001!
Staring at those three crooked, bloody numbers.
Jiang Qiao suddenly understood.
Although he had made many guesses, the answer was finally revealed at this moment.
"So that's how it is."
"There is no Room No. 001 on the Fifth Floor at all."
"Most ordinary rooms are numbered 003, while the only special Room 002 is guarded by the manager of the Fifth Floor."
"Room 002 can lead to the outside world, and it can also lead to the Sixth Floor—to Room 001."
"But that manager would be a terrifying existence even among Ninth Rank experts. So unless she gave permission, it would be nearly impossible to use 002 as a transit point."
"The rumors about ways to go downstairs from the Fifth Floor are probably all lies."
"Whether it's the Room Card from the Sixth Floor or the special employee's considerate offer to change your room to the Fourth Floor..."
"They're probably all fake."
Although he still had no direct evidence.
The moment he saw the room in front of him, many things had already been answered.
Many answers did not need evidence to prove them.
Because there might never be any evidence, yet they were undeniably facts.
"Creak—"
He reached out and placed his hand on the door.
Without much hesitation, Jiang Qiao gently pushed open Room No. 001.
The huge door, which seemed embedded in the void, slowly opened bit by bit. Behind it, where there had originally been nothing but darkness, a faint "pfft" sounded, and light flickered as candle after candle lit up.
The candlelight was soft, yet bright.
Jiang Qiao gently stepped over the threshold and entered the room.
Just as he had imagined, the room before him was the same one he had seen earlier in the Sin Mirror.
The only difference...
Perhaps