Yang Ji was shocked: "How did you know?"

Liu Qingling looked away with a sorrowful expression: "It's a long story. Ever since I secretly looked at your sister-in-law's WeChat that time... I've never wanted to eat durian again..."

The young masters watching: "..." We really don't understand the adult world.

But that doesn't stop people from enjoying the gossip.

However, the time to watch the drama unfold was short-lived. With a second "bang!" sound, it was clear that the authorities had begun preparing to demolish the place, and it would be too late if they didn't run away soon.

"Hurry up, Wei Shu, Lei Miao, and I are on the detective route, let's get the other missions done too," Yin Chengjue urged.

Hua Yun: "Me, Rong Yu, and Liu Qingling are the escape route."

So the remaining three people, Yang Ji, Xiao Xiao, and Qin Ke, are on the treasure hunt route.

Lei Miao said, "Well, I'm a detective in the investigation team. My undercover agent can prove my identity, so you can give me that water gun."

The instruction manual was placed under the water gun. The water gun was filled with paint. You could confirm the murderer by spraying the paint on the chosen murderer.

As before, there are two chances. The first time, all three people can choose the target they believe in. The one with the most votes is the one to choose. If the three people choose different targets, they can reject one wrong answer. Then, they choose from the remaining two people who have already chosen. The one with the most votes is the one to choose. They cannot abstain from voting.

"Wait, who is our mole? The mole should step forward," Yin Chengjue reminded him.

Yang Ji coughed lightly: "Here, I am an undercover agent for the detective team, and I can testify that Lei Miao is the detective chief."

The others: "..." Who was it that just stubbornly denied being an undercover agent?

Yin Chengjue: "..." Oh, so it was one of his own undercover agents.

Yin Chengjue looked at Wei Shu, who had no choice but to raise his hands: "Yes, yes, I am an undercover agent, an undercover agent for the escape route. Hua Zi is my detective."

Everyone turned their attention to Rong Yu and Liu Qingling, wondering which of the two was the mole in the treasure hunt storyline.

Xiao Xiao then turned her gaze to Rong Yu: "Rong Yu is our undercover agent."

A moment of surprise flashed in Rong Yu's eyes, but she immediately responded with a smile, seemingly in agreement.

"Then let's give these important items to the captains of their respective mission lines first," Liu Qingling suggested.

Everyone agrees on this point.

"Is everyone ready now?" Liu Qingling asked.

Everyone: "Alright!"

So, as planned, Xiao Xiao turned off the lights, Lei Miao opened the door, and a group of people greeted the mutants wandering in the corridor.

Their original plan was to minimize the sound of their footsteps and move in complete darkness.

However, as if deliberately working against them, the corridor lights turned on the instant they stepped out!

The hallway lights are on!

A bright and spacious area!

The mutant opened its mouth, which was filled with sharp teeth, and let out a strange roar: "Awooooo!"

Yang Ji: "Aaaaaah!—"

Wei Shu looked at Hua Yun with a conflicted expression: "Should we also give a token greeting to liven things up?"

Hua Yun looked disgusted: "If you want to call me, you can call me yourself. I don't want to."

However, while the young masters couldn't create a terrifying atmosphere, they could easily handle the atmosphere of a running race. The group took long strides and started running rumbling down the corridor.

First, escape this room, then complete your respective mission lines. It's all about speed!

They were so fast that even the mutants couldn't catch up with them for a while.

The nine people split into three groups, but they all had the same goal: to run towards the elevator.

They've already searched the area below. The treasure hunt route didn't find the Water of Life, so they naturally need to search upwards. The escape route, on the other hand, requires them to run upwards anyway. The detective route's target is the murderer, so they naturally need to follow them.

Yang Ji quickly recited a tongue twister, and the elevator made a "ding" sound, successfully starting and slowly descending.

As the elevator doors slowly opened and the mutated people who had squeezed inside surged out, Yin Chengjue shouted, "1, 2, 3, freeze!"

The announcement came on at the right time: "Player Yin Chengjue has used the skill 'Wooden Man'. All players and mutants except Yin Chengjue himself are forced to stand still and cannot move! Any unauthorized movement will be considered a violation of the game rules and will result in immediate elimination!"

At the same time, the mutants who had rushed out of the elevator all froze!

The other players reacted instantly: !!

"Yin Chengjue! What kind of insane skill is this?!" the guard accused, but obediently stopped moving.

Yin Chengjue glanced at him: "So you're saying you want to stay here by yourself?" As he spoke, Yin Chengjue picked up Rong Yu, who was also frozen in place, and put him into the elevator. He then carried several other immobile people in as well.

Wei Shu immediately changed his tune: "Oh! My dear God, what a humane skill card this is! It perfectly solves our current predicament! Oh! Handsome, dashing, and debonair President Yin, could you please put in just a little more effort and let me enjoy the comfort of your strong arms?"

Rong Yu smiled and said, "Shushu, my CP's arms are only for me~"

"Huh?" Before Wei Shu could react, Yin Chengjue grabbed him by the collar and carried him into the elevator like a chick.

Guard: "Cough cough cough! Are you trying to strangle me?!"

Yin Chengjue quickly clicked the close button on the elevator. At the same time, the timeout for the "Wooden Man" skill ended, and the elevator began to rise. The mutants locked outside kept banging on the isolation door, but could only watch as the elevator went further away.

Even so, the crisis was not over. Not only because there would be mutants waiting at the elevator after the doors opened, but also because they had been touched by mutants while running down the corridor. The mutants' hands were covered in red paint, and now it was clear that none of them had escaped this fate, with their clothes stained with red paint to varying degrees.

"What does it mean to be smeared with these? Does it mean we've been infected too?" Rong Yu asked.

Yin Chengjue: "That's possible."

"What do we do then? Will we turn into mutants too?" The guard also became nervous: "Does that mean the mission has failed?"

Liu Qingling suggested, "Then let's search every room carefully on the second floor and see if we can find the antidote!"

"Why do we need to find an antidote?" Hua Yun wiped the red paint off her hands with a tissue. "First of all, we need to know that our mission doesn't say that being infected by a mutant will result in mission failure."

"Huh? Now that you mention it, it does make sense!"

However, before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, Qin Linlin's voice came over the loudspeaker again.

"Friendly reminder: Once a player comes into contact with the viral paint on a mutant, they will be considered infected with the virus. If they do not obtain the blood of Test Subject 1, 2, and 3 within ten minutes of infection, they will become a mutant without self-awareness."

"What? Experiment subjects? There are so many experimental subjects in this whole laboratory, where are we going to find Experiment Subjects Number One, Number Two, and Number Three?!" the guard complained.

Rong Yu, Yang Ji, and Hua Yun: "..." We knew those three numbers under the chair couldn't be anything good!

At this moment, the elevator doors have also opened.

However, to their surprise, there wasn't a group of mutants waiting to paint them outside the door; instead, it was empty and so quiet that it felt somewhat unreal.

"No? No mutants?" Yang Ji asked incredulously. "That shouldn't be the case! We saw so many before we ran down; it couldn't just be the group that came out of the elevator!"

"Is it possible that they went back to their rooms? Look, all those rooms are open now... wait, is this a surveillance camera?" Liu Qingling quickly noticed the surveillance camera in the lobby.

"Where is this being monitored?"

Rong Yu said, "We saw you on the surveillance cameras downstairs, but we didn't have time to look at them for long because the rooms opened quickly and the mutants came out."

Yin Chengjue: "What triggered the opening of the room? Or rather, what happened before that?"

Yang Ji said, "We saw you on the surveillance footage and thought about meeting up with you. Then we realized that this elevator was a solution, so we started working on unlocking the elevator doors. Once the doors were unlocked, those rooms were opened."

"They came out of these rooms, and what about you?" Yin Chengjue looked around, finally focusing his gaze on the room with the door open, which was directly opposite the monitor screen.

"That's the room. We were tied to chairs with ropes." Yang Ji led everyone to that room very proactively.

Yin Chengjue said casually, "Impressive. You guys were blindfolded and still managed to untie the ropes. Do you usually do similar family exercises?"

Liu Qingling: "Tsk tsk tsk, President Yin, this is all happening under the camera, isn't it a bit inappropriate to make such a lewd joke like this?"

Yin Chengjue: "...I meant practicing untying techniques...Teacher Liu, what are you thinking?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Teacher Liu, this is still under the camera's lens. Talking about games with two or more players and some props, isn't that a bit inappropriate? They've been cracking down on this a lot lately! You can't even find many results on Baidu." Qin Ke said with a grin.

"Hey? This isn't the bus to the kindergarten! Get off now!" Yang Ji said helplessly.

Yin Chengjue originally wanted to probe them to find out if they had encountered any other people while they were being held captive, but unfortunately, the conversation was interrupted, so he couldn't ask any more questions, otherwise it would seem too deliberate.

The group entered the room that Wei Wei had opened, and saw three chairs in the middle of the room with ropes scattered underneath. The situation inside the room was roughly the same as what Yang Ji and the others had described.