Chapter 25 Escape Room (3)
This time, he dared not look in the mirror, but focused his gaze intently on the puzzle, concentrating fully on completing it.
The cold wind in the room blew even harder, sneaking in through the crack in the door and brushing against the back of his neck, as if someone had gently touched him with icy fingers.
Li Zhe alertly pricked up his ears, listening intently to the sounds coming from the room—
The sound of the wind outside the window, the beating of my own heart, the clattering of the puzzle pieces—every sound was amplified infinitely, echoing in the empty room like countless tiny insects crawling in my ears.
He worked faster and faster, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, trickling down his cheeks.
The outline of the talisman became clearer and clearer, and the dark red patterns seemed to come alive under the light, winding and coiling like the body of a snake.
Finally, he picked up the last piece and pressed it onto the gap in the puzzle. With a soft "click," the puzzle was completely complete!
Just then, a soft "hum" came from the dressing table, like the sound of a mechanism being activated.
Li Zhe held his breath and stared at the bottom of the mirror. He saw a bronze key pressed against the mirror surface, rising up from the edge of the mirror.
A fox was engraved on the key handle, its verdigris gleaming coldly under the light. The key, pressed against the "mirror," slowly moved upwards, its pace unsettling.
Li Zhe's eyes lit up, and he forgot all about being afraid, reaching out to grab the keys.
Just then, the lights in the room suddenly went out!
In the darkness, Li Zhe's outstretched hand hadn't yet retracted when it didn't touch the expected bronze key or the cold mirror.
He only felt a cold fingertip touch his fingertip in mid-air, and then suddenly lock it in place, the five fingers precisely inserting into the gaps between his fingers, interlocking tightly with his ten fingers!
The mirror glowed with a faint green light, and the fox spirit in it, mirroring him perfectly, clasped her fingers tightly and asked, "Look at me... why aren't you looking at me...?"
Li Zhe suddenly looked up and met the "fox spirit's" resentful eyes, which reflected his terrified face, like prey that had been captured.
The fox spirit's voice was choked with sobs, yet it also carried a resentful fierceness: "He's better than me, so that's why you don't want to look at me?"
The icy touch crept up Li Zhe's fingertips and onto his arm, like a venomous snake coiling around his wrist.
Li Zhe's mind went completely blank for a moment, and all his calmness and rationality vanished without a trace.
"Aa ...
Having broken free from the "fox spirit's" grasp, Li Zhe scrambled towards the door, knocking over a chair with a loud crash. He reached the door, flung it open, and stumbled into the yard, screaming as he ran into the crowd. The heart rate monitor was still beeping, the number on the screen soaring to 160!
In the monitoring room, the staff of Nanshan TV applauded in unison, and those who were originally seated jumped up from their chairs, cheering with joy.
"That wasn't easy! We finally managed to scare Zhe Ge into a daze!"
"The ratings are guaranteed this time!!!"
"Haha, Xiaobai's acting is pretty good! That mournful look in his eyes! It's just like he just broke up with his girlfriend!"
"Master Lu's mechanisms combined with General Manager Zhang's technical skills are simply the best!"
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When the five guests reached the final challenge, everyone except Zhang Chenxiao was on the verge of collapse.
However, the last level is actually the simplest and most ordinary; it's just a room filled with red ropes with bells hanging from them.
They need to retrieve the box at the very back of the room without the bell ringing more than three times.
However, while the red rope itself is ordinary, the quantity is anything but.
The dense red ropes hung from the ceiling to the floor like a giant red spider web, leaving almost no gaps for anyone to pass through. Even the most flexible dancer among the guests couldn't navigate them perfectly.
The group spent an hour stuck on this level, failing repeatedly.
Finally, the production team kindly reminded them that they hadn't used the "summon reinforcements" tool they had obtained through the individual tasks.
The group was quite puzzled. It wasn't that they hadn't thought about this skill, but given the density of these red lines, "summoning reinforcements" wouldn't work either.
But since it's the final hurdle, there's no harm in taking advantage of it.
Could he be some kind of genius-level yoga master?
As a result, when they used the "Summon Reinforcements" skill, they did not see the yoga master they had imagined. Instead, a small silver fox, about the size of an arm, leaped down from the roof with the lightness of a feather and landed without making a sound.
The fine, soft silver hair, like snow bathed in moonlight, is each strand wrapped in a layer of flowing silver gauze.
Absolutely beautiful.
The production crew took out a megaphone and announced, "Okay, congratulations to everyone for your sincerity and hard work in moving the Fox Spirit and dispelling her resentment. So, in the very end, the Fox Spirit has decided to reveal her true form to help everyone complete the final challenge!"
Guests: "......"
Alright, alright, no wonder it's called "The Curse of the Fox Fairy," so this is what it was all about.
Someone whispered to Zhang Chenxiao, "Did your boss sponsor the project?"
Zhang Chenxiao proudly replied, "Absolutely!"
Southern Province TV understands the importance of win-win cooperation and remains committed to its mission. With zero advertising fees, it made Shanhai Live the chief title sponsor of the escape room show!
"Since we've already come this far," Zhang Chenxiao said with great professionalism and pride, "Okay, let's insert a commercial break. Please add a QR code for me in the later stages."
Download Shan Hai Live and encounter amazing adventures!
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Two months later, the first episode of the show officially aired, and as everyone predicted, it immediately went viral online.
The hashtags #LiZheGetsScaredScene##LittleFox'sLooksAwesome##ShanHaiLive##FoxFairyXiaoBai# quickly climbed into the top five trending topics within half an hour of the broadcast. Among them, #LiZheGetsScaredScene# topped the list with 100,000 discussions per minute, and related topics have been viewed over 200 million times.
After the program aired, the platform's downloads surged by 800%, and ShanHai Live's total user base exceeded 600 million!
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