0713: You who shine in the parallel world

The memories of the seven NPC friends came to an end, and as they walked out of the classroom, everyone couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Xiaoyu's early life was filled with all sorts of misfortunes: the shadows of childhood, setbacks in growth, pressure in adulthood, and finally, a cycle of despair. Everything came crashing down on her like a tidal wave.

He split his regrets and fantasies from each stage into seven personalities that he considered the most perfect. Perhaps now that things have gotten out of control, he handed the decision over to his seven friends, his seven old friends, leaving behind the personalities that he believed should survive.

He never included his own dominant personality in the beginning.

"Next, we need to rescue our friends, right?" Wang Yuexin adjusted her glasses. "We have to get them out of here quickly."

At this moment, the brothers' desire to save their friends and Xiaoyu reached its peak.

They retraced their steps, wondering if Xiaoyu in her clown form would jump out and give them a new challenge. Who knew that would happen?

The lighting effects of the underworld made the terrifying clown appearing around the corner even more frightening. Su Xing, who was leading the way, saw this scene as soon as he turned the corner, but this did not affect his leisurely stroll in the secret room at all. He even had the mood to turn around and remind his timid brothers behind him not to get too close.

Zhang Yuan and Lu Hu curiously peeked out to see what they shouldn't see, but as soon as they saw it, they immediately withdrew. It was indeed something they shouldn't see. Not only would they not look, but they wouldn't take another step forward before the clown left.

"Tsk tsk, now that we've confirmed that the Joker and our friends are the same person, he still dares to appear in front of us alone." Yu Yu, who was at the rear, looked at the scene of Su Xing negotiating with the Joker in front of him, crossed his arms and shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Wang Zhengliang asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Perhaps it’s because he is the main body, and rescuing him will allow us to rescue the other personalities.” Chen Chusheng had a strange understanding of Yu Yu’s line of thinking.

With Yu Yu and Chen Chusheng both agreeing that the method was feasible, Wang Yuexin accepted it in less than a second and was eager to launch a new round of clown-catching operations: "How do we save him? Can we just catch him like before?"

Seeing him rubbing his hands together eagerly, Zhang Yuan had to speak up and remind him, "How do we catch him? It's not like before in the living room, where we had a chance to ambush him. Now he's blocking our only way, and don't forget he has weapons."

After all, the Joker, who has always appeared as a villainous boss, is the most dangerous character in this locked room.

"If the clown teacher doesn't mistake my intention to attack him and scare him away, I can just go ahead and do it," Yu Yu suggested earnestly, stroking her chin.

"You little rascal, don't always say dangerous things in such an innocent tone in front of the camera!" Wang Zhengliang, who was very worried about his younger brother, said with a laugh.

Land Rover scratched his head, then suddenly remembered something. He raised his hand to attract the others' attention and rummaged in his jacket pocket: "If we're talking about weapons... well, we actually have some too?"

The five people were all taken aback when they saw what he was holding.

(=oДo=)X4.

(=·Д·=)X1.

Wang Yuexin stared blankly at the thing, then slowly reached out and tugged at Su Xing's sleeve.

While they were whispering to each other in the back, Su Xing was still going over the plot with the clown in the front.

The Joker's appearance was merely a cutscene, an indication that after recounting their friends' memories, the final individual battle was about to begin. Only the ultimate victor could save his friends, and hopefully, their desire to save them remained as fervent as before.

Su Xing knew that his brothers behind him seemed to be discussing something, but he didn't pay attention. At this moment, Wang Yuexin tugged at his clothes, and he turned around in confusion, immediately seeing the stun gun prop in Land Rover's hand.

(=oДo=)+1.

An electric baton, yes, an electric baton.

But how could this thing possibly end up in Land Rover's possession?

Even if it ended up in Yu Yu's hands, they would still think it was reasonable. Hu Ji, how did you manage to do that?!

The clown teacher's act was almost over, but the guests' attention wasn't on him at all; instead, it was on the Land Rover behind him. Somewhat puzzled, he quietly turned sideways and peeked over—

The Land Rover driver is just holding a stun gun, so what...

(=oДo=)+1.

No, wait a minute!

How did this missing prop end up in Land Rover's hands?! He thought the stun gun was in the corner of the living room, so he went back to look for it, but couldn't find it. He was planning to look for it again when he finished cleaning up the set after the escape room was over.

Land Rover chuckled honestly and gave the answer: "When we were ambushing Teacher Clown, I was hiding under the sofa, right? At that time, Yu Yu and Yue Xin were attacking from both sides, so the situation was a bit chaotic. This stun gun fell down and rolled right in front of me, so I secretly hid it. But I forgot about it after hiding it for a while."

"It was when you guys mentioned wanting to catch Mr. Clown again but didn't have the right weapon that I remembered, isn't that a coincidence? I actually have a weapon on me!"

The clown teacher understood. He explained why he hadn't found it under the sofa before; it turned out the Land Rover had picked it up. His colleagues had thought he was mistaken, but he wasn't. The stun gun had rolled under the sofa, which was why the Land Rover had the opportunity to retrieve it...

Wait, what do you need weapons for?! What do you mean by "catching the clown teacher again"?? No, this attack is still aimed at him!

"Young Master Yu, don't scare our NPC teacher." This was the first thing Su Xing said after he realized what was happening, because the stun gun had already been handed to Yu Yu by Land Rover, and the clown teacher had reflexively taken a step back. If it weren't for his professionalism, he might have turned around and run away.

Actually, after the initial surprise, the guys weren't surprised at all, after all, this wasn't the first time Land Rover had been favored by the god of variety shows.

"Surround him and don't let him escape!" Wang Yuexin said, rushing forward first.

At this moment, not only was the clown teacher somewhat at a loss, but the production team backstage was probably also in chaos.

Human voiceovers once again took over the recording playback. This unprecedented event in Escape Room happened twice in one day. The director was quite impressed with these seven veterans who had found new jobs.

"I can't believe you haven't given up on this ridiculous idea. Now that you have the weapons, are you planning to use the same old tricks again? I'm sorry, but my answer remains the same: if I'm unwilling, no matter how you force me, you won't be able to rescue your friend."

“You’re wrong, Mr. Clown. We’re not trying to force or threaten you this time,” Yu Yu said. “This time, we want to save you.”

“Saving you is the same as saving all our friends,” Zhang Yuan added, lingering on the periphery. Although the situation had already gone awry, he still didn’t dare get too close to the clown. “We want to save all our friends, including you.”

...They skipped straight to the final segment, omitting a large part of it. What are we going to do, director? The voice-over crew sitting behind the scenes in the monitoring room looked at the director with pleading eyes.

The director can't let them jump all the way to the end, otherwise this special edition will be half the length of the other versions when it airs, which is unacceptable.

The staff member, following the director's instructions, tried his best to project a tone of grief, sadness, and regret—please forgive his exaggeration, after all, he was just temporarily brought in to fill out the plot, not a professional voice actor.

"Your kindness is truly touching, but it's impossible. Once the game begins, it won't end until the very last stage; there's no possibility of jumping off midway. Even if you take me hostage, your friends won't be free. Only at the final moment will your choice be made."

Su Xing understood: "So we can only follow your predetermined script?"

Otherwise, do you still want to tear up the escape room script?

You've ruined the plot, how are we supposed to film this escape room movie?!

Escape Room is a variety show with a storyline, unlike other regular variety shows like The Voice of the Stars. How could it be torn apart so easily?

I know you're all stubborn mules. Mules are herbivores and can even chew on scripts made of paper, but don't chew on just any script!

The director's mind was filled with a barrage of comments that almost couldn't fit on the screen, but on the surface he could only endure it and signal the voice actor to fool the others first. Then the person in charge of lighting and stage control quickly switched the lights out so that the clown could leave the stage quickly.

Whether or not to bring back the stun gun prop is another matter. The main concern is that if the clown teacher is still standing in front of those thugs, they might just detain him without explanation, and then the production team would have to stop filming. She doesn't like disrupting the filming rhythm.

To be fair, although these bandits might cause trouble for the production team, Escape Room, as a show known for its comedic antics, welcomes the guests' spontaneous ideas.

The other group of veteran players also understood what the production team meant: taking shortcuts wouldn't work, so they had no choice but to follow the game's rhythm.

Returning to the circular hall where they had taken the elevator down, the seven NPC friends who were originally locked in individual display cases were nowhere to be seen. After everyone entered, the hall doors closed, and the rules of the ultimate test appeared on the television screen.

The 14 friendship cards they hold represent the numbers 1-14. Before the game starts, they will use a device to scan their friendship cards, obtain the numbers on the cards, and choose one of the numbers as their friendship number for the next round of the game.

Afterwards, they will go to five judgment zones, which are numbered 10/15/20/25/30. If the sum of the friendship points of the players in the room is greater than the number in the judgment zone, the room will light up green; if it is less than or equal to the number in the judgment zone, it will light up red.

Finally, they have to deduce the numbers held by other players based on the colors of the lights in these judgment areas, and then go to the verification room to verify them with verification tickets. Each ticket can only be used once and is destroyed after use, but if they guess correctly, they can get two verification tickets. The friendship points of the verified players will become invalid and need to be replaced with the next friendship points.

If a player runs out of friendship points, that player is eliminated, and the last player standing will have their friends successfully rescued.

After the rules were explained, the room fell silent.

Chen Chusheng frowned as he looked at the screen: "Say it again?"

"They're being a bit long-winded. To put it simply, it's a number guessing game to see who can last the longest. It's a pretty simple math problem," Yu Yu shrugged and summarized.

"Is this easy?" Land Rover looked bewildered. "I couldn't even solve that initial math problem with a value of 250, and now you want me to guess the numbers on the other six people? Me?"