Treacherous Collector

Chapter 5
Shaking his head and not thinking about what happened just now, Lu You accepted Task 2, went to the gate and locked it, and then returned to the bar.

"Secret room? Secret room? Secret door?"

Lu You muttered in bits and pieces, looking for something like a passage behind the bar.

There is not a single bulge on the bare wall, let alone any mechanism, even if there is, it should be remote control.

remote control?

Lu You strode back to the computer, turned on the electronic control system, and scrolled the mouse wheel to look for it.

"Hey, I found it!"

Basement secret door: closed
Lu You tried to click on the word Close, and as expected, the word changed to Open. There was a loud bang behind him, and the wall cracked, revealing a dark hole.

But this secret room is too dark, right?
Lu You then rolled the scroll wheel, looking for words similar to basement lights.

but none.

There is no light in the basement!

Thinking of the days when he used to play escape rooms to smear and do single-line tasks, Lu You resolutely turned on the flash of his mobile phone and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Down the steps is a small platform with dark brown dungeon-style walls covered in moss.

At the end of the platform there is a revolving staircase. Lu You walked over it and took a photo with a flashlight. It was bottomless.

Walking slowly with apprehension, one step, two steps, three steps.
The air is getting more and more humid, the temperature is gradually dropping, and the sound of marbles falling and rolling and the laughter of children can be faintly heard.

Suddenly, Lu You felt as if he had been patted on the shoulder.

He didn't look back, he quickly closed his eyes and muttered: "Brother, at a time like this, you can pat me on WeChat, and you won't have to take a real one."

The sound of marbles is getting closer, but the laughter is getting farther and farther away.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the weight on his shoulders disappeared. Lu You opened his eyes and used a flash to shine a light on the front, and found that he had almost finished walking the extremely long spiral staircase.

When Lu You was about to walk down the last step, the sound of marbles suddenly became particularly dense. Before he could sigh, a large pile of marbles rolled over from the darkness in front of him.

Lu You stepped on it and fell to the ground.

A silver bell-like laughter came from the darkness, and gradually became smaller, as if the owner of the sound had run away.

"Are you still laughing?"

Lu You struggled to get up, although angry, but also a little scared.

It seems that in addition to the normal collection, there seems to be some abnormal "collection" in the basement.

But this "collection" shouldn't be malicious to him.

The air in the basement is so humid that it sucks into the lungs like a jelly, giving people an uncomfortable feeling of suffocation.

In front of him is a wide passage, which can allow four or five people to pass side by side.

On both sides of the passage are fenced compartments similar to ancient prisons, each of which is empty, with loose padlocks hanging on the door, as if waiting for the prisoners who originally belonged there.

Lu Youxin said, why is it that his father still has the habit of being imprisoned?

The air became more and more humid, and the gaseous water molecules quickly condensed on Lu You's body due to the low temperature, and the condensed water droplets evaporated because they absorbed Lu You's body temperature.

After doing this, and going back to Nantian in early spring, Lu You was so cold that he couldn't stand it, he just wanted to find the collection and go back upstairs.

At the end of the passage is a door, and a note is pasted on the door, with the words "storage room" written on it.

Lu You tried to push the door, but it didn't budge.

He was about to turn around and go back to find the key when the door opened by itself.

The aging door hinges creaked, and the door opened slowly, as if welcoming Lu You, a visitor.

Lu You lit it with a flash and walked in.

A mirror is facing the door, and on the frame of the upper left corner of the mirror is a sticky note with the same style as the door, but it says: Collection 042.

"Got you."

Lu You happily ran over, heaved a sigh of relief, and wiped the dust off the mirror with his sleeve.

But the figure reflected in the mirror is not him!
The stupid Lu You didn't notice this anomaly, and continued humming a ditty while cleaning the mirror.

Most of the dust on the mirror was wiped off, and the old man in the mirror couldn't help but speak.

"You wiped it for a long time and didn't realize that the person in the mirror is not you?"

"Damn!" Lu You screamed and jumped back.

"Who are you, why are you hiding in the mirror?"

Obviously, Lu You didn't think too much about what he said, and the mirror is something that people can't hide in at all.

Wait, why does this old man look so much like the young man in the photo.

"Ah, ah, ah... are you... my father?"

Lu You was stunned, pointing to the mirror and asking.

The old man also felt speechless about this behavior of referring to the mirror as his father, so he sighed and said:
"Young man, do you believe that people have souls?"

"Nonsense, I was still a soul just now, of course I believed it."

"I am one-tenth of your father's soul. Strictly speaking, I am your father, but in a certain way, I am not your father."

"That is, I am your father, but not exactly your father."

Lu You was a little confused by the winding words, so he scratched the back of his head.

"Why is my father's soul divided into tenths? Also, are you the curator? Did you arrange the person who killed me?"

The old man curled his lips and shook his head helplessly.

"I'm not the former curator, but I did take over here for a while. As for other problems, they don't exist in one tenth of my soul, and I can't help them."

"Then what have you and my mother been busy with all these years?"

"Charity." The old man pretended to be innocent.

"Is charity a museum? It's next to the funeral home??" Lu You was a little annoyed.

"The museum is opened to heal people who have been traumatized. As for opening next to the funeral home, it is because the location is cheap."

The old man was eloquent and answered fluently.

As a well-educated college student, there was no way he would have believed the old man's inconsistent bullshit.

"Why are you getting so old, and what the hell is that laptop?"

"I'm getting old because I'm not a complete body of the soul, and the style will be older than the main body; you have to study the laptop yourself, but the things sold by Lingduodoli are guaranteed to be true, and you will never die suddenly if you buy Yangshou."

Lu You was about to speak when the old man interrupted him.

"Stop asking, do your own research, move me upstairs and put it there, and then go get the task reward."

After all, the old man disappeared, and the image in the mirror returned to normal, except that there was a wicked smile on the corner of Lu You's mouth in the image, which seemed to be mocking or joking.

"You laugh again, I'll knock on the mirror for you." Lu You was furious, and slapped the mirror vigorously a few times
The smile disappeared, and it was obvious that the old man was also afraid that there would be no place to stay.

Let alone whether this old man is really Lu You's father, even if it is true, with the temper of Lu You's flat-headed brother who has died once, he might have done something like "Father's Words and Son's Smile".

Not to mention, the mirror is not sinking. After walking for about ten minutes, it returned to the ground, operated the electronic control system to close the door of the secret room, and then placed the mirror next to the zero cabinet.

Lu You took some toilet paper to wipe his sweat, went to the counter and fiddled with the computer.

Congratulations on your reward: Spirit Coin × 10, Collection No. 049: Mirror of the Past × 1, unlock the "Collection Management" function, you can go to this interface to view the properties of the collection.

Lu You exited the task interface, and sure enough, there was an additional collection management button behind the normal options. Move the mouse and click, and the computer loaded this interface.

Collection number: 000-Contract No. [-]-
Treasure degree: Level 7 - Supreme Treasure -
Danger level: unknown
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Repression situation: No repression required -
Status: on display
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Remarks: A signed contract

Collection number: 049-Mirror of the past
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Treasure degree: Level 4-Secret Treasure-
Risk level: low
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Repression status: has been suppressed
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Status: on display
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Remarks: A mirror found in the western suburbs manor is extremely resentful and can restrain remnant souls and achieve the purpose of conveying news.

Total Collection Collection: 2
Lu You yawned, and took on the third task. There were too many questions in the past two days, maybe this task could help him answer everything.

"Good night, Dad." Lu You whispered in the direction of the mirror in a daze.

(End of this chapter)