Chapter 36: Cold Heart (5)

“Dongdong.”

After Bai You successfully left, a slight knocking sound was heard. Chu Yu, who was thinking hard, raised her eyes and saw Cheng Qinglan and the others.

Cheng Qinglan stood in front of the whiteboard in a designated position, looking at her, pursing his lips slightly. The corners of his mouth were naturally slightly downturned, which made him look gentle and docile. Coupled with his burning eyes, it was hard not to be quiet and listen to what he said.

Chu Yu was very familiar with this look. After all, they had been teammates in various games for several years. Whenever he had a request, he would look at her with such eyes.

As for what the request was this time, she knew it without saying.

But she just felt that Bai You was her teammate. She had already passed the level, and she must know the answer, so she wanted her to tell them.

Chu Yu glanced at the people behind Cheng Qinglan. Some of them were anxiously turning their pens or pretending to be indifferent, but they would occasionally glance at her from the corner of their eyes.

After all, they were all companions in the same guild. Chu Yu didn’t want to make them too unhappy, so she didn’t lie to them and write the wrong answers. She just shook her head honestly and tapped the whiteboard to show that she didn’t know.

Who would have thought that Cheng Qinglan’s expression suddenly became gloomy, and she looked at her with disappointment. The meaning in her eyes was clear–

He didn’t believe she didn’t know.

And the guild players behind her who had already had a problem with her glared at her. If it wasn’t for the prohibition of communication, they would have scolded her.

Chu Yu almost laughed out of anger.

Not to mention that she really didn’t know the answer, even if she knew, she had no obligation to tell them, right? What the hell, they were blackmailing her morally.

She simply turned her head away, out of sight, out of mind.

In fact, at the beginning, they were just a few people with common hobbies playing and making trouble together. They didn’t seek anything. They played games just for fun. There were only five or six people, unlike the hundreds of people in the guild now.

They were obsessed with exploring games and clearing dungeons. They were interested in everything new. They would form a group to try out any new game after it was released. That period was really happy and nostalgic. Now I can laugh from the bottom of my heart when I think about it.

But later, they gradually drifted apart. Some people quit the game, and some people never played games again for various reasons. Only she and Cheng Qinglan were left.

Later, Cheng Qinglan organized a game team, recruited many players, and established a guild. The few people behind Cheng Qinglan, except Zhuang Mengmeng, were the first batch of guild members, and they were considered veterans.

It was pretty good at the beginning, but slowly, their purpose of playing games began to change at some point.

It was no longer just for fun, but the pursuit of money and interests, speed pass, first pass, endless brushing, repeating these tiring and numb operations every day. After knowing that Ember’s in-game props can be traded to make money, Cheng Qinglan brought their group of veterans here.

She knew that some things had gone bad.

But she couldn’t bear to throw them away.

Just like a long-treasured doll that was torn into pieces and thrown away, sinking in thick, smelly mud, she knew it was dirty and broken. But she would still pick it up, trying to repair it and clean it, pretending that it had returned to its original flawless appearance and continue to like it.

Chu Yu blinked her eyes a little sore.

She was not good at this kind of horror puzzle escape game. She took a long time to prepare for this limited-time copy, looking up materials and collecting information, just for the purpose of getting props, making herself tired and exhausted.

Everything was the same as usual until Zhuang Mengmeng joined.

She was a newcomer, young, and had not played many games. In this copy, even with the reminders of others, she made many low-level mistakes and almost made a big mistake.

When Chu Yu finally couldn’t help yelling those words at her, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have become another person.

Sharp, impersonal, and full of profit.

There is a question that keeps lingering in her mind, what is her original intention of playing games…?

After seeing Bai You and Lin Sheng, who just play childish games with NPCs in the lobby just for fun and comfort, Chu Yu thought of the answer to this question.

So, quitting the guild was not a momentary impulse of anger, but a decision she made after careful consideration.

[Warning: There are only 30 seconds left before the cleaning mode is turned on, please pay attention]

The system prompt sounded again, Chu Yu turned her head to look at Lin Sheng, and saw that he was as serious as studying something, with his fingers bent. From her angle, it looked like knocking on the whiteboard like knocking on the door.

Knock on the door…

Oh, the door——!

Chu Yu suddenly thought of an answer that seemed outrageous but reasonable. His heart skipped a beat, his body suddenly became hot, and he quickly took a pen and wrote it down.

Chu Yu looked up again and found that Lin Sheng had also written it down.

There were still more than ten seconds left in the countdown. The two walked quickly to the outside of the glass. Because of nervousness, beads of sweat flowed down their foreheads, and uncertainty was lingering in their hearts.

Although he was vaguely sure that the answer he wrote was the same as Bai You’s hint, Lin Sheng was still a little nervous. What if he guessed wrong?

Chu Yu saw that he was nervous, clenched his fist and gestured to encourage him, comforting him: “It’s okay even if it’s wrong. I don’t think this cleaning mode will eliminate all players immediately.”

Lin Sheng nodded slightly, held his breath under the reminder of the countdown, and raised his hand to touch the thin glass.

[Correct answer]

The two walked in a few steps, and the sound of glass breaking came from behind, and a group of players swarmed in and ran in.

“It seems that smashing it open is not a big deal. The stairs are there. Let’s go!”

“I should have known not to answer this question earlier. It’s a waste of time.”

“But those two people ran so fast. How come they disappeared just after entering?”

Lin Sheng exclaimed softly. These players clearly passed by them, but why did they seem not to see them?

He looked back at the little boy in the small glass room. He did not show any panic or unexpected expression at the scene in front of him. He held the playing cards he got from Bai You in his hand and concentrated on building the card tower.

And the next second, Lin Sheng knew why the little boy was so calm.

“Bang–!”

With a loud bang, two iron-barred doors fell at the same time, and all the players were trapped in the middle.

Like a cage for trapped animals.

–

The elevator on the second floor of the wax museum does not lead to the corridor, but to a large closed room. After Lin Sheng and Chu Yu walked in, the elevator behind them slowly closed with a ding.

There are nine doors on the other three sides of the room except the elevator, with numbers from one to nine on them. On the stone platform in the middle of the room is a round disk with a pointer, like a turntable.

Chu Yu leaned over to look and read the words on it, “After starting, press the red button to turn the pointer to select the way forward… What is this, the lucky turntable?”

Lin Sheng: “Let’s start it first.”

Press the start button, and the turntable fan lights up, showing a total of nine unequal areas, each with a number written on it, obviously corresponding to the nine doors.

Areas 1~6 are blue, areas 7~8 are yellow, and area 9 is red.

The turntable also has a very humanized mark on the probability of each area. Lin Sheng calculated that the blue area accounts for 79% of the total, the yellow area accounts for 20%, and the red area is 1%.

“The probability of the red area is so low, it’s strange, don’t you think it’s curious and want to explore it?” Chu Yu was eager to try.

Lin Sheng realized: “Just like the SSR card draw?”

“Yes, maybe it’s some hidden treasure level!” Chu Yu rubbed his hands expectantly, “Although my luck is average, I can’t help but want to give it a try.”

“It’s a pity, this is not a hidden level.” Bai You behind him suddenly said.

Lin Sheng looked back and was shocked.

A black snake was wrapped around the girl’s thin white arm, and the two extremely distinct colors were intertwined, the eye-catching softness and fragility and the cold plunder were particularly fascinating.

Bai You unfolded the parchment in his hand to them, and the “Zoo Area Lucky Wheel Game Rules” on it clearly stated at the bottom –

[The blue area is normal difficulty, rated as B level, with a small number of NPCs]

[The yellow area is difficult difficulty, rated as A level, with a large number of NPCs]

[The red area is? ? Difficulty, rated as? ? Level (If you draw this, don’t go in!! Danger, danger, danger! Very scary!)]

The parchment scroll is the first reward given by the wax figure boy to pass the level. This small note was probably written by him. Other rules are also marked by him.

[After the turntable is turned on, each player draws once. After the draw, the probability of the blue area and the yellow area will change accordingly, and the probability of the red area will remain unchanged. The draw results of each player will not be repeated. In the end, the player who did not draw a number will be eliminated (the order of sister’s draws must be based on the order of entering the room)]

[After the player’s selection, the corresponding door will open and automatically close after the player enters (sister, don’t let two people enter the same door!)]

“I thought it was something hidden.” Chu Yu pouted in disappointment, and then he was relieved, “But this system is quite friendly. The red area only gives a 1% probability. How can it be drawn?”

“According to the order, Bai You goes first. Come on, come on, draw.”

Bai You was pushed to the turntable by Chu Yu.

Lin Sheng tutted, “It’s not calculated that way. Although there is only a 1% probability, the results will not be repeated. That is to say, as long as there are nine people entering the room, the first eight people have drawn the blue and yellow numbers, and the remaining 1% probability will become 100%.”

Chu Yu snorted and tapped the parchment, “Of course I understand such a simple rule, but we are not nine people, only three. The probability of the red area remains unchanged, isn’t it 1%, have you ever drawn an SSR and won it? You don’t need to think about it to know that the probability is very low, how can we win.”

Bai You listened to their conversation, looked at the rotating pointer, and her eyelids suddenly twitched.

She had a bad feeling.

“What number did you draw? Let me see.” Chu Yu squeezed his head over.

“Although your luck in playing cards is a bit bad, you definitely don’t have this 1% chance. I think the worst case is yellow…”

As Chu Yu spoke, the pointer moved slower and slower, like a trembling old man, slowly passing through blue, yellow, blue, yellow…

Finally, it landed on –

Red No. 9.

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