Luo Wuyou rushed to the door and inserted the key into the keyhole.
This time, the door finally opened.
The corridor was deathly quiet with no sign of life. They wandered around aimlessly for a while.
On the door of a room, several big blood - red characters were written with some kind of paint.
[Please go to the dining hall.]
At this moment, the dining hall was empty. The stench in the air was even stronger.
Before, Xiaotuanzi and Luo Wuyou couldn't smell it, but now as soon as they walked in, they were hit by this pungent odor.
"Come on! Don't tell me they're serving the players leftovers that have been reheated God knows how many times. Damn it, how can they be so unhygienic?"
Luo Wuyou pinched his nose and frowned in disgust.
He was even more dissatisfied with the people who were supposed to be their friends.
He had almost eaten these stinking things just now.
It was so disgusting.
"What a lousy escape room. It has nothing to do with puzzle - solving," a man's irate voice suddenly came from the entrance of the dining hall.
Niannian turned to look at the door and saw three men and two women with gloomy faces entering the dining hall. They looked a bit stunned when they saw Niannian and the others.
The irate man rolled his eyes and said in a voice just loud enough to be heard, "What the hell? Why are there kids playing this game?"
Niannian and the others never bothered about irrelevant people. Although they heard the man's unfriendly remarks, they just took a quick glance and then looked away.
More and more people came in one after another. When the last player entered, the big door of the dining hall automatically closed.
Apparently, the dining hall was the second escape room they had to challenge.
"Hello, my name is He Qing. I wonder if I could exchange some information with you?"
Luo Wuyou turned around and saw a young man with delicate features. He was kind of handsome, with a pair of gold - rimmed glasses on his nose, looking gentle when he smiled.
He was a bit confused.
Shen Weixun looked like an innocent young boy, He Qing himself didn't look much older, and there was even a six - year - old kid with them.
It seemed unlikely that anyone would strike up a conversation with them.
Did this guy think they were easy to deceive because of their young age?
"What information do you want to exchange?"
Luo Wuyou replied with a smile, looking completely defenseless.
"My identity is a villager. This is my identity card. How did you get out of your room? I got out by luck. My younger brother found the room key on the chandelier. At first, the things we deciphered were useless."
He Qing showed his identity card.
Niannian came closer and sniffed. Looking at him disapprovingly, she said before Luo Wuyou could say anything, "Big brother is lying. You didn't get out by luck. There's a spiritual helper on you."
Hearing this, He Qing was stunned.
His companions standing not far away immediately gathered around him and looked at Niannian warily.
"Spiritual helper?"
Luo Wuyou was not familiar with the metaphysical world and asked in confusion.
"Is it the snake spirit? Did it tell you to talk to us?"
Shen Weixun squinted his eyes. For just a split - second, he saw a faint snake - like figure behind He Qing.
Spiritual helpers were the so - called "shamans with spiritual guidance".
It originated from Shamanism.
It was said that when the spirits and monsters of animals in the mountains reached a certain level of cultivation, they would come out of the mountains to help the world and cooperate with humans. They would make humans their "shamans with spiritual guidance" as intermediaries to help others solve problems, cure diseases, and collect merits.
There were two ways to form a bond with spiritual helpers.
One was inheritance. The ancestors had a deep bond with these spirits and reached a long - term cooperation agreement, and the "shamans with spiritual guidance" were passed down from generation to generation.
The other was random selection. Newly emerged spirits randomly looked for people with a fateful connection to form a bond.
Spiritual helpers were also divided into two factions.
One was the faction that went around helping people and accumulating merits.
The other was the faction that protected the family descendants and received offerings.
He Qing had a spiritual helper from the first faction.
There was also a man and a woman beside him. They were not ordinary people either. One had a fox spirit and the other had a rat spirit.
"Ah, I didn't expect you to see through us so quickly. Since you can see the background of my spiritual helper, you should also be able to tell that we're not bad people, right?"
Since they had been seen through, He Qing admitted it openly.
"Well, if you were a bad guy, you'd probably be lying on the ground by now," Shen Weixun glanced at He Qing. The spirit on He Qing was just a little spirit with over a hundred years of cultivation, not to be feared and of no threat.
"Haha, it's not a good idea to cause conflicts here..."
Before He Qing could finish his sentence, there was suddenly the sound of a fight behind them.
They all turned around and saw one of them kick another person flying. The person's back hit the wall hard. He covered his chest and looked angry.
"Yo, a martial artist," Shen Weixun quipped.
The person who attacked had a set of moves, clearly having practiced martial arts since childhood for more than a decade.
The person who was attacked was tough. An ordinary person would have been hospitalized after such a kick, but he was fine. He just patted the dust off and got up.
"People who come here must have some skills," He Qing seemed to imply something.
Just as Shen Weixun was about to ask, he saw He Qing walking towards the corner.
That was where the man had hit the wall.
The picture frame on the wall had fallen to the ground at some point, revealing what was behind it.
It looked like a jumbled puzzle. Many people gathered around to observe the wall. Some impatient ones had already started trying to sort out the puzzle, but they only made it more chaotic.
He Qing stepped forward, adjusted his glasses, and said politely, "How about I give it a try?"
The people who were still messing with the puzzle looked at He Qing and reluctantly made way. He Qing stepped forward and fiddled with it for a while. In just a moment, the puzzle was completed. As the puzzle was finished, the wall opposite the dining - hall door began to make a loud rumbling sound.
With the rumbling, the wall rotated clockwise half a turn, and there was actually another escape room there.
The tunnel was pitch - black, but the people present seemed very brave.
They queued up and walked into the tunnel without showing any signs of fear.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the dining hall, Shen Weixun picked up Niannian and followed them.
He Qing was right.
None of the players present seemed to be ordinary.
The secret passage was a bit dim. The only light came from the candles burning on both sides of the wall. There was a long trail on the ground, which seemed to be left by the wheels of something.
The passage wasn't very long. They soon reached the end. The space at the end was filled with all kinds of vegetables and the meat of unidentifiable animals. Next to these ingredients were some kitchen utensils. The stove was very clean, so it seemed this was the kitchen that provided their food.
"Wow, these props are so realistic!" a girl exclaimed, pointing at the trash can.
Shen Weixun looked in the direction she was pointing and his pupils shrank slightly. He looked utterly shocked. At the top of the trash can, there was a human finger!