Chapter 52.2 (2/2)

The girl suddenly burst out laughing again. She laughed more and more hysterically. She couldn’t escape! She couldn’t get out of here! But no one else could escape either!

None of them could get out of here! They should all join her and die together!

This was an escape room without a solution! This was an escape room that they could never escape from!

Key? It never existed.

She laughed crazily but suddenly stopped after seeing Xiao Tangqiu take out something from his pocket.

Wait! What was that?!

Something that glittered with metallic luster underwater…

Wasn’t that the key?

Xiao Tangqiu wasn’t sure whether his guess was right at first but he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

“The key is in the most dangerous place.”

The most dangerous place might not refer to a place but a time – the time when this room was completely transformed into an underwater chamber.

But at the same time, the most dangerous place might provide a hint.

Where was the most dangerous place?

The most dangerous place was the safest place.

What was the safest place for them? In other words, where was the safest place to hide the key?

Xiao Tangqiu didn’t know what other people thought, but he had his own answer, so he went with that. When the water completely flooded the room, he put his hand into his pocket with his breath held.

Because for him, his own pocket was the safest. If he wanted to hide a key, of course he would choose to hide it in his pocket.

When his fingertip touched a cold metal object, he knew that he was right.

He found the key to the room.

No! This was impossible!

Key? Where did he get the key?

This was clearly a room without an escape. How could there be a key? This was impossible!

The girl’s laughter froze on her face instantly and her facial features were distorted into a ferocious expression. She cried out frantically but ended up taking a big sip of water with and coughed violently.

Compared to her reaction, Tang Mianmian was ecstatic. He quickly dropped the whip and turned to swim towards Xiao Tangqiu.

He wasn’t very good underwater and wouldn’t be able to hold his breath for long. Fortunately, Xiao Tangqiu found the key!

Xiao Tangqiu wasn’t very good underwater either. He only held his breath for a while but felt his lungs contracting violently due to lack of oxygen. He quickly took the key and turned to open the door.

The moment the key was successfully inserted into the keyhole, he was completely reassured. This was indeed the key to the escape chamber. His guess was right!

However, things wouldn’t go as smoothly as planned. The girl, who was originally nailed to the wall, saw that they had actually found the key and immediately became furious.

She tried to break free from the arrow that had pinned her to the wall. In desperation, she yanked her hand away from the wall, the arrow plunging even deeper into her flesh.

She didn’t have time to pull the arrow out of her hand first. Instead, with the arrow still embedded in her hand, she pounced on Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian.

Tang Mianmian’s Swiss Army knife had already “died” in the line of duty. He could only block her attacks with his bare hands. The two began to fight hand to hand. He squeezed her neck mercilessly while he cursing inside. This woman was really crazy! They had already found the key to escape. Why the hell did she stop them from escaping? Obviously, she could also escape together with them!

However, he couldn’t speak underwater. If he opened his mouth, he would only gulp a big mouthful of water. He could only crazily curse in his heart while he strangled the girl who he seriously suspect had completely lost her mind.

The girl was very fierce, also choking Tang Mianmian’s neck while she gave Xiao Tangqiu a hard kick on the waist.

With that kick, Xiao Tanqiu crashed into the iron gate. His brain, that was originally slow due to the lack of oxygen, almost blacked out on the spot. Fortunately, his desire to live overcame everything else and he gritted his teeth, continuing to open the door.

The oxygen content in his lungs had dropped to the lowest point. His throat and lungs were burning at the same time. He knew that if he didn’t leave the underwater chamber soon, he would probably stay here forever and become the second her.

He didn’t believe that the girl didn’t want to escape. Clearly, they caught a glimmer of hope, but instead of helping, the girl acted as if she didn’t want them or herself to leave at all.

Did she really not want leave?