Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

[Su Yining, please report to the choir room promptly at 10 PM tonight after evening self-study.]

My glasses were dry from staring, and my throat bobbed as if something was stuck and burning inside.

"You were also the choir teacher back then, and you were the one who chose me to be a member?"

Su Yining clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost dug into her flesh.

However, Hu Lizhang remained expressionless in the face of her questioning, as if the girl's anger had nothing to do with him.

"From this perspective, you are indeed quite special. It's a pity I should have taken more credit back then."

"What makes me special? Why did you choose me as a member of the choir? What is your purpose in recruiting these students into the choir? What happened after I joined the club?"

Three years of pent-up emotions erupted at this moment, Su Yining's voice hoarse as she roared:

"Who killed me?!"

His bloodshot eyes seemed to be burning with flames, not only the anger that had been building up since his death, but also the grievances and loneliness of the past few years.

However, looking at Su Yining's stern questioning, Hu Lizhang simply let out a soft sigh:

"I don't know, you'll have to ask someone higher up."

"!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yining sprang up and rushed forward in the blink of an eye. She raised her long leg high and instantly did a split, her heel slamming straight down on Hu Lizhang's head!

Hu Lizhang was prepared. He pressed the ruler, activated the magical artifact, and instantly created distance, retreating several meters away.

At the same time, Su Yining's heel slammed down vertically:

"Boom--!"

The kick created cracks in the ground, and smoke even rose from the heel.

"Get over here!"

That kick, coupled with that shout, suddenly brought back unpleasant memories for Hu Lizhang.

"How come even the way he shouts is so similar to that of the ferryman with the rope?" Hu Lizhang said with dissatisfaction.

He pressed down with the ruler, instantly creating a slight distance between them.

"Coward, don't even think about running away."

Su Yining gritted her teeth, about to chase after him, but suddenly stopped in her tracks.

wrong!

keep cool.

Hu Lizhang clearly separated them on purpose, and now he deliberately appeared in front of her, said a few words to provoke her, and then distanced himself...

"It's a trap. This guy is trying to lure me into chasing him."

Suppressing her anger, Su Yining took a deep breath, her lips trembling, trying to calm herself down.

Hu Lizhang was more familiar with this evil spirit and the spirit cage, and his deliberate appearance to provoke her with "past information" was clearly intended to do so.

Don't fall for their trick.

Her heart pounded violently in her chest, and even though her breathing was unsteady, Su Yining gritted her teeth and stayed where she was, not daring to chase after him rashly.

"The spirit cage is still here. The most urgent task is to eliminate the evil spirit. These beasts may not be telling the truth. As long as I can find the fragments of the corpse, I can recover more memories. There is no need to panic now."

Su Yining clenched her fists. Despite the repression she had endured for three years, she still silently warned herself not to fall into the trap.

“Exorcism is not my forte, and I certainly can’t hold anyone back. If I fall into their trap and get into danger, Chen Shi’s personality will definitely lead him to risk everything to save me, which will only push us into greater danger.”

We cannot pursue them.

Su Yining's forehead veins bulged, but she forced a disdainful smile and gave Hu Lizhang the middle finger:

"Ha, trash, go to hell."

Now it was Hu Lizhang's turn to panic.

If you try to provoke someone and end up being looked down upon, who can stand that?

"They didn't chase after them? Such strong willpower!?" Hu Lizhang's eyebrows twitched.

Is this girl's mental defenses a Great Wall? She was murdered, wrongfully killed, and faced with the truth—she still didn't fall for it!?

real or fake?

"Never mind, I was trying to make things easier."

He flipped the ruler over and pressed it down to the mark.

In an instant, Su Yining felt the scene before her eyes change, and in the blink of an eye, she was teleported to the front of the corridor.

"what's the situation?"

Su Yining was startled and immediately stared at the ruler in Hu Lizhang's hand.

"That magical artifact can not only freely change the distance between the user and the target, but also swap the target's position?"

Realizing this, Su Yining no longer sat idly by and waited for her fate. She rushed forward and swung her leg at Hu Lizhang's wrist...

However, Hu Lizhang was very skilled; he flipped the ruler over and pressed the markings sharply.

In an instant, two figures flashed rapidly on the third floor like ghosts. Hu Lizhang first created distance between himself and Su Yining, then used a ruler to pull her closer, forcing her to switch places.

As time went on, Su Yining felt dizzy and disoriented, as if she were on a continuous roller coaster ride.

"cough……"

In a daze, the displacement stopped, and she staggered to her feet, raising her crimson eyes:

"Where did you move that damn thing?"

However, upon closer inspection, one could see a piano placed directly in front of the room, with benches filling the room, music stands on both sides, musical note stickers hanging on the walls, and a projection screen in front.

It's a music classroom.

Su Yining turned her head sharply and saw Hu Lizhang standing at the door, snapping his fingers with ill intent.

next second...

"Thump—!!"

The piano played a heavy note, and it felt as if something was drilling into my ears along with the sound, causing a sharp pain in my eardrums.

"Uh!"

Su Yining couldn't help but bare her teeth, like a kitten hissing and its fur standing on end.

She was momentarily dazed, and when she came to her senses, the room in front of her was completely different.

Countless mirrors surrounded the area, their reflections intertwining and figures overlapping. The space was infinitely replicated by the mirrors, and cold reflections filled the air from all sides, making it impossible to see even a glimpse of an exit.

In the short time it took to be distracted by the music, mirrors suddenly appeared everywhere, completely obliterating the path from which they came, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.

This is a mirror maze.

"It's that Mirror Spirit!"

Su Yining immediately realized what was happening and tried to run towards the classroom door, following her memory, but...

"Boom!"

"Ouch!"

Su Yining felt a burning pain on her forehead as she slammed her head against the glass.

"The room is completely enveloped by Mirror Spirits?"

Looking around, the mirrors were layered upon each other, as if she were in the center of a kaleidoscope. Countless "Su Yining" in the mirrors had deep gazes, as if they were looking at her.

"This is bad, we have to think of a way to get out."

Su Yining groped along the mirror surface, trying to find her way to the exit, just like in the mirror maze at the amusement park.

However, no matter how many times she spins or circles around, she will eventually reach a dead end.

"No Exit?"

Su Yining's heart sank.

Suddenly, a shrill laugh rang out:

"Giggle..."

His laughter was hoarse, like the rubbing of a knife tip.

"It's a Mirror Spirit!"

As Su Yining turned around, she saw several withered white hands slowly emerging from the mirror, wriggling towards her like snakes.

Not only that, but the mirror began to ripple, and the withered hands began to replicate and multiply, one after another reaching out from the mirror, like a collapsing wall, as if to swallow her whole.

……

……

Meanwhile, Hu Lizhang was standing in the music classroom.

"That's how we trapped this special spirit. This mirror spirit is really useful; it can even suppress supernatural phenomena."

Before him, in the glass window of the music classroom, the reflection in the mirror had become an endless, exitless maze of mirrors.

Su Yining was in the very center of the maze, where countless withered hands were frantically reaching out to grab her.

Chapter 72 Unexpected

The mirror is surrounded by three layers.

Luo Xiaoyu kicked the emergency exit door open and leaped lightly into the third-floor corridor.

Chen Shi quickly followed, keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings to prevent the watermelon-headed boy from popping up again to cause trouble.

Luo Xiaoyu pointed ahead, indicating "It's right in front of us."

"Okay, don't worry, lead the way. I can keep up." Chen Shi understood.

Upon hearing this, Luo Xiaoyu kicked her leg, and her petite body rushed forward like a gust of wind.

Holy crap, isn't this too fast?

Chen Shi hurriedly caught up and rushed forward with Luo Xiaoyu.

Along the way, the windows on both sides were distorted, like ripples on the surface of water, and pairs of withered hands reached out from them, their arms stretching out endlessly like snakes, frantically grabbing at them.

"Don't get held back, break the mirror!"

Chen Shi acted decisively, dodging a withered hand while simultaneously pulling out a rope. With a flick of his right arm, the rope lashed out like a whip, slamming heavily against a window.

"Bang!"

With the power of the [Illness-Free Ribbon] and the restraining effect of the rope, the window shattered instantly.

"babble--"

The withered hand that had been reaching out also retracted instantly.

"Well……"

Luo Xiaoyu's eyes narrowed, and she took out a silver chain and flicked it, causing the chain to immediately begin to extend.

"Ah!"

She let out a delicate shout, and with a sudden flick of her wrist, the silver chain spun out from her palm, spiraling and unfurling outwards like a silver vortex.

In the corridor, the chain spun and flashed with cold light, lashing sharply at the surging withered hands, producing a series of crisp sounds, forcefully forcing back all the densely packed withered hands.

At the same time, Chen Shi seized the opportunity when the withered hand was forced back and quickly threw the rope, smashing all the glass windows in the corridor one by one.

Although it was their first collaboration, Luo Xiaoyu cooperated very well. Her exquisite figure stretched out, her delicate body was soft, and she swung and danced with the silver chain while striking the withered hand and covering Chen Shi as he broke the glass.

Her figure resembled that of a gymnast under a spotlight, and the silver chain looked like a ribbon dancing in the wind.

"Bang! Bang—!"