"The wall... is a bit sticky..." Xinqiao's voice changed a little. She was a little scared. The thing she touched gave her a very uncomfortable feeling.
Bai Song protected her with one hand and held an iron door with the other hand, protecting her tightly, but she was responsible for finding clues from the wall.
She had already felt some clues such as raised numbers, but it was clearly not enough.
However, as she walked forward, she felt some sticky substance, and there was also a faint smell of... blood.
"Let me try." Bai Song followed Xin Qiao's hand, wiped off a little, put it next to his nose and sniffed it carefully: "It's not blood, it's non-crystallized honey, edible. It's just that we can't see it. If we can see it, it should still be red, usually carmine pigment is used. As for the smell, the bloody smell in blood actually comes from the divalent iron in hemoglobin. Almost all substances containing divalent iron ions have a smell close to blood. I don't know what is used specifically."
"Okay, I understand." Xinqiao found that he was not afraid at all.
Fear comes from the unknown, and we will not be afraid of known things. Since we know that this non-crystallized honey is honey, what is there to be afraid of? Soon, Xinqiao found a clue.
S.
In the English alphabet, S stands for South. Since this is South, the other directions follow naturally.
"Keep your body in the same direction, retreat to the entrance, and then walk east." Bai Song commanded.
"Okay." Xinqiao and Baisong did not change the direction of their bodies at all, and walked back sideways.
It took a total of 17 steps to come here, so it would not be difficult to go back by following the same route.
After taking a few steps back, Bai Song found that something furry was touching him.
If you are afraid and move a few times at this moment, you will completely lose your direction.
"Did anyone touch you?" Bai Song asked with concern, "Don't be afraid."
Before coming to this room, it was introduced that all the "ghosts" here are female, and this is to prevent female players from being touched by dirty hands, but Bai Song felt a little uncomfortable... He also didn't like being touched by female ghosts...
Fortunately, the places touched were arms, ankles and the like, which was still acceptable.
The eerie and terrifying atmosphere in the room had a significant impact on Xinqiao. Even with Baisong's multiple layers of protection, she was still afraid and had already lost her direction.
Bai Song counted his steps and found the entrance door along the way he came.
After determining the south, turn 90 degrees counterclockwise from the south direction and Bai Song will head directly east.
This is the difficulty with this type of room. The exit door may not be right next to the wall; it may be somewhere in the house.
As Bai Song was walking, suddenly two ghosts came and snatched his door.
This should be a new instruction from the backstage. Originally, the backstage thought that Bai Song would soon put down the iron door weighing dozens of kilograms. After all, this thing has its pros and cons, but this person has great endurance and does not feel tired at all.
Two ghosts pulled Bai Song's door. If Bai Song didn't let go, he would easily lose his way. But Bai Song didn't let go. He just pulled the door over and lifted it above his head.
He was 1.87 meters tall, and if he lifted it above his head, who could reach it... Several ghosts sighed at the door, and they couldn't actually see the door...
After walking eight or nine steps, I came across a pillar. I looked for clues on the pillar and found that it was a ladder. I could climb up by using the ladder.
At this moment, Bai Song did not feel happy, but a little confused.
Originally, when he saw the ladder, he would definitely climb up and leave the room. However, the door was large and inconvenient, so he would naturally give up. Then why did they arrange people in the backstage to seize the door?
Could it be possible that this item could create a bug in the next level?
Thinking of this, Bai Song was no longer afraid of the trouble and started carrying the door and climbing the ladder.
The space here was quite spacious, and Bai Song easily found the exit on the roof, opened the exit passage, and let in the light.
…
The third room is a soundless secret room. No one is allowed to talk or open their mouth in this room.
After arriving at the room, Bai Song discovered that the number that Xinqiao had just obtained from the wall was useful. Not only that, there were also a large number of numbers on the wall, making it a wall of numbers.
The key to open the room is inside the number because it is a combination lock.
Xinqiao wiped her hands with Baisong's clothes, indicating that she was powerless with numbers and waited for Baisong to crack the code.
There are many clues here, which made Bai Song sigh. He should actually bring Wang Huadong with him.
If we bring Wang Huadong and Sun Jie to this place, we can pass it in minutes! Huadong is an expert in on-site investigation, and Sun Jie's investigation skills are also good. Moreover, neither of them needs Bai Song's protection, and they are not afraid of ghosts. Especially Sun Jie, he is more familiar with seeing dead people than living people...
Bah! Bai Song cursed himself. What a straight man’s mindset… He was here to have fun with his girlfriend, not to challenge himself…
Breaking his own stupid idea, Bai Song began to look for clues seriously.
There are six digits in the combination lock, and the first digit is the simplest, "5358979323". Bai Song took a look and knew the answer was 3.
The last five digits are more difficult, as there are a lot of garbled numbers on the wall, and many clues have to be found in drawers and other places.
Bai Song's goal is to find the four-digit combination, and the remaining two digits can be touched. When there are only two unknowns in the combination lock, there are only 100 ways to try. Press and hold the other codes and turn them quickly. It only takes one minute to try 100 times.
This level is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in how two or three people communicate and how to reach a consensus. Because talking is prohibited, communication errors are likely to occur, which increases the difficulty. In fact, the best way to handle this level is to let the person with the highest math level solve the problem, and the others just follow the instructions. The more you discuss, the more problems you will encounter.
In less than ten minutes, Bai Song solved the three numbers and then started to try to find the answer. With good luck, he opened it in 30 seconds.
The first three levels took about 35 minutes in total!
There's an uproar outside!
Who said this man is brave but not wise?
Not only that, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this iron door is useful in the last level! It's actually a prop... a hidden version...
More and more people gathered around. We had played similar escape rooms before, such as the second level. How could we not be afraid? People outside couldn't hear the sounds inside. The smell of blood, the pure darkness, and the sticky feeling of blood, how could we not be afraid?
Even the person in charge came over to see how this man and woman would pass the last level.
As soon as they left the third level, Xinqiao asked, "How do you determine that the first string of numbers is 3?"
"Ah?" Bai Song had not expected to ask this question, "Aren't those the 8th to 17th digits of pi? Since this represents pi, pi is approximately equal to 3."
"Who has nothing better to do than to carry this..." Xinqiao was speechless.
Theoretically, if you can figure out three of the six codes here, you have a chance of figuring it out. If you have fast hands, you can finish 1,000 permutations in ten minutes. If you are lucky, you can figure it out within two or three hundred times.
After going through these stages, Zhao Xinqiao has a new understanding of her boyfriend. This is not just about not being fearless in the face of danger, but about being able to find ways to solve problems most efficiently in any environment. This is really an amazing skill.
When many people encounter problems, the first thing they do is to blame others, or get extremely angry, quarrel, etc., but this is of no use. When a truly mature person encounters any problem, no matter how serious and desperate it is, the first thing he does is to think about how to solve it.
The fourth level is the reasoning escape mode.
Seeing this pattern, Bai Song smiled.
There are three paths in this level. Since there are only two people participating, you only need to pass two paths.
Each road has 4 by 16 squares, with a question in every two rows. To pass the level, you have to answer at least eight questions correctly. However, Bai Song can see that the iron gate can be pressed on the squares, so you can jump forward at least 5 rows.
The iron gate was placed on Xinqiao's side, and Xinqiao only needed to answer five questions correctly.
Bai Song's first question is: "If yesterday was tomorrow, then today would be Friday." What day of the week is today in the sentence?
Wednesday, free points questions.
Question 2…
Bai Song and Xin Qiao discussed while working on the questions.
Bai Song gradually discovered that the difficulty of the questions began to change and exceeded the syllabus.
A good logic problem can actually be done by anyone. It does not require any additional knowledge. It just tests logic.
However, the subsequent questions gradually required professional knowledge, such as chemistry and physics, which made Bai Song frown frequently.
There is no way to skip this place.
The iron door can only be placed in the initial position, otherwise it will definitely be too heavy to hold in your hand - there is also pressure sensing here.
"There is a problem. They are not going to let us pass." Bai Song said, "My sixth question is about reasoning about Maxwell's equations. Can this be called reasoning?"
"Who is Maxwell?" Xinqiao asked.
"One of the top five physicists in history, a genius who uses mathematics to deduce physics," Bai Song said, "The changing electric field produces a magnetic field... I know how to do this... This can also be considered a reasoning question, I'm really impressed."
Bai Song encountered the last question, which required knowledge of biology, but neither he nor Xinqiao knew it.
"This is not right. Although we are on a tight schedule, we shouldn't have these problems." Bai Song noticed something was wrong: "If this is the way to go, it's meaningless."
"Indeed..." Xinqiao came to the last question, which was about the field of architecture.
This is not a quiz show, it's an escape room, and as long as you can escape within the rules, it'll be fine.
Bai Song gave up the question and started to check the surroundings. He found that when he lowered his head and walked to the fifth grid, there was a pole above his head, and he could climb over the small section of the road ahead.
Bai Song reached out for the pole, and the pressure line under his feet began to drop immediately.
Originally Bai Song's weight was 88/92, which means his body weight was 88 kg and the upper limit of pressure was 92 kg. Now the upper limit of pressure started to drop, which forced him to transfer his weight to the pole.
Soon, the pressure limit became 0, and Bai Song was hanging on the pole.
At this time, the pole began to move. Perhaps because Bai Song had answered the last question, the pole only moved backwards more than one meter, and he only needed to climb forward less than two meters with both hands to pass the level.
What Bai Song didn't know was that if he answered too few questions, the pole would have a large slope and would vibrate, and even an expert climber might not be able to get over it.
I don’t know why…
All in all, the two of them finished the game in 46 minutes.
"Is ours too easy?" Bai Song was a little puzzled. He had memorized several sets of numbers but to no avail...
“Your solution is actually not simple…” The staff member was speechless. How could it be simple… Where was it simple…
At this moment, a man in casual clothes came over and shook hands with Bai Song: "Hello, I'm the boss here. Congratulations on breaking the record. I have an immature idea..."
Bai Song broke the record very easily, and the boss discovered a new business opportunity. The original rule was that the new record had to be maintained for one month before there was a chance to design a new level, but now when he saw Bai Song, he immediately ran over.
It is actually very difficult to design a more difficult and valuable escape room while complying with regulations.
This kind of secret room often attracts challenges from experts, which is definitely very attractive to this secret room city. Not only that, there are secret room competitions in the Magic City every year, and there are even world-class competitions. Talents like Bai Song cannot be missed.
"Let me design new levels?" Bai Song thought about it and agreed temporarily, and was promised a lot of benefits.
…
Leaving from the emergency exit at the back, Bai Song, who was having a great time, had no intention of meeting those people outside. Not only was his meal waived, but he also received two beautiful figurines.
"The staff member just said that this figurine is worth two to three thousand yuan, which is much more expensive than the original prize." Bai Song took a look and saw that it was a character from a Japanese anime. "Why is this thing so expensive? Isn't it just plastic?"
"It looks very beautiful." Xinqiao liked it very much.
"As long as you like it, I'll give it to you too." Bai Song handed it to Xin Qiao: "Let's go and watch a movie."
"Okay. I'll leave it with you first. I can't put it in my bag."
The subway in Beijing usually runs until about 11:30, but the city has a rich nightlife and there are still people everywhere at three or four in the morning. The two took the subway and returned to the cinema they went to in the afternoon.
"Are you tired? If you are, just refund the ticket and go and have a rest. This place is close to your school." Bai Song said.
"I'm fine, let's go and see it once it's decided." Xinqiao said that he had no classes tomorrow.
The two people got off the subway and were about to leave the station. Bai Song was walking while flipping through the valuable figures in his hand. As he walked, Bai Song suddenly saw a familiar figure.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the temperature in Beijing is already around minus ten degrees Celsius. This is the last subway, and the subway staff are driving away the vendors near the subway entrance. Bai Song suddenly saw the little boy he saw in the cinema this afternoon.
The child was holding a frozen hard steamed bun in his hand.
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