He Jing sneered inwardly. These words sounded like they were defending her, but they were actually adding fuel to the fire.
Immediately, the players' reactions became even more intense.
"They don't act like this normally, but only at crucial moments. How good at pretending must they be?"
"She looks pretty, but her character is so terrible."
"The thought of having to share the clues I find with her later makes me uncomfortable."
"I don't want to play anymore, it's disgusting."
...
Yan Hanxi's smile gradually turned cold. He stared at Cheng Yi with an icy gaze that made Cheng Yi's heart tremble and her scalp tingle as she asked, "Yan... Yan classmate, what's wrong with you?"
Yan Hanxi felt her sleeve being tugged by the person next to her, and her anger instantly melted away. She lazily said "No," and then looked at He Jing.
Despite being criticized by everyone, He Jing remained indifferent, as if all the voices were superfluous noises to her ears, and that responding with even a single word would be a waste of her life.
She handed him a playing card, pointed to the pattern on the back of the card, and Yan Hanxi glanced at it and suddenly smiled.
He looked at her with great admiration and immediately understood why He Jing could be so calm. Instead of playing tricks and scheming, she should focus on solving the mystery.
She'll be the first to crack the password; wouldn't that prove her right with her actions rather than just offering verbal rebuttals?
Look, they've found one of the supporting clues.
Next, all we need to do is find other supporting clues.
The unusual atmosphere between the two made Cheng Yi a little anxious. She really wanted to know what kind of riddle they were playing, but she wasn't smart enough to guess it.
When the other players saw that He Jing was completely ignoring them, they stopped after making sarcastic remarks for a while, since their most important task at the moment was solving the puzzle, not arguing.
So he continued collecting playing cards.
In the dimly lit room, the prop clock on the wall ticked away, indicating the passage of time...
The room was eerily quiet. The players were sorting the playing cards by their rank, a huge task that kept them from talking. He Jing and Yan Hanxi were still in the corner of the room, fiddling with something.
Chen Yu had a vague sense of crisis, his mind was frequently drawn to the two of them, but he didn't quite believe that they could crack the code faster than him.
He was a top scorer in the college entrance examination. His hobbies include reading detective novels, watching movies, and reading detective stories. He rarely makes mistakes when playing escape room games.
Suddenly, Cheng Yi exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, I've found the pattern!"
Chen Yu quickly put down his cards and went over. He saw Cheng Yi pull out a King from the deck and show it to him: "The pattern on the back of this card is different from the other cards."
All the cards had blue vines on the back, twisting and turning together, except for this one, which had an inconspicuous rose in the very center of the vines.
Sure enough, collecting playing cards to find patterns was the right approach.
Chen Yu finally understood something and smiled as well, saying, "This is the first digit of the password."
Cheng Yi was both excited and puzzled, and couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
Chen Yu said, "The name of this secret room is 'The End Returns.' The story is that General Thor betrayed his country and led people from other planets to occupy his planet. On that day, the roses that bloomed in the king's palace, representing hope and life, were burned to ashes overnight. The date was July 3, 699 AD, so the first digit of the password is 3."
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