Chapter 4 Closed Classroom (4)
Ever since coming out of that room, Yi Han's good teammate has become extremely confused.
After witnessing "colleague A mysteriously disappearing in the toilet" and "colleague B being brutally eaten in the classroom" in succession, he seemed to begin to doubt his ghost life.
Yi Han couldn't help but wonder if he had scared the guy too much just now. He only killed two ghosts and got 20 points... He should not just give up like that... He said vaguely to comfort him, "...Don't worry, everything will be fine."
Unfortunately, judging from the other person's expression, he didn't seem to be comforted...
Yi Han didn't say anything more, but turned his mind and thought about another thing that had been worrying him.
——Before the game started, the system clearly stated that the number of players was 2. Now that the silly kid next to me was definitely not a real player, where was the real player now?
Yi Han had thought about this question before, and had guessed that he might have been eliminated. But after encountering several ghost NPCs, his thoughts changed a little.
This beginner level, or even the entire escape game, seems to have given him a rather mild impression so far. It is more like a real game level - "people" and "ghosts" belong to different camps, each with different tasks.
For example, Yi Han, as a "human", his task is to find the key and escape from the teaching building; and the "ghosts", including the fake teammate beside him, have a task of probably "tripping the player on his way to escape"... They lurk around him, hiding in the dark places he will pass by, trying their best to create a horror atmosphere, trying to scare him away, but none of them are serious about killing him.
When I encountered the female ghost at the lecture table just now, it was already past 22:00, and the game time was halfway through. If the ghost had any killer moves, they should have revealed them. But when Yi Han opened the classroom door and saw that the fake teammate was still guarding outside the door, he stupidly asked himself "Are you okay?"... At that time, he had a feeling that even if he didn't knock the female ghost unconscious, she probably wouldn't kill anyone...
Therefore, the other real player should still be alive. He is not like Yi Han, who is obsessively accumulating exploration points, so he may have already gone down to the first floor. However, the system did not prompt him to escape successfully, which means that he has not found the last key yet.
Yi Han and his listless NPC teammate each had their own thoughts and searched in silence all the way to the first floor.
The door leading to the first floor lobby is not locked. I don't know if it was opened by another player. Anyway, there is only one locked door left, which is the main door of the entire teaching building.
This game is about to end. Yi Han's exploration level has reached 86%. After searching the first floor, it will reach 100%.
The two turned the corner of the stairwell door and walked into the hall, but suddenly stopped at the same time.
At the entrance hall of the teaching building, there stood a woman with her back to the two men.
Long hair, black clothes, long pants. There are some words and slogans hanging on the walls on both sides of the hall, and some potted plants and small sculptures are placed beside the walls. This woman is touching them.
Yi Han: ...What a coincidence.
The expression of the fake teammate next to him was not very good. When Yi Han turned his head, he actually saw a series of complex emotions on his face including "surprise", "embarrassment", "reluctance", "entanglement", "anger", etc. Isn't it just about to be exposed? Is it that serious... ?
The woman also heard the sound at this time, turned around immediately, and then was also stunned.
"You guys..." She looked back and forth between the two of them.
Unexpectedly, the NPC teammate actually imitated the question Yi Han had asked him before and took the initiative to ask: "Are you a human or a ghost?!"
Woman: “…I’m a player.”
Boy: "No, you're not. We are. You fake!"
woman:"……???"
Yi Han almost laughed out loud.
But at this time, as a person who has not yet discovered that his teammate who has been traveling with him for 2 hours is a fake, he cannot laugh, so he can only be alert, looking at this one and that one, and keeping a distance from both of them.
Boy: "Brother, believe me, I showed you the app. I am also a gamer. This woman is definitely not one."
Woman: "...I have the app too, what does that prove?"
She raised the screen of her mobile phone and showed it to Yi Han openly.
Yi Han already knew that ghosts also have this app, and it can't be used to prove identity, so he didn't comment: "The three of us have this app, do you have anything else?"
So the boy was speechless and the woman also fell silent.
In fact, Yi Han himself couldn't figure out what to say at this moment to prove that he was a human being, but he was not worried at all because it was obvious that these two people could not beat him.
Unexpectedly, after a while, the woman suddenly gritted her teeth.
"I can prove my identity - I found the key." She reached a hand into her sleeve, pinched it with two fingers, and pulled out a shiny key from her sleeve - it should be the key she found on the sculpture when Yi Han and the other person showed up just now.
"This is the last key. Whoever of you can prove your identity can come out of the building with me." The woman just waved the key in front of her, then quickly put it away, saying defensively.
The situation was now clear. Yi Han looked at the male NPC next to him with disappointment and said, "...I trusted you so much, but you lied to me."
Boy: …
In fact, this logic is very strange... Why is the person who found the key the real player? But Yi Han already knew who was fake, so he was too lazy to go into details. The other party seemed to be stunned by his acting skills, with an embarrassed look on his face, stammering and even trying to explain, forgetting that he could actually bite back.
So after saying a few more dramatic lines like "Forget it, don't say that" and "I'm so disappointed in you", the boy left in shame, and Yi Han successfully took the position.
Seeing that he really looked guilty as if he had broken his heart, Yi Han felt a little bit sorry for him:...This kid's fighting skills are not good, and his psychological quality is not good either. He needs more training.
So in a blink of an eye, he and the woman were the only ones left at the scene. The woman watched the entire Qiong Yao drama and was speechless for a while. After a long while, she said, "... Let's go, let's go out."
Yi Han stood still, his eyes burning: "Wait a moment."
Woman: “What?”
"Nothing, I just want to know something," Yi Han smiled and asked casually, "Can you tell me, which floor is the first room you enter the game on?"
"...4th floor, what's going on?" said the woman.
"Then you haven't encountered any ghosts along the way?" Yi Han asked again.
"..." The woman understood this time, "You doubt me?"
"No, just asking casually." Yi Han smiled.
"...I have found the key. I am leaving now. If you want to pass the level, follow me. If not, just stay here by yourself." The woman had a cold expression and pretended to be unhappy. She turned around and was about to leave.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned around, I heard a loud "bang".
After the same loud noise as the one when the female ghost was hit on the head before, the woman closed her eyes and fainted to the ground.
Yi Han put away the iron pot without changing his expression and searched her for the key.
"The last key is hidden on the teammate." Yi Han said, "Your game is really tricky."
The system did not respond to his words, but just sent another prompt.
【Congratulations on getting all the keys. Once the door is opened, the game ends. 】
[Now you need to make a choice: leave alone, or take another player with you. ]
[Note: If the player you choose is not a real player, you will be deemed to have failed to pass the level and will not be able to obtain any basic points or extra points. Please choose carefully.]
Yi Han read the message carefully and put his phone away.
There is still time now, he is not in a hurry.
After helping the woman lean against the wall, Yi Han went back and walked around the classrooms on the first floor.
The exploration degree increases little by little until it is all completed and stops at 99%.
He knew that the missing 1% should be the elevator in the stairwell. However, the elevator in this teaching building was broken and could not be opened at all.
In this level, the upper limit of the exploration degree that players can obtain is about 99%. Yi Han is sure that no player will have a higher score than him. The only regret is that the points obtained by defeating ghosts are a little less.
Yi Han thought again of the NPC teammate who had walked many floors with him... If only he hadn't pushed him away just now, he might have earned 10 points by knocking him down.
"...Are you still there?" Yi Han didn't want to give up these points, so he couldn't help but stand in the lobby on the first floor and asked loudly.
But it was quiet all around and no one responded after waiting for a long time.
...He is an NPC, and he cannot leave before the player has cleared the level. But why is he hiding? Could it be that he really believed his own lies and was too ashamed to show up?
After careful consideration, points finally prevailed over conscience.
Yi Han looked around and said calmly: "In fact, I already knew your identity a long time ago. All along the way, and all the words I just said to you, were lies."
At this time, the novice ghost NPC who was hiding in the corner and felt guilty for deceiving the "pure and honest player" said: …………! So you are not angry? I feel so guilty, are you just watching me laugh?
“…Damn it, take this knife from me!!!” Yi Han had just finished speaking when he saw the boy rushing out from the corner, shouting and holding the useless fruit knife. His originally pale face turned red with anger.
Then--
"Bang" - another loud sound of the iron pot hitting the head.
The boy also fainted on the ground and the fruit knife flew out.
10 points were obtained. Yi Han was very satisfied.
Dragging the boy to the wall and leaning against the woman, Yi Han took out the key, opened the door of the teaching building, and walked out alone.
The system sent a message and finally confirmed with him whether he could pass the level without bringing anyone else.
"Sure." Yi Han said.
He had been into every room on the 4th floor and had searched all of the woman's pockets.
There was no sign of the other two keys that should have existed under the premise of "number of players being 2".
In this copy, he was the only human player from the beginning to the end. The woman was also fake. She was used to store the last key and to prevent him from succeeding at the last hurdle.
——This is the answer to the last question given by Yi Han.
[Congratulations, you have successfully escaped from the level: Closed Classroom (Novice Level)! ]
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Because some kids said they didn't understand~~ so I'm going to share her reply here to explain it in a unified way:
1. How to determine if the female teammate is fake:
If the woman was a real player, she could come out of her first locked classroom room, so she should have a classroom key; and according to her statement, she entered the stairwell from the 4th floor and went downstairs, so she should have a key to the 4th floor stairwell door - but she didn't have any keys. The male protagonist walked through every classroom on the 4th floor and checked the corridor of the 4th floor stairwell, but he didn't find the two keys that should have existed. This means that these two keys don't exist, the woman is lying, and she is not a human player.
2. Why does the system release false information?
This is not fake news, it is a special setting. There will be an explanation later.
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