Excessive ferocity due to caution

When a person's mind is under prolonged and extreme stress, it can lead to illness.

Part of it manifests as irrational anger.

One part is depression.

People like Zhuang Han will become more and more numerous over time.

Therefore, it was important for all three of them to get to the fourth floor quickly!

If a major riot were to break out, it would be difficult for anyone to remain unscathed!

Zhao Yi's performance in front of the strong man just now completely impressed Xu Shengzhi!

So calm!

So quick-witted!

So decisive!

In just a few minutes, rhetoric, psychological tactics, and subtle hints...

This guy is amazing!

I must write about this in my book!

The three of them went to the west side of the second floor, and opened a door that was not locked, corresponding to the location of the toilet upstairs.

This room looks exactly the same as the outside world.

After searching for a while, the three of them discovered a hidden door on the top shelf of the wardrobe!

"Found it!"

Xu Shengzhi exclaimed excitedly, then immediately covered his mouth, seemingly worried that people outside would discover him.

He pushed open the hidden door and was about to go in when he heard Zhao Yi say:

"You can't go in yet."

Xu Shengzhi was stunned:

Why?

Zhao Yi explained:

"Because there are still very important clues in that picture."

Xu Shengzhi frowned and said:

"Is everything complete?"

"The sun and sky, the stone on the ground, a lone tree, and flowing water."

He pointed to the light above his head.

That is the sun.

The floor is made of stone.

All necessary elements are included.

This should be the answer.

"And a camera."

Zhao Yi added.

Xu Shengzhi glanced at the darkness behind the wardrobe passage, shuddered inexplicably, and hurriedly retreated to close the hidden door.

"A camera...right, what does that represent?"

He scratched his head in frustration.

Zhao Yi said:

"symmetry."

"In reality, the image captured by the camera is reversed left to right and upside down compared to the actual object in the scene."

"When we were looking for the restrooms on the third floor, if you were careful enough, you would have noticed that the structure on both sides of the stairs on the second floor and the three elevators on the third floor is almost perfectly symmetrical."

"The secret passage we're really looking for should be in the ceiling of the room to the east that's symmetrical to this one."

Upon hearing this, the two hurriedly followed Zhao Yi to the east corridor.

They found a room in a symmetrical location.

They formed a human ladder so that Kwan Chi-leung could push and knock on the ceiling.

After some searching, with a "click" sound... Guan Zhile found a mechanism on the ceiling against a thick wall and opened a hidden door!

"This wall is actually hollow!"

Guan Zhile exclaimed in surprise.

The three of them found some wooden cabinets and chairs, climbed up them one by one, and crawled forward along the narrow, dark pipe.

Guan Zhile was in front, and Zhao Yi was in the back.

It was absolutely dark inside the pipe; you couldn't see anything.

This darkness and deathly silence brought an indescribable sense of dread.

They climbed for a while, and finally Guan Zhile couldn't hold back any longer. He turned around and said in a trembling voice:

"Zhao Yi, are you still there?"

No one responded.

A chill ran through Guan Zhile's entire body!

"Zhao Yi?"

"Xu Shengzhi?"

Where are you all?

"Don't scare me!!"

She cried out in panic.

But in the empty pipes, she found herself all alone...

At this very moment, Zhao Yi and Xu Shengzhi also discovered the same problem!

They... were separated without a sound!

"Pipelines are not static...like railway tracks, they are section by section, and can be manipulated..."

"And it's extremely hard..."

Zhao Yi attempted to destroy the pipe with a scalpel.

However, it was blocked by the system.

So he had no choice but to continue climbing up the pipe.

Until a glimmer of light appeared ahead.

Very faint.

As Zhao Yi climbed forward, the light grew brighter.

Finally, Zhao Yi saw the exit.

He did a pull-up, lifting himself and the baby on his chest up together.

4F.

Zhao Yi stared intently at the signs in the room.

The baby is fast asleep, head bowed.

A smile flickered across his lips.

Under normal circumstances, he would not be able to get to the 4th floor.

Because he doesn't have enough permissions.

But... now he's here.

This proves that the infant has sufficient permissions.

"It's really suspicious that someone with B-level access would care so much about this..."

Zhao Yi muttered to himself.

In fact, he had already begun to have doubts when they first met.

Because women are not very skilled at holding children.

Moreover... the baby's actual age differs greatly from what Guan Zhile described.

Guan Zhile said the baby was 4 months old.

At that time, Zhao Yi stroked the baby's head very carefully.

Judging from the degree of closure of the skull, the baby is at most two months old.

So at that time, Zhao Yi was already certain that the baby was definitely not Guan Zhile's child!

It seems we need to take better care of this child's safety...

...

The sixth floor, the Golden Round Hall.

Barbara stared at the projection in front of her, her blood-red lips parting and her eyes filled with infatuation.

"Damn pet, how can you be so attractive to me..."

The man holding the baby in the projection was like a flawless gem, captivating her completely...

"Zhao Yi, you are mine..."

Barbara clenched her fist tightly, her whole body trembling, her face flushed.

In the distance, a middle-aged man with a white beard and a wolf mask, wearing leopard-print pajamas, stroked his jade ring with a cold gaze.

The projection in front of him was Guan Zhile.

"Zhao Yi..."

"If you don't die, all my money will be gone..."

The middle-aged man with the wolf mask thought to himself.

Beside him,

Around them,

They all have a red button.

The middle-aged man in the wolf mask hovered his fingertips over the button, ready to press it at any moment.

Although he remained expressionless, he would occasionally glance at the other masked people in the hall, especially Barbara.

Not long ago, everyone placed bets.

Barbara spent a lot of money to change the initial bet and transferred it to a guy named "Zhao Yi".

A few other guys also switched their bets to this newcomer.

Zhao has only participated in two reality game shows organized by a certain company.

They are indeed newcomers.

However, his previous outstanding performance has drawn the attention of many people.

If it weren't for some special reason, the middle-aged man with the wolf mask would also change his name.

He thinks highly of Zhao Yi.

But now... he just wants Zhao Yi to die quickly.

...

A warm, scorching room.

There are many lights.

The light is very bright.

It was so bright that it made it hard to open your eyes.

Emerging from the darkness, Zhao Yi had to squint to see.

The entrance was sealed off, and Zhao Yi could not go back.

I looked around the room...

The walls are almost entirely made of light bulbs.

Only one sign on the 4th floor had some black lettering.

The key is hidden inside the lamp.

The light will turn off once the key is found.

The door is behind the light bulb. Use the key to open the door and go down to close it.

You only have ten minutes.

[Ten minutes later, the room temperature will quickly rise to 600 degrees Celsius.]

However, if you cut off all five of your fingers, you can end the game early and move on to the next room.

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PS: Second update, 5000 words now. I feel like I have a chance to reach 8000 words today!