Chapter 1 Closed Classroom (1)
Yi Han woke up from his sleep and found himself lying in an unfamiliar room.
It was quiet all around. There were no windows in the room, only a bed and four walls. It was even more shabby than a basement room that cost 20 dollars a night.
"Why am I here...
"——Am I not dead???"
He looked down and saw that the broken glass that had killed him was still stuck in his chest. His shirt was soaked with blood that was still warm from his body temperature.
Confusedly, I reached for my phone and opened it. The time displayed on the screen was "September 25, 2020, 19:45."
It's less than an hour before I die...
There was also a bunch of unread text messages at the top of the screen from earlier in the day:
"Just wait, you little bastard!"
"How dare you act wildly in front of me? Have you ever asked who your Master Jin is?"
"If you dare to mess with me, I will make it difficult for you to survive in H City..."
The signature is "sb client Jin", and this is the latest example of sb party A that Yi Han encountered while working part-time after school.
This afternoon, just after finishing his professional class, he was sent by his manager to collect a debt owed to this person. The other party was unreasonable and rogue, and even wanted to fight when he was pressed... So, Yi Han, who was more capable of fighting, beat the man up in self-defense and sent him to the hospital. He was complained about for "beating a customer".
That manager wasn't a good guy either. It was a small company, but all the employees he recruited were seniors who were out for internships. He ordered them around every day, forced them to work overtime, and found fault with them, deducting their wages. When the internship was over, he would find an excuse to fire them and replace them with a new batch of cheap interns.
Yi Han was quite smart, so he was not caught by the boss for any chance to take advantage of him. He wanted to change jobs after he finished working this month and got paid, but the manager had been keeping an eye on him for a long time. As the end of the month approached, he sent one of his part-time employees to argue with the rogue client. After receiving the complaint, the manager fired him immediately without asking any questions, and said that he would not be paid a penny, and he would have to pay for the client's medical expenses.
So after Yi Han typed a few question marks, he beat up the manager as well.
The sb customer and the sb manager lay side by side in the same ward, and they were swearing at each other passionately. At this moment, a machine being pushed through the corridor had an accident, and several sharp pieces of glass exploded, taking the lives of several people. Yi Han was putting his foot on the sb manager and was concentrating on asking for his salary. He didn't react in time and died together with the two sbs.
It was around 19:00. Yi Han had two fights after class and didn't even have time to eat, so I remember it very clearly...
So what's going on now?
Yi Han was reflecting on whether he was saved by some mysterious force because he "dared to fight against evil forces and promote positive energy", and then he heard a cold system voice.
【Welcome to the real escape game】
Then a lot of information was stuffed into my brain.
Participate in the escape game and earn points...
Points can be exchanged for various heaven-defying props, magic weapons, and abilities...
The most expensive reward is worth 100,000,000 points - a chance to change your destiny.
With this opportunity, you can return to the human world and start a new life customized by yourself.
But if you fail halfway, both your body and soul will be used as collateral, and you will be stuck in the game forever, with no way out.
——This is a gamble with your life.
The voice did not give him long to accept it, and immediately issued the next notification.
[There are still 3 minutes until the game officially starts. ]
[The first transmission will start in 3 minutes. Friendly reminder: This process will be enforced by the system. It is recommended not to resist or struggle unnecessarily. ]
"...Resist?" After Yi Han got over the headache, he was sweating profusely, but he couldn't help but chuckle.
Why should he resist? This game... is tailor-made for him!
Since his parents died when he was 10 years old, Yi Han has been struggling to survive alone in this world. During the past 10 years, he has experienced all kinds of difficult situations that children from normal families would never encounter. He has mastered all kinds of skills (? ) and has an impressive psychological endurance.
It was just parkour escape and physics puzzle solving, he was really good at it. Yi Han felt that he was at a disadvantage to die together with two idiots. If he could complete the game and bring back a lot of cheats, those two idiots would be so angry that they would resurrect on the spot. Anyway, he was alone and had died once, so there was really nothing to be afraid of now.
"The only problem now is, what should I do with this chest injury..."
In fact, it doesn’t hurt, and it doesn’t affect your movements too much, but maybe because you’ve bled too much, Yi Han always feels a little weak now.
However, the system told him that it would cost 100 points to heal his wounds, and Yi Han currently had 0 points.
It seems that I can only pass the first level with injuries.
3 minutes passed in a flash.
[Start drawing the first level now]
【Extraction successful】
[Level Name: Closed Classroom (Novice Level)]
[Number of players: 2]
[Level Description: You are locked in an empty teaching building. Please find the key and escape before 24:00.]
[Clearance Reward: 100 points (basic points). If the exploration level is higher than the minimum clearance standard, you can get extra points at the settlement. 】
[Failure penalty: Stay in the teaching building forever, accompanied by evil spirits. ]
Everything went dark before his eyes, and when he could see clearly again, Yi Han was already in a classroom.
The system stated that in order to avoid sudden prompt sounds affecting players' games, information prompts within the levels will be changed to mobile APP.
Yi Han took out his mobile phone and saw that an APP called [Real Escape Game] had been automatically installed.
The homepage of the app shows his cartoon avatar, wearing a white shirt and black pants. Even the glass stuck in his chest and the bloodstains on his clothes are restored.
Scroll down to see his personal information.
Player ID: *****01047
Name: Yi Han
Age: 20
Bloodline: Human
Abilities: None
Current status: Hungry, seriously injured (physical strength, recovery, reaction speed, etc. all decreased by 50%)
Yi Han touched the weapon stuck in his chest and frowned.
Hunger is fine, but I didn't expect that this fatal injury, the debuff in the level is so serious. It costs 100 points to heal the injury, and the basic reward for clearing the level is only 100 points.
People who enter this game should be those who have just died, and they must be either sick or injured. If they want to get rid of the serious injury debuff, they will choose to spend these 100 points to treat the illness/injury after passing the novice level.
And this is just the first level. If players reach the more difficult levels later on, they will inevitably get injured again, and then they will have to spend points to heal. In order to pass the levels better, it is also necessary to buy props, abilities, and bloodlines.
Obviously, this game will not allow players to easily accumulate enough points to leave the game. If you want to accumulate enough points as quickly as possible, you must increase your exploration within the level as much as possible and score as many points as possible.
Yi Han quickly determined his course of action: Don't be timid, just be brave.
He put away his phone and took a quick look around.
This was an ordinary university classroom, basically the same as the one he attended during the day. There were some advanced math formulas written on the blackboard, the tables and chairs were arranged loosely, the light tubes emitted a pale light, and Yi Han was the only one in the room.
The mission information says that the number of players for this level is 2.
Now the other player is not here, and he is most likely locked in a classroom like him. Only if both of them escape from their respective rooms will they have a chance to meet.
Yi Han didn't think much about the teammate he had not met yet, and hurried to check the doors and windows of the classroom.
"Click." As expected, the front and back doors were locked and could only be opened with a key.
He drew open the curtains and closed the windows tightly. Yi Han wanted to try to see if he could break the glass, but after thinking it over, he gave up - the classroom was located on a high floor and the night outside the window was too dark to estimate the specific floor. But a casual glance down told him that he could not get down even if he broke the window.
This classroom is really just an ordinary university classroom, with a blackboard, a podium, and more than forty sets of desks and chairs, nothing else.
Yi Han started from the lecture table, then checked the desk drawers one by one. After searching everywhere without success, he tried to pull the curtains off the window with one force. But he even checked above the hanging ring, but didn't see the key hidden there.
So it only took a dozen minutes to search the entire house.
The key should be an ordinary door key. Unless it is built into the wall, it is impossible to be completely lost... What is missing?
Yi Han leaned his arms on the desk, looked around the room, and frowned in thought.
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly a female scream filled with great fear pierced through the walls and abruptly pierced my ears.
Yi Han was shocked.
...is it another player?
Was there danger in the first room? What happened to her in the room?
Or had she found the key to the first room, walked out of the classroom, and then encountered something in the corridor?
The scream was so terrifying and tragic that Yi Han even felt physically uncomfortable after hearing it, and at the same time he also felt a slight sense of urgency.
But what else in this house has not been found?
Yi Han stared at the wooden desk and blackboard, thought for a moment, and then looked at the curtains that he had violently pulled down before.
It seems that the facilities within the level are allowed to be destroyed.
He searched around for a while, finally picked up a chair, tried its weight, then took it back to the desk and swung it hard.
With a loud bang, the wooden podium collapsed.
No compartment, no key.
Yi Han held the wound on his chest, took a breath, turned around, and slammed the chair against the blackboard.
After a few hits, the blackboard was broken, revealing the white wall behind it.
Yi Han reached out to clear away the broken pieces of the blackboard and checked it carefully, but still found nothing.
"It's hidden too deeply..."
Time passed minute by minute, and the female voice did not sound again, but from another direction, the faint sound of a child crying could be heard intermittently.
…It seems that my previous guess was not correct. There are obviously a lot of things in this building, and the screaming female voice may not be another player…
Yi Han ignored the strange and creepy noises and turned his attention back to his classroom.
But looking around, it feels quite tricky.
Until, when he saw an object, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He walked down from the podium, dragged another chair over and smashed it with a few bangs. Then he picked up the longest chair leg and held it in his hand.
Look up and find the right spot, move the desk, and lift your long legs to climb up.
Now, Yi Han, who was already tall, was very close to the ceiling above his head.
And right in front of him was an incandescent lamp hanging from the ceiling.
Yi Han weighed the chair leg in his hand, reached out and knocked it hard, and the light tube shattered.
The broken glass fell to the ground, and the classroom immediately became darker.
There are a total of 4 light bulbs in this room. I have searched everywhere else but found nothing. Now this is the only one left.
After eliminating all the wrong answers, Yi Han was almost certain that the key must be in one of the light tubes.
I have to say that this hiding place is a bit tricky. Because even if ordinary players suspect something like a lamp, they dare not easily smash it.
The system must have processed it before. You can't tell from the outside which lamp the key is hidden in, so you can only guess. If you are unlucky, you have broken three lamps but still haven't found the key. In a dim classroom, there is only one lamp left. If you break it, the room will be completely dark. You don't know what is hidden around you. From time to time, there will be some strange noises to scare people. You are not sure whether the key is in the last lamp. Should you break it or not?
People are always naturally afraid of darkness, let alone in this real escape game. Any player who is a little unsure of his own ideas will be entangled and hesitant at this time.
But Yi Han doesn't.
He moved the table and smashed the incandescent lamps one by one. As expected, there was nothing in the first three lamps.
Until the last one.
Yi Han swung the stick for the last time without hesitation. As the last light disappeared, the classroom fell into complete darkness.
There was a crisp sound of metal falling to the ground, mixed with the sound of glass breaking, which was particularly clear and easy to recognize.
Yi Han held the wound on his chest and jumped off the desk.
He turned on the flashlight on his phone, pushed aside the glass fragments, and picked out the key without any surprise.
Due to the movement just now, his wound was a little torn again. Blood began to ooze out continuously. Although it didn't hurt, it was a bit scary to look at.
Yi Han took the key and inserted it into the door lock.
With a "click", the door opened.
The lights in the corridor were also on, and the light was still eerily white.
He did not rush out of the classroom, but instead gripped the legs of his chair, looked around, and was alert to his surroundings.
At this moment, the door of the next classroom opened with a creaky sound.
Soft footsteps approached cautiously along the corridor.
Soon, a pale and thin young boy appeared in Yi Han's sight.
"Ah! You must be another player! Great, I'm finally not alone... This damn place is so scary without a companion..."
The boy was touched, as if he had met a relative. He forced a smile that looked weird no matter how you looked at it, and rushed towards Yi Han.
Yi Han raised his eyebrows and lifted the chair leg without saying a word.
With a "bang".
The boy covered his head: ...QAQ?
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