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In the silent wedding hall, the tune of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" rang out, its melody stretched out in a distorted and drawn-out manner, interspersed with the sound of a woman's intermittent sobs.
Just as Nan Qing was carefully examining some of the objects around her, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by Shen Yao. His voice was hoarse and tinged with fear.
"Coffin, coffin..."
Nan Qing turned her head and saw that the hidden door behind the wedding hall had been opened at some point, and inside was a mourning hall with a black coffin.
A chilling wind, carrying paper money, lashed against their faces. The lid of the black wooden coffin was wide open, and inside sat a female corpse dressed in a bright red wedding gown...
Suddenly, a soft giggle came from under the veil. The voice was melodious and gentle, yet it felt like a chilling wind that seeped into the pores of Nan Qing and Shen Yao.
Holy crap, this escape room is way too hardcore!
[Oh my god, I just logged in and saw that bride's scene from earlier, it scared me so much I immediately logged out again.]
[Chinese-style horror, really awesome]
I'm watching a dating reality show. I'm watching a dating reality show. I'm watching a dating reality show. I'm watching a dating reality show.
Thank goodness you guys were there, my phone almost flew away in fright!
I've played this dungeon, it's really exciting!
[A piece of paper money just blew into the camera lens, it scared me to death!]
【Mommy Mommy Mommy】
This scene really gave me the creeps...
[My little Qingqing doesn't seem scared at all; she even seems a bit excited.]
[Shen Yao, stop her! I have a feeling she's going to lift the veil off someone!]
[Shen Yao: Can't you see I'm shaking?]
【........
Nan Qing really wanted to go forward and lift the bride's veil to see what her makeup and styling looked like.
Perhaps it heard her thoughts, because before she could even step forward, a cold wind blew, and the veil covering the female corpse was immediately lifted by the wind.
The face was covered with red thread, the stitches were fine, and the corners of the mouth were fixed into a strange smile.
The sudden shock made Shen Yao gasp. Even though he was holding Nan Qing's wrist, his body trembled slightly. But his eyes were fixed on the corpse in the wedding dress, and what he saw in his eyes was not fear, but excitement!
At the same time, the finger in the offering plate in front of the black coffin twitched, and the rotten apple in the plate suddenly oozed dark red juice, which flowed down the offering table and meandered on the floor in the shape of the character "囍".
Nan Qing was not afraid at all. She let Shen Yao hold onto her clothes, and the two of them walked towards the mourning hall one after the other.
In a corner of the mourning hall, there were still many paper figures, their pale faces painted with exaggerated blush. When the flashlight beam swept across them, those dark, hollow eyes stared straight at her. Accompanied by intermittent female folk songs and a cold wind, it was chilling.
Upon approaching, Nanqing shone her flashlight under the altar and discovered a loose floor tile. Chen Yao stepped forward and lifted it up, revealing a faded brocade box inside. Inside the box were seven copper coins neatly arranged, each engraved with a different time of day.
"Zi, Chou, Yin..."
Before Nanqing could finish examining the seven copper coins, twelve white lanterns suddenly hung down from the beam above his head, each with blood-red characters floating on it.
Nan Qing held up her flashlight and swept it across the area, then softly read:
"Red sedan chair, rocking back and forth, the bride cries, the groom laughs."
"After the wedding ceremony, they entered the bridal chamber, lifted the veil, and met the King of Hell."
Shen Yao quickly moved closer to Nan Qing, his voice trembling slightly.
"This...this is a nursery rhyme...?"
Nan Qing stared at the words, stroked her chin, and calmly said, "No, it's a prompt for the ghost marriage process."
But she couldn't find any hints for the next level outside, so...
Nan Qing turned to look at the eerie bride sitting in the black coffin; the answer must lie with that bride.
"Chen Yao, are you going to wait for me here, or come over together? I'll go check if there are any clues in that coffin."
Shen Yao swallowed hard, frantically trying to mentally prepare himself, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke:
"I...I'll go with you."
When Nan Qing was around, he wasn't particularly afraid, but when no one was around, the situation was completely different!
One is extremely daring, and the other is only slightly daring.
In short, after the two of them walked to the coffin, Nanqing reached inside and felt around, but didn't find anything useful. Then, she turned her attention to the bride.
"cough,"
"Um...sorry~"
Nanqing searched the bride's wedding dress inside and out, until she had turned the clothes upside down, but she still couldn't find anything.
She could even sense that the bride was trying not to laugh. Okay, okay, she really didn't mean to tickle her...
In the end, it was Shen Yao who took a brass key from the bride's hair. Looking at the key, Nan Qing could only silently put the bride's clothes back on.
The two returned to the altar with the key, where there was a keyhole mechanism. But the moment the brass key was inserted into the keyhole, Nanqing and Shen Yao heard some strange noises coming from the direction of the black coffin.
The two looked up and saw that the bride's lips, sewn with red thread, had been torn open, revealing dark purple gums. She then jumped out of the coffin, arms outstretched, and pounced towards them.
"run!"
Nan Qing grabbed Shen Yao's hand and dragged him toward the hidden passage beneath the altar!
The wooden steps creaked ominously under their footsteps, and out of the corner of her eye, she noticed many bloody handprints suddenly appearing on the walls on both sides of the stairs.
The handprints, at roughly the same speed as their escape, spread forward...
Nan Qing was having a great time at the escape room, but Gu Beiyan, on the other side, felt his aura darken the moment he saw Nan Qing take Shen Yao's hand through the live stream.
He stood on a 300-meter-high glass observation deck, with a transparent suspended walkway beneath his feet and the cityscape stretching into the distance. Yet, his gaze never wandered elsewhere; instead, he stared intently at the screen of his phone, his eyes as dark as ink.
After the staff called him again, Gu Beiyan put away his phone, handed it to a member of the production crew, and walked straight to the bungee jumping platform.
When the bungee jumping platform staff came forward to fasten his safety belt, he slightly turned to avoid contact, took the safety buckle, and quickly fastened the lock with clean and efficient movements.
"Three, two, one."
As the countdown ended, Gu Beiyan jumped off. In the freefall of 300 meters, he didn't even close his eyes, letting the gale hit his face.
His heart pounded violently in the weightlessness, but it wasn't out of fear; rather, it was driven by some darker, more intense emotion.
In the live broadcast room, Nan Qing's every move seemed to be right before my eyes.
How could she smile like that at other people?
How could she... touch someone else's hand?
"She's disobedient..."
The air currents tore his whispers apart, but the darkness churning in his eyes grew ever more intense.
As the rope taut at its maximum length, Gu Beiyan was violently pulled back to reality. The immense inertia made his internal organs tremble, but he didn't even flinch.
The staff below quickly stepped forward, but he stared at the back of his pale hand.
If you're not good....
Gu Beiyan suddenly chuckled softly.
His eerie sneer startled the staff member who was unfastening the safety buckle.
"Sir? Are you... alright?"
He didn't answer, but simply looked up, his gaze pinpointing the location of the secret chamber.
"It will be obedient."
He spoke softly to the void, as if making a gentle promise.
But when a warm breeze blew by, what was revealed were a pair of completely dark eyes...
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