As Jiang Tang was speaking, he took out a black wallet from his pants pocket and pulled out a thick stack of hundred-yuan bills.
"I'd like two tickets for ten times the price. Are there any brothers here willing to do me this favor?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then someone immediately stood up.
"I!"
"Me! Me!"
A generous reward will surely attract brave men.
Escape rooms are fun, but who would turn down money?
One person's admission ticket is 120, so ten times that is 1200!
If we can't play today, we can do it next time! Young people have plenty of time.
Moreover, from their conversation, many people had already figured out the identities of Chen Haiguo and Jiang Tangzheng.
They are all good citizens, of course we should cooperate!
Jiang Tang gave Boss Chen a sly smile, picked out two young people who were in the same session as him, paid readily, and received two pink reservation tickets.
He waved the reservation ticket in his hand triumphantly at Boss Chen, but Chen Haiguo snatched it away.
"I told you, don't get involved in this!" Chen Haiguo shoved all the cash in his wallet into Jiang Tangzheng's hand and roared, "Go back, immediately!"
Jiang Tang looked at Chen Haiguo, whose forehead veins were bulging, and said in a low voice with a bitter face, "Captain Chen..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Haiguo's piercing gaze silenced him.
He pursed his lips and uttered the harshest words in the most cowardly tone.
“I also have personal freedom. I’ve already spent the money, so I’m going to go in today no matter what. Besides, I have a powerful protector now, and Kui Kui is here too. If something happens to you, nothing will happen to me…”
Jiang Tangzheng's voice grew softer and softer, but every word he spoke still reached Chen Haiguo's ears.
There was still some time before they were to enter, and the room was crowded and noisy, so Chen Haiguo stopped wasting time talking to Jiang Tangzheng. He grabbed Jiang's ear and dragged him toward the door, cursing under his breath:
"You've got some nerve, kid. Do you think I'm afraid those filthy things will harm you? Is your brain underdeveloped, or is your cerebellum completely underdeveloped? And you're cursing me!"
"Captain Chen, I was wrong, I was wrong..." Jiang Tangzheng covered his ear with one hand and begged for mercy all the way, but in the end he was still dragged out by Chen Haiguo.
He looked to Kui Kui for help, frantically winking and making faces at him, his eye muscles almost cramping.
Kui Kui, having achieved great success in his Daoist practice, became even more childlike and innocent. "Uncle Chen, you haven't finished speaking. If no murder occurred here, why did you call me here?"
The last rays of the setting sun streamed in through the window at the end of the corridor, casting long shadows of the three people.
Chen Haiguo glanced at Jiang Tangzheng, who was clinging to him like a leech, sighed, and told Kui Kui everything that had happened recently.
In the past month, there have been several suicides in the city. The victims were all young men aged 20 to 30, and all of them hanged themselves in their bathrooms at home.
Police investigated the deceased's social connections, finding that he was either a college student or a young working professional.
You know, there's definitely pressure, but it's certainly not to the point where I can't survive.
The family did not believe that their child would end his life in such an extreme way, but after the police investigation, there was no suspicion of a third party committing the crime at the scene, and it was ultimately classified as suicide.
As of yesterday, thirteen similar cases had occurred.
One of the deceased was Chen Haiguo's nephew.
Chen Haiguo reviewed the relevant case files and interviewed the victims' families, finally finding a common thread among these deceased individuals—
They had all been to the Great Heaven Escape Room.
Chen Haiguo applied to his superiors for an investigation, but because he couldn't contact Kui Kui, the police sent another Xuanmen master.
After the master's on-site survey, apart from finding that the Yin energy in the Great Heaven Secret Chamber was a bit too strong, there was nothing unusual.
The police had no choice but to drop the matter and ultimately classified it as a non-paranormal suicide.
Chen Haiguo wanted to investigate further, but his superiors had already classified the case and naturally wouldn't let him continue.
He watched as the boy who used to call him uncle lay motionless in the coffin, and watched as his sister and brother-in-law's hair turned white overnight and they wept every day, yet he was powerless to do anything about it.
His superiors knew about his relationship with one of the deceased and that he had never given up the investigation, so they confiscated his credentials, forced him to take leave, and forbade him from investigating further to avoid causing public panic.
He looked at Jiang Tangzheng and said, "Little Jiang, I know you mean well, but you're still young and have a bright future. Really, there's no need for you to come with me..."
Jiang Tangzheng interrupted, "Captain Chen, what are you saying! I'm not just doing this for you, but also to find out the truth of the case, for the deceased and their families."
"Whether it's a matter of the Great Heaven or not, we'll find out by investigating. Let's go! It's almost time." Kui Kui glanced at the time and went into the hall first.
To ensure a high-quality escape room experience, each group can only accommodate a maximum of four people and a minimum of two.
The most famous escape room in Da Yao is the abandoned hospital. Players take on the role of tourists trapped in the hospital, and can only pass the level by discovering the truth and finding the correct exit.
Most of the players came in groups; there were almost no solo players. The young man who had just sold his ticket had already left with his girlfriend.
Therefore, only Kui Kui and two others entered in this batch.
They walked through an old wooden door, which made a jarring sound like fingernails scraping a blackboard. What came into view was a dilapidated office.
Most of the wallpaper on the wall had peeled off, seemingly picked off by fingernails, revealing the dilapidated plaster wall underneath.
On the left side of the office is a filing cabinet, and next to the cabinet, directly opposite the entrance, is a simple washbasin with a mirror above it.
To the right of the office is a desk and an old wooden chair.
To the right rear of the chair, which is to the right of the sink, is another door.
Jiang Tangzheng tried, but couldn't open it.
Clearly, the first challenge is to find clues, locate the key, and open the door.
As Chen Haiguo searched for clues, he asked, "Kui Kui, is anything unusual?"
Kui Kui shook his head, and a white shadow suddenly flashed across the mirror.
Jiang Tang strode to the mirror, and there was nothing unusual in the mirror except for himself.
"What was that just now? Captain Chen, Kui Kui, did you see it?"
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