[Floor Level: B3] [Keywords: Mirror Self / Faith Trial / Emotional Disruption]
[System Warning: The Mirror is the Mind. Your Faith is Your Fate.]
When the elevator doors slid open, what greeted them was an immense circular chamber. Each wall was a perfect mirror. Each mirror reflected something... different. Not just the real body—but subtle distortions.
In Shen Yan's reflection, one version of him was smiling manically. Another, curled up in blood.
"We're all here," he muttered.
[System Prompt: Each player must choose one mirror within ten minutes. Each mirror opens to a unique isolated trial based on personal faith and fear. Failure results in permanent imprisonment in the mirror.]
[You cannot lie to the mirror.]
Without hesitation, Shen Yan walked to a plain gray mirror. No reflection. Just... blank.
He stepped in.
Cold. Like plunging into ice.
The world reformed into a dusty elementary school classroom. On the blackboard: his name, age 9. On the desk: a bruised child, flipping through a tattered journal.
[Trial Begins: Convince your childhood self to not abandon kindness.]
The child didn't speak. Didn't flinch.
Shen Yan crouched. "Do you remember Mom's face?" The boy shook his head.
"Do you think this world is cruel?" The boy nodded.
"Do you want to be strong?" "I... want to live."
That voice echoed through Shen Yan's memory.
Back-alley fights. Frostbite. Silence. Pain.
He took a breath. "Kindness isn't weakness." "You don't want to become the one who hits back—you want to be the one who reaches out."
The boy looked up, eyes wavering. Then he asked: "Did you become him?"
Shen Yan froze.
The mirror cracked. The world broke. A light flooded through.
[Trial Completed: Faith Identified — You still believe light breaks through.] [Reward: Trait Fragment - 'Inverse Watcher' (Can glimpse fear from others' reflections)]
He awoke, back in the chamber.
Not first.
The silent woman was already there. Her mirror half-shattered.
She whispered: "Did you see yourself?"
Shen Yan didn't answer.
An hour passed. Only four others returned.
The rest—consumed by their reflection.
[Floor B3 Complete. Remaining: 6. Proceed to B4?]