get through the next six hours?"

"South Korea is a bunch of cowards!"

"Boss Lin Ye really went all out this time..."

"You have to use ruthless methods to deal with this kind of garbage!"

"But... will those reflections in the mirrors really become reality?"

"Judging from the South Korean players' reactions, it's probably true..."

---

In the live stream from Japan, the plight of South Korea filled them with both schadenfreude and chilling unease:

"Hahaha! Those idiots from South Korea finally realize how powerful Lin Ye is!"

"Kim Jae-hwan has even appeared... This Mirror Town instance is definitely not simple."

"I feel a little sorry for them... though only a tiny bit."

"Sympathy? Think about how they mocked us before?"

"However, if Mirror Town can truly reflect and realize fear... then South Korea might really be completely wiped out this time."

"Isn't that better? One less competitor."

"Wait a minute... do you think if we get matched with the Dragon Kingdom in the future, will we encounter such terrifying dungeons?"

"...Stop talking, I'm going to have nightmares tonight."

---

Headquarters of the Dragon Kingdom's Strange Countermeasures Bureau.

Zhao Jianguo looked at the fear levels of the entire South Korean team on the screen and let out a long sigh.

"Kim Jae-hwan... disappeared in the Transvestite Kingdom instance three months ago, but unexpectedly he appeared in Lin Ye's instance."

He looked at Professor Li Zhenhua beside him:

"Professor Li, how did you do that?"

Professor Li Zhenhua adjusted his glasses, his gaze complex.

"There are two possibilities. One is that young friend Lin Ye deliberately designed this."

"Secondly..."

He paused:

"Those mirrors, or rather the entire copy, reflected the most terrifying fears of some of them into reality."

"If it's the second one..."

Major General Wang said in a deep voice:

"Then the terror level of this instance far exceeds our expectations."

"It is no longer a static horror scene, but a... living thing that 'grows'."

"It absorbs the fear in everyone's heart, then materializes that fear and uses it to fight against themselves."

"Then absorb their fear, and manifest even greater fear!"

"It grows infinitely larger, like a snowball!"

The command center was completely silent.

Everyone was shocked by this speculation.

If that's the case, then the Mirror Town dungeon will become increasingly unsolvable over time!

And now... only two hours have passed!

"What exactly is this thing that Comrade Lin Ye has constructed?"

Zhao Jianguo muttered to himself.

Meanwhile, in Mirror Town.

The night is still long.

There are six hours left until the mission ends.

The fear level of the entire South Korean team has exceeded 80.

And those reflections in the mirror are still waiting.

Their fears will reach a breaking point.

Waiting for the horrors reflected in the mirror—

Enter reality.