I was slacking off on a dating reality show when the female guests treated me like a treasure chest.

Chen Nian's eyes were burning, and he thought that there might actually be a chance to scare the two of them to tears.

But isn't that a bit too bad?

Although there is a reward of 10,000 yuan, it's not worth it to receive 10,000 yuan and then be cyberbullied in front of the live broadcast camera.

"The sound has disappeared," Chen Nian said, and then everything became quiet again.

Moreover, this place is really strange; they seemed to be going around in the passageway from the beginning.

Chen Nian steadied himself, the light emanating from his watch swaying slightly in the darkness, the dim yellow light sweeping across the mottled walls on both sides of the passage.

In the darkness, the only way they could see their route was through the flashlight function on their watches.

"Don't you think this passage is a bit narrower than when we first came in?" Chen Nian asked.

Xia Yao was already on edge, and upon hearing this, she froze, stopped in her tracks, and stammered, her voice trembling, "W-what? I didn't see anything..."

As she spoke, she cautiously surveyed her surroundings.

"Have we been walking for quite a while?" Xia Yao asked softly.

Chen Nian nodded and continued walking slowly forward, his tone calm: "It has been quite a while. It's probably a maze-like passage, or it was deliberately made to go in circles."

"Let's go, let's get out of the passage first, and you keep an eye out for us," Chen Nian said.

"Isn't an escape room supposed to be something where everyone works together to find the mechanisms?" Xia Yao asked, grabbing Chen Nian's sleeve, puzzled. "That's what escape rooms are like on TV."

"..."

"Have you seen Saw?" Chen Nian asked.

"No, is it also an escape room?" Xia Yao asked. As the path narrowed, the two of them became a little crowded walking side by side.

Chen Nian could only take two quicker steps, leading her by half a body length, and continued, "You haven't even seen Saw? It's a very interesting movie."

"Oh? For example?" Xia Yao couldn't help but ask, her interest piqued by Chen Nian's words.

Chen Nian slowed down, his tone becoming serious, and then began, "The story begins with the protagonist, Adam, who wakes up from a coma to find himself in a dilapidated basement with one leg cuffed to a rusty iron pipe."

"There was another person handcuffed opposite him, also a bewildered kidnapper."

As Chen Nian's voice rang out, even the staff hiding in the shadows couldn't help but listen intently.

In the live stream, the viewers were quickly drawn into the story.

Chen Nian spoke slowly, pausing frequently before adding a few more sentences.

Xia Yao was captivated by the story without realizing it, and for a moment she forgot that she was in a secret room.

The two continued walking forward, and the light in the passage grew dimmer and dimmer. Occasionally, a few eerie wind whistles could be heard, mixed with faint cries from afar.

Suddenly, Xia Yao, who had come to her senses, became even more frightened.

"Hmm? Wait a minute." Chen Nian noticed that the road ahead had narrowed and seemed to be a dead end.

He told Xia Yao to stand there and wait while he went forward to check.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out, and the next moment, Chen Nian's voice disappeared into the dead end.

Xia Yao blinked, not yet realizing what had happened. When she looked over, she only saw Chen Nian's figure disappear into the darkness.

"Old?"

"Chen Nian, where are you?" Her voice trembled noticeably, and her eyes were moist.

"What the heck?!" Chen Nian suddenly found himself in a lobby, unable to find his way back. "Good grief, am I lost?"

Chen Nian was at a loss for words, wondering what to do now.

He tried calling out a few times, but when Xia Yao didn't respond, he had no choice but to wait in the lobby.

After a while, a noise came from another wall, and the door was suddenly opened. Then, Qi Feng walked out.

The two looked at each other, feeling bewildered.

"Xia Yao is missing too?" Qi Feng asked.

"Yes, to be precise, we've disappeared..." Chen Nian said helplessly.

"Let's see if we can find it again, otherwise we'll just have to wait for the two of them to open the door and come in." Qi Feng tried pushing the door behind him, but there was no response.

"Alright, let's just sit and wait." Chen Nian shrugged and sat down in the corner. Qi Feng followed suit and sat down next to him. The two exchanged information about what had just come in.

Meanwhile, Xia Yao and Liu Ting were truly panicked and were on the verge of calling for help.

And footsteps could be heard coming from behind.

Seeing this, Xia Yao burst into tears. She groped around in the dead end for a while before finally opening the door and coming in.

Upon seeing Chen Nian, the tears she had been holding back finally spilled down her cheeks. "Why didn't you look for me? You scared me to death!" Xia Yao said, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Nian smiled helplessly, "We would like to look for it, but it seems like once we come in, we can't go back. Besides, it's soundproof, so we can't hear each other when we talk."

Xia Yao wiped away her tears, sat down next to the two of them, and gave Chen Nian a resentful look. Then she noticed that Liu Ting was not there.

"Where is Liu Ting?"

"Oh, her...?" Chen Nian blinked. "She's probably passed out somewhere."

"..."

"Then let's go find her quickly!" Xia Yao was startled when she heard this.

"It's alright, they should be here soon," Chen Nian said. He thought it was unlikely that Liu Ting was afraid, after all, she was a master at making terrifying dolls.

And the woman who dared to use her "Big Steel Teeth" move when going around a bend alongside him reminded Chen Nian of the anime he watched as a child, the Giant from the anime "Let's & Go!!".

That move with the steel teeth was so cool; one lift and one press, and he was done for.

As soon as he finished speaking, a slight turning sound of a mechanism came from the wall not far away.

A wooden board that looked like it was one with the wall slowly pushed open, and Liu Ting excitedly crawled out from inside. Her hair was slightly messy, but her eyes were shining, clearly she was having a blast.

"You guys got here before me!" She glanced around. "I thought I was the fastest."

Chen Nian sighed silently as he looked at her enthusiastic expression.

Trying to scare this woman to tears is extremely difficult.

When Xia Yao saw that Liu Ting was safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief. Her fear gradually dissipated, and her curiosity resurfaced. She excitedly chatted with Liu Ting about what had just happened.

Seeing this, Chen Nian sighed inwardly. Women are different in this respect. They are truly afraid and truly cry, but they can also get addicted to playing while crying. It is a kind of amazing characteristic.

"Now that everyone's here, let's figure out how to get to the next level." Qi Feng stood up and patted his pants.

Afterwards, the group began to inspect the hall. Although the hall looked empty, it contained quite a few items.

Several faded old paintings hung on the wall, a dusty wooden box sat in the corner, and a few chandeliers hung from the ceiling, their lights flickering on and off.

Chen Nian rummaged through the folds absentmindedly; he disliked these kinds of riddles the most, finding them too mentally taxing.

So I simply let Liu Ting and the others figure it out.

Xia Yao gradually recovered from the shock and even found it enjoyable, sharing the little clues she had discovered with sparkling eyes.

Soon, Liu Ting and Xia Yao found a clue.

There are four number buttons distributed on the four walls, and you obviously need to enter them in the correct order.

"4452," Xia Yao said, having calculated the correct number.

The next moment, as the four people pressed the numbers in sequence, sure enough, a door opened in a wall.

"Amazing!" Qi Feng exclaimed.

"Let's go then." Liu Ting took the lead and walked ahead.

Looking at the dark passage, Xia Yao held Liu Ting's hand tightly.

Along the way, the combination locks, incomplete blueprints, and hidden mechanisms led back to the normal puzzle-solving phase.

Although some staff members came out to scare people along the way, and the effect was quite good, the overall part was still mostly puzzle-solving.

Chen Nian discovered that it wouldn't be easy for him to get his 10,000 yuan.

Liu Ting was bolder than he expected. Along the way, she would startle him from time to time, suddenly patting him or deliberately whispering strange things, which startled Chen Nian two or three times.

He silently complained to himself that it was really hard to get this 10,000 yuan from the production team; it wasn't as easy as getting the 20,000 yuan last time.

At this moment, through the live broadcast from the internal monitoring system, viewers' comments were flying by, with many urging Chen Nian to continue telling the story of Saw.

Perhaps it was a telepathic connection, but Xia Yao also remembered this matter.

"Chen Nian, what happened to Adam in Saw?" Xia Yao suddenly asked in the dim light.

"Oh, that? I forgot. I'll talk about it when I remember," Chen Nian said. After all, it was a movie he watched a long time ago, so he couldn't possibly remember so many specific details.

"What Saw?" Liu Ting asked curiously.

"It's a story Chen Nian told," Xia Yao said, briefly recounting it to Liu Ting, leaving Liu Ting and Qi Feng completely stunned.

Soon, after unlocking the password for the final level, the four of them re-entered the circular passage.

Clearly, it's time to end this.

The staff were no longer frightened by this passage, and the four of them walked through it. Before long, they saw the exit with lights on.

As the last hidden door opened, the familiar reception area reappeared before our eyes.

The staff greeted us with smiles:

"Congratulations everyone! You've successfully completed the game in one hour and three minutes!"

"I didn't expect it to take so long. What's your fastest record here?" Liu Ting asked.

"It's thirty-seven minutes," the staff member said with a smile.

"..." Liu Ting blinked; she had to admire this speed.

A moment later, the staff handed each person a small souvenir, a metal keychain engraved with the escape room's logo, as a memento of their completion of the game.

Liu Ting fiddled with the keychain, still savoring the experience. "This escape room is great, but I didn't see any ghosts, did I?"

"Yes, we removed this element because of the live broadcast," the staff member explained.

Initially, they prepared many scary games, but they abandoned them because they thought that if the guests were suddenly too frightened, it might cause a negative reaction.

In fact, this group of four is quite unconventional.

Apart from Xia Yao being scared to tears once in the early stages, she became just as engrossed in the story as the others afterward.

As for Liu Ting... it was within their expectations that she could DIY a bunch of scary dolls for them.

Only Chen Nian and Qi Feng were quite laid-back. Chen Nian, in particular, seemed to be involved in everything, but in reality, he did nothing and was not truly involved in any of the challenges.

When I emerged from the escape room, the bright moon overhead was already obscured by clouds.

Chen Nian glanced at the photographer not far away and realized that he didn't know when the photographer had appeared.

"I'm going back," Chen Nian said. He was really tired after a long day and just wanted to lie down and take a nap.

But it seems we'll be moving to a different location tomorrow. Filming has entered its fifth day, and there are still 26 days until he receives the million. It seems like a long time ahead.

"By the way, Chen Nian, let's talk about it later." Liu Ting said to Chen Nian. She had almost forgotten the important matter. She hadn't found a chance to talk to Chen Nian about that song all day.

She thought about it carefully. Even if it was just the guitar version, if she bought it and had the company arrange for someone to change the arrangement, it would definitely be a song of the highest caliber.

Qi Feng's eyes flickered, and he guessed Liu Ting's intention. Although he was also interested in the song, it seemed more suitable for a female voice, so he simply decided not to get involved.