Chapter 50

Including Ren Qiao'an, there were six of them in total. He Xiaoxiao had booked a horror-themed escape room online in advance, and once they were all there, they could start right away.

Six people were brought into the preparation room, where they were each given a blindfold and instructed to wear it. After everyone was blindfolded, they lined up, with the last person placing their hand on the shoulder of the person in front. Under the guidance of the staff, they entered the room. Even before the start, the atmosphere of terror was already established.

When the staff reminded them that they could take off their blindfolds, several people took them off one after another and found that it was still pitch black in front of them.

"ah!"

Someone exclaimed, and Ren Qiaoyuan was startled.

"He Xiaoxiao!"

It was Jin Xi's voice. Ren Qiao'an was not a coward. She didn't know whether Jin Xi would be afraid or not, but since she was in the dark, Ren Qiao'an didn't dare to move around rashly.

The complete darkness did not last long. Strange lights began to flash in the room, flickering and dimming, quite like the light balls in a KTV. Just when Ren Qiao'an was about to be blinded by the light, the speaker sounded and the plot introduction began.

"Xixi, this is so scary!" He Xiaoxiao is not afraid of the dark, but she is afraid of ghosts!

Jin Xi said unhappily, "You chose the horror theme yourself." This guy is both naive and playful.

Lan Peng laughed and said, "Haha~ If the group leader is scared, you can hide in my arms."

"Okay, okay! Lanlan, where are you~" He Xiaoxiao wanted it more than anything else and threw herself into the arms of the young lady.

Tsk, he is worthy of being the leader of a group, so shameless. Ren Qiaoyuan walked silently to Jin Xi's side.

After the speaker finished speaking, the lights returned to normal. Although it was still dim, at least they could see their surroundings clearly. The room they were in was arranged like a classroom, with two desks and a blackboard with some formulas and numbers on it. On the wall opposite the blackboard were some papers that looked like children's graffiti.

Ren Qiaoan roughly listened to the background of the story. It was an elementary school, and several students had disappeared. Their mission was to find these missing children. However, since this was a horror-themed plot, Ren Qiaoan guessed that the children they were looking for must be dead...

Tang Tang pointed, "There's a door over there. It probably needs a password."

Jin Xi followed the girl and took a closer look. Jin Xi had the best impression of the girl with medium-long hair. During the previous dinner, Jin Xi found that Tang Tang was very quiet, not a talkative person, and gave people a very gentle feeling.

Another short-haired girl, Doudou, also made a discovery, "There's something in the drawer."

"Wow, that's a clue." He Xiaoxiao walked over excitedly, grabbed the card and took a look. It seemed to be related to the symbol on the blackboard. "Come over and solve the puzzle." He Xiaoxiao was no stranger to the game of escape room, but she was usually responsible for creating an atmosphere, so forget about asking her to solve the puzzle.

This was Ren Qiao'an's first time playing the game. She roughly knew the process, but had no idea how the game worked.

Fortunately, except for Ren Qiao'an who was playing for the first time, everyone else had some gaming experience, and they quickly opened the door to the second room. However, it was pitch black behind the door.

Lan Peng complained: "What the hell, how can we play it when it's so dark?"

He Xiaoxiao echoed: "That's right."

At this time, the loudspeaker sounded again, "Players, the lights are in the corridor, please go in and turn them on yourselves."

"Uh... It's so dark, who wants to go in?" He Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to grab Lan Peng's arm. To be precise, it was Lan Peng on his left hand and Doudou on his right hand, but because He Xiaoxiao was taller than both of them, the three of them standing together formed a small hill.

Seeing that no one had come forward, Ren Qiao'an took the initiative to move forward. She had not played any role in the first room, and it was time for her to contribute to the team. However, Ren Qiao'an had just taken two steps when she was stopped by someone.

"I'll do it." Jin Xi stopped Ren Qiao'an, took a few steps forward, passed him, and walked quickly into the darkness. Ren Qiao'an was stunned at first, but after reacting, he followed. She took two steps and disappeared from everyone's sight with Jin Xi.

"I'll go with you." Ren Qiao'an caught up with Jin Xi and naturally took Jin Xi's hand.

Jin Xi didn't refuse, "Aren't you afraid?"

"Aren't you here?" Ren Qiao'an was not very fond of this deliberately created horror atmosphere, but the experience of two people holding hands and slowly groping in the dark was quite novel.

Jin Xi, who originally wanted to end the battle quickly, suddenly felt like chatting because of Ren Qiao'an's joining in. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming..." Jin Xi's voice was very soft, so soft that only the two of them could hear it.

"You didn't tell me either." Ren Qiao'an didn't mean to deliberately hide it from Jin Xi, but Jin Xi didn't mention it. "By the way, He Xiaoxiao is the leader of the Axe Hammer Tutu group?"

Jin Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "Yeah." Ren Qiao'an would know sooner or later.

"Then they..."

"You two are walking too deep inside. There's no need to do that. The light switch is near the door." The sudden horn sound startled the two men.

After hearing the prompt, Jin Xi and Ren Qiao'an had no choice but to walk back a few steps, fumbled around the wall for a while, and finally found the switch.

As soon as the lights came on, the background commentary started again~

This is a long corridor with many decorations on the walls on both sides, a closed door in the middle of the wall, and another door at the end of the wall.

Following the rules, the group began searching for clues to the door. As the story progressed, the children followed a strange sound and ran into the corridor. One of the children screamed, and the others were frightened and ran away in all directions.

Some people were studying the class timetable on the wall, some were looking at the bulletin board on the wall, but Ren Qiao'an was attracted by the clock at the end of the corridor. The clock stopped at 19:30, and it should be a prop clock. Ren Qiao'an tried to move the hands, and it moved with a "click". Ren Qiao'an thought it was quite interesting, so he picked up the hands and turned them around the clock face.

Suddenly, there was a "boom" sound from behind.

"ah!!"

"ah!!!"

What followed was a scream, and Ren Qiaoyuan's heart skipped a beat out of fright, but what happened?

Ren Qiao'an turned around in confusion and was surprised to find something falling from the ceiling. It was made of long hair and white clothes and was hanging in the air.

Uh...is this a corpse?

"ah!!"

"What is Dengxi?!"

When Ren Qiao'an heard the sound and looked over, he saw that several people over there were hugging each other. He Xiaoxiao buried her head in Lan Peng's arms with a look of fear, while Lan Peng shrunk his head and dared not look. Doudou on the other side secretly pinched the corner of Tang Tang's clothes. Even Jin Xi, who was the calmest, turned pale. This wave scared everyone.

Ren Qiao'an scratched his head apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, it seems that I moved the clock and this thing fell down." After that, Ren Qiao'an walked over and took a closer look at the "corpse". It was still a little scary from a distance, but when you look closely, you will find that the props are very rough.

"Its ear seems to have fallen off." Ren Qiaoyuan picked up a small piece of prop on the ground, not knowing whether it fell off due to poor workmanship or was dropped on purpose.

"Let me see." Jin Xi was the second one to come over. She took the props, walked to a long stage, and read out: "Four happy children, holding hands and becoming good friends. One can't see, one can't hear, one can't speak, and the other one is somewhere." Jin Xi placed the small props on the stage. "There are three empty spaces here, and they should be used for the corresponding props."

Tang Tang said expressionlessly: "Eyes, ears and tongue."

"Huh~" He Xiaoxiao felt disgusted, "Ren Qiao'an, is there anything else?" He Xiaoxiao didn't dare to go over by herself.

Ren Qiao'an shook his head, "There's nothing left on the ground. Otherwise, should I take the body down and take a look?" Ren Qiao'an looked up at the body hanging in the air, seriously considering whether he could take it down.

"Let me help you." Lan Peng, who had regained his energy, offered to help.

At this time, the speaker sounded again, "Dear players, please don't destroy the props~ Friendly reminder, you can go back to the first room and see, there are still clues there~"

Uh... I can’t take it down, Ren Qiaoyuan was a little disappointed.

Following the staff's instructions, several people returned to the first room and found a secret door in the corner. It was open, and no one knew what was behind the door.

Then, the staff's warm reminder came again, "Congratulations to the player for finding the hidden mission. Completing the hidden mission requires teamwork. Please send one person into the room, and the others will assist outside~"

Jin Xi calmly analyzed, "It probably requires matching the information inside and outside." This design is sometimes used to increase the difficulty of escape rooms and test teamwork. "I'll go in," Jin Xi said, the first to enter. As soon as she entered, the door locked again. Jin Xi remained calm. Inside was a small room, only about two square meters. There was only a desk and a pile of data cards. There was a small blackboard on the wall with a table on it. Some of the tables were filled with pictures, while others were blank.

Jin Xi understood, "Tell me what the class schedule is like outside."

After hearing Jinxi's words, the people outside split into two groups and relayed the message to Jinxi. After a while, Jinxi came out.

"How is it, did you get the clue?"

Jin Xi showed it with her actions, throwing a black brocade bag to He Xiaoxiao. He Xiaoxiao guessed what was inside and threw it to Lan Peng with disdain. Lan Peng threw it to Doudou, and Tang Tang took it from Doudou. Tang Tang calmly opened the brocade bag and took out a red, soft object. "It's a tongue."

"..." Ren Qiao'an finally understood that Tang Tang was the ruthless person, while Lan Peng was just a paper tiger. He didn't know which girl in the group Tang Tang was.

Blue-Paper Tiger-Peng raised his head, trying to maintain a T-like posture: "There's only one left."

Doudou said, "Notice board."

He Xiaoxiao slapped her head and said, "Oh right, I've used up all the other clues. The only thing left to solve is the information on the notice board."

With a direction in hand, the last clue was quickly found. The door opened, but the lighting in the next room was very dim, so dim that it was almost impossible to see the layout of the room.

Lan Peng glanced at the door and asked, "Is this a toilet?"

"It should be." The fearless Ren Qiao'an had already walked in. She pushed the door of the compartment, "The door won't open."

Tang Tang and Jin Xi also walked in one after another, looking for clues according to the plot prompts.

"Tangtang, what are you looking at?" He Xiaoxiao saw Tang Tang staring at the mirror. She was looking so seriously that she almost leaned over it.