[Hey, it's Sena!]

【Sister Xin, the shaman, is here too! ||ヽ(*￣▽￣*)ノミ|Ю】

[This lineup is pretty good: Sena with her dream abilities, Xin Xiulan, the shaman, Yang Hao, the feng shui master, Du Ruoxi from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and Master Xiaobai, the comedic relief.]

[Haha, upstairs, you didn't let Master Bai off the hook either!]

[Master Xiaobai actually dared to come again? Looks like he didn't experience the harsh realities of life during the last recording (*^▽^*)]

[The first episode is set in a library! Is that 90-minute countdown on the wall? Wow, that sounds great! I can't wait!!!]

Based on my years of experience, there's definitely a hidden mechanism in the books on the shelf.

【agree. 】

Once the five of them entered, they immediately saw the countdown timer. They also noticed that the creaking sound of the wooden floorboards underfoot would generate noise and cause the decibel meter to go up.

The group didn't dare to speak, but gestured with their hands to indicate the areas they were responsible for searching.

Master Xiaobai looked at the bookshelf in front of him. One book seemed different from the others, so he reached out and took it down. The bookshelf against the wall slowly moved, revealing an exit in front of him.

He was a little confused. Had his luck been so good lately?! Had he found the exit so quickly?!

But the voice in his ear the next second froze him in place: He was eliminated?! He found the safety exit, how could he still be eliminated?!

[I knew it! This book looks like a trap, so obvious! Thumbs down. An escape room this simple? It's not even worth reading. Huh?!]

【Uh...did I hear that right?!】

【(⊙o⊙)…You heard right, Master Xiaobai has been eliminated.】

[Huh?! Didn't the emergency exit appear?!]

Master Xiaobai was dumbfounded, and everyone else also turned to look at him with questioning eyes.

Master Xiaobai is confused. The show has only just started filming! What did he do?!

He looked at the book in his hand, a surge of injustice welling up inside him. Seriously?! He only picked up a book, how did he get eliminated?! Then he remembered the show was live, and he quickly looked at the camera, wanting to congratulate himself on his elimination.

Oh no, he feels like his career is over!

Why is nobody talking?

[What?! I'm totally confused. Isn't this an escape room reality show? Finding the exit and then being eliminated? I just can't wrap my head around this!]

[Suddenly remembered the name of this variety show, "Escape Room," and it seems we haven't escaped! Everyone, with Master Bai eliminated, the countdown has shortened!!]

The other contestants also noticed that the countdown had been drastically shortened, and the elimination alarms had not stopped.

The decibel meter on the wall kept flashing red. The remaining four people gathered in front of the decibel meter and found that there seemed to be a device. They guessed that this device could turn off the alarm.

This device appears to require playing Gomoku (Five in a Row) with an AI.

Sena volunteered to play, so after the AI ​​made its move, Sena also placed a piece. The AI's Gomoku mode seemed to be the simplified mode.

Sena won quickly, but unexpectedly, the wall behind her opened, revealing a familiar emergency exit.

Her mouth was agape, her face filled with disbelief. She looked at the door and then at the others, her eyes brimming with innocence and grievance.

No?! This is entrapment?!

Is this reasonable?!

I have to say, my brain is just like hers right now; it feels like you can't slap me.

[I've never played an escape room game before. Are all escape rooms like this?]

[Upstairs, you're so lucky! I wish I had eyes that had never seen any other escape rooms!!! Lin Gou, is this even an escape room?!]

[At the beginning, this was it; now, where is the way to win?!]

[If I encountered someone like this while playing, I'd probably feel even more aggrieved than her. I take back what I said earlier about the settings being too simple.]

【Huh?! Isn't this what escape rooms are like? This one looks simple, isn't it obviously a smokescreen?】

I really want to slap the person upstairs ten times! Like Lin Daiyu's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms!

[Just wondering, does anyone remember these are the masters from "Clash of the Titans"?]

[Facepalm, it's not that I don't remember, it's that I simply dare not recall it!!!]

Time is slipping away so fast, but why did the alarm stop? Could it be that to stop the alarm, someone has to be eliminated?!

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction behind the monitor. Not bad, this time it should pass the review. An escape room where you'll be eliminated if you escape, that's great. It really suits these masters.

"Everyone, please be careful."

After being suddenly eliminated by Master Xiaobai and Saina, none of them dared to touch the books on the bookshelf anymore, or even trigger the items in the secret room.

"There's a restricted book section here; it seems like it requires a special key."

Xin Xiulan thought for a while and felt that this forbidden book area might be the real passage, so she began to search for this special key.

In the middle of the process, she discovered a jigsaw puzzle on the side of the bookshelf, somewhat resembling the Huarong Road puzzle. She instinctively took a step back, but after a quick search, she found no other clues.

So she went back to the bookshelf, carefully touched it, and found that no alarm was triggered, so she began to try to complete the puzzle.

She would stop every time she took a step to check if anything was wrong. Luckily, the alarm didn't go off until she finished the puzzle. A small drawer popped out from the bottom of the bookcase, containing a key.

She inserted the key into the restricted book section, feeling a surge of excitement. After a crisp click, the heavy wooden door creaked shut.

The familiar emergency exit came into view.

Xin Xiulan is eliminated!

【Huh?! Forget about her, I feel like my brain has completely disappeared right now, does anyone understand?!】

I don't understand (O_O)?

What's going on?! I wasn't eliminated while doing the puzzle, nor while searching for the key, but I was eliminated when the door opened?! What?! I'm just speechless!

How do I get out of this locked room?! This is the first time I've ever been so desperate to know how to get out!

I just got home from work and saw the same type of emergency exit in the building's hallway; I almost threw my phone out of the window.

[This feels almost like a bizarre tale about rules and supernatural phenomena. Who can understand Lin Gou's thought process?! I feel completely unable to comprehend it!]

Me too, this feeling of being unable to escape no matter what is happening is just so damn frustrating.

[I give up, I'm completely speechless. This is the first time I've ever wanted to see the guests escape so badly. If I've done something wrong, please punish me instead of making me watch them try so hard but fail to escape!!]

[The feng shui guy is finally going to get his compass! O(╥﹏╥)o]