Qin Ke then noticed that he was holding a staff member's wig in his hand, a chestnut-colored long curly wig.
Qin Ke quickly returned the wig, and to ease the awkwardness, she politely added, "Your makeup is really exquisite, are you cosplaying a zombie?"
The staff member took the wig, shook his head, and raised an index finger to his mouth to make a "shh" gesture.
Yin Chengjue immediately understood and said, "They'll have their wages deducted for talking here. Qin Ke, remember to settle his wages."
Qin Ke immediately replied, "No problem! Just speak freely!"
Staff member: "...Thank you for your understanding, I'm really fine."
Qin Ke: "Your wig is crooked, let me straighten it for you. Is your nose really okay? Should we go to the hospital?"
Staff member: "It's nothing."
Qin Ke: "If you have a nosebleed, you should tilt your head back. Look, it's bleeding again because you're looking down." As Qin Ke spoke, he pinched the young man's chin with one hand and supported the back of his head with the other, making the young man tilt his head back.
Those standing around: "..." Wait, something looks weird here. Qin Ke, do you even realize you're holding that guy in your arms right now?
The air was eerily silent for a long while before Qin Ke belatedly realized that his actions were a bit strange, and he withdrew his hand from the young man's chin as if he had been electrocuted.
The young man remained calm, expressionless from beginning to end. It was unclear whether his makeup was too thick and that making too many expressions would cause it to smudge, or whether this was simply his natural expression.
After confirming that the young man was really alright, the group breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking forward.
"But why was he there?" Qin Ke belatedly realized something was wrong.
Yin Chengjue wanted to take Qin Ke's eyes off to see what was wrong with them. He had already seen that she had such makeup on, so why was he curious about why she was there?
It's definitely just to scare you!
Moreover, Qin Linlin had already revealed the theme of this episode in the WeChat group beforehand: Mutation Crisis!
"I don't know, maybe they just wanted your autograph because you're handsome," Yin Chengjue replied casually.
"Ah, is that so? You really have good taste in him. It seems that I can't hide the fact that I'm incredibly handsome!"
Guard: "...Little Qin, I suggest you go back and look for him along the way."
Qin Ke: "Huh? What are you looking for? I didn't lose anything."
Guard: "Find your brain. Although it's not expensive, it's still the most important thing in your body. I suggest you find it and put it back in."
Qin Ke: "...Take this!"
The group walked forward, playfully bickering, which dispelled the instinctive fear that darkness evoked.
Liu Qingling turned to look at the group and couldn't help but say, "We're filming a variety show. Don't you guys care about the show's effect? Look how dark, narrow, and oppressive this corridor is. There's a strange smell in the air. We just saw a staff member with scary makeup. Can't we act a little scared?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Qingling was met with several pairs of eyes staring at her.
Liu Qingling: "...What do you mean by looking at me like that?"
Yin Chengjue: "No, it's just that I feel that it's most appropriate to entrust such a difficult task to Teacher Liu."
Wei Shu chuckled and said, "Yes, yes, I don't have much talent for acting, so it's a bit difficult for me to act scared. Why don't you, Liu Qingling, set an example first?"
Xiao Xiao flicked his bangs, and although he didn't say anything, his actions clearly showed: I'm cool! I'm not afraid!
Liu Qingling glanced around at the group of young masters, then turned her gaze to Yin Chengjue's face.
Yin Chengjue looked down at him, his face expressionless.
Liu Qingling: "..." Okay, I get it.
Liu Qingling took a deep breath and tried her best to prepare herself, while explaining to the young masters: "Acting scared is actually very simple. When you see something suddenly appear in front of you, grab the person next to you, open your mouth wide, and scream at the top of your lungs into the microphone clipped to your collar. Just scream as loudly as you can!"
After saying that, Liu Qingling looked at Qin Ke with a serious expression: "Pushing down an NPC like Xiao Qin did just now is a bad example, understand?"
All five heads nodded in unison.
"Okay, I'll start!" Liu Qingling said, taking the microphone off her collar.
Qin Linlin, watching this scene from behind the camera: "..."
Qin Linlin made a quick decision: "Take off your headphones right now!!"
Liu Qingling: "Ah!—That's terrifying! I'm so scared! Help!—"
Even after removing the headphones, the staff could still hear the sound coming from them, which shows how hard Liu Qingling put into her demonstration.
However, after Liu Qingling finished demonstrating, she only received applause from the young masters.
Liu Qingling: "Alright, I'm done demonstrating, it's your turn!"
However, after the applause subsided, Qin Ke looked at the ceiling, Wei Shu looked at the floor, Xiao Xiao and Yin Chengjue stared at the flashlight beam, seemingly mesmerized. Lei Miao couldn't find anywhere to shift his gaze, so he simply closed his eyes.
Liu Qingling: "..." I really believed your nonsense.
While Yin Chengjue was still exploring the dark corridor, Rong Yu's situation was clearly much more complex.
The three of them didn't remove their blindfolds themselves; someone else did, because they were all tied to chairs with their backs to the ground.
The person who removed their blindfolds was wearing a white coat, pale-faced, with bloodshot eyes and a crazed look in them. Their voice was hoarse: "You really came! Hahaha! I've waited ten years! Ten years! Finally, someone has come! This time, you must take them out! You must take them out!"
After saying that, the man took out a syringe from his pocket and pretended to inject it into the necks of the three men.
Yang Ji screamed loudly in perfect unison, Rong Yu made a pained expression, while Hua Yun calmly asked, "Who are you?"
The strange man in the white coat said, "I am Dr. Fu. I've been waiting for you for a long time, a really long time." As he spoke, he threw the syringe on the ground and laughed wildly, seemingly out of his mind. Between laughs, he repeated his words, "This time, you absolutely must take it out of here!"
Hua Yun: "What should you bring? What will happen if you don't bring it?"
Dr. Fu paused his exaggerated movements, then suddenly raised a finger to his lips: "You all know what you're taking out. This is a secret you must protect. If you can't take it out on time, then you will..."
Dr. Fu made a throat-slitting gesture.
However, after saying this, Dr. Fu suddenly opened his eyes wide, grabbed his neck with both hands, and made a strange hoarse sound from his throat.
Yang Ji asked anxiously, "Dr. Fu? Dr. Fu, what's wrong?"
Dr. Fu said in a pained voice, "It's about to begin. I'm about to mutate. I'll soon be just like my children!"
As he spoke, he suddenly laughed again: "My lovely children, you must have been very lonely waiting for ten years, right? Daddy's coming, Daddy's coming to find you!"
After saying that, Dr. Fu walked laboriously to the door, used his body to block the electronic keypad lock, quickly entered a few numbers, and then pushed the door open and ran out!
The door was facing Rong Yu. After Dr. Fu pushed the door open and left, it quickly bounced back automatically, but just as it was about to close, it was blocked by something and made a "bang".
Yang Ji, with his back to the door, asked, "What's wrong? What was that sound? Did Dr. Fu go out?"
Hua Yun, whose back was to the door, heard the "bang" sound and said calmly, "It's a nine-digit password. I just heard the electronic key beep ten times, which means he pressed it ten times. The last one should be the confirmation button. So what we need to do now is untie the rope and find the nine-digit password."
Rong Yu: "No need for that. I just kicked my shoe out, and it's stuck in the doorway now. The door isn't closed."
Hua Yun: "...Well done."
Yang Ji was shocked: "Is this even possible?!"
Rong Yu shrugged: "As long as that NPC doesn't come back and close the door again."
Yang Ji: "Then let's untie the rope quickly! Otherwise, they'll come back and close the door again, and we'll have to find the door's password!"
Rong Yu had the same idea, so he leaned back in his chair, and in that instant the rope binding him loosened a little, he pushed the rope back with one hand and pulled hard with the other!
Since it was a variety show, the ropes weren't tied very tightly, and the method was quite crude. They just had them sit in chairs and wrapped a rope around their bodies a few times. So, with Rong Yu leaning and pulling, she quickly freed one of her hands. With one hand free, the rope loosened even more, and her other hand naturally came out.
Although Hua Yun was a step slower than Rong Yu, she managed to loosen the rope slightly with brute force, and then her hand behind her back smoothly pulled to the knotted part of the rope, quickly untying it with her fingertips.
The two men pulled off the ropes binding them, turned to look at each other, and then looked at Yang Ji, who was still struggling on the chair.
Yang Ji was still giving them advice: "...I think we should cooperate now. I'll help one of you untie the rope, and you move your chairs a little closer so I can see if I can reach your knots..."
Yang Ji smiled confidently: "You two don't need to be afraid! I've got your back!"
Rong Yu: "Um, Teacher Yang, let me help you untie the rope."
Yang Ji: "No, no, no, leave it to me. Actually, I've studied this before. No matter what kind of knot the rope is tied in, I can untie it for you!"
Rong Yu coughed lightly: "But, Teacher Yang, the ropes binding us have already been untied."
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