"But isn't it rumored that the more Red Players eat, the stronger they get and the faster they evolve?" Wen Dachui asked.
"That's true, but it's not as effective as raising your evolution rate." The female player said, "The fastest way to raise your evolution rate is still to inject Evolution Potion."
They had no conflict of interest, so they could coexist peacefully for the time being. After freeing the girls who had been trapped, the female player prepared some food for them. There were plenty of ingredients in the apartment, so she also made a late-night snack for Xu Huo and Wen Dachui, and served herself a portion too.
With the talkative Wen Dachui around, the three quickly exchanged basic information. The female player was called Tang Tiantian, a Red C-class player. She had come to District 017 by hitching a ride on someone else's item. She had intended to take the opportunity to raid the local government, but she'd been trapped in the spatial maze as soon as she arrived and still hadn't found a way out. The city's precious metals and other valuables had long since been looted, and she hadn't managed to get so much as a scrap. All she could do was wander around the city.
Before finding the exit, she had come across the two players forcing the girls. She'd gone upstairs both to rescue the innocent and to recoup her losses.
"Brother Xu, Brother Wen, do you know how to get out?" Tang Tiantian asked.
"If we could get out, wouldn't we have left already?" Wen Dachui replied with a gloomy expression.
The three looked at one another in silence.
"I've figured out one possible clue, though I don't know if I'm right." Tang Tiantian hesitated, then said, "They call this a mirror