hsntnovel Chapter 110 Smiled Happily
Chapter 110 Smiled Happily
He couldn't accept becoming a one-armed, mutilated man; it would be more painful than being killed outright.
Yang Mo reached out to grab the mirror from Li Can's hand, trying to find a way to break the ban.
However, to everyone's surprise, the mirror was surrounded by a foam shield, the material of which was very similar to the protective shield of the upper city.
Currently, apart from Li Can who just got the mirror, no matter how hard anyone tries to reach it, they cannot break through the protection and make direct contact with the mirror.
The situation is now like being caught in a dilemma; there's no way to leave, and you can't even touch the mirror.
Li Can wasn't actually panicked. The [Mirror of Past Lives] was currently ownerless, and with the old city lord dead, he could collect it into the gashapon at any time.
However, he doesn't plan to do that now and chooses to take it one step at a time for the time being.
He was actually quite curious about what kind of trap the old city lord had set up for them.
"Bang, bang, bang." A knocking sound suddenly came from outside the main hall door. "Yang Mo, have you finished your discussion? May A-Zhu and I come in?"
It's Feng Tian's voice.
In this operation, she was mainly responsible for maintaining stability in other areas. Yang Mo led the organization to storm the city lord's mansion, while she followed closely behind to clean up the mess and take care of the aftermath.
"You two can come in alone," Yang Mo said, calming his flushed face.
If Feng Tian and the others hadn't arrived at that moment, he wouldn't have been prepared to call in other members of the organization outside to help.
It is truly embarrassing for him to appear so disheveled at the moment of reckoning, and it is not good for his future image.
If Li Can knew what he was thinking, he would only say, "Dude, you're overthinking it. Image and stuff don't matter at all in this situation."
"Are you guys just posing for scenic photos?"
After Feng Tian came in alone, she carefully closed the door.
A-Zhu and Feng Tian, who were also wearing mecha combat suits, saw their strange and distorted postures and, although they didn't understand them, they respected them.
Feng Tian held a display screen in her hand, her electronic mechanical fingers swiping across it, as she approached the group and spoke to them.
"I already know that you and your companions entered the upper city from the lower city, but I won't go into that for now."
"The entrances to the outer city lord's mansion have now been completely taken over by our people. A small number of guards have chosen to side with us, and it didn't take much effort to persuade them."
"Most of those stubborn and unyielding people who swore to protect the old city lord have been made an example of by killing a few of them. The ones we selected were all villains who had been investigated beforehand."
"It wasn't until I received the message you sent us via the mech that the city lord was completely dead that we were able to bring all the remaining people under our control."
"Although there are still many troublemakers among them, there is no need to rush for now. They can be dealt with or repaired slowly later."
"From our first battle to now, everything has gone smoothly, and the casualties on our side are almost negligible."
"Yang Mo, we really did it this time."
"Hey, what's with all those expressions on your faces? Shouldn't you be happy about such a major victory? Why are you all looking so gloomy?"
Feng Tian was somewhat puzzled. After finally finishing her report on her situation, she looked up but did not receive the applause and cheers she had expected.
Only Ah-Zhu, who had come in with us, clapped weakly, "Yay, congratulations to us."
Feng Tian, feeling a bit overwhelmed, pushed A Zhu aside and walked towards the group of people who were holding up the mirror and maintaining the same pose.
"By the way, where is the body of the old city lord who committed suicide? I have never even seen his real face."
Her voice grew weaker with age until she pointed to the young man's corpse behind the group, asking with a mixture of doubt and certainty, "Don't tell me it's this?"
Li Can chuckled and replied, "That's not important right now..."
"What's so important? Do I have to pose with you guys?" Feng Tian's eyes were about to look at the image in the mirror.
"Close your eyes! Don't look in the mirror, there's something wrong with this."
"Huh?" Although Feng Tian didn't know why, she didn't falter at the crucial moment. She subtly shifted her gaze, then realized what was going on. "Oh, I see. Tell me, how long have you been stuck here in this mirror?"
"You're too embarrassed to call for help, huh? No wonder you only let me and Azhu in. What are you two dawdling about in the main hall for? Even if you were playing mahjong, you should have stopped by now."
Li Can was lost in his own thoughts. He knew Feng Tian, and the boy next to him was probably a key figure in their organization.
He responded with great familiarity, as if he were already an integral part of them.
They showed absolutely no awareness of their role as outsiders.
"It's not that exaggerated. They can't even play a few rounds of mahjong..."
"Look at this mirror. Although it has problems, it could also be an opportunity..."
"Since you two are free to move around, I think we can try lifting up the city lord's face and holding it up to the mirror."
"If this is the key to unlocking it, it could release us."
Yang Mo blushed and remained silent after Feng Tian had just spoken his mind.
Shen Yuan, with her upper body still holding Li Lan, found a point of contact to relay the weight. Her face was full of tears. "Sister Tian, Brother Zhu, save my life! My legs are completely numb, I can't move at all! Can you guys try?"
Li Lan hadn't originally planned to speak; she was waiting for her brother Li Can's actions and didn't want to draw too much attention.
However, after Shen Yuan secretly nudged his lower back, he still cooperated.
"Help……"
"..." Feng Tian sighed helplessly, a black line appearing on her face.
How could these people manage to make themselves look so miserable?
Yang Mo was able to remain silent and act with complete self-righteousness even while mixed in there.
"Alright, alright, let's give it a try. Ah Zhu, do you have any research on these kinds of tools that restrict personal freedom?" Feng Tian called to Ah Zhu, and together they squatted down and lifted up the old city lord's corpse, which had been transformed into the appearance of a young man.
He supported his stiff neck with his hands, propped his head up, and aimed at the brass mirror.
As Feng Tian sat and moved, she carefully examined the details of the corpse.
Just as Yang Mo had conveyed, it was a pure suicide, with no external injuries on his body, and Yang Mo and the others didn't even have time to make a move against him first.
A-Zhu was also observing the corpse, but after Li Can's warning, he didn't dare to look directly into the mirror itself, so even if he had any ideas, they were just guesses.
"It's not certain yet. I haven't encountered anything similar before. If we could take it to a lab and conduct comparative studies on various values, we might get some results."
"All right."
"Feng Tian! Lift his head up a little higher, the mirror is rippled." Li Can suddenly interjected.
"Okay, okay, stop now, a little more to the right, it's too crooked."
"Alright, finally it's in line."
They were not allowed to look in the mirror; everything was done under Li Can's direction.
Until the moment the pale, long-dead face of the young man, with his eyes closed, was reflected in the mirror.
The entire [Mirror of Past Lives] instantly shone with golden light.
The dazzling light seemed to blind everyone.
Li Can silently retrieved a pair of sunglasses from his consciousness space and put them on, trying hard to discern and remember the new anomalies appearing on the mirror.
The young monster, who was also the old city lord, looked at the reflection in the mirror and smiled happily at the little Li Can, little Yang Mo, little Shen Yuan, and little Li Lan standing around him.