Infinite Doomsday Escape

Chapter 444 The Director's Insidiousness

Every time someone dies in a theater, it's either because they violated the theater's audience rules as an audience member, or because they died as an actor in the performance of the play.

This suggests that the director may not have violated the rights of the employees.

Even if he wants to kill someone, he can only kill by using the rules.

The director looked at the female screenwriter in surprise. His tiny green eyes were triangular and his equally small mouth suddenly curled up into a smile on his plump face.

"When did I say you are official employees?" His smile was particularly sinister.

The female screenwriter was stunned. "We have written so many scripts and let the actors perform them completely..."

The director was puzzled: "You wrote a script? What script did you write?"

Examples of screenwriters’ indignation.

Several paper scripts appeared out of thin air in the director's hands. "Are these what you are talking about?"

"Yes, yes!" Recognizing that this was the script they wrote, the screenwriters nodded hurriedly.

The director was surprised. "Take a look at the signature above."

The female screenwriter felt a chill in her heart and looked towards the signature area.

Sure enough, the director’s name was written on it.

"These are all scripts I wrote. What does it have to do with you?" The director put away the script and his face suddenly changed. "I have been in the theater for so long and haven't written a single script. How dare you talk to me about becoming a regular employee?"

"What a disappointment!"

The screenwriter was stunned. "Fuck you, this is clearly the script I wrote!"

thump—

A head fell to the ground.

The long-haired female screenwriter turned pale and felt desperate.

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On the other side, Lan Xiaye and others searched almost the entire theater, and finally someone found a fragment in a corner of an office.

"Found it!" The man was ecstatic. He unfolded the cloth, but found only a few words inside.

—Kicked out of the theater.

"What does this mean?"

Before he could think deeply, he heard a loud broadcast echoing throughout the theater.

"The performance is about to begin. Please return to your seats immediately, audience members and actors."

The emotionless female announcer's voice reported it three times in a row before changing the subject.

"This is your last warning. Once the show starts, any performers who fail to arrive will face death as punishment."

The broadcast came to an abrupt end, and a series of illusory doors leading to the audience seats appeared in front of everyone.

Many people who were hiding stared at the illusory gate with grim expressions.

No one knows whether they will be the actor chosen for the next performance, and no one dares to gamble with their life.

Most importantly, they explored all three floors of the theater and could not find the exit.

For various reasons, many people reluctantly stepped into the virtual door and returned to the audience seats.

Lan Xiaye and the other two were still in the director's office. They patiently flipped through the scripts, looking for clues one by one.

They naturally heard the sound, but Lan Xiaye was unwilling to leave just like that.

"You guys go back first, I'll look for it." Lan Xiaye quickly put down the script in his hand and picked up a new script.

She was getting faster and faster. Time was running out, so Lan Xiaye didn't dare to slack off.

As time passed, the sense of urgency grew.

No one knows when the performance will start, and if they miss the performance and are unlucky enough to be selected as actors, they will face complete death.

Lan Xiaye put down the empty script again. She almost wanted to give up. The theater had a good plan. It used the urgency of time and the unknown list of actors to force the actors to not dare to explore outside for too long and had to return to the audience.

But the more the theater forced the actors to go back, the more Lan Xiaye felt that there must be important clues hidden in these places outside the theater.

It’s a pity that time is limited.

Just as Lan Xiaye was helplessly preparing to step into the illusory gate and return to the audience seats, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out.

"Found it! I found it!!" Cai Cai's childish voice rang out excitedly.

Only then did Lan Xiaye realize that Cai Cai and Qiu Yulong had not gone back either. They had been searching for clues on the bookshelf on the other side.

It can be seen that Cai Cai and Qiu Yulong are also under a lot of pressure. Because of nervousness, cold sweat has already appeared on their foreheads and their breathing is unstable.

"Great! Let's go first." Lan Xiaye's eyes lit up, and he pulled Cai Cai towards the illusory gate.

Cai Cai put the cloth she found into Lan Xiaye's palm.

The timing was just right. Lan Xiaye and the other two had just returned to their seats when the lights suddenly came on.

At the same time, they received a message from another ally.

"Kicked out of the theater?"

Hearing clues from other people unexpectedly, Lan Xiaye suddenly realized that the last clue might have been disrupted and scattered everywhere.

She quickly unfolded the cloth in her hand, on which was written a line of words.

——There is only one way to escape from the theater.

It turned out to be an incomplete clue.

The female announcer's voice paid no attention to the ups and downs of everyone's moods; it just announced the next show and the cast list without any emotion.

This time Lan Xiaye was chosen.

She suddenly disappeared from the audience and came to the intermission.

The space between the scenes was neither too big nor too small, just like an ordinary theater intermission, with some props and costumes placed on it.

The time actors spend between acts is neither long nor short; it is a time for them to digest the script.

Lan Xiaye looked at the well-arranged interludes and suddenly had an idea.

As we all know, the boss's office is everywhere.

The last key clue was disrupted and scattered all over the place.

And these places where clues are hidden are all, without exception, the staff's office areas.

For example, the lighting engineer's console.

The director's screenplay showcase.

Clues to the alliance were also found in the office.

Can this be understood as the boss's office is everywhere because she doesn't need an office, she will patrol and inspect everyone's office area and supervise their work.

And those important clues and fragments of clues will be left by the boss in the area she supervised.

So now, there is only one office area left that has not been explored by everyone!

Lan Xiaye set her eyes on the props between scenes.

Only the actors’ office area has never been explored.

Because everyone has been to this place before and is used to its existence between acts, and regards it as a transit station, so they don't take it seriously.

Maybe this is the darkest place under the lamp.

Thinking of this, Lan Xiaye did not waste any more time. Under the surprised gazes of other actors, she went into the costume and props area to look for clues.

Some people came forward to talk to her and tried to find out what was going on, but they were all ignored by Lan Xiaye.

She doesn't have the same useful ability to find objects as Cai Cai, so if she wants to find clues, she must be careful and have good eyesight.

Time is limited, she must hurry!

"That's weird, what is she doing?" The actor who was met with a cold face said awkwardly, "We have been to this place eight hundred times. If there was a clue, we would have found it long ago. How could it be your turn?"