The emergency passage was narrow and dusty. Jian Jing could sit with her back straight, but Xu and Kang Mucheng could only curl up and rest on the side.

"I have written many adventure plays, but this is the first time I have personally participated in one." Xu said self-deprecatingly, "Look, there are no zombies, monsters, or armored beetles, but we are in such a mess. From now on, I will never have the right to complain that the protagonist won too easily."

Jian Jing was amused by him.

Writer Xu heard her laughter and changed the subject, saying with a smile: "But I'm old, there's nothing I can do. Jingjing is very much like White Cat, smart and clever."

White Cat is the heroine of "White Cat Detective", a super detective girl who has undergone alien gene modification.

"Well, the only thing missing is gene modification." Perhaps the darkness put too much pressure on people, Kang Mucheng, who has always been serious, actually started joking.

Jian Jing: "Mr. Kang, you are not suitable for this style."

"I have always been like this." Unexpectedly, Kang Mucheng did not admit it, "It's just that I was more strict with you before. After all, if you are too friendly to the author, they will easily delay the submission of the manuscript."

Jian Jing: "..."

"That's the truth." Writer Xu laughed, "Without a dignified editor watching over them, the author can do anything to delay the submission of the manuscript. In the past, I would rather go to the hospital for surgery in order not to submit the manuscript."

Jian Jing thought about it and had to admit that it was true. In "her" eyes, Kang Mucheng was both a brother and a father. He took care of her life and kept a close eye on her work. He promised to submit the manuscript on a certain time, and she would not delay it for even a day.

"She" respected him but was also a little afraid of him. She was like a primary school student handing in homework and never dared to skip it once.

"Then I will delay the submission of the manuscript next time." She said, "Boss Kang no longer has any prestige in my eyes."

Kang Mucheng sneered, as if asking: Are you sure?

Normally, Jian Jing would never confront Kang Mucheng head-on - his care and concern for another Jian Jing deserved her respect - but at this moment, everyone was very nervous and needed a joke to adjust.

So she relaxed a little, snorted softly, and replied: We'll see.

Writer Xu laughed again and asked, "Jingjing, what are you going to write next? To be honest, Doctor Devil is very suitable for being written into a series, and it is also suitable for filming a TV series." After a pause, he said unexpectedly sincerely, "Actually, I want to introduce you to a friend. He recently wants to switch to filming TV series, but he doesn't want to make a long or watery script. A unit story like Doctor Devil, which is more American, is very suitable."

Jian Jing was surprised by his honesty.

Writer Xu had expressed this intention before, but it seemed that he was just talking casually and was not enthusiastic. Kang Mucheng wanted to wait for the price to be right, and he also did not show any eagerness. The two seemed to be in a business negotiation and were still in the trial period.

But now, Writer Xu's attitude was very honest and frank, and he did not hide his optimism for "Doctor Devil".

Everyone seemed to be getting closer all of a sudden.

Kang Mucheng sensed his change and changed his tone: "I absolutely believe in Writer Xu's vision. Let's talk about it after we go out."

Jian Jing naturally agreed with him: "You all have more experience than me. I just need to listen."

"You are so obedient, Mr. Kang can rest assured." Writer Xu sighed, "It's not easy to find a suitable partner in our business."

Only when a good match is found can they achieve each other. But usually, the writer thinks that the seller is not serious and underestimates his talent, and the seller thinks that the writer is too ambitious. After all, literary publishing is also a business.

Trust is always easier said than done.

The atmosphere was silent for a while.

Jian Jing closed her eyes and rested for a while. When she recovered a little, she said, "I'll go ahead and explore."

Kang Mucheng: "I..."

"I'm small." Jian Jing replied.

He paused. His height and long legs used to be an advantage, but in this kind of passage, it was like being stuck in the head, shoulders and legs. He had no choice but to tell her, "Be careful."

"I know." Jian Jing climbed quickly with the help of a night vision device and soon reached the bend. After turning around, she felt that the angle was tilted and seemed to lead directly to the ground.

"It seems that I can go down here." She was extremely surprised and quickly changed her posture and slid down like a slide.

The slide was straight without any corners and ended after five or six meters. She stepped on a steel plate with a small combination lock on it. Through the thin steel plate, she could hear the sound of wind and rain outside.

Unlock this and you can get out.

Jian Jing was overjoyed and immediately looked for clues everywhere.

There was a string of English letters carved on the back of the steel plate: snegoustlw.

The combination lock was also in English letters.

Jian Jing's English level was only about level 4. After searching her memory, she thought it was not a certain word, but an encrypted password.

Considering that there are not many letters, the encryption method should not be too complicated. There are two types of considerations for English letters, one is pinyin and the other is English.

Pinyin is divided into initials and finals, and the classification is as follows:

Initials: s, n, g, s, t, l, w

Finals: e, o, u

Obviously cannot be matched.

It should be English.

"Jing Jing, are you okay?" Kang Mucheng's worried voice came from above.

"Nothing." She answered casually, "Decrypt a code, wait."

There is a classic type of English encryption, called the fence cipher.

snegoustlw has exactly 10 letters, which can be divided into two groups.

snego

ustlw

su...n? Sun, the sun?

Jian Jing immediately rearranged it according to the upper and lower combinations, and it became sunsetglow.

Sunset, or afterglow.

She adjusted the letters of the combination lock and spelled out the two words. There was a slight click of the lock tongue, and the lock opened. The cold wind mixed with huge raindrops rushed in and splashed her face.

Jian Jing felt relieved and pushed the door open.

[Mission completed, system settlement in progress]

The cold rain soaked her body, but she felt like she had survived a disaster and was extremely relaxed: "Boss Kang, Scriptwriter Xu, come down, we can get out now."

Two minutes later, they also escaped from the villa successfully.

In the heavy rain, the three of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Ouch." Scriptwriter Xu wanted to say something but couldn't come up with any words, so he could only shake his head and laugh, "It's not easy."

Jian Jing was about to say something when she suddenly heard someone calling, "Is anyone there?"

"Who?" She walked over in the direction of the voice.

"It's me." In the small room near the exit, someone was knocking on the door and shouting, "Hurry up and reset the password of the control box outside."

Jian Jing recognized her voice: "Mrs. Qin?"

Writer Xu and Kang Mucheng also followed: "Mrs. Qin? Why are you here?"

"I came to the distribution room to check the lines, but I don't know what happened. The security system suddenly restarted and my cell phone had no signal. I can't get the new password and I'm trapped here." Mrs. Qin explained anxiously, "The password of the control box outside can be reset manually."

Kang Mucheng found the control box disguised as a bird's nest behind the distribution room, opened it, and there was a smart panel inside.

Mrs. Qin said, "Press reset password, and you will be asked to enter the current password. I can't receive this. You choose to restore the factory settings."

Kang Mucheng did as he was told, and then said, "I need a factory code."

"sko03725jolxmhod." Mrs. Qin reported the number.

The system displayed success and asked him to enter a new password.

Kang Mucheng set it to 8 zeros according to Mrs. Qin's request.

After success, Mrs. Qin entered the new password in the distribution room and finally opened the door. She was pale, with gratitude and guilt written all over her face: "Luckily you escaped, otherwise I don't know what to do. I invited everyone to come to the exhibition, but this happened... I'm so sorry."

The others naturally couldn't blame her for anything, and they all comforted her: "It's just an accident, let's find the others first. Everyone must be tired after being trapped for so long."

"Yes, we all need a cup of hot coffee." Mrs. Qin joked and opened the coffee shop first.

There was no one inside.

She turned on the light and shouted: "Is there anyone here?"

"Who?!" There was a response not far away.

Mrs. Qin hurried over.

As soon as the door opened, all the lights in the corridor lit up, and the person lying in the middle was extremely eye-catching. "Husband?" Mrs. Qin ran over in surprise and called her husband, "Husband, what's wrong with you...ah!"

She screamed and fell to the ground.

Jian Jing's scalp exploded. She ran over quickly and saw the stiff Mr. Qin.

He was dead.

At three o'clock in the morning, the heavy rain turned into a drizzle.

The police also arrived at this time, a car, two policemen, an auxiliary policeman, and a forensic doctor. There were thick red bloodshot in their eyes and they were listless.

On the one hand, Jian Jing felt sorry for their huge workload and overtime work in the middle of the night. On the other hand, she felt helpless about the speed of the police - it took three hours for the police to arrive, and the opportunity was gone.

However, although the police force was insufficient, the police still did their work meticulously. After the forensic autopsy, it was initially determined that it was poisoning death caused by inhalation of deadly gas.

After learning about the accident that happened tonight, the police first asked Mrs. Qin.

"Can you introduce your security system to us?"

Mrs. Qin was very cooperative: "This is a private exhibition hall with a collection of many valuable artworks, so we applied for Class B security. Once the alarm procedure is activated, all doors will be locked, but considering unexpected situations, each room will have an emergency password."

The police nodded: "Can you open it?"

"I can open it with the administrator password, but today the system was directly restarted due to a circuit failure. After the restart, the administrator password will be invalid, and the new password will be sent to my mobile phone." Mrs. Qin explained.

The police asked: "Didn't you receive the new password?"

"Yes, it seems that there was a bug in the system, and the signal blocker was turned on at the same time, causing the mobile phone to be unable to receive messages normally. And I happened to be locked in the distribution room and could not reset the password manually." Mrs. Qin looked gloomy, "I didn't think it through..."

The police interrupted her confession: "What's the matter with the released gas? Why would it kill people? According to relevant regulations, Class B systems are not allowed to use lethal devices."

Mrs. Qin showed embarrassment and said hesitantly: "The space is too large, and the compliant anesthetic gas is too expensive, so my husband asked someone to buy some... um... aerosols that don't quite meet the standards. He said that those who would trigger the alarm must be guys with bad intentions, so don't be too polite to them."

The police asked: "Do you mean that your husband knows that the gas is lethal?"

"Yes." Mrs. Qin answered quickly.

"If he knew, why would he go to the trigger?" the police asked.

Mrs. Qin frowned: "Perhaps, it was not necessarily him who triggered it. There was another person at the scene. Mr. Police, I hope you can find out the truth. My husband could not have knowingly committed a crime."

"Thank you for your cooperation." The police temporarily interrupted the questioning.

The next person to be questioned was Editor-in-Chief Guo.

She truthfully recounted the process of Mr. Qin's death, but was vague about why the two were in the storage room.

The police did not let go of this clue and got to the bottom of it: "Why did you go to the storage room?"

"I wanted to go to the back door to get some fresh air, so I took that route." Editor-in-Chief Guo said, "Guys, I don't think this matter is important. Mr. Qin's death... I suspect it was not an accident, but murder."

The police remained calm: "Why?"

"We don't know about the villa's security system. How could the owner not know about it? He was very happy when he saw the emergency button and pressed it without thinking." Editor-in-Chief Guo emphasized, "He did this, which only proves that someone told him it was safe. Who knows the structure of the villa best?"

The two policemen who were asking questions looked at each other with unpredictable expressions.