I collect cultural relics in the human world

Chapter 224: Mobius Strip (I)

Maybe it was because the air conditioning temperature was set too high, but He Si felt dizzy. She tried to recall everything that happened after Qin Jian recovered from his injury, but her thoughts kept turning to the road from the museum to here - they didn't go through the Hall of Mirrors, and the road was winding and she couldn't remember the direction, so she wasn't even sure where she was now - was she in reality or in a dream?
He Si wanted to push open the window and put her head in the cold night breeze to wake up, but she didn't move. She just stared at the motionless curtains for a long time and asked slowly: "So after that, Qin Jian was a different person?"

"If Boss Qin was still in the upper hand before, now at least two personalities have appeared alternately. Even after the restart of the Mirror Gallery..." Liu Rui hardened her heart and said, "The other personality has been appearing for longer and longer periods of time. He even controls when to appear and when to hide behind the scenes."

"I'm sorry, He Si, if I wasn't so impulsive..."

"It's just speculation," He Si interrupted Guan Zihe's words, "Besides, Qin Jian's injury was caused by me, and every time the injury worsened, it was also because of me. Everything you did was to heal his injuries. If this speculation is correct, we can only say that we fell into the enemy's trap together. It's not the fault of one person. I just don't know why he designed all this."

"I'm afraid it has something to do with the illusion that Miss He saw, the young general and the girl in his heart."

"What I saw..." Liu Rui hadn't thought of this before He Si was mentioned, but now she suddenly discovered a suspicious point that they had overlooked, "But the person I saw was always Song Zhaoxuan, and he was also our previous suspect. Is there nothing wrong with him?"

"No, from the Duke's photos and from the history we investigated, he is just an ordinary person."

"If that's the case, why do I keep seeing him, and what does he have to do with this incident?"

"That depends on the first thing Boss Qin did after his personality transformation."

"It's the inverted Guanyin," He Si looked at Liu Rui thoughtfully, "Little Stone was abducted?"

"Yes, Little Stone can transform into a human form, but his grandfather, the Phoenix-riding Immortal, disappeared into thin air. The new Qin Jian probably doesn't know the reason, but he really wants to know."

"why?"

"Have you ever seen the Panlong Mirror?" Liu Rui asked word by word. "We have only heard about Qin Jian's true self, but no one has ever seen it. If the mirror has cracks due to the fight between the two personalities, what if that person needs to protect himself? Don't forget that cultural relics always need something to rely on in order to transform, except for Qin Jian and Xiao Shitou."

"He couldn't learn the method of transformation from Qin Jian, so he designed a plan to let us find it out for him through the little stone."

"It seems that Miss He has also thought of it."

"But it still has nothing to do with Song Zhaoxuan."

"He should have made a plan. If he can't seize the Panlong Mirror, then he will seize the person who polished the mirror back then."

"He wants to... use Song Zhaoxuan to transform?"

"It is not unprecedented for the spirit of a relic to possess the body of its maker."

"what about me?"

"Miss He, you are different. Song Zhaoxuan is already an ordinary person, but you have retained the memories of reincarnation, and even have the ability to see through the obsession of cultural relics. You are like a bridge between ancient relics and this world, and you have a natural attraction to them. I think you are an indispensable part of his transformation process. Moreover, he probably has the admiration of the young general back then, and the love of Boss Qin now."

"But..." He Si murmured. She always felt that there were many contradictions in the thick fog. This inference did not help her see the truth, but made her thoughts more blurred. She hesitated for a long time, and finally asked the question that had been bothering her for a long time, "I also want to ask the Duke, since your camera can show its essence, why is the photo of Qin Jian still him, without any mirror characteristics?"

"Not good," He Si's voice had just fallen, and Liu Rui's rosy lips lost their color. She stared blankly at everyone, "Fan Yu..."

"Something happened to Fan Yu?"

Guan Zihe didn't get an answer, and the man's low and short voice sounded: "Enter the darkroom." He Si hadn't reacted to what happened yet. She didn't even know who was holding her hand, and she had already walked into the darkness in a disorderly manner.

"What happened to Fanyu?"

"His vital signs disappeared."

"Why, what did you ask him to do?!"

"We asked him to try every possible means to trap Qin Jian."

"No way, let me out."

"It's done. What's the point of going out now?"

"Are we hiding here and waiting for him to find us?"

"He doesn't dare. Even Qin Jian can't escape unscathed from Fan Yu's attack. Besides... Fan Yu sacrificed himself and finally trapped him."

"How long can you stay trapped?"

"do not know."

"Then you are still wasting time here!"

"This is not a waste of time. We need Miss He's cooperation. If there is anyone in this world who can get Qin Jian back on track, it's you."

In the chaotic conversation, no one knew who was arguing with He Si in the darkness. He Si circled around in the dark room like a headless fly, and finally heard the familiar male voice say again: "Ms. He, all our plans are for you. You are our last bargaining chip."

"Deng Yizhi."

"it's me."

“Is Qin Jian still trapped in the dark?”

"Correct."

"If that's the case, why are we having this conversation in the dark room?" Although her sight was still deprived, He Si's thoughts became clearer than ever before, "Someone is lying."

"Haha," the man's laughter was full of joy, and the tense atmosphere was relaxed in this laughter. After laughing, he coughed twice before saying, "As expected of Miss He."

Just as she finished speaking, there was a sudden light in the unchanging darkness, a spot of light with changing colors swirling and rising in the darkness, and He Si realized that Deng Yizhi was holding a square plate in his hand, which contained the fragments of the Yaobian Tianmoku lamp that she had just seen in the museum. She suddenly remembered the look of Liu Rui that seemed to be expectant and calculating when she walked towards the fragment display area.

"You know... you gave me the vision on purpose."

No one answered her. The spots of light began to replicate themselves in the constant movement, becoming brighter. They meandered up along the wall, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, outlining the empty rectangular roof of the darkroom. The dust in the air was dyed with brilliant colors, the light filled the darkness, and the faces of the silent people were also bright and dark, as if they were in an old-fashioned disco, dreamy and blurred.

He Si's eyes followed those colors, her brain began to feel dizzy again, and those spots of light gradually found their positions, floating above the fragments, forming a colorful Möbius strip.