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Xu Qiu turned around sharply, only to see Han Jiaying holding his arm, looking at him with a happy smile: "Brother, did you get scared just now?"

"Of course not," Xu Qiu flatly refused, "I have received nine years of compulsory education, and I am a firm materialist and atheist."

"Oh? Really?" The school girl obviously didn't believe it.

"Believe it or not." Xu Qiu didn't bother to argue, what he said was the truth, he might be born with a big heart, just now he was put on by the school girl just because he was inattentive, "Let's find clues quickly , By the way, what is the background of the story?"

"Hmm..." Han Jiaying thought for a while and said, "Probably there was an elementary school student who took the last bus of No. 218 home one night, but disappeared mysteriously. Seven days later, a few of his good friends decided to take the last bus as well." , looking for clues about the disappearance of friends."

"So we are playing his good friends, two elementary school students?" Xu Qiu asked.

"That's right." Han Jiaying nodded.

"This plot is a bit..." Xu Qiu couldn't help complaining:

"I won't go until seven days later, even if I find it, I'm afraid the bones are cold..."

"Besides, in such a situation, shouldn't you call the police uncle? The two ran out at night to find clues..."

"Well, the background is not in China, and the brain circuits of elementary school students are strange and normal." Han Jiaying explained in a low voice. She also knows that the plot is a bit ridiculous, but this kind of escape room project is also difficult to judge in advance. For a moment, I don't know exactly what's going on inside.

She saw that the public comments were all positive, probably because of the brush.

"Okay, then let's look for clues separately." Xu Qiu spread his hands, reluctant to compromise, it was his first time to play escape room, this is an entertainment mode that has emerged in recent years, before he just heard about it, he didn't actually play it However, the main thing to examine should be the ability of observation and logical analysis, both of which are strong points for him, so he is still relatively calm.

After staying in the dark environment for a while, his eyes adapted to the darkness, and Xu Qiu could roughly see the surrounding environment clearly.

He glanced around, there were unlit street lamps, erected street signs, dirty roads on the ground, and some trivial sundries.

Xu Qiu made a preliminary judgment: "Our origin seems to be on a platform."

"Well, it should be the bus stop. According to the setting of the plot, we have to catch the last bus later." Han Jiaying agreed.

There was not much space around, so Xu Qiu went straight to the erected road sign. ‘Sure enough, it’s a bus stop sign, maybe there are clues to the No. 218 bus? '

He used fluorescent sticks to illuminate, and saw dark red spots on the stop signs as embellishments. 'Oh, low-level scare tricks. '

After some careful inspection, Xu Qiu obtained two pieces of useful information. One was that the departure time of the last train of No. 218 was 11:11 p.m., and the other was that they were at the departure station now. ‘The next plot should be to get on the bus, but maybe the bus hasn’t come yet, this kind of secret room must be a trigger to promote the plot, so we need to find the trigger point. '

At this time, Han Jiaying suddenly shouted excitedly: "Brother, come and see that there is a clock here."

Xu Qiu walked over and saw that it was a console with a yellow button on it, and a red clock face next to it, even the numbers were blood red. 'Here we go again. '

The hour and minute hands can rotate, and Han Jiaying is fiddled with them at will.

"Try at 11:11 p.m.," Xu Qiu suggested, "This is the departure time of the last bus of No. 218 I just saw on the stop sign."

"It shouldn't be that simple... right." Han Jiaying hadn't finished speaking when a burst of electric current suddenly appeared above her head.

"Stab—"

The junior girl grabbed Xu Qiu's forearm and looked around.

A few seconds later, a station announcement sounded:

"Bus No. 218 has arrived, please board the bus in an orderly manner."

Nothing changed around, and after a few seconds, the broadcast repeated itself.

"There is another button, probably for opening the door." Xu Qiu tapped the button.

A door next to it opened slowly. There was plenty of lighting inside, and the light came out from the crack of the door. Xu Qiu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Seeing the light, Han Jiaying breathed a sigh of relief and said relaxedly: "Bingo, brother guessed right, this secret room looks quite simple now."

"Maybe, or maybe it's because it's just started?" Xu Qiu replied, then walked ahead and entered the door.

Han Jiaying followed closely behind and went in. The layout of the room was like the interior of a bus, with several headlights on the roof, emitting a dazzling light.

‘So far there hasn’t been any horror element, but it’s likely to be temporary. '

"I guess we need to start the car now, by the way, where should we get off?" Xu Qiu asked.

"I don't know." Han Jiaying shook her head.

"Forget it, it's not important, let's just focus on solving the puzzle." Xu Qiu no longer had much hope for the plot. After all, expecting a trigger-type, puzzle-solving type of secret room is too logical and difficult. Similar to turn-based games, there will be no situation in the real world where "I slash you, and then don't take advantage of the victory to pursue, but wait for you to slash me."

They got into the vehicle through the front door. There were six wooden seats, a console at the front, and a block at the rear.

The two walked to the console, which was most likely to be the trigger for the next plot. There were three buttons on the console.

"Brother, do you want to press it?" Han Jiaying asked.

"Give it a try." Xu Qiu nodded. Generally, there would be no punishment for this kind of plot-promoting secret room, and recklessness would be over.

First button press, no response.

Press the second button, still no response.

The moment the third button is pressed, there is a sound of mechanical transmission above the head.

Xu Qiu often took the bus when he was in middle school, and he was very familiar with this sound. It was the sound of the door closing.

He subconsciously looked at the front door. He didn't really close the door. It should have just promoted the plot. This design is also reasonable. There is a risk of trapping people when closing the door. Moreover, there is no lighting on the platform outside, so it doesn't make much difference whether it is closed or not.

The two waited for a while and found that there was no other change except for this voice.

Xu Qiu pressed the three buttons again, but there was still no response.

"Could we make the bus run? Just close the doors now?" Han Jiaying asked.

"Shouldn't it be the driver's job to make the bus run?" Xu Qiu paused, then suddenly realized something, "Wait a minute, this bus doesn't seem to have a driver, have you noticed?"

"Brother, don't scare me..." Han Jiaying said with a trembling voice.

"I wasn't very good at scaring me before." Xu Qiu laughed.

"That's different." Han Jiaying defended in a low voice.

"Okay, now it's so bright, what are you afraid of, hurry up and look for clues." After speaking, Xu Qiu took action, except for the console, the focus of attention was the six chairs.

Xu Qiu looked around the chair and found that there were openable cabinets under the three seats by the window, but they were locked tightly and could not be opened.

Preconditions may be required, and violence cannot be destroyed.

Soon, he discovered that the cushion planks of these chairs could be pressed down, so he said:

"Will we be asked to sit in these chairs, after all, we will definitely sit in the car after we get in normally, I guess there are pressure sensors under this."

"It's possible, then let's try, wait a minute, let's sit closer."

In the end, the two found two adjacent seats to sit down.

"No response, did I make a mistake?"

"ah--"

About three seconds after the two sat down, the headlights above the roof suddenly went out.

The brightness in the room dimmed instantly, red and green lights lit up on the chair, and a dark red blood shadow appeared on the glass behind the car.

At the same time, there was a sound above the head:

"Stab—"

"Woo———"

First there was a sound of electricity, followed by the sound of howling ghosts and howling wolves.

'It was peaceful when I first came in, but now it suddenly jumps out and scares people, this design is okay. '

Just as Xu Qiu was thinking, a figure rushed towards him suddenly.

'Where is the evildoer? '

He subconsciously wanted to make a defensive move, then thought of something, quickly relaxed his body, and hugged the opponent.

"You are so timid, how dare you come to play in the room of horror?" Xu Qiu teased while feeling the temperature of the junior girl.

"Isn't it because of you? I thought it wouldn't be so scary if two people came to play, but I was still scared." Han Jiaying barely regained her composure, and returned to the previous state of holding Xu Qiu's forearm.

"The background music is quite annoying. Let's find some clues and pass the next level."

"OK."

The hint this time was very obvious, and the three side window panes lit up with light.

Each piece of glass displayed the same content, all glowing red numbers, from 0 to 9, with circular triggers faintly visible under the numbers.

Don't think about it, this must be the key to advancing the plot.

In addition, Xu Qiu just heard a click, which obviously touched a certain mechanism.

While carrying a tow bottle, he looked around.

There are not many places to interact in the room.

Soon, Xu Qiu noticed that the cabinet under the first chair near the car window was open. He took out the contents and examined them carefully under the light of fluorescent sticks.

A dart with a metal block on the bottom, a piece of paper with the rules of the game printed on it.

The rules are simple, solve the puzzle, then use the dart to touch the corresponding number on the car window screen.

The puzzle is "Circle, pentagon, square + pentagon, square, triangle = circle, triangle, circle, square, circle = ?, pentagon = ?, square = ?, triangle = ?"

"A primary school student's math problem, why don't you come and try it?"

"Brother, hurry up..."

PS: These two chapters were really difficult to write... because the style is different from the previous ones. I wrote the first few hundred characters for almost two hours. I start writing with my scalp, which can be regarded as a challenge to myself. In addition, in order to connect the two chapters to the plot, they will be published together. (This section is free of charge)

Thanks to the 15-year bookworm 66 for rewarding 500 starting coins.