The elevator began its ascent against all logic.
There were two doors on the elevator, a landing door and a car door installed on the elevator itself.
By this time, the landing door had already opened.
A series of teeth-gritting metallic contortions echoed as the top of the elevator's car door was ripped open, turning into a Y-shape like a zipper.
The top of the car was level with the ground, and through the "Y," one could barely make out the scene on the first floor.
At this moment, four fingers slipped through the "Y," gripped the top of the car, and slowly lifted it up.
Silence had long since fallen inside the elevator; Chen Zong's fear, along with Xu Xiao, Song Yuan, and Su Qin, was unparalleled, no, even greater than theirs!
Chen Zong grabbed Song Yuan from the wall and held her in front of him, panting heavily.
The car door automatically opened, and the four inside, with their upper bodies extending above the ground, could now see Li Changzhou, who was bending over to size them up, along with his eyes flickering with blue light.
"Don't move, or I'll kill her!" Chen Zong roared.
"Ah!!!" Song Yuan, deliberately allowed to open her mouth, let out a sharp, piercing scream.
Li Changzhou's eyes suddenly brightened, and Chen Zong gripped tighter, focusing all his attention on his eyes.
Jade Light shot out from Li Changzhou's sleeve, a flash, and Chen Zong's head hit the floor.
This guy was formidable; even with his head gone, his arms still exerted force, piercing Song Yuan from behind, opening her up and spilling blood, with bits of viscera hanging from the hand embedded in her abdomen.
Song Yuan's scream came to an abrupt halt, and her beautiful pink winter coat quickly became stained with blood.
With his right hand still lifting the car, Li Changzhou flicked his left hand and tossed a Blood Pearl into Song Yuan's mouth. Then with a casual reach, as if plucking a length of streaky pork from a hook, he grabbed her from Chen Zong's arm.
As he tossed Song Yuan behind him toward Li Qianxia, his eyes emitted a blue light, burning Chen Zong's body and the pet bag it carried.
From the metallic walls on all three sides of the elevator, hands emerged from the bodies, dragging the pet bag inside.
The blue laser, like melting snow, burned through the body and evaporated part of the metal of the elevator.
A foul odor spread as the pet bag disappeared, sinking into the mirror surface, taken away by a corpse within the mirror.
Li Changzhou lifted his head and looked at the metallic wall facing the elevator doors. A corpse lunged at him, but he didn't dodge, just watched the body.
The corpse, still in the posture of lunging at him, seemed to get stuck by his gaze, looking like a zombie movie poster plastered on the elevator wall.
"That skill of yours is only good for bullying kids," Li Changzhou taunted the corpse.
Within the metallic mirror surface, the corpse vanished as if evaporated.
Preliminary guess:
1. The target must be filled with fear to launch an attack from the mirror world.
2. This must be a player's Skill from the pet bag; otherwise, the bag couldn't have been taken.
Li Changzhou shifted his gaze back, looking at Xu Xiao and Su Qin, who were crouching in the corner of the elevator.
"Ladies, come on out, it's safe now," he said as he lifted the entire elevator with ease, as though picking up a can of cola.
The elevator shifted, and Chen Zong's body swayed along with it. The head rolled toward the two women, who let out heart-wrenching screams.
"Ah!!! Ah!!!"
The two women wished they could transform into monkeys, scurrying up to the ceiling of the elevator.
Li Changzhou scratched his ear with his left hand, the pain apparent on his face, a result of his acute hearing.
"Li Qianxia," he turned his head, "come over and comfort your wife!"
"Xiaoxiao, Little Qin, it's okay, come out!" Li Qianxia was sitting on the ground, holding Song Yuan.
Seeing Li Qianxia, the two women leaped out of the car towards her with an eagerness to cling to each other that suggested they wished the other would carry them on their feet.
"Wuwu, Qian Xia!"
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze! Yuanyuan's entrails are going to be squeezed out again!"
Song Yuan, who was being squeezed in the middle by the three, "Pfft!" spit a face-full of blood onto the two of them—Li Qianxia was quick to dodge.
"Ah!!!" Xu Xiao and Su Qin screamed again, their hands trembling as if electrocuted, not daring to wipe their faces.
Li Qianxia quickly took out the "Snow Mountain Water Bottle", and pulled a towel from her storage bag to wash the faces of both people, a qualified "warm-hearted woman".
Li Changzhou reached out, pulled Chen Zong's Identity Card into his hand, and then looked at the elevator.
To let go or not? He was a half-baked lawyer, with business cards that he made himself at the print shop, and knew even less about how elevators worked.
Yang Qinglan pointed gently with her Ruyi, and icy coldness spread over; frost crawled on the elevator, freezing the car in place, emitting a mist-like chill.
For the time being, no one noticed this corner.
This elevator was in a corner of Kale Square; it was tough to find for first-timers, and their eyes would be all bewildered, plus the fight wasn't intense.
"There are more than three," said Li Changzhou, showing the Identity Card he held, "This person's skill isn't the same as any of the ones before, he was keeping watch."
Yang Qinglan lightly tapped with the Ruyi, and an information booklet flew out from Chen Zong's body.
The information booklet hovered in front of her, she used the Ruyi to flip through it in the air, looking as though she was tapping on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil on a stand.
Technology and immortal cultivation had similarities in some areas.
Whether it was technology or cultivation, human goals were the same: to be lazy, to have a more convenient life, which is why the effects of many methods were surprisingly similar, such as voice transmission over long distances and mobile phones, washing machines, and dust cleaning magic.
Speaking of long-distance voice transmission, Li Changzhou pulled out his phone and called Zheng Qing.
The Special Warfare Bureau's people should be on the way, but it was much more straightforward and convenient to deal with Zheng Qing herself.
After hanging up, Li Changzhou walked over to Li Qianxia, whose wives had cried enough.
"How is it?" His gaze fell on Song Yuan's belly.
The first thing that came to Song Yuan's mind was whether her intestines and bladder had not burst, followed by whether the bra she wore today had any nice patterns at the hem?
Li Changzhou glanced at the slightly fatty belly of hers, where the new flesh was pale and smooth; even the blood falling on it seemed unable to stay put.
The effects of the new version of the Blood Pearl were incredibly potent.
"Give me another one," Li Qianxia spread her hands.
"One is enough," said Li Changzhou, "This is the new version; one pill is worth a hundred of the old ones and can even add 1 year to your lifespan."
"Then give me two more, Yuanyuan's got hers, Xiaoxiao and Qin Qin can't be left out, we need to treat them all equally."
"... You certainly know how to spread the wealth," Li Changzhou gave her two more.
Speaking of value, it had value, but it also didn't; it was just a few drops of blood. Before the value games emerged, there were times when brushing teeth caused bleeding that was more than just a few drops.
Li Qianxia also knew to ask for this because she understood its worth. If it had been some sort of essence blood, the kind that would greatly harm one's primordial energy if a little was lost, how could she possibly ask her brother for it, she herself wouldn't bear to consume it.
"Qianxia, what is this?"
"Uh... Darling, keep it on your person, carry it with you, and if you ever get seriously injured like Yuanyuan did, eat it then, and it can even add a year to your lifespan."
"Qianxia, did you and your brother go cultivate immortality?! Has the spiritual energy revived? Why haven't I gotten pregnant with the boss's child? Why haven't I traversed to become a little consort or consort?"
"...I went to cultivate immortality, not to change majors to a mental hospital, I can't answer your questions."
The group murmured, with Xu Xiao, Song Yuan, and Su Qin not knowing if they were temporarily psychologically affected, subconsciously avoiding violence and bloodshed, only focused on immortal cultivation, their spirits were incredibly excited.
Li Changzhou stood at the entrance of the alley leading into the elevator, acting as a temporary staff member, stopping people who wanted to use this elevator; there weren't many, as everyone was busy watching the excitement.
"Bro, how come you..." Li Qianxia gave him a look and carefully chose her words, "...look like you're suffering from kidney deficiency?"
"Are you starting with this again? The doctor has already said I am perfectly normal," he replied.
It was only because he had used the [Divine Body] in the "Honey Pot World", then was busy celebrating the success of the moon landing, and had used a bit of his strength just now, so he had no time to recover, which was why his face was a bit pale.
Xu Xiao, Song Yuan, and Su Qin curiously watched him from behind Li Qianxia. Judging from their expressions, they clearly believed the narrative of his excessive indulgence. After all, Yang Qinglan was so beautiful and had such a great figure, they must indulge in nightly revels—who could resist?
Before Li Qianxia could continue, Li Changzhou changed the subject.
"That person's ability isn't strong; as long as you're not afraid, he can't do anything to you. You take action later, to practice your courage."
"NONO! Absolutely not, no way!" Li Qianxia shook her head vigorously, "I'm a firm materialist; seeing a ghost would collapse my worldview!"
Li Changzhou was about to order her body to lie down when the real staff appeared.
"I've brought people over," Zheng Qing arrived briskly, leading a team of professional case players.
These were former officials responsible for criminal investigation, forensic medicine, and the like. After the value games started, their instincts also tended toward these areas.