novellk Chapter 75 Warm and Fragrant Jade
Chapter 75 Warm and Fragrant Jade
Lin Mo, feeling Rita's powerful strength, said:
"Assassin Sister, the dummy isn't moving anymore, but if you keep pinching my arm like that, my hand might be ruined."
"Ah! I'm sorry..." Rita snapped out of her daze and hurriedly loosened her grip a little, but only a little. "Then...then please walk slowly. I'm wearing flat shoes, and it's not good to walk at night."
Lin Mo suppressed a laugh, having never heard of flat shoes being difficult to walk in before: "Okay, then hold on tight, I'll carry you."
The two groped their way through the registration hall and arrived at the first secret room—the Dean's Office.
The room reeked of disinfectant. In the center stood a messy desk with a combination lock box covered in bloody handprints on it. On the wall hung several bizarre diagrams of human skeletons and a tattered work schedule.
The hint says the password is in this schedule and skeletal diagram...
Rita finally released Lin Mo's arm and carefully observed the area around the combination lock, trying to regain her dignity as the "locked room killer."
She shone her flashlight on the wall and said, "There are five doctors' names on the schedule, and the skeletal diagram shows three ribs missing. Could it be 5 plus 3? No, no, the password is four digits... Brother Mo, have you noticed anything?"
"It's not that complicated." Lin Mo stepped forward, pointed to a stopped clock hanging on the wall, and then to the bloody handprint on the combination lock. "The clock is stopped at 10:24, but the dial is upside down. The bloody handprint is a left hand, and the thumb is missing, which means the first digit has been removed."
"So, if you reverse 1024, you get 4201. If you remove the first digit 4, and then combine that with the 'Wednesday' that's highlighted in red on the work schedule..."
As Lin Mo spoke, he casually dialed numbers on the combination lock: "Perhaps... 2013."
"Thud!"
The combination lock opened with a click, revealing a rusty key lying quietly inside.
Rita's beautiful eyes widened, her mouth slightly agape: "It's...it's solved already? I haven't even finished reading the question!"
Looking at Lin Mo's profile, which appeared calm and confident in the dim light, Rita's heart skipped a beat.
He's handsome, great at video games, and incredibly smart at solving puzzles!
That really touched me!
[Ding! Detected that target Rita has developed a sense of admiration for the host. Current progress increased by 3%, total progress: 53%!]
Hearing the system notification in his mind, Lin Mo casually picked up the key and waved it in front of Rita: "Basic stuff, don't be silly. Let's go, Assassin Sister, to the next level."
"Hmph, don't be so smug, I was just out of sorts!" Rita wrinkled her nose haughtily, but her body betrayed her by pressing closer to Lin Mo again, one hand gripping his clothes tightly.
The two used the key to open the next door and entered the Intensive Care Unit.
The room looked even more gloomy, with three dilapidated hospital beds in the middle.
The sheets on the hospital bed were covered with large patches of dark brown stains, and faint wails could be heard coming from all directions.
At this moment, under the innermost hospital bed, NPC Xiao Wang was lying on the ground with his hair disheveled, wearing a blood-stained hospital gown.
As the top-notch scary NPC in the haunted house, Xiao Wang's job is to suddenly reach out and grab the player's ankle when the player approaches the hospital bed to look for clues. This is sure to scare any guy who brings a girl into screaming.
"They're here..." Xiao Wang saw a man and a woman approaching through the gap under the bed.
He took a deep breath, seized the opportunity, and suddenly stretched a pale hand out from under the bed, while letting out a shrill roar: "Give...me...back...my...life..."
However, the expected scream did not occur.
Xiao Wang felt a warm touch on the back of his hand.
He paused for a moment, then looked up.
In the dim light of the flashlight, Lin Mo was not frightened at all. Instead, he bent down very naturally, grabbed the pale hand, and even shook it up and down a couple of times.
"You've had a tough time, buddy. It must have been chilly crawling under the bed in the middle of the night, right?" Lin Mo's tone was almost excessively calm. "Excuse me, is the clue for this level under your pillow, or in the cabinet next to you?"
NPC Xiao Wang: ? ? ?
Rita: ? ? ?
Xiao Wang was completely dumbfounded.
Brother, I'm a ghost!
I am a demon!
Why are you acting so friendly, like you've just met someone from your hometown?
Where do you expect me, an NPC, to put my dignity?!
"Pfft..." Rita, who was originally extremely nervous, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw this scene.
The fear I felt just now vanished instantly.
Frustrated, NPC Xiao Wang withdrew his hand, speechlessly tossed a blood-stained diary from under the bed, then silently turned over and faced the wall, shutting himself in.
These days, do young people really have to come to a haunted house to torture single NPCs just to find love?
Birth!
"Thanks, buddy." Lin Mo picked up the diary, found the password, and smoothly opened the next door.
With Lin Mo as their "human cheat code," the two of them swept through the next few rooms like autumn leaves in the wind.
The puzzles in the autopsy room, the passwords in the morgue, the mechanisms in the morgue... none of them could withstand Lin Mo for more than thirty seconds.
There was no other way; Lin Mo had played too many similar horror games before... coming here felt like coming home.
Rita, on the other hand, completely gave up thinking and became nothing more than a mere accessory who could only shout "666".
Of course, when Rita occasionally encounters a scary NPC suddenly popping out or a trap suddenly appearing, she will still instinctively hug Lin Mo's arm tightly.
Lin Mo would occasionally reach out and put his arm around her slender waist. Of course, he had no other intentions than to "prevent them from getting separated."
Finally, the two arrived at the last scene—the [escape tunnel].
"I'll be out soon." Lin Mo glanced at the tightly closed iron gate, which had the last combination lock on it.
Just then, the incandescent lights at both ends of the corridor suddenly went out with a "buzz," and the glaring red alarm lights flashed wildly!
At the same time, a chilling chainsaw sound suddenly erupted from the darkness behind them!
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."
Accompanied by the frantic sound of a chainsaw, a burly NPC man wearing a terrifying clown mask charged towards the two like a mad beast, wielding a sparking chainsaw!
The most classic and essential element of escape room games – the chainsaw chase!
"Aaaaaah!!! He's coming!!"
Rita, who had already relaxed her guard, lost all rationality in the face of this dual pressure from sight and hearing.
She let out a scream and, like a startled koala, turned around and threw herself into Lin Mo's arms.
She wrapped her arms tightly around Lin Mo's neck, buried her face deep in his chest, and closed her eyes.
"Help! Brother Mo, open the door! Open the door quickly..."
Feeling the warm and soft embrace in his arms, Lin Mo felt his heart flutter.
The faint fragrance of her hair wafted into his nose, making him a little distracted.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, he's just acting."
Lin Mo's lips curled into a wicked smile. Instead of rushing to unlock the door, he reached out and wrapped his arms tightly around Rita's slender waist.
He turned to the side, holding Rita tightly in his arms, and then gave a thumbs-up to the chainsaw-wielding man charging towards him.
Bro, well done!
The chainsaw-wielding NPC rushed forward, intending to make a few wild swinging motions, but upon seeing the two tightly embracing, and the boy even taking the time to give himself a thumbs up...
Chainsaw Giant: ...
I'm a fucking chainsaw killer!
It wasn't a shill you hired!
It's not even part of your PLAY!
What's with that admiring look in your eyes?!
Is there no respect for working people at all?!
The burly man, frustrated, circled the chainsaw twice before finally receiving a message from the backstage team saying, "Go ahead, I can't stand it anymore," and reluctantly turned off the chainsaw, turning back into the darkness.
"drop!"
The large iron gate opened with a click.
The bright lights from the lobby outside shone in instantly.
Lin Mo was taken aback.
I haven't even cracked the password yet, how come the door is already open?!
Can't you guys make this escape room a little more professional?!