Chapter 61 Prison (2)
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"In fact, we have already opened the lock twice. Just like you, we only have one chance left." At Yi Han's signal, Jian Lin explained with a hint of apology.
"Okay, then I'll do it myself." Qin Yi, who was on the other side of the fence, nodded without changing his expression.
The black-clad bodyguard behind him took a step forward, seemingly to help him take the debuff, but Qin Yi waved his hand to stop him, "I'll do it. You've already done it twice. It's dangerous if you do it again."
Yi Han stood on the side of the fence and watched the man's performance.
Then Qin Yi paused, probably exchanging keys with the system. Then, the iron gate creaked open.
Under the not very bright lights in the corridor, Qin Yi did not move. His eyes behind the lenses blinked, but his gaze suddenly lost focus...
The third time he unlocked the lock, it seemed like he randomly received a debuff of... "deprivation of vision".
"..." In an escape game where luck and character are positively correlated in most cases, Yi Han suddenly believed the system's doubts about this person. If the debuff was just a random blockage of one of the five senses, then he could be considered to have drawn the worst item in one fell swoop.
Yi Han wanted to observe his reaction in this situation, but Qin Yi seemed to be a person with an icy face all the time, and his expression changed less than Yi Han's. Except for the slight surprise at the beginning, his expression did not change at all.
Qin Yi reached out to the bodyguard, "Help me up."
The bodyguard obediently placed his forearm under Qin Yi's palm.
With the help of his bodyguard and the remaining visual memory in his mind, Qin Yi walked steadily and came to Yi Han like a normal person.
"There's a dead end behind us, let's go back. Sorry, I've unlocked the door three times now. If you encounter a door that you can't open below, you'll have to rely on you. I hope we can meet other teammates as soon as possible." he said.
At the moment, the four people and the leopard must act together, but Yi Han can only open the door once more. If they cannot meet other teammates who have the opportunity to open the door, they will probably be trapped again before they can go far.
"Okay." Yi Han couldn't speak, so now Jian Lin spoke for him whenever a conversation was needed.
"When you came here just now, you passed several forks in the road. Do you remember which road you chose?" Qin Yi asked on the way back to the previous intersection.
Yi Han had indeed taken note of it, because the environment was too complicated and it was easy to get lost. Although he had the help of the European Emperor, he still made extra preparations for the sake of caution. But his temporary spokesperson Jian Lin obviously didn't remember it clearly. In the end, it was Yi Han who wrote down the route he had taken on a note on his mobile phone, and Jian Lin read it to Qin Yi.
After listening to this, Qin Yi nodded thoughtfully, and when they arrived at the fork in the road, he naturally took over the task of giving directions.
"Go right. The one on the left is also a dead end. I walked behind the wall of that road," he said.
"Huh? Behind the wall..." Jian Lin was stunned.
"Combining the locations our two teams have explored, we can already come up with a floor plan of the nearby area. After eliminating dead ends, the remaining one must be the correct route." Qin Yi said as a matter of course.
Jian Lin seemed a little intimidated and turned to look at Yi Han. Yi Han stared at this expert player who was known for his intelligence.
Although he remembered the route he had taken, he was able to draw a map of the surrounding area in his mind based solely on the route he and his teammates had verbally described, and even determine that there was a dead end on the other side of the wall... Yi Han really couldn't do this.
Now that the two groups are in the same boat, he shouldn't brag about this kind of thing. Yi Han looked at him for several times and then nodded. So everyone put their minds aside for the time being and followed Qin Yi's arrangements.
Qin Yi couldn't see, but he had a plan in mind. He held the bodyguard's hand and walked very steadily.
As for the bodyguard, he was silent the whole time. Yi Han also secretly observed him and guessed that the two debuffs on him were probably "language deprivation" and another one similar to "taste deprivation". In short, it should not have much impact on his combat effectiveness.
The few of them turned left and right, and soon they were faced with another locked iron gate.
There was no key near the door, and Qin Yi affirmed that this road was correct and after passing it, they would reach the next area of the building.
Yi Han just looked at him without saying anything, and used his last unlocking opportunity to open the iron gate. This time, the debuff was borne by the black panther Xiao Hei. He was not very lucky, and a whimper sounded at the same time as the door opened. His ankle trembled, as if it was sprained?
I didn't expect that there would be a "sprained ankle" type of debuff, and the sprain was not serious. Xiao Hei's hind legs were shaking and he limped when he walked again. This was probably only slightly better than Qin Yi's situation who was unable to see.
After passing through the corridor behind the iron fence, before reaching the next corner, Qin Yi said, "The floor plan that can be deduced from the positions our two teams have passed only goes up to here. I am not sure about the route behind."
"Okay, then I..." Jian Lin took over the conversation, thinking that he would continue to choose the route.
The next moment, after turning the corner in front of them, they saw a short, dim, straight corridor.
This corridor is about 10 meters long, shorter than most corridors I've walked through before. A female player is sitting on a piece of ground in the middle, leaning against the wall. Her body is tied up with a dirty cloth, her eyes are closed, and she seems to be unconscious. At the end of the corridor, a male player is looking at her anxiously. It seems that he has been here for a while, but he doesn't approach the woman. He just frowns and stays on the other side, as if thinking of a solution.
As soon as Yi Han and others turned the corner, they were discovered by the man opposite.
"Watch your step!" When the man saw the help coming, he showed joy at first, but then he issued a warning.
In fact, Yi Han had already discovered it without him saying anything.
The ground on both sides of the unconscious female player had completely collapsed, and the crumbling cement holes revealed a basement-like space below. There was no light below, but with a flashlight from the phone, one could see densely packed black things inside, which seemed to be some kind of... insects with shells.
Several people stepped on the edge of the hole, and the vibration caused some sand and gravel to fall below. The insects immediately became agitated, swarmed over, and gnawed everything that fell.
Seeing this scene, Yi Han suddenly remembered that he had seen a collection of strange stories compiled by an old player in the forum, which mentioned this kind of insect that can chew all hard materials. It is said that this story comes from a strange story in the real world. The insect breeder will feed this kind of insect with the flesh and blood of living people. If the human who is unfortunately caught is not completely chewed, only a skeleton will be left, and it will become a monster similar to a skeleton servant.
That post was compiled by a very experienced player. It was probably a collection of many small ghost stories that other players had heard or experienced in the game, and was posted in the material area. Because the parts involving the levels did not write the specific clearance process, they were not deleted by the system, but there were at least several thousand stories in that post. Probably only an obsessive-compulsive player like Yi Han who would feel uncomfortable if he didn't make sufficient preparations would read them all and write them down - but also thanks to this, when Yi Han saw these bugs at this time, he immediately matched them with the settings in the information.
[System prompt: Due to entering the designated area, random level 1 is triggered. ]
[Based on the known data, calculate the number of black beetles under the corridor within one minute. If the calculation result is correct, you can obtain the one-time prop "Single-plank Bridge (12m)" to cross the collapsed corridor. There is no penalty for incorrect calculation results, but you cannot participate in this level again. ]
The male player on the other side had obviously participated once but failed. However, due to the system rules, he could not tell the data he had learned. He could only say to Yi Han and others across the corridor with a frown, "It's too difficult. This is a mental math problem with more than 10 digits, and it also involves square roots... I really can't figure it out."
"Let me do it." Although he couldn't see, Qin Yi heard Jian Lin's retelling of the situation, and seemed to feel that several teammates around him were looking at him, and nodded calmly.
The girl in the middle of the corridor probably fainted as soon as she entered the game because she was too afraid of insects. Even if she was called to do the math, it would not work. Now she could only rely on other players. Fortunately, there are actually tricks to mental arithmetic, but Yi Han has not studied it, so he continued to watch Qin Yi's performance in this level.
This is a random level, and the questions will only be sent to players who participate in the challenge. Because Qin Yi was hit by the blindness debuff, the system read the questions out to him alone.
The man with glasses listened to the question carefully, but the system played tricks again and the one-minute countdown started as soon as the question was read out.
Yi Han and others were observing him. Just from his expression, they could tell that the question was quite long. More than ten seconds had passed and he hadn't finished reading it yet.
"This... Is this guy blind because of a debuff? The system is really cheating. If I were to read that question, it would take me at least half a minute!" The man across the corridor stretched his neck to look, and after seeing the situation clearly, he couldn't help but curse.
But Qin Yi's expression was still very calm. He listened attentively to the question for more than 30 seconds, and then unconsciously moved his lips to calculate. Just when the one-minute limit was about to pass, he raised his head and said the calculated number.
"2355798031." His tone was quite firm, and the system indicated that the answer was correct the next moment.
[Congratulations, random level 1, challenge successful. ]
"Awesome!!!" The player on the other side was in disbelief at first, then raised his thumbs up excitedly.
But Yi Han noticed that Qin Yi frowned again at this time.
"I've already got the single-plank bridge prop. But it... is two separate pieces of wood." He took out the prop he just got from the inventory and placed it in his hand. "To build the bridge, the holder needs to manually place them at the two ends of the construction."
This setting is obviously the system making things difficult. If people can walk to the other end of the corridor to place the wooden blocks, what is the need for this bridge?
"If we take one and throw the other to the other player, does that count?" Jian Lin asked. This was a normal person's thinking, but the system obviously wouldn't give players this opportunity.
"No, the person who placed the two pieces of wood must be the same person." Qin Yi said.
And even if it doesn't need to be the same person, the corridor is 10 meters apart. If the block is thrown incorrectly, it will fall into the hole in the ground halfway, and it will be completely finished. This random task will disappear after it is completed once, and the system will not provide them with a single-plank bridge prop again.
Several players fell silent for a moment. In this situation, no one knew what to do.
"Hmm?" At this time, Yi Han suddenly patted Qin Yi, then reached out and took the two wooden props.
Several people were stunned, and saw Yi Han tilting his head to stare at the corridor where there was nowhere to step, and his eyes seemed to move slightly.
"What to do?" Jian Lin asked.
"Do you have a way to get through?" Qin Yi couldn't see, but when he heard Jian Lin say that, he knew that Yi Han seemed to be making some moves.
Yi Han couldn't speak, so he had to express himself through actions.
He stared at the place where the woman was squatting for a while, then took a few steps back, all the way to the wall behind him. Then he leaned down slightly, took a step with his long legs, and ran a few steps - the moment he stepped on the edge of the collapse, Yi Han jumped into the air and rushed straight towards the woman in the middle of the corridor.
Because there was not much space for him to run in this corridor, his jumping distance was not enough. But just as his body was about to fall, Yi Han shot out a chain, the end of which wrapped around the simple chandelier on the roof in front.
The lamp was not strong, and when he pulled it, it made a "click" sound, as if it was broken, and the light flashed for a moment, and then it went completely dark. But Yi Han also used this strength to retract his arm and landed steadily next to the unconscious female player.
This patch of ground seemed to be the only solid piece of ground in this corridor. The woman had been lying here for a long time without any problem, but as soon as Yi Han stepped on it, the ground seemed to start shaking slightly, and some gravel fell into the hole next to it and was eaten by the insects.
This place was about to collapse. Yi Han didn't hesitate, he hugged the female player with his left arm, lifted her onto his shoulders, bent his legs, and jumped to the other side again.
The chain was retracted from the previous chandelier and quickly wrapped around another lamp in front. The concrete floor beneath their feet collapsed, and the second lamp was about to fall off under the weight - but the two of them had already landed safely beside the opposite player like a swing.
"...Awesome." The player was stunned as if he had watched a circus. After a long while, he uttered these two words to express his astonishment.
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