Xia Chuohe played games day and night until she died of exhaustion. The bad news: she didn't die completely and transmigrated into the monster-slaying game she was playing before her death – ...
This is a nonsensical puzzle game where you pass levels to get started.
If you're playing this kind of game on a mobile phone, without a walkthrough, you need to tap around to find interactive items in order to find the key.
The first few levels are usually quite simple, and most people with normal logic can pass them. However, the later levels become increasingly illogical, and various nonsensical NPCs may appear.
Xia Chuhe once played a game where you had to fill the kettle to make the key inside float to the surface.
So where does the water come from?
There's an NPC by the door who only says "Aba aba". Just prop the NPC up and shake its head towards the kettle.
Because we need to use the water from the NPC's brain...
After the player pours out the water, the NPC will say "thank you".
Xia Chuhe stood not far away, observing the scene in front of the door.
The existence of a door corresponds to a "key." All the scenes constructed by the designer are a fog concealing the "key."
She already had an idea.
However, dungeons are different from games. You won't die in a game, but you will die in a dungeon.
If there are hidden dangers in the dungeon, and she is the designer, she will definitely design the most dangerous places as seemingly safe places, for example...
Seeing that Xia Chuhe had stopped, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but urge her: "City Lord, come here. Maybe if they detect the weight of the six of us, the door will open."
Xia Chuhe: "Coming right now, you all prepare to respond."
03 drew his sword, his feet neither too far to the left nor too far to the right; Liao Ning took a step back and pressed himself against the door, ready to pass through the obstacle (door) at any moment; Bai Jiu crouched down warily; Wang Mei looked in the direction where Xia Chuhe was standing, having already chosen her teleportation landing point.
Whether Lu Xiaofeng was genuinely naive or feigning ignorance, he asked, "Prepare what?"
Xia Chuhe smiled and walked to the door. He had just stood a meter away from the door when he saw arrows shooting out from all directions.
Xia Chuhe did a backflip and dodged the arrows.
Wang Mei was the fastest, already appearing at the safe position where Xia Chuhe had initially stopped; Bai Jiu darted forward, rolling away a great distance; 03 only slightly moved to the side, wielding his sword with impenetrable force; Lu Xiaofeng, however, was no longer foolish, remotely retrieving the table to the left of the door and using it as a shield.
Liao Ning did not follow the expected path through the gate, but instead squatted down next to 03 with a strange expression.
Fortunately, 03 was able to protect her and shield her from several arrows; otherwise, she would have been injured at the first gate.
A short while later, the arrows stopped being fired.
Xia Chuhe breathed a sigh of relief; things were better than she had expected. She had thought there would be traps on the ground, and if she fell into one and then encountered arrows, it wouldn't be so easy to dodge.
Liao Ning's expression was very unpleasant: "There's something strange about this door; I can't get through it."
These words were tantamount to admitting that her special ability was ineffective in the instance, and that she had become a burden.
Xia Chuhe didn't take it to heart. If Liao Ning's superpower was useful, wouldn't that be like having a powerful cheat code, making the game pointless?
"It's alright, we haven't even started exploring yet. There's still a way to open the door. Just follow us carefully," Xia Chuhe said calmly.
Liao Ning remained silent, feeling somewhat ashamed.
Lu Xiaofeng put the table back: "How...how did the city lord know there would be danger?"
"Experience," Xia Chuhe said without elaborating.
Wang Mei rolled her eyes at Lu Xiaofeng, "Idiot, if there's no danger in a dungeon, what kind of dungeon is that?"
Wang Mei looked at the wall that stretched out from it: "I'll go check both sides and see if anyone wants to come with me?"
Her special ability is teleportation; she can go and take a look without spending much time.
03. He took the initiative to step forward and said, "Take me with you."
With him by their side, the two of them will be safe.
Although she guessed there wouldn't be any clues on either side of the wall, Xia Chuhe acquiesced, wanting to see what Wang Mei could do.
Wang Mei grabbed 03's wrist, and in a flash, the two appeared twenty meters away. After a few more flashes, only two small dots remained of their silhouettes.
Xia Chuhe made a plan in his mind: twenty meters was Wang Mei's minimum range. If she were alone, she might be able to jump even further.
Having confirmed this, Xia Chuhe didn't wait for the two to return and immediately began to probe the location of the key.
"You all move back a bit."
Xia Chuhe beckoned the remaining three people behind him and lit a large fire in front of the door.
After the flames were extinguished, the items near the door were completely undamaged, and even the toilet paper showed no signs of burning.
Xia Chuhe's plan to speedrun the game failed, and he could only cautiously search the items next to the door according to the game's settings.
Xia Chuhe picked up the water bottle from the ground, unscrewed the cap, and emptied the water; he picked up the welcome sign, pulled out the paper from it, and tore it to shreds; he overturned the table that Lu Xiaofeng had left beside him and began to feel around under the table inch by inch…
Bai Jiu and Liao Ning whispered to each other, "What is the city lord doing?"
Liao Ning shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
Lu Xiaofeng glanced at the two of them and asked loudly, "What are you doing?"
"Look for clues."
"What clue could be in the water bottle?" Lu Xiaofeng muttered to himself, puzzled by Xia Chuhe's behavior and feeling that she was wasting her time.
Xia Chuhe ordered the three men: "Go and look through the books on the shelf, turn every single page. Be careful of the traps."
Liao Ning hadn't recovered from the shock of his powers failing when Xia Chuhe directed him. Finding himself somewhat useful, he finally mustered the energy to start flipping through the book.
Bai Jiu went along with them.
Lu Xiaofeng opened his mouth, but finding himself isolated and helpless, he could only absentmindedly pick up a book and slowly flip through it.
What are you doing?
Wang Mei returned safely with 03, her voice slightly breathless.
"Looking for clues? Can't you see them?" Lu Xiaofeng felt that Xia Chuhe was wasting his time and was very angry.
Wang Mei ignored him and reported to Xia Chuhe: "We walked about three kilometers, and the white wall kept extending, but we didn't find anything special."
Xia Chuhe nodded and told the two of them to go look through the magazines.
She scanned the shelves up and down, her gaze lingering on the rolls of paper on the top shelf.
There was a paper tube in the center of the toilet paper roll, but it was empty. Each layer of the roll was rolled very tightly, and it didn't look like there was anything hidden inside.
Xia Chuhe stubbornly continued to spin the toilet paper roll, pulling out an increasingly long tissue that drooped over Lu Xiaofeng's head as he sat on the ground.
Lu Xiaofeng reached out to snatch the toilet paper: "What are you doing? What's so interesting about a roll of toilet paper!"
Xia Chuhe twisted his body, preventing him from succeeding.
"Shut up," Xia Chuhe said in a low voice.
When you pull the toilet paper down to the last roll, it peels completely off the tube, and there's nothing there.
Lu Xiaofeng pursed his lips and deliberately turned the pages of the book very loudly.
Xia Chuhe frowned. Had she guessed wrong?
If the key has nothing to do with the toilet paper, then it can only be hidden in the pages of a book.
Xia Chuhe bent down to inspect the magazines, and the paper tube in his hand suddenly made a soft "thump" sound.
Xia Chuhe looked down and saw a key that had appeared in the paper tube at some point. It had now fallen to the ground with a clatter through the hole in the tube.