Chapter 109 Unboxing Restrictions
After the two came out of the bathroom, they returned to the living room and found Xiao Ji, who had taken out the prop stethoscope from the box yesterday.
Xiao Ji opened three boxes in a row yesterday. He was lucky not to die immediately. In the three boxes, there was an item that humans could use, a skill of a box girl, and an empty box.
When Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu found Xiao Ji, Wei Xiu De was sitting next to him.
Ruan Nanzhu explained the situation and said that the stethoscope should be able to determine whether the woman is in the box before opening it. In this way, the risk of opening the box will be much smaller.
Before Wei Xiu De could say anything, Xiao Ji became excited and said, "Really? This stethoscope really works. Then we'll make a killing. We can just listen to each one."
"This item definitely has a limited number of uses," Ruan Nanzhu said. "You can try it in a box first."
Wei Xiude listened to the conversation without commenting, remaining a bystander. Although he acted harmless, everyone knew that anyone who could reach the Tenth Gate was no match for him. Furthermore, he had deliberately brought so many newcomers in.
Xiao Ji put on his stethoscope, picked a random box in the living room, and stuck the earpiece of the stethoscope to the outside of the wooden box. He listened for a while, then turned around and said, "There's no sound inside."
"Then try opening it." Ruan Nanzhu said.
"Why don't you do it?" Xiao Ji said, "I'm a little scared." Although he said he was scared, there was no fear on his face. It was obvious that he just didn't want to take the risk of opening the box.
Ruan Nanzhu smiled faintly: "I can come, but if there are any props in there, who will it belong to?"
Xiao Ji said, "Of course it's mine. I identified this box myself."
Ruan Nanzhu said lazily, "How can it be so good? I'll take the risk, and you'll get the benefits."
Xiao Ji thought about it and seemed to think that what Ruan Nanzhu said made sense. Just as she was about to raise her hand to open it, Ruan Nanzhu suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait a moment, I want to listen to the movement in the box."
"Huh?" Xiao Ji was a little confused.
Ruan Nanzhu first leaned against the box and listened for a while, then called Lin Qiushi and Liang Miye over. The three of them listened one by one through the wooden box. Ruan Nanzhu then stood up and waved to Xiaoji, "Come on, open it."
Xiao Ji was quite courageous. Among the newcomers, he was the only one in good condition, showing no signs of emotional breakdown. After rubbing his hands together, he grabbed the lid of the box and gave it a strong lift.
The box opened with a sound, revealing the empty bottom of the box with nothing inside.
"Empty." Xiao Ji felt a little regretful that he couldn't get any useful props.
"Come here for a moment." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Accompany me to the bathroom."
Xiao Ji let out a cry, looked Ruan Nanzhu up and down, and said, "This...isn't it appropriate?"
Ruan Nanzhu: "I asked you to come to the bathroom, not to go to the toilet." He said, "Let's go."
Xiao Ji smiled and followed Ruan Nanzhu to the bathroom.
Lin Qiushi followed behind and quickly understood Ruan Nanzhu's intention. He saw Ruan Nanzhu take Xiao Ji to a toilet cubicle and point to the box inside, saying, "Try using your stethoscope."
This box was the one that had just sent out the false response, deceiving Lin Qiushi into opening it. If the box woman's movement was restricted, then she might not have left the box in such a short time. They could glean a lot of information from the differences between the two boxes. One was the sound the box with the box woman made, and the other was the number of times the stethoscope had been used.
Xiao Ji took out a stethoscope and placed the receiver on the wooden box just like he did outside. After a moment, his expression changed and he cursed softly, "Fuck you!"
"Is there a sound?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.
"Yes," Xiao Ji said, "there is a child crying inside..." He quickly put away the stethoscope, obviously not wanting to listen anymore.
Ruan Nanzhu walked up to the box, patted it, and said, "It looks like she's inside. If we get the key props, we can try it on her." However, they hadn't found any props that could be used against the woman in the box. "Your stethoscope has been used at least twice. If you have a chance tomorrow, you can try to use it a third time," Ruan Nanzhu said. "It's a very good prop. Congratulations."
"Ha, there's nothing to congratulate about. I'm just lucky." Xiao Ji replied casually.
Wei Xiu De had been standing by without saying anything. Only now did he say with a smile, "Yes, Xiao Ji has always been very lucky, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of helping him get married."
"Thank you, Brother Wei." Xiao Ji responded with a smile.
However, although he was thanking him, there was not much gratitude in his eyes. It seemed that he was not a fool. After all, although they were newcomers, their IQ was at least normal. They saw that Wei Xiude was using them as pawns. It was just that they were unlucky this time and encountered a special situation in the inner world of the gate.
After confirming how to use the stethoscope, Ruan Nanzhu said that he planned to go to the second floor to take a look, and Xiao Ji and Wei Xiu De left.
After the two left, Ruan Nanzhu did not leave the toilet in a hurry. Instead, he walked to the wooden box, lowered his head and listened to it, then waved to Lin Qiushi.
"What's wrong?" Lin Qiushi asked.
"You try it," Ruan Nanzhu said. "I don't know if this stethoscope has any special function, or if it simply amplifies sound. If it just amplifies sound..." He paused, glanced at Lin Qiushi, and smiled. "Then don't we have something even more powerful here?"
Lin Qiushi laughed and said, "It certainly can't be just amplifying the sound, otherwise I would have heard everything. What's the point of using props?" As he spoke, he also put his ear against the wooden box. Who would have thought that when his ear touched the wooden box, he actually heard a subtle sound... After listening carefully, it sounded a bit like a little girl crying.
Lin Qiushi's changing expression gave Ruan Nanzhu the answer. Ruan Nanzhu asked, "Why? Can you really hear it?"
"I heard it." Lin Qiushi widened his eyes, "...I really heard it." He repeatedly confirmed that this was not an illusion, he really heard the sound in the box.
"Fuck, this is too much of a cheat." Liang Miye also heard the conversation from the side. "Then Linlin can distinguish all the boxes, right?"
"No," Ruan Nanzhu said, "The stethoscope has a limit on how many times you can use it, and Lin Qiushi might have the same. It's best to be careful, but at least... I can listen twice a day."
Lin Qiushi left the box and asked, "Can the person in the box hear it?"
"It should be possible, but we don't know what the specific sound is." Ruan Nanzhu said, "With Qiushi, our safety factor is much higher." No need to worry about sitting and waiting to die.
Lin Qiushi admired Ruan Nanzhu very much for even thinking of letting him try this.
After they confirmed this, they went to the second floor. When they got there, they heard noisy sounds coming from the study, as if many people were crowded in the study.
Ruan Nanzhu walked into the study and saw several people squatting in front of the safe, doing something with their heads down.
"Are they trying the password?" Liang Miye asked, "Can they figure it out?"
If you really want to try, you can definitely figure it out. There are a total of 10,000 combinations. If each combination takes two seconds, 10,000 times is 2 million seconds, which is about 5 hours, or an entire afternoon.
This is still the most unfortunate situation. Under normal circumstances, it will be faster because it is basically impossible to try from the first to the last.
Ruan Nanzhu said slowly, "How could that be possible?" The door would definitely not allow them such a large loophole to penetrate. He said to the people in the study, "Don't try again. There's no such a big loophole in the door."
"How do you know it won't work? Besides, trying the combination to a safe is normal behavior." The others in the crowd had different ideas from Ruan Nanzhu. They said, "And we've been trying for so long..."
Lin Qiushi wanted to take a step forward and take a closer look at the study, but Ruan Nanzhu extended his hand and stopped him: "Don't go in."
"What's wrong?" Lin Qiushi asked.
Ruan Nanzhu said, "I don't feel well." Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a cry of surprise came from the study: "It's open!"
"What?" Liang Miye was also a little surprised. "It's open now, right?"
Ruan Nanzhu frowned.
Although this was unbelievable, those standing at the door did see the safe open with a slight sound.
When the people inside saw that the safe was opened, they cast a provocative look at Ruan Nanzhu, as if to say, look, we have opened the safe.
"Let me see what's inside." The person who tried the password rubbed his hands excitedly and stretched out his hand to open the safe cabinet. Who knew that when the safe cabinet was opened, he didn't know what he saw inside. His expression instantly became extremely terrified. He screamed and turned around to escape - but the next moment, a pair of slender pale hands stretched out from the safe, grabbed the man tightly, and then instantly dragged him into the not-so-big safe.
“Ahhhhhh——” The person who was dragged in let out a shrill scream and disappeared in front of everyone.
The lively atmosphere in the study suddenly froze, like a piece of frozen ice.
Ruan Nanzhu walked to the safe, reached out and pulled the door, and found, not surprisingly, that the safe was locked again.
But from inside the safe came a horrible cry for help, which came from the person who had just been dragged in.
"Help, help, save me, please save me..." Desperate cries for help came from the box, and everyone in the study turned around and ran outside.
At this time, the number of people in the room had risen to three, and the situation was getting worse.
Ruan Nanzhu frowned and said, "This is why I don't like newcomers." If the person who opened the safe just now was a veteran, they would probably stop as soon as he said that... No, it is impossible for a veteran to challenge the authority of the door and force himself to open the safe.
"Yes, there is no sense of awe, and everyone thinks he is the protagonist." Liang Miye sighed and shook his head, "He always thinks he is the luckiest one, but in fact, he is just a passerby and cannon fodder." The man who was caught and put into the safe was still making miserable screams, and those who heard it felt a chill on their backs.
After this incident, when Ruan Nanzhu returned to the entrance, the whole house was in a very quiet state. The old people were checking every corner of the villa, while the new people were hiding in the living room shivering like lambs. Some of them were still sobbing softly. Lin Qiushi even saw a man in his thirties inside... He looked like he was about to have an emotional breakdown.
"Let's eat first." There was no point in comforting them at this point, so Ruan Nanzhu said, "It's twelve o'clock."
"I can't eat." A little girl said pitifully, "What should we do? Are we going to die here?"
Ruan Nanzhu glanced at her and said, "I don't know if I will die here. I just know that people will die if they don't eat. Let's go. I'm hungry."
The three of them went to the dining room and saw hot meals on the table, along with some pale-faced people. Most of these people were veterans, and none of them picked up their chopsticks. They all stared at the food in front of them in silence without saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Ruan Nanzhu sensed the atmosphere was off and asked, "Why aren't you eating?"
"I can't eat it." Sun Yuanzhou seemed to have a good impression of Ruan Nanzhu and said, "Would you like to try?"
Can't eat? Lin Qiushi was stunned when he heard this. He randomly chose a seat and sat down. Just as he was about to eat with his chopsticks, he felt a force stopping him—he couldn't extend his chopsticks to the food in front of him.
Ruan Nanzhu, Liang Miye, and Lin Qiushi all encountered the same situation. It was as if an unknown wall had appeared before them, preventing them from even reaching for the food in front of them.
"No way..." Liang Miye's face began to turn pale. Obviously, she had come up with a very bad guess: "It can't be what I think!"
"It's really the world inside the door." Ruan Nanzhu sighed, "Nothing is so good there." They thought they had a lot of time, but in fact, the door was not as tolerant as they imagined.
Ruan Nanzhu stood up: "Let's confirm it first." He turned and went to the living room and called Xiao Ji who was still in the living room.
Xiao Ji said, "I'm not hungry yet."
"Come and eat something first." Ruan Nanzhu said.
Xiao Ji was baffled, but he followed Ruan Nanzhu anyway. He sensed something was amiss as he entered the dining room. He sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and casually picked up a dish. He was startled when he noticed the way everyone looked at him suddenly changed. "Fuck! Why are you looking at me like that?" He glanced at his chopsticks and quickly put the dish down. "Is the food poisonous?"
"No need to think about it, our guess is correct." Ruan Nanzhu sighed.
The atmosphere in the dining room was dead silent.
Xiao Ji felt a little scalp numb from being stared at by everyone, and laughed dryly: "What are you all looking at me for?"
"Can we share food?" Sun Yuanzhou asked, "Xiao Ji, feed me a bite."
Xiao Ji: "Ah???" He was startled by Sun Yuanzhou who was sitting next to him. He quickly stood up and said, "Brother, don't be like this. I'm not interested in men."
Sun Yuanzhou gritted his teeth: "I'm not interested in men either! We can't eat, only you can pick up the chopsticks——"
Seeing that Xiao Ji still looked confused, Sun Yuanzhou simply picked up the chopsticks and demonstrated to Xiao Ji.
At first, Xiao Ji thought Sun Yuanzhou was joking. After all, it was too unbelievable. But when he realized that everyone else's expressions were serious and clearly not a prank, he said, "You mean, if you don't open the box, you can't eat?"
"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu said.
"Then why can we have breakfast?" said Xiao Ji.
"Maybe they are afraid that we will have hypoglycemia?" Liang Miye made an unfunny joke.
"Hurry up and try to feed me something." Sun Yuanzhou was a little impatient. "I'm starving."
Xiao Ji: "...Can I try someone else?" He shifted his gaze to Ruan Nanzhu. After all, feeding a beautiful girl is much more enjoyable than feeding a rough old man.
Sun Yuanzhou sneered: "Why are you so troublesome?"
Little Thistle: "..."
Under Sun Yuanzhou's glare, Xiao Ji reluctantly chose to compromise. He picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and was about to stuff it into Sun Yuanzhou's mouth. But before he could get the food into Sun Yuanzhou's mouth, Xiao Ji felt a resistance that stopped his chopsticks. Even though the food was so close, he just couldn't get it into Sun Yuanzhou's mouth.
"That's good." Seeing this scene, everyone's guess was completely confirmed. Someone at the table was furious and cursed in dialect, "Screw you, you bastard!"
Lin Qiushi felt like laughing at these words, but he felt it was inappropriate to laugh, so he covered his mouth with his hands.
"What should I do?" Liang Miye was a little upset. "If I want to eat, I have to open the box... I was wondering why there is no time limit."
They thought the gate was merciful, but who knew it was still waiting for them here.
There is indeed a BUG in this game. If the player does not take the initiative to open the box, the box girl will not be able to do anything. As long as the time is long enough, they can use a prop to judge each box, and then they will definitely find a lot of usable props.
After all, there are certain necessary conditions for the Box Girl to kill people.
But now the goalkeeper has blocked their way and given them a choice: either be caught by the box girl or starve to death in the villa.
Xiao Ji also understood her own uniqueness, and quickly picked up the bowl and stuffed a few mouthfuls of rice with resentment, saying vaguely: "I'll eat first, you guys can do whatever you want..."
Everyone looked at him as if they wanted to eat him alive.
Liang Miye sighed and looked at Ruan Nanzhu: "What should we do, Zhu Meng?"
Ruan Nanzhu said, "What should I do? I won't eat anymore." He put down his chopsticks and stood up. "Let's go."
Liang Miye and Lin Qiushi followed him out of the restaurant. The other veterans also left the restaurant one after another, all with solemn expressions on their faces.
Xiao Ji also knew that he was hated, so he quickly ate his rice and slipped away.
Lin Qiushi and the others returned to the room. The three of them sat in the room, and the atmosphere was very quiet.
"Don't eat today." Ruan Nanzhu said lightly, "Wait until Linlin opens the box tomorrow before eating." People won't die from being hungry for a day, but if the box is opened incorrectly once, they will lose their lives.
"I didn't expect there would be such restrictions." Liang Miye said, "They're simply forcing us to die."
When playing board games, there is no problem of forcing human players to open boxes, because after all, board games are just games. If players want to win the game, they will definitely consciously search and open boxes.
But when the game becomes reality, it's different. What they lose is not that small character, but their own life. If possible, who would be willing to joke with their own life? So they would rather stay in the house for a while longer than take this risk.
But after being restricted by the door, the door forces the passive players to become active.
Although veterans quickly accepted this fact, it was simply too cruel for newbies.
Lin Qiushi, who was on the second floor, could even hear the wailing coming from the first floor, mixed with grief cries: "I don't want to open the box, I don't want to open the box - I want to go out, let me out!!" Someone began to bang on the door, trying to leave the villa.
"Wei Xiu De, Wei Xiu De, you clearly said you would protect us!" Someone else found Wei Xiu De and asked in a trembling voice, "What should we do now?"
Wei Xiu De hypocritically comforted them to calm down, saying that there must be a solution. As for what the solution was, he probably couldn't tell them himself.
However, Lin Qiushi could see that he was indeed not in a hurry. Xiao Ji, who was with him, had a key item on her that could open at least two boxes a day. At least he and Xiao Ji were safe.
Because of this sudden rule, the entire villa fell into chaos, and by the time the chaos subsided, it was already night.
Sun Yuanzhou called everyone to the first floor and said he wanted to hold a group meeting.
Everyone sat around the table in a dead silence, and heard Sun Yuanzhou say, "At this point, everyone should understand that this is a team game, right?" He slammed the table and said, "We must cooperate, otherwise we will all die in this door!"
After a long silence, someone spoke up and asked, "How do we cooperate?"
"Let's start by unpacking the boxes," Sun Yuanzhou said. "It's not mandatory. If you prefer, you can starve to death. But after you open the box, please put a note on it to avoid opening it again. And write down what you found inside the box on the note."
"Okay." Ruan Nanzhu crossed his arms and said calmly, "But what if someone lies?"
"Then we should exclude the liar from our team," Sun Yuanzhou said coldly. "The Box Girl is already troublesome enough. We don't have the energy to fight among ourselves. I hope everyone is clear about this."
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