Chapter 080: World Four [2-1]
The identity of the tiger demon was very easy to replace. She was a great demon who had lived for more than a thousand years, and she had inherited the bloodline of the White Tiger, which was mainly for killing. Even if the Administration had a great demon in charge, they did not want to have a bad relationship with the tiger demon.
So when the tiger demon registered at the beginning, she only registered her original form and her transformed appearance. She didn’t even give her real name, but gave a randomly made-up name to fool the Administration.
This made it much more convenient for Ling Yilin to operate later. She only needed to cooperate and answer a few questions after being rescued, and she could use the reason of changing her name to change her luck and use her original name.
Xuan Qing was a good friend of the tiger demon. After getting the news, she also came to the hospital inside the Administration, and came to Ling Yilin with a complicated expression.
“Hello, I am Xuan Qing,” after driving the irrelevant people out of the hospital room, Xuan Qing lowered her head and greeted, showing a sufficiently humble posture.
“Thank you very much for saving Xiao Bai, allowing her to avoid self-destruction and be successfully reincarnated,” Xuan Qing did not choose to hide it, but truthfully stated her friend’s current situation.
“Xiao Bai, is this her new name?” Ling Yilin lay on the hospital bed, the smile on her face full of deep meaning.
“Yes. As for her full name, I will discuss it with her and decide on a new name after Xiao Bai learns to transform. She is now just an abandoned little white tiger cub. It will probably take more than twenty years for her to grow up and transform successfully,” Xuan Qing said, trying hard to prove that her friend’s reincarnation was harmless enough.
Ling Yilin nodded and took out the space ring left by Xiao Bai from her space. “I have already taken the things I need inside. The rest can be considered a gift from me, this great senior, to a junior.”
Xuan Qing was so sensible, and Ling Yilin would not be stingy in giving the other party a little benefit.
“Thank you, senior,” Xuan Qing recognized her own friend’s ring, and she did not refuse.
Xuan Qing’s appearance and departure once again proved that there was no problem with Ling Yilin’s identity, making some people who had suspected Ling Yilin become unconfident.
After lying in the hospital for three days, Ling Yilin couldn’t stay any longer. After getting her new ID card, she left without saying goodbye. This was the style of a great demon. Being too conventional would only invite extra suspicion. Doing as she pleased would instead reassure the humans in the Administration.
【Master, it’s summer vacation now. The protagonist, who is a prospective freshman, is currently working in an escape room shop.】
“Is the protagonist working part-time? Is she short of money?” Ling Yilin asked casually. In the three days in the hospital, she had been busy sorting out important information and had not paid much attention to the protagonist’s movements.
【No. Although the protagonist is an orphan, her parents had left a will in advance after they had built up a considerable family business. The company shares that the protagonist holds have a dividend of at least several million a year.】
【The protagonist is just experiencing life. She wants to accumulate a little more life experience.】
【According to the original plot development, the protagonist will encounter a supernatural event when she is on the night shift. The staff member who was originally playing a ghost in the escape room accidentally fell asleep, but the customers were still frightened by a female ghost.】
【The guests were originally unaware until they met the dozing NPC, and then they realized that something was wrong.】
【The protagonist is a very good cultivator seedling and can occasionally see things that others can’t. So when she was called by her colleague for help, she immediately saw that something was wrong from the surveillance.】
【It’s just a pity that the protagonist has a lifetime of spiritual power but doesn’t know how to use it. When she went in to help, she was treated as a delicious little snack by the female ghost. After being caught…】
“Wait, didn’t I say before that I don’t plan on accepting the protagonist as a disciple?” Ling Yilin timely interrupted Xiao Qi and accurately guessed the other’s intention.
【Master can be a little more flexible. If you save the protagonist this time, you can get her gratitude. You don’t have to be the protagonist’s master; you can also be a senior that the protagonist respects. The protagonist’s recognition and trust can help you avoid the world consciousness!】
Xiao Qi still felt that its original idea was very good, but since its own master had refused, it could only change its suggestion.
【Master, you can just be the protagonist’s guide. A guide is not necessarily a master.】
Ling Yilin was a little hesitant. She subconsciously touched the phalanx on her neck and did not refuse Xiao Qi’s proposal. “Send me the protagonist’s location.”
【Sent. There are still three hours until the red-clothed female ghost causes trouble. You can go and have a meal, and then go to the escape room shop. There’s plenty of time.】
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The themed escape room that Meng Jiuge was in charge of had no customers at the moment. In her rare leisure time, she was holding a book in her hand, reading it word by word.
“Help! There’s a ghost! I want to get out! I want to get out! I’m not playing anymore!”
“Quick, get us out! I’m not playing this stupid escape room anymore! I want to get out!”
“Help! Help! I still have TV shows to watch! I don’t want to die here!”
“Wuwuwu, my browser history hasn’t been cleared yet! My innocence!”
The walkie-talkie placed on the front desk suddenly rang, and the customers’ wails came out, accompanied by shrill screams.
The one on duty was a university student who was also working part-time. He picked up the walkie-talkie without any surprise. While looking at the infrared surveillance, he pressed the walkie-talkie.
“Dear, we have arranged for real people to play the NPCs. Please don’t be afraid. That’s not a real female ghost; it’s my staff. If you quit the game midway, we will not give a refund. Do you still insist on quitting midway?” The university student’s words were skilled. It was not the first time he had encountered customers being scared by the NPCs.
“Xiao Lin, quick, go to the control console and turn on the lights inside for me! The one who is scaring them is not me! I’m with these few guests!” The NPC took over the walkie-talkie.
“The staff’s secret door also can’t be opened. See if you can open it from the outside. We want to come out!” the NPC actor said.
The university student, Xiao Lin, was stunned for a moment and couldn’t help but rub his eyes. “Sister Yu, but I don’t see anyone on the surveillance. Isn’t it just you and the four guests?”
“Is the central control light on?” the NPC, Sister Yu, asked.
“It’s on. I’ve already turned on the switch. The lighting system is on…” Xiao Lin’s words came to an abrupt halt.
From the surveillance footage, it could be seen that the lights in the escape room had indeed been turned on, but the light source had only appeared for less than three seconds before it went out with a click. Then, no matter how Xiao Lin fiddled with the central control switch, he couldn’t make the lights come on again.
“Sister Yu, wait for me for a moment. It might be a short circuit in the lights. You wait for me at the staff passage. I’ll be right there!” Xiao Lin knew that things were a little serious and stood up in a panic.
“Brother Xiao Lin, is your Sister Yu in area one or area two?” Meng Jiuge, who had come over, asked.
Xiao Lin was stunned for a moment and pointed to the location of area two. “Isn’t Sister Yu right here? She’s playing the red-clothed female ghost and is with the four guests.”
Meng Jiuge pursed her lips, her heart pounding a little. Because in her perspective, the suspected red-clothed female ghost had not only appeared in area two, but had also appeared in area one for a brief two seconds.
Perhaps it’s just a surveillance bug. The equipment here is not new. Maybe there’s a problem with the synchronization time of the surveillance, Meng Jiuge comforted herself in her heart. As a person who had just finished the college entrance exam, she was still a firm materialist warrior.
“Little Meng, you watch the surveillance. You take a walkie-talkie too. I’ll go and open the main door of the staff passage and let Sister Yu and the customers out. You keep an eye on the outside,” Xiao Lin said and opened a drawer. After grabbing a key, he ran off.
“Okay, Brother Xiao Lin. Remember to bring a flashlight,” Meng Jiuge reminded.
“It’s fine. I have my phone with me. I can just use the built-in flashlight on my phone,” Xiao Lin said, his voice getting further and further away.
Meng Jiuge sat in Xiao Lin’s position, clicked on the computer with the mouse, and brought up the surveillance of all twelve areas, displaying them in small windows on the screen.
“Sister Yu, it’s Little Meng. Brother Xiao Lin has already gone to open the door with the key. You can just wait at the staff passage in area two,” Meng Jiuge said while paying attention to the surveillance and contacting Sister Yu, to comfort her and the customers’ emotions.
Hearing that someone was coming to save them, the five of them’s fear did indeed lessen a little.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes.
After waiting quietly for one hundred and eighty seconds, Sister Yu couldn’t help but knock on the door of the staff passage and at the same time, pressed the walkie-talkie. “Xiao Lin, are you here yet? Don’t you open the wrong door!”
There was no problem with the function of the walkie-talkie, but there was no response for a long time.
“What’s going on? Why is the staff member also gone? Is there really a ghost!”
“Wuwuwu, I want to go home! I’m never playing an escape room again! I should have just watched a movie! A bad movie is a bad movie! It’s still better than being here!”
Sister Yu had a bit of a headache and could only contact another person. “Hello, hello, this is Sister Yu. Can you hear me, Little Meng?”
“Sister Yu, I can hear you. I’ve temporarily closed the door. I’ll bring a few more flashlights over in a bit,” Meng Jiuge held the walkie-talkie and began to stuff nuclear-powered flashlights into her pocket, stuffing three into her pocket in one go.
Meng Jiuge: “Sister Yu, the key to the staff passage was taken by Brother Xiao Lin. I’ll go and take a look at the second district first. We’ll keep in touch.”
“Can you not go to the second district and just come and find us? I don’t want to be locked in here, wuwuwu…” The scared customer couldn’t help but turn into a crying voice.
“Sister Yu, should I take the staff passage?” Meng Jiuge, who was standing at the door, was a little hesitant.
Sister Yu was also at a loss. The customer was God. If she were to go against the customer at this time, it would definitely make them even more scared. But if she didn’t take the staff passage, wouldn’t she still be trapped?
“Little Meng, there are also staff passages in area five and area seven. Go and check if you can open them. Some are simple mechanical locks. You can just open the buckle from the outside,” Sister Yu composed herself and continued to press the walkie-talkie, describing in segments.
“Our current location is in the bedroom of area two, where the NPC should be wandering. According to the procedure, the players should get a key from me here and open a door that leads to area five.”
“But for some reason, the key is not working. The players also said that they met another me on the way.”
“You try and see if the other passages are working. If not, just call the boss and tell him that I’m going to smash the door.”
Meng Jiuge listened attentively, holding a walkie-talkie in one hand and a nuclear-powered flashlight in the other, the kind that was said to have a light penetration of a hundred meters.
“Okay, Sister Yu. I’ve already reached the staff passage of area five. It’s the buckle device you mentioned. I’m trying to open it,” Meng Jiuge said and clipped the walkie-talkie to her collar, and began to open the door.
The buckle lock was very simple. You just had to pull, drag, and push. But when Meng Jiuge’s fingers touched the buckle, a bone-chilling cold drilled into her body through her fingertips, making her can’t help but shiver.
Damn it, it was summer now. Even if there was an air conditioner indoors, it shouldn’t be this cold.
Meng Jiuge licked her lips. After hesitating for a second, she still held the cold buckle with her hand and pulled open the door bolt, biting the bullet.
“Sister Yu, can you hear me, Sister Yu? I’ve already opened the staff passage of area five. I’m going to see if I can come over from the fifth game area now,” Meng Jiuge said.
While bending down to enter the play area, she did not forget to pull over a small low stool and jam the less-than-one-meter-five-high staff door, to prevent the door from being blown shut by the wind as soon as she let go.
“I can hear you. I’ll try again with the key with the guests. You wait for me at the door,” Sister Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
“I’m very sorry for bringing you a bad experience. It should be that our equipment has had a certain degree of malfunction, which is why this happened,” Sister Yu skillfully comforted the four customers.
“After we leave smoothly in a bit, I will refund the ticket fee to you, as a small compensation for the equipment malfunction,” Sister Yu said and took the lead in opening the bedroom door.