I won't show mercy to you

"For four people, the only suitable secret rooms are these themes."

The boss of the escape room, smoking a cigarette, pointed them to the sign behind him, and lazily said, "Scary dolls, Alice in Wonderland, and the ancient tomb."

"The first two are more difficult."

The boss said, "The last one is suitable for novices, it depends on your choice."

Tan Ting and Zhuo Yu looked at each other blankly.

"I played the one in the ancient tomb with others before."

Xu Ling said disgustedly, "It's really mind-reducing, and the password is written directly next to the door lock. I don't have any gaming experience. Let's choose from the other two."

"Who? Who?"

Jiang Daren immediately exaggeratedly put his hips on his hips and shouted, "You actually went out with other alphas before! I admit that I'm a little bit angry!"

"It's my girlfriend."

Xu Ling cunningly kissed Jiang Daren's side face, then tugged Jiang Daren's ear affectionately, and said, "Why are you so jealous every day, you..."

Zhuo Yu hesitated to speak, and looked away from the two people who were tired and crooked.

He secretly glanced at Tan Ting's face, cleared his throat, and asked, "Which one do you want to choose?"

Tan Ting looked at the introduction sheet in his hand very seriously.

"I don't know much about that."

He raised his face and whispered, "But Zhuo Yu, look, the picture of this ghost baby's panic seems a bit strange. I always feel that the room will be very dark, maybe..."

"Yes."

The boss continued next to him, "Ghost dolls are a horror theme. There are more horror elements. There will be a part in which you need to stay in a very narrow and dark space. You can think about it carefully."

"Great."

Zhuo Yu hurriedly clapped her hands and said cheerfully, "Just choose this one!"

Tan Ting: "..."

"Horror theme..."

Xu Ling rested her chin on Jiang Daren's shoulder, swayed and said coquettishly, "I'm timid, you have to protect me, you know..."

Jiang Daren patted his chest loudly: "Don't worry! Baby, just lie down and it's over. I'll show you the heroic incomparable alpha!!"

Tan Ting silently put the introduction sheet back on the table.

Zhuo Yu stood beside him for a while.

"You, you don't have to be afraid."

Zhuo Yu turned his face away and said calmly, "Senior brother is here."

Tan Ting looked up at him in a daze.

He seemed a little surprised why Zhuo Yu thought he would be afraid, but he didn't say anything after all, he just nodded obediently and said hello.

"..."

Zhuo Yu picked up the drenched dummy's head with one hand in disgust, and trembled under Xu Ling's screams, and saw a small piece of paper fluttering down.

Tan Ting cooperated very quickly. He squatted down neatly with the flashlight on, picked up the note, and calmly read out the number on it.

Zhuo Yu hummed in a deep voice, entered the code on the door, and heard a beep, and the door opened.

That's it for the first pass.

Before the group had time to say anything, they saw a red ball fall directly from the door, bounced a few times on the ground, and then slowly rolled down into the corner.

Immediately, the clear and crisp laughter of children rang in my ears, echoing eerily in the slightly cold air, and chilling people's necks, as if there really was a child who could eat people lying on the bed It's like whispering in your ear.

Xu Ling was almost hanging on Jiang Daren.

Jiang Daren himself was too vain, pinching his own person and moving in inch by inch, while bluffing: "Don't be afraid, baby, it's all sound effects and it's all fake..."

He said he was not afraid, but the speed of his feet was getting slower and slower, and finally he and Xu Ling were stuck behind the door frame like conjoined twins, motionless.

Zhuo Yu walked into the corner, kicked the red ball, caught it with one hand, looked at it carefully, then turned to Tan Ting and shook his head, indicating that there were no clues on it.

Tan Ting groaned.

He looked at the wall beside him with a flashlight again, and said, "There are paintings."

"You two look at one half of the wall, and the two of us look at the other half."

Zhuo Yu assigned tasks neatly, but he glanced at Jiang Daren and Xu Ling who were shaking into sieves, and after a while he kindly suggested, "...how about you two sit down and rest for a while?"

"It doesn't have to be."

Jiang Daren, who had lost all face, continued to move in inch by inch, and said weakly, "Aren't you two really afraid, don't you have even the slightest fear--Brother Yu, it's fine if you are worthy, but classmate Tan Ting Your courage is also a bit wicked..."

Tan Ting smiled shyly.

"Actually it's fine."

He said modestly, "If you see it a lot, you will get used to it."

Jiang Daren and Xu Ling: "...?"

No, so why on earth would anyone "see a lot" of scenes of this level?Do you live in the cemetery every day?

Zhuo Yu was actually a little depressed.

He glanced at Xu Ling who was huddled in Jiang Daren's arms, crying and coquettish, and Tan Ting who was holding a flashlight at his side, staring excitedly at the bloody ghost picture on the wall.

Zhuo Yu admitted that she was a little disappointed.

"Look, Zhuo Yu, there are some runes at the bottom of this painting."

Tan Ting tapped the picture frame on the wall with his fingertips excitedly, and said happily, "Let's make a note first, it should be related to the next level."

Zhuo Yu hummed.

He paused, but still couldn't hold back after all, he whispered into Tan Ting's ear, "Are you serious, aren't you afraid at all?"

Tan Ting was at a loss.

In fact, he really wanted to ask what was so scary about it. Aren't all the ghosts and monsters he encountered when he went down the mountain every month to eliminate evil spirits a thousand times a hundred times more creepy than this person?

What's more, there is no real sneak here, but it's just playing around with some sound effects, occasionally dropping a head or a ball, and the puzzle game inside is quite fun.

It was indeed the place Zhuo Yu was looking for.Tan Ting thought, it was indeed much more interesting than the movie he watched before.

But....

Tan Ting looked at the expression on Zhuo Yu's face, and always felt that this person's face was full of expectations that came from nowhere, as if it was written all over, "Quickly say you are afraid, quickly say you are afraid".

Tan Ting choked for a moment, and said vaguely for a while: "Maybe... there are some."

Zhuo Yu: "...!"

I knew it!Zhuo Yu thought triumphantly, this kid Tan Ting is really too stubborn, and his face is so calm, maybe he is already too scared in his heart.

"If you are afraid, just say it, the senior brother will protect you."

Zhuo Yu pretended to be calm, but in fact his tail was already waving to the sky, "These things are so frightening, except for being a monster for so many years, your courage has not grown at all..."

Tan Ting was silent.

He murmured vaguely, continued to look at the pictures on the wall, and said, "Zhuo Yu, write down these runes first."

Zhuo Yu responded with a good voice.

The password for the second level is indeed related to these runes. Zhuo Yu is very courageous, but his brain is really not enough. He watched Tan Ting bent down on the secret door and lost another series in a daze. password.

With a click, the small door slowly popped open.

So the second level was passed so easily.

The third level is more evil.

The houses in the first two levels were all entered through the door, but what is placed in front of everyone is a narrow and low secret passage, and the inside is pitch black.

Listening carefully, there seemed to be a very ominous sound of ticking water coming from the other end of the secret passage.

"Let's slip away."

Xu Ling was about to die, so he wrapped his arms around Jiang Daren's neck and did not let go, "I really can't stand it anymore, the one I played with last time was really not like this, I'm so scared, Ah Ren..."

Jiang Daren was so distressed: "Persevere, baby, I will take you to eat delicious food later, seeing our baby's face is almost pale with fright..."

Zhuo Yu glanced lightly at Tan Ting beside him, turned his head away sullenly, and didn't speak.

Tan Ting was eager to try, ready to be the first to go in.

But he timidly glanced at Zhuo Yu's gloomy expression, paused hesitantly, turned around, and slowly retreated to Zhuo Yu's side

"Zhuo Yu."

Tan Ting hesitated for a while, and opened his mouth with some difficulty, "I, I'm a little scared..."

Sure enough, Zhuo Yu regained his energy all of a sudden.

"Hey, what's so scary about that?"

As he said this, Zhuo Yu's face was radiant, and he rushed to the front, wagging his big tail happily and said, "You children are easily bluffed by these nonsense things, that's all. , senior brother, I will be the first to go in and explore, you just follow me!"

Tan Ting: "...ummm."

Zhuo Yu: "Then I'll go in."

Tan Ting: "Yeah, yeah."

So Tan Ting held up the flashlight, and watched Zhuo Yu carelessly poke his head into the secret passage, step his legs neatly, and see that his whole body is about to go in——

After a while, the man suddenly paused again, and retreated slowly.

Tan Ting: "...?"

"You, if you are really afraid."

Zhuo Yu seemed to be planning something, he stood there for a long time, and said awkwardly for a long time, "It's really not possible, you can hold, hold my..."

hold my coat.

However, before he could finish the remaining half of the sentence stuck in his mouth, Zhuo Yu looked at Tan Ting as if he was stunned for a moment, paused, lowered his head, and held his hand directly.

"Okay." Tan Ting lowered his eyelashes and said in a low voice.

This man, this man...

The light in the secret room was really too dark, Zhuo Yu was even a little thankful for a moment, because he knew that now his face and neck were probably completely red.

Obviously what he should not be able to move was the right arm that was hung up by the bandage, but now Zhuo Yu felt completely numb, but it was his hand covered with tender and slightly cool fingers.

Is he that close to everyone?

Zhuo Yu couldn't help thinking sadly again, if the person Tan Ting is pulling is not me, but the girl he keeps in his heart, he might not know how happy he will be...

Seeing Zhuo Yu standing still for a long time, Tan Ting realized that he might have made a mistake.

The bases of his ears turned red all of a sudden, and he was at a loss and wanted to pull his hands back.

Zhuo Yu didn't let him get his wish.

"Let's go."

As if nothing had happened, Zhuo Yu buckled Tan Ting's hand that was trying to escape, grabbed it, and clenched it tightly. He didn't say anything, but turned around and took the lead to drill into the secret passage.

Tan Ting was led by him in a daze, and staggered along behind him.

After entering the secret path, there are less of those mysterious and scary things, and more of it is mainly about the deciphering part. Xu Ling and Jiang Daren trembled all the way, and finally managed to recover.

Except that the room is still very dark, there are almost no scary elements anymore, and Xu Ling no longer hangs on Jiang Daren like a koala.

The two of them had played more times before, and were more familiar with some old routines in the secret room, so the task of cracking the level gradually fell on their shoulders.

Zhuo Yu and Tan Ting stood silently watching them decrypt.

However, I don't know if I forgot or what, as if it was a tacit understanding, no one took the initiative to let go of the other person's hand.

So their hands were secretly held until the end, until the moment they walked out of the secret room and cleared the door.