Mysticism had to keep up with the times

Bright Moon Mall, Surveillance Room.

Lumian, along with Franca, Jenna, Anthony, and Ludwig, returned to the mirror-like object and peered through the mirror at the two Security Guard and the large screen.

Nothing Change since they left; everything seemed normal.

Franca pondered for two seconds and then asked, "Haven't they arrived yet, or have they already come and are ahead of us?"

If the female corpse had checked the surveillance footage before, she would most likely have discovered Lumian and the others. After all, the characteristics of a "Witch" are quite distinct, and a beautiful woman with a handsome man is even more eye-catching. As long as the Resurrection female corpse is willing to spend enough time checking the footage segment by segment and frame by frame, and with the help of her spiritual intuition, she should not have missed the relevant scenes.

This meant that Lumian and the others would have to consider changing their identities, altering their appearances, and moving to a different place to live.

For families that were already impoverished, this was truly adding insult to injury.

Franca could only pray to Mr. The Fool that the female corpse wouldn't appear until midnight. After all, unlike them, he didn't have a specific time and location to check the surveillance footage. He could pinpoint the person he was looking for in just a few minutes or even a few seconds. She had to check all the surveillance videos from the entire mall over the previous and following minutes. If she was unlucky, it could take hours.

--The "Witch '" spiritual intuition was also suppressed to the level of Sequence 7, so the female corpse obviously couldn't be used for very Precision screening based on that.

"Anything is possible." Lumian stared out of the mirror.

Because of the mirror separating them and the different spaces they were in, he couldn't directly tell whether there was a "Mirror Image Maze" in the Surveillance Room at that moment.

The Resurrection female corpse does indeed resemble Half-God from the "Witch" Pathway, and likely possesses abilities related to Anti-Divination.

Jenna, observing the situation in the Surveillance Room, asked with a puzzled look, "The Resurrection female corpse also knows about surveillance cameras and how to operate the monitoring system?"

She sensed that the Resurrection female corpse was a projection of some external force, similar to herself and the others, only the way they entered was different. She and Lumian had to be reminded and explained by Franca to understand what surveillance was, what its function was, and how to avoid it. Moreover, apart from Franca, none of them knew how to operate the surveillance system!

If none of us can do it, why should a newly Resurrection female corpse like you be able to?

Franca for a moment before replying, "Perhaps the Resurrection female corpse was also part of the Dream, a ' Witch ' that one of Mr. ' The Fool's ' incarnations had encountered. And the Celestial Worthy Venerable, through the Mushu Hospital, made this ' Witch ' go through the process of death and Resurrection, turning her into a completely obedient Subordinate, or rather, Marionette."

As part of the Dream, aside from those whose identities are set as children, fools, Madman, or illiterate, they are all "born" aware of the concept and existence of surveillance.

"Even if it's part of Dream, she wouldn't naturally master the method of manipulating a surveillance system unless she had worked in this industry beforehand, or studied it in advance like you did," Jenna objected.

"That's true." Franca suddenly had a flash of inspiration, took out her phone, and planned to search on apps like Weibo, Zhihu, and Moments for similar questions recently. While looking at her phone, she urged Resurrection to answer how to operate a certain company's monitoring system using the phrase "Waiting for an Answer Online," and tried to pull up the part of the video she wanted based on the netizens' suggestions.

To Franca's disappointment, there was no signal in the Mirror World, and she couldn't access the internet!

Lumian and the book said, "There's another possibility: the female corpse also had a guide, a guide like Franca."

"Uh..." Franca stuffed her phone back into her pocket.

She understood what Lumian was saying:

The members of "April Fool's Day" —Loki, who's still alive!

Wasn't it said that Loki might be possessed and Rebirth by an Angel through the "Seer" Pathway?

Yes, whether it's "Loki" or That One Angel from the "Seer" Pathway, they are both Subordinate of the Celestial Worthy!

"When we checked the surveillance footage, we didn't find anyone resembling ' Loki ' around the Resurrection female corpse," Franca recalled.

"The ' Faceless ' ability at Sequence 7." Lumian had considered this issue beforehand. "And this is inside a shopping mall; he can change his clothes anytime."

Franca nodded slowly, continuing to observe the Surveillance Room outside the mirror, hoping to see the Resurrected Female Corpse and the possible "Loki".

After watching for a few seconds, she suddenly asked, "Wouldn't this kind of screen, this kind of surveillance scene, be considered Mirror World?"

"From Mysticism perspective, I don't think so; it's not a reflection or mirror of the current scene," Lumian replied instinctively.

Jenna and Anthony were somewhat bewildered by Franca's question.

"Mysticism concepts also need to evolve with the times to keep up with the social landscape of the new era," Franca muttered before adding, "While surveillance isn't a reflection or mirror of the current scene, it is a reflection of scenes elsewhere. It shares some functions and characteristics with Mirror, only the reflection and display are separated in different places."

Lumian was momentarily at a loss for words to refute, and could only express his own opinion directly:

"I think it's closer to the Painted World, and perhaps it also incorporates the higher-level informational characteristics of the ' Mystery Pryer ' Pathway."

"That's the product of a hybrid of the Mirror World, the Painted World, and the Information World!" Franca's main focus was on observing the situation in the Surveillance Room, and she was unwilling to delve into questions for which she couldn't currently arrive at accurate answers, so she quickly made a deduction.

Lumian half-closed his eyes, sensed it for a moment, and said, "Indeed, it has some characteristics of the Mirror World; one can travel through Past."

As soon as he finished speaking, Anthony, who had been silent until now, spoke up in a deep voice, "Don't you guys think those two Security Guard outside are a bit strange?"

"Two or three minutes have Past, and they haven't moved an inch, like they've turned into Statues..."

Statues? A thought struck Franca. She took out a Mirror and carefully extended its surface.

She quickly adjusted her angle and, using the reflection of light and the Mirror's most basic function, saw the profile of one of the Security Guard.

In the dimly Gloom Vanity Mirror, reflecting only the light from the screen, half of the face is expressionless, partially hidden in the dim environment and partially illuminated, the two sides shifting and Change from time to time.

His eyes remained fixed on the Surveillance Screen, a cold, Gray-White seemingly hidden Depths.

He appears to be alive and spiritual, but that's all he is—alive and spiritual.

"Petrification of some organs?" Franca frowned and whispered.

Lumian did not answer, but looked around:

"The Resurrection female corpse did indeed come, after Franca and I left after watching the surveillance footage."

"I'm going out to search for any clues left behind. You all be prepared for any unexpected events."

Jenna and the others nodded in agreement, without any objection.

Lumian placed his hand on the mirror and walked out as if passing through a curtain of water.

The Men walked around to the front of the two Security Guard and found that they had both turned into Statues with warmth, staring blankly ahead, motionless, which seemed unusually eerie in the Surveillance Room where only the light from the screens flickered.

Lumian shifted his gaze from the two Security Guard' dark Gray-White eyes to the large screen displaying dozens, if not hundreds, of images simultaneously.

There was nothing unusual about that, but the human-computer interaction interface below was frozen on a certain operation.

Lumian remembered that Franca had restored it to its initial state before leaving.

"Escaped in a hurry?"

"The female corpse sensed the anomaly in the Mirror World and urgently used the large screen itself to travel away?"

"Could she come back to see who broke into the Surveillance Room?"

As a series of thoughts Flash through his mind, Lumian suddenly turned to look at the mirrored object that had appeared from him.

Almost simultaneously, in a dark corner of the surveillance footage, a pale but alluring hand emerged from the screen.

Mirror-Behind Region, as Lumian was checking the surveillance system, Franca suddenly heard Ludwig making a clicking sound.

What are they eating now? Franca instinctively turned to look at the little boy.

She saw Ludwig opening his mouth, constantly inhaling air, chewing and swallowing.

Uh... Franca suddenly felt a little guilty.

"How do you eat air?" she asked.

Ludwig answered with a satisfied expression:

"It's delicious, and it contains many spiritual elements."

Are there many spiritual things in the air? Franca was taken aback at first, then had a strong Danger Premonition.

The Mysticism Pathogens of the "Witch"?

"Mirror Substitute!" she shouted aloud, and actively activated her "Mirror Substitute".

Upon hearing Ludwig's reply, Jenna's spiritual intuition also detected a dangerous signal.

Without Franca's prompting, she activated "Mirror Substitute".

Anthony was a second slower than the other two.

Just then, a figure swiftly emerged from the edge of the spiderweb-like illusory Tunnel. She wore a white dress, her hair loosely tied in a bun, her face bright and her demeanor clean and pure—she was none other than the Resurrection female corpse.

The female corpse held a Mirror in her hand, which reflected Franca's image. Her other hand was Burning with a quiet Black Flame, which quickly covered the mirror surface.

Without a sound, Franca's figure, which had just degenerated into Mirror, erupted with Evil Black Flame from the inside out, quickly lost its spirituality, fell to the ground, and shattered into pieces.

Seeing that the assassination attempt had failed and that there were four enemies, the Resurrection female corpse immediately took a step back and disappeared at the edge of the illusory, Gloom Tunnel.

This caused Jenna's seven "Witch" Black Flame and Anthony's "Frenzy" to all miss their mark.

In the Surveillance Room, Lumian suddenly turned around, a Straight Sword already formed from Frost in his hand.

He used the gleaming Straight Sword to slash at the hand that was reaching out from the Surveillance Screen.

The hand abruptly retracted, and Lumian's Frost Straight Sword landed on the screen.

It became eerily ethereal, merging with Lumian and disappearing into the large screen.