The moment the key slipped smoothly into the keyhole, he was completely relieved. This was indeed the key to the secret room! His bet was right!
However, things naturally did not develop so smoothly. The female player who was originally nailed to the wall went crazy when she saw that the two men had actually found the key.
She angrily tried to break free from the crossbow bolt that pinned her to the wall. In her haste, she yanked her hand out of the wall, causing the bolt to penetrate deeper into her flesh.
She didn't have time to pull the crossbow arrow out of her hand, but instead rushed towards Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian with the crossbow arrow in her hand!
Tang Mianmian's multifunctional saber had been killed in the line of duty, leaving him with nothing but his bare hands to stop the female player. The two engaged in a physical fight, and he strangled her neck while furiously complaining inwardly, "Crazy, crazy! This woman is truly insane! They've already found the key to escape, so why is she still trying to stop them? She could have escaped with them, too!"
However, he couldn't speak underwater, so he could only drink a big mouthful of water. He could only frantically post comments and complaints in his mind while helplessly fighting with the female player in front of him who seemed to have completely lost her mind.
The female player was very ferocious. While pinching Tang Mianmian's neck, she also kicked Xiao Tangqiu hard in the waist.
Xiao Tangqiu was kicked hard in the waist and hit his head against the iron gate. His brain, which was already a little slow due to lack of oxygen, almost froze on the spot. Fortunately, the desire to live overcame everything, and he gritted his teeth and continued to open the door.
The oxygen content in his lungs had dropped to its lowest point, and his throat and lungs felt a burning sensation. He knew that if he didn't leave the water, he would probably stay there forever and become the second female player—
He didn't believe that the female player didn't want to escape. They had clearly seen hope of survival, but instead of helping, the female player acted as if she didn't want them to leave, nor did she want to leave herself.
Does that female player really not want to leave?
I'm afraid that's not the case, unless she knew that she couldn't leave. She knew that even if they found the key and opened the door, she would never be able to leave this secret room.
Perhaps it was because she had been locked in this secret room for too long, and her consciousness, behavior and will had been completely controlled by the room.
Maybe it's because... she and the secret room have been completely assimilated, they have become one, she is the secret room, the secret room is her, she has become the will of this secret room, so no matter how many times the copy is restarted, no matter how many players she kills and takes away their identities, in the end she will still return to the secret room.
——Does she really not know where the key to the secret room is?
Click.
The door opened.
When the fresh air and light from outside came into the secret room, Xiao Tangqiu almost burst into tears. He breathed in the fresh air in big gulps and once again deeply experienced the beauty of life.
However, just as he was about to cross the threshold and rush out, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his calf!
Xiao Tangqiu looked down in disbelief and found that it was the black bug.
The black bug had been hiding somewhere just now, and just when he was about to escape from the secret room, it rushed up and bit him... This is the real case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Is he going to die like this?
He was unwilling to give up! He was about to escape!
However, the severe pain lasted only a moment, and soon he felt nothing.
Xiao Tangqiu subconsciously turned around and looked at the female player.
Ever since the door of the secret room opened, the female player has not moved. She no longer attacks Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, but just floats motionlessly in the water, like a piece of furniture in this house.
She looked at Xiao Tangqiu expressionlessly, her eyes dim, without any resentment or any other emotions.
Tang Mianmian didn't know why Xiao Tangqiu suddenly stood still at the door and turned to look into the secret room. He was almost suffocating from holding his breath, so he quickly pushed Xiao Tangqiu out of the door.
Before Xiao Tangqiu's body completely left the secret room, his eyes were still looking at the secret room. He saw that the walls in the secret room, which had been beaten to pieces and scarred by the female player's whip, were restored and reorganized in an instant, and returned to the way they looked when they had just entered the house.
The female player was still floating in the water, with no intention of rushing up to leave the secret room with them. She was motionless, like a piece of furniture or decoration in the house.
She looked at all the players leaving the secret room expressionlessly, her eyes dim, neither sad nor happy.
And her fate will probably be the same as all the furniture in this room, they will be covered in dust in the house.
——Until the next group of players entering the dungeon step into this room.
The moment they successfully escaped from the secret room, Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian fell to the ground exhausted at the same time. They gasped for breath and tried hard to breathe in the fresh air outside. They had never felt that the air outside was so fresh and sweet.
"Fuck... what's wrong with that woman! Doesn't she want to escape? She's holding us back!" Tang Mianmian was the first to recover, and he immediately started cursing. "Even if I want to commit suicide for love, I'll find a beautiful young lady to do it with! I don't want to commit suicide with some perverted aunt who likes to play with a whip!"
He looked back and found that only he and Xiao Tangqiu had escaped. He was stunned: "Huh? Where's she? She didn't come out?"
Xiao Tangqiu shook his head, and it took him a long time to recover: "She didn't come out, she stayed inside."
Tang Mianmian was stunned for a moment, but for him, this was not the main point. He quickly asked the question that concerned him more: "By the way, how did you find the key just now? Didn't we search the entire house before and couldn't find it? Where did you find it?"
While panting, Xiao Tangqiu slowly expressed his thoughts.
“The most dangerous place is the safest place?”
After hearing this, Tang Mianmian couldn't help but applaud: "Fuck! Why didn't I think of this? You're so smart! The most dangerous place is the safest place, the most dangerous place is the safest place... But wait! Why do you have the key in your pocket and not me?"
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