Chapter 47 The Great Escape Game
Faced with this strange room, Liu Haoyu felt an ominous premonition welling up in his heart.
He checked the items he was carrying.
The usual ghost-exorcising tools were all in his backpack.
This meant that besides a lighter and a pack of cigarettes, he had nothing else.
The dim room and the smell of decay were enough to put immense pressure on one’s mind just by being in such a place.
After confirming that there was no one else in the room, Liu Haoyu decided to check the hallway outside.
He gently twisted the doorknob, but there was no reaction.
The door lock was broken.
However, the door was not closed, and the lock cylinder inside had long since disappeared.
This meant that if he encountered any danger, this room that could not be closed would definitely not be a good hiding place.
Leaving the room, the environment in the hallway was even darker than inside the room.
The entire corridor was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for two adults to pass side by side.
There were also many杂物 (miscellaneous items) placed in the corridor, making it feel like walking into an alley from a supernatural horror movie.
The lights in the corridor flickered from time to time, illuminating the walls covered in cracks and stains, and the rows of rusted doors arranged haphazardly along the narrow corridor.
The lifeless environment made Liu Haoyu’s sense of unease grow even stronger.
If he encountered a fierce ghost in such a narrow corridor filled with杂物 (miscellaneous items), escaping would be impossible.
The top priority was to figure out what kind of place this was and to find weapons to arm himself.
With this thought in mind, Liu Haoyu tiptoed along the corridor.
The room he left was 309, and judging by the room number, this was the third floor.
The stairwell was not sealed off, allowing free movement up and down.
Like the hallway, the stairwell was also unusually narrow, only allowing one person to pass.
The steps were not tiled, but made of grayish-white cement, and due to the dampness, moss had grown along the edges.
Although he didn’t hold out much hope, Liu Haoyu still decided to go to the first floor to see if the main door was locked.
In the dark stairwell, Liu Haoyu’s footsteps echoed softly.
Compared to the pitch-black darkness where you couldn’t see your hand even when extending it, this dim darkness felt even more eerie.
“Tick-tock… tick-tock… ”
When he reached the first floor, Liu Haoyu suddenly heard a clock ticking.
He looked up following the sound, and on the wall in the center of the first-floor lobby hung an old clock.
The second hand was still ticking.
“23:18…”
Liu Haoyu glanced at the time, his expression solemn.
He vaguely felt that in this place, if it reached the midnight hour with the strongest yin energy.
Something terrifying might be attracted.
With time pressing, he went to the main door.
As expected, the main door was firmly locked with a chain, and no matter how Liu Haoyu tried, he couldn’t open it.
Moreover, the windows on the first floor were also boarded up, making the entire apartment like a sealed jar.
And Liu Haoyu was the turtle inside.
No one knew what would happen next, and Liu Haoyu didn’t want to sit and wait for death.
He planned to find some weapons to arm himself.
Or find some tools to escape.
Liu Haoyu went to the reception desk in the first-floor lobby, directly facing the ticking old clock.
“What’s this?”
At this moment, Liu Haoyu noticed a note placed on the table.
It was filled with dense blood-red characters.
“Welcome to the Murder Mystery Escape Game,”
“In this apartment hides a cruel and terrifying murderer,”
“Multiple victims have been dismembered and brutally killed in this apartment by him,”
“And you are its next target.”
“Please remember the following points, which are crucial for your survival in this game,”
“1. Never leave your room after 12 o’clock, but safe rooms are limited. Please confirm if the room’s lock is intact.”
“2. Scattered body parts are spread throughout the apartment. Stay away from these body parts.”
“3. Absolutely do not set foot on the fourth floor!”
“4. On the first floor, there is only 1 day’s worth of drinking water and food, but remember, once the food is out of sight, it cannot be consumed further.”
“5. Beware! The murderer is hidden among you!”
“…”
There were still many fragmented precautions afterwards. After reading these blood-red characters, Liu Haoyu covered his forehead, his eyes extremely solemn.
Especially the last point.
“Either find the real culprit or survive until the end… by any means necessary!”
Although he had gone from the third floor to the first floor without encountering any living people, judging by the information on this paper, there were other living people in this apartment.
It’s just… whether they were truly alive or not.
Liu Haoyu couldn’t say for sure.
He didn’t know what would appear after twelve o’clock, but he had to find a safe room to spend the night.
Returning to the third floor, Liu Haoyu saw that there were suddenly some footprints on the ground.
These footprints varied in size, with some large and some small, belonging to both men and women.
It seemed that as the note said, there were indeed other people in this apartment.
Should he go and see?
Liu Haoyu thought for a long time before deciding to act alone for now.
After all, he was alone, and possibly the last to join them.
It was basically impossible to gain their trust.
This situation was like a werewolf game; once you fell into a self-proving trap, it would be difficult to get out.
Moreover, Liu Haoyu was used to acting alone, and dealing with so many people felt uncomfortable.
There were a total of twelve rooms on the third floor. After trying them one by one, Liu Haoyu found that there were not many usable rooms left.
Most of the door locks had been damaged.
There were also some door locks with dark red bloodstains, and he didn’t know if they belonged to the previous victims.
“This room has no footprints.”
After confirming that the door lock was okay, Liu Haoyu entered the room.
The layout of this room was the same as the previous one. To enter, one had to pass through a U-shaped entryway before reaching the bedroom.
To the left of the entryway was the restroom.
The restroom door was currently closed.
After locking the room door, Liu Haoyu prepared to go through the entryway.
Walking through the entryway felt like walking through a tomb passage to Liu Haoyu.
And the bedroom in the center was the main chamber of the tomb…
“Creak~”
Pushing the old wooden door open a crack, Liu Haoyu first glanced into the bedroom to confirm there were no other monsters before pushing the door open completely.
As soon as he opened the door, a strong musty smell stimulated Liu Haoyu’s nasal cavity. He instinctively wanted to take out his gas mask, but after feeling around, he realized he hadn’t brought it.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu was too lazy to care and directly entered the bedroom.
Closing the door casually, Liu Haoyu instinctively lowered his head.
Immediately, he noticed a small set of footprints on the dusty floor.
