Chapter 117: Labyrinth, heart steady, fingertips tied.

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The four horizontal concealed locks wedged the top of the aquarium firmly, even if they wanted to pry, they had no tools, no footing - all four boxes were fixed to the corners of the room, and three did not have the guts to do damage.

Tang Gan's previous lesson is still in front of them, where they still dare to specialize in the move, only to concentrate on the steel ball plate, from which a chance of survival.

Yu Gan took off his glasses, sat down cross-legged, and used his fingertips to trace the best trajectory of the steel ball on the plastic partition to the end of the line, while Benshan Yuan also tried to take out another steel ball tray.

He is studying surgery, hands than normal people to be much more stable, but see that dense as a hive of "bomb - bomb", his scalp are numb, hot sweat bubbling out, fingertips can not control the trembling.

Xiaochi Chi, who considers himself a black hole in the game, and Tang Gan, who is in a coma, and Jiayi Xu, who is as self-aware as Xiaochi Chi, take one look at the game and say "I can't" and retreat.

Qian Meng lifted the box, his face was ashen as dirt: "What is this thing? How can we get through?"

"You're the one who can't get through." Yu Gan's tone is tough but his words are polite enough, "If you can't solve it, please step aside."

After that, he turned his head: "Mr. Yuan, the four hidden locks do not need to open all, break three to save people. I'll unlock two, you solve one. Okay."

Benshan Yuan clenched his teeth: "Okay."

Yun Qiao, with tears streaming down her face, tried in vain to plug the spout: "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Yu Gan did not pay attention to her and said to Xiaochi Chi, "You sit far away."

Xiaochi Chi also ignored him.

When he didn't move, Yu Gan's tone finally became more eager: "...... listen."

Xiaochi Chi asked, "Are you afraid it will blow up?"

Yu Gan said, "Hmm."

Xiaochi Chi said, "It's good to be afraid."

He continued to sit beside Yu Gan: "One bomb for two, you see."

Yu Gan's forehead was already sweating, and he no longer had the strength to drive Xiaochi Chi away, shaking his head and saying, "You."

He gently shake, the steel ball will roll down from the starting point, hit the nearest partition, a "when" a slight sound.

Qian Meng felt bored standing around, so he followed Xiaochi Chi's example and went to watch Benshan Yuan solve the steel ball maze.

Benshan Yuan is encountering the first roadblock "bomb", small steel ball in the "bomb" around the back and forth bouncing, making a slithering sound, each sound he felt the pressure, such as a mountain of pressure on his back, so he could hardly breathe. The pressure was so great that he could hardly breathe.

"Don't come any closer." He stared beady-eyed at the plate and chided gruffly, "Don't interfere with me!"

Qian Meng was bored, returned to Jiayi Xu, secretly sarcastic, who would like to see you, a cold-blooded murderer, no wonder the body is full of fury.

Jiayi Xu sat against the wall and gave Benshan Yuan a sideways glance for a long time before withdrawing her gaze and resting the back of her head against the wall, waiting with her eyes closed.

Xiaochi Chi is also watching others.

Jiayi Xu's performance caused him to raise his eyebrows slightly, but then he withdrew his eyes and watched Yu Gan carefully transport the small steel ball to the finish line.

For a moment, the room was dead silent.

However, in a short time, Yun Qiao, whose life was hanging by a thread, became anxious again.

The water had filled the bottom of the aquarium and was no more than the back of her feet.

Yun Qiao rolled onto his knees, cupped his fists, and pounded the aquarium wall: "Is it ready yet? You guys are too slow."

Yu Gan's eyebrows did not move, nimbly maneuvered the small steel ball with the "bomb" brush, while concisely and clearly demanded: "tissue paper."

Xiaochi Chi, who was aware of this, took one and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He said, "Thank you."

After a moment, he added, "Tissues."

Xiaochi Chi noticed that he was sweating a little too much, and it was dripping down his face like a ball, but he didn't think anything of it, just thought it was the tension, and used up another tissue.

By the time the tissue left his face, it was all wet.

Xiaochi Chi got up to check on Benshan Yuan, and saw that he was also sweating profusely.

He moved his hand to wipe it off for him to avoid sweat from getting in his eyes and interfering with the cracking of the steel ball maze.

Xiaochi Chi went back to check on Tang Gan's condition and was relieved to see that her vitals were still intact and relatively stable.

When he turned back, but found Yu Gan holding the steel ball plate is not moving, eyes tightly closed, full forehead are shaken with fine sweat light, eyelashes gently trembling, fragile a little call people panic.

Xiaochi Chi was startled: "What's wrong with you?"

Yu Gan closed his eyes and said, "Tissues."

Xiaochi Chi's pack of tissues in his hand is about to run out.

He slips the tissue back into his pocket, takes off his jacket, pulls up his sleeves, and half-kneels to wipe Yu Gan's sweat.

Yu Gan, still polite and courteous, smiled and said, "Thank you."

Xiaochi Chi asked, "What's going on?"

Yu Gan : "Shhh."

He turned his head, and his appearance shocked Xiaochi Chi.

His already pale lips turned completely pale, the tips of his eyebrows were lightly knitted, and his flamboyant features were tinged with a palpitating color of weakness.

Xiaochi Chi pursed his lips, "And continue?"

Yu Gan still says, "I'll try."

Xiaochi Chi : "...... It would be nice if Tong was still around."

Yu Gan's words were unusually short and strong: "There is me. That's enough."

He closed his eyes again, refocused them, and flicked his wrist to adjust the angle.

Bones, bones, bones.

The rolling of the small steel ball became a catalyst, each whispering slide was like rolling over the heart.

Even though Xiaochi Chi kept wiping Yu Gan's sweat, he could not keep up with the speed of his sweating.

One did not notice, a drop of sweat will fall on the transparent plastic plate surface, an unusually loud "pop" sound, shocked the plate of small steel balls jumped.

The small steel ball in the plate is at a corner point, and it is going to turn in the entrance to the one-way street, the top and bottom are lined up with a "bomb - bomb".

And the small steel ball was about to pass through the narrow gap of a few millimeters.

In a flash, Xiaochi Chi's breath froze.

Sweat rolling on the plate, even a little wipe may affect the operation of the small steel ball inside, so no one dares to wipe their hands.

Yu Gan was holding his breath to adjust the orientation of the small steel ball, behind Yun Qiao again began to clang the aquarium, the voice has brought a cry: "Why are you still not ready?

The water had flooded past her knees, and she had to stand up and knock around, trying to find a way out of life.

...... and just resolutely send Siyuan Jia to die that Yun Qiao , is simply the judgment of two people.

The frequent tapping made Yu Gan's brow furrow a little.

He leaned forward slightly and said to Xiaochi Chi, "Keep her quiet."

Xiaochi Chi led the way and walked over to the aquarium and knocked back three times.

He said, "Want to die a few seconds later, I'll give you a suggestion."

He pointed to the still-rising water level: "Drink water. Drink as much as you can."

Yu Gan smiled and thought, "It's really Xiaochi Chi's style.

With this in mind, he flicked his hand, the small steel ball accurately avoided the two pinch "bomb" and rolled into the safe passage of a few millimeters.

Only now did he pull back his forward leaning body.

...... Fortunately, Xiaochi Chi went away.

Yu Gan does not know the real power of the "bomb" geometry, in case of operation error, the only thing he can do is to "bomb" to protect under their own body, will not affect people farther away, he does not know.

Fortunately, the transition was safe.

As Benshan Yuan made the little steel ball go through most of the maze, he heard a heavy sigh coming from Yu Gan's direction.

At the same time, a small "click" came from the direction of the aquarium.

Yun Qiao, who had been drinking tons and tons of water with his head down, was saved and reached out to desperately push the top cover.

However, only one lock was opened and the top cover could not be uncovered at all.

Yu Gan placed the steel ball tray firmly back in the box, closed the lid and propped his hands on it, trying to get up.

...... However, after getting up only a little, he fell down and three or five drops of sweat hit the floor, thanks to Xiaochi Chi's timely support of his waist.

He defended himself, "My legs are numb."

Xiaochi Chi looked to his right leg, which he didn't dare to land with force: "Hmm."

Yu Gan said, "Send me to the next box."

Xiaochi Chi : "Hmm."

At this point, half the time had passed.

Although Yun Qiao desperately drink water, but the stomach bag is ultimately limited, the water has flooded to the root of her thighs, looking like it will be over the waist.

Yun Qiao leaned his back against the aquarium wall, covering his mouth, not daring to cry, afraid that tears would also make the water level rise.

As he walks toward the next box in the corner, Yu Gan lowers his head and rests the side of his face on Xiaochi Chi's shoulder.

His eyelashes condensed a layer of water mist, his cheeks turned from paper-like pale to faintly red, and the breath exhaled from his nose was hot.

...... He has started to run a fever.

Xiaochi Chi helped him sit down in front of the box and whispered to him, "Does your leg hurt?"

"Well." Yu Gan said, "I have a sense with my sister."

Xiaochi Chi said, "I've only heard of twins having telepathic communication, I've never heard of them being able to sense the flesh - body."

Yu Gan pursed his lips and laughed, uncovered the lid with his hands, steadily took out the steel ball tray, and preset the direction of the steel ball with his fingertips: "The world is big, there are many things you don't know and can't think of."

The pearls in the plate began to follow his predetermined trajectory slowly again.

When the water was already over Yun Qiao's chest standing on the rockery, Benshan Yuan cursed in a suppressed voice: "Fuck."

"Click."

The second concealed lock was also opened.

This time, without waiting for Yun Qiao to push the top cover, Qian Meng and Jiayi Xu both jumped up and worked together to wrench the edge of the top cover, and finally lifted it up a little.

Qian Meng came to the edge and said urgently, " Yun Qiao , hand out the key!"

Yun Qiao lifted his arm and tried to slip the key through the small gap, but his hand was halfway up when he withdrew it.

Qian Meng : "...... What are you doing? Give it to me!"

Yun Qiao clutched the brass key between his palms: "Wait until you open the third lock!"

Qian Meng tried to coax her, " Yun Qiao , we will open the third lock. Look, isn't Mr. Gan already opening the lock."

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Yun Qiao despised, "If I gave you the key, you would still risk the 'bomb' explosion to save me? You will definitely leave me here!"

Qian Meng : " Yun Qiao !"

Yun Qiao also raised his voice: "I warn you, if you don't save me, I'll swallow the key in my stomach, the big deal is that the fish will die and no one will go out!"

When Qian Meng saw that Yun Qiao was serious, he was so angry that he cursed.

Benshan Yuan was disturbed by their noise and shouted angrily, "Quiet! Shut your mouths!"

In the midst of all this hustle and bustle, Yu Gan's demeanor remains steady and calm.

But it was obvious to the naked eye that the fever had greatly affected his bodily functions, and his speed of cracking the maze was much slower, and on several occasions, the small steel balls were just grazing the side of the "bomb", which made Xiaochi Chi's heart beat up and down at 100 per minute.

Gradually, Yun Qiao was left with only one head on the surface of the water, the tears of fear could no longer be stopped and rolled down, but could only swallow the cries again and again, Qian Meng was so nervous that he vomited repeatedly.

No one dared to disturb him, but all eyes were focused on Yu Gan's back.

Yu Gan's body is as immobile as a mountain, and his hands are even more stable, shaking gently only when he reaches a temporary safety zone.

The water level rose higher and higher, over the neck and mouth, Yun Qiao only rely on the desire to survive, through the buoyancy of the face up, the throat of a desperate "ah ah" sound.

Yu Gan is nearing the end of his progress, and only has to turn around a "bomb array" to reach the finish line.

This "bomb - bomb array" is the way to the end of the line, in two rows, forming a complete, about five centimeters long and only a few millimeters wide pathway.

The small steel ball must not touch the two walls at all in order to pass.

This is difficult enough to make people's bodies tingle when they look at it.

Xiaochi Chi looked back and saw that the water was about to fill the aquarium, so he barked at Yun Qiao, "Take a deep breath! Dive down!"

Yun Qiao had no choice but to do as she was told.

She grabbed a mouthful of oxygen between the only remaining crevices and let it fill her lungs, then sank to the bottom of the water with her eyes tightly closed.

At this point, Yu Gan opened his mouth, "...... has become two."

Xiaochi Chi didn't understand what Yu Gan meant at first, but when he thought about it, a cold sweat trickled down his spine.

Damn!

He has a double vision in front of his eyes!

Yu Gan frowned, staring at the "bomb" pathway that had turned from two to four, racking his brain to figure out how to get past.

At this point it was too late to let Benshan Yuan take over, Xiaochi Chi forced himself to remain calm, extended his right index finger and pointed up the raw road as lightly as possible, drawing a line: "Go here."

Yu Gan raised his right hand in the same way and lightly pressed his index finger against Xiaochi Chi's fingertip: "Here?"

Xiaochi Chi already guessed what he wanted to do: "...... you can?"

Yu Gan answered simply: "Yes."

Xiaochi Chi chose to trust him.

He placed his index finger against the entrance of the "bomb array" and tugged the tip of Yu Gan's index finger to draw a line as smoothly as possible along the few millimeters of raw path.

Yu Gan, with one hand, tilted the disc and sent the small steel ball rolling all the way into the "bomb formation".

In Yu Gan's eyes, Xiaochi Chi's hands also have residual shadows, and so does the "bomb".

Between the overlapping shadows, only the temperature of Xiaochi Chi's fingertips is amazingly clear.

With the guidance of his fingertips, he let the steel ball roll smoothly onto the black and white grid symbolizing the end.

"Click."

The third lock, opened.

Yu Gan had just put the steel ball tray back into the box when his body went limp and fell straight on top of Xiaochi Chi, gasping for breath.

Jiayi Xu and Qian Meng, who had already been on standby, climbed into the aquarium and fumbled to push up the top cover.

At this time Yun Qiao has choked on water, but felt a bright above, but still trying to fight a trace of survival instincts, trying to eider up.

Qian Meng dragged her upper body out of the water, grabbed her hand, broke her clenched fist, pulled out the brass key and threw it to Jiayi Xu: "Open the door now!"

He was about to pull Yun Qiao out when he suddenly saw a display light up on the surface of the box where the four bombs were originally hidden and a countdown began to tick.

"30, 29, 28 ......"

Seeing this scene, who still doesn't know what will happen next?

Qian Meng cursed "fuck", shook off Yun Qiao's hand, rushed all the way to the door and stared at Jiayi Xu to open it: "Ready?"

Jiayi Xu also heard the countdown sound, can only try to maintain calm, the key into the lock hole, but the lock is really old, stabbed in, can not be twisted open!

Qian Meng was so anxious that he grabbed the key from Jiayi Xu's hand and opened the door himself, leaving Yun Qiao, who was drowning and lying on top of the box vomiting water, to one side.

Jiayi Xu turned his head to look at Yun Qiao, his face showed obvious disgust, not only ignored her, but took the initiative to carry the unconscious Tang Gan on his back.

Xiaochi Chi had to hold on to Yu Gan's body, but he had no time to spare, so he turned to Benshan Yuan and yelled, "Pull her out!"

He hates Yun Qiao who sells out his teammates at critical moments, however he is worried that the next room may have a level that requires teamwork.

Yu Gan and Tang Gan could not hold out, Siyuan Jia was dead, and if Yun Qiao died, there were only four people left to use.

Benshan Yuan hesitated for a while.

Soon, he thought of the Joker's words.

Yun Qiao was placed in the aquarium because she was the "best player", right?

The last level of their own performance has been very out of character, if you see the death again, will not be selected by the Joker as the next play - the target?

Thinking of this, Benshan Yuan ran quickly and pulled Yun Qiao off the aquarium.

Yun Qiao fell to the ground, arms and legs weak, unable to stand on their own, looking up at him dazedly, not yet understanding what was going on.

There were seven seconds left in the countdown before the door successfully opened.

Qian Meng was the first to rush in, Xiaochi Chi picked up Yu Gan and was the second to rush in, followed by Tang Gan and Jiayi Xu.

Benshan Yuan has not had time to carry the person, see the time limit will be too late to think, simply dragged her arm, dragging sacks like pulling her to the door of life to run.

His back foot just entered the door of life, four bombs at the same time the explosion.

Amazingly, the power of the bomb was limited to the small concrete room, filled with water aquarium explosion, the glass cannonball general splash everywhere, and the room was not affected by a point.

Before Benshan Yuan could breathe a sigh of relief, he sensed something was wrong.

He seems to ...... have not been able to pull Yun Qiao in.

But Yun Qiao's right wrist was still in his palm.

The faces of all the people in front of him were miserable blue, and when he stiffened and turned back, what he saw, was Yun Qiao who was blown up to only half of his body.

Yun Qiao opened and closed his mouth in pain, but he could no longer speak.

Benshan Yuan, like holding a handful of hot coals, scrambled to lift what was left of her upper body into the roaring fire behind her.

The door to life then suddenly closed.

The elevator unit starts up again and transports the stunned crowd away from the frightening bomb-bomb hut and to somewhere unknown.

Published at: 09/27/2021 15:47