Chapter 280 (1/2)
Chapter 280
It happened to be 4 o’clock in the afternoon when they left 9 of Hearts and returned to the main city . The afternoon sun of the City of the Moon shone into the living room through the French windows, coating it in a layer of warmth .
The scene before them changed as they left the private s.p.a.ce . Everyone appeared back in the living room . Ye Qi saw the familiar faces of his team members and couldn’t help sighing in relief . “Finally, the Hearts secret room is over . There is no need to deal with a perverted murderer! Next, shall we continue to clear the Diamonds room or take a rest?”
The others turned their eyes to Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, waiting for instructions .
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang seriously discussed it . “Continue with the Diamonds room? Normally the time spent in this room isn’t too long . It is now four in the afternoon . We can finish the Diamonds room and come back to rest . Perhaps we will even make it back in time for dinner tonight . ”
In any case, there was Xiao Lou, the problem solving master and Old Mo, the designer with a strong sense of s.p.a.ce . In addition, Ye Qi and Liu Qiao had strong problem-solving skills . The other team members only needed to cooperate with them and clearing the room shouldn’t be a problem .
Yu Hanjiang thought up to here and simply said, “Continue to the next level . We have to hurry and clear the A-grade secret rooms . ”
The team members naturally had no problem with the decision . Yu Hanjiang walked to the Card Wall and directly drew 9 of Diamonds . The familiar red vortex appeared in the centre of the playing card and everyone appeared in a strange secret room .
It was strange because in the previous Diamonds rooms, everyone was separated when entering the room . For example, the last Shangyuan Lantern Festival where the eight members were divided into four groups and each group appeared on a certain road in the lantern maze . They needed to find a way to meet their teammates .
Today it was different . All eight people were in the same closed room . This room was square and each side was 3 metres . The light in the room was extremely dim . Only four kerosene lamps hung on four corners and the temperature in the room was low, giving people a gloomy feeling . It was as if they had entered a mysterious bas.e.m.e.nt .
Everyone saw their teammates around them and checked that no one was missing .
Xiao Lou immediately opened his mouth . “Don’t move around yet . Be careful of mechanisms on the ground or on the wall!”
Hearing this, the team members who wanted to walk around hurriedly stopped and waited quietly for the next hint .
Soon, a little girl’s clear and lovely voice rang out in the secret room . “Welcome to 9 of Diamonds, the Music Labyrinth . This is a labyrinth of clues with music as the theme . The entire labyrinth has only one correct path to escape . The time limit of the labyrinth is one hour . If you walk out of the labyrinth within the given time then you will win the challenge . If time is up and you are still trapped inside then you will need to go to the Nightmare Room to be punished . ”
This was obviously the voice of A of Diamonds . Ye Qi’s eyes lit up when he heard the ‘music’ theme and he spoke in an excited manner, “Music labyrinth? I heard of this theme when I used to play escape rooms . ”
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The group members looked at each other . Not announcing it was even more terrible . Who knew how this keeper would torture everyone?
A of Diamonds’s voice echoed in the dark, cold s.p.a.ce and it sounded a bit strange . She laughed and told them, “The reward method of this secret room is also related to the mechanisms you unlock . If there are punishment rooms then there will naturally be reward rooms . If you unlock the mechanisms of reward rooms then you can get rare cards . ”
She paused for a moment . “The countdown is about to begin . Good luck . ’
A of Diamonds’ voice disappeared and the floating boxes in front of everyone showed a red timer counting down . The timer showed 1:00:00 . There was a time limit of one hour and the countdown had begun . Everyone immediately took a closer look at the surrounding walls, ceilings and floors .
Yu Hanjiang had a keen eye and he soon found a hidden grid under a kerosene lamp in a corner .
He spoke with a serious expression, “Since this is a clues maze, there should be clues in the dark grid over there . Maybe it is a code lock . ” He glanced at Xiao Lou with questioning eyes . “Shall I grab it and took a look?”
Xiao Lou answered, “There is one hour so there is no need to rush . I would like to tell you some precautions first . ”
Xiao Lou looked around at his teammates and sighed . “Perhaps some of you have never played this type of clues maze before . The code lock and mechanism of this type of maze isn’t directly placed in eye-catching places like the rooms we have experienced previously where the question is placed and the answer can be obtained as long as we solve it correctly . For a clues type maze, many code locks require reasoning and solving puzzles . ”
Ye Qi watched Xiao Lou seriously . “Is this a linked Hearts and Diamonds room? Solve puzzles, search for code locks and infer the correct pa.s.sword according to clues? Open one room, continue to the next room and look for new clues . ”
Xiao Lou nodded . “That’s right . We all need to keep our eyes open and check carefully for clues in the secret room . Observe any suspicious places carefully . After you find it, don’t rashly touch it with your hands . There might be some mechanisms behind the clues such as water sprays, poison and other traps . Everyone should be careful . ”