Chapter 118: spray gun, mental arithmetic, one line of life.

Next, the elevator runs for nearly two more minutes.

There was a thin cool breeze coming through the elevator cracks, making a whirring sound.

Hearing will be all around the loudness to the absolute, and the elevator in the people stand individually, as if bronze statue.

Benshan Yuan held Xiaochi Chi's hand.

Xiaochi Chi didn't move, but he didn't shake him off either.

Benshan Yuan also knew that his actions just now were not very personal, so he had to find something to say: "What's wrong with Mr. Gan?"

Xiaochi Chi's voice was faint: "Too tense, fainted."

Benshan Yuan said, "Just now ...... Yun Qiao has not been saved, the internal organs are blown up. If we don't give her a pain, she will have to suffer for half an hour for nothing."

Xiaochi Chi said, "I know."

Benshan Yuan tries to defend: "I was a little scared, it was subconscious. It was not intentional. ......"

Xiaochi Chi turned his head to look at him, his tone was a little relieved, and he even pulled his hand out of Benshan Yuan's grip, patting the back of his hand reassuringly, "I know."

However, in the darkness, Xiaochi Chi's face is expressionless, and his yin and yang pupils, covered by black pupils, stare soberly at Benshan Yuan.

Benshan Yuan was unaware of this, and only when he heard Chunyang Song forgave him again did he relax a bit and straighten his back, waiting for the next room to be tested.

The next and last room, where all nightmares end.

The elevator came to a stop and the doors opened.

This time the floor was not jerked out from underneath several people's feet, so they were able to get out of the elevator smoothly and enter a wide room of about 80 square meters.

Jiayi Xu, carrying Tang Gan on her back, was the last one to come out of the elevator.

The moment they entered the room, the path behind them closed with a bang, completely locked.

Xiaochi Chi looked around, and his face turned a little blue.

The room is still a rectangular layout at a glance, the floor and walls are concrete, but the corners of the room, almost every three centimeters set with a gun-like - mouth of the pointed metal protrusions, on the density is enough to make the dense fear of cursing on the spot.

Jiayi Xu put Tang Gan down, took a fingertip to dip the gun - mouth, put it on the end of the nose a sniff, look slightly changed: "There is the smell of gasoline."

In fact, he did not need to say that everyone just entered the room, they smelled the faint stench of tar.

Looks like the gun is the source of that smell.

While Jiayi Xu studied the gun, Xiaochi Chi's attention had already shifted to the other side of the room.

The room seems to be digging gas pipes, there are many deep parallel trenches, half of the room's floor was completely hollowed out, leaving only eight eloquent, parallel to each other, each straight to a close to the root of the wall, about one person high vertical metal cabinet.

There is a code panel on the face of the cabinet, which from a distance does not look like a common digital panel, but consists of 26 letters.

On the front doors of the eight metal cabinets, from left to right, are eight letters with no regularity attached with bright red tape.

s, a, c, r, i, f, e, l.

Xiaochi Chi turns his attention to the side wall again.

A huge glass screen is embedded in the wall, and the glass material is the same as that of the aquarium where Yun Qiao was just locked up.

The glass screen is embedded with an extremely complex "connection diagram".

At the top of the picture, written from left to right in order, are capital A to Z.

A rivet is pinned under each letter, and a long, thin brass chain hangs from each rivet.

Each of the 26 brass chains from the starting point, crossed longitudinal, each extended, the upper half of the picture also hit more than a hundred rivets, fine chain hanging around it, entangled with each other, can be described as coiled, see people's eyes headache.

And in the center of the picture, hung a translucent shield, the intertwined 26 thin chains from the middle to hide, only vaguely visible direction and outline.

Most of the chains broke halfway through, and eventually only eight brass chains, extending from under the translucent visor, managed to reach the bottommost end.

The end point is eight rivets, and under the rivets, the same eight letters are marked from left to right.

s, a, c, r, i, f, e, l.

Qian Meng is quite puzzled: "What is this level asking us to do?"

As soon as his question was out of his mouth, a blood-red electronic countdown sign conveniently appeared on the embedded glass screen.

The countdown shows fifteen minutes and the countdown has already started.

Qian Meng immediately panicked: "What's the situation?!"

Benshan Yuan had a number in mind, but was not completely sure, and could only raise his voice to reassure the crowd: "Don't worry, there should be an explanation."

And while the crowd was restless, Xiaochi Chi had raised his hand and traced in the void, silently deducing the corresponding letter above from the lower one in reverse.

"Smart~"

The clown's pompous laughter from the four corners of the room at the same time, or stereo surround 3D sound effects, stinging the crowd have reached out to cover their ears.

"This level, is a very interesting level ~"

The clown said in a chant-like tone, "The rules of the game are very simple ~ the eight letters below the picture correspond to a certain eight letters above. And on the eight cabinets, there are the same eight letters ......"

As he spoke, a humanoid black shadow with a dangling hand emerged in the corner of the room.

The crowd was appalled.

Qian Meng ducked back and snapped, "Who is it? Get out!"

The human form did move, but the joints were stiff and the movements were overly lively, like a puppet controlled by a drunken puppeteer.

When it came closer, the crowd was able to distinguish that it was really a human puppet of equal height with a human.

The clown smiled and said, "I have my staff to show you the wrong way to play."

Puppet "employee" jumping around to the glass screen, chin up, as a meditation, then a clap, as if he had thought of something, and jumped to the leftmost side of the passage, with a tightrope action exaggerated walk through the concrete road enough for one person, to walk with " S"-shaped tape in front of the metal cabinet, to the code plate casually pressed a Z.

The combination lock actually opened with a drop.

The doll, with a cheerful look, got right in and locked the cabinet door.

And the next second, all the guns near the S cabinet actually aimed at the S cabinet, spitting out a roaring flame, orange and almond-colored tongues of fire licking wildly on the metal cabinet.

Metal heat conductivity is very good, did not succeed in cracking the code of the mannequin at first also in the cabinet issued a thumping hammering sound, wait a few dozen seconds, the cabinet shell has been sizzling red, a veritable fire coffin.

The dolls let out a heartbreaking scream, and the cabinet was even bumped out in a few places.

But it ultimately did not escape with its life.

It took about two minutes of burning before the dolls in the cabinet were completely silenced.

The cabinet door automatically opened, was burned to the ground, charred and blackened dolls noiselessly fell down from the cabinet, fell into a deep ditch dug aside.

...... As if that was long prepared for the burial place of the body.

Qian Meng had the courage to go to the front of the deep trench to have a look.

Just a glance, he cursed a fuck, and retreated several steps.

...... bottom of the deep trench lying horizontally and vertically with the charred corpses of human dolls, some of the eyes of the dolls were burned out of their sockets, still staring straight up, clearly dead.

It is not known how many dolls the Joker took before them to do similar experiments.

The clown, however, looked like he had tuned in to a great show, stroking his palm and laughing: "Look at that, see?!"

Who else can't read it.

It's just a common "connect the dots" game in escape rooms.

Eight cabinets, corresponding to the eight letters on the lowest level of the glass screen, they need to do the connecting lines to find out the one letter code corresponding to each cabinet.

Only if you are even right, you will have a way to live.

If they connect the wrong wire and enter the wrong password, they can also enter the metal cabinet, but then they will be like the mannequin, roasted alive in the cabinet by the gun.

And it's worth noting that just now the Joker only turned on the gun next to the S cabinet.

If they are not in the cabinet by then, the countdown ends and all the guns open at the same time -

Almost everyone winced at the thought of the inferno-like heat of the fire.

"The rules of the game is this ~" clown playful smile, "and then give you three tips ~ first, 15 minutes ...... Oh no no no, 11 minutes and 21 seconds later, all the guns in the room will be activated; second, the cabinet can only hide a person, this is the iron rule, can not be broken; third, as you can see, no matter what letters you enter, you can enter the cabinet, but the consequences of losing the wrong, can be your own responsibility yo ~"

"After this level, you will be able to collect your temporary items in the playhouse, and the gifts I have prepared for you ~ I wish you all a good time, and I look forward to your next visit to my escape room -"

When he said that, the clown's voice disappeared completely.

While the crowd was still waiting for the clown to follow, Xiaochi Chi spoke up, "Lao Yuan."

Benshan Yuan came back to his senses and hurriedly walked to Xiaochi Chi: "Don't be afraid, let's take our time ......"

Xiaochi Chi took his hand and wrote two letters on his palm.

A - M.

Benshan Yuan stared at him in shock: "You ......"

Xiaochi Chi, however, ignored him and went on to trace another line.

Benshan Yuan was surprised and delighted, but also a bit skeptical, and stood in front of the glass screen by himself, starting from A, intending to deduce it again.

Xiaochi Chi also did not expect him to trust himself unconditionally, so he did not even frown, and just went about his business.

Qian Meng thinks he is not good at this, so he holds a glimmer of hope to find another way to live, brave probe to look into the deep ditch, to see when the fire, they can not escape into this place, to escape a disaster.

But his head just into the deep ditch, sucked a trace of the spirit of the puppet scorched corpses will be a subtle commotion, a few even raised their heads, so that Qian Meng immediately retracted his head.

He kind of understand: deep ditch inside and outside is a dividing line, if there are living people into it, even if it is just a foot or a head, these puppets will immediately rise corpse, will hide in it to eat up the people.

Unable to do so, he had to go back to the glass screen, selected what seemed to be the easiest line A, and began the derivation with a hard face.

Just as he was about to begin his derivation, Xiaochi Chi, who was at his side, turned to him and said succinctly, "R, I, and F go to me, and you share the rest."

Jiayi Xu, who was busy finding the letter corresponding to E, just nodded and did not reply.

With that, Xiaochi Chi picked up the unconscious Tang Gan and walked up the aisle representing the "R".

Qian Meng exclaimed, "Hey, what are you doing?"

Xiaochi Chi didn't have time for the United States and walked straight to the counter and typed in the letter U.

He placed the unconscious Tang Gan in the room, straightened her body, and straightened her hair and collar, and made sure there were air holes above the cabinet before closing it from the outside.

He then walked back to the glass screen and began to calibrate the corresponding letter of the "F".

Qian Meng couldn't help but say, "So confident, huh? What if it's wrong, you could have killed a person."

Xiaochi Chi didn't even look at him.

Qian Meng was bored, so he continued to study his letter "A".

Qian Meng was able to get the "A" line mostly correct when he heard Benshan Yuan beside him say, "Chi Xiao, I found the corresponding letter for A, but it doesn't seem to be the same as the one you found.... But it doesn't seem to be the same as the one you found."

Before Xiaochi Chi could answer, Qian Meng exploded: "You're looking for A. Why didn't you fucking tell me earlier?"

Benshan Yuan was at a loss for words.

Chunyang Song gave him the answer in advance, and in his excitement, he subconsciously felt that the A was his own, and thought he would concentrate on checking it, completely ignoring the fact that he had to agree with the others first.

But the matter of life and death, now is never the time to engage in the gentle and frugal set.

So he coldly questioned back, "Did you ask?"

Qian Meng was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but his eyes refused to leave the intricate copper chain, wanting to get a step ahead of Benshan Yuan, to launch the answer as soon as possible and seize the way out.

Xiaochi Chi looked extremely stable in the face of Benshan Yuan's questions.

"Push it again." He said, "Mine is right."

Benshan Yuan was quite helpless, but he decided to deduce it again from the beginning to be on the safe side.

This certainly gave Qian Meng the opportunity to sort out the unfinished lines with great enthusiasm, and he found that it corresponded to "B".

He was so pleased that he immediately started over from A again.

For the sake of speed, he basically followed the same route as the last time he walked, and he was indeed one line ahead of Benshan Yuan.

When Benshan Yuan was almost at the top, Qian Meng again succeeded in verifying that the answer was B.

A - B!

He dropped his head, scattered his legs, ran across the one-person wide path, ran over the top of the charred puppet corpses, and pressed the letter B directly on the A cabinet code pad.

Qian Meng ran away like a mudskipper, making Benshan Yuan, who was about to finish his work, vomit blood: "You--"

But by the time he looked at the numbers Qian Meng pressed on the code pad, he was instantly at peace and turned back to straighten out the A-wires with only a few tangled copper chains left.

As Xiaochi Chi said, A, indeed, corresponds to M.

And the closing of Cabinet A followed.

Xiaochi Chi's eyes were locked on the glass screen and he had no time to be distracted, so he was unaware of what was happening behind him.

Benshan Yuan then switched to the letter C on his own and continued the projection.

At this point, the countdown shows that there are 8 minutes and 43 seconds left.

26 fine brass chains, identical and featureless in appearance.

Such 26 chains, a jumble of irregularly entangled in one place, on the human vision, concentration and resistance to stress are near to the test of abuse - treatment.

The countdown electronic screen directly above the glass screen cast a very bright blood red, but also in the human retina imposed an invisible pressure called anxiety.

Normal people want to clarify a, I'm afraid that have to spend a lot of effort.

...... and Xiaochi Chi is facing three bars.

With 5:45 left, Xiaochi Chi moved.

He ran to Yu Gan's side and picked him up again, drenched in cold sweat.

Yu Gan face full of sickly red scarlet, pale lips dry skin, but now the consciousness is clearer than just now.

He lay in Xiaochi Chi's arms and let him carry himself to the F cabinet.

He asked in a mute voice, "Did you get yourself one?"

Xiaochi Chi walked a little strained and skewed, a burst of gold blasted in front of his eyes.

...... This is an after-effect of excessive eye use.

He casually said, "Looked for it."

Yu Gan reached out and lightly grabbed his collar, his tone a little helpless: "Lying."

Xiaochi Chi had already experienced a dizzying headache because of the constant high concentration, and by the time he put Yu Gan down in front of the F cabinet, his fingers had already started to tremble and he almost pushed the code out of order.

Xiaochi Chi took a deep breath, and surprisingly, shamelessly admitted it outright: "Well. Lied."

After quieting his mind, he probed his finger and pressed T on the code pad of the F cabinet.

Yu Gan also did not continue to pester him and waste time unnecessarily, and as he placed himself into the cupboard, he whispered, "Be alive."

Xiaochi Chi asked, "Dr. Gan, do you believe me."

Yu Gan nodded without hesitation.

"Believe me and stay well." Xiaochi Chi said, "Wait for me on the raw road side."

With these words, he returned to the glass screen with a snap of the door, running wildly.

Before he could catch his breath, he began to seek a way of life for himself.

While he was settling Yu Gan, Jiayi Xu had already left and pressed the corresponding code D on the E cabinet.

Benshan Yuan also checked his answers three times to make sure they were correct before looking at Xiaochi Chi.

Xiaochi Chi stared at the screen, teeth clenched, thumbs repeatedly rubbing palms, shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

Benshan Yuan looked at the display with only 4 minutes and 10 seconds left and was anxious and heartbroken.

...... But what could he do? Could he give away the answer that had been tested and found to be correct?

Benshan Yuan's cheek muscles began to twitch uncontrollably at the thought of being roasted alive.

In the end, he just said to Xiaochi Chi, "Pure Yang, hurry up", and then ran to the C cabinet and pressed the code Q.

The door managed to open and he ducked inside.

In the blink of an eye, Xiaochi Chi was the only one left in front of the glass screen.

Excessive tension, so that his brain is like a whistle into, full of ears are ghost-like whimpering or sharp screams, body temperature is a sharp drop, cold through the bone marrow.

A flash of timed red light was reflected in his eyes.

And he couldn't care less about anything but finding that ultimate answer.

What does I correspond to?

What exactly does it correspond to?

With 2 minutes and 10 seconds left, he found the answer.

With that, his heart suddenly went cold.

Is ......U?

How can it be U?

Doesn't U correspond to the R cabinet where Tang Gan is located?

Xiaochi Chi immediately turned around and checked the corresponding code of I from the beginning.

But he couldn't help but wonder: did he make a wrong connection this time? Or was Tang Gan's connection wrong in the first place?

His heart is as twisted by the chaos, cold sweat layer by layer brush out, so much so that the vision is beginning to lax.

Noticing that the mood is not right, he immediately raised his hand and slapped himself, because of excessive tension has tended to dissipate the mind forced back.

Calm down!

Must be calm!

He placed his slightly trembling fingers against the glass screen, starting from I and working his way up to simulate the trajectory of I.

The heart in his chest was thumping, hitting his ribs one after another with a deafening muffled sound.

...... has 60 seconds left.

The countdown timer makes a ticking sound.

...... has 40 seconds left.

Xiaochi Chi even heard the clown's sardonic laugh and the low hum of all the guns ready to start.

With 20 seconds left, Xiaochi Chi turns around and rushes to the I-cabinet without saying a word.

He made a mistake the first time and wasted time, so he didn't have time to check the answer he got.

However he ran out of time.

He practically pounced on the cabinet, pressed the V button, and rolled in the moment the door popped open.

The moment the cabinet door snapped shut, he clearly saw tongues of fire erupt from the nearest gun, coming straight for his face.

In the next few seconds, the oxygen in the air seems to have been taken away, and the surrounding area becomes a complete vacuum, and you can't even breathe.

Xiaochi Chi tensed his body and waited for the final judgment.

Before the cabinet began to get hot, the back cabinet door snapped open at first, and cool air rushed into it.

Xiaochi Chi didn't think twice, didn't even dawdle or linger, and stumbled out, pulling the nearest Tang Gan out of the closet.

Yu Gan had his mind, so he came out of the cabinet by himself.

In addition to the three of them, Benshan Yuan and Jiayi Xu survived.

Successive wails and cries of pain came from cabinet A, as if from the depths of hell, and the back door of cabinet A, always tightly closed, not the slightest look to open.

Not long after, there was no sound in the A cabinet.

Xiaochi Chi dropped to the ground and took a moment to catch his breath before he bothered to look around.

This time, they entered a normal and somewhat cozy room.

There were no lights in the room, but it was as bright as being in daylight, with countless beautiful, painted clown images of hydrogen balloons floating around the room, as well as several small, soft sofas and teddy bear toys placed on them, and their belongings.

And clowns are not among them.

...... It looks like this is the gift room the Joker was talking about.

They managed to get through three rooms, and there were still almost ten minutes until the end of the mission.

They just need to wait in this "safe house" and survive the remaining ten minutes before they can officially end the ten missions and return to the world of normal people.