Chapter 68: The World of Entertainment 12: The Door Won’t Close
Lu Yuming came out today wearing a white shirt and black pants, with a baseball cap of the same brand as his short-sleeved shirt on his head. The brim of the cap was pushed down, revealing only the lower half of his angular face. He looked like a cool and calm guy.
However, the red tips of his ears that were exposed betrayed his true feelings.
Chu Sicheng put one hand on his waist, looking at his red ears, and said with an unseen momentum:
"My classmates all say it's fun here and very relaxing. They say once you get in, you can forget all your worries."
[Nonsense! I don't know what ruthless company the owner of this place quit to strike out on his own to get back at society. The various landscapes inside are incredibly realistic, especially one called "Escape from the Nine Layers of Hell." The first time I walked in, I really thought I was in the underworld. It's not like I can't remember a thing about life!]
At 11 o'clock the previous night, the five-member supervisory group of the First Branch of the No. 1 Middle School Prison was in an uproar because of a small date issue raised by Lu Yuming.
Some people were shocked that Lu Yuming, the holy monk who usually turned a deaf ear to the outside world at school, had actually fallen into worldly desires, while some reliable people had already recommended the solutions they had used before.
[Guard Zhang: How about going to an amusement park? It's always been the number one date spot.]
Chen the Thug: But it's summer vacation, big brother. It's scorching hot outside, and the amusement park is packed. The lines often last an hour or two. Is this a date or a torture?
[Zhao Datou: So who are you planning to take out on a date? @LuTeam]
Supervisor Qin: Let's go somewhere cooler. There's a new escape room on Sanhuan Jiangnan Road. The design is great, and the levels aren't too difficult. I just took my brother there a couple of days ago.
[Guard Zhang: What do you mean? Your brother really admires you now?]
Supervisor Qin: I wouldn't say I admire him, but he's completely obedient to me at home now. After all, when he was terrified in the secret room, I was the only one who managed to help him decrypt it. After we got out, he firmly established his status as my big brother.
[Team Lu: But my main goal is to let him relax and forget about his real-life troubles for a while. I feel like he's been too tired lately and isn't in good shape...]
Supervisor Qin: Okay, okay, stop it. I know you feel bad for him, so no need to show off your affection, okay?
[Team Lu: Who's showing off their love?! I'm talking about my brother!]
Supervisor Qin: Okay, okay, just treat him as your brother. Then an escape room would be even better. Trust me, the setting is incredibly well designed. I guarantee you'll forget all your real-life worries once you enter.
...Then there was the roaring text at the beginning, and the sender was Zhao Datou.
The main purpose was to explain to Lu Yuming how terrifying this escape room was, and to also accuse Supervisor Qin of being inhumane, because when Supervisor Qin took his brother there, he insisted on taking him along who was lying at home.
According to Zhao Datou's later description, when he came out of the secret room and was exposed to the sunlight, the thought of surviving a disaster and being grateful for life's kindness to him really flashed through his mind.
Is it really that scary?
Lu Yuming looked at the text in the chat box, and Zhao Datou's face with a stream of blood seemed to appear in front of him.
He was originally interested in the escape room described by Supervisor Qin, but now he was a little hesitant.
He wanted to have a closer relationship with Chu Sicheng, but his main purpose was to let Chu Sicheng escape from reality for a while and take a breath in an illusory environment. He didn't want him to be left with only his last breath.
However, at this moment, Supervisor Qin, who had been silent since Zhao Datou accused him, opened the separate chat box between him and Lu Yuming and sent only one sentence,
Qin Sheng: [Guess who Big Head is chatting with you guys right now? My brother isn't the only one who's been overly dependent on me these past few days.]
Lu Yuming: ...
Otherwise you can be the regulator, and the big boss can only be the big boss.
Lu Yuming turned off his cell phone, lay back on the bed, staring at the chandelier on the ceiling, and the words Qin Sheng had just sent him floated before his eyes.
Dependent?
Lu Yuming blinked twice and rubbed his fangs unconsciously with the tip of his tongue.
Although he did want to take Chu Sicheng out to relax, but then again...
Who says a trip to hell isn’t a break from reality?
So, after lunch the next day, Lu Yuming brought Chu Sicheng excitedly to the escape room recommended by Qin Sheng, and then chose to let Zhao Datou escape from the nine levels of hell while hugging Qin Sheng and crying from beginning to end.
Chu Sicheng did not express any opinion throughout the whole process, but when Lu Yuming chose the theme of the secret room, he glanced at the poster on the wall.
A few dead trees floated in a sea of blood. In the black sky, a few large blood-red characters seemed to be falling from above - "Escape from the Nine Hells".
One good thing about this escape room is that it does not force guests to form groups to play. Some multiplayer themes will also respect the wishes of the guests, and several people can play, with a very high degree of freedom.
Lu Yuming and Chu Sicheng naturally did not join a group with others, but chose to start this hellish journey alone.
While following the staff and putting on a blindfold, heading to the secret chamber of the Nine Hells, Lu Yuming was still thinking that he must actively look for clues after entering the room, so that Chu Sicheng would discover his reliable side and no longer regard him as a high school student who had not grown up.
However, after the broadcast reminded them to take off their blindfolds, Lu Yuming looked at the darkness around him and unconsciously moved closer to Chu Sicheng.
The latter seemed to notice his action and looked back at him.
Lu Yuming immediately straightened his back and said stubbornly, “Are you okay? I was afraid you’d be scared, so I wanted to be closer to you.”
Yeah?
Chu Sicheng raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not expose Lu Yuming's pretending to be calm. Instead, he nodded and said obediently:
"Then I'll trouble you from now on. I'm really a little scared."
Lu Yuming became even more nervous after hearing this, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you!"
As he said that, he took a step forward and stood in front of Chu Sicheng, looking determined to clear all obstacles for him.
Chu Sicheng's eyebrows curved even more fiercely.
However, even though he pretended to be weak, Chu Sicheng didn't want Lu Yuming to hold on in order to protect himself and end up scaring himself into a sickness.
So, just when Lu Yuming finished preparing himself mentally and forced himself to push open the gate of hell, his left wrist was suddenly gently embraced by someone behind him.
He subconsciously turned around, but because of the dim environment, he could only see a vague outline of Chu Sicheng.
"Let's hold hands and walk together," Chu Sicheng said, "I'm afraid of being separated from you."
“…”
Perhaps Chu Sicheng simply meant that he was afraid that once they entered the room, the two of them would be separated due to some mechanisms or NPCs' interruptions.
However, feeling the place where their skin touched, the other person's body temperature was continuously transmitted from the fingertips to his skin, Lu Yuming's head was like falling into a missile, and it exploded with a bang.
"……oh oh!"
Lu Yuming unconsciously touched his nose with his right hand, and shook his head from side to side, as if he was very busy.
"It's okay," he said, "it's okay, just hold it."
As Lu Yuming said this, Chu Sicheng's hand slid from his wrist to between his fingers, and then, their palms touched each other, and Lu Yuming's head became even hotter.
In order to prevent him from fainting from the heat at the door of the secret room, Lu Yuming took a deep breath and quickly pushed open the iron door in front of him.
The first level is the Ghost Gate, and the main task is to escape from the ghost's pursuit and find the key to the next level within the specified time.
After the iron gate is opened, there is a long corridor with closed doors next to it. The key is most likely in one of the doors. Every ten minutes, a ghost will appear to search for ghosts trying to escape.
The search time is five minutes. During this period, players must find a hiding place on their own to escape the ghost's search.
Chu Sicheng and Lu Yuming first searched the two rooms closest to the door, but as expected, they did not find the key.
Just as they left the second room and were about to go to the third room, the candles hanging next to each room on both sides of the corridor suddenly all caught fire. At the same time, in the empty corridor, from far to near, a slow sound of footsteps and the rattling sound of chains dragging on the floor were heard.
The ghost is coming!
Lu Yuming subconsciously wanted to pull Chu Sicheng back into the room, but at this moment, his ankle was suddenly grabbed, and the biting coldness penetrated into his bones along the thing holding his ankle.
The sudden fright, coupled with the dark environment and the rendering of music, made Lu Yuming's mind go blank. His body stiffened and he forgot what to do next.
Fortunately, at this time, Chu Sicheng pulled him into the house.
The door was closed, but that didn't mean they were safe.
Because according to the rules, ghost officials can enter the room to search, so they must hide in the objects in the room to pass.
However, as luck would have it, this room was not well furnished, with only a single wardrobe that could barely hide a person.
Most of the people who entered the secret room probably acted separately, and the boss didn't expect two people to stick together from beginning to end, even searching for clues together for the simplest and easiest first level...
Click, click.
The slow footsteps gradually approached the room where Chu Sicheng and Lu Yuming were.
"ginger--"
Lu Yuming subconsciously looked at Chu Sicheng. He opened his mouth and just uttered a word when the man grabbed his wrist and stuffed him into the closet.
The wardrobe suddenly lost half of its space.
Then, before Lu Yuming could react, a faint mint scent came to the tip of his nose.
A pair of hands appeared on the originally empty waist, and a warm breath appeared on the forehead. As the cabinet door closed, the space between the two people further shrank, and Lu Yuming's face was buried in Chu Sicheng's arms.
At that moment, he could see nothing and hear nothing. Lu Yuming had no idea when the ghost came or when he left.
At this moment, his heart and eyes were filled with the bath fragrance of Chu Sicheng's body.
It’s strange to say, although the two of them used the same shower gel, Lu Yuming felt that Chu Sicheng smelled much better.
It makes people want to get closer unconsciously, then stretch out the tip of their tongue and taste it bit by bit...
"They're gone."
The sudden sound in his ear scared Lu Yuming, and the tingling sensation on the tip of his tongue made him regain his sanity, and he finally saw the cabinet door that was not closed.
this……
Lu Yuming blinked, "Isn't this door closed?"
If it wasn't closed, why didn't the ghost catch them?
Chu Sicheng lowered his eyes and glanced at him, feeling the wet touch on his neck, and knocked lightly on the cabinet door, saying in an unclear tone:
"Because this cabinet door has never been closed."
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