"Mirror Hotel?"
"It took me several days after arriving to figure it out," Peng Fengnian said. "Look, the doors and the general layout of the rooms are the reverse of a real hotel. It's almost like looking at a hotel in a mirror."
"That's not quite right," Xiao Ling said. "The indentations and protrusions of the outside walls and doors are reversed."
"That's more or less what I mean." Peng Fengnian glanced at her. "The scenery outside also looks reversed during the day. Overall, the comparison holds."
"Also, sometimes we can hear footsteps in the rooms and outside."
None of the three was unfamiliar with those footsteps. Xu Huo immediately asked, "Do you follow them?"
"Just as I'd expect from you." Peng Fengnian nodded. "We thought hearing footsteps might help us make contact with the outside, but we didn't succeed..."
"Not only did we fail, we dragged other people into this, too." Xiao Ling cut him off. "Every one of us was pulled in here after hearing footsteps!"
Afraid Xu Huo might misunderstand, Peng Fengnian hurriedly said, "Those two things aren't related. If we knew how to pull people into the Mirror Hotel, why wouldn't we just leave?"
"Besides, I haven't left my room since last night. There's no direct connection, or even an indirect one."
"And I was the first person to come here. So whose footsteps did I hear? There weren't any Players here before me!"
Xiao Ling and Yu Guangnan didn't believe him. Peng Fengnian couldn't help letting a hint of anger creep into his voice. "If I really knew how to get out, I'd have left long ago. Why would I still be here?"
"Maybe people can enter but not leave," Xiao Ling said sharply. "I've seen plenty of people who are about to breathe their