Chapter 115 The Door That Cannot Be Opened

Ruan Nanzhu did not say how to make use of this traitor in front of him, but the unknown was the most terrifying thing. Tian Guxue's soul was now dominated by fear, trembling and even unable to speak.

"What should we do now?" Sun Yuanzhou asked. "Just leave her here? Isn't it safe?"

Ruan Nanzhu said calmly, "She can also help us with other things."

Sun Yuanzhou seemed to be thinking: "Unboxing?"

"Yes," Ruan Nanzhu said. He looked at Tian Guxue and said softly, "You haven't opened the box yet today, right? If so, you should know where the box girl and the box man are... right?"

Tian Guxue looked at Ruan Nanzhu in panic: "I don't know!!"

"I don't know?" Liang Miye said unhappily, "You don't know the positions of the Box Man and Box Woman and how to open the box. Aren't you afraid of opening them directly?"

"It's like this. Before I open a box, if there's a box man or box woman inside, that box will make a sound..." Tian Guxue said in a trembling voice, "Then I'll open another box. And the box woman told me that no one can be around when I open the box, so..."

Ruan Nanzhu raised an eyebrow: "Have you unboxed it today?"

"Yeah." Tian Guxue nodded cautiously.

"Okay, we'll confirm what you said tomorrow." Ruan Nanzhu said.

If what Tian Gu Xue said is true, then she will play a very important role, because in this way, she can act as a detector to help them find the location of the box girl and the box man.

Ruan Nanzhu asked Tian Guxue for more details, such as how to contact the box girl. When asked about the rule book, Tian Guxue replied that she found it in the restaurant on the first floor the day she entered. The rule book was placed in a corner of the restaurant, and the box girl told her to find it there.

"But why haven't I seen the rule book before?" A girl in the crowd spoke up. She was the first person to hear the crying of the box girl after entering the villa. The crying sound came from the kitchen, so she went into the kitchen to check the situation inside.

"Maybe I came here before you." Tian Guxue said carefully, "When you went there... I had already taken it away."

This possibility existed, and Tian Guxue's explanation was quite reasonable. However, when Lin Qiushi heard her words, he frowned slightly... He sensed a subtle sense of disharmony in Tian Guxue's words.

Ruan Nanzhu remained silent, seemingly lost in thought. In the end, he didn't speak out his thoughts, but instead began discussing with everyone how to deal with Tian Guxue.

What Tian Guxue feared most was being killed. When she saw that no one wanted to kill her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, everyone decided to lock Tian Guxue in her house and send someone to guard it. After all, nothing would happen if the boxes were not opened, and the box girl's skills had not yet accumulated to six.

While everyone was discussing these things, Ruan Nanzhu stood by and didn't say a word. Although his eyes fell on Tian Guxue, they seemed to pass through her body and fall into the distant and misty distance.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiushi felt that Ruan Nanzhu was a little strange.

"It's nothing." Ruan Nanzhu said lightly, "I just remembered some past events."

Lin Qiushi didn't ask any more questions. He reached out and held Ruan Nanzhu's hand. With a little force, he transferred the warmth of his palm to him.

When the two of them were interacting, Sun Yuanzhou cast a strange look at them again. The look was extremely complicated, and Lin Qiushi was still confused... He now wanted to ask what Ruan Nanzhu had said to Sun Yuanzhou before.

After deciding on this matter, everyone agreed not to discuss it anywhere else to avoid the box girl getting the information.

Afterwards, Sun Yuanzhou sent Tian Guxue to her own room and had someone guard her.

Then everyone assigned the order of guarding her, and someone came to take over the shift every two hours.

After the matter was settled, everyone went their separate ways.

Lin Qiushi took a quick look at the boxes that Tian Guxue mentioned, and then carefully marked them. Of course, in order to avoid being discovered by the box girl, they did not dare to put labels on these boxes.

Ruan Nanzhu had been very quiet the entire way down. His pensive look made Lin Qiushi inexplicably uneasy. He asked him, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about my previous tenth door." Ruan Nanzhu replied.

"Is it scary?" Lin Qiushi felt that Ruan Nanzhu seemed to be in a bad mood when he talked about the tenth door.

"It's not scary," Ruan Nanzhu said, "but I would rather it were a little scary."

Lin Qiushi asked, "What do you mean?"

Ruan Nanzhu seemed about to say something, but suddenly thought of something. He turned his head to glance at Lin Qiushi and said, "It's not a big deal. I just lost a good friend there, and I feel a little sad."

Lin Qiushi frowned, but he felt that Ruan Nanzhu was deliberately hiding something from him.

As long as they can get through today, Tian Guxue will be able to help them open three more boxes tomorrow, and they can definitely avoid the box men and box women, which is very beneficial for them.

Ruan Nanzhu was assigned to guard Tian Guxue from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m., which wasn't too late. Lin Qiushi was accompanying him, but Ruan Nanzhu drove him away.

"Go get some sleep first. You still have to be on duty in the second half of the night." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Go quickly."

Lin Qiushi said, "But I'm worried about you."

Ruan Nanzhu suddenly laughed upon hearing this. He reached out and pinched the tip of Lin Qiushi's ear. "What are you worried about me? Are you worried about me adding some green to your hair?" After he finished speaking, he leaned close to Lin Qiushi's ear and exhaled a hot breath. "Don't worry, I can only be hard with you."

Lin Qiushi: "..." He was really offended by Ruan Nanzhu and his face turned red. He forgot what he wanted to say and was forced by Ruan Nanzhu to go back to his room. Ruan Nanzhu then walked into the room where Tian Guxue was locked up.

Liang Miye was quite carefree. After washing up, she lay down on the bed. Seeing Lin Qiushi coming back, she said, "Oh, you didn't go to accompany Mengmeng?"

Lin Qiushi said, "He asked me to come back first."

"You two have such a great relationship." Liang Miye was applying a facial mask. "I'm so jealous."

Lin Qiushi looked at Liang Miye and asked, "You're still wearing a facial mask behind the door?"

"Why can't I apply a facial mask?" Liang Miye blinked, getting excited. "You don't know, they all say that applying a facial mask inside the door is the most effective. Masks applied outside the door are applied to the flesh, but this one inside the door is applied directly to the soul. It's a true soul beauty treatment, and it's very cost-effective."

Lin Qiushi: "..." He actually didn't know what to say for a moment.

Liang Miye also noticed Lin Qiushi's silence and chuckled, saying, "Beauty is a woman's second life!"

Lin Qiushi surrendered with both hands: "I agree."

After he went to the bathroom to wash up briefly, he lay back on the bed. However, he did not play with his mobile phone. Instead, he began to think about what happened to Tian Guxue during the day. While he was thinking, he heard the unique cry of the box girl downstairs. The cry was shrill and desperate, and the listeners got goose bumps all over their bodies.

Lin Qiushi and Liang Miye both sat up from their beds reflexively. Liang Miye asked, "Is she about to activate her skill again?"

"Yeah." Lin Qiushi recalled the skill cards they currently possessed and the skills they had already used, and felt that the box girl's cry was a bit baffling.

The skill that the Box Girl has not used yet is the "Moving Around". Apart from that, all her skills have been used once and returned to the deck. If she wants to use them a second time, she has to wait for a cooling period. So, is the Box Girl using the "Moving Around" skill now?

No... something's wrong... they've overlooked something. Lin Qiushi, who came to this conclusion, became a little anxious. Judging from her performance inside the door, the box girl's IQ was no lower than theirs. Why would she use this skill for no reason?

"What's wrong?" Liang Miye saw Lin Qiushi change from his pajamas into casual clothes again. "Are you going out?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Okay, I'll go see Mengmeng." He was really worried, so he pushed the door open and walked out in a hurry.

Liang Miye had no choice but to say "oh".

Lin Qiushi arrived at Tian Guxue's room and knocked: "Zhu Meng, Zhu Meng." He thought Ruan Nanzhu would come over quickly to open the door for him, but there was no movement for a long time.

Lin Qiushi asked, "Zhu Meng?" He called out a few more times, feeling something was wrong. Just as he was about to take out his hairpin to open the door, he heard Ruan Nanzhu's voice from inside. His voice was a little muffled. He said, "Linlin, I'm fine. Go and rest. You don't need to come in."

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiushi asked, "What happened?"

Ruan Nanzhu said, "It's okay. I just locked the door because I was afraid someone would come in."

Lin Qiushi remained silent.

Ruan Nanzhu said, "I'm really fine. You go and rest. You can take my shift later."

Lin Qiushi looked down at the door lock. He didn't say anything, but silently took out his hairpin and began to unlock it.

Ruan Nanzhu seemed to notice Lin Qiushi's movements and said in an irritated tone, "I'm blocking the door. You can't get in. Yu Linlin, can't you just listen to me for once?" His tone was filled with impatience. "This is very important. Don't hold me back, Yu Linlin. Do you hear me?"

Lin Qiushi ignored him and continued to unlock the door.

"Linlin!!!" Ruan Nanzhu seemed angry and shouted, "I told you to get out of here!!"

Lin Qiushi stopped moving and slowly leaned against the door. His voice was hoarse, as if something was stuck in his throat. He said, "Zhu Meng, you lied to me."

Ruan Nanzhu instantly quieted down, knowing that Lin Qiushi had discovered the truth.

"It's not that you don't want me to go in, it's that you can't get out..." Lin Qiushi couldn't describe his feelings at that moment. He felt like he was standing next to a black abyss, watching Ruan Nanzhu continue to fall, unable to stop him. "There must be more than one accomplice."

Ruan Nanzhu didn't say anything.

"The Box Girl got a new skill card," Lin Qiushi said. "Is that right?"

"Fake response," "I really want to open it," "My Miss Mary," "Right next to you," "Moving around"—the Box Girl had already gathered five skills, but Ruan Nanzhu in front of her had been used by the Box Girl's sixth skill, "Unopenable Door."

"Unopenable Door" - Lock a door randomly, and the players in the room cannot pass through and can only be trapped inside.

At the same time, the box girl has gathered six skills. As soon as tomorrow comes, she will be able to take action again and use the "Right Next to You" that has been suppressed at the bottom to directly kill everyone in a room.

There is no doubt that her target is Ruan Nanzhu.

There is more than one accomplice. Tian Guxue is just a smokescreen thrown by the box girl. Someone among them has hidden the skill card and told the box girl the room where Ruan Nanzhu is.

The key to leaving this place lies with Ruan Nanzhu. If he's gone, the players' escape route will be cut off. Furthermore, they can also silence the already-discovered accomplice, Tian Guxue, truly killing two birds with one stone.

Lin Qiushi said, "Don't worry, there will be a way. Wait, I'll go find someone!"

The room was quiet for a moment, but then a faint sigh was heard from Ruan Nanzhu.

Lin Qiushi remembered that it was Sun Yuanzhou's men who opened the fire extinguisher, so he went to Sun Yuanzhou's room. He knocked hard on Sun Yuanzhou's door, feeling anxious.

A few seconds later, Sun Yuanzhou's door opened. He saw Lin Qiushi standing outside, breathing heavily. He asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"Where's your fire extinguisher?" Lin Qiushi asked. "Zhu Meng is locked in the room. Tomorrow, the box girl will use 'right beside you'... Where's your fire extinguisher? The key is still with Zhu Meng. He can't die."

Sun Yuanzhou was stunned. "What? What? He's locked in the room?" He seemed to immediately remember the Box Girl's skill description. "Has the Box Girl already collected the 'Unopenable Door'?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Let's talk about this later. Where's the fire extinguisher—" The fire extinguisher can prevent the Box Girl from using a skill once, and it is the only thing that can save Ruan Nanzhu.

When Sun Yuanzhou heard Lin Qiushi's question, he unconsciously pursed his lips, his expression a little embarrassed. "No, it's gone. We've been looking for it, but we haven't found it yet."

Lin Qiushi: “…”

The other two teammates in Sun Yuanzhou's room also gathered around. One of the women heard their conversation and whispered, "I'm sorry, the fire extinguisher was too heavy, so I didn't bring it with me. I hid it under the bed. Who knew it would be gone when I came back today?"

Lin Qiushi asked, "Is he really gone?" He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "You have to understand, if Zhu Meng dies, the key on him will be taken away by the box girl, and then we will have one less way out." He tried to persuade them from an objective perspective, not wanting to mix in too much personal feelings.

"I understand. If we had it, we would definitely help you. Otherwise, come in and look for it. You can search the house as you like." The woman said helplessly, "It's really gone. We were just talking about it."

Seeing that she didn't look like she was pretending, and even made way for him to come in, Lin Qiushi knew they weren't lying. He clenched his fists and said in a hoarse voice, "Sorry to bother you," then turned and left.

Sun Yuanzhou stopped him and said, "Yu Linlin!! You said Zhu Meng was hit by the box girl's ability. Doesn't that mean there's an insider among us?"

Lin Qiushi asked, "Isn't this obvious?" He turned and looked at Sun Yuanzhou coldly, "Without an insider, how could your fire extinguisher have been lost?"

"The person who stole our fire extinguisher might not be an insider," Sun Yuanzhou said. "It could just be a greedy teammate..."

Lin Qiushi left without saying anything.

Since they had lost the fire extinguisher, there was no need for Lin Qiushi to waste more time entangled with them. He raised his wrist to look at his watch. It was still two hours until twelve o'clock, and he had to find a way to save Ruan Nanzhu within two hours.

Some people will be defeated by pressure, but some people are more calm. Lin Qiushi is the latter. He quickly went through the current situation and clues in his mind and began to think quickly about how to save Ruan Nanzhu.

Liang Miye waited for Lin Qiushi to come back, but she couldn't wait for him to come back, so she came out of the house. As soon as she came out, she saw Lin Qiushi squatting at the door at the end of the corridor with an extremely solemn expression.

"What happened?" Liang Miye ran over and asked.

"He was hit by the Box Girl's ability," Lin Qiushi said, "and is trapped inside the door and can't get out."

Liang Miye was stunned: "What box girl's skills... there is an insider among us?!" She never expected things to develop like this. She thought that finding Tian Guxue was the end of the matter, but she didn't expect it to be just the beginning -

There are actually two accomplices, and Tian Guxue is just a minor character thrown out to confuse the public.

"What should we do?" Liang Miye panicked.

Lin Qiushi said, "Go find the fire extinguisher." He briefly told Liang Miye what happened on Sun Yuanzhou's side and asked him to look for the fire extinguisher room by room. There were only two hours left. The villa was so big, and the person who hid the fire extinguisher would definitely hide it in a very secret place to prevent them from finding it. Therefore, looking for the fire extinguisher was not a wise idea.

But there was no other way now. Lin Qiushi could only let Liang Miye go and find it first while he thought of other ways.

"Zhu Meng." Lin Qiushi communicated with Ruan Nanzhu outside the door, "Think about it quickly and see if there is any other way." Ruan Nanzhu is smarter than him and will definitely think of a way.

However, the people inside were so quiet. Only after Lin Qiushi's repeated urging did Ruan Nanzhu say, "Linlin, this is a dead end."

Lin Qiushi was stunned. He pressed himself against the door and asked again in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "This is a dead end."

Lin Qiushi asked, "What..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "You went looking for a fire extinguisher just now, didn't you? Did you find it?"

Lin Qiushi didn't say anything. They both knew the answer very well. If he had found it, Lin Qiushi wouldn't have spoken in such a tone.

"That person is very smart. If he wants to do this, he will definitely consider all these things carefully." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I underestimated him. Come closer. I have something to tell you."

Lin Qiushi pressed his face against the door. He had to try hard to control himself so that his body would not tremble.

Ruan Nanzhu said softly, "I didn't bring the key with me. I secretly put it in the gap between the bedside table in our room. Remember to take it out."

Lin Qiushi remained silent.

"Linlin, I'm glad to meet you." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I hope you can get out alive."

Lin Qiushi said, "No."

Ruan Nanzhu: "What?"

"Fuck you! I told you I don't want to get out of here alive. Damn it, Zhu Meng, what the hell is your heart made of?" Lin Qiushi cursed, a rare occurrence. "How could you be so heartless and say such outrageous things to me?!"

Ruan Nanzhu was speechless.

Lin Qiushi said, "I want to rescue you, do you hear me? I want to rescue you!!" He turned around, picked up a statue that was placed in the corridor as a decoration, and began to bang on the door.

However, the wooden door, which wasn't very sturdy to begin with, now stood as still as if it were made of iron, not even leaving a mark. Lin Qiushi hammered on it for a while, then realized this method was useless. He said, "Just wait."

At this time, many people had come out of the house in the corridor. They were a little confused when they saw Lin Qiushi smashing the door. After Sun Yuanzhou explained to them from a distance, everyone's faces showed either horror or fear. Obviously, they all thought that there was an accomplice in the crowd.

Lin Qiushi put down the statue in his hand, his expression frighteningly cold. He found the person he was looking for in the crowd and said, "Ren Ruyuan, give me the gasoline." He was not negotiating. Everyone could see that if Ren Ruyuan refused, Lin Qiushi would most likely attack him directly.

"Okay." Ren Ruyuan simply agreed. He said, "The key is with Zhu Meng, right?"

"That's right." Lin Qiushi said, "If we can't save him, we'll all die here." His tone was very calm, and he didn't sound like he was swearing. However, everyone who heard it felt an inexplicable chill on their backs, because at first it sounded very exaggerated and didn't sound like a joke at all.

He brought gasoline to Ruan Nanzhu's door and said, "Nanzhu, I got the gasoline."

"What are you going to give it to me?" Ruan Nanzhu's tone was a little helpless.

Lin Qiushi said, "There's a crack in the door. I'll go to the restaurant and find some plastic bags, seal the gasoline in them, and stuff them through the crack." He said, "You catch it from the inside."

Ruan Nanzhu said, "Okay."

So Lin Qiushi went to the restaurant again, took out dozens of plastic bags, poured gasoline into them little by little, and stuffed them into Ruan Nanzhu through the crack in the door. He didn't know whether the gasoline would be useful or not, so he could only do his best to do what he could.

Afterwards, Lin Qiushi sent everyone to look for the fire extinguisher, but as Ruan Nanzhu had expected, the man hid the fire extinguisher very well and no one could find it.

After Lin Qiushi pumped the gasoline into the house, there were less than twenty minutes left until twelve o'clock. He looked at his oil-stained hands and tasted helplessness and despair for the first time.

He is a waste and he can't save Ruan Nanzhu.

The author has something to say: Traitor: Aha, didn’t expect that?

Lin Qiushi: ...I'll kill you!!!