Clowns, big laughs, tenth world.

An escape room is one of the more common types of live-action adventure games, where you have to search for clues in one or more rooms to solve a puzzle and leave the room.

Find all the clues within the time limit and solve the puzzles one by one to clear the level.

Generally speaking, there are two types of secret rooms, mechanical secret rooms and puzzle secret rooms, the former rely on the operation to pass the level, while the latter rely on the brain to pass the level.

Half a month before the mission, Chi Xiaochi, Yuan Benshan and the Gan siblings traveled together whenever they could, and swiped through all the escape rooms in the city.

Solve the puzzle room, Chi Xiaochi pass rate 85%.

Mechanical chamber with 2% clearance.

Chi Xiaochi herself was puzzled by the skewed data. '

He said to Xi Lou, "I can draw and paint, and I'm good at making crafts and fixing radios, but why can't I play games?"

To Chi Xiaochi, this is a complete mystery.

Super Mario he never hit the bottom of the first level, play competitive handball games can only play the human mode, but also with the computer to play a neck-and-neck tie, and even once accidentally killed by the computer, angry to delete the game, the anger of the minesweeper, and three times the advanced level to get back to the self-confidence.

Xi Lou simply raised his eyebrows these days, "Hee hee hee hee."

Chi Xiaochi was pained: "Unity, you've drifted."

Xi Lou was in a particularly good mood, "You mind me."

Chi Xiaochi's shortcomings are not easy to catch, and manipulating machinery is something Gan Yu is extremely good at, so Xi Lou can feel free to taunt Chi Xiaochi without worrying about the rest of the mission.

As he spoke, Chi Xiaochi lowered the lens in his hand once again, taking a few deep breaths to calm his emotions.

The lens is used to refract infrared rays, an infrared light through the mirror, refracted to the wall inlaid sensor A, then projected to the sensor B, and finally fell on the sensor C, ABC three-way are connected, the last door lock will open.

So, the angle at which this lens is placed has to be extremely tricky.

They arrived in this room fifteen minutes ago.

And Chi Xiaochi has been pairing lenses for twelve minutes, his eyes are turning into cross-eyes.

Xi Lou, on the other hand, was responsible for talking out of turn.

He said, "A year has passed."

Chi Xiaochi holding a lens : "......"

Xi Lou: "Ten years have passed."

Chi Xiaochi said sadly, "Trash game, ruin my youth."

Yuan Benshan was away today because he was working overtime, so Gan Yu couldn't stand it and took the initiative to take over the lens: "I'll do it."

He spends a minute observing and measuring the angle, then lifts the lens and spends a minute adjusting the angle.

With a ding, the final door opened.

Gan Yu put down his lenses and smiled at Chi Xiaochi, "Let's go."

The reward for clearing the level is three small plastic white bear pendants that chirp when pinched. Chi Xiaochi is in a bad mood and pinches them in her palm to take out her frustration, and her unhappy face makes Gan Yu Gan Tang's heart feel sweet and soft.

Gan Tang gently smoothed his fur, "Chunyang, don't be angry. My brother will treat you to a nice meal tonight."

Chi Xiaochi said, "How many times has your brother invited you. Let's go out for hot pot tonight and let Old Yuan treat us."

Gan Yu said, "Come to my house and cook hot pot for you."

Chi Xiaochi thought about it and actually agreed.

But he made a request, "I want to eat what Sister Gan Tang cooks."

Gan Yu straightened the chain of his glasses to hide his inner disappointment.

And Gan Tang said smilingly, "Yes."

He didn't ask Yuan Benshan to share Gan Tang's hot pot with him.

And Yuan Benshan was so busy with his work that he came back even later than he did.

By the time he got home, it was ten o'clock at night.

As he placed his keys on the nightstand, he heard the sound of voices coming from the direction of the inner room, and assuming that Song Chunyang was talking to someone on the phone, he walked towards the inner room.

As he pushed the door open, his family's mandarin-eyed kitten lying on the bed also looked over, her pretty, reserved, jewel-like eyes looking innocent to the point of titillation.

Yuan Benshan unfolded his arms and embraced him, the tip of his nose came to the nest of his shoulder and sniffed lightly: "A smell of hot pot. Did ...... you eat hot pot?"

The little kitten cub protested, "I've had a bath."

Yuan Benshan smiled and rested his chin on his shoulder, rubbing it lightly in amusement.

The atmosphere between the two was charming and amorous, and the apricot-colored light hitting the two made them look like such an affectionate and loving couple.

They should indeed be a loving couple too, having been through life and death together, is there anything that can tear them apart.

"...... So tired. I feel better after hugging for a while." Yuan Benshan asked him, "Who were you talking to on the phone."

The kitten cub replied, "Sister Su. She said she's going to her daughter's parent-teacher conference tomorrow afternoon, so she asked me to cover her shift for an extra hour."

Yuan Benshan kissed his hair, "Forget it this time, next time don't just agree to someone else or they'll all come to you if there's any overtime in the future."

"Got it."

Yuan Benshan liked Song Chunyang, who was so obedient, and got up to take a shower, intending to make love to him later.

It had been a long time since he had enjoyed that with Song Chunyang.

However, he didn't have the slightest idea that immediately after he turned into the bathroom, the person in the bed rolled over onto the floor and rushed straight to the trash can outside, vomiting so much that even stomach acid came out.

When it was over, he calmly tied on a plastic bag, made a trip downstairs to throw out the garbage, and rubbed his stomach, lamenting that there was sea cucumber in the evening's hot pot.

When Yuan Benshan finished washing and pushed open the glass door, he found Song Chunyang waiting outside.

He said, "I still smell a little bit, so I'll wash again."

Yuan Benshan raised his hand and pinched his nose, "I'll wait for you then."

But he couldn't wait.

When he lay back down on the bed, an irresistible sleepiness seized his nerves and made him pass right out.

Chi Xiaochi in the bathroom turned off the interface of the hypnosis card, turned on the water volume of the shower head to the maximum, closed her eyes, and quietly felt the feeling of hot water flowing all over her body.

The panel in front of him showed that Yuan Benshan had a favor value of 89 and a remorse value of 0 for Song Chunyang.

He selected Warehouse from the panel page and took the Spirit Locking Bottle out of it.

Upside down playing with it for a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Do ...... you believe in karma."

No one answered his question, and all that answered him was the clatter of water gushing out.

He smiled and put the items in his hand back into storage once more.

In addition to practicing escape rooms, Chi Xiaochi also investigated whether there had been any tragic deaths in the vicinity of the Kam Hong Mansion.

The results were not very pleasant.

When the foundation of the Kam Hung Building had just been laid and it was still a construction site, a murderer roamed in, killed two young workers, hid in the building, but was himself shot by the pursuing police.

The inmate was a pure psychopath, an avid lover of captivity and abuse, and even got the inspiration from somewhere to cultivate fungus from the bodies of those he toyed with to death.

Apparently, even if he dies, he will lie in his coffin and cry out with rotting vocal cords, I haven't had enough fun.

The ghosts this time around probably won't be talking about basic law like the balloon girls and kids in the eighth and ninth worlds.

Beyond that, there's a lot to worry about.

The difficulty elasticity of the escape room is just too great, and for a short flow game, there are endless variables that have nothing to do with the player's luck or status.

And one of Chi Xiaochi's biggest concerns is people.

If there are too many people, there will be mixed mouths, and if there are mixed mouths, there will be confusion.

As it turns out, even when you go to the tenth world, you still can't avoid the peculiar creature of piggybacking.

If only the four of them are involved, it's fine, but I'm afraid that if there are more people, there will be some people who will be directing indiscriminately, bringing chaotic ideas, or hiding props, causing everyone to look for something in a messy way without a head, delaying the time for nothing, and in the end, we all stretched out our legs and stared at each other together, and the beauty of the painting was not seen.

However, Chi Xiaochi's face was as calm as water when he arrived downstairs at 1207 Jinhong Mansion an hour before the appointed time.

He wasn't about to let those extra emotions interfere with his judgment, and even if he did run into the worst case scenario, he'd be able to see it through.

Yuan Benshan, on the other hand, couldn't hide his excitement, holding Chi Xiaochi's hand in the elevator with sweaty palms.

He whispered, "Chunyang, we'll be out in no time."

Chi Xiaochi watched the elevator numbers jump up and down.

The gleaming silver elevator walls reflected his cold eyes.

But his voice was cheerful and hopeful as always, "Uh-huh."

Entered the room named "lost field" escape, they lied to wait for friends, and responsible for the shopkeeper brother to see them do not look like what social loafers, but also did not pay much attention to, bowed his head to play his game to go.

Yuan Benshan was so excited that he excused himself to go to the restroom and took off his shirt in front of the mirror.

There were already nine clear engravings on his back, leaving only the one against his tailbone still a dense, unformed black mist.

In the past two years or so, he didn't dare to go into the bathhouse, he didn't dare to go swimming, he had to sneak around even to change his clothes, always afraid that the mission would take his life, where was this the life a human being should live?

Now well, they are one step away from success!

One step away!

After today, he, Yuan Benshan, would be free and would no longer be bound by the damn system!

Outside, Chi Xiaochi plays a game of "draw" with herself, gently tapping out the interlocking blocks with her fingertips and then pulling out the strips on the other side to distract herself from the anxiety that may arise while waiting.

Thirty minutes before the mission was to begin, the man they were to wait for came.

The other side was also a league of four, two men and two women.

Because it was also the tenth mission, everyone knew what it meant after this clearance, so despite trying to hide it, the heartfelt joy and nervousness could never be suppressed.

Chi Xiaochi frowned slightly.

...... This kind of rush mentality isn't something you should have before an escape room.

The four men quickly pinpointed Chi Xiaochi's group, sat down at a table with them, and climbed into conversation.

The leader of them is a wheat-colored skin man, eyebrows hanging high, mean-looking, just sat down is waving the statement: "First of all, after going in, everything has to listen to me."

Yuan Benshan is not so sure: "I think we should work together, there is no such thing as 'who to listen to'."

The man said, "Cooperation is cooperation, but there is always a need for a leader."

Yuan Benshan, noncommittal, turns his head and seeks Chi Xiaochi's opinion with his gaze.

Chi Xiaochi was calm and collected, "Then I'll do as you say."

Gan Yu Gan Tang also voted for "indifferent", and only then did the man's face relax a lot, and he introduced himself to their side.

This team combo met in the first mission and have been teammates for nine worlds since then.

The pair of girls are colleagues and girlfriends in the same organization, the taller one is called Qiao Yun, and the skinny one is called Jia Siyuan. It is said that they are very athletic, but their personalities are very different, the former is chattering, while the latter just doesn't speak at all, and even if she is asked for her name, she has to subconsciously look at Qiao Yun before she opens her mouth.

The self-proclaimed Meng Qian, who clamors to be a leader, is a freelancer whose usual occupation is to be empowered to play games.

Since the moment he came in, he's been rattling off his past glories, claiming that the team of four wouldn't have gotten through the second mission without him.

He tries to prove his competence and also tries to dispel the fear of going into his tenth mission soon by bragging about it.

In contrast, Chi Xiaochi had a better feeling about the other boy with the dark glasses.

His name is Xu Jiayi, he is a college student, and at first glance he looks ordinary, but he is very calm, and is the one with the most stable mindset among the four.

On this mission, Chi Xiaochi is still called "Lou Xiaochi."

He didn't even introduce himself much, just sat quietly and stared at the wall clock.

Thirty seconds to the start of the mission.

Twenty seconds.

Ten seconds.

Five seconds.

One second.

......

Before Xi Lou could remind him that the mission had officially begun, a familiar cold fog rose steeply in the room, instantly enveloping several people.

The crowd's nerves were extremely tense, so when a bottle shattered, everyone was shocked.

In the next second, the thick fog was again as if it had encountered a fresh breeze, instantly dispersing.

Before they could return to their senses, there was another muffled bang, and countless colored confetti butterflies fluttered over the heads of the crowd, landing all over their shoulders in an instant.

"SURPRISE!!!"

The little brother who had just lowered his head to play the game raised his head, and was actually a completely different person.

A comical clown of a man was smiling at them, white teeth and all. His hair was in an explosion, dyed an uncomfortable bright red, the black clubs of a playing card were drawn over his left eye, and his lips were a pig's blood red with lipstick outlining a smirk, the exaggerated corners of which stretched all the way down to the base of his ears, making the corners of his mouth hurt to look at.

He stepped out of the hospitality seat and pompously bowed to the eight, "Everyone~ Hello there~"

No one of the eight responded.

The clown, not feeling snubbed, took off his parrot-like colored hat and held it in his hand to fan himself.

"Welcome to my game~ I have, here, only three rooms in total." The clown held up three fingers, "The rules I have here, are also only three."

"First, don't destroy my carefully prepared room with all the clues where you can see them. I hate redecorating."

"Secondly, there are no hint clues ~ everything needs to be figured out by yourselves."

"Thirdly, watch the time, if you come out of the third room within the hour, you will receive the gift I am presenting to you in the fourth room~""

He magically pulled a whole handful of flowery hydrogen balloons out of his hat. Offering, he said, "These are the ones, like them?"

Meng Qian plucks up courage, "...... What if we don't get through."

The clown chuckled twice, "Then, you'll stay in that room and never get out~ At that time, I'll be enjoying your expressions on the monitor, oh hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee."

When he gave the crowd a chill, Meng Qian couldn't stand it any longer, stood up with his hands on the table, and said impatiently, "Let's get started, then."

The clown got up and led the crowd to the end of the corridor, in front of a blood-red door, "Please line up and enter one by one in an orderly fashion, when the last person goes in and the door closes, the game will officially begin. ...... Oh, by the way - before going in, I would like to give you players a small egg for free~"

He wiggled his fingers, "I can see into the darkest side of your hearts oh."

After a series of introduction of yin and yang, the crowd probably guessed that the ghost will not directly participate in the game, but only an "observer" role, but also put down their hearts, according to the instructions lined up, ready to enter the room.

Meng Qian volunteered to be this captain, and of course was the first to enter.

Passing the Joker standing at the side of the door, the Joker narrows his right eye and looks at Meng Qian with his left eye tattooed with a black plum tattoo.

"You're-" he trailed off deliberately, "Arrogant. Beware of being killed by your own arrogance, oh hee hee hee."

Meng Qian wrinkled his nose and took a step into that darkness.

In second place is Qiao Yun, whom the clown observes for a moment in the same way: "Hee hee, jealous. Who are you jealous of? Is it this lady behind you?"

Qiao Yun was startled and immediately walked into the room, bellyaching and cursing more than once.

Xu Jiayi and Jia Siyuan also enter, and the clown's opinion of them is not vicious, just "boring" and "timid".

When it was Chi Xiaochi's turn, Yuan Benshan took the lead and walked up to the clown and was heard to say in a mocking tone, "Ha, cold man."

Yuan Benshan couldn't stand the pretentious tone of his voice, so he didn't pay much attention to it and walked straight into the room.

Gan Tang came up.

The Joker glanced at her and clamped his eyebrows together rather amusedly, "You ......"

Gan Tang wanted to wait for his judgment, but could not wait, not feel confused, but also did not delay, straight into the room.

When he saw Gan Yu, the clown laughed, "So it's two fools! Two identical fools! That's rare!"

Gan Yu ignored him and didn't go inside, standing in the doorway waiting for Chi Xiaochi.

The clown laughed enough and turned his face to Chi Xiaochi : "You-"

He froze.

Immediately afterward, he held onto the wall and let out a series of loud laughs that brought tears to his eyes, as if he had heard the funniest joke under the sun.

Chi Xiaochi stared at him for a long time, and even returned a smile.

The clown laughed so hard he couldn't straighten up, swinging his hands wildly, telling him to get in there faster.

Until the door closes, the clown's piercing laughter still lingers in Chi Xiaochi's ears for a long time.