Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 45 Complete Mission 2

What Yan Xun kept thinking about was why the owner of 404 was different from everyone else.

He seems to be able to live without food.

“People in dreams can’t see their own faces in the mirror,” Yan Xun said. “Su Yumin wasn’t lying.”

Gui Yuchong was completely bewildered. "...You didn't lie?"

He pointed to himself, "But we can see ourselves in the mirror..."

As he spoke, he looked in the mirror again, and both his and Yan Xun's figures were clearly visible in the mirror.

Yan Xun could also see himself in the elevator mirror—a half-length pudding-like hairstyle, dark circles under his eyes as if he had been working overtime for 10 consecutive days, and a listless look as if he had no interest in anything.

“We can definitely see it.”

Gui Yuchong's face showed visible confusion.

"...Can we appear in the same space as the person in our dreams?"

"What if the Meimei Building isn't a real place?" Yan Xun thought for a moment and said.

Of course, dreamers and non-dreamers won't appear in the same space—but what if he's dead?

Yan Xun took his phone out of his pocket. "Give me your phone."

Gui Yuchong handed him his phone without hesitation.

Their phones are the same model, and apart from the different phone cases, they are almost identical.

But because of the different phone cases, they look like two completely different phones, the kind that people won't mistake for each other.

“It’s like a match-3 game.” Yan Xun held up two phones in his hands. “Similar items will be eliminated, but the rule of this game is—if two items are the same, only one will remain.”

"The memo from 405 contained clues about the doppelganger. It is said that the doppelganger looks exactly like the original, and they will find the original, kill him, and thus take his place."

"Although I don't know why there are so many doppelgangers, it just happened. Whether it's me, Green Hair, or the people next door, we've all encountered doppelgangers."

"We are hiding from someone who is exactly like us."

“The mirror is the way we connect.” Yan Xun pointed to himself in the mirror. “When my appearance and my doppelganger are exactly the same, only one of us can remain.”

On the night Green Hair died, the director also changed his hair color, and the two looked almost identical. As for the location of the mole—that's how it would appear in the mirror.

“I saw someone just like me on a variety show.” Yan Xun touched his hair. “Their hair length and color were exactly the same.”

"The owner of room 404 was already gone before I arrived at the instance."

Mei Mei Building is a place where dreams and death intertwine. Only in a dream will you not see another version of yourself in a mirror or any reflection. The best way to determine if you are dreaming is to find a mirror.

But when you actually look in a mirror, you might not see anything, then you're safe; you're still dreaming.

Or perhaps you will see a different version of yourself.

Those who are replaced can only remain in the Meimei Building forever and cannot leave.

—They died and became monsters that roam the corridors at night.

Waiting for the next opportunity to come.

During this time, players will continuously enter this world and take on the role of residents of the Meimei Building.

Players who fail to leave the instance successfully become one with the killed residents, turning into nourishment for the instance and becoming "pseudo-humans" that can talk, think, and attack players even during the day.

"I think there are two kinds of monsters in the Meimei Building."

"One type is replaced by doppelgangers. They have no consciousness and only wander in the corridors at night. These can be considered the original inhabitants of the world."

"The other type is the players left over from the previous round. They still remember their identity as residents of the Meimei Building and will pretend to be residents during the day while looking for opportunities to attack the current players, namely the fake people in the building."

"Of course, the world in dreams cannot connect to the outside world or access the internet."

The only connection between the Mei Mei Building and the outside world is on the first floor—the televisions and computers there can connect to the outside world.

As Yan Xun spoke, he casually pressed the alarm button in the elevator.

The old man's voice came through the elevator again.

"I said, things shouldn't happen more than three times."

The old man said.

At that moment, the elevator seemed to be controlled by something, and it plummeted downwards uncontrollably.

Gui Yuchong captured Yan Xun.

By this time, the first floor had been reached.

The elevator doors opened, and the old man was already standing at the elevator entrance. Without saying a word, Yan Xun pulled out a hammer from behind his back and started swinging it at the old man.

Seemingly surprised that such a small human dared to be so arrogant, the old man subconsciously stepped back, and then Yan Xun found an opportunity—he shook off Gui Yuchong and ran directly into the lobby on the first floor.

The windows in the lobby on the first floor were all covered with newspapers.

Yan Xun rushed to the front gate, just as the old man behind him was about to arrive—he threw the hammer directly onto the glass.

"boom!"

The glass was smashed by a hammer.

A beam of light appeared from the gap.

Outside the glass, it was an ordinary street... People were staring in astonishment at the hammer that had been thrown out.

[Congratulations, player! You have completed Mission 2: Discover the Secret of the Meimei Building]

Throughout the entire Meimei Building, except for the first floor where the location is normal, the other floors are constantly changing and their positions are disordered.

Once you realize that the Meimei Building is a dream world, everything becomes traceable... Only in a dream can these unusual places be reasonably explained.

Even though the 4th floor is after the 10th floor, the elevator is still working normally.

The only place in the normal location is the first floor, and only on the first floor can you not only watch live TV programs, but also connect to the external network.

However, without discovering the true nature of the Meimei Building, even if Yan Xun opened the doors of the Meimei Building on the first day, all that would remain outside would be a fog.

—Only when players discover the truth about the Meimei Building and the secrets of its floors will the first floor become the entrance between the virtual world and the real world.

Unless players have discovered the secret of the Mei Mei Building, even if they reach the first floor, the doors and glass will remain unbreakable.

Players take on the roles of "the dead" and "the dreamers" within the Meimei Building.

When the hole appeared, the old man simply looked at Yan Xun, then turned and left.

The player has already completed the mission; there's no need for him to continue pursuing it.

Gui Yuchong, however, looked at Yan Xun.

"I should have told you my answer by now." Yan Xun tilted his head and looked at Gui Yuchong. "Aren't you coming?"

Yan Xun reached out and touched the light that appeared in the broken glass. "As long as you give the answer, you can leave the instance."

“…You did this on purpose…” Gui Yuchong said to Yan Xun.

"...You clearly knew all along."

Knowing that he wasn't Gui Yuchong at all, and that he was different from the players, he certainly couldn't leave the instance after completing the quest!