Qin Linlin read a narration, which explained why the six of them were blindfolded and locked up in this place.

Yin Chengjue looked around and confirmed that Rong Yu, Hua Yun, and Yang Ji were not locked up with them.

Liu Qingling broke the silence first: "Then let's think of a way to get out of here now."

So everyone subconsciously focused their attention on Lei Miao.

Lei Miao: "...What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and find clues to open the door! This is an electronic door, it's not within my scope of business, thank you!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes revealed a look of regret.

The guard added, "Little Lei, times are changing, and if your professional skills can't keep up, you'll be eliminated one day!"

Yin Chengjue happened to be standing by the door. He randomly pressed a few zeros on the electronic door's password digits. When he pressed the eighth zero, the electronic door beeped and displayed a red light and a prompt tone: "Incorrect password, please re-enter."

"It's an eight-digit password. Let's start searching," Yin Chengjue said.

"Eight digits? That would have ruled out the possibility of us trying them one by one from the very beginning!" the guard wailed.

The others: "..." Even if it's just a three-digit password, we don't want to try them one by one, thank you!

This was a small space of only about ten square meters, with no windows and only a door that was a head shorter than Yin Chengjue.

Inside the room were two dilapidated cabinets, filled with many items, but none of them seemed to be of much use. To the left of the cabinets was a pile of cardboard boxes, and to the right was a long table with one or two chairs, just like the desks and chairs in an old school. The drawers of the table were empty, and on the tabletop sat a yellowed diary—clearly the most valuable thing in the space.

Liu Qingling picked up the diary, showed it to the camera, and read its contents aloud.

This is a security guard's diary. The diary entries are all about daily life. Judging from the descriptions in the diary, this underground laboratory was quite lively with people coming and going every day before it was abandoned.

However, the laboratory has excellent security measures. The security guard has been guarding the door outside the laboratory for two years and still has no idea what kind of experiments are being conducted inside.

Of course, he wasn't interested in knowing. He just focused on going to and from get off work every day and doing his job well, so his diary entries were kept very simple.

It is precisely because of its simplicity that the black stain splattered on the last page of the diary stands out so jarringly.

Beneath that black stain was a large handprint, as if a hand had once gripped that page of paper.

"Hiss! This... could it be blood? It's been over ten years, the color of blood must have changed. Something terrible must have happened here," Liu Qingling said.

Yin Chengjue: "If that's the case, then the incident definitely didn't happen here; the diary was moved here by someone."

"Huh? Why?" Wei Shu asked, puzzled.

Liu Qingling: "Because this place is too clean. There are bloodstains on the diary, but the walls here are quite clean. There are handprints on the diary, but not on the table or the walls. It looks obviously incongruous, so we can guess that this diary did not originally belong here."

Yin Chengjue: "Moreover, this is a security guard's diary, but this place doesn't look like a security room, let alone a rest room. It looks more like a storage room."

Guard: "Huh? So this diary isn't helpful in cracking the code to this door?"

"There is still some help." Xiao Xiao pointed to the date on the diary: "The date, month, and year add up to exactly eight digits, don't they?"

"Hey! Look what I found!" Qin Ke held up a red piece of paper with the word "Recruitment" printed on it in big letters. He said, "This is a job posting for a security guard in the lab. The deadline was October 2nd, ten years ago. Can you tell when this security guard started working?"

Liu Qingling had already read out: "October 1, 2010".

Lei Miao stood by the door and, upon hearing this, casually entered 20101001 into the electronic lock on the door.

Hearing the sound of keystrokes, Wei Shu laughed and said, "It can't be this. What does a security guard's start date have to do with the password? There must be another connection..."

"Beep! Password correct!"

A red light illuminated on the electronic door, accompanied by an audible confirmation that the password was correct.

Qin Linlin behind the camera: "..." No way! You haven't even finished looking for all the clues yet!

Lei Miao scratched his head: "Uh, I just tried it randomly. So, why is this the password? Why is the security guard's start date related to the password?"

Others: "How would we know!"

Even though I opened the electronic lock, I feel even more confused!

However, since the lock was already open, there was no reason to stay here any longer. Lei Miao opened the door first and went out, only to find that it was pitch black outside, with only the room they were in having light shining through.

"It looks like a corridor outside, and I don't see any light switches." Lei Miao groped around for a bit.

Their phones had been taken away before they came in, so they couldn't use them for lighting now.

"Wait, I think I found a flashlight in the cardboard box." Xiao Xiao quickly turned around and found two flashlights. She handed one of them to Yin Chengjue, who was standing closest to her.

Yin Chengjue then took a flashlight and walked at the front of the group.

Darkness can easily create psychological pressure, so Liu Qingling took the initiative to lighten the mood: "Let's all introduce ourselves now, briefly stating our names and the reasons for being here, okay?"

Wei Shu and Lei Miao were already veteran players, so when Liu Qingling spoke, they naturally chimed in and introduced themselves. However, they were also cautious, only saying that they had received a letter, without revealing its contents.

So after the six people went through the introductions, they all said they came because they had received the letters.

Liu Qingling: "We came here according to the instructions in the letter, but we were drugged and locked up as soon as we entered. What does this mean? It means that the person who wrote the letter to us is suspicious! He may have deliberately lured us here. So the question is, why would he do this if we had no grudge against each other?"

“There are three possibilities. First, that person chose randomly and just happened to pick us. Second, we have something in common that made him choose us. Third, this lab is about to be demolished, and he needs someone to come so he can achieve his goal.” Yin Chengjue shone his flashlight around and stopped when he saw a fork in the road ahead. He asked, “There’s a fork in the road. Which way should we go?”

Xiao Xiao, who was also holding a flashlight, first took a few steps to the left, then turned back, took a few steps to the right, and said, "I can't see the end on either side, so just choose whichever one you like."

Qin Ke said, "Wait! How can we choose this so casually? What if we choose the wrong one and end up with something bad?"

Guard: "So what do you think we should choose?"

Qin Ke chuckled, bent down, and took off one of his shoes, saying, "Now I'll spin my shoe, and whichever side the toe is closer to, that's the side we'll walk on! Let me tell you! I used this trick to avoid countless dangers while filming in the rainforest! The Shoe God really exists!"

The others: "..." A shoe god? An evil god? That doesn't sound very plausible!

Qin Ke: "What's with all those disgusted looks? I don't have smelly feet! I'll let you smell them if you don't believe me!"

Others: "No! Get out!"

Qin Ke shrugged and began to twirl his shoes.

So everyone watched as the tip of his shoe stopped and pointed to the road on the left.

Qin Ke immediately laughed and said, "Hey, brothers, let's go to the left..." Before he could finish speaking, he saw Yin Chengjue lead the way to the right, and the other four also walked into the right-hand path in perfect unison.

Qin Ke: "Hey! Wait for me! At least wait until I've put my shoes on! You heartless bastard!"

Because Yin Chengjue and Xiao Xiao were both carrying flashlights and walking ahead, and since they were both men, they took large strides, and the path behind them was quickly swallowed up by darkness. Qin Ke was also tying his shoelaces, and with this delay, he could no longer see the path under his feet.

Qin Ke quickly sped up and grabbed the person at the very end of the line, "Hey, slow down! Don't leave me alone in the dark!"

Yin Chengjue's voice echoed back: "Hold hands behind you, don't get separated."

Qin Ke retorted speechlessly, "We got separated because you, the one leading the way, walked too fast!"

Just as Qin Ke finished speaking, the light that had been moving forward stopped, and Yin Chengjue's voice came from afar with a hint of doubt: "Qin Ke? Why does your voice sound so far away?"

Hearing this, Qin Ke became even angrier: "You're walking so fast, and you think our voices are too far away?"

Hearing Qin Ke's echo, Yin Chengjue was even more puzzled: "You guys?"

Yin Chengjue raised his flashlight and looked around. There were four people around him, plus himself, making five people. Qin Ke was the only one missing. Who was Qin Ke referring to as "us"?

However, before Yin Chengjue and the others could turn back to check the situation, they heard Qin Ke yell, "What the hell are you?!"

Yin Chengjue quickly shone the flashlight back, just in time to see Qin Ke sprinting towards them, shouting as he ran, "Oh no! I accidentally knocked down an NPC! Lights! Flashlight, quick!"

The five people: "..."

The five people quickly followed Qin Ke back and helped the staff member who had fallen down to his feet.

Qin Ke quickly reached out to check the other person's breath.

Staff member: "...I'm still alive, I just bumped my nose."

As if to confirm his statement, two tubes of blood flowed from the staff member's nose and dripped onto Qin Ke's hand.

Qin Ke was startled and hurriedly reached for tissues, only to find that they had been confiscated before he came in.

The staff member waved his hand, casually wiped away the blood from his nose with his sleeve, and then reached out his hand to Qin Ke.

Qin Ke was a little flustered: "Well, I really don't have any tissues here. If you don't have enough sleeves, you can use mine to wipe yourself."

Staff member: "..."

The staff member said expressionlessly, "You're still holding my wig in your hand."