The guide was named Zhou Lang.
Using Cheng Shuang's name, he piqued Feng Jiakang's curiosity and successfully approached the VIP. Perhaps Feng Jiakang thought the brief conversation was harmless, so he casually asked Zhou Lang what fun things he had brought and how to play them.
Tian Sanlang and Fang Niang were on high alert. Working together, they tried to distract Feng Jiakang by playing a game, hoping to make him overlook the accomplice who wanted to poach their son.
Zhou Lang wasn't stupid. Whether it was chess or gambling, it involved two or four people. If he couldn't provide a head for the VIP, Tian Sanlang and Fang Niang would have to leave one of them available. In that case, it wouldn't be two against one, but rather each person acting in their own self-interest.
Cheng Shuang didn't stay any longer; she wanted to use her shower time to check the secret door to the storage room. Given the current situation, the four were all tied down and couldn't keep track of her movements for the time being.
The little girl scurried quickly into the storage room and stopped below the ceiling where the wooden steps had been lowered.
Luo An No. 3 was left at the door to monitor the situation of the people outside, while the bear cub lifted her up and gently touched the ceiling with both hands.
It actually exists?
Did she remember the wrong location?
Cheng Shuang scratched his head.
She originally thought the secret passage was built by utilizing the distance between the ceiling and the roof. Although the whole house was in the style of ancient architecture, the high beams and carved columns only existed in the rooms that the maintainers would enter and exit, such as the storage room and the 'dormitory', which both had wooden ceilings.
If it's real, then it must be a secret agency?
She then tried to pry open the gaps between the spliced wooden boards with her hand, but seeing that they were firmly in place and wouldn't budge, she gave up on the idea.
The office of Principal Su Qing, the last place of death, also had a hidden mechanism. When you realize that the filing cabinet has a secret, you can see that the opening and closing of the cabinet is not as tight as a normal filing cabinet.
However, it is also possible that the mechanical ingenuity of the Central City far surpasses the hidden door created by Su Qing, after all, the Central City is, from another perspective, a marvel of construction.
The little girl still had a hunch that if it really was a mechanism, the guide's feet wouldn't have "passed through" the ceiling like a wall-walking magic, and the water ripples that resembled a barrier wouldn't have been a figment of her imagination.
She sat on the bear cub's neck, looking down at the storage room, which was several dozen square meters in size. It seemed spacious, but in reality, shelves, bamboo baskets, buckets, and a kitchen counter filled the floor. One or two people could move around in it without any problem, but lowering the ladder would be a problem...
As Cheng Shuang closed her eyes to recall the scene, she spread her arms and measured the approximate width of the ladder according to the image in her memory.
Because it is a hollow wooden staircase, in order to maintain stability, it is not the kind of narrow, tightly packed wooden staircase, but rather wide and sturdy.
If stability is not a concern, two people should be able to walk side by side on a single-step wooden ladder.
In a storage room filled with shelves, two people would have to turn sideways to walk past each other most of the time. In other words, the space for a ladder should be wide enough for two people to stand side by side.
Cheng Shuang looked at the storage room again.
She and her baby bear are now in front of the cooking counter, at the bottom of the wooden stairs. Besides this area, which can accommodate two or three people to prepare food at the same time, there is only an empty space at the entrance.
She patted the baby bear, gesturing for her to go to the door and take a look.
Upon arriving at the location, the man and the bear worked together, slowly moving the bear's paws to search for the hidden door.
Sure enough, the little girl touched nothingness.
As the finger moved, ripples appeared on the ceiling, as if the image projected onto a screen would tremble when someone passed by. However, the ceiling looked more realistic than the projected image.
How amazing! It actually changed its location!
With agile movements, Luo An No. 4 leaped off Cheng Shuang's shoulder, piercing through the ceiling as easily as a bubble that could burst at any moment. After confirming that no one was up there, Cheng Shuang was easily lifted up by the bear cub and crawled inside.
Then the little girl exclaimed in surprise.
The silvery-white passageway was long and quiet, with a strange glass cylinder at one end. The whole structure looked just like a high-tech room from a science fiction movie, without a single other color.
Of course, without that cylinder, this place would feel even more like a secret room.
However, she kicked the wooden ladder stacked half a person's height next to her feet, finally dispelling the illusion of suddenly transforming from an ancient city into an interstellar mothership.
The cylinder appears to be the medium for transmission.
Cheng Shuang hesitated about whether to continue exploring. Luo An No. 3 replied that the four of them were having a great time playing the game, and at least until Feng Jiakang lost interest in winning, they probably wouldn't change locations.
The young girl didn't want to miss this opportunity either.
She turned around, picked up the teddy bear that had climbed up, and walked toward the glass cylinder. Almost as soon as she got close, the sensor door opened with a very slight sound, but it was this very sound that confirmed to her that the faint noise she had caused when she 'brushed past' the storage room last night was from this cylinder.
No wonder she couldn't find anyone at the time; it's possible that the guide was just passing by in a cylindrical vehicle.
Because when Cheng Shuang bravely stepped inside, she discovered that the cylinder was actually an elevator.
After the half-oval glass door closed automatically, numbers from -1 to 100 appeared on the transparent door panel.
The little girl bit her lip and resolutely pressed the -1 key.
She felt a strange mix of excitement and anticipation. If she guessed correctly, she would uncover a long-standing secret, even if it was only a part of it. However, the risk was too great; if someone from another floor used the elevator, she would be exposed.
What good would it do to expose her? It's just a matter of dying sooner or later. Maybe she can enjoy a few more days of good food and drink before she dies.
Until with a 'whoosh,' the person inside the cylinder disappeared.
After a smooth and rapid descent to level -1, Cheng Shuang turned pale and patted her chest lightly to suppress the urge to vomit.
It's too fast! This elevator is frighteningly fast. If the 'natives' hadn't suppressed certain physiological reactions, several people would probably have developed heart disease and high blood pressure before they even got to the guide.
She didn't scream, which shows her strong mental fortitude. But the advantage is also obvious: probably no one will be able to see who's hogging the elevator...
The elevator doors opened, revealing a vast, empty space, as bright as day.
Behind me were two cylindrical elevators, their backs against a silver-white wall. Looking deeper into the distance, the light stretched into a void, an unknown realm.
It can't be called nothingness, because with Cheng Shuang's eyesight, he could only see a small black dot in the distance, seemingly without end, or perhaps... the darkness he felt when he first entered this land of death, a darkness that seemed like he could never escape.
This is a place so large that even a slightly heavy breath can echo.
She walked out quietly, even subconsciously slowing her breathing.
Rows of game-like nutrient tanks were neatly arranged in front of me, ten in a row, ten rows in total, each nutrient tank connected to a monitor.
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