Behind the Iron Gate

Rising suspicions, closed rooms, countdowns that have lost their reference value, everything in front of them is heading towards disorder in this small cage. The nerves that had been tense until the beginning were finally approaching their limits, and here, even maintaining basic calm became a luxury, and everyone's hearts were thinking about when the people around them, as well as themselves, would fall into madness.

Fortunately, at this time, there are still people who are willing to stand up and represent reason.

"That's the only door, right?" Sukhoi struggled to make his voice appear calm and confident. He slowly walked over to the iron door, reached out and pushed it, and tried to turn the handle againβ€”as he expected, the door was closed, but not locked, and even though it weighed more than the strength of an average person's arm, it was not difficult to pull it apart as long as the strength of a few people on this side was gathered.

Sukhoi, however, only tried to turn it, and when he was sure he could, he withdrew his hand. He turned his face and shrugged, spread his hands and said, "It looks like this is indeed a door that can be opened." ”

At this end he stood and did not move. But the same would be true for anyone here. Sukhoi's actions only confirmed that this door could be opened, but was it the right thing to do to open this door? This is something that no one can be sure of.

You know, in the auction game, there is only a mention of "staying in the house for two hours", and the rest of the content is vague, although the host Matsumoto Makoto said "to ensure personal safety", but that obviously does not include the situation where the player himself dies.

In other words, the door is an element that is not mentioned in the rules, which means that there are infinite possibilities behind the door. It could be an opportunity to get out of here, or it could be a potential danger, such as a beast or an overwhelming poisonous insect.

Sukhoi's hand slowly swept over the pattern on the door, revealing a thoughtful expression. He had a gut feeling that there must be a hint on the subject, but unfortunately, no one here had learned the language, so he could only assume that it was a decorative pattern.

However, anyone who is familiar with Latin will be able to read the sentence with ease.

There is only one sentence written on the door: "Whoever enters this door must abandon all illusions." ”

"Vote."

Sukhoi said loudly, as if he had made up his mind: "It can't be delayed any longer. Whether you want to stay and wait for a miracle, or open up the future to create a future, let's decide together! ”

He took the lead and pressed his palm on the iron door: "Before I say what I want, I want to hear everyone's opinions. As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Xiang Nanxing, wanting to see how this guy who thought the same thing as him would choose.

And Xiang Nanxing just stood next to him, looking at the iron gate in a daze. Before Sukhoi proposed the vote, he had already begun to consider two different options, which eventually turned into two contradictory ideas, which were repeatedly at war in his chest. A voice told him that the other side of the door was the way out. However, another faint voice whispered that the exploration here was not over, and that it was impossible to draw conclusions too early, and that there must be some key issues that they had overlooked.

He made repeated comparisons, but couldn't make a choice, so he had to turn to the product of memory and ask questions to the imaginary Liang Jingmo. He uses this trick repeatedly in today's game, like an actor entering a play, through the imitation of the Liang Jingmo in his memory, to see which side a wise man like him will choose in this situation.

However, the imaginary guy just smiled, sat in the middle of the two options and dangled his legs, sometimes pointing to the left and sometimes to the right, as if to tell him that either way was okay. Instead, it seemed that it was going to teach Xiang Nanxing some methods to deal with other ordinary humans, but Xiang Nanxing was upset and didn't listen to it.

"Hell yes." He muttered unconsciously, attracting several nervous glances. However, he only said this, but he never waited for the most important next sentence.

"I think we should wait a little longer." Chris suddenly raised his hand timidly and said, "Maybe the host just forgot the time, so he didn't notify the staff to open the door in time...... I think we'd better wait here for a while, maybe the door will open in a minute? Don't mess around on your own. ”

In the midst of a group of adults, he clearly lacks self-confidence, and he speaks quieter and quieter in the end. His statement certainly represents an expectation in everyone's hearts, but if this expectation cannot be realized, it cannot be just done and waited.

Although the place was spacious and there was plenty of room to move around, there was no food, no drinking water, and their belongings were cleaned, which would be difficult if they really had to make it to the end of that chaotic countdown.

What's more, no matter how spacious this place is, it is closed, which will make people feel stuffy in the first place. At this time, I don't know if it's a psychological effect or if it's really different, after two hours of breathing, the oxygen concentration in the room has begun to drop at this time, and the more sensitive people seem to be able to feel their heartbeat accelerating, and the breathing rate has increased greatly.

Maybe before they starve or die of thirst, they will run out of oxygen.

"I'm going to open the door and keep going, damn it." Saiwei scolded, "It's just a psychological trap!" The smirk-smirking bastard host thought he was going to trap us this way, and I bet he would walk in through the iron door when we were starving to death, and said to us with a smile......"

He grinned, imitating Matsumoto's smile at all: "'Oh, I thought you would open the door and come out by yourself, why are you addicted to living in one or two of them?' ’”

He didn't even learn the style of his lines, it was completely his own imagination, but the strange tone and posture caused everyone to laugh for a while, and even the tense atmosphere was relieved a lot.

And if you think about it, such a possibility does exist.

"I agree with my brother."

Saiguang and Saiwei have been working together, and naturally they are on the same side at this time: "We have stayed for enough time as agreed by the rules - no, even greatly exceeded." If the host had wanted to let us out, it would have been long overdue. In this case, we cannot sit idly by, we should take the initiative and find a way out! As for the dangers that may arise over there, I think there are so many of us that if we stick together, we can overcome them! ”

Compared with Saiwei, Saiguang's words are more like idealistic and enthusiastic remarks. Ye Hua couldn't agree with this. He held his chin in one hand, looked at the iron door in thought, and only spoke slowly after more than ten seconds.

"I guess I'm still on Chris's side." "The iron gate is a fully enclosed structure, which means that even the air on the opposite side does not circulate," he said. In this case, the worst we need to anticipate is not a beast or a viper, but something more deadly, which is ......"

He glanced around and said slowly, "Poison gas!" ”

"It's a real possibility." Chris hurriedly picked it up, "If that's the case, this door is a dead switch, we must not touch it." ”

"But it's just speculation." Sukhoi calmly put a stop to the boundless imagination. He turned to Xiang Nanxing and said softly, "Okay, it's two to two now, I want to hear your choice." ”

He obviously planned to think about it after hearing Xiang Nanxing's answer, whether to open it or not, in fact, there are its own risks, and even the compromise plan of delaying the opening of the door also has potential risks: maybe there are various projects that require physical fitness on the other side of the door, if they are hungry here for a few hours, coupled with the lack of oxygen, if they only open the door to accept the challenge at that time, I am afraid they will have no chance of winning.

However, Xiang Nanxing has another compromise.

"Won't you just leave the door open?" "Removing some of the poison gas and other things like opening the door to kill people, and in other cases, leaving the door open ensures that we have the most information," he said. Even if there is a death, there are quite threatening situations, such as poisonous snakes hiding behind the door, and I think we can retreat here to deal with them, after all, this place is spacious. ”

"Hmm."

Sukhoi held his chin and fell into thought, and after a few seconds, he made a gesture and motioned for Ye Hua and Chris to come over. The three of them stood in a circle by the door, burying their heads in the middle, and they didn't know what they were discussing.

"Looks like it's going to open the door." Saivi said to his brother. They're just straight, but they're not stupid. Ye Hua and Chris are both Sukhoi's subordinates, and if the three of them agree, they just need to stand up and insist on staying. However, looking at the way they were discussing at this time, it was more like Sukhoi was enlightening and persuading the other two, which was enough to explain the situation.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, except for the injured Saiwei, everyone else threw themselves into the manual work of pulling the door.

The weight of the iron door was far greater than they thought, and at most there was a handle on it, but it was not something that ordinary people could open with a single pull. Sukhoi put his hands together, crossed his legs and hummed in front of the door for a while, but there was no movement. Then Ye Hua joined, the two joined together, Saiguang joined again, and the three of them united, but the iron gate was still blocked there, not moving at all.

Xiang Nanxing finally threw himself into the ranks of hard work, and even Chris was not to be outdone. A few people crowded in front of the door are not conducive to performance, but it is still possible to exert force. As the number increased to five, the iron door of the dutiful duty finally shook irresistibly. Sukhoi shouted a slogan in twos and threes, and then everyone worked together, and the mysterious iron door finally opened completely.

Xiang Nanxing held his breath and poked his head over and took a look inside. It made him can't help but "Huh? "Yes.

There was no poisonous gas, no poisonous snakes and beasts, no flying insects in the sky, and at first glance there was nothing that could threaten them, but a small piece of goosebumps floated uncontrollably on the skin on the back of Xiang Nanxing's neck.

It was his body that was warning him: sometimes there was no anomaly, but the biggest anomaly.

The room in the door was unsettlingly calm.

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