Chapter 25 The King Brings Bronze

During dinner in the evening, everyone gathered in the private room, and almost everyone from the program team was present. In addition to the three special guests, there were also three permanent members of Secret Room Decoding, all of whom are veterans of variety shows in the entertainment industry.

Teacher Min took the lead in pouring a few glasses of juice, and then clinked glasses with Xi Nian and the others. He was about forty years old, with a gentle and friendly smile: "Tomorrow the show will be recorded in the suburbs. It is the first time for everyone to play. Don't be afraid, I will bring it with you."You guys, remember to read the rules of the game when you go back, so as not to get kicked out for no reason."

Teacher Min is considered to be the soul of the captain. He is mature, stable, and thoughtful. Most of the previous programs were able to pass the level successfully under his leadership. He is also very supportive of the younger generations and has a good reputation in the industry.

Xi Nian and Bai Yicheng both nodded in agreement, but Qiao Zhi sat aside without saying a word. She seemed a little tired, with her eyes lowered as if she was not sleeping. Her big wavy hair was randomly tied twice, and she looked as glamorous as she does online.Very different.

Another old member, Wang Yao, came from a comedy background and later switched to variety shows. Most of the laughs in the show were on him. He was nicknamed Wang Santu by netizens. Seeing that Qiao Zhi was silent, he stretched out his hand, snapped his fingers, and took a mouthful of Tianjin.Voice: "Hey, I thought I could get an autograph from the goddess, which would be great, but I fell asleep."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and Qiao Zhi also came to her senses. Kong Xi, the only female team member, sat next to her and said with a smile: "Qiao Zhi must be tired after flying for so long.If you want an autograph, you have to ask for it tomorrow.”

Wang Yao: "Ha! This is a united front."

Xi Nian knew Qiao Zhi in his previous life and could barely be called friends. He vaguely remembered that at this time, Qiao Zhi's agency seemed to be forcing her to break up with her boyfriend outside the industry. The situation between the two parties was very tense, so it was just a matter of self-interest.He ate the food and didn't say anything.

Bai Yicheng was interested in making friends and took the initiative to chat for a few words. The two of them became familiar with each other. He was not a bad person, but he was too straight-tempered. After dinner, he lowered his voice and said, "I heard that there will be a two-person team in tomorrow's script."For the team stage, why don’t we two team up together when the time comes.”

His underlying intention was obvious. He didn't want to get involved with Qiao Zhi. Everyone wanted to perform well in a variety show. The show's level was inherently difficult, and he also brought a woman who was holding him back. Just thinking about it made people go numb.

More importantly, as long as the male stars involved with Qiao Zhi will be involved in the scandal, male stars like Bai Yicheng who are on the rise of their careers will not be involved.

Xi Nian did not agree immediately. The first reason was that he and Qiao Zhi were friends in their previous life. The second reason was that Bai Yicheng's behavior was no different from being isolated: "Let's listen to the arrangement of the program team. Maybe Mr. Min and the three seniorsHe will take us one by one."

Bai Yicheng thought so and stopped talking. Anyway, as long as he wasn't with Qiao Zhi, he could be with anyone.

Xi Nian is silently planning tomorrow's program recording. As fans said today, Teacher Min is the most stable and honest one, and he will follow him when necessary, while Wang Yao is slippery and the best at deceiving people, so he cannot be trusted;Kong Xi is a rare actress with a high degree of education and high IQ in the entertainment industry. She is responsible for her brain power. Most of the time, she has to rely on her to unlock the clues to clear the game.

Although Xi Nian didn't plan to be in the limelight in the game, he couldn't let others cheat him. At least he had to survive until the end and go out and slap the fans in the face.

Well, the faces of my own fans.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone had eaten and drank. They all said goodbye and went back to their rooms. Xi Nian was inevitably given a few glasses of wine, but fortunately the alcohol was not high. After he returned to the room, he pushed the door open and found Lu Xingzhe.Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, playing with the camera, as if taking pictures.

Xi Nian stretched out his hand to unbutton his shirt, walked up behind him, and said in a low drunken voice, "What are you filming?"

Lu Xingzhe came to his senses and showed him the camera: "Take some night scenes, they are quite beautiful."

The hotel they stayed in was a landmark building in City C, located in the central city. From here, they could overlook a large night view. Lu Xingzhe had not touched a camera for a while, and it was inevitable that his hands would be itchy.

Xi Nian nodded and asked him to continue taking pictures, and then fell on the bed to rest. Seeing this, Lu Xingzhe couldn't put it down and rubbed the camera, put it down reluctantly, and quietly lay next to Xi Nian, lying on him and smelling it like a small animal.Wen: "Have you been drinking?"

Xi Nian was half drunk and half awake with his eyes closed. His slender fingers fell on the top of his hair, and then he rubbed it: "Why don't you go play with your precious camera?"

Lu Xingzhe glanced at him and teased him with a half-smile: "You are the big baby, and he is the little baby. It is more important to be with you."

Hearing this, Xi Nian pinched his chin and wanted to correct something, but was too lazy to correct him, so he let go and steeled himself to go to the bathroom to take a shower.

Because they had to record a program tomorrow, neither of them did anything. After turning off the lights, Xi Nian closed his eyes and remembered that the person next to him was afraid of the dark, so he reached out and took him into his arms: "Go to sleep."

Lu Xingzhe huddled in his arms, with only his head exposed. Hearing this, he quietly kicked the quilt, but was pinned down by Xi Nian again, and finally stopped moving.

Early the next morning, a makeup artist came to help them with their looks. Xi Nian and Bai Yicheng, the two big men, were fine. Qiao Zhi, on the other hand, put on makeup and hair. It took a long time before she came out. She also wore high heels, as ifGoing shopping.

Bai Yicheng frowned directly.

Xi Nian knew that she was taking the black and red route, and deliberately made some mistakes on herself to increase her popularity. However, playing in the secret room with high heels was no longer a matter of getting scolded. If she didn't do it, she would fall to her death and meet God.

Xi Nian glanced at her: "You are going to run in high heels while playing games today?"

Qiao Zhi was startled when she heard this, maybe she felt a bit stupid, so she ran back and changed into a pair of sneakers, and then everyone set off in the car.Xi Nian was not familiar with City C, and the route was not very clear. When he finally arrived at his destination, the surrounding area was deserted, except for a school that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. It always felt like a ghost movie shooting scene.

Qiao Zhi seemed to dislike Bai Yicheng, so she went aside to talk to Xi Nian, and touched her arm with some fear: "Will the program team abandon us in the wilderness?"

Xi Nian said, "You are worthless, so what's the point of killing you?"

Qiao Zhi was shocked: "..."

Damn it, she thought Xi Nian was a warm baby, but he turned out to be a poisonous man for a long time.

#I thought it was Wenwen Township, but it turned out to be a poison manufacturer?!#

Teacher Min and the others arrived ten minutes late. They heard this conversation as soon as they got off the car. They couldn't help but laugh out loud. Wang Yao was so happy that he stepped forward and patted Xi Nian on the shoulder and said, "Be careful when you go in soon.We can't stand it when a woman becomes cruel."

Xi Nian didn't think too much, he just told the truth.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the program team followed the old rules and used instruments to test their whole bodies. Metal objects and mobile phones were not allowed to be brought in. Qiao Zhi had dressed up carefully, but all her necklaces, earrings and rings were taken away, and she looked disgusting.no.

Before the game starts, the guests all have a black blindfold in their hands. The director holds a loudspeaker and introduces the rules of the game in front: "This episode of the secret room is decoded as the campus theme "Ivory Tower." Before the game starts, the guests are asked to put on the blindfold.Enter the secret room under the guidance of others, please trigger all rules and plot lines by yourself."

Before the new year, I deliberately watched all the previous programs and knew that this was an old rule. Teacher Min and Wang Yao protected the new team members one after another. In order to avoid getting lost, they put their shoulders on each other, and thenGo inside under the guidance of the staff.

In a dark environment, people's senses will be infinitely magnified. Xi Nian followed the people in front. The air was filled with a smell of rust. The ground was piled with fallen leaves that were not suitable for this season, and they crunched when stepped on.

Suddenly, an iron door was opened by someone, making a sharp creaking sound. They twisted around and finally stopped in a closed environment. Only a click was heard. The staff left and the door was closed..

A loud announcement sounded overhead: "Guests, please take off your blindfolds."

Xi Nian inexplicably remembered the hanged man in the system. He reached out and took off his blindfold. He saw a dim red light. Looking around, he saw that everyone was in a classroom. There were dusty tables, chairs and benches next to them. There were chalk on the blackboard.It is full of words, as if there was a teacher giving lectures here just a second ago.

There were large blood stains on the wall not far away, which was shocking.

The school is supposed to be a place of innocence, but when thinking of the "ivory tower" the director team just mentioned and comparing it to the scene in front of them, everyone felt weird for no reason.

Just when the guests had just adapted, a cold prompt suddenly sounded in the headset: "There is a lottery tube on table No. 3 in the classroom. Players are invited to draw lots by themselves and form two teams."

Teacher Min had probably received the news in advance, so he was not surprised at all. He just frowned. They had three old members and three new members. It would be good if each person could lead one, but he was afraid of putting two newcomers together., which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty.

The light here is dim, and it always makes people feel like something is lurking in the dark. Xi Nian doesn't feel scared at all. He walked to table No. 3 and saw a lottery tube placed on it, no more, no less, exactly six, and there was a book with a cover next to it.Open the scratched fifth-grade math book and find the words "Wang Jia'an" crookedly written on the title page.

Xi Nian turned around and handed the lottery tube to everyone: "Draw."

"..."

Teacher Min didn't expect him to be so calm. He was stunned for a moment before reacting and said to everyone: "Then let's start drawing lots. I'm not sure if the program team will have a time limit, so it's better to do it as soon as possible and stay in the same place for a long time."It’s not safe.”

Qiao Zhi’s timid group: “Why is it unsafe?”

Kong Xi, who is also a girl, explained: "Because it is very likely that something will come to catch you."

As for what "thing" it was, it was hard to say. Her calm voice sounded in the silent classroom, making people panic for no reason.

Wang Yao was eager to try and took the lead in drawing a lot. There was a number 3 marked on the bottom. Xi Nian and the others followed closely and each drew a lot.

Teacher Min was a little helpless: "I am also No. 3."

In other words, he and Wang Yao are on the same team, which means that there will be two newcomers alone.

Xi Nian was number 2. He didn't care much about who he would be on the team with. He just observed the surrounding environment without any trace. His eyes were fixed on the question on the blackboard for a few seconds, but he had not calculated the answer yet.

Kong Xi was No. 1. When she unwrapped the signature, Bai Yicheng breathed a visible sigh of relief: "Teacher Kong, I am also No. 1."

Then only Qiao Zhi was left. She glanced at Xi Nian, and the sign on her hand clearly read 2: "We seem to be a team."

Xi Nian sighed: "Okay, I'm number two too."

Qiao Zhi felt a little weird inexplicably: "Is it my imagination? You seem to be a little reluctant."

Xi Nian corrected her: "It's not an illusion."

He was really reluctant.

Qiao Zhi: "..."

#WOZHINIMA, I’m heartbroken!!#

The camp was divided into three groups unknowingly. Kong Xi found three doors hidden in the darkness of the classroom, marked 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Thinking of the lottery numbers in their hands, Kong Xi said to everyone: "We may have to enter different rooms.Just go according to the sign number, Xiaobai and I will go to Gate 1, Xi Nian and Qiao Zhi will go to Gate 2, and Teacher Min and Santu will go to Gate 3."

No one had any objections. Before leaving, Bai Yicheng glanced at Xi Nian with some sympathy, and then said in a deep voice: "Take care."

Team 2 is likely to become the first guest team to die in the history of the show.

Seeing that they were all gone, Xi Nian stretched out his hand and pushed open the No. 2 door. What he saw was a silent corridor with different rooms on both sides, like a classroom in school. Qiao Zhi became a dog and followed Xi Nian shivering.: "I'm afraid."

Xi Nian: "I'm not afraid."

Qiao Zhi: "..."

The conversation ends.

Each secret room theme has a main plot, but it needs to be triggered randomly. The director looked at the team entering Gate 2 through the surveillance camera. Seeing that it was Xi Nian and the others, he probably found it interesting and told his assistant: "I didn't expect to be bumped into by them.Now, let’s start the main plot.”

So Xi Nian was walking well, when the lights above his head suddenly dimmed, and then a heartbreaking cry suddenly sounded in his ears. Accompanied by the sound of sharp tools cutting through cloth and piercing flesh, the radio blared,What I was reading was a news report from many years ago.

"At about 8:00 on June 19th, 2019, an injury incident occurred at Sheng'an Primary School in Changping City. A murderer broke into the campus with a knife and committed an attack, killing 8 people and injuring 16 others. The police initially estimated that he had a history of mental illness..."

At this point, the cold narration suddenly stopped, and his tone became weird and weird: "...the mentally ill person is walking around the campus with a sharp knife in his hand. Please rescue the real survivors and don't let him catch up..."Don't let him catch up..."

The broadcast said one last word.

"he,"

There was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near behind, and accompanied by the man's sickly chuckle, the door of Room 2 was suddenly banged and crumbled.

coming……

Xi Nian never expected that they were so lucky that they bumped into the nc directly. After reacting, he turned around and ran away. Qiao Zhi's legs were so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a thud. She hugged Xi Nian's thigh and refused to let go. She was frightened and cried.He said: "Oh, oh, don't go, don't go, I'm scared, if you want to go, take me with you, please, boss!!"

She hugged her too tightly and was dragged along the ground for a while by Xi Nian. It was so miserable. The banging sound from behind the door became louder and louder, and the lock was already shaking.

Xi Nian forcefully opened Qiao Zhi's hand, and then pulled her up from the ground: "I'll run first, you follow behind!"

Qiao Zhi looked shocked: "?!!!"

Brother, do you have any words?!

If not for the fact that the two of them could have been friends in their previous life, the idea of being a dead Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist was manifested in them. When Qiao Zhi saw Xi Nian disappear in the blink of an eye, she burst into tears of hatred., hurriedly followed behind and chased her wildly: "Xinian, I'm going to fuck you! Are you a man?"

Xi Nian thought that she had to ask Lu Xingzhe about this question. Lu Xingzhe knew best whether he was a man.

Rapid footsteps echoed in the corridor. Originally there were only two people, but at some point they quietly turned into three. Xi Nian ran while quickly trying to see if any of the closed doors around him could be pushed open. When he turned around the corridor, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Qiao Zhi had caught up with a perverted man wearing a blue and white hospital gown, covered in blood. The dagger in his hand was shining coldly, and liquid was still dripping down.

The man had a morbid smile on his face, and his face was so covered with blood that his facial features could not be seen: "I found you..."

He holds the knife in his right hand and holds a human head under his left arm.

Qiao Zhi was so frightened that she went crazy: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Classroom No. 4 is just around the corner. When Xi Nian just pushed the door tentatively, he didn't expect it to open with a creak. He was about to go in to escape, but who would have thought that a black shadow suddenly rushed towards him out of the corner of his eye.Knocked him away directly.

Knocked open alive...

Qiao Zhi burst out with astonishing speed at the critical moment of life and death: "Get out of my way! Don't block the way!"

After speaking, he rushed into the classroom first, and then closed the door with a bang. Seeing that the mental patient had caught up with him, Xi Nian simply pushed open the window and climbed in, then closed the window neatly.

There was only a muffled sound of "bang", and the mental patient rushed directly to the window in the next second. He stared at Xi Nian with evil eyes, the blood on his face was all over the glass, and he knocked with the dagger.The window, the voice was shrill and sickly, mixed with a low laugh: "Come out, come out, I see you..."

He hit the glass so hard that the whole window shook twice. As he got closer, he realized that half of his face was rotten. A pair of dark eyes were twisted and crazy. He stared at them and said: "If you don't come out, I will come in and look for you."You guys are here..."

Xi Nian was panting while running. Hearing this, he pressed his index finger on his lips and made a silent gesture: "Shh——"

He said: "Don't make a sound, you look too scary."

Qiao Zhi leaned against the door and was too tired to speak. When she heard this, she nodded frantically in agreement.

psychiatric patient:"……"

The entire program team saw the scene of them cheating on each other through the surveillance system. They were laughing so hard that they were out of breath. The director said: "I didn't expect that Classroom 4 was discovered by them again, and the second branch plot started."

The classroom was originally dark, but just when Xi Nian was taking advantage of the break to recover his strength, a noisy conversation started.

"...Please students, please turn your books to page 76...What we are going to study today is..."

"...Wang Jia'an...why are you distracted...come up and answer this question..."

"...Teacher...I...I don't know how..."

The muffled sound of the pointer falling on the body was accompanied by the female teacher's stern scolding: "Everyone else knows it, but you can't. You must figure it out! Otherwise, you can't go home today!"

Accompanied by the cry of a child, the broadcast suddenly stopped, and then the lights in front of the podium flickered, and a faint light illuminated, revealing a short body wearing a school uniform and a red scarf. He was clearly a student. Only then did Xi Nian realizeIt turns out there is another child in the classroom.

Qiao Zhi was originally scared, but now she jumped directly to Xi Nian: "Where did you come from, that little brat!"

The child originally had his back to them, but he slowly turned around after hearing this. His face was pale and bloodless, and his eyes were dark, like a ghost doll. He held half a piece of chalk in his hand and said, "Can you help me solve the problem?"?”

The classroom suddenly heard the sound of children sobbing, one after another, making people's scalp numb.

Qiao Zhi was recruited by a talent scout to film a movie in high school. She hadn't even finished school yet, so she couldn't do questions. When she heard this, she cried and shook her head: "No, no, no!"

After Xi Nian did not move, he looked at the little boy and asked aloud: "Who are you?"

The little boy said solemnly: "I am Wang Jia'an from Class 5 (3)."

Xi Nian asked again: "Are you a survivor?"

Qiao Zhi hid behind: "Do you even need to ask? Of course he is a survivor. Little kid, come with us quickly and we will rescue you."

The little boy shook his head and stubbornly handed the chalk forward. The crying sounds around him continued: "This question is too difficult. Can you help me solve it?"

Xi Nian glanced at the empty blackboard, then took the chalk: "Where is the question?"

The little boy just cried, and the cryer panicked: "The question is on the blackboard."

No matter how Xi Nian asked, he kept repeating this sentence over and over again. Qiao Zhi suddenly remembered that there was a blackboard in the first room they entered, with something written on it, but she didn't remember much, so she said to Xi Nian with a constipated face:"It's over, we may have to go back again and copy down the questions in the first secret room."

But the psychotic man outside was still wandering in the corridor and never left.

Xi Nian nodded in agreement, then walked up to the podium, wrote a question on it with chalk, and turned his head to look at the little boy: "Is this the question?"

The little boy nodded.

Qiao Zhi was shocked: "Damn it, when did you write it down?!"

The program team would not write something without reason. Xi Nian was very thoughtful. When he walked into the first classroom, he noticed that the topic on the blackboard did not look like random graffiti, so he wrote it down.

Fortunately, I wrote it down, otherwise if I go back now, I will definitely be hacked to death by the psycho outside.

Qiao Zhi really, really wants to leave this hellish place: "Kid, I've written out the questions for you, can you come with us now?"

The little boy shook his head, still saying the same monotonous line, accompanied by sobs: "This question is so difficult, can you help me solve it?"

The mentally ill patient wandering in the corridor seemed to have suddenly received some kind of instruction. Suddenly he started banging on the door crazily. The banging sound made people's hearts twitch. Qiao Zhi panicked and urged Xi.Nian: "Get him out quickly, quickly, quickly!"

Xi Nian thought to himself that this girl Qiao Zhi really didn't hurt when she stood and talked. He held the chalk and thought about the question carefully, and found that it was a classic geometry question. He was silent for a long time, then turned to look at the little boy: "...…Are all the questions you did in the fifth grade of elementary school so difficult now?”

little boy:"……"

Qiao Zhi listened with her heart trembling. What do you mean?Don’t know how to do it?

The mental patient hit the door harder and harder, and the door began to shake. The little boy finally changed his lines and said in a faint voice: "As long as you solve the problem, I can go with you."

The collar of his school uniform was stained with blood, and the red scarf was tied tightly around his neck.

Qiao Zhi rolled up her sleeves fiercely: "Let's just carry him away."

Xi Nian stared at the question, quickly drafted it with chalk, and asked aloud: "Do you know what you look like now?"

Qiao Zhi was stunned: "What does it look like?"

Xi Nian: "A kidnapper with a hideous face."

Qiao Zhi was stunned for a second, and then she punched the wall angrily: "A ferocious face? I have a ferocious face?! Look at the one outside the door! He's the one with a ferocious face!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Nian had already calculated the answer. He wrote a 6 in front of the equal sign, then turned to look at the little boy: "The answer is six."

The little boy suddenly smiled and clapped his hands: "You got it right, you got it right, take me away quickly, take me away."

Qiao Zhi's face was shocked the whole time, but Xi Nian accidentally glanced out of the window and saw the mental patient smiling at them through the glass, holding a human head in his arms. Even under the cover of blood stains, the facial features could be seen faintly.A bit familiar.

At that moment, something flashed through Xi Nian's mind, but it was too fast to catch. He slowly looked at the little boy, only to see blood stains on his collar, and his neck was tightly covered by a red scarf.Reality.

The reminders given by the radio began to echo in my mind again.

"...Please rescue the real survivors..."

"...a true survivor..."

for real!

With a click, Xi Nian broke off the chalk in his hand. He retreated to the door without leaving a trace, and then asked the little boy: "If I don't solve the problem, will you not come with us?"

The little boy nodded, clapped his hands and smiled: "But you have already solved the problem, take me away quickly, take me away quickly."

Xi Nian said: "You should stay here!"

After he finished speaking, while the mental patient was banging against the back door, he kicked open the front door with a single stride, and then shouted to Qiao Zhi in a low voice: "Run!"