Lin Xi lay in the coffin for about five minutes, and then there was a noise outside. It turned out that the player had cracked the secret room of the previous level and entered her level.
"Oh, there's a coffin!" A girl's frightened voice came out.
Lin held her breath and tried not to move. Before the players opened the coffin, they couldn't let the players know that there was someone in the coffin, otherwise the horror index would not be enough. Of course, some people could still guess that there was something in the coffin, but no one could be sure until the moment of opening the coffin.
"There seems to be a chain on the coffin. Is there a ghost inside?"
"I've told you so many times, those ghosts are NPCs in disguise."
"I know, but I'm still scared."
Lin Xi was not surprised by such conversations. For things like escape rooms, the more timid people were, the more they wanted to play, and the experience of these people was often better than those who were braver.
"Let's solve the puzzle first." A brave boy said, "Master, do you have any clues?"
"Look around first to see if there are any clues."
"Okay." The team started moving instantly, especially those who didn't know how to solve puzzles, who were extremely eager and active in finding clues.
"knock!"
Someone knocked on the coffin lid, which scared Lin Xin.
I'm going to die. Am I scaring others or am I being scared by others
"How?" The voice that suggested that everyone search for clues sounded again, but the tone was slightly different and the voice was much softer.
"It's here." A new voice sounded. The voice was a little distorted through the wooden board, but the tone was firm.
"Let's unlock the secret room first. There are so many chains. We must open the coffin in this level. I just don't know if there are ghosts in it."
"Um."
The two stopped talking. Lin Xi heard footsteps and thought that the two were probably going to look for clues. Soon the players found a lot of clues.
"I found a box. It's a combination lock."
"I found a piece of paper with a math problem on it. Let me solve it."
"5769."
“Master, you solved it just by looking at it once? How come you look like you’ve played it before?” the boy said sourly.
"He's just better at math. Open the box and see what's inside?"
The girl holding the box had already entered the password when the "master" called out the number, and then the lock opened. The girls exclaimed "Wow" and looked at the boy with admiration: "How amazing."
The boy who was traveling with him curled his lips, somewhat dissatisfied. These should have been his limelight, but it was these two guys who, relying on their good looks, insisted on joining in halfway. If they wanted to do it themselves, couldn't they form a team by themselves
"It's a piece of paper with some words on it." The girl took something out of the box.
"Let me see." The boy took the note and glanced at it, then said quickly, "It's the Taoist Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, for calculating directions. Take a look and see if there is a button on the wall."
"Is this it? I found it when I was looking for clues just now." A girl asked, pointing to a bulge on the wall.
"Yes, there should be five of these buttons. Look for them again. If I'm not mistaken, the five buttons should be pressed in a certain order for the mechanism to open." The boy said confidently, and secretly glanced at a great man standing not far away. He had no intention of showing the paper in his hand to anyone from beginning to end.
"Chu, look at the way your junior brother is being bullied." The coquettish young man with a ponytail leaned close to his friend's ear and smiled softly.
The young man in black glanced at him without saying anything. If it weren't for the fact that this copy required five people to open, he wouldn't want to hinder the younger brother from showing off. Besides, if someone hadn't flirted regardless of the occasion, people wouldn't have hated them so much.
Fortunately, the boy was quite capable and after trying several times, he found a solution.
"The five of us will press the buttons one by one. Master, you go and open the coffin?" The girls were timid and were unwilling to go forward to open the coffin, leaving only the young man in black and the young man with a ponytail.
"Okay." The young man in black agreed immediately. As soon as he came in, he vaguely felt the energy fluctuations in the coffin. He was thinking about how to find an excuse to open the coffin himself.
The coffin was finally going to be opened, and Lin Xi was so happy. She had been lying in the coffin for almost twenty minutes and was almost getting heatstroke from the heat.
No wonder this NPC has a high salary, it’s all hard-earned money.
As the five people pressed the buttons one by one, the induction lock above the coffin opened with a click. Then there was the sound of the iron chain being pulled down, and the coffin shook. Someone was opening the coffin.
Lin Xi was just hesitating whether to beg for mercy first and then stand up to appear less terrifying, or to stand up first and then beg for mercy to appear more polite, when the coffin lid opened a crack and a hand reached in against the light.
Why did you just reach out?!
Before Lin Xi could react, the hand coming from against the light had already accurately grabbed her neck.
"Master, please spare me." Lin Xi screamed in shock, and then she felt the hand that was pinching her neck pause and loosen.
"Ah, there is really someone in the coffin." Even though Lin Xi was begging for mercy, she still scared a few timid girls.
"Don't be afraid, they are all pretending to be people." Hmm, this sounds like something is wrong.
"Ordinary people? Sorry."
Brother, you are not an ordinary person. Do you think there is a ghost inside? If there is a ghost, why are you so fierce
"Can you please let me out?" She was really hot.
"Sorry." The boy apologized again, his voice was very pleasant, but the other party was against the light, so Lin Yan still couldn't see his appearance clearly. After the boy stood up, he moved the coffin lid a little further so that Lin Yan could come out.
Lin Yan stood up with the help of the coffin, with a pale face and two lumps of red rouge, just like a paper doll in a paper-making shop. When she showed her face, the girls who had overcome their fear and were ready to come over to see the NPC retreated in fear.
“Ahhh”
Lin Yan clung to the edge of the coffin and climbed out a little clumsily. Her mission was completed, and now she could just leave.
"Pfft, hahaha..." A string of inappropriate laughter suddenly rang out in the room.
Lin Xi turned her head and saw a young man with a ponytail, peach blossom eyes and an exceptionally delicate appearance pointing at her and laughing.
"Sorry... I'm sorry, this is the first time I see a ghost wearing a red cotton-padded jacket. Hahaha, so festive, hahaha."
After he said this, the others also noticed the NPC's attire and couldn't help laughing. Suddenly, the whole secret room was filled with laughter and the terrifying atmosphere disappeared.
Lin Xi was extremely embarrassed and was about to crawl away quickly, but she unexpectedly caught a glimpse of a huge and eye-catching LOGO out of the corner of her eye.
About fifteen minutes later, as these people entered the secret room, the system predicted: [Xie Xingyu, 26 years old, his beloved AJ will step on dog shit.]
Lin Xi gave up on this divination because there were seven players in this team and she didn't know who Xie Xingyu was. Even if she knew him, she couldn't talk casually during work.
Perhaps he laughed too much, and the young man in black next to him couldn't stand it anymore and gave him a light kick.
The young man with the ponytail finally managed to calm down his emotions, and then he saw the female NPC in the red cotton-padded jacket suddenly turn around and walk towards him.
Could it be that he laughed too much and the other party got angry? When the ponytailed young man was thinking about whether to apologize again, the female NPC suddenly spoke.
“You’re going to step in shit today.”
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the divination task and gaining some merit points." The system prompt sounded.
Mission accomplished, Lin Xi did not stay any longer, turned around and left the secret room in the other party's astonished gaze.
After she left, the secret room was quiet for a moment, and someone suddenly spoke up: "It turns out that the female ghost who came out of the coffin also has the ability to curse. It's inexplicably very exciting."
"Yeah, I got goosebumps."
"And this curse is very moderate, it won't make people feel disgusted."
"Yeah, it's like cursing someone for eating instant noodles without the seasoning packet. It doesn't feel unlucky, but a little funny. It's quite creative."
What's so funny? What I'm wearing today are limited edition AJs that I spent a huge amount of money on. The young man with a ponytail doesn't want to step on dog shit with his precious shoes.
"Chu" The ponytailed young man turned around and saw that his friend had already squatted in the coffin. He walked over in two steps, bent down and asked, "How is it?"
"Found it." Without even raising his head, Chen Chu tapped the bottom of the coffin with his fingers and pulled out a piece of emerald green stone.
"Master, is there anything in the coffin?" At this time, other people also gathered around, seeming to want to help.
"Let him search here by himself, and you guys look somewhere else." The young man with the ponytail smiled and kept everyone out.
Lin Yan came out of the secret room, went to the dressing room to change clothes, and drank half a bottle of mineral water before she calmed down. The makeup artist took a look at Lin Yan's neck and screamed: "What's wrong with your neck? Did they pinch you?"
Lin Xi turned her head to look at the mirror, only to find that her neck was red.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." Lin Xi's skin is naturally sensitive and fair, so any touch would leave marks, but they would disappear quickly, and after a good night's sleep, no marks would be visible.
"That's not a big deal. We must go and talk to them. Let's go find the store manager." The makeup artist pulled Lin Xi to find the store manager.
Tang Mingxu was also shocked when he saw this. Although he opened a shop to do business, he could not allow others to bully his employees like this, not to mention that he was the one who called Lin Xi here.
"It's not that serious, but he did attack. Manager, do you think we can ask for some compensation?" Although the other party did not use heavy force, he did attack the NPC. Lin Xi felt that it was not excessive to ask for 200 yuan in compensation according to the regulations.
"Don't worry about that. I'll get it for you when they come out. You go inside and wait first." Tang Mingxu promised.
Lin Yan nodded and went to the dressing room to wait for the copy to end. About ten minutes later, Lin Yan's mobile phone received a transfer of one thousand yuan.
Lin Yan was startled and went out to ask the store manager: "Why is there so much money?"
"Pinch the NPC's neck and make him pay one thousand in compensation." Tang Mingxu said.
"He gave it?" If it's not clearly stipulated in the terms, most people wouldn't give it so readily.
"Yes, he probably knew that he had been too harsh and felt guilty. As soon as I mentioned it, he agreed." He had prepared many more excuses and methods, such as pulling Lin Xi out and letting the other party see the mark on Lin Xi's neck.
"Then can I really take it?" Lin Xi couldn't believe it.
"Of course. By the way, this hundred yuan is your salary. Go back and have a rest today." Tang Mingxu took out another hundred yuan bill from the drawer and gave it to her.
"Thank you, boss." Lin Xi.
On the other side, a few people who had just finished the coffin shop copy came out of the building, and Xie Xingyu's feet suddenly went soft, as if he stepped on something.
Everyone looked down and saw a pile of freshly baked, steaming dog shit.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was just about to clean up and you stepped on it." The dog owner looked guilty.
"So it's still my fault. I disturbed you from cleaning?" Xie Xingyu gritted his teeth.
"No, no, no, it's all my dog's fault."
"Woof!" The Labrador, tied with a leash, squatted obediently beside him, with a smile on his innocent eyes.
It feels so good after taking a shit
(End of this chapter)