Chapter 34
This is a small inn with two floors.
Although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs. Only after entering the door did I find that all the facilities inside were designed in antique style. There were rough wooden tables and chairs, a narrow wooden staircase leading to the second floor in the corner, and wine jars stacked on both sides. All of them give people a feeling of traveling through time and space.
—Ignore the bloodstains that can be seen everywhere.
Xie Xichao actually guessed that this program was not that simple, but the production team was obviously quite ruthless.
Horror elements + secret rooms + finding treasure map fragments, this recording session will take at least several hours.
After looking around, he turned around and saw Ai Qingyuan trembling behind him. He was a little amused: "Are you so scared?"
In fact, the scene is quite realistic.
But Ai Qingyuan was quite powerful just now.
Ai Qingyuan: “…”
He looked at Jie Xichao as if he were a ghost: "Aren't you afraid?"
Xie Xichao paused and said, "No."
"It's all fake." He lifted the prop's head by its long hair and put "her" aside, his movements even somewhat gentle.
Then he said, "Besides, there are so many cameras."
Most importantly,
If he is afraid of ghosts. The first person to be afraid should be himself.
Ai Qingyuan looked up at the sky.
He understands the truth, but he can't control himself.
He felt a little uncomfortable. Not only can he not compare to Jie Xichao on stage, he can't even compare to him at times like this. Fortunately, Yun Pan next to him didn't look much better than him. His face was pale with fear, which made him feel a little more balanced.
He asked Xie Xichao: "What do you say now?"
Xie Xichao didn't let them walk around just now, but went to the side to study the power supply here.
Somehow, he turned on the light in the center of the lobby, and the originally gloomy room finally had a little warmth.
It's already dark outside.
Xie Xichao didn't waste any words and said directly: "Two options."
"First, we need to split up." He said simply, "This building has two floors and a backyard. Each of us will choose a place. If I'm not mistaken, there are at least two treasure map fragments in this place."
As for the key, he wasn't worried. If the main quest is the treasure map, then the key will not be the focus. The clues should be together.
As soon as the words fell, two voices sounded at the same time:
"no!"
"…What about the second one?"
The answer was as expected. Xie Xichao sighed and said, "Second, follow me and search one area at a time. It will just be slower this way."
"Just go slow." Ai Qingyuan said.
Yun Pan also nodded quickly.
Although he doesn't talk much, he is more exaggerated than Ai Qingyuan. The whole person shrank behind Li Xichao.
After reaching a consensus, Xie Xichao said nothing more, "Qingyuan, you look for the left half, Panpan, you look for the right half, I'll be in charge of the counter. If you have any questions, call me and I'll come over."
On the left side of the counter there is a door curtain leading to the backyard, and on the right side is a wooden staircase leading to the second floor. Taking into account the courage of these two people, he reserved the most dangerous area for himself.
They both looked relieved.
Seeing the two of them go to the left and right obediently, Jie Xichao also prepared to walk towards the bar.
But after walking a few steps, he remembered something and paused: "Right."
"Focus on where there are cameras," he said.
The two were stunned.
Then, Yun Pan reacted and his eyes suddenly lit up.
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Xie Xichao's words are purely based on experience.
No matter how realistic the scene is, it is still just a variety show after all. It is impossible for the production team to set up cameras everywhere, but if they want to accurately capture the guests themselves, they can only sacrifice some of the difficulty of the game.
Ai Qingyuan was also very familiar with this matter, and was not surprised to hear Jie Xichao say this. Yun Pan, who was on the show for the first time, was completely confused.
But he reacted quickly.
Jie Xichao glanced at Yun Pan. After hearing Xichao's words, the other party ran to the right side near the door. He didn't start rummaging through the drawers immediately, but just looked at the surrounding furnishings carefully.
Xie Xichao originally thought that the other party was an introvert who didn't like crowds, but now he was sure that this kid was just a little socially anxious.
The thought flashed through his mind, and then he withdrew his gaze and began to look at the furnishings in front of him.
When he got closer, he found that the layout here was even more exquisite than he had imagined.
There were an abacus, an account book and a brush on the counter. Behind the counter is a low cabinet with two layers. On the upper level are several thread-bound ancient books. The lower level is filled with decorative antiques.
On the left side of the cabinet were wine jars. Jie Xichao counted them with his eyes and found that there were about twenty or thirty of them stacked up one on top of the other.
These are the three places where cameras are installed.
The counter, the second layer of the low cabinet, and next to the wine jar on the left.
Xie Xichao pondered for a moment and walked to the counter first.
There was a letter on it.
The content of the letter was not difficult, it was basically about how this was a haunted inn. The resentment was so strong because the previous owner and proprietress of the inn were a cannibal couple, which resulted in countless guests being turned into food in the inn.
Jie Xichao read ten lines of the previous background at a glance, and only paused at the last sentence.
The last sentence is "Remember! Don't do it on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month..."
Before he finished writing a line, his handwriting was dripping, and afterwards, there were spots of blood on the paper.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the night of the full moon?
Xie Xichao was thinking.
This clue alone obviously cannot explain anything. Jie Xichao first made a note of this point, then walked to the cabinet and flipped through the book on it.
The book is a prop book. When you open it, it is not empty. There are words written on every page. He flipped through it and found that it contained some ancient trivia, with both pictures and text, which was quite rich.
It is rich, but the content is too much and it is difficult to see the main point at first glance.
After flipping through a few books, Xie Xichao put the book back.
He has a headache.
This is how the game works. Clues are easy to find, but the most complicated part is how to analyze and piece together the clues.
Once you find the pattern, the problem will be easily solved. Therefore, the initial stage is the most difficult.
After thinking about it, he turned his attention to the wine jar beside him.
The wine jar is made in an antique style. It is not sealed with mud, but covered with a thin layer of oil paper and fastened at the mouth with a rubber band.
It looks like... it makes people want to open it.
Xie Xichao thought so and did so.
But before doing so, he reached into his pocket again.
The small dice was shining with a bright green light. It was held in the air and looked at him innocently.
"I know this is a bit embarrassing for you." Xie Xichao turned his back to the camera and whispered to it, "But can't you really display two digits and sort them in order?"
Small dice: “…”
It looked at Jie Xichao, and Jie Xichao also looked at him.
Then, he felt that he had finished his discussion and threw the dice in his hand into the air.
The bright green light flashed in the air and fell into Xichao's palm.
It’s a 1.
Xie Xichao was in deep thought.
He threw it again.
After throwing the dice six times and getting the results of 123456 in order, he finally realized that this was a veiled protest from his own little pet.
He sighed with some regret, and this time he didn't hesitate any more. He squatted down, rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, and began to open the wine jar.
First, he reached in and touched something soft.
He took it out and saw that it was a severed finger made of cotton cloth.
He raised an eyebrow.
The camera moves slowly and silently, attempting to capture every emotion on his face.
But Xie Xichao simply put the severed finger back and threw the jar aside.
There was no strange expression on his face, as if what he touched was not a bloody prop, but an ordinary piece of cloth.
The second jar contains a pair of simulated eyeballs.
The third one.
The fourth one...
When he opened the fifth one, he stared silently at the hideous evil ghost mask inside, then pondered for a while and spoke: "Ai Qingyuan."
"uh-huh?"
Soon, footsteps were heard beside me.
The cool boy walked up to him in a cool way, and then was startled in an uncool way:
"Fuck!"
Xie Xichao asked him: "Do you think it's realistic?"
Ai Qingyuan: “…Hehe.”
After briefly adjusting his mood, Jie Xichao stretched his sore wrist and continued to perform the ritual.
He kept opening the twelfth one and then paused.
Then he stood up holding the jar, put it on the table and took out the contents.
Inside was a locked wooden box.
On the wooden box is a four-digit combination lock.
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