Chapter 60: Prison (1)

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[The following are the special rules for this level]

[There are 6 players in total, each locked in 6 rooms of the building. Come out of the room, find the door of the building and unlock it to escape successfully. ]

[Please note that only a few of the keyholes encountered during the escape can be found nearby, and most of the other keys have been completely lost. If you want to open a keyless lock, you can exchange the item "Universal/Key" from the system, but each exchange will add a layer of random debuff to the player. The upper limit of the number of debuffs that can exist on each player is 3. If it exceeds this limit, it will be directly judged as a failure to pass the level. (Note: Pets or followers can bear debuffs for players, but the number is still counted on the owner player.)]

Looking at the rather long rules this time, Yi Han pondered over them for a moment and understood the implicit conflict of interest.

The upper limit of debuff number is 3, which means that each person can only open the keyless lock three times. According to past experience, the behavior of "unlocking" is almost equivalent to "exploration degree" and "contribution degree", which is directly linked to the points obtained at the settlement. However, the number of "unlocking" in this level is limited, and on the way to find the exit, the number of keyless locks that players will face will obviously be much greater than 3... Therefore, if 6 players want to pass the level, no one must be selfish, and no one can waste times, and they must work closely together to share risks and benefits.

This was probably a level specially set up to test the target player, to see if he would reveal his true nature under the pressure of interests and crises. But according to a27, that person was very smart, and if Yi Han could see it, he must have seen it a long time ago, and maybe he had already thought of a countermeasure.

Yi Han sighed, put away his phone, and listened attentively to the sounds outside the corridor.

The creaking sound seemed to be the sound of a metal cart. The person pushing the cart walked lightly and slowly, gradually approaching the room where Yi Han was.

As Yi Han listened, he tried to summon the iron chain to twist the lock on the cage door, but found that he had no power.

Because his iron chain was attached with the residual soul of a warrior, it had great power. In the past, Yi Han was able to use it to tie up and drag people, but it was not because of his own strength, but because the iron chain itself could provide an invincible force. But in this three-star level, it seemed that it could not be used, probably because of the special rules of "unlocking", all the props that could work miracles with great force were temporarily suppressed.

Because the enemy was very close, if he tried to open the lock with the iron pot, it might not work and would attract the enemy's attention. The situation was unfavorable, so Yi Han did not move for the time being and only scanned the room for the key.

Fortunately, the key to the iron cage was in the house, but a little far away from the cage, on a dirty small table diagonally opposite.

At this time, the person outside the corridor had already stopped, but what surprised Yi Han was that he didn't seem to be standing outside his room.

The man fiddled with something and then opened the door to the next room.

"...Who?" Yi Han vaguely heard a male voice coming from the other side...it turned out to be Jian Lin's voice.

It seems that both Jian Lin and Black Panther were locked in nearby rooms.

Yi Han frowned and suddenly thought of the setting in the rules that "pets or followers can bear debuffs for players". This is undoubtedly a small advantage for players with followers, but the system will not give advantages for free. Now that the game has just started, the three of them have been thrown in different places. If they want to meet up, they may have to exchange keys more than other players.

After Jian Lin made the noise next door, there were a lot of slight noises, including the sound of metal rubbing against each other and the sound of utensils falling. Because of the wall, Yi Han couldn't hear clearly, but he was sure that they must have started fighting.

He tried to extend the chain, but it was not long enough to reach the key, only enough to reach the small table.

He couldn't throw the chain out, because once the prop left his hand, he would lose control of it. Yi Han could only grit his teeth and use the end of it to barely hook the table leg, then pull the table towards the cage little by little.

The wooden table legs made a harsh sound as they rubbed against the concrete floor, but there was a fight going on next door at the moment, so they probably couldn't pay attention to this side.

After a long time of effort, he finally pulled the table closer. Yi Han controlled the chain to hook the key and then pulled it. The little thing was bounced towards Yi Han and was caught by him in mid-air.

After successfully opening the lock, Yi Han came out of the cage, walked quickly to the door, turned the doorknob, and found that the door was also locked.

There was only a cage, a table, an empty iron bucket in the corner and a mop next to it in the room. There was nothing else.

"This... Have I encountered a lock without a key so soon?" Yi Han sighed.

Now that the European Emperor is not around, it is normal for him to be so unlucky. Suddenly, there was another sound of a light bulb breaking next door, followed by a slight groan from Jian Lin, probably because he was beaten.

Yi Han tried to use the iron pot to hit the door, but it didn't work. He had no choice but to exchange for the "master key" for the first time.

This name is obviously just a nickname for a virtual key. After the redemption is successful, no real key appears in your hand, but the door in front of you is opened.

Without having time to confirm what the debuff was, Yi Han hurried out and went to the next door. As soon as he approached, he saw a person thrown out from the door.

He was a tall and thin NPC who had been beaten so hard that his nose was bleeding and he had passed out.

[Your pet eliminated 1 NPC, +30 points at settlement. ]

Yi Han paused and watched the NPC disappear before he slowly walked into the room.

Somehow the two of them had broken the light bulb when they were fighting. The room was dark now, and Jian Lin's slight breathing could be heard from the corner. Yi Han walked in against the light, and from Jian Lin's angle he probably couldn't see him clearly, so he held his breath and became alert again.

"It's me." Yi Han wanted to say, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly couldn't say them... It was as if his ability to speak was completely deprived.

Suddenly, he realized that this should be the first debuff effect he obtained: aphasia.

The words to reveal his identity were stuck in his throat, but Yi Han had already walked into Jian Lin's attack range. The hard training of this kid in the past period of time was indeed not in vain. Yi Han only felt a gust of wind passing by, and quickly stretched out his hand to catch his ankle that was kicking him.

Jian Lin missed his first attack and tried again. Yi Han heard the sound of iron chains rubbing, and then another fist swung towards him in the darkness.

Yi Han had no choice but to stretch out his other hand, block slightly, then flip his wrist and firmly grasp the opponent's fist.

Now Jian Lin's hands and ankles were in Yi Han's hands. He struggled slightly, but perhaps due to the pet-to-pet relationship, he was no match for his master in terms of strength.

"...Yi Han?" Jian Lin asked uncertainly.

Seeing that he stopped struggling and attacking, Yi Han finally freed a hand, took out his cell phone and turned on the flashlight.

This time with light, the two could finally see each other clearly.

Jian Lin's left hand was tied to the water pipe on the wall with a thick iron chain. Only his right hand could move. The back of his hand and the corner of his mouth were slightly scratched, probably from being beaten by the NPC just now. Fortunately, there was nothing unusual other than that.

This room was next to the one Yi Han had just been in, and was about the same size. There was a pile of miscellaneous items in the room. Yi Han rummaged around and soon found the key to the handcuffs from a cardboard box in the corner.

"Where's Xiao Hei?" Jian Lin asked while rubbing his painful wrist after being untied.

Xiao Hei is the name Jian Lin gave to the black panther... although Yi Han doesn't know how it is small. The black panther is 3 years old this year, which is roughly equivalent to a child in his early teens if converted to human terms. But perhaps because it is not an ordinary animal, it looks stronger than an adult leopard.

Yi Han couldn't speak, so he could only shake his head and silently led Jian Lin back to the corridor. The three of them came in together, so they shouldn't be too far away.

The two searched several rooms along the corridor and soon found Black Panther in a locked room with a small window.

"Xiao Hei." Jian Lin called softly through the window. Black Panther was locked in a dog cage in the corner. He was originally alert with his fur puffed up, but after hearing Jian Lin's voice, he obviously calmed down and whined in grievance.

This room was even emptier than the room where Yi Han was tied up. There was nothing else in it except the cage. Yi Han saw at a glance the key to the iron cage hanging under the light bulb on the ceiling...but there was no key to the door.

Yi Han took a few steps back and looked around at the nearby corridors and walls. The terrain inside the building was somewhat complicated. Not far away, there were winding forks in the road, like a maze, but the walls in the corridors were clean and smooth, with nothing posted and no place to hide keys.

Although the black panther was captured as a pet because it followed Xiao Jiu to attack Yi Han, but since it is now his own panther, Yi Han will definitely not abandon it at this time, regardless of whether it is useless or not.

"Let me take care of that debuff..." Jian Lin suddenly said when he saw Yi Han preparing to exchange the key again.

At the beginning of the game, the rules for unlocking the lock were sent to all players and followers of this level. Jian Lin also received it. Seeing that Yi Han had not spoken all the way, he guessed that he already had a layer of debuff. Yi Han was the strongest among the two of them, and they could not let him accumulate too many negative states. Therefore, Jian Lin, who was a European emperor, took the initiative to take on this matter.

With a click, the door of Xiao Hei's room opened. Jian Lin frowned.

Yi Han looked at him and asked what the debuff was. Jian Lin tilted his head and pursed his lips.

"Maybe it's a loss of taste? My mouth feels a little numb... but it's not serious, it shouldn't have much impact." Jian Lin said slowly.

Yi Han nodded. In fact, it was more appropriate to let the lucky ones to handle this kind of random event, because with the blessing of luck, they would basically not randomly encounter a debuff in the true sense.

The two entered the room, Yi Han took the cage door key under the light bulb and opened the door for Xiao Hei. The big guy immediately jumped into Jian Lin's arms and rubbed against him.

In this way, the two people and the leopard were finally together, but the situation was not optimistic.

——Only fifteen minutes into the game, they had already used up two lock-picking opportunities without obtaining a map or finding the target player.

This building looks like a prison cell and a maze. The road ahead will probably be very difficult.

Several people took their weapons and came out of the room where Xiao Hei was imprisoned. After looking around, they began to look for the other five teammates and the exit of the building. Since there was no key, the power of the iron pot and the iron chain was limited, and they could not break the door violently. Yi Han, who was usually obsessed with exploring all the rooms, could only sigh all the way, but it was a pity that these exploration points had to be given up. There were not many long corridors in the building, and there would be forks every few sections. At this time, Jian Lin made the choice.

After walking for about ten minutes, an iron fence for isolation appeared at the end of the corridor in front of us.

Coincidentally, two people also walked into the corridor on the other side of the fence. One was tall and thin with glasses, and the other was sturdy and dressed in black, like the former's bodyguard.

When the two men saw Yi Han and the others, they were also stunned for a moment, then they looked at each other, and when they saw that they were all players, they moved to both sides of the fence.

"My name is Qin Yi, hello. I have explored several forks on this side of the road, and they are all dead ends. Don't go any further, I also need to go through here now." The man with glasses said straight to the point, "Just now, in order to leave the room and save my companions, I have already used two lock-picking opportunities. If I open it again, I will reach the limit. I wonder if you have extra times. Can you help me open the door?"

The man with glasses was very tall and had fair skin, similar to Jian Lin in appearance. However, unlike Jian Lin's gentle and well-behaved temperament, the man in front of him had a cold expression. Even if he asked for help in a very polite tone, he would give people a cold and distant feeling.

[Note: The player in front of you is the target of this special mission. ]

Yi Han glanced at the notification on his phone, then looked up at Qin Yi who was waiting for a reply.

According to the information a27 sent me, this person has been in the game for a long time and ranks high on the leaderboard. He seems to be very powerful, but his character is uncertain.

So far, this person has only said one sentence to Yi Han and the others, but it seems that something is wrong. For example, the sturdy man behind him should be his follower, but he is obviously not a soulless puppet, but more like a goblin or ghost similar to Jian Lin. But in what Qin Yi said just now, although he called this person a "partner", he never used "we" as the subject, but kept saying "I" this and that. Does this represent his attitude towards non-human partners?

...Well, Yi Han actually knew that he was just overthinking. After all, not much information could be obtained from a simple sentence. If he wanted to tell whether he was a villain who was extremely good at disguising himself and could even deceive the system's judgment, he would have to have more contact with him.

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