Don't pretend, everyone knows you're the villain!

Just when everyone thought Li Qiang wouldn't make it, half an hour later, all the mutated guests disappeared.

Li Qiang slumped to the ground, panting heavily.

Wang Ran scoffed softly, too lazy to even look at Li Qiang's behavior.

Seeing that Li Qiang hadn't died, Zhang Yu complained with a hint of disappointment, "What incredible luck!"

Liu Xiao curled his lips in a mocking smile, "You think he was just lucky?"

The others remained silent.

The disappearance of the guest is not important; what is important is that there will definitely be other troubles later.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have let Li Qiang off so easily.

Liu Xiao glanced around at his group, then looked at Shen Yi and Lu Tiannan, who were standing at the shop entrance, seemingly oblivious to everyone else.

Those two were a bit too relaxed in the dungeon.

The vice president of Paradise Lost is indeed not to be underestimated.

After looking around, I still couldn't spot Jiang Muyu's face wearing the rabbit mask.

Do you think there's a high probability that eight shops don't have a single key?

Zhang Yu pressed his tongue against his cheek, pondered, and said in a deep voice, "Not really, we might all just be unlucky. But if we're unlucky, we can't blame society, can we?"

“That’s possible.” Liu Xiao didn’t refute Zhang Yu’s words.

Luo Youran rubbed intimately against Liu Xiao, exhaling seductive breath.

"You mean, you don't necessarily have to look for the key in the shop; it might be on one of the customers?"

Wang Ran understood what they meant.

"You may not need a key to open a shop, but you definitely need a key to operate a business."

"We can break the glass door, that's fine too. We can look for other shops when there are no customers."

"Like you, I tend to think that what we have is the right to operate the shop, but perhaps the customers are the key."

They opened up new avenues of thought and recalled those guests.

It's definitely too late today; we can only try again tomorrow.

The group didn't sit idle; they actually smashed the glass door and searched for the keys.

Lu Tiannan held Xi Mingzhu's hand and fiddled with his fingers one by one.

Hearing the commotion coming from over there, I glanced over.

"Brother, they're causing trouble."

Xi Mingzhu naturally noticed their actions, but what was more important at the moment was the key that Lu Tiannan had given him.

The key to the emergency exit.

Where did the key come from?

Lu Tiannan smiled and gazed at Xi Mingzhu. "Brother, guess? Maybe I just got lucky and found it in the store."

Judging from Lu Tiannan's tone, Xi Mingzhu immediately ruled out the possibility of finding the key in the store.

If the shop has nothing to do with the key, then it must be related to the customers? There's nothing noteworthy about the customers who pay for the selected items. The only noteworthy thing is the customer who wanted a suit with a human skin lining.

They came with great momentum, but lacked any real offensive power.

"From a strange guest?"

Lu Tiannan snapped his fingers. "Smart."

"Brother, I saw Jiang Muyu go upstairs, shall we go too?"

Upon hearing this, Xi Mingzhu realized something: Jiang Muyu had indeed not been in sight for long.

They went to the second floor? Then the other party undoubtedly has a key too.

"When did this happen?"

Lu Tiannan recalled thoughtfully, "Just now, when Li Qiang was surrounded and beaten by the guests."

Xi Mingzhu looked at the three doors, and each one was locked.

"The emergency exit door was not open."

Lu Tiannan's fingertips gently traced patterns on Xi Mingzhu's palm.

"It took about fifteen seconds for the door to lock itself. If the doors were close together, eight players could pass through, but nobody was that kind."

Xi Mingzhu remained noncommittal, stating that good intentions were not applicable here. Simply refraining from evil was already a form of self-discipline and self-restraint.

Li Qiang, who was slumped on the ground panting, saw Lu Tiannan and Shen Yi walking in his direction and watched them warily.

They walked past me and continued forward; the safety passage was just ahead.

Li Qiang's mind worked exceptionally well for once, turning exceptionally quickly.

"You got the key, didn't you?"

Lu Tiannan raised his hand, putting his index finger to his lips in a shushing gesture.

"Of course we have the key. Do you want to come up to the second floor with us? We can take you along, but it's not too much to ask that you apologize, is it?"

Lu Tiannan finished speaking with a smile on his lips in a very gentle manner.

Li Qiang glared fiercely at Lu Tiannan, determined not to apologize.

"I haven't even settled the score with you for tripping me up yet. Apologize? Bah! Hand over the keys."

Lu Tiannan's face darkened and he took out a dagger. He originally wanted to tease Li Qiang, but Li Qiang angered him instead.

Xi Mingzhu raised her hand and grasped Lu Tiannan's outstretched wrist. "Don't let him dirty your hands. He's going to die anyway, no need to worry about him."

Li Qiang attacks everyone indiscriminately.

"Who do you think will die? That sissy! His hair is so effeminate and ugly."

Lu Tiannan is really angry. He can tolerate being scolded, but he's scolding Xi Mingzhu in front of him.

With that broken head of his, who gave Li Qiang the audacity to utter such arrogant words?

"you wanna die."

Xi Mingzhu grabbed Lu Tiannan and prepared to leave.

"Nan Nan, let's go. They've noticed us over there."

"..." Lu Tiannan forced himself not to make a move, but he was quite angry inside.

Li Qiang tried to stop them, shouting as he prepared to chase after them.

"They have the keys, what are you all still doing there!"

A wall of fire kept him at bay.

Li Qiang tried to rush over, but the fire intensified, causing him to grimace and back away.

Seeing the two people walking further and further away, the other players heard the commotion and quickly ran over.

Liu Xiao was the fastest; he even jumped over the glass railing next to him and dodged the wall of fire to catch up.

Seeing Xi Mingzhu open the emergency exit, I went in first.

Lu Tiannan followed closely behind.

The instant Liu Xiao touched the door, flames erupted in front of him.

The door closed just like that, and I watched helplessly as it was locked again.

Lu Tiannan was somewhat surprised to see this scene.

He still believed that Xi Mingzhu had a kind heart.

"Brother, you've become like the company you keep, have you learned bad things from me?"

Xi Mingzhu's consideration was that anyone who sided with Li Qiang was unlikely to be a good person. Rather than letting uncertainties follow, it was better to let them each use their own methods to obtain the final key.

The number of people who make it to the second floor depends entirely on their teamwork.

"It all depends on one's own abilities. If you do someone a favor, they may not remember it as a favor."

After Xi Mingzhu finished speaking, he pinched Lu Tiannan's chin and gave him a light peck on the lips.

"A reward for obedience."

Lu Tiannan knew that this was the reward for letting himself be dragged away earlier.

Lu Tiannan licked his lips, "With brother taming me like this, how dare I disobey?"

Xi Mingzhu didn't reply, but said in a cold voice, "Go upstairs."

Lu Tiannan smiled, his eyes practically drooling.

Xi Mingzhu looked really good when she set the fire.

This cold person possesses a warmth that others cannot touch. Only he can approach and touch him; this is the favoritism and exception that Brother Mingzhu bestowed upon him.

So he really came for my sake? I'm starting to believe it.