Chapter 80: Extra: The Trapped Beast (12)
The third room, to put it simply, resembles a square funnel that has been reversed.
The walls of the four sides of this room are not completely perpendicular to the ground like the previous two rooms, but shrink upwards with an arc that is clearly visible to the naked eye. In the center of the top is a narrow skylight-like thing, about a dozen meters above the ground, although it is not very high, but it is designed to be at a height that the bald man with the strongest physical strength cannot jump.
Not to mention that the room was already submerged in water at this time, and if you wanted to jump with all your might, you had to deduct the resistance of the water first.
Considering that there is nothing in this room, the four walls are bare, the room is empty, and even the small pavilion that can be seen before does not exist, this skylight is obviously the key exit of this escape room.
There were only five people left in the room at this time, namely the bald man, the vest man, the punk 'woman', and Amano and Lily of the Valley, who had just arrived. After all, the first three people stabilized their bodies in the second room, and when the water calmed down, they quickly arrived here, although the body of the punk 'woman' was already quite weak, but the water level just now was not high, and she could barely hold on.
However, the thick-eyed man who had been injured before was not as lucky as her. On the way from Amano and Lily of the Valley, they saw this floating corpse in the water, his clothes in front of his 'chest' were open, and the corners of his mouth could faintly see blood stains that could not be washed away.
The dead player couldn't see the name and other information, so Amano took a look at it and moved on, but Lily of the Valley folded his hands and bowed, which was the last bit of respect for the deceased.
When the two of them walked into the room, they happened to see the bald man fail to take off again. Looking at his flushed face, it was obvious that he even had the strength to eat 'milk', and the man in the vest was helping him lift him up with both hands below. But even if the two of them work together, there is still a distance of about half a meter from the skylight.
Seeing Amano coming in, the bald man's eyes lit up: "Hey! That newcomer, hurry up and kneel! ”
His idea was very simple, if the two of them worked together, the height difference would be exactly half a meter, and if Amano was allowed to kneel on the ground and use his back as a pedal, he would almost be able to make up for this little difference in height. And because of the upper body surface, the vest man can also exert more strength.
Hearing the bald man's words, the man in the vest looked at Amano, raised his head and looked at the skylight, and actually reacted. He leaned over to the bald man with a flattering look on his face and said respectfully, "Hehe, that...... Boss, when you go up, remember what you promised me......"
"Less nonsense, what I Han Guang said doesn't count when it doesn't count!"
The bald man roared in dissatisfaction, and then shouted viciously at Amano, "Did you hear that!" Hurry up, or the water level will rise again! ”
"It's useless. You can't get out like that. ”
It was completely different from the previous Amano who was always silent and acceptable, and at this time this voice was indifferent and calm, as if he had 'insight' of everything in front of him. The difference in attitude between the front and back was too great, and the bald man and the vest man turned their faces in surprise at the same time, and even the punk 'woman' who was leaning against the wall and dying raised her head in shock.
"What are you talking about?" The bald man frowned, "I don't want to live anymore, do I?" Tell you, be obedient now, and I'll find a way to pull you out after I go up in a while, and if you resist, that guy will be your example! ”
The "guy" in his mouth obviously refers to the thick-eyed man who was kicked and cut off before.
Amano smiled, "I know your nature is not bad. When I saw the corpse just now, I noticed that the clothes on the deceased's 'chest' were turned open, and you did the 'chest' external heart compressions, right? ”
Cardiac compressions are a first-aid measure in which a person in shock is given vigorous pressure from outside the 'chest' to help the heart beat and is used to regain consciousness in a person in shock. The punk 'woman' obviously doesn't have the extra physical strength, and the vest man, as a loyal follower of the bald man, obviously wouldn't do such a thing without the former's permission. Looking at his expression, he obviously didn't know anything about what Amano said, and after such an exclusion, it was obvious that it could only be the first aid handled by the bald man.
It just didn't work out.
After all, he is still an ordinary person with flesh and blood, and the high-pressure policy he put on before was also out of the consideration of Liwei, just to make others obey his orders, and he didn't really go to kill.
But it's too late to say this now, it is undeniable that the thick-eyed man did die because of his injury, and the bald man did not protect these people who sacrificed for the team as he said before. It would be okay if he treated the bad guy like this all the way, but when Amano said this, his position became very delicate.
"Less nonsense!" The bald man yelled, "Come here and kneel down immediately!" Or I'll kick your feet off!" ”
"It's useless for me to say."
Amano tilted his head up and squinted at the skylight, where every part of his body was inexplicably in an unprecedented state, allowing him to accurately measure the width of the skylight with just his eyes.
"For the width of an adult's shoulders, this skylight is too narrow, and everyone in this game is relatively close in size, and the red-haired 'female' here is also a tall type with broad shoulders. With both shoulders intact, I don't think it's going to be able to get through. ”
As soon as this conclusion came out, everyone stayed where they were. Their eyes fell on Amano's severed shoulder.
"I wonder why this game has pavilions that don't make much sense to solve puzzles, especially when there is something like cutting off a shoulder that is completely disproportionate to the cost and gain. But when you look at the skylight, you should understand that the removal of the shoulder is not the price that you have to pay for the acquisition of those useless items, but on the contrary, it is the end itself. In order to escape from this room, we had to self-mutilate, which is exactly what this game wants us to do. ”
The bald man also glanced up, and his face changed. His eyesight was not bad, and he was the closest person to the skylight in the gang at one time, and he should have found out about it early in the morning, but before that he had focused on how to jump to that height, and he hadn't thought too much about it. At this point, he turned sharply and was about to rush to the previous room, but the water level had risen to a higher position before he knew it, and it was more difficult to walk. He kicked his feet and swam over with his hands and feet.
"It's useless."
Amano's voice sounded again from behind him: "By the time you swim there, the water level is estimated to have passed the pavilion." This opens up two possibilities, one is that the trap in the pavilion will stop working automatically, and the other is that the trap will start as usual, but the sprayer will not work after contact with water, and you will eventually die of blood loss. ”
The bald man's movements froze. I saw him quickly take out the sprayer he had hidden from his arms, only to see that the thing melted into a ball like the iron hood they had worn on their heads. It is not difficult to imagine that the sprayers in each pavilion are also like this at this time, and Amano is right, if the mechanism stops working, it is okay, I am afraid that it will really be cut off, and it will not be able to stop the bleeding, and in the end it will only be equivalent to suicide in disguise.
This conclusion is tantamount to a formal sentence of death. The bald man walked back slowly, raised his head and looked at it for a while, and then asked, "What about 'getting' to get the shoulder joint off?" Is there a chance to pass? ”
Amano shook his head: "It's still going to be a little worse." The width of the sunroof is about one shoulder plus the head, and if you look closely, you can see that one side is wider, which is for the head. It can be said that not only do you have to get hurt, but you also have to find the right position to get through. ”
"It's hard to be so precise when you jump, right?"
"You don't need to jump, the water level will rise all the way to that height, and you just need to keep treading water and floating during this time. It would be much easier if you could get back the lifebuoy you got before, otherwise it would depend on willpower. I guess it's going to be too long, and although there's no time limit for the killing mechanism to use as a reference, the game says it will take about two hours at first. ”
The bald man nodded. His expression gradually calmed down, as if he had accepted the fact in front of him. The punk 'girl' next to her also lowered her head. However, in the midst of this silence, the man in the vest suddenly roared, raised his fist and threw himself towards Amano!
"So you're the only one who can go out? Why! ”
The man in the vest reddened his eyes and slammed his fist down. Although Amano raised his hand in time to hold his fist, the difference in strength caused by the difference in the level of the two sides still existed, and this punch sank vigorously, directly blasting Amano's entire person into the water!
"Why! Why! Why! Why! Why! ”
Every time the man in the vest roared, he slammed his fist down, and the water in front of him was splashed by him, and Amano never 'showed' out of the water again.
The bald man had a slight unbearable 'color' on his face, as if he wanted to go up and stop it. However, at this time, he was also a person waiting to die, and his whole body seemed to have lost his motivation because of this cruel fact, and he couldn't move. He was about to open his mouth to drink the latter, but he saw the man in the vest suddenly change his expression.
He raised his hands in surprise, only to see that both wrists were already hanging limply, as if someone had 'made' the joints out of his joints with a swift movement.
"Calm down."
Amano surfaced a few steps ahead of him. He calmly moved his somewhat sore wrist and said slowly: "Although it is impossible for you to go out through the skylight, I personally think that there may not be no other way to survive here. ”
"Really?"
The man in the vest and the punk 'woman' looked up in surprise at the same time, and Amano was saying, are there other escape routes in this room? However, only the bald man noticed what Amano was saying.
His words are very 'precise', not a "passage" for "escape", but a "method" for "survival".
"You want to say that you keep treading water in here to stay alive and then survive until the end of the game? In that case, you can still keep your point zero status because you don't die, and you can participate in the next game. The bald man shook his head, "I don't think this method will work, according to the torturous habit of this game, the final water level will be so high that even the skylight will be flooded." ”
"I think so." Amano smiled, and at the same time stretched out his finger, pointing to "someone" present.
He looked at the man and said slowly but firmly, "I suppose you should have a way to keep people alive, right?" ”
Everyone's stunned eyes turned to the person he was pointing at, and the shocked look seemed to suddenly realize that such a person existed. And this person was still smiling softly as usual, but the coldness that suddenly revealed in his eyes made people shudder.
"Why her?" The punk 'female' asked in a trembling voice.
"There are many suspicious things, but the most obvious one is in front of you." Amano replied, "She's narrower than the width of her shoulders and can pass by simply removing the joints, and if I were the game designer, I wouldn't have put this person into this game." ”
"Hehehe......"
Lily of the valley smiled.
"Good eyesight"