As we moved forward, a maze of glass and mirrors emerged. Every surface gleamed, as if someone cleaned it daily with meticulous care, and the reflections of my character and Gang Jaegyung’s were projected with uncanny clarity.With how crisply our characters were reflected, I had the creeping sense that the longer we stayed in the maze, the harder it would be to tell whether this character was mine or his. Last time, we could just follow the fairy’s trail, but now there was no trail—only the map to guide us through.It wasn’t just mirrors either—glass was mixed in randomly, so you’d think a path was ahead, only to bump right into a wall. In that sense, relying solely on the map was the sanest way to get out of here.Not wanting the headache, I focused entirely on the map as I navigated. Meanwhile, Gang Jaegyung didn’t ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ seem dizzy at all and was instead watching his own character in the mirror. No—that wasn’t quite it. He wasn’t looking at the character...He was studying the mirror itself."There are mirror objects in Dusk, sure, but they’ve never reflected this precisely before, right? Whether it’s characters or whatever else... This feels like there’s another character standing here."Then he jumped in front of the mirror, tried out some motions, and even started randomly firing off skills.I stared at him, wondering what he was doing. But then again, this wasn’t the first time Gang Jaegyung had acted like this, so I simply ignored him and started making my way through the maze—until his voice called out again."I was wondering if maybe skills would reflect off the mirror, but I guess not. Still... I just don’t think they’d go through all the trouble of making a mirror this detailed for no reason."I agreed with that sentiment. There was no way this kind of polish was meaningless. In game development, cost matters. They wouldn’t just throw this in for nothing.Still muttering to himself like he was talking to his stream, Gang Jaegyung eventually began to lay out his thoughts more deliberately."I’m not sure if you remember, but one of the null mechanics was something we labeled the ‘mirror pattern.’ Basically, it was a gimmick where one party member, assigned to the mirror, had to save the rest of the party."It was the mechanic where one party member’s UI would flip, and depending on the party status shown in the mirrored display, they had to respond differently. The null dungeon was unforgettable—and I’d seen the video uploaded to the Retaking a Class channel so many times that it still felt vivid."Back then, we figured out the strategy by thinking of the mirror as a device that showed things exactly as they were. But like others pointed out, mirrors and glass aren’t that different. Their symbolism overlaps a lot too. So I’ve always wondered—why did ZeroSoft choose mirrors over glass?"Sure, mirrors make it easier to recognize changes at a glance. But I never got the impression that ZeroSoft simply couldn’t figure out how to implement glass properly. After all they’d done up to now?"That’s why I wanted to experiment with this mirror... see if there’s something more to it. I haven’t figured anything out yet, but still..."[Party] Retaking a Class: Come over here for a sec.Gang Jaegyung, who’d been muttering to himself, called me in party chat. I’d gone ahead by then, so I retraced my steps and headed to where he was."Nothing happens even if I stand right next to it... The wings glow the same, too."Our wings shimmered faintly in the mirror as we stood side-by-side, but like he said, that was it. The reflection was perfectly identical—no differences.Still, in that sense, his earlier line about the mirror “showing things exactly as they are” did ring true. There were no tricks here. The mirror showed everything just as it was....Then, could it show things that the player can’t see? Or things we’ve misunderstood?I began typing, the thought striking me suddenly.[Party] Honeybread: Then—"...Huh?"I hadn’t finished typing “Then does it show what we can’t see?” when Gang Jaegyung reacted.But I hadn’t hit enter yet. Did he see something?I turned the camera toward the mirror to check. And what I saw was—"I can see your speech bubble."A speech bubble?The fact that even this showed up so clearly in the mirror was odd, so I sent another chat message just to confirm. But what Gang Jaegyung said next threw me off."But... it looks like alien language?"Alien? What?[Party] Honeybread: ㅇㅅㅇ?<ㅇㅅㅇ?>[Party] Honeybread: woofwoofwoof idiotLooks perfectly fine to me.[Party] Honeybread: It’s not alien at all[Party] Retaking a Class: It’s not alien?Okay never mind. It’s not fine."Huh? My messages don’t look alien to me though?"[Party] Retaking a Class: Hello"You can see ‘hello’ written normally, right?"[Party] Honeybread: ??Something was wrong. We weren’t seeing the same thing. But I couldn’t believe Gang Jaegyung would lie...So the problem had to be with the game itself.[Party] Honeybread: I think we’re seeing different things[Party] Honeybread: My chat looks normal, but yours looks like alien text to me[Party] Honeybread: And it’s the opposite for you?"...Wait a sec. So what you're saying is: we each see something different when we type chat?"Gang Jaegyung quickly grasped the situation and continued."You guys all know the tip that shows up on the loading screen sometimes, right? The one that says, ‘When a Shina tribe member becomes incapacitated, cracks appear in their vision’? It’s pretty famous."I remembered that one too. It felt creepy—like an urban legend tucked into what should’ve been useful game tips."When you're incapacitated, you can read the chat of hostile faction players. Even though, in lore, the Jeojajok and Viajok use different languages. This system, which doesn’t match the game’s internal logic, was confirmed not to be a bug. The devs outright stated that even if this leads to teabagging issues, they won’t patch it. Which means the devs want to maintain the fact that Jeojajok and Viajok players speak the same language."True, it was strange that you could read enemy faction chat when dead. There was no reason to communicate across factions, yet the system allowed it. It caused backlash early in the game’s release, especially when teabagging became an issue, but ZeroSoft only issued warnings—they had no plans to change the mechanic."I don’t know why the devs are so stubborn about it, but from the current situation, we can say this for sure: ‘The Shina tribe has mirrors in their eyes.’ When we look at the monitor, our chat looks normal—but in the mirror, it turns into alien text. That means the eyes of Shina tribe characters must reflect chat. When they take a strong enough hit to be incapacitated, those mirrors crack. Just like the tip says—they're no longer normal eyes. That’s why they can suddenly read the enemy’s chat."There was a brief pause, like he was catching his breath."Think about it. Whenever you or I—or any player—enters the Hidden Spider, our characters are shown becoming incapacitated. The screen cracks, then returns to normal once we enter. We see the image go back to normal and assume everything’s fine.""But what if it’s a trap? What if the mirror in the eye didn’t get repaired, but just... disappeared, or stopped working entirely?"That made sense. If, like Gang Jaegyung said, the eye mirrors shattered and never regained their function, it would explain why we could chat across factions—and why our chat turned into alien text when viewed in the mirror."Even so, players can keep playing as if nothing’s wrong. Everything feels normal—except we can talk to people we shouldn't be able to. Which means: the mirror in the eye doesn’t interfere with gameplay. It only changes how text appears. That’s all it does."He muttered quietly like he was sorting out his own thoughts—then suddenly spoke more clearly, with conviction."So if we could somehow fix the mirror in the eye, doesn’t that mean we’d be able to chat with the other faction anytime, anywhere?"...Whoa. Would we?Of course, unless the devs allowed it, that would never happen. But if this was an easter egg meant to hint at the possibility of cross-faction communication...Then maybe—just maybe—it wasn’t impossible.

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