Once they reached the middle of the corridor, the portraits were no longer as densely packed as before.
They had to walk several steps to see another frame, and that was when they spotted the first normal portrait.
It depicted a middle-aged man, unlike the earlier portraits, which barely looked human.
Curly Hair froze in front of it for a few seconds. Xu Xingcheng glanced at him. "What? Know him?"
"He's a player in our instance. He's been around for a long time."
"Dead?"
"No... probably not. I saw him in the cafeteria during the day."
"Then it looks like the portraits from here on are all players. The technical term is outstanding alumni," Xu Xingcheng concluded.
Just then, Gu Mian's voice came from ahead. "Come take a look. Your Sister Jing's up on the wall."
"What!" Hearing Jing's name, Curly Hair hurried over and looked at the wall.
When he saw that Jing's photo really was hanging there, his eyes widened.
"Don't worry. This isn't called the memorial photo corridor. The pictures aren't necessarily memorial photos. Didn't you just say that man wasn't dead?" Xu Xingcheng patted the ashen-faced Curly Hair.
Curly Hair replied uncertainly, "I can't be sure whether he's dead now. All I know is that he wasn't dead this morning..."
Gu Mian walked a few steps farther and saw more portraits, all depicting normal-looking people. "Then come look at these and see whether any of them are dead players."
Curly Hair hurried to Gu Mian's side to examine the portraits. After studying them for a while, he said, "I've seen all these people recently. None of them are confirmed dead."
"Then the portraits here should be outstanding alumni who are still alive. Your Sister Jing isn't dead yet," Gu Mian reasoned. "And there are a lot