Chapter 387: Cracking the Code

The runes they have collected are relatively abstract. If they don't find a way to piece them together and insist on looking at them individually and studying them one by one, it will be difficult to decipher them.

Meng Chuyuan didn't know the order of splicing, so he could only try to combine every piece of cardboard in his hand.

The other players watched Meng Chuyuan move it back and forth three or four times, and finally spelled out a decent letter u that everyone could understand.

"Huh? It's out!"

"I just saw that the lock on the door is an alphabetical one. Our idea should be correct. In other words, as long as we can spell out the remaining four letters and arrange them in the correct order, we can get out, right?"

Meng Chuyuan continued piecing together the pieces using the same method as before. "That should be the case. These are the only clues we have at the moment."

"I understand. This can be put here..." Lu Jinsen seemed to understand a little bit and helped Meng Chuyuan complete an S.

Not long after, Meng Chuyuan spelled out two more letters, c and o.

The last one was a little hard to guess. Meng Chuyuan even felt it was a little strange. She frowned and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

One of the players said: "It's T."

Others agreed: "I think so."

"Then let's sort the letters and input them..."

They initially entered the password to lock the door in the order of 26 letters, but it failed.

“It’s not in alphabetical order.”

Lu Jinsen: "Could it be an English word?"

"It's possible." Meng Chuyuan glanced at Lu Jinsen and said, "Try to see if the tocus can be opened."

Lu Jinsen entered the answer, but it still showed failure. "No."

Meng Chuyuan was silent for a moment before saying, "Let's take another look at it. I think there might be a spelling error somewhere."

Lu Jinsen turned back and stared carefully at the letters on the table. He then tried to slightly adjust the position of the letter "t", which was most likely misspelled. Then he saw something that looked a bit like "f". "Could it be focus?"

"Try it." Meng Chuyuan heard the answer he gave and re-entered the password.

After a while, the door unlocked automatically.

There was a hint of excitement in Meng Chuyuan's calm voice: "It's open!"

Lu Jinsen is pretty good! I always underestimated him. I never thought he was really that capable.

[Wk, that's amazing! I didn't even understand the splicing part just now, so how did you figure out the abstract symbols?!]

Lu Jinsen and Sister Meng worked very well together this time. The other five amateur players seemed to be just there to make up the numbers.

[They don't look like experienced players. I feel like this is their first time playing, right?]

After escaping from the lounge, they walked in a narrow and dark corridor. Not long after, they met an NPC who came to cue the process. He said that the bride was missing and the owner of the manor had sent people to look for her. He hoped that the players could help find the whereabouts of the bride.

Then, Meng Chuyuan and the others went to the manor owner's bedroom to find out what was going on.

The room was still dark. There were paintings on the wall and a few kerosene lamps that were on. The light was very weak, creating a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.

Several players gathered together, feeling unsafe in the deep and quiet environment, their eyes filled with anxiety and vigilance.

Both of Meng Chuyuan's arms were tightly grasped by her companions. She was not sure by whom, but she just felt that she was bound and had no freedom at all.

Meng Chuyuan sighed quietly to herself and said to the people beside her, "Let go of my hands. I'll go get the light."