Even though it was already very late, Xing Ye still didnât sleep. He only had three daysâ time and needed to make every second count.
He laid on the bed, scrolling through his phone. He ignored the parts about the system and just focused on the information on his current identity.
He poked around for a while before chuckling to the mirror: âWho said I had no special abilities? This identity of mine can practically be called a super power.â
âWhat happened?â The mirror could make small actions and hopped over from the headboard to peer at Xing Yeâs phone.
Xing Ye let the mirror look at his phone. It was the original bodyâs bank information, with a number of 0s trailing at the balance. He had a ridiculous amount of money for a high school student.
âEh, itâs not even that much money.â The mirror said disdainfully, âIn the real world, Iâm also very wealthy.â
âWhat a coincidence, me too.â Xing Ye tapped the mirror surface.
âHmph, itâs definitely not as much as me.â The mirror continued on arrogantly.
The mirror was clearly a very proud person, the kind where if something happened and they didnât show off, they would be unhappy. Xing Ye didnât mind him flaunting: âSince youâre also wealthy, you should know the power of money, right? Although I donât have any special abilities, money is my ability.â
âBut this is a supernatural world. The other playersâ special abilities and identities are unknown, so no matter how useful money is, can it bribe a ghost? If you canât find her head in three days and bring over a chest full of money, will that Miss Human Head spare you?â As a high level player, the mirror felt that it was his obligation to remind newbies that they werenât in any ordinary world.
âWho says I want to bribe the ghosts or players?â Xing Ye laughed, âLetâs sleep. Iâll tell you tomorrow.â
âOi, tell me now!!â The mirror jumped around Xing Yeâs pillow, trying to attract his attention.
âShush, go sleep.â Xing Ye casally grabbed the mirror and stuffed him inside the covers, right against his chest. The mirror immediately quietened.
After a good nightâs sleep, Xing Ye got up the next day and immediately created a temporary Wechat group chat. He gathered all his school cronies there and made an announcement: âStarting today, split up and watch Cao Qian and Wu Yu for me. If anything happens, even something as minor as going to the bathroom for a minute longer than normal, report it to me. Iâll pay a thousand yuan for normal news and if I think itâs valuable, Iâll do 10k a piece. Donât report to me in this group chat, just DM me.â
After he sent the message, the bunch of the guys in the group chat exploded. One after another, they expressed their agreement. They would even count how many grains of rice Cao Qian and Wu Yu ate for lunch.
Mirror: â...â
Xing Ye sent another message: âMake sure those two wonât discover you. No money will be given to those that are caught- you guys better keep an eye on each other.â
The little bros in the group chat all agreed. Somebody asked Xing Ye why he wanted them to watch those two and without another word, Xing Ye just directly kicked him from the group chat, implying that those who spoke out of turn wouldnât get anything. Everybody in the group chat promptly shut up.
Mirror: â...â
âIâm not sure if Cao Qian has a teammate or not, but Wu Yu definitely has one. Furthermore, they both have more experience than me and thereâs also no way that they would work to find clues with me. Thus, Iâd might as well just have people trail them so if something happens, Iâll know immediately. Furthermore, Wu Yu is clearly a following fate camp player- his luck is his trump card. If we watch him, thereâs a chance that he might find a QR code.â Xing Ye said to the mirror. âItâs not like everybody has superpowers like in cartoons. This is only a slightly supernatural world, so the sheer number of people will still be useful. Donât think that I just have ten or so people with me, each of them have their own connections and to make money, theyâll find even more people. By that point, more than half of the school would become my spies. Say, isnât this a super power?â
âYeahâŚâ The mirror was very reluctant in his reply.
âYesterday, I realized that players have a sense of superiority over ordinary people in game worlds. They hold little guard towards ordinary people and if something happens, they would even kill them. However, even if they can kill one person, they canât kill ten or a hundred, and itâs even more impossible for them to be able to wipe out the entire school. After all, there may be a clue on somebody.â
âHowever, this might expose your identity.â The mirror said worriedly.
Whenever the situation was critical, the little mirror would always forget his own arrogance and reveal his true emotions.
âYeah, the people in the group chat or their connections might include some players. However, Iâm letting them ascertain the identities of two players and also giving them an opportunity to hide amongst ordinary people- why would they go against it? Right now, we know the identity of three players. Thereâs only four left; compared to several hundred, even if they wanted to hide information, it would be like an ant trying to shake a tree.â
âBesides,â Xing Ye grinned, having already planned everything, âIf somebody really came to find me, wouldnât they be exposing their own identity?â
The mirror was dazed. Only after meeting Xing Ye did he discover that fate could actually be challenged like this and that such a way could be used to view the game world. Xing Ye was clearly a new player without any special abilities, but he was always able to make everyone else seem like novices in comparison.
I really played the game incorrectly⌠the mirror thought dejectedly.
âYou probably donât need me to help you find a QR code, right?â The mirror said unhappily, âIâm just a tool you can use, so Iâm probably also considered an opposing fate player now. I might not have my luck anymore.â
âNo, I believe in your luck.â Xing Ye said confidently, âThe fact that you met me in the previous world is already a testament to your amazing luck.â
Mirror: â...Arenât you too shameless?!â
Who knew that somebody could actually be shameless to such a degree! It was simply too infuriating.
After seeing the mirrorâs spirits recover, Xing Ye said: âI was just joking, I just wanted to cheer you up a little. Donât undervalue yourself, everybody has their own worth. Your abilities arenât just what fate bestowed on you, itâs what you earned with your own hard work. At least for me, in this strange world, having a little mirror that I can open my heart to and trust is very good.â
Xing Ye didnât know what couldâve happened if his mental state broke while he was thinking about his little brother and he didnât run into this lively mirror in the Magic Mirror world.
âAll right, my preparations are pretty much done. I should start moving.â Xing Ye got off bed and washed up, casually texting the homeroom teacher a request for a three day leave before walking out the school gates with the mirror and his phone.
Mirror: âEh? What are you doing? The mission item has to be on the campus!â
âI know, I just need to check something.â Xing Ye said, âThe world in the novice level was very well developed and also had a very large map. However, in this one, everything is just squeezed onto the campus. Think carefully- the campus has seven unimaginable horrors and is also a completely sealed off boarding school. This background completely limits the playersâ thinking to the campus. But in reality, when an ordinary student encounters something supernatural, wouldnât the first thing they do be report it to the police?â
Mirror: â...â
He didnât think of that at all.
âLetâs take a step back; even if they didnât report it to the police, they would at least find an exorcist. What can just a few high school students, summoning all their courage to find a human head, really do?â Xing Ye nodded, âWe pay taxes to the government for a guarantee of our safety- Iâm going to report it to the police.â
The completely sealed off boarding school didnât allow anybody to leave school grounds. Xing Ye took out all the cash in his dormitory; the amount of money a rich second generation kid had on hand was really ridiculous- there was actually 200,000 yuan. Furthermore, all this money was just carelessly scattered in his bags and cupboards.
Xing Ye directly walked to the guard gate office and plopped his butt on the chair, speaking to the security guard: âI suspect that somebody wants to harm me. Either you let me go out and report it before hiring some bodyguards, or Iâll sound the alarm right here.â
There were two indoor security guards that took turns on shift all year around and this was probably the first time they saw a student as unbridled as Xing Ye. When they then saw the money he had heaped on the table, they were completely stunned.
Xing Ye observed the two. Security guards in an ordinary world would definitely let him pass. The only ones that would deny him were either players or guards that were controlled by the system.
âThisâŚâ The security guard was tangled, âWhy donât you just call to report it to the police, students arenât allowed to leave.â
Heâs restricted to school grounds? Xing Ye took out his phone to dial 110 but it didnât go through. He made the two security guards call the police and this time, the call was picked up. However, the police just took it as him overdramatizing everything and stated that they wouldnât come without a homicide.
TLâs note: 110 = Chinese 911
It looks like this world was restricted to the campus, but if someone was killed, the police would come. Players couldnât call the police but NPCs could- it was another way to discover if somebody was a player or NPC.
âIf itâs like that, Iâll at least need some sort of weapon to defend myself.â Xing Ye said, âGive me your electric baton.â
âThisâŚâ The two guards looked at each other in dismay.
Xing Ye opened his bag and started to stuff the money heaped on the table back into his bag: âFor every extra second you guys think, Iâll deduct 10,000. 1, 2, 3..â
After ten seconds, there was already 100,000 less on the table. The two security guards hastily agreed: âAlright, alright, alright! Iâll give you the electric baton, donât put the money away!â
Xing Ye smiled slightly as he stuffed the twoâs weapons and their chargers into his bag before returning to the dorm with the mirror.
If he had a body, the mirror definitely wouldâve been dumbstruck. He never thought that the identity the system gave players could be used like this. In the first world, Xing Ye used his gender to his advantage while this time, he exploited his rich second generation character settings. Xing Yeâs way of clearing games was always very different from the standard.
There was actually a specialized bank with well-developed facilities that catered to students on campus. As a VIP user, Xing Ye didnât need an appointment to withdraw one million in cash from the ATM. Although he could do e-transfers, a large display of cash had a much bigger visual impact.
After getting weapons, Xing Ye started to look through his phone. He already had an uncountable number of messages with stuff like, Cao Qian got up ten minutes earlier than normal, Wu Yu looked stranger than normal, etc.
Regardless of if the news was real or fake, Xing Ye sent them all 1000 over. To get truly useful information, he would have to invest a lot at the start. Right now was a critical period for him.
After sending ten or so thousand, he finally found some useful news:
Cao Qian, who couldnât play the piano, suddenly visited the schoolâs piano room and took away a music book.
Wu Yu was quietly whispering with an upperclassman that they had never seen him with before.
During break time, Wu Yu used a special spray to make the female teacher faint. He wantonly groped her and wanted to take another step before being stopped by the student following him.
Xing Ye sent each of the three 10,000 and sent the student who stopped Wu Yuâs evil actions an extra 5000.
Wu Yu was truly scum- he would be Xing Yeâs first target.
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