Chapter 1
John Joyce and the others could guess with their toes that the bug Bob had swallowed was probably some kind of remote-controlled explosive device as a restraint. If Bob refused to cooperate, that restraint would be triggered.

The players' insidious methods were more exaggerated and vicious than the last. They couldn't imagine what the specific effect of that bug exploding would be like.

Li Ang stood up, dusted off his clothes, and greeted Miss Chai. He then walked past his teammates, who had gloomy faces, and went straight to the front of the empty church.

The church was spacious and grand. Four rows of benches were arranged on the pale stone floor. The vault at the top of the hall was ribbed, and the columns on both sides were slender and light. Stained glass windows were embedded in the walls of the hall.

The colored patterns on the windows were very exquisite.

The first few scenes depicted Queen's Majesty as a small island princess, growing step by step into the queen who ruled several kingdoms.

From warm and harmonious family scenes to bloody battle scenes, everything was available.

The following scenes depicted Queen's Majesty promoting benevolent governance, such as "on-the-spot investigation of the harsh living environment of the goblin tribe," "appeasing the ogre tribe hunted by witch hunters and on the verge of extinction," and "requiring the Rune Kingdom City Hall to set up a women and children's rights protection committee for the gnoll tribe."

Perhaps out of respect for the sovereign, the Queen's Majesty's appearance was not clear in all the colored glass depictions, but it could be judged from the contours of her face that she should be a beauty—if the painter had not deliberately beautified her.

Li Ang stood outside the church threshold, without going any further inside. He turned his head and asked his teammates with a smile, "Who wants to go in and take a look first?"

At this time, the teammates had helped Bob up. Hearing Li Ang's question, the expressions on their faces were as if they were constipated.

According to the players' previous guess, the Ice Queen's church was likely to have a mind control effect, which could subtly transform the thoughts of those who stepped into it.

The players looked at each other. Finally, Bob, who had just swallowed a bug, stood up.

He first took out some kind of pale powder from his backpack and smeared it on his chest.

Then he whispered some unknown ballad to heal his broken ribs.

Only then did he slowly say, "I'll go in first."

Now he was controlled by others, and even if he was unwilling, he could only follow the other party's wishes.

Bob slowly walked towards the church. He paused when he passed Li Ang and noticed the hunting rifle in his hand (this weapon was probably gone for good). He crossed the threshold and entered the church.

Nothing happened.

Li Ang stood outside the church and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Nothing."

Bob shook his head. "My brain is very clear, but my stomach is bloated."

Li Ang nodded. "Say something discriminatory at random."

Bob was stunned. "Ah? What do you mean?"

Li Ang said impatiently, "Just say it."

"Oh."

Bob licked his lips and whispered, "Nigger?"

"Nigger saying nigger doesn't count as discrimination, change the word."

Bob thought for a while and whispered, "whitetrash?"

This word was specifically used to describe poor white people and was a discriminatory term—he also understood that Li Ang wanted him to say this kind of word in order to test whether the church had a mind control effect.

Li Ang nodded. "Normal. Take a few more steps inside."

Bob took a few more steps into the church, constantly muttering some discriminatory English words along the way.

Such as redneck, gingerbread man, beach son, and even more vicious words.

Of course, he didn't dare to use words that insulted Asians and didn't even dare to think about that aspect.

Along the way, Bob's swearing process was very smooth. He also saw that on the high platform in the depths of the church was placed a tall statue of the Ice Queen.

The statue was basically the same as the queen's image depicted on the stained glass on both sides of the church. She was a tall woman wearing a gorgeous dark blue dress, with a crown on her head and a vague face but revealing a solemn and sacred aura.

The statue lowered its head, holding a palm-sized piece of mirror in its hands.

When he saw the mirror, Bob couldn't say any more swear words. He felt a deep, heartfelt remorse.

"How can I insult my dear compatriots as 'white trash'? How can I curse those lovely animal protectors who prevent people from buying turkeys for Christmas as lunatics?"

Bob couldn't help crying and knelt on the ground, looking at the Queen's statue and confessing, "I am guilty, very guilty!

From now on, I should be humble, honest, compassionate, brave, just, kind to the weak, unafraid of the powerful, have a spirit of sacrifice, and abide by the honor of knights."

Bob's excited appearance on his knees really surprised the players who were watching outside the church.

Li Ang and others watched from a distance for a long time, watching Bob kowtow and chant scriptures, and finally decided to walk into the church together.

They called Bob for a while, but the latter was completely immersed in his own world and unable to extricate himself.

"Is he okay like this?"

John Joyce said with some worry from a distance, "That mirror seems to have abnormal abilities. If you get too close, you may be controlled."

"Yes."

Julia sighed and whispered as she looked at the mirror fragment, "According to the original Ice Queen fairy tale, the magic mirror has the ability to reverse everything in the world. It can turn bandits into heroes,妖女 (yao nü - enchantress) into beauties, beggars into kings, and good people into criminals.

This mirror fragment is likely to be the magic mirror in the fairy tale."

"In other words, is it the item required for the mission?"

Li Ang glanced at Bob, who was still kowtowing and repenting, rubbed his chin, and muttered to himself, "The mission requires us to bring the complete magic mirror out of the palace, but looking at the mirror, it's already broken.

Could it be that this script mission requires us to collect mirror fragments first and enter the palace to piece them together?

Piece together a complete mirror, and then leave the palace?

If this is the case, then only in the Queen's palace can we have the conditions to piece together the mirror."

John Joyce didn't dare to interrupt Li Ang's thoughts. After hesitating for a moment, he plucked up the courage and pointed to Bob on the ground and asked, "Uh, are we not going to take care of him? If we leave him alone, I feel like he's going to kowtow himself to death here."