"Side quest?"

Upon hearing the announcement, Su Qiluo smiled with satisfaction, "Go ahead and look for it, it's our side quest."

Mu Qingyun nodded and began searching the room.

Wait, a secret passage?

She suddenly remembered the floorboard from earlier, walked over, and gently tapped it; it did indeed feel a bit hollow.

"Please do not damage our equipment. The other two players, please depart immediately!" The female voice came again, this time with more impatience and anger.

That doesn't seem to be the place; it's probably just another scare tactic.

Mu Qingyun stood up. Wen Yue and Bai Pufeng had already set off. Xiong Ruoyou pulled Fan Xuanye and said aggrievedly about how she had been frightened earlier. Mu Xueyao just watched them quietly without saying a word.

"Found it." Su Qiluo lowered his head and tapped on the wall not far away. After tapping three times, the wall suddenly fell off automatically, revealing a narrow passage, wide enough for two people to pass through.

"How did you know?" Mu Qingyun frowned and looked at the peeling wall.

"Before it came off, there was a sign on the wall that said 'Don't touch this,' and then I touched it." Su Qiluo shrugged. "According to knocking etiquette, knocking three times is basic courtesy."

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't know what to say, so she simply kept it closed.

“We’re going.” She turned to look at Xiong Ruoyou, who was still complaining to Fan Xuanye, and then she suddenly noticed something.

Fan Xuanye looked at the aggrieved Xiong Ruoyou with tenderness and doting eyes. Although Xiong Ruoyou kept nagging in his ear, he was not impatient at all.

"Let's go." Su Qilu put his arm around her shoulder, and the two of them slipped into the alley.

The path was high enough for the two of them to pass by while bending over.

[Huh, after they went in, why can't they see anything?]

[Oh, I noticed that too! Wait, I still want to see their side quests and enjoy some sweet moments!]

“This is a narrow path. Once you get out of here, it’s the same as being out of the world.” Su Qiluo reached out and placed his hand above her head to protect her.

"You're pulling strings behind the scenes?" Mu Qingyun turned to look at him in surprise.

"Well, I was planning to show you around, but since you don't like it, let's go out first." Su Qiluo's lips curled up, in a very good mood. "We can also teach those three a lesson while we're at it."

Those three?

Mu Qingyun turned her head to look at him, already understanding in her heart who the three people he was referring to were.

"Don't worry, I told the staff that once we come in, the live stream won't be able to broadcast us." After saying this, Su Qiluo immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me! I thought you were going to break your persona and create a villainous image," Mu Qingyun said with a smile, teasing him.

"Have you noticed anything amiss between Xiong Ruoyou and Fan Xuanye?" she suddenly asked, recalling her earlier discovery.

Upon hearing this, Su Qiluo put on an exaggerated expression of surprise, "You didn't just find out now, did you?"

Seeing his expression, Mu Qingyun raised an eyebrow. "What, did you know all along?"

“I felt something was off from the moment they entered the military academy,” Su Qiluo said as the two walked. “Although Xiong Ruoyou may not realize it herself, Fan Xuanye definitely likes her.”

"Xiong Ruoyou is so unpredictable." She thought of Xiong Ruoyou and pursed her lips.

"She still can't figure her out?" Su Qiluo chuckled. "Her thoughts are easy to guess. She liked you at first, but after finding out you were a woman, she calmed down. She probably also relies on Fan Xuanye's kindness towards her, but she just hasn't realized it yet."

"Wait, I suddenly have an idea." Mu Qingyun abruptly stopped and sat down on the spot. "Will the outside world know what we're saying here?"

Seeing her serious expression, Su Qiluo thought for a moment, squatted down, took out a button-like communicator from his sleeve, turned it on, and dialed.

"General Su, is there anything else you need?" A staff member's gentle voice came through the communicator.

"Destroy all the data in this channel. Don't leave any backups. Destroy it now." He slowly spoke, stroking the button communicator.

The staff member on the other end was taken aback upon hearing this, thinking that he had guessed something unspeakable, and quickly suggested, "Um, General Su, you are currently in the metaverse space, you can come out and do whatever you need to do."

Well, that's what you're thinking about.

“Don’t misunderstand, we’re not people who don’t care about the occasion. But you’re right, we’ll go out now, but please help me switch the live stream to the other people for now.” Mu Qingyun took the communicator from Su Qiluo and said.

Upon hearing this, the staff member realized they had misunderstood, their face flushed red, then turned pale a moment later, just like a chameleon. "I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry, I'll switch the live stream over right now, I'm really sorry."

The staff member was quite frightened by the three instances of apology in one sentence.

"It's nothing," she replied casually, then nudged Su Qiluo beside her. "Let's go, I'll tell you my thoughts once we get outside."

"good."

The two quickly crossed the narrow path, and emerged from it into a dark room.

"This is the final hurdle. Once they find the password and send it over, they can unlock this room and get out." Su Qiluo turned to look at the room and pointed to a large screen at the top.

"Once we all crack the code to this room, an educational video will appear on it, which is about things inside this hospital."

Educational videos?

Mu Qingyun looked up at the large screen above, then sat down on the spot. "Since we're bored anyway, let's cultivate our spiritual power together."

"Okay." Su Qiluo subconsciously agreed, but as he sat down in front of her, he sighed somewhat speechlessly.

Practicing mental strength by escaping from a locked room—if word got out, people would probably think I'm an idiot.

He glanced at Mu Qingyun, whose expression remained calm, and looked completely bewildered.

Escape rooms are ranked second on the entertainment list, and are a popular game among the general public.

Is it because his wife is from tens of thousands of years ago that she can't understand the joys of people in their time?

...

While Mu Qingyun was enjoying a peaceful life, it was a major disaster for everyone else.

Xiong Ruoyou finally finished rambling and sat down quietly, but before she could settle down for a moment, the floor beneath her feet suddenly cracked, and she fell uncontrollably downwards.

"ah--"

"Xiao You!"

Fan Xuanye didn't expect things to change so quickly. In the blink of an eye, Xiong Ruoyou fell down.

Mu Xueyao was equally shocked, but beyond shock, she felt more schadenfreude.