Rebirth
It was already ten o'clock in the morning when they arrived at the amusement park. The passenger in the passenger seat was yawning non-stop. It was all because of Chen An that he couldn't sleep last night. Thinking of this, Jiang Li secretly glanced at him.
After opening the door and getting off the bus, Chen An went to buy a ticket. He stood at the door. Today was Saturday and the amusement park was bustling with people, mostly families. Once upon a time, he was one of these children.
As you queue up to enter the park, the first thing you see is Chimelong Paradise’s most famous roller coaster.
"Which one do you want to play?"
Chen An seemed to be in much better spirits than him. That’s right, he slept soundly last night!
"Is anyone else coming up?"
As the staff prepared to close the door, Jiang Li grabbed Chen An's wrist and rushed forward, "We! We!"
Chen An was led away, and when he handed the ticket to him, he asked him, "Are you sure you want to play this?"
Jiang Li raised his face, "Why, are you scared?"
Chen An smiled and said, "How is that possible?"
The staff buckled them into the safety seats, turned around, and pressed the button. When Jiang Li was placed in the first row, he belatedly realized he was frightened. The thing was rising little by little, and looking down at himself getting farther and farther from the ground, Jiang Li had a bad feeling.
"Ah!!!" With a catapulting start, they flew out. Jiang Li instinctively closed his eyes and screamed. After a while, laughter came from the side. Chen An opened his arms, enjoying the pleasure of diving, and heard cheers.
After passing the highest turn, the speed gradually decreased. Jiang Li stared at the finish line eagerly. It was finally over.
When Jiang Li came down from upstairs, his legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Chen An pulled him up and helped him sit on a chair. He was so dizzy and nauseous that he almost vomited his breakfast.
"Are you okay?" Chen An handed him some water.
Jiang Li only took a small sip, and after catching his breath, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay."
"Are you afraid of heights?"
"I'm not afraid of heights, I'm afraid of weightlessness." Jiang Li tried to save face. "I wasn't like this when I was a kid. Really, I might have built one before. Roller coasters, pendulums, and pirate ships are no problem!"
"Did your parents bring you here?"
Jiang Li paused, "Yeah."
"It seems they were nice to you before."
"That was only the case in the past." Jiang Li looked down at his feet. "In fact, they were called back from work after less than a day at the amusement park."
Chen An stood up and extended his hand to him.
Jiang Li heard him say, "Let's go, we have a whole day."
Chen An took him to play bumper cars. The two adults seemed somewhat out of place in the small venue, but when the group of children drove their cars towards them provocatively, they instantly looked ten years younger.
"Hit him!"
Jiang Li turned the steering wheel and sped towards the little boy's car. The little boy excitedly shouted and told his friends, "Run!"
They automatically divided into groups. Chen An, Jiang Li, and another young couple formed the adult group, while the remaining six children formed a group. Both sides formed their own positions and competed. When the game time was up, Jiang Li was trapped in a corner by their car and could not get out. Only by surrendering was he allowed to safely "evacuate" the scene.
He was sweating profusely and feeling extremely hot when Chen An came to him with ice cream. Sitting in the shade to escape the heat, the couple took photos with the park's adorable pets. Jiang Li ate his ice cream bite by bite. Not far from him, the roller coaster turned another sharp bend and erupted in screams, giving everyone a fright. He bet Jiang Li would never want to ride a roller coaster again.
Sure enough, after a while he pulled Chen An away from this place where there were passionate screams everywhere.
"Escape room?"
"Would you like to try it? This is a new project in our park." Two staff members took out flyers and enthusiastically introduced it to them.
Jiang Li said, "I've heard of this before. It's just a bunch of people going in to solve a puzzle, right?"
"Yes." She continued to promote it enthusiastically. "It's very fun. There's a storyline in it. It's an immersive escape room."
Jiang Li finished the last bite of the ice cream cone and glanced at Chen An. "Since we're here, let's take a look."
"Okay, okay, please come in. Let's get a few people together. Wait a moment. Once we have seven people, we can open the secret room."
As luck would have it, the couple from before were also there, and the girl took the initiative to talk to them, "Hello, my name is Qiu Xiaojing, and this is my boyfriend, Chu Ping'an."
Jiang Li nodded and said concisely: "My name is Jiang Li, and his name is Chen An."
They didn't have to wait long before seven people gathered. The staff put blindfolds on them, blocking their vision. The others were panicking and groping around. Jiang Li took a step back and put a hand on his shoulder, "Everyone, put your hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you. Don't get separated."
A person's leadership ability is best demonstrated when there is no leader.
Jiang Li placed one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him and covered his own shoulder with the other hand. People mistakenly thought he was afraid, so the person behind him approached and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm behind you."
The group filed into the main room in this position. The director's voice came from inside the main room, "You can take off your blindfolds now. The escape room officially begins."
After taking off their blindfolds, they found themselves in an abandoned factory with moss growing on the walls. Disoriented, they tried to find the door to the next room.
"Ah!" Suddenly Qiu Xiaojing stepped on something and almost fell down. When she looked carefully, she found it was a skeleton!
Chu Ping'an hugged her and retreated repeatedly, and the subsequent members found scattered skeletons in the room one after another.
Jiang Li whispered, "Isn't it supposed to be a puzzle? Why is there a horror element?"
Chen An said: "Nowadays, escape rooms basically incorporate the elements of haunted houses, and their main selling points are thrilling and brain-teasing."
Jiang Li said, "Have you played it?"
"No." Chen An said, "Xun Muke and Han Ming played more."
Jiang Li looked at the pile of skeletons behind Qiu Xiaojing and suggested, "Why don't we go take a look?"
"good."
There were seven players, including Qiu Xiaojing and two girls. The frightened ones huddled together. Jiang Li and Chen An took the initiative to go forward to check. They picked up the skull and weighed it. It was very light and obviously fake. Of course, it was impossible to use a real one.
In an inconspicuous corner, a dusty broom hides a few skeletons. When you push them aside, you can see a small door.
Qiu Xiaojing said, "This is too small."
The girl in the team said, "You don't want us to crawl through it?"
There was a lock on the door, so it was almost certain that this was the route. Jiang Li glanced at the combination lock and said, "Let's look for clues."
"There's nothing here except skeletons. What clues can we find?"
"Tongtong, stop talking and look for it." Another girl who was traveling with her pulled her sleeve.
They had never played in an escape room before, and they happened to come here to experience it today. Zheng Tong came in with her boyfriend and best friend.
A few people were wandering around the factory when Jiang Li picked up a wrench. He winked at Chen An, and his proposal was rejected. If everyone broke the rules and destroyed the props like him, then there was no need to open the secret room. Since they were here, they should abide by the rules.
"It suddenly occurred to me that no staff told us the theme of this book before we came in," Zheng Tong said in frustration. "I should have stayed away from coming in. There wasn't even a hint."
"Don't say that. If we can't figure it out, they will definitely let us go." Best friend Yu Xiaowei comforted her.
Afterwards, they all seemed to have given up and just sat down to chat. Jiang Li glanced at them and found Chen An who was still thinking.
Following his gaze, he saw some incomplete words on the ceiling. He took a few steps back and looked up as well.
"Yong...Xing Research Institute?" Some of the words were covered with dirt and could not be seen clearly.
Chen An took a broom and cleaned off the dirt and mud on it. "Eternal Night Star Research Institute."
Jiang Li remembered that the combination lock had letters on it. He entered the first letters in order and said, "Open."
Qiu Xiaojing gave them a thumbs-up and praised them: "Oh my god, a hidden boss."
"This... the entrance is too small, isn't it?"
Yu Xiaowei said: "We girls should be fine, but they probably will be in trouble."
As the three girls were about to go in, Jiang Li turned around and smiled, "Wait."
"How dare you go ahead when you don't even know what's over there?"
After hearing what he said, the three of them looked at each other and didn't dare to speak.
Jiang Li said, "Let me go first."
He knelt at the door and crawled in with his back bent. Someone was leading the team and they would be catching up soon, with Chen An bringing up the rear.
The passage is very long, but it is not completely dark inside. The small headlights flash green light, which is quite scary when shining on people's faces.
Zheng Tong climbed for a while and ran out of energy. "Are we not there yet?"
Jiang Li encountered a difficult problem, a fork in the road.
He stopped and asked, "Fork in the road, left or right?"
Zheng Tong felt like she was about to suffocate in the passage. "It doesn't matter where you go. Let's get out of here."
Jiang Li chose the right side. Fortunately, the exit arrived soon. He pushed open the door and landed successfully on the ground.
Judging from the furnishings, it should be a research room. Several people were milling around the room. Jiang Li glanced at the paper materials on the desk, picked them up and read, "In 2123, the Earth's environment continued to deteriorate. To ensure human safety, our company decided to establish the Eternal Night Star Research Institute. It will assess and screen existing humans. Those who pass the assessment will be eligible for the jump and have a new identity number."
Qiu Xiaojing said: "So we got the Doomsday Edition."
What a familiar name! Chen An seemed to have heard Xun Muke mention it before.
Jiang Li concluded, "Anyway, there's a migration plan, and they're planning to select some people and take them away for this plan."
Chu Pingan said: "What should we do now?"
"We're not teleporting, so of course we have to find a door to pass through." After saying that, Jiang Li walked around the room.
In a room with a high-tech layout, where is the door?
Zheng Tong became interested in the secret room and started looking for something. Before she could find anything, Chen An took out the iPad from the drawer and entered the password once. It seemed that the password was about eight digits.
"Jiang Li, take a look at the walls to see if there are any dates or numbers."
Jiang Li vaguely saw that there seemed to be something engraved on these crystal blocks. Following the lines and looking carefully, there seemed to be words, "There are words here!"
Several people rushed over. Chu Pingan rubbed it with his thumb. It wasn't written there. "It really is engraved!"
Jiang Li concentrated on finding the number he was looking for. From the tiny carvings, he read a sentence, "November 10, 2070, the jump plan officially started."
Chen An got the password and entered eight digits. The tablet was successfully unlocked, and there was a text description and some information inside.
He read out, "The jump plan officially launched on November 10, 2070. Earth's current population is 9 billion. The plan will be implemented in phases and regions. The world is divided into five major regions: China, Western Europe, North America, the Southern Hemisphere, and the Polar Regions. The first batch of experiments will be conducted in China. After completing all three phases of screening, the next region will be screened."
"There's also a list here, probably of the people who participated in the plan." Chen An scrolled back a few pages. "However, the plan was halted in April 2071."
Zheng Tong asked: "Why?"
He searched the tablet but couldn't find the reason.
There were banging sounds and roars coming from outside the door. Jiang Li found the reason in several highly exposed crystal blocks, "Because a zombie tide broke out!"
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