The boy was trembling slightly with fear, as if a little rabbit suddenly broke into the wolf's den.
Xiao Lou, who was regarded as a "wolf", didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He took a step forward and said Wen Yan: "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, we just want to find out your purpose, why do you put bugs in our travel bags?
"
Shao Qingge narrowed his eyes and said with a half-smile: "It seems that the teleport card cannot teleport vertically?"
The young man looked away in panic, obviously having been hit.
Shao Qingge said: "Since you can't run away, then tell the truth."
Xiao Lou smiled and said: "You eavesdropped on our conversation. You should know that our Officer Yu is a criminal police officer who specializes in catching criminals. You don't want to be interrogated by him in a violent way, right?"
The two men sang and acted in harmony, and Yu Hanjiang had no choice but to cooperate with a cold face. He stared straight at the young man's dusty face with sharp eyes and said coldly: "Say it, I don't want to do anything."
The young man felt uncomfortable being stared at. He lowered his head and said tremblingly: "I, I just said it..."
Yu Hanjiang asked: "Eavesdropping on our conversation, are you trying to imitate our strategy to get through the secret room?"
The young man shook his head hurriedly and explained: "No, no, I didn't copy you. I originally wanted to put the supplies in the warehouse and use the construction site as a hiding place...it happened to come up with the same idea as you."
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, obviously not believing it.
Shao Qingge raised his eyebrows and said, "Coincidence? There are so many coincidences, who are you kidding?"
The young man defended in a low voice: "It's true... because it's not my first time to come to the 3 Spades Secret Room."
This answer made the three of them stunned at the same time.
Not your first time here?
Xiao Lou immediately asked: "You mean, you have been to the Secret Room of Spades 3 before?"
The young man nodded. He seemed to remember some bad experience, his lips turned slightly white, and a flash of pain flashed in his eyes: "I failed to pass the level last time. I only survived to the fifth day and was eliminated."
Yu Hanjiang then asked: "Aren't the people eliminated from the secret room world wiped out?"
The boy's face became even paler, and his voice was thin and weak: "Have you... have you ever heard of the Nightmare Chamber?"
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other. The gatekeeper repeatedly emphasized to them that after the secret room world is eliminated, they will enter the nightmare secret room to receive punishment. The survival rate of the nightmare secret room is less than 0.1%. Could it be that this little guy actually came from
The Nightmare Chamber is back?!
As if to confirm Xiao Lou's thoughts, the boy followed up and said: "I survived the nightmare chamber and returned to the 3 of Spades to try again."
This is too much information!
Xiao Lou didn't expect that the young man would carry so many secrets.
If he has information about the Nightmare Chamber, it will undoubtedly be extremely important information for the three of them. After all, the three of them have never experienced the Nightmare Chamber after being eliminated. If they are eliminated one day, knowing some information in advance will definitely
Will be very useful.
Yu Hanjiang winked at Xiao Lou and whispered: "Tie him up and question him carefully."
Xiao Lou understood, took out a compass and quickly drew several rings of different sizes. With a slight lift of his finger, he saw that the young man's feet, waist, and body were all densely covered by rings, and his whole body was almost covered with rings.
Got rice dumplings.
The young man trapped in the ring was stunned, with a face full of horror: "What are you going to do! Don't, don't kill me..."
Xiao Lou smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it's just to prevent you from escaping. You can explain slowly now. If the information you tell satisfies us, we will let you go."
The young man moved his arms and found that his whole body was trapped by the ring and he could not move at all. He was about to cry without tears and looked at Xiao Lou helplessly: "Can you let me go first? I will tell you the truth..."
Xiao Lou chuckled and said, "No. After all, you have too many weird cards on you. Even if you run away, Team Yu won't be able to catch up with you."
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Tell me."
The young man glanced at Yu Hanjiang awkwardly and found that the man's face was cold and his eyes were almost boring into his face. He had to quickly explain: "I don't know what other nightmare chambers are like. I only know that from now on
After the 3 of Spades is eliminated, all the challengers will be thrown into a strange city without any money, and the challengers will be required to live for fourteen days."
Xiao Lou was very surprised: "You can survive fourteen days without any money?"
The level of difficulty is much higher than that of the "Financial Crisis" secret room. Although the price of this secret room has skyrocketed, on the first day when the price did not increase, each challenger had an initial capital of 100,000 gold coins and could stock up on supplies. As long as they kept the supplies,
, it’s actually not difficult to pass the level.
But if he was penniless, food and accommodation would be a problem, how could he survive for 14 days? How did he survive!
Shao Qingge asked curiously: "How did you spend these fourteen days?"
The young man lowered his head and said softly: "People in that world are very indifferent. They never give money to beggars, and challengers can't find jobs at all. Fortunately, I can sing. I sing children's songs on the street and find some children who like my singing.
Some snacks arrived. I pretended to be a garbage collector, slept on the street every day, went to bakeries to pick up expired food, and only drank boiled tap water..."
His shoulders were shaking slightly, and he obviously didn't want to recall that nightmare experience: "In the most difficult time, I only ate a small piece of bread for three days and was so hungry that I couldn't walk. There was no food for the next few days.
I just ate a lot of leaves...I saw some challengers starve to death, and in the nightmare chamber, I was the only one who survived."
Terrible hunger can torture people's spirit and destroy their will.
Appetite is human nature. What is the experience of being hungry for several days in a row? It is probably difficult for people in the real world to understand. After all, living conditions are better now. People eat big fish and meat every day, let alone hungry.
However, this young man was penniless and managed to survive for fourteen days by eating expired bread, snacks sold in exchange for music, and leaves on the roadside.
He is simply as tenacious as Xiaoqiang.
Xiao Lou thought at first that this guy was cautious, like a vigilant little animal, but now he had to admire his willpower - in a forest full of ferocious beasts, it was not easy at all for a small animal to survive.
Having experienced such a terrible world, no wonder the young boy would pretend to be a garbage collector here, put supplies on the garbage truck, and paint his face dirty... In order to survive, he can endure extremely difficult conditions
.
Xiao Lou's attitude towards him was much gentler and asked: "You were eliminated in the 3 Spades Chamber, went to the Nightmare Chamber, and then returned to the 3 Spades Room to try again after leaving the Nightmare Chamber?"
The young man nodded: "This is the rule."
Xiao Lou took back all the rings on his body, walked over and patted the young man's shoulder gently, saying: "It is indeed not easy to survive the nightmare chamber. I heard the gatekeeper say that the survival of the nightmare chamber is
The rate is only 0.1%.”
The young man smiled bitterly and said, "Fortunately, I can sing. I used my singing to get some snacks from the children, otherwise I might have starved to death."
Yu Hanjiang is more concerned about another question: "Since you could survive in the Nightmare Chamber, why were you eliminated in the 3 of Spades?"
The young man's expression dimmed, and he lowered his head and said: "I matched with a teammate in the 3 of Spades. He and I happen to be from the same university. I trust him very much. We bought supplies together and stayed at the Shanshui B&B. The next night, our
80% of the supplies were stolen, leaving only one box of milk and one box of instant noodles. Although it is a little less, I can survive by saving on food."
The young man paused and then said: "I didn't expect that he left me behind and took away the batch of supplies overnight in order to survive."
Xiao Lou: “…………”
Another moment where he betrayed his teammates at a critical moment.
In this world, trust has become the cheapest thing.
The young man said: "Fortunately, I met a kind girl who gave me some food and persisted until the fourth day. But at the Shanshui B&B, the challengers' supplies were frequently stolen, and everyone began to suspect that there were some challengers among them.
Insider. Among our group, there was a powerful lawyer who decided to gather all the challengers together. He discovered the construction site and we collectively moved the materials to the construction site."
"Everyone gathers the remaining supplies and distributes them uniformly. We can survive until the seventh day together."
"However, on the fifth day, the entire City A fell into chaos. A large number of prisoners escaped from the prison. They used weapons to search for property throughout the city, burning, killing and looting. Some of our challengers disobeyed orders and lit firewood at night.
The fire was used to cook the noodles, and the light of the fire attracted the prisoners... In the end, the challengers were killed directly."
When the three of them heard this, their hearts were shocked!
Yu Hanjiang guessed that there would be problems in the prison, but he did not expect that the prisoners would escape directly and burn, kill and loot everywhere. This was not a financial secret room at all, it was almost comparable to the chaotic doomsday.
Xiao Lou asked doubtfully: "Since you have experienced the 3rd Chamber of Spades once and know the plot of the 3rd Chamber of Spades, you can definitely find a way to hide and pass the level by yourself, and put a bug for us. What is the purpose?"
The young man said: "I not only put eavesdropping devices for you, I also put one in the backpacks of all the challengers... This one can release three eavesdropping devices at the same time. I eavesdropped on the conversations of the challengers at different times.
, just to find out the traitor."
Yu Hanjiang reacted immediately: "Are you saying that when we caught the thief tonight, the one who killed his teammates and escaped is probably a mole among the challengers?"
The young man nodded: "It wasn't until we were eliminated in the end that we found out that the mole had been among us and that he had stolen all the supplies. His true identity was not a challenger, but a free man in this world who wanted to rely on finance.
Crisis profiteering.”
Xiao Lou concluded: "In other words, the 3 Spades Secret Room is not only a financial crisis, but also a hidden boss that needs to be dealt with? If the challengers are not vigilant enough and have supplies stolen all the time, and do not realize that there is a mole in the team,
Is it possible to be destroyed by the group in the end?"
The young man said: "Yes, this man knows a lot about the challengers. He calls us - foreigners."
The real difficulty in the 3 of Spades Room is not just the financial crisis.
Xiao Lou was also surprised at first. Before the financial crisis, each challenger could get 100,000 gold coins, equivalent to an initial capital of 1,000 RMB. With this money, he could go shopping in the supermarket and buy enough food for a week.
Compared with the residents of this city who were caught off guard by the financial crisis, the external challengers knew in advance that the financial crisis would break out and gathered enough supplies in advance to survive for seven days.
Moreover, people like Shao Qingge, who majors in economics, might still be able to make money in the secret room of the financial crisis.
Would the Ace of Spades and the Ace of Clubs be so kind?
Now it seems that the two gatekeepers have dug countless pits and are waiting for everyone.
The challenger's supplies being stolen is not an accident, but an inevitable event.
Ace of Spades has arranged a free man in this world who pretends to be a challenger and specializes in stealing everyone's supplies. If everyone is not aware of this and is not wary enough, they will easily be stolen and eliminated.
Only people like Yu Hanjiang who are cautious enough and store supplies separately can survive the 3 of Spades.
The young boy placed the bug not to copy the clearance plan, but because he had experienced too much - the betrayal of his teammates, the annihilation of the temporary alliance of challengers, the terrible hunger in the nightmare chamber, and the fourteen days spent eating expired food and leaves.
sky.
If it were an ordinary person, he would probably have a psychological breakdown.
He couldn't trust any challenger, so when he entered the 3 Spades secret room again, he did not match his teammates. He put bugs in the backpacks of all the challengers. He just wanted to find the person who was among them and steal supplies and avoid them.
This thief passed the level silently by himself.
Yu Hanjiang's idea is undoubtedly the correct way to clear the level, and it coincides with the young man's idea.
Xiao Lou looked at the dirty-faced young man and said, "If you dare to tell us these secrets, aren't you afraid that we will kill you to silence you?"
The young man smiled bitterly and said: "One of you is a criminal policeman, a university professor, and a business owner. If you have to kill people to get through, will there be any humanity in this world? I don't think I can go far. If I am eliminated early, what else can I do?
Take some punishment."
Seeing the loss in his eyes, Xiao Lou couldn't help but feel a little distressed - this child was only seventeen or eighteen years old. It was not easy to be thrown into such a cruel world and go through so many hardships.
It's hard to imagine how he survived those days eating leaves.
Xiao Lou sighed softly and said: "You are right, we do want to pass the level, but as long as other challengers don't provoke us, we can't kill people. After all... the world is crazy, but we are not crazy yet.
.”
Xiao Lou's last words made the young man startled slightly, and his eyes instantly turned red.
Apparently, he recalled his own experience of betrayal.
At that time, he was randomly matched with teammates in the 3 Spades secret room, and the one he matched happened to be an alumnus. He was so happy that he happened to meet a senior from the same school in a strange world, and trustfully gave his gold coins to his seniors to spend together.
The senior arranged to live in Shanshui B&B and hid all the supplies under the bed...
When the supplies were stolen, he still said optimistically: "I have a small appetite. From now on, I will only eat a pack of instant noodles and a pack of milk every day. Senior, please eat more. We can't afford the rent, so we will sleep outside to keep this."
With two bags of food, I can barely survive for seven days."
The senior student ostensibly agreed, but when he woke up the next morning, he was the only one left in the room.
He thought something had happened to his senior, so he was so anxious that he looked everywhere but couldn't find anyone. Later, the girl next door told him that his senior left the B&B early in the morning with a travel bag on his back, and he finally understood that he had been left behind.
The remaining supplies are not enough for two people, but it is more than enough for one person.
He was disheartened and completely desperate. Fortunately, the girl next door was very kind. Although she didn't have much supplies, she was willing to give him some food. A calm lawyer at the B&B decided to unite all the challengers, and everyone moved to the construction site collectively.
, relying on milk, bread and chocolate to replenish energy every day.
But there was a disobedient idiot who didn't want to eat bread every day. He secretly lit a fire to cook noodles at night, and even cooked ham sausage into the noodles.
The light and scent of late night fires attracted the gang of criminals.
Those people were armed with weapons, and he saw challengers being slashed one after another, with blood flowing all over the ground.
The girl who gave him the instant noodles had a big hole in her chest. He tried to save her but was unable to do anything. He used a teleportation card to escape, but in the end he still couldn't escape being surrounded by a group of thugs.
He was stabbed to death.
During those days in the Nightmare Chamber, he lived in a state of confusion. If it weren't for the strong desire to survive that supported him, and his talent, which allowed him to sing to some children for snacks, he might have starved to death long ago.
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[Chapter 053, Financial Crisis 13-Decision]
Seeing the young man's red eyes dazed and moist, Xiao Lou gently put his hand on his shoulder and said softly: "Don't worry, we will be in the secret room this time. You will be able to pass smoothly."
The young man who was lost in memories was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and met a pair of clear and gentle eyes.
Xiao Lou smiled and said: "You are alone and weak. You can only run away when in danger, but you may not be able to escape. Why don't you join us and clear the 3 Secret Rooms of Spades together. There is strength in numbers, and besides, you
The cards are also very useful to us.”
"You mean...the two cards of teleportation and eavesdropping?"
Xiao Lou nodded: "If you are willing to trust us, can you temporarily lend these two cards to Captain Yu?"
Yu Hanjiang quickly understood and said: "That's right. With the teleportation card, I can catch the mole among the challengers as soon as possible and find out the materials he stole."
The young man frowned in confusion, and the next moment he heard Shao Qingge say: "I borrow your card, and the rent will be calculated on a daily basis, 50,000 a day, and you will settle the bill when you leave the secret room. If you are worried about your safety, you can also contact us
Let’s move together.”
If these three people tried to fight him, he would have no power to resist.
However, the three people did not directly grab his card, but "borrowed" it and said they would pay him rent.
The young man looked at the three of them blankly, somewhat unbelievable.
He suddenly remembered Xiao Lou's words - the world is crazy, but we are not crazy yet.
These three people have their own bottom line and principles. They are still normal people and have not lost their reason and humanity. In the card world, cards are the most important weapon for every challenger. Taking away other people's cards is the same as
Robbery is no different.
So they don't rob, they just borrow.
Xiao Lou's eyes were very gentle.
The young man has been wandering alone for so long and has experienced so much. This is the first time that his heart is surrounded by a kind of warmth. He nodded vigorously and said: "I can lend you the cards. No rent is required. Are you willing to take me with you?"
Just act together and let me pass the level."
Xiao Lou smiled and nodded: "No problem, follow me closely from now on."
Yu Hanjiang said: "In this case, after dawn tomorrow, Mr. Shao and I will go to the city. Professor Xiao and... By the way, what's your name?" He turned to look at the young man, and the sharpness in his eyes also softened a lot.
The young man said seriously: "My name is Ye Qi."
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Professor Xiao and Ye Qi will stay at the construction site. If something goes wrong, Professor Xiao will take him to hide in the Peach Blossom Garden first. Give me a call and we will come back immediately."
Xiao Lou said: "No problem, I can set up the ring trap in advance. If someone comes to rob it, I can hold it off for a while."
Yu Hanjiang said: "The Taohuayuan only exists for 30 minutes. With the teleportation card, I will definitely be able to come back within 30 minutes. If you encounter danger, call me immediately."
Xiao Lou said: "Okay."
Shao Qingge said: "Tomorrow I have to go to the city to find a place to surf the Internet and check the stock market. Captain Yu and I will act together."
The three of them discussed their strategy for tomorrow. The young man listened carefully and could not say anything.
Shao Qingge suddenly turned around and said: "Ye Qi."
The boy who was called immediately pricked up his ears: "Here."
Shao Qingge said with a smile: "Can I trouble you to wash your face and change clothes?" His eyes swept over the other person's body, "After all, with your dirty face, you can still smell
You have a strange smell all over your body, which is not very pleasant to our noses."
Ye Qi's ears suddenly turned red: "I, I'm going to wash it right now."
He opened a bottle of mineral water, went to the next room to wash his face, and took out clean clothes from his backpack and changed into them.
After I came back, it was like a new person.
The young boy has delicate features and looks quite good-looking, especially his eyes, which are dark and bright, and full of aura.
Compared with the image of Ye Qi who just wiped his face and pretended to be a garbage collector, Ye Qi, who had washed his face, looked much more pleasing to the eye...
Xiao Lou recalled the scene of him singing at that time and couldn't help but ask: "Are you from the Conservatory of Music?"
Ye Qi nodded: "Well, I have loved singing since I was a child. I am a freshman at the Conservatory of Music. I came to this world after an accident."
Xiao Lou asked: "Where is your guitar?"
Ye Qi said: "That is also the card I drew." He took out a card and said: "A-level tool card, guitar, can play music. If you activate the skill, it will make enemies within the range sleep for 3 seconds.
"
Xiao Lou: "..."
This guy has a lot of weird cards in his hand.
He can survive the nightmare chamber, he is really an invincible Xiaoqiang.
Yu Hanjiang looked at the time and said, "It's already half past four. Quickly bring the supplies downstairs."
Ye Qi said: "Let me help too. The teleportation card can teleport 50 meters horizontally. I can teleport with a box, which can save a lot of energy."
Yu Hanjiang: "..."
This is a good idea.
Shao Qingge stayed behind while the other three quickly went downstairs to move things.
With the help of the teleportation card, Ye Qi brought a cart of supplies directly to the stairwell. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang only needed to move the items to the third floor, and he could teleport the supplies into the house.
Xiao Lou looked at the supernatural scene of the boy teleporting with a box, and couldn't help but sigh: "This guy is really flexible."
Yu Hanjiang leaned over and asked in a low voice: "What, you want to accept him as a teammate?"
Xiao Lou said with a smile: "He can survive from the nightmare chamber. He is actually very strong. The most powerful thing about Ye Qi is not his fighting ability, but his strong flexibility and ability to adapt to harsh environments. I think
You can consider letting him join. After all, Mr. Shao is alone now. Neither of them wants to be involved by the pig teammates, so they are not compatible teammates. Maybe they can go to other secret rooms together?"
Yu Hanjiang thought about it carefully and said: "What a good idea. Shao Qingge is not good at the Chamber of Hearts. If Ye Qi brings a bug to help, they can easily pass the Bloody Maple Leaf and draw some good cards."
Xiao Lou said: "Let's ask them for their opinions later."
In fact, the most important point for Xiao Lou to make Ye Qi his teammate is——
Ye Qi knows a lot, and has even experienced nightmare secret rooms that most challengers would never dare to imagine. However, he still retains a kind heart. He places bugs on all challengers to know where everyone's supplies are stored.
, however, he did not even steal a bottle of milk, but carefully avoided danger and found a way to pass the level by himself.
When he was about to starve to death in the nightmare chamber, he didn't steal or rob.
It is actually not easy to maintain one's original intention under such difficult conditions.
He has experienced betrayal and knows how uncomfortable it feels to be betrayed. Therefore, he will not treat others in the same way. If he is allowed to join the team, Xiao Lou believes that he will not betray.
After returning to the third floor, Xiao Lou told Ye Qi and Shao Qingge his thoughts: "Why don't you two go to the Secret Room of Hearts together?"
Ye Qi looked at Shao Qingge anxiously and said: "Professor Xiao is right, I have no teammates. If the 3 of Hearts secret room is randomly matched, if I encounter a bad teammate, I will probably be eliminated."
Shao Qingge looked at him with a smile: "You want to team up with me?"
Ye Qi nodded vigorously: "Is it okay?"
Shao Qingge shrugged: "If you hold me back, I will throw you out without hesitation."
Ye Qi immediately assured: "No, my clearance score in the 2 of Hearts secret room is S. I have played some escape room games in the real world. Although not many, I probably know how to collect clues and will never cause trouble."
Shao Qingge, who received a score of C, smiled and said, "Okay, then I will forcefully take you with me."
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang: “………………”
Mr. Shao, you are such a scumbag, you have the nerve to say that you will take him with you? He is the one who takes you, right?!
The author has something to say: It was originally going to be updated separately, because there is a lot of content about Ye Qi’s children joining the team, so I updated 2 chapters at once.
Regarding the issue of plagiarism, first of all, Ye Qi eavesdropped, not to copy homework, but to find the person who stole the materials and avoid risks.
Copying homework is a subjective inference by Xiao Lou and others, not an objective fact.
I hope the little angels in the comment area won’t be too excited.