Zhuo Yang took out an amulet and handed it to the director: "Pass this to the little girl who gets carsick."
"Thanks."
The moment Bai Ningning received the amulet, she felt better. She recognized it as a small sachet that Lu Shi had bought at a grocery store. She wondered, "Why do I feel like I've seen this style before at a grocery store... Is it for motion sickness?"
Gu Yuanfan was afraid that the master would be unhappy, so he immediately defended him, saying, "Did you remember it wrongly? How could the things the master gave you appear in a grocery store?"
Gu Bozhi examined the amulet and said, "This style is indeed very common. Perhaps it was blessed by a master?"
Bai Ningning was puzzled: "But it's just a thing for treating motion sickness, does it really need to be consecrated?"
Gu Bozhi: "That's right."
Geng Yiyi thought that these people really didn't know the value of the item. This small sachet was not only blessed, but also had restrictions attached to it, and there was also a talisman inside - it could be used as a disposable life-saving magic weapon.
He is really generous. He must be some wealthy young master from the Xuanmen who is out on a mission. He has many magic weapons on him. He has no skills but likes to show off.
Bai Ningning hung the small sachet around her waist and turned to ask Chu Xisen, "Aren't you dizzy at all?"
Chu Xisen: "I'm not dizzy, I'm feeling fine."
Bai Ningning thought to herself that ignorance was great.
After getting the amulet, the sticky sight on my body disappeared.
She was not carsick just now, but was targeted by a fierce ghost in the mountains.
The whole car arrived at the destination safely. There were no staff members in the castle villa, only cameras everywhere.
The first two groups of guests entered the castle one after another, and the twins also entered the castle after checking to make sure everything was fine.
After Bai Ningning entered the room, she found a sofa and sat down to watch them perform.
The small theater is nothing more than a few groups of tourists exchanging greetings, traveling here together, introducing the background, etc., to help the audience better understand the plot.
The situations of several ordinary people are basically the same, except that they are given identities as celebrities.
For example, Chu Xisen is the owner of a dessert shop, Gu Yuanfan is an ordinary employee of a company, and Geng Yiyi is the owner of a homestay. They came to evaluate the hotel at the scenic spot and took their two younger brothers who had just finished the college entrance examination to relax.
After the seven people present exchanged information, Gu Bozhi asked the key question: "Why hasn't the boss come yet? Didn't we agree to check in at five o'clock?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the display screen behind the counter suddenly lit up with a "bang", startling everyone present.
〖Please check in at the counter by yourself.〗
When everyone's attention was drawn to the display screen, the door suddenly closed.
Bai Ningning: “…”
How could it be exactly the same as what she experienced in Cheng Xiu's "Protecting Carrots" villa?
Aren't there any new and fresh ways to scare people?
From here on, the content of the small play written in the script ends, and the rest is up to each person to perform on their own.
Chu Xisen didn't think much about it and prepared to follow the instructions on the screen. He walked to the counter and prepared to sign with a pen in hand.
Bai Ningning asked: "Will the order of signing have any impact?"
Before Chu Xisen even put pen to paper, he asked Bai Ningning, "Do you think it's better to sign first or later?"
"Sign it first." She took the pen and wrote her name.
Her name had few strokes, so she finished writing it quickly. Then she started to get scared: "What if this is the order in which ghosts come to visit?"
Chu Xisen didn't even think about it: "Then put mine first."
Just as he was about to cross out Bai Ningning's name, he saw a line of blood-red words appear on the screen -
〖It is forbidden to change the order, otherwise the consequences will be at your own risk.〗
Bai Ningning quickly held down his hand: "Don't change it, I feel this is even more terrifying..."
Chu Xisen: "Okay, then I'll write it behind you. If you're really scared, you can come find me..."
When he said this, he felt it was inappropriate. After all, the two of them were not related and were not very familiar with each other. It seemed abrupt to say this no matter how he thought about it.
Geng Yiyi, the only female star present, offered her help: "Ningning, are you scared? You can sleep in the same room with me tonight."
Bai Ningning was about to turn around and act nice when Chu Xisen pushed her away and said to her seriously, "I'll go to your door to sleep on the floor at night. No ghosts will come to find you."
Chu Xisen pushed her away from the signing area, preventing her from talking to Geng Yiyi, and said, "Don't talk to strangers casually, okay? Who knows what they're up to?"
Bai Ningning turned around and stuck her head out, smiling apologetically at Geng Yiyi, but was quickly blocked by Chu Xisen again.
Geng Yiyi didn't mind and signed her names with the twins.
After signing, Cheng Annan said proudly: "The first one to sign may not be good, and the last one to sign may not be good, but the one in the middle is definitely the most stable."
Gu Yuanfan and Gu Bozhi had just finished checking the doors and windows. Gu Bozhi's face was downcast, and he looked like he was about to cry: "All the doors and windows are locked."
Bai Ningning: "Smash it! This kind of decorative glass will shatter if you hit it."
Gu Yuanfan: “?”
Gu Bozhi: “?”
The director outside the monitor: “?”
Bai Ningning calmly analyzed, "But there's a good chance we won't be able to find a car even if we go out. It's not realistic to continue walking, and it's even scarier in the mountains at night."
The director sighed deeply and said, "Follow her instructions and shoot a deserted, empty scene outside the castle."
Zhuo Yang reminded: "She has something to say to you, go wait by the window."
He and Yuan Muyang were responsible for the interior and exterior of the castle respectively.
Zhuo Yang has a lively personality and has become friends with the staff.
Inside the house, Bai Ningning waved her hand: "You guys go sign your names first, I'll go check the window, okay..."
Before she finished speaking, Chu Xisen answered: "I work out, I can break it with one punch."
Bai Ningning pressed down his eager hand and said, "I know you can smash it, but you can't pay for it."
Chu Xisen: “…”
Bai Ningning walked to the window and knocked on each one: "I'll find one that's easier to smash."
Just after knocking on the third window, the director couldn't help but communicate with her: "Teacher Ningning, please stop knocking. You really can't smash this window..."
Bai Ningning grumbled quietly, "I knew you didn't really seal the windows. You asked them to put on a show for you, right?"
The director said respectfully, "In principle, this window cannot be opened. Do you have any requirements?"
Bai Ningning: "I'm just asking if your show has any NPCs playing ghosts."
The director was embarrassed: "I can't say that."
Bai Ningning: "This concerns whether your staff will get hurt. I'm personally very afraid of ghosts, and when I'm scared, I become very explosive and my strength increases."
Director: "...There will be no one else in the villa except the seven of you and the master in the attic."
"Okay." Bai Ningning got the answer she wanted and left with Chu Xisen.
Chu Xisen was so shocked that he kept looking back at the window: "Is it possible to communicate with the director while filming this kind of variety show?"
The contract clearly states that guests must handle any problems they encounter in the villa on their own, and the director team will not get involved unless a major accident occurs.
He thought the director had really gone down the mountain, but he didn't expect him to be outside the villa.
Bai Ningning: "Maybe not? But he's afraid we'll actually smash the window."
Chu Xisen scratched his head and asked, "Are you really afraid of ghosts?"
Bai Ningning didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "Are you really not afraid of ghosts at all?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the words on the display changed again.
[Find the clues and unlock the codes to each floor. Attach your name tag to the door to confirm your check-in. Do not violate the rules; otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.]
The last sentence "You will bear the consequences at your own risk" is blood red again.
The moment the sound rang out, Gu Bozhi was so frightened that he jumped up and hid behind his brother. He felt relieved after realizing that only the words on the display had changed.
He asked, "Should we start looking for clues?"
Gu Yuanfan noticed a small piece of paper on the coffee table. He pulled it out and took a quick look at it. "This looks like a math problem. Do any of the prospective college students here know how to solve it?"
Gu Bozhi took the note and found that it only had a suspicious structural formula. He said, "This should be a chemistry question. I'm a liberal arts student."
The twins, both science students, took the paper and said, "Let me see."
Geng Yiyi didn't take it seriously, thinking that the program team must have given them other hints and would not have given them such a professional question to embarrass them.
Not to mention that these celebrities don't know how to do it, even these students who just finished the college entrance examination may not know how to do it.
The twins were able to get into a prestigious school thanks to Cheng Jingwu's unconventional methods. Losing the little ghost was like losing their brains, and they could do nothing.
Cheng Annan frowned: "What kind of structural formula is this...Shouldn't the password be a number? How can it be a chemical substance?"
The director outside the surveillance screen also frowned. "Didn't they say these college entrance exam candidates are all about to get into prestigious universities? This question isn't that difficult. I almost wrote the answer on my face."
Bai Ningning took the note and took a look at it: "Ethyl acetoacetate, simple."
Several people were stunned by what she said: "What?"
Bai Ningning was cautious and didn't give the answer directly. Instead, she said, "It should be the password for the second floor. Let's look for other notes first."
The director's frown finally relaxed off-screen. "Finally, there's someone smart. She obviously knows the password, and she didn't tell anyone."
Zhuo Yang suppressed his laughter and asked, "Don't you have a backup plan?"
Chief Director: "Yes, but it won't be released for an hour... Didn't the twins get into a top university? Did they have a brain injury?"
The director became more and more panicked as he spoke, and looked at Zhuo Yang: "They won't come to us for compensation, right? Brains are a big deal."
Zhuo Yang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Don't worry, they don't dare."
The director calmed down and focused on the situation inside the villa.
Everyone else was looking for clues, but Bai Ningning sat on the sofa with an expressionless face.
Gu Bozhi noticed that she was not in a good state and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Ningning was unhappy: "I still think the director is cheating. It clearly said it would be three days and two nights. Logically, the escape room should officially start tomorrow morning. Why is it starting now?"
Chu Xisen: "Maybe because our show is called "Haunted House Adventure"?"
Bai Ningning was relieved: "Then I understand. He will release clues one after another at a pace of three days and two nights. This means that the official clues will not be seen until tomorrow morning."
Chu Xisen didn't understand: "But what's the use of knowing this? And then what?"
"Then I can play it badly." She said, handing her name sticker to Chu Xisen, "We'll live on the second floor. You can choose a room. The password is 5103."
Chief Director: “?”
Zhuo Yang laughed wildly at the side: "Is it too smart to be bad?"
The director nodded with tears in his eyes, very puzzled: "Isn't she worried about the poor environment on the second floor?"
Zhuo Yang, who had just laughed so hard that tears came out, reminded him silently, "Let's not even mention that she's already playing badly. This is a haunted house variety show, not a casual variety show, right?"
Chief Director: “…”
The twins looked unhappy. Bai Ningning actually gave the answer easily to the content that they found difficult.
Gu Bozhi was curious: "Why is it 5103?"
Bai Ningning: "Its chemical formula is C5H10O3. Doesn't that just put the answer right there? Even if you don't know the name or have never seen it, you can figure it out by looking at the structure diagram."
Gu Bozhi stared at the lines and circles on the diagram, wondering if they could be counted. Count what?
Gu Yuanfan asked: "Does it have any special meaning? What is the common name?"
Bai Ningning: "I don't really know its common name, but its chemical description is quite interesting. It has a pleasant fruity aroma and is generally used in dye or drug synthesis. These are probably just noise. Only the chemical formula is actually useful."
Gu Bozhi made no secret of his admiration for her and clasped his hands together, "That's amazing! If my brother and I find any clues later, could you please help us take a look?"
“Yes, but I don’t necessarily think so.”
Bai Ningning agreed readily and was already sitting on the sofa leisurely eating fruit.
The twins scoffed simultaneously, then exchanged a glance, each understanding the other's meaning. It was just a chemical formula, wasn't it? It was nothing special. They knew it, too, but they just hadn't thought of it yet. Given more time, they'd definitely figure it out.
After a while, Gu Bozhi found a clue card and handed it to Bai Ningning, looking puzzled: "It asked me how many soldiers Han Xin had selected, but didn't Han Xin always select the more soldiers the better..."
After hearing this, Cheng Anbei immediately ran upstairs.
Cheng Annan immediately followed and asked in a low voice: "Do you know the password?"
Cheng Anbei nodded and whispered, "Tone, this kind of question is usually about tone."
Geng Yiyi heard the noise from their side, took a quick look, and continued looking for clues.
Gu Bozhi suddenly became a little anxious, fearing that his clue card would be snatched away by someone.
Bai Ningning pointed to the number (2/2) in the lower right corner of the clue card and asked, "There should be another one, right?"
Gu Bozhi suddenly realized: "I'll go back and look for it."
After a while, he rushed to Bai Ningning with another clue card that was densely covered with words: "But I still don't know the answer. It's a math problem."
Han Xin had a great knack for counting his troops. He would have his soldiers march past him four times in lines of 5, 5, 7, and 11. He would note the number of people in the last line: 1, 5, 4, and 10. This way, he could determine the total number of soldiers.
Before Gu Bozhi could find the draft paper, Bai Ningning gave the answer: "4421, go to the fourth floor."
"Thank you!" Gu Bozhi shouted as he ran upstairs, "I'll come back later to ask why!"
The director outside the screen was also extremely puzzled: "How did she answer so quickly? And there were obviously interference factors such as 2111, 8531, and 9041..."
The twins thought the password was "1144", but found that the answer was wrong. When they went downstairs, they ran into Gu Bozhi who was late.
The twins were arrogant and thought his answer must be wrong, so they walked down without looking back, not wanting to waste time looking for clues.
After a while, there was a "beep" sound, and the password was correct. Gu Bozhi stuck the name tag on the door, then he breathed a sigh of relief and went downstairs to find Bai Ningning to ask for the reason.
Bai Ningning: "This is a very simple question. With five or six people in a line, we can be sure the last digit is 1. With seven or eleven people, we can determine the approximate number. The range of possible calculations is 2111, 4421, 8531, and 9041. But the password for the second floor has already been determined, so it can only be the password for the fourth floor, which starts with 4."
Gu Bozhi was completely bewildered and gave up trying to understand. He clapped his hands and gave a thumbs-up: "Sister Ningning, you are amazing."
Chu Xisen went downstairs and found that only Geng Yiyi's family was still looking for clues. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy and asked Bai Ningning: "The luggage is in your room. What are you eating tonight?"
Gu Bozhi volunteered: "I'll go. That's all I can do... Mental work isn't for me..."
When Gu Bozhi left, he tripped over the sofa and stumbled.
Chu Xisen wondered, "What did you do to the child? Why is he so distraught?"
Bai Ningning handed him the title of the clue card: "That's the title."
"Hold it away, I'm dizzy with words," Chu Xisen felt overwhelmed by the amount of words, "and then, we don't have any missions anymore, right?"
Bai Ningning: "Let's just play it badly. We'll talk about it tomorrow morning."
The director sat in front of the monitor, questioning his life. "This problem would have taken them a whole night to solve using exhaustive method... How did she figure it out so quickly? Even if she knew the answer in advance, she wouldn't have reacted so quickly!"
Zhuo Yang: "This is what a genius is like."
The director muttered, "Is all the intelligence of this group of guests concentrated on her alone?"
Zhuo Yang was so stifled in laughter that he almost hurt himself. The junior master uncle was truly worthy of being the junior master uncle. He could easily make everyone inside and outside the screen shut down.
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