Chapter 92 The Secret of the Treasure 18
As the two were at it, a man's yawning voice suddenly sounded in the room, "Oh, who is being noisy?"
The tone carried the hint of a western accent, "It turned out to be prey. I happen to be a little hungry. I hope the prey this time is delicious enough.”
Everyone came to their senses. Jiang Yu and Qin Shiyu looked at each other and followed everyone toward the combination lock.
"Hurry up, get out of here!" Ye Yuanyu ran to the password lock first and turned to Jiang Yu, "Password."
Just as Jiang Yu was about to speak, Zhou Feifei ran over first, "I'll do it!"
Everyone frowned in unison, Ye Yuanyu asked her, "What's the password?"
Zhou Feifei stated confidently, "374693."
She glanced at Jiang Yu with a vague sense of pride, "Jiang Yu wanted to confuse me, but I found it."
Jiang Yu said, "No, it's 7469. Put in this."
Zhou Feifei frowned. As she was about to speak, footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the room. Everyone was startled. Jian Cang said, "Didn't it say two minutes?"
Jiang Yu said, "It said it would take two minutes for him to come over after opening the door. It didn't say it would take two minutes for him to wake up. Maybe it's different?"
The approaching footsteps filled everyone with a sense of urgency. It was obvious that they didn't have any time to waste. Zhou Feifei insisted, "Put mine in. I am sure. It’s from the prose poem of that portrait."
Jiang Yu said, "I am too."
Ye Yuanyu ignored Zhou Feifei's words and turned the pointer directly as Jiang Yu said. Seeing this, Zhou Feifei fumed, "If it's wrong, it will waste more than ten seconds. Then we will have to sacrifice one person. Who will be responsible."
However, as soon as she finished speaking, there was a soft "click" sound from the wall in front of her. The bookcase next to her slowly slid open, revealing the passage behind it. The password was correct.
Zhou Feifei's expression changed slightly.
【How awkward. Speaking of which, she always seems to think that she is smarter than Jiang Yu. 】
【It’s understandable that the proud men of heaven don’t admit defeat. But how many times has it been? It’s time to recognize yourself. 】
But no one in the audience or on the scene cared to say anything else, because the sound of the doorknob turning was heard from the door where they entered earlier. The vampire was coming! The group rushed into the passage without hesitation. The secret door behind them was closed again at the critical moment.
However, before the group could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard an angry roar coming from the room, "Damn it! The prey actually ran away!"
Then it turned into an angry snort, "Hahaha, this is good. Haven’t played a treasure hunting game for a long time. Finally there’s some fun.”
Startled, everyone quickly rushed out of the passage. They found that it was a corridor with sunlight. The few people who had been in the darkness for nearly an hour were instantly moved.
Jian Cang was about to tear up, "Waaa, I have never felt that sunshine is so precious!"
Shu Hua asked, "If vampire are afraid of the sun, are we safe for the time being?"
However, as soon as she finished speaking, the vampire's voice spread in the air, "Children, don't sleep. Get up and catch the prey. You are going to have new companions!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group wearing black cloaks and masks with black eyes appeared at the end of the corridor and chased them.
"Feck!" Everyone could only turn around and run in the other direction of the corridor. Shu Hua shouted while running, "What's going on? Why aren't they afraid of the sun?"
Soon they knew the answer.
It turned out that when they were escaping, they saw a room with "Safe House" written on it. Seeing that there was no path ahead and the people behind them were about to catch up, they opened the door and ran in as they didn’t have a chance to think.
As a result, they were hit hard when they entered. Opposite there was a tower of skeletons staring at them with their black hollow eyes. There were bones everywhere under their feet. The few people rushing in front accidentally stepped on them.
Ye Yuanyu, who was the fastest runner, stopped when he saw this. It was unknown what he thought of and quickly dodged to the side. Sure enough, the next second Shu Hua screamed and wanted to reach out to grab someone. But because Ye Yuanyu ran so fast, she missed the chance. She could only rush toward Jian Cang, who was screaming. The two siblings in difficulty continued to hug each other and trembled.
Feeling fortunate, Xiang Chen covered his ears and quickly dodged away. Zhou Feifei, who was walking behind them, subconsciously ran backward. Jiang Yu quickly made way for her. Qin Shiyu who was behind her turned sideways when he saw this. So without any hindrance, Zhou Feifei rushed out all the way and came face to face with the vampire’s "children" who were chasing after them at the door.
"Ahhhhh -" She screamed and turned back. Qin Shiyu slowly closed the door. Before closing the door, he greeted the vampire’s "children" who were chasing them.
【Hahaha, yes, he is in this state every day, like an NPC watching the drama. 】
【Where's Jiang Yu? Why aren't you afraid? Learn from Shu Hua. Yes, you can make up for the excessive behavior here. 】
Qin Shiyu took in the chaos in front of him and looked at Jiang Yu, "Aren't you afraid of this?" His tone carried a hint of eagerness and testing. It seemed that if Jiang Yu confessed that she was afraid, he would look forward to seeing what her "excessive behavior" would be.
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." How could Jiang Yu let him get his wish? She leaned down and picked up a leg bone. "I don't have that many weaknesses."
As she said this, she unexpectedly threw the cockroach in her other hand at Qin Shiyu.
Qin Shiyu subconsciously caught it and couldn't help but grin when he saw the lifelike thing. "It seems you aren’t afraid. On top of that, you have the mind to swipe other people's props." As he said that he was about to throw it back to her, Jiang Yu hurriedly ran into the room with a fright.
Qin Shiyu watched her back with a twinkle in his eyes.
The audience felt both sweetened and dissatisfied: 【Why can’t you give a hug?! 】
Of course, it was impossible to hug each other. The two made a harmless joke and continued their task.
There was sunlight in this room. Coupled with the calm attitudes of Qin Shiyu, Ye Yuanyu and others, Shu Hua and Jian Cang finally calmed down.
Shu Hua clutched her chest with lingering fear, "Heaven, it's so scary. Where is this?"
Compared to the dining hall, which was larger and darker, this place was like a well-lit study room. There was a large desk next to the window, with a top-to-ceiling bookshelf on one side and a glass door on the other.
If there weren't those bones and skeletons scattered everywhere, it would be very comfortable.
Ye Yuanyu walked to the skulls stacked in a tower shape and found something, "There seems to be something."
When everyone stepped forward, they discovered that each skull had a mobile phone stuck in its mouth.
Shu Hua:......
"I thought it was the black tongue sticking out after mutation. Scared me to death."
Xiang Chen tentatively took out one of the mobile phones and found that there was no response. "There are exactly seven. They should be for us."
So everyone else took one. Each had a number on it, exactly 1 to 7.
They clicked on the screen and found a red five-minute countdown displayed on it.
"Five minutes? What does it mean?" Shu Hua curiously poked at the screen, "Are we going to leave the room in five minutes?"
"That’s right." The sudden voice in the air startled everyone. It was the vampire: "Welcome to the safe room!"
"This is a place where you can temporarily rest in this game. There are a few rooms on each floor. You can find them by yourself. Everyone can only enter after twenty minutes on each floor. Each time you enter the safe room, you can only stay in there for five minutes. If you don't come out after five minutes, the children are going to rush in and the safe room will be completely destroyed."
Ye Yuanyu asked, "What if we get caught during the twenty minutes outside?"
The vampire grinned, "Then play with my children. There happen to be too few children."
Everyone understood. Xiang Chen said, "So those so-called 'children' should be the explorers who came to the castle before and were turned by the vampire into puppets that could see the light and could act in the sun on his behalf."
"However, I believe you will like it outside." The vampire continued, "I had prepared countless gold coins for you! If you find them, they will all be yours."
"After twenty minutes, you can go back to the safe room and count the gold coins again. I like smart and capable people very much. The person who finds the most gold coins among you may have a chance to become my friend. If you are stupid, you will have to be my food..." His voice showed a hint of intoxication, "The fresh blood of fools is the most delicious."
Jian Cang sighed, "Wouldn't it be a great shame to be taken away?"
The group immediately became energized.
【Haha, this group of top students had probably never been called stupid by anyone. 】
【Indeed, it is okay to be called other things, but it’s absolutely not okay to be called a fool! 】
"Oh, by the way." The vampire continued, "There are some magic cards nearby that you can use. You can buy them with gold coins. Or if you are lucky, those people lying in the room had lost a lot of them outside. You can try to see if you can pick them up."
"The people lying in the room..." Jian Cang looked at the bones on the ground, "Are they these brothers?"
Xiang Chen said, "That should be the case. It seems they failed."
The group soon saw the magic cards that the vampire was talking about. They were placed on the ancient shelf with the glass door. There was a small opening next to the ancient shelf that could be used to stuff gold coins.
Shu Hua looked around, "It's a bit like a vending machine."
Ye Yuanyu pondered about the functions of the props inside: "The doubling card can double the gold coins in your hand. The price is 5 gold coins; The forced exchange card can force you to exchange the gold coins in your hand with the gold coins in the hands of anyone else. The price was 20 gold coins; Perspective Card, you can see how much other people have. The price is 10 gold coins; One for two card, you can have the right to two votes when voting. The price is..."
In conclusion, there were more than a dozen types of cards. Jian Cang eyed the one for two card and wondered, "Why are there votes?"
"Oh, I almost forgot about such an important thing." The vampire spoke again, "Rather than playing games with me, you might be more willing to leave here. The exit of the game is on the top floor."
"I said, I like smart people. The person who can successfully reach the top floor must be extremely smart. Not only can that person leave with all the gold coins, that person can also realize their wish if that person is willing to pay some price."
It instantly dawned on everyone. Jian Cang said, "Is this the secret of this treasure?"
"There are conditions for going to the top floor." The vampire smiled very happily. "Every time you go up a floor, you have to personally eliminate one person through voting. The minority obeys the majority. The person who chooses the right one can get a split of the one who is being eliminated. Isn’t it interesting to get gold coins from the eliminated people?”
"I haven't played this game for a long time. I can't wait. The game is about to start. Wish you good luck!"
The vampire's voice finally disappeared completely.
As usual, Ye Yuanyu summarized the information, "First, we can only stay in the safe room for five minutes. Second, once we go out, we’ll be on the first floor for twenty minutes. We need to find enough gold coins or prop cards Third, after finding the gold coins and returning to the safe room again, the vampire will take away the person with the least gold coins. Fourth, at the same time, we need to eliminate one person by ourselves before we can go to the second floor. The criteria for the person to be eliminated are uncertain."
"Are there any other questions?" Ye Yuanyu asked.
Others shook their heads and said no. He summarized it very comprehensively. There must be some rules in the middle that they had to play to know.
Jiang Yu raised her hand, "My gold coins."
Only then, everyone remembered that they owed Jiang Yu a gold coin and hurriedly went to pay for i. Then they remembered something and turned away.
【Haha, you were working together a second ago. Now it’s starting? 】
【Can't be helped. There are forced exchange cards. They can't let others know how many gold coins they have. 】
【In comparison, Jiang Yu’s number of gold coins is a bit transparent, so she will be easily targeted, right? 】
【But the one with the least trouble is definitely Zhou Feifei, who didn’t even look for gold coins in order to solve the puzzle. 】
【Stealing the chicken and losing the rice. 】
Zhou Feifei's expression wasn't good. Not only did she not decrypt it correctly, she wasted her time looking for gold coins. Seeing Jiang Yu easily harvesting 6 gold coins, she couldn't help but ask, "Why is it four digits? It’s a six-digit code.”
The audience was curious:
【That's right, their passwords seem to be somewhat the same, except that Zhou Feifei’s has two more 3’s. 】
Jiang Yu said, "There is a prose poem written next to the portrait of the only human being."
Zhou Feifei said, "Yes, that's the one. Three Thousand Years of Tantric, whatever pier, four seasons, etc. Each line of the six-line poem has a number. The combination is a password."
Jiang Yu recited the prose poem directly:
"Pass the legend of three thousand years of Tantric Buddhism
Word of light in the pier that doesn't extinguish for seven years
Has blooms throughout the four season amidst the mountain
No one is lost in the six world's wheel diagram
Number of people are singing the poems of nine nights, eulogizing the
Three thousand years' eternal milky way"
She looked at Zhou Feifei, "The prose poem gave six numbers, but didn't you notice its contains an acrostic sentence?"
Zhou Feifei was frowning as she recalled. Jian Cang, Shu Hua, and Ye Yuanyu had already said in unison, "There is no three in the password."
As Zhou Feifei was so confused, her face couldn't turn even uglier.
Still, the audience caught it:
【Zhou Feifei has been emphasizing how smart she is and how good her memory is. This comparison... 】
【There’s no need to talk about Jiang Yu. Jian Cang and Shu Hua, who appear silly, has great minds. 】
Jiang Yu put away the gold coins. Shu Hua looked at the countdown, "There are thirty seconds."
She suddenly stretched out her hand and everyone put on top as usual. They heard her sonorous and powerful words, "From now on, we are enemies!"
Everyone:...
【Hahahaha, you are the only ones who can use the unity ceremony to break up the gang. 】
Jian Cang couldn't resist laughing, "Then let's do it according to our own abilities. At least don't let us see you in the 'children' team. You will get laughed at."
Xiang Chen said, "You'd better pay attention yourself."
"There are ten seconds." Ye Yuanyu opened the door and glanced outside, "Get ready."
Jiang Yu stood at the back, looking at the hidden glances casted from everyone except Zhou Feifei, knowing that her test was coming next...
Who did she want to eliminate first?
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