In an escape game...

Although the background story given by the system is incomplete, the amount of information revealed is not small.

Songzi didn't show up after inviting them to the island to travel, but the task given by the system was to rescue Songzi.That said, pine nuts are in danger.

The name of this dungeon is also very interesting. The superficial meaning of the source of nightmare infection seems to mean that there is a source in the dungeon that can spread nightmares.

The background story says that the boundary between nightmares and reality will become more and more blurred, which means that nightmares and reality are likely to overlap.Is what I see now a dream or reality?

Yun Xubai really wanted to solve the puzzle quickly, he tried to unscrew the door, but the doorknob didn't budge.

The system prompt sounds:

[This door is locked and can only be opened by finding the key. ]

[Do not violently damage any props in the secret room, and do not damage the wall, otherwise you will bear the consequences. ]

Yun Xubai walked to another closed door, and got the same prompt after holding the doorknob.

Immediately afterwards, all players present received a prompt:

[Task Step [-]: Escape from the Chamber of Secrets. ]

[The time limit is half an hour, and the countdown begins. ]

[00:30:00]

All players know that if they fail to successfully open the door within the specified time, something terrible will happen, perhaps all members will be wiped out.

"This is an escape room. When you encounter the props designed in the dungeon, you will be prompted accordingly. We need to find the key to open the door," Yun Xubai said to his teammates succinctly: "Time is running out, look for them separately, and communicate with each other when you find the props."

"There are only 30 minutes, the time is too tight," Chillo scratched his head, twisted the doorknob to confirm the status of the door: "And there are two doors, which means we need to find two keys."

"Brother Qi, I'm a little scared, shall I look for it with you?" Yin Berry followed Qi Lue step by step, blinking her innocent big eyes.

Qilue suddenly felt a desire to protect, and agreed without hesitation: "Okay, then follow me."

The taciturn female player had already started to search for props, and Yun Xubai walked to the area opposite her.

There are not many things in this area, a piano, a crooked table, and some abandoned sundries.

Yun Xubai picked up a red umbrella on the table, shook the dust, and the system prompted:

[An abandoned long-handled umbrella, maybe it can also be used as a shade from the rain, or as a stick, who knows? ]

Yun Xubai tried to store the umbrella in his backpack and succeeded.

Then, he opened the drawer of the table and saw some odds and ends, small toys, pencil case, eraser... The only thing that caught his attention was an old diary.

The cover of the diary has turned yellow, and I didn't get any hints when I picked it up, as if it was just a useless prop for setting up the scene.

When I opened it, there was a short passage written in pencil:

"My brother's illness seems to be getting worse, and his appearance is becoming more and more strange. No one wants to play with him. Last time I overheard the adults discussing that if my brother's illness can't be cured, he should Locked up in the basement, so that no one can see him, it will embarrass the family. I don't feel ashamed of my brother at all, but every time I play with my brother, I have nightmares, and I'm a little scared..."

Behind this page are obvious traces of torn pages, and after that, only white paper is left.

Someone deliberately tore out the contents of the diary.

Looking at this diary alone, it can only be seen that the "sister" is the owner of the diary, and the "brother" has a strange disease and is disliked by everyone, and is likely to be imprisoned."Nightmare" is mentioned in it, maybe "brother" has a little connection with the source of the nightmare infection.

Although there is little information revealed, Yun Xubai guessed that the owner of this diary is Songzi—the Songzi who invited them to travel to the island but did not show up and needed their rescue.

The diary could not be put in the backpack, so Yun Xubai put it back in its original place, opened another drawer, and found a small wooden box, almost black, with intricate carvings on the lid, locked by a brass lock.

Yun Xubai shook it, and heard a crisp rolling sound, there was something inside, and it was very small.

[A locked jewelry box, possibly containing valuables. ]

In the escape room game, everything that is locked is useful, Yun Xubai put the wooden box in his backpack, and his eyes fell on the largest piano.

Although the piano is covered with dust, it still has a strong sense of contradiction with this dirty and gloomy room, making it hard not to notice it.

Uncovering the piano cover, Yun Xubai got a reminder:

[An ancient piano, if you play it at will, you will be cursed by the owner of the piano. Only by finding the music score of the owner of the piano can you be qualified to play. ]

The straightforward translation of this sentence is that this piano cannot be played randomly, and you can get a clue by finding the score and playing it.

The things in this small area have been searched, and Yun Xubai walked to the area where the taciturn female player was.

Female gamer is observing the wall clock on the wall.

The style of the wall clock is very old, the hands are no longer moving, and there are several English reliefs on the wooden case: AC:BF.

Yun Xubai thought for a while, and reminded: "Convert the English into the corresponding number, and then adjust the time on the wall clock, and you should be able to get a clue."

The female player glanced back at him, stepped aside, and said softly, "You come."

The number corresponding to ACBF is 1326. Yun Xubai walked to the wall clock and turned the hour hand to 1 and the minute hand to 26 minutes.

"Tick tock! Tick tock!" The hands of the wall clock started to move again, and the glass front cover popped open with a click.

Yun Xubai narrowly avoided it, and tapped the dura behind the pointer.

[There appears to be something hidden inside the clock, and you'll need something sharp to pry it open. ]

Yun Xubai looked at the female player and asked politely, "How do I call you?"

"He Xue." The female player's tone was a little angry.

Yun Xubai lowered his eyes: "He Xue, did you find any props like a small crowbar?"

"Yes." He Xue nodded, spreading her palms, revealing a sharp little iron rod.

"Great." Yun Xubai took the small crowbar, and easily pried open the diaphragm of the wall clock. A key fell out of it, and he firmly caught it.

The key is brass-colored and delicately styled.

"You found the key!" Qiluo's excited voice sounded from behind: "Go and try which door's key it is."

Qi Lue and Yin Berry came over at some point, staring at the key in Yun Xubai's hand.

"It's too small, it's not the key to the door." Yun Xubai took out the small wooden box he just found from his backpack, and smiled: "It matches this lock."

"Could it be that the items locked inside the box are the props?" Qilue said impatiently, "Quickly open the lock and have a look, it's been a few minutes."

"The decryption chain of this secret room is not that simple. It probably doesn't contain a key." Yun Xubai opened the wooden box with the key, and saw a shining ruby.

[A valuable ruby, where did it fall from? ]

"It's really not the key," Qilue sighed: "To tell you the truth, I'm very impatient, so I'm most afraid of playing this kind of decryption dungeon. Finding clues makes my head hurt. I usually rely on violent output to level up. But here it is stipulated that props cannot be destroyed by violence, so I have even more headaches."

Yin Berry echoed, "Me too!"

Yun Xubai didn't want to waste time listening to their complaints, so he said directly: "Everyone take out the props you found and see if there is any connection between them."

He Xue said, "What I found has already been deciphered by you."

"We found a puppet doll and a remote control without batteries." Qilue took out the props he found, and said again: "By the way, there is a picture frame without a picture over there. The prompt is very...weird, go and have a look." Bar."

Before Yun Xubai disclosed the props he had found, Qi Lue pulled him to a wall. The location of this wall was very subtle, right between two closed doors.There are three paintings hanging on the wall, the left and right sides are oil paintings of figures, but the middle one is empty.

Yun Xubai touched the frame and got a reminder:

[She is afraid of light, so she often hides. ]

Yin Berry said in a low voice, "Maybe there was no painting in the first place."

"Touching the picture frame will give you a prompt, which is definitely not a useless prop." Qilue patted his head: "But this prompt is really too abstract."

"I see." Seeing the word "light", Yun Xubai already had the idea to solve the problem, and took out the first item added to the backpack - the red umbrella.

Qilue still didn't react: "What's the use of this umbrella..."

Yun Xubai didn't answer, but opened the red umbrella to block the light falling on the picture frame.Under the dim light, a portrait of a woman slowly emerged from the blank picture frame.

The portrait is very realistic. The woman holds a bouquet of flowers in her left hand and a skull in her right hand. Her skin is delicate and her expression is vivid, just like a living person. The shocking thing is that she has no eyeballs!

The position of the eyes only draws the outline, and the position of the eyeballs is empty.

"Hiss..." Qilue took a deep breath, her scalp tingling: "She is afraid of light, so she often hides, so you open the umbrella to block the light, and she comes out! She is not a painting at all!"

As soon as Qilue finished speaking, the woman in the portrait slowly raised her mouth and let out a faint voice: "Find what I lack...I'll give you what you want..."

"Ah!!!" Yin Berry screamed in fright at the woman in the painting, and almost toppled Yun Xubai's umbrella.

Yun Xubai was not frightened by the woman in the painting, but his eardrums ached from Yin Berry's scream.

"Calm down," Qi Lue was also terrified by the screams, and patted Yin Berry's hand: "Huh? Why are your hands so cold?"

Yin Berry shrank away from him, and said pitifully, "I'm scared, she lacks eyes, where can we find eyes to fill in the painting..."

Yun Xubai looked into her eyes, and stretched out his hand to her: "Just dig a pair."

"Don't goug my eyes, Brother Qi protect me!!" Yin Berry's expression changed, and she hid behind Qilue.

Yun Xubai took the puppet doll from Qilue's hand, took off the glass bead eyes on it, and filled in the two small grooves in the portrait.

The woman in the painting has eyes and looks more realistic. She stared at Yun Xubai motionlessly, then said after a while: "I see what you look like, you look so good-looking."

Yun Xubai: "...Thank you."

Qilue swallowed his saliva: "I've given you eyes, it's time for you to hand over what we want."

The woman in the painting changed her posture, her eyes never moved away from Yun Xubai, and she showed a charming smile: "There is still one thing missing."

Qilue frowned, and boldly guessed: "You don't want this buddy, do you? We can't... we have to think about it!"