Chapter 107 [Staying Up Late for Safety?] (6600 words)
The Mirror World is not infinitely large.
Because this is the Mirror World, everything here is a projection of the real world.
And the medium is mirrors, more accurately, reflective surfaces—anything that can reflect an image!
In some places, there may be no mirrors, but there are things that can act as mirrors, like smooth paint, even some floors, marble...
In some places, even if these things aren’t present, there may still be rivers, lakes, oceans—the surface of water can also reflect images.
Not every place in this world has mirrors.
In this world, there truly may be places where you cannot find a mirror!
In places without mirrors, since there’s no projection, naturally, the Mirror World doesn’t exist.
It’s like, supposing you have a mirror in front of you.
You stand in front of the mirror, and it can reflect yourself and everything next to you—as long as these things are in front of the mirror.
But if you place a stone behind this mirror,
then, no matter what, the mirror will not reflect that stone!
If the mirror can’t reflect it, that stone "doesn’t exist"!
And the world that the mirror can’t reflect, that world, also "doesn’t exist"!
"Besides mirrors, there’s another medium, which is light," the little girl added.
Then, a trace of fear passed through her eyes, and her body shuddered unconsciously.
"All projections in this Mirror World depend on light—in places without light, even if there’s a mirror, it won’t project things from the real world. Without projection, the Mirror World doesn’t exist! This situation can be very dangerous!"
Chen Yan’s heart skipped a beat: "What situation?"
"A dark place with mirrors but no light, or accidentally ending up in a place with no mirrors at all."
The little girl softly said: "By comparison, a place just without light is a bit better. I experienced it once.
When I first came here, I ended up in a secluded place at night, sleeping in a room with no one around.
But at night, I closed the curtains and also turned off the house’s lights.
Though there were mirrors in that room, once the light was gone, all projections stopped, and that place became pure darkness!
While recalling, the girl said in a fearful voice: "That darkness was completely silent, no sound at all, and even if I screamed with all my might, it was useless. I couldn’t make any sound. I even lost the sense of my own body, feeling like everything ceased to exist, even my consciousness was slowly disintegrating, slowly fading away.
The scariest part was that when I fell into that darkness, I lost all perception of the outside world. I couldn’t move myself; I couldn’t escape.
That darkness was like the purest, absolute void.
It felt as if something was slowly devouring me, devouring my body, devouring my Primordial Spirit.
The process was excruciatingly long—but thankfully, it was long!
I thought I was surely going to die!"
Chen Yan immediately asked: "Then how did you escape later?"
"I didn’t escape, I was just lucky." The little girl sighed: "I didn’t die from that experience because... dawn came."
Speaking, the little girl showed a relieved expression: "Upon reflection, I was truly lucky not to die that time.
First, although the curtains in that room were quite thick, they couldn’t completely block out the sunlight. When the sun rose, a little bit of light still managed to seep in—if I had unfortunately gone into a room with the best blackout curtains, I might have died.
Second... I slept very late that night, turning off the lights and sleeping around three or four in the morning. If I had gone to sleep two or three hours earlier, I might not have lasted until dawn.
The first reason Chen Yan understood.
What was the second... staying up late can actually ensure safety?
"The third was... luckily, I only accidentally encountered a situation without light. If I had accidentally entered a place without mirrors, I would have been really doomed."
Chen Yan asked, "Have you encountered a world without mirrors?"
"Yes, in some remote, wilderness areas, mountain forests, places without water. So in the Mirror World, don’t think you can just run around. Sometimes, if you recklessly rush forward and suddenly encounter a small area without mirrors, failing to stop in time and rushing in, you might really die!
Also, beware of the night!
Especially at night, never enter a room without light!
Because if that room has no light, and coincidentally no mirrors either... the outcome would be disastrous!"
The little girl sighed softly: "That’s why I now generally prefer to live in open areas, like that abandoned car junkyard. There are so many abandoned cars, with so many windows—that place is full of mirrors!
Even at night, there’s starlight, there’s moonlight. Even on cloudy nights when stars and the moon aren’t visible, being on the city’s edge means there’s still a bit of light, so it won’t turn into complete darkness.