No one spoke, Zhou Luoyang, Du Jing and Lu Zhongyu escaped from the prison and stood in the corridor.
"What now?" Zhou Luoyang's voice trembled.
"This is a good design," Du Jing said to himself, "Four players were eliminated in the first level."
Lu Zhongyu looked around, and the other four were silent.
"Professor" said: "You have done a good job, and the rest will be locked up here and starved to death."
Zhou Luoyang suddenly understood why Honghou repeatedly emphasized that playing this game needs to be very smart. As long as he doesn't say it, no one knows that the unlocking cycle is interrupted by him, that is, if the botanist is the first person to save him, everyone except the "tourist" will be eliminated.
In the first few steps, it was his turn to decide how many people survived the first level.
"Think of a way," Zhou Luoyang said at a loss, "there must be a way."
"Not necessarily." Du Jing replied indifferently, "Let's go."
Du Jing came to the end of the prison corridor, pushed down one of the stone slabs, revealed a deep passage behind him, and found the exit of the first level.
"No no," Zhou Luoyang turned back and said, "I can't go. The next level will require the things they carry."
Du Jing said: "It will be solved when they come back and search after they starve to death. Let's explore the road ahead first."
Zhou Luoyang: "…"
The archaeologist in Cell No. 4 cursed and said, "They're all Chinese! They're all taken hostages! You can't die like this!"
Lu Zhongyu said, "Don't scold people, let's go to the front to see the situation and come back later."
Du Jing pushed Zhou Luoyang and said, "Listen to me and go."
Zhou Luoyang couldn't accept it anyway, and left the rest here to die, but Du Jing took his hand and pressed it on his dial. Zhou Luoyang immediately remembered it, so he nodded and followed Du Jing into the narrow aisle.
After Lu Zhongyu was cut off, he followed in, closed the stone door, and tried to push it again, trying to confirm whether he could return to the cell.
"Can't open." Lu Zhongyu said.
Du Jing said: "Then let them resign."
Zhou Luoyang still couldn't help looking back and saw Lu Zhongyu's face in the dark.
He knew that Lu Zhongyu must have a lot to say, but he was worried about the "punishment" in the earphones and did not dare to speak at will. In fact, when Zhou Luoyang and Du Jing spoke, Lu Zhongyu should have recognized it.
He should be able to guess that the two were here to save him, otherwise he wouldn't have come to open Zhou Luoyang's prison door as soon as he got the key.
"There is no water or food in the cells," Zhou Luoyang said. "They may really starve to death."
Du Jingyun replied calmly: "Four players will be eliminated in the first level. This game will only be refunded for bad reviews. If they guess correctly, someone will remind them soon that there is a spare key."
Zhou Luoyang was silent.
At the same time, in the rest of the cell, the "Professor" sighed and sat down.
"We still have a key," said the botanist suddenly in Cell No. 1, "but I don't know where it is. Can you guys look for it?"
Several people stood up one after another as they gained hope.
"In number five." In cell number four, the archaeologist pressed his earphones and said to the opposite side, "Number five, do you hear? It's in your cell, check it out."
"Professor" said, "Check everything."
Cell No. 5 was silent. After a while, there was the sound of tearing the sponge pad, followed by a soft sound, the crisp sound of the key falling to the ground.
"Open mine," said the botanist, "my lock has a key!"
"We all have it," said the professor, "and the old problems won't happen again. Throw the key over here, to whomever you want."
However, the player in the fifth cell used the key to open his cell, took the key given by the lock, and walked out.
Du Jing pushed open the second door and entered a vast hall.
The ground is quite cold, there are flaming braziers around the hall, and a statue of a god stands in the center - a monkey god with a strange appearance. It has eight hands and four sides, holds a copper hammer, and has a very long tail that bends into a rugged shape behind it.
The three of them could see their faces clearly. Zhou Luoyang glanced at Lu Zhongyu. Lu Zhongyu was wearing a cross-country uniform.
Only compared to before, his face was a lot haggard, and now he looked at the two with a grateful expression.
Zhou Luoyang remembered that Lu Zhongyu said that he liked outdoor sports and hiking, and his physical strength was also good.
"What is this?" Lu Zhongyu said, "Sun Wukong?"
"Explain," Du Jing said to Zhou Luoyang, "do you know?"
"Hanuman," Zhou Luoyang said, taking off his cap. Although the underground space was well ventilated, the oppressive environment always made him feel a little tired. "The monkey god in Hinduism."
"The tail is movable." Lu Zhongyu tried to move it, but couldn't remove it. He said, "Find a lever that might be able to pry open the iron grid of the previous cell."
Du Jing glanced back at the place where he came from, then looked down at his watch, it was 11:50 noon.
"Are you hungry?" Du Jing asked Zhou Luoyang.
"A little." Zhou Luoyang said, "but I'm thirsty."
He didn't eat much for breakfast. What's worse, he didn't drink much water. After entering the underground world, he became thirsty.
Du Jing said: "It should be arranged to eat, but I think lunch can only be served if the mystery here is solved."
The earphone said, "You have to go to the next secret room to drink water, and the longer it takes, the worse it will be for you."
The earphones have been silent for a long time. At this moment, Zhou Luoyang was not on guard and was taken aback.
"Let's rest for a while." Du Jing asked Zhou Luoyang to sit next to him, turned his head to look, and saw that Lu Zhongyu had returned to the long and narrow secret passage.
"Where are you going?" Du Jing frowned.
Lu Zhongyu returned to the hall and said, "The door is open again."
Zhou Luoyang looked up, and Lu Zhongyu said, "It turned out to be locked in the cell, and everyone else is gone."
Twelve o'clock sharp.
In Du Jing's hand, the pointers of the Eye of Versailles overlapped and spread out, like a mysterious lotus blooming in the deep space of the universe. The ripples of time spread heavily, bringing the two back to the noon of the previous day at the same time.
"Du Jing." Zhou Luoyang said.
"Hmm." Du Jing, who was sitting in front of the window basking in the sun, answered him.
"I'm so tired," said Zhou Luoyang, "I'll take a nap first."
The next day, Zhou Luoyang made full preparations in advance and drank a lot of water, but this brought up another problem: there seems to be no toilet in the secret room, what should I do with peeing? But since the food is prepared, there must be a place to go to the toilet.
Once again in 24 hours, when he was thrown into the secret room again, Zhou Luoyang was already prepared, he covered his head with both hands, and slipped onto the sponge pad. Back in time, everything repeated itself, but this time, when the botanist asked: " Who will open the door first?" He didn't speak.
"Open mine," said the "Professor" in the third cell.
"Open number seven." Lu Zhongyu said.
"No," Zhou Luoyang said anxiously, "you can throw the key to whoever you want." Then he pointed to the opposite side: "Anyone can."
In the headset, the electronic voice said: "Tha, what do your gestures represent? Let him open the bodyguard's door first, or I will punish you."
Zhou Luoyang didn't listen to the instructions from the earphones this time. He had a general understanding. Now there must be a lot of spectators watching them escape from the real room. Each party placed bets on them and gave them instructions through headsets and translation software.
Then, Zhou Luoyang was electrocuted.
Zhou Luoyang screamed in pain, the current was more terrifying than he imagined, the earphone was not big, but he didn't expect it to be able to emit such a strong instantaneous current, and when it was discharged against the metal area behind the ear, he was electrocuted. On the ground, twitching all over.
At that moment, Zhou Luoyang's strongest feeling was: I'm going to die.
Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang from the door of No. 6 cell on the opposite side! Zhou Luoyang was still lying on the ground panting, but he heard panicked shouts from several cells.
"Save your energy!"
"Do not impulse!"
"calm!"
Du Jing shouted, "Luoyang!"
In an instant, Du Jing slammed into the prison door like a beast. Zhou Luoyang knew that Du Jing was frightened by his cry, and hurriedly said: "I'm fine! I'm fine! I'm fine..."
"I was electrocuted." Zhou Luoyang was panting, his heart spasmed due to the electric current, and he finally calmed down.
Immediately after, Du Jing was also electrocuted for shouting Zhou Luoyang's name. Instead of falling down, he barely supported himself. There was hatred in his eyes, and the electric current seemed to stimulate his manic impulse. He suddenly raised his foot and slammed on the prison door!
There was another deafening loud noise, and the prison door was kicked loose, the concrete above his head shook, and sand and ash fell.
Zhou Luoyang immediately said: "Don't be impulsive!"
"Warning," the announcement sounded in the corridor, "break the rules of the game and you will be punished by death."
Du Jing grabbed the fence and panted unwillingly like a fierce dog. Zhou Luoyang knew that he was stimulated by the electricity, and said, "I'm fine! Go on... Open the door, right? Hurry up, let's hurry up."
The botanist threw the key to the third cell on the opposite side. The professor opened his own iron gate and came to check on Zhou Luoyang first.
"I was electrocuted just now," the professor said. "I'll be fine later."
Zhou Luoyang said: "I will open mine last, save them first."
The professor opened Lu Zhongyu's cell door, Lu Zhongyu got the key, opened Gate No. 4, released the archaeologist, the archaeologist released the botanist No. 1, and everyone went outside the No. 5 gate and opened the No. 5 cell door.
"It's you?" Lu Zhongyu said in the dark.
"Who is it?" Zhou Luoyang asked in surprise.
The man still didn't speak. After Lu Zhongyu opened the door, the professor quickly took the key and came over to open Du Jing's cell door. Du Jing rushed out like a gust of wind and released Zhou Luoyang.
In this way, the seven people were all out of trouble. The first thing Du Jing did was to press Zhou Luoyang's head and check his neck, his movements were quite rough.
"Take it easy." Zhou Luoyang said in a low voice.
Du Jing confirmed that Zhou Luoyang was not injured, and withdrew his hand, Zhou Luoyang patted his shoulder, meaning don't worry.
"Let's go." Zhou Luoyang said, but when he turned around, he bumped into someone.
"It's me." Lu Zhongyu said beside him.
Everyone groped and moved forward in the dark, Du Jing just didn't speak, Zhou Luoyang was in a bad mood, don't get sick in the secret room, otherwise it will be very troublesome in the future.
He clenched Du Jing's hand tightly with one hand, and with the other hand, according to his memory, he felt around the wall, found the stone gate from yesterday, pushed it open, and said, "Let's go and have a look first."
The archaeologist said, "Let me start."
The professor didn't know who to tell: "You two walk last, take care of each other."
The botanist responded.
Lu Zhongyu said, "Are you all right?"
Zhou Luoyang didn't answer. When he pushed open the door of the hall, the hall was brightly lit, and everyone was shaken so much that they couldn't open their eyes. This next week, Luoyang saw everyone's faces.
"Professor" he had seen, it was Xiao Wu. Compared with the appearance after the facelift on Douyin, the professor looks a little sloppy, with a haggard and tired face, and wears a pair of round-frame glasses.
Botanists and archaeologists are not on the photos of missing persons. Next is Lu Zhongyu, and… Ruan Song.
When he saw Ruan Song, Zhou Luoyang didn't speak for a while, Ruan Song also looked at them silently, with obvious hatred in his eyes.
"You are a priest." Zhou Luoyang murmured.
"Yes," Ruan Song replied coldly, "I have a map."
Zhou Luoyang wanted to ask Ruan Song why he came in, but it didn't matter, he had already come, and when he mentioned things outside the scene, he would be electrocuted again.
Xiao Wu sat on the ground, stroked his hair, let out a breath, and looked up at everyone.
The seven began a long silence under the lights.
"Can we all go out?" Lu Zhongyu said suddenly.
The botanist, a tall and thin young man, said, "You can definitely go out when you go out. The only difference is whether you are alive or dead."
Zhou Luoyang suddenly felt very funny, even if it wasn't the time to joke now.
The botanist showed them the words embroidered on his clothes, with the English letters: "Kun".
"Call you Kun." Xiao Wu said, "I don't think we can all get out alive."
Ruan Song said calmly: "In this secret room, there are bound to be dead people. It's impossible for none of them to die. In the end, only one person can get out alive. If you are lucky, at most two."
"Really?" Zhou Luoyang didn't know what would cause an electric shock, and he was gradually testing, "Have you ever played?"
"I want to know." Ruan Song said indifferently.
"Your name is too difficult to pronounce." Lu Zhongyu said to Du Jing.
"Call him Groot." Zhou Luoyang's voice fell without waiting for the second electric shock.
Everyone nodded, Du Jing didn't speak, just stood silently.
The archaeologists showed them their collars, embroidered with "Denam".
"'Deng' or 'De'an,'" the archaeologist said, "can be."
A voice came from Zhou Luoyang's earphones: "Hurry up and crack the second level."
Zhou Luoyang observed other people, and everyone's expressions changed slightly. Obviously, there were instructions from the earphones. He looked up again and saw twelve surveillance cameras on the ceiling, facing different directions.
He glanced at Du Jing's watch, it was 12:03 - this time he didn't return to 24 hours ago. But Zhou Luoyang was not worried, as long as they wanted to, they could go back to midnight on this day, start it again, and go back to noon on the previous day, and so on.
Now that all seven people have passed the first level alive, there is no need to force backtracking.
"Groot." Zhou Luoyang glanced at Du Jing.
Du Jing hummed and stood still.
"Go and think of a way," Zhou Luoyang said, "how to pass through the second secret room."
Everyone briefly rested for a while and scattered to all corners of the secret room. Lu Zhongyu carefully checked the statue, while the others looked up at the wall.
"What is this?" Lu Zhongyu asked.
"Hanuman, the monkey god," Zhou Luoyang explained, "the god of the Hindu pantheon."
Xiao Wu was observing the two of them, and as soon as Zhou Luoyang met his gaze, the other party turned his head away immediately. After being quiet for a while, Du Jing seemed to have improved. He walked to the statue and began to solve the mystery seriously.