I Kill Gods in Escape Game

Chapter 4: Yanan Apartments (3)

"Who is Brother Zhao?" Lin Yuan turned his head in confusion, as if he had no idea that she had locked Zhao Cheng upstairs. Judging from his expression, he didn't even know there was such a person as Brother Zhao.

The girl in the long skirt pursed her lips and remained silent.

"Okay, let's ignore him for now." Luo Fangrong frowned, with a hint of imperceptible disgust in her eyes.

When her gaze turned to Lin Yuan, she returned to her gentle and amiable look.

"Everyone, please give a brief introduction of yourselves first."

Luo Fangrong smiled softly and said, "Luo Fangrong, a formal player, you can call me Sister Luo. The difference between a formal player and a beginner informal player is that I have an extra professional feature."

"The second characteristic after detection is protection."

She smiled and said, "I'll be frank. I've accepted the task of bringing in new players. Every time I bring a new player through a level and make him an official player, I'll get a reward at the end of the game."

The young man lying on the sofa sneered, obviously not believing it.

"Li Gang."

He uttered two words coldly and stopped talking.

The girl with a high ponytail sitting on a chair in the corner stood up: "Sun Jiu, an escape room enthusiast."

The girl in the long skirt hesitated for a long time before she said, "Qian Tang, it used to be..."

Lin Yuan watched in silence as the girl introduced herself for a long time, telling about her previous career, hobbies, and even her experiences before her death.

When it was her turn, she was almost led astray.

Lin Yuan silently swallowed back the words “just released from a mental hospital” and said, “Lin Yuan, a college student.”

Luo Fangrong actively directed: "As an old player, let me give you a little science popularization first. Generally, for a dungeon that uses survival time as a clearance requirement, players need to actively look for clues and trigger the backtracking mechanism."

“Every time we find a clue, the survival time required to pass the level will be greatly reduced. When the countdown reaches zero, we will pass the level with the NE ending.”

"As for the backtracking mechanism, once it is triggered, it will be extremely dangerous."

Qian Tang shrank back, clasping his hands in fear and said, "Sister Rongrong, the replay you mentioned... since it is something that brings us danger, can we not trigger it?"

Luo Fangrong shook her head: "Finding clues will increase the progress of the backtracking trigger, but don't worry, generally few people can find all the clues in the copy. We only need to find a part of it and let the countdown return to zero in advance."

In fact, Luo Fangrong had something else to say.

That is, danger and opportunity coexist. Only by gathering clues to trigger the backtracking and surviving in the backtracking scene can you pass the level with a TE or even HE ending.

Even though there is only one word difference between the endings, the rewards at the end are drastically different.

However, Luo Fangrong only wanted to survive in the copy and had no great ambitions at all. She certainly would not let this group of newcomers desperately look for clues, lest they really trigger the backtracking mechanism.

She looked down at her watch. "If we stand still, the passage of game time will be so slow that it can be almost ignored."

The implication is that it is time for everyone to take action.

Sun Jiu suddenly said, "I've observed that Ren'an Apartment has three floors in total. It's an old-fashioned residential area without an elevator. Even the fire-fighting facilities in the corridors are very old. I suggest..."

Before she could finish her suggestion, there was a sudden cry of surprise from Luo Fangrong's side.

"Why is there only 20 hours left in the survival countdown? I just checked before Zhao Cheng went upstairs, and it was clearly 24 hours."

Luo Fangrong frowned, as if it was a bad thing for someone to find the clue: "Only ten minutes have passed in real time, who is so fast?"

Qian Tang opened his mouth in surprise: "Could it be Brother Zhao..."

Li Gang seemed to have been ignited by a fuse. He was furious and interrupted rudely: "The Zhao guy is your father, right? We haven't met for many years, but you keep calling him Big Brother?"

He got up from the sofa anxiously and cursed: "I see Zhao Cheng is upstairs alone and won't come down. Maybe he is planning to embezzle the clues."

…While others were arguing, Lin Yuan quietly checked the panel and actually found a countdown.

[Remaining survival time required: 20 hours]

It is true that someone found a clue, but that person was probably not Zhao Cheng, but her.

Lin Yuan looked normal, but suddenly a man jumped up to her.

It’s Sun Jiu.

"College student, need your help."

Sun Jiu was over 1.7 meters tall, half a head taller than Lin Yuan. At this moment, she leaned over slightly, approached Lin Yuan, and invited him in a low voice: "You and I are the only ones playing games seriously here, why don't we work together to find clues?"

Lin Yuan paused for a moment, looked at her meaningfully, and then said, "Luo Fangrong said she would lead the newcomers to victory, why didn't you believe her?"

Sun Jiu had a mocking look on his face: "Didn't you see that Luo Fangrong concealed some facts? Obviously, finding clues is beneficial to 'survival', but her expression showed that she hoped that no one would find out anything."

"I don't believe her." Sun Jiu said firmly.

Lin Yuan thought about it, the game requires players to survive for 24 hours, does that mean players can pass the level by just wandering around?
Finding clues is the way to quickly reach the survival time target, so maybe there are more than one similar shortcuts?
Lin Yuan couldn't hide his excitement as he vaguely touched upon the truth.

Where is the danger in simply looking for clues and restoring the story?
What’s a survival game if there’s no danger?
The greater the risk, the greater the benefit. The so-called shortcuts must be related to the existence of threats to the players' lives!
Sun Jiu was very pleased to see Lin Yuan's performance.

She had long seen that the two so-called old players, Luo Fangrong and Zhao Cheng, had ulterior motives, and the other two newcomers were obviously a burden.

Fortunately, this man named Lin Yuan is calm, rational, brave and careful.

Inviting the other person to explore the apartment with you shows that they are not shy about exploring, even if they are in an unfamiliar environment, and that they are quick to identify pros and cons, which also shows that they agree with the option of "going out to explore."

What a reliable teammate!
Unfortunately, she only guessed the first level, thinking that the expectation on Lin Yuan's face was the expectation for clues, but she didn't know that this guy was already planning to look for "dangerous existence" and have a hearty survival game.

The two looked at each other and reached a consensus.

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow and said seriously, "Great minds think alike. I also think we should go out and find death - find clues."

"I checked when I came down. This is guest room 104. There are four doors in each corridor. There are twelve rooms in the apartment. It won't take long to check them all using my skills."

"If the number of skill uses is not enough, ask your teammates for help." Lin Yuan finalized the plan in a few words and turned his eyes to Qian Tang and Li Gang who were already arguing, and Luo Fangrong who was trying to stop the fight.

Because he had lived in a mental hospital for a long time and had little contact with others, Lin Yuan knew nothing about the ways of the world.

But she learned "human relations" without any guidance.

However, even though she was slow-witted, she could still sense the conflict between Qian Tang and Li Gang.

Two people with an old grudge died together and were able to meet again in the game. What a fate.

Lin Yuan thought casually, not really concerned about other people's conflicts. She only cared about whether she could trick those two people over to use it if her detection skills were used up.

"Let's go and start exploring from the first floor."

Lin Yuan walked out of Room 104 on his own.

Sun Jiu hesitated for a moment, looked around Lin Yuan and the other three teammates, and chose to catch up with Lin Yuan.

After walking a dozen steps away, Lin Yuan suddenly turned around, his eyes passed through Sun Jiu, and he seemed to see something following him.

The cold and smelly, poisonous gaze was like a thorn in the flesh, clinging to the two girls.

Sun Jiu was unaware of anything, but Lin Yuan... was enjoying it because she wanted to see who was more poisonous.

Lin Yuan kindly reminded his teammates: "I say, when you went out, didn't you notice someone staring at you?"

(End of this chapter)