Chapter 237 Escape Room (1) - Role Assignment

Ning Shu and the other three gathered together, preparing to attempt the challenge.

Seeing this, Si Zhong followed them at a distance.

Ning Shu was still holding a jianbing guozi in her hand at this time. Because she hadn't eaten it in time, the jianbing had become a little soft.

She had only gone out to buy food because she was hungry, and even after entering the dungeon, she still needed to eat, so she started munching on a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe).

Wu Yi said with some envy, "Xiao Ning, even at a time like this, you can still eat."

Ning Shu: "I was just at the food street to buy food, and the dungeon pulled me in, and now they won't even let me eat?"

Wu Yi thought this made sense. He originally wanted to buy some food, but he came in before he could.

He moved closer to Ning Shu: "Xiao Ning, your pancakes look good, can I have some?"

Ning Shu thought for a moment about the origin of the pancake, and handed the pancake, which she had only taken a bite of, to Wu Yi: "You can have this, I'll eat the compressed biscuits."

Her space has expanded, so she always keeps compressed biscuits in there for emergencies.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yi immediately accepted it, saying, "I can't accept this, thank you, Xiao Ning."

Not minding that Ning Shu had taken a bite, he started taking one too, which drew Cheng Chuan's sidelong glance.

Ning Shu saw through his clumsy acting at a glance: "It's nothing, it's what teammates should do."

After saying that, he took out the compressed biscuits from his storage space and started eating them.

Because of this little incident, Cheng Chuan stood directly between Ning Shu and Wu Yi, pushing Wu Yi to Li Mengqi's side.

Wu Yi was completely oblivious, focusing only on eating his jianbing guozi. Li Mengqi saw this and secretly chuckled to herself.

Li Mengqi noticed that the number of players in the escape room had decreased; there were originally 10 people, but now there were only 7 left, and some had already left.

There are a total of 5 doors in the secret room, distributed on four walls. One of the walls has 2 doors, and Ning Shu and the others happened to be standing next to the wall with 2 doors.

Li Mengqi said, "Some people have already left, let's go too."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chuan grabbed Ning Shu's arm and said, "Ning Shu, let's go this way."

Cheng Chuan chose a door next to them, and Ning Shu followed him.

Cheng Chuan led her directly through a door.

Li Mengqi and Wu Yi followed behind, choosing the same door, but an unexpected incident occurred.

They were blocked and couldn't get through the door. It was as if there was an invisible barrier blocking them. Then, Li Mengqi and Wu Yi both heard the system notification.

[This character's gate is full. Please select another character's gate.]

Li Mengqi reacted quickly, with 10 people at 5 doors.

If a door can only allow two people to pass through, they must choose a door that no one has passed through; otherwise, their team of four will have to split into three groups.

She immediately dragged the still-unresponsive Wu Yi through another door next to her.

After seeing that Ning Shu's group of four had all disappeared, Si Zhong wondered why the two people behind him stopped in front of the door where Ning Shu had disappeared, and then turned around and ran to the door next to him.

He had a bad feeling, but he still went forward to try.

They headed towards Ning Shuxuan's door, and then heard the system notification sound.

His pupils contracted; his original plan had been disrupted. He quickly chose another door nearby and entered smoothly.

The remaining players also left one after another through different doors...

Ning Shu followed Cheng Chuan through the door and hadn't gone far when she heard the system's voice.

Welcome to the "Escape Room" non-fixed instance. The following is the story background:

A murder occurred at an elite private high school not long ago, in which a female student named Wang Xue was killed.

Her head was found in her desk. The school called the police and sent a detective and his assistant to investigate.

The two individuals are a detective and an assistant, respectively. They will be automatically matched according to the order in which they entered. Please remember your roles.

Upon hearing this, Ning Shu saw four words appear in the void: "You are the assistant," which disappeared after 10 seconds.

Ning Shu understood; since she was the assistant, then Cheng Chuan must be a criminal investigator.

Players have two options to leave the secret room; completing either one is sufficient.

Option 1: Find the murderer who killed the female student and get the key to leave the secret room.

Option Two: Collect all of the victim's body parts, piece them together, and have the victim identify the killer to obtain the key to leave the locked room.

[The story background and quest introduction are now complete. We wish you a pleasant gaming experience!]

Ning Shu remained silent after listening. Option one was understandable, but what the hell was option two? Was this dungeon going to involve some kind of mystical element?

Cheng Chuan looked at Ning Shu: "Did you hear me clearly? Option two... what do you think?"

Option two was so bad that even Gou would shake his head at it, so he naturally didn't want to choose it. But if Ning Shu wanted it, he would still have to ask her.

Ning Shu's eyes widened, thinking that Cheng Chuan wanted to choose option two. Was he really that bold?

You should still try to persuade her; she doesn't really want to.

"I think Option 1 is better."

If the victims are pieced together to identify the murderer, what if the other party tries to do something else after identifying the murderer? Wouldn't their lives be in danger?

Ning Shu suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked back, and found that Li Mengqi and Wu Yi were indeed not there. Only then did she remember the role identity mentioned by the system.

The other party only provided two identities, so Li Mengqi and Wu Yi had no identities, but they weren't behind them either.

"Where are Sister Meng and the others?"

Cheng Chuan also noticed the problem and paused for a moment: "Remember there were 5 doors in that place just now? I guess they went to other doors."

His analysis was similar to Li Mengqi's: out of 10 people, 5 were chosen, and he and Ning Shu occupied one spot, so naturally they would have to go to other departments.

Because only two roles were assigned to this door, when he looked back, he found that the door had disappeared.

This indicates that they cannot turn back, and others probably cannot get in either.

Ning Shu understood, and immediately had a new idea: "How many keys do you think there are? If we can't complete the task, can we use someone else's key to get out?"

Ning Shu's guess is based on the premise that there are 5 doors, and if each door corresponds to a key after a role is assigned, then there should be 5 keys.

Cheng Chuan: "...This can be used as a backup plan. If the number of people who can leave with one key is limited, then it is not feasible."

Ning Shu understood Cheng Chuan's meaning: if the number of characters assigned to a door is limited, then the number of players allowed to leave with the corresponding key may also be limited.

If this is not the case, then the following situation will occur:

If there is only one key and no limit to the number of times you can complete a level, players can cooperate with each other, greatly increasing the chance of success and thus reducing the difficulty of the dungeon.

If there are many keys and no limit to the number of players who can complete the game, it could easily lead to some players not playing the game and reaping the benefits without contributing, while also discouraging other players from participating.