Chapter 53: The Hand Reaching Out from Behind the Door
When I woke up, I found myself in a room. Not only me, but Mi Qiqi and the others were also there, including Zhao Pengyu.
I covered my dizzy head and looked around in confusion. I was in a room. There was a bed in the room, and other than that, there was only a bookshelf. The door in front of me was blocked.
As I was observing the situation in front of me, Zhao Pengyu suddenly woke up. He looked around in confusion and said, "Where is this place?"
"This should be the secret room. Be careful. The nightmare is about to begin." I glanced at him and said.
Zhao Pengyu nodded, and as he woke up, the others also woke up. Everyone looked around, their faces full of fear.
"What happened? I remember we were in the classroom." Mi Qiqi couldn't help but ask.
"This should be the secret room." I turned my head and looked at her and said.
"So this is the place, but where is this place?" Mi Qiqi muttered to herself, looking around with fear in her eyes. Because the room we were in was really shabby. From the surroundings, we could tell that we were in a building.
I looked at the people who woke up one by one and said calmly, "Now we must unite and escape from this secret room together. Otherwise, only death awaits us."
"Yes, we must unite together." said Chen Lanyu.
The others nodded as well. There were ten of us in total. Except for four girls, the rest were boys.
"The most urgent thing is for us to leave here." said a boy.
"The question is, how do we leave?" said Zhao Pengyu.
"Of course I leave through the door, where else can I leave?" The boy glanced at me, then walked forward and was about to open the door. However, he tried to bend the door handle, but it didn't open at all. This made him stunned and a little embarrassed.
I didn't look at him, but looked out the window. To my surprise, it was gray outside and I couldn't see anything.
And at this moment, the message from the gatekeeper of the underworld appeared on our mobile phones.
"The room escape game has begun. You must leave this house within three days, otherwise only death awaits you."
I glanced at my phone and the voice said helplessly, "There are still three days left, which should be enough for us to leave here."
"Our most urgent task now is to get out of this room," said Chen Lanyu.
"That's right." I nodded. Just as I was about to say something, a boy said, "I have an idea that will allow us to leave here immediately."
"What method?" I looked at him and asked.
The boy pointed outside the window and said, "We can just break the window, tie the curtains together, and then get out of the window one by one. Wouldn't it be easy to escape from this house this way?"
"Well said, this is a great idea." Mi Qiqi said excitedly, and the others nodded.
Instead, I frowned and said calmly, " I don't think this method will work."
"Why?" Chen Lanyu asked.
"The gatekeeper of the underworld is not a fool. Since it is an escape room, how could he let us leave through the window?" I couldn't help but say.
"That's true, but this alone doesn't mean anything," said Chen Lanyu.
"In that case, let's get ready. Let's try to see if we can leave through the window first." I said with a smile.
The others nodded, and then they prepared themselves. Soon, they opened the window, and then a rope made of curtains stretched out of the window. But when I looked out the window, I saw that it was gray outside and I couldn't see anything at all.
"It's better not to go down. I always feel something is not right." I said with a frown.
"Don't worry, it's just fog outside, I'll go down first." The boy said. Then he tied the curtains to the radiator, tied the rope around his waist and climbed down from the window.
Watching his actions, I don't know why, but I always feel a little uneasy.
But no matter what, his method can indeed allow us to leave the secret room quickly.
Just as I was watching him slowly fall with anticipation, I suddenly heard a scream.
We were startled for a moment, and then hurriedly looked down, but it was all gray outside and we couldn't see his body at all.
"Hurry up and pull me up! Hurry up!" The boy's panicked voice came from outside the window. He seemed to have encountered something terrible, and he shouted almost in collapse.
Hearing him say that, several of us hurriedly grabbed the curtains and tried to pull him up. But when we slowly pulled his body over, everyone's face changed.
Because in front of us, the boy's head was gone, leaving only the part below his neck, and it was covered in blood and looked very scary.
Seeing this scene, Chen Lanyu screamed and quickly let go of the rope, and the other girls did the same.
I was the only one who was pulling the rope, looking at the man's body, and muttering, "Why is his head gone?"
Chen Lanyu frowned and asked in a panic, "What happened? Why did he die?"
"I don't know, but he must have died by falling out of the window." I said, looking at the body. The body in front of me was so miserable. Not only did he lose his head, but blood was also sprayed all over his body. It was really creepy.
"What did he see outside the window?" Mi Qiqi shrank into a curl of body out of fear.
"I don't know, but I'm afraid we can't get out through the window." After I said that, I put down the rope in my hand, and then the corpse in front of me fell out of the window again.
Yang Ziqi looked at me and asked, "So, the only way we can do is to escape from this secret room?"
"Yes, it seems that there is no other way at the moment." I looked at her and said.
"Even so, how are we supposed to leave this house? The door is locked." Chen Lanyu said, pulling the door handle.
I walked forward and observed for a while, then said, "Everyone, look for it. There may be a key in the room."
After hearing what I said, many people started to search randomly, and soon someone found the key. This person was Mi Qiqi. She was holding an old key, looking at me and said, "This should be the key, right?"
"Yes, it should be the key." I took the key and looked at it briefly, then hurriedly used the key to open the door. The door in front of me opened with a snap. I gently pushed the door open, with a strange look on my face.
What caught my eye was a bedroom. The environment here seemed very gloomy, as if no one had lived there for a long time. Not only that, there were messy things placed everywhere. There were also bloody handprints on the wall, which made people feel numb at just one look.
"You know what, this place really has the atmosphere of an escape room." Chen Lanyu said, looking around.
"Yeah, it really seems to be the case." said Mi Qiqi.
I frowned at them and said calmly, "Be careful. I have a bad feeling."
"What's so strange about it? This is a secret room. We just need to escape." Mi Qiqi said carelessly, and her face no longer had the fear she had at the beginning.
"Don't worry about that for now." I walked around the bedroom and came to the bedroom door. I pushed it gently, but found that it couldn't be opened at all. I couldn't help but say, "It seems we have to find the key."
"Then go look for it, we will definitely find it." Chen Lanyu said. Then the others immediately started looking. It's not easy to find the key in this place with all the clutter.
I rummaged around randomly, looking for traces of the key. Others were also rummaging around, with calm looks on their faces.
Zhao Pengyu came to my side and whispered, "It seems that this game is not that dangerous. The boy's death just now was entirely his own fault."
"I can't say that. I can't say that there is no danger here yet." I frowned and looked around. I don't know why, but I always felt that someone was watching me silently. This feeling was very strong.
"I found the key." A girl said at this time. She excitedly held up a key and said proudly, "I found it in the drawer."
"This should be the key to the bedroom door, everyone follow me closely." I said hurriedly. Then I came to the bedroom door and opened it.
When I opened the door , I was surprised to see three more doors in front of us.
Looking at the three doors in front of me, I frowned and said, "It seems that the exit is among these three doors. Which door should we choose?"
At this time, Tong Tong beside me said, "Why bother choosing? Just open all three doors and see."
After saying that, she directly opened the middle door. After she opened the door, suddenly two cold arms stretched out from the door, hugged her directly, and dragged her into the door.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Tong Tong struggled and screamed, "Save me, save me!"
The two arms wrapped around Tong Tong, and then desperately pulled her back. Seeing this, I rushed over, grabbed Tong Tong's hand, and tried to pull her back. However, the strength of the two arms was too great, and I was caught off guard and almost got pulled in.
Seeing this, Chen Lanyu followed me and grabbed Tong Tong's body, and then pulled her out. Others also stepped forward to help, trying to pull Tong Tong back.
