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An old residential area in the south of the city.

Lu Yuan didn't wake up until noon. The sixth dog was lying on his chest, its tail brushing against his chin.

Lu Yuan picked up the cat, sat on a small stool, and picked up a comb to stroke its fur.

The sixth brother, having eaten and drunk his fill, was too lazy to resist and snored softly.

There was a knock on the door, and Jiang Yan stood outside, holding her phone up to him.

"look."

On the screen, the trending search terms were glaringly red.

Lu Yuan was so scared he wet himself.

[The God of Slaughter Breaks Through Defense]

Shen Yibai was actually timid.

Jiang Yan slammed her phone on the table.

"They cut your hair like this, aren't you going to say anything?"

Lu Yuan glanced down at it.

I checked the video view count and then looked at the number of reservations.

Their eyes lit up.

Jiang Yan stared at him: "What's with that expression?"

Lu Yuan took out his phone, opened WeChat, and found Yan Ji.

Press and hold the voice button: "Director Yan, this is Lu Yuan."

"I saw the trailer, and the pre-registration has exceeded ten million. Congratulations."

"The show's KPIs have been pushed to this level, I've contributed to that, haven't I? Could you please transfer the remaining payment for my appearance fee to my account as soon as possible?"

Jiang Yan stood to the side, remaining silent for a long time.

She wanted to see his reaction to being slandered—anger, a cold laugh, or that dangerous, spine-chilling state.

As a result, this person immediately urged for the final payment.

Lu Yuan put down his phone and continued grooming the sixth son.

"Officer Jiang, don't stand, sit down."

Jiang Yan looked at him: "The whole internet says you're a coward."

"Hates are fans too."

"They said you wet your pants."

"Old Ghost will mind."

Jiang Yan choked.

Lu Yuan gathered the cat hair he had combed out, rolled it into a ball, and placed it on the table.

"Besides, once the full episode airs tonight, we'll know who wet their pants, won't we?"

The sixth dog stretched out its paw and pulled the fur ball to the ground.

Lu Yuan bent down to pick it up and sighed.

"Now I'm more concerned about when the final payment will arrive. Lao Liu's automatic water dispenser needs its filter replaced."

......

At 8 PM sharp, the special episode of "Escape Room" will be released.

Within the first second of the premiere, the number of online viewers exceeded three million. The millions of viewers in the reservation pool poured in like a floodgate being opened.

The comments section covered half the screen.

[Shen Yibai peed his pants!]

[Look, the God of Slaughter has broken down!]

[That scene with his head down in the trailer is hilarious! Nobody's getting away today!]

[Don't run away, Black Gold Fans! Tonight, we're all here to claim the cowards!]

An old residential area in the south of the city.

Lu Yuan, at the center of the online storm, was sitting on a small stool.

With a cat bowl in her left hand and a small spoon in her right, she was cutting open a fish oil capsule and squeezing it into the cat food, stirring it with more seriousness than when signing a contract for the movie "Escape Room".

The sixth dog squatted to the side, its tail swishing across the ground.

Next door, Jiang Yan had her tablet set up on the table, with a notebook beside her.

In Su Qinghan's studio, the entire conference room was connected via a projector screen. The PR team, legal staff, and editing assistants were all present, but no one spoke.

......

The main feature begins.

The barrage of comments was already preparing to mock them.

【Here it comes!】

Where is Lu Yuan? Is he scared out of his wits?

The camera enters the corridor of the mental hospital.

To avoid making it too gory, the scene of Lu Yuan slashing the old ghost's neck was cut by the production team.

All that remained were: Old Ghost breaking the cabinet, Blood Axe cleaving downwards, Lu Yuan crouching at his limit, and then patting Old Ghost on the shoulder.

Then the 1.9-meter-tall gold medal NPC slid down to the ground, and the area around his pants was blurred out.

They worked very hard in the later stages, and the lettering is quite presentable.

[Teacher Lu extended friendly greetings to the staff.]

The comments section couldn't hold back.

[A friendly gesture of sympathy? The old ghost is even sitting on the ground!]

[Where's the promised God of War breaking through defenses? How come the NPC broke through first?]

[Is it a script? Old Ghost has gone completely overboard.]

[A person with a blank expression was brought into a variety show, and the production team heavily promoted them.]

Haters have reclaimed their territory, and their spamming speed is alarming.

Following that, the ward checkpoint was set up.

In the backstage interview, the expert invited by the program team sat in front of the camera and spoke at length.

"This code has three layers of pseudo-logic, with a main thread hidden in the music box's scale. Frankly, without systematic training, it's virtually impossible to solve!"

The scene shifts back to the ward, where Shen Yiming is still piecing together his diary, while Meng Ying is looking at the blood-written words with worry.

Lu Yuan put on rubber gloves, closed his eyes, and placed his fingers on the brass lock.

Three seconds!

"Click." The lock opened!

The comments section was like someone had stepped on an electric shock switch.

【? ? ? ? ? ? 】

[Expert: It's difficult. Lu Yuan: Three seconds.]

Is this some kind of escape room challenge or a lock-picking contest?

[Script confirmed! How can we start without giving an answer?]

[The answer shouldn't be this open! He didn't even look at the numbers!]

The video's popularity soared to number one on the platform.

Yan Ji sat in his office in the Escape Room building, looking at the backstage curves, his face turning pale and then flushed.

Criticize him or praise him. He only cares about the data!

When the gas chamber segment aired, the production team cut out all dialogue related to carbon monoxide.

White mist covered the ground, guests coughed, and the countdown timer sounded like a heartbeat.

The text popped up in the center of the screen.

[Teacher Lu had a sudden inspiration and discovered a hidden shortcut!]

In the scene, Lu Yuan takes a wire from the set frame, walks to the valve, inserts it, and fiddles with it a few times.

"Click." The nozzle lost pressure, the forced draft started, and the white mist was drawn away.

After this segment aired, the people who had been clamoring about the "script" quieted down considerably.

[Hidden shortcut? Does your hidden shortcut require turning on a valve?]

[Variety Show Organizer: Who am I? Where am I? How did I get demolished?]

[The props team wanted to quit after seeing this.]

This guy isn't here to escape; he's here to inspect the fire safety.

Jiang Yan stared at the flowery words, holding back for a long time, "They call this a stroke of genius?"

Lu Yuan's actions at that time were not about showing off skills, nor did he have any desire to perform; he didn't even look for the camera.

He simply assesses the danger and then deals with it.

The progress bar has moved to the morgue.

The comments section was already buzzing with excitement.

[It's here! The scariest part of the trailer!]

I bet he's trembling here with his head down.

【The Ghost Nurse is here!】

The iron gate opened, and Lu Yuan entered the house.

What the audience got was not a face-to-face slap, not screams, and not running away.

Body bag number one unzipped itself, and the NPC sat up, offering the key with both hands!

"Teacher Lu, this is your mission key! Please, please don't touch it!"

The third forensic doctor rushed out and immediately turned off the flashing lights, saying, "The lights are too bright and can hurt your eyes. Let me adjust them to make you more comfortable."

The upside-down female ghost lands, adjusts her wig, bows, and hands over the real key!

"Teacher Lu, I have the real key. The floor is cold, would you like some ginger tea?"

In the center of the screen, the later-added text conveyed a strong sense of humiliation.

[The villain's aura on the big screen is too strong; all the NPCs have requested to log off.]

The live chat crashed.

Hahahaha!

【Amazing Ginger Tea!】

This isn't an escape room incident; it's a leader inspecting a morgue at a grassroots level.

[NPC: I can scare people, but I don't want to die.]

The mosaic on Lao Gui's face says it all.

How many lives is this guy carrying? He's even ditched the normal NPC mechanics!

A large number of posts have started to be deleted on major forums.

The marketing account that was criticizing "Lu Yuan for wetting his pants" just ten minutes ago deleted its post and then reposted a new title:

From Object of Fear to Source of Fear: An Analysis of Lu Yuan's Memorable Moments from His Variety Show Debut