The result was the same; Lu Shi saw nothing in the mirror, as if he too had become a ghost.
At this moment, Lu Shi turned his head and started over, overturning all his previous conclusions.
"You should know me."
After a long silence between the two, Lu Shi finally spoke.
However, his words left Gao Yang, who was opposite him, bewildered. He paused for a second, seemingly pondering the truth of his words.
“I…know you.” Gao Yang stared again in Lu Shi’s direction, a very bold guess forming in his mind: “Are you my brother?”
"Yes, I am your twin brother. Long time no see, Yangyang."
If it were anyone else, hearing a ghost say such things would probably make them faint from fright.
No one would believe a ghost, since ghosts often use lies to kill people.
But Gao Yang was different. He believed from childhood that his twin brother, who died young, had always been by his side, protecting him and growing up with him.
Gao Yang quickly came to believe Lu Shi's words. He looked up at Lu Shi and tried to reach out and touch him.
His eyes were still glistening with tears, a testament to Gao Yang's intense emotions.
At that moment, Lu Shi once again realized how easily Gao Yang could be fooled. If he were truly a bad person, Gao Yang would already be dead and mutilated. Fortunately, he was a good person. After seeing Gao Yang's action, Lu Shi smiled and surprisingly also reached out his hand.
It looked like he was about to give Gao Yang a high five.
When their palms touched, something magical happened.
Lu Shi felt that the connection between himself and Gao Yang had become closer.
It was as if they had once known each other intimately.
Countless images flashed through his mind, all of which were Gao Yang's experiences along the way.
However, these detailed experiences were played in reverse, so Lu Shi saw Gao Yang gradually transform from an adult back into a child, and finally into an infant still in his mother's womb.
Then he saw Gao Yang's young parents, holding hands, but led by someone to a place that Lu Shi was very familiar with.
That underground hospital.
“This person is Aunt Liu from next door,” Gao Yang suddenly said.
Lu Shi looked up in surprise, only then realizing that Gao Yang could also see these memories.
"You can see it?"
“Yes, but this should have happened before I was born. How could I have seen it?” Gao Yang sighed, but when he saw Lu Shi’s face, which looked exactly like his own, he smiled happily.
"Brother, we've finally met. You've always been protecting me, haven't you?"
Yes, from Gao Yang's perspective, Lu Shi looks exactly like Gao Yang.
Lu Shi thought for a moment and then hummed in agreement. His true identity wasn't important to Gao Yang, so wasn't it good that this white lie could make him happy?
In their shared memory, Aunt Liu led Gao Yang's parents into the underground hospital.
Gao Yang's mother touched her increasingly protruding belly and asked softly:
"Sister Liu, is this really a hospital? Did you come to the wrong place? I just saw the hospital clearly in front of me."
"Let me tell you, the doctors here are much better than those at the previous hospitals, and they charge less too."
After Aunt Liu led them to the second floor, she continued her incessant chatter: "And Dr. Wang here in Nanfeng, he's amazing! As long as you do as he says, you're guaranteed to give birth to a boy!"
“But,” Gao’s mother hesitated. At first, Aunt Liu told her that the medical skills here were excellent and safe, so how did it become about having a son? “I think boys and girls are the same.”
“Those of you who haven’t had children don’t understand. In this world, it’s still better to have a son. Daughters will get married eventually, and all the money you work so hard to earn will just go to their husband’s family. Sons are different; they take the Gao family name and continue the family line! Besides, raising a son is for old age security, that’s for sure!”
Upon hearing this, Mr. Gao was indeed somewhat tempted.
After being lectured by Aunt Liu, the couple were led away by her.
"How long have you been pregnant?" The doctor, Dr. Wang, was actually a waiter.
“Less than a month,” Mrs. Gao said immediately.
"It's not too late." Seeing the couple's confusion, Dr. Wang explained, "The medicine here won't work if the baby is older than two months. In that case, I can only suggest that you find out the baby's gender first, then abort the female fetus, and then come back to take our medicine."
"What medicine?" Mrs. Gao asked with some worry, touching her belly. "Won't it harm the baby?"
"Of course not," Dr. Wang said firmly. "This is a miracle drug! Have you ever heard of Tai Sui? This medicine was bestowed upon you by Tai Sui. As long as you drink it, I guarantee you'll have a son!"
Lu Shi's expression changed completely at this moment.
How could he forget?
This is a dungeon, not the real world. How could there not be supernatural forces here!
He never expected that the boss of this instance would be a follower of an evil god.
In the cultivation world, Lu Shi had heard of the legend of Tai Sui.
However, its real name is Black Tai Sui, an extremely cunning evil god.
Gao's parents were stunned. They took a step back, seemingly realizing that something was wrong with the doctor.
At this moment, the doctor just chuckled, took out a dark, finger-like object from the drawer, and threw it into the teacup in front of him.
In an instant, a strange fragrance filled the air.
Ms. Gao noticed that the baby in her belly had suddenly become more active, as if it was about to burst out of her womb.
She seemed to have gone mad, grabbing the teacup without hesitation and drinking it down in one gulp.
"See? That's the magic of this miracle drug." The doctor laughed like a demon. "He comes here once a month."
The memory ends here, but what Lu Shi didn't know was that behind him, there was always a transparent umbilical cord as thick as a head extending outwards.
But now, the umbilical cord has snapped, and its other end is connected to the waiter who is fast asleep in bed.
He opened his eyes, and seemed angry.
...
"What exactly was that just now?" Gao Yang felt an indescribable fear. Just from the memory, he found himself with the urge to take a sip of that cup of tea.
“Perhaps this is the truth behind my death.” Lu Shi’s tone was very firm, which made Gao Yang listen very carefully.
"It wasn't your fault that you absorbed me, nor was it your parents' fault; you were both bewitched. That was an apostle of an evil god; how could mortals like you and me possibly be a match for him!"
Lu Shi walked over to Gao Yang and said, "But you see, I've actually been with you the whole time. I usually sleep on the floor below the bed!"
After obtaining the results, Lu Shi began to work backwards and realized that there had been hints in the dungeon.
Why do they sleep under the bed? And why are they assigned roommates?
Unless they are the deceased brothers and sisters of their roommates.
These ghosts, who died in an accident, were originally trapped in the underground hospital.
But when their siblings moved into the apartment, they followed them there.
In a sense, this is indeed a form of protection.
After all, these dead ghosts were children. Even if they knew that their brothers and sisters might have been the indirect cause of their deaths, they couldn't bring themselves to hate them.
It's even less likely that we'd harm them; that's the power of blood ties.
But the waiter—no, the follower of the evil god—deceived them with the rules.
He actually wanted them to kill their own blood relatives with their own hands.
Lu Shi even doubted whether they could actually pass the test if they did that.
This will likely only strengthen the believer's power.
"Brother, thank you." This time, Gao Yang truly believed in Lu Shi's identity.
It turned out that his twin brother had been sleeping under his bed, silently keeping him company.
Perhaps those beautiful dreams were also given to him by his brother.
What made Gao Yang happiest was that he really wasn't the murderer who killed his brother!
A single tear from Gao Yang fell onto the back of Lu Shi's hand.
At the same time, Lu Shi and all the surviving players in the instance heard the following message:
"Player Lu Shi has confirmed his true identity, and the story mode is now available! All other players, please keep up the good work! This mission cannot be shared; other players are encouraged to explore it on their own."
In that instant, Lu Shi was bombarded with all sorts of messages about gift-giving.
[Supreme Demon Lord's Livestream]
"Wow, the Demon Lord is amazing! He's the first to trigger the storyline and clear the game again!"
"No way, how did the streamer come up with that? No normal person would imagine that they would be their roommate's deceased brother!"
"First of all, no normal person would dare to break the rules and run out! Of course, it's also because the streamer's roommate has a good temper."
"To be honest, the streamer didn't really have any special skills, he was just lucky. Look at the other roommates, then look at him, it's like he's cheating!"
"Yes, yes, yes, the streamer just gets lucky. Hopefully, this viewer will show off their skills in an A-rank dungeon next time!"
...
In the game, Ye Bugui's first reaction was happiness, and his second reaction was also some resentment.
He's a player who's completed the game, yet he's still a step behind Lu Shi.
As for the other female players, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that Lu Shi had found a shortcut to pass the level, they also saw hope in passing it.
Ye Bugui was pondering the system notification over and over again when he suddenly stood up.
Real identity!
Wang Qifan felt that the ghost was looking at him with a burning gaze.
This even frightened him a little.
"I know who I am now."
Ye Bugui's words immediately left Wang Qifan bewildered.
“I am your deceased brother.”