001

Desperate escape from the secret room

Libella completely woke up. After all, the presence of the pair of lifeless eyes in front of her was very strong. Even if she was not timid, at this moment, she was still scared by the gaze.

She turned over and left the place where she was lying. She took two steps back and saw that it was a coffin. But as a coffin, it was very exquisite. It was a crystal coffin.

Libella turned her head and saw the coffin lid next to it. From the shape, it did not look like a coffin in China. It looked more like a coffin in which a vampire was lying in in a British or American TV series.

She frowned and walked toward the coffin. Her fingers touched the cross on the front of the coffin lid. Sure enough, she found three letters engraved in gold below — R.I.P (REST)

in

PEACE).

It seemed that this was indeed a coffin.

Libella thought in a daze and turned to look at the person hanging directly above the coffin. It was a woman with messy hair and weak limbs hanging down. Her fingers pointed directly at Libella's "resting place" — the coffin.

There were spots on the skin of the corpse, which should be livor mortis. Her clothes were white and neat, which was out of place with the resentment of the deceased.

Of course, that was not the only thing that was out of place …

For example, this woman's head. If she was really hanged to death, her head should be tilted back. How could it be hanging down and her eyes just happened to be staring at her?

Not only that, livor mortis was something that would only appear after the blood stopped flowing. Since livor mortis had already appeared on her body, why was she still vomiting blood?

Tsk, it was really unbelievable.

Libella withdrew her gaze from the corpse, but she did not notice that when she lowered her head, the corpse slowly turned around on its own. It turned to the left with the rope around her neck and stopped for a moment. It happened to be facing Libella, and that pair of terrifying eyes locked on her again.

Libella did not feel anything strange and was still checking her fingers in surprise.

Compared to the woman who was hanging up, she looked more like a dead person.

The skin on her body was so white that it was almost transparent, and her body was extremely thin. It was very strange that she was almost skin and bones.

Libella looked down at her bare feet again and pinched her body.

There was no doubt that she touched hard bones. Except for her waist and thighs, there was almost no flesh on her body.

She must be dreaming … Libella thought, when did she become so thin? This was obviously not her body.

… But then again, where was this place?

Libella muttered in her heart and looked up blankly.

"Oh my god!"

She screamed and subconsciously took half a step back.

This, this corpse … When did it?

And those eyes were getting scarier and scarier. Why were they staring at her?

Was there something on her?

Also, why was she vomiting more and more blood in her mouth?

Moreover, all the blood had dripped into the coffin. It was so accurate that it was getting stranger and stranger!

. of the body of the corpse was of the body. the corpse of the corpse, she of the body.......

. of of the of the of the ….

Although the corpse did not answer her, the word "surprise" came out of her mouth. She unconsciously changed her language.

She was not familiar with Chinese, but fluent English. It was not her voice at all. It was weak and ethereal. In short, she looked more like a dead person than a hanging corpse.

… This place was getting stranger and stranger.

Libella took another step back. She looked away from the corpse again and carefully observed the place.

It was a small room with simple decorations. The floor was old, the walls were mottled, and there was a protruding part of the wall behind her. It looked like a window, but it was tightly nailed with wooden boards. Only a few rays of light came in. It was probably daytime outside. Otherwise, she would not be able to see the inside of the room clearly with just a few rays of light.

In front of the window was a coffin and a very strange corpse that could rotate on its own. On the left wall was a picture frame with a yellowed canvas inside, but there was no painting. On the right wall was a standing cabinet, and diagonally across from her was a closed door.

Li Bella was even more convinced that she was dreaming because this place looked like the scene of an escape room game, no matter how she looked at it.

However, she was good at solving these small puzzles. The steps to solve them appeared in her mind one by one.

First of all, the door should be locked.

Libella walked in the direction of the door. She turned the rusty doorknob. Sure enough, it was locked.

Secondly, she should be able to find something in the cabinet.

Libella turned to the right. There were two cabinet doors. The one on the left was locked, and the one on the right could be opened.

She pursed her lips and opened the cabinet door on the right. There was only one thing in the huge cabinet.

Uh ….

"What is this?"

Li Bella frowned and took out the item from the cabinet. It was dark inside the cabinet and she couldn't see anything. When she touched the item, she saw that it was a deer-hunting hat with the help of the dim light.

Deer-Hunting hat …?

Sherlock Holmes?

That's interesting.

Libella pursed her lips. She was about to pat off the dust on the deer-hunting hat when she reached out to touch it. The hat was of good quality. More importantly, the deer-hunting hat was clean and dust-free.

But that shouldn't be the case. Libella thought for a while and bent down to touch the cabinet. She touched a handful of dust.

Hmm, the magical deer-hunting hat that wasn't stained with dust was probably the key to opening the door.

After putting on the deer-hunting hat, Libella was about to turn around when she paused. She thought about the corpse that had given her a fright. She thought that the corpse would turn around and stare at her this time.

But she couldn't help but think that it wasn't exciting at all. If she turned around and found the corpse ten centimeters behind her, then ….

Hehe.

Libella grinned silently. She turned around to see if she would be frightened by this strange dream.

Hmm, the corpse did turn around and stare at her. That's right.

But the corpse didn't leave the rope around her neck. It was still in the same spot.

But Libella still pursed her lips and frowned. She looked disgusted. There was no other reason. The corpse was not only turning around to stare at her, but it was also vomiting blood like a river.

Tsk, that's not right. According to the way the corpse was hung up, it should be vomiting blood like a waterfall. The viscous reddish-brown liquid looked really uncomfortable and disgusting.

Li Bella felt goosebumps all over her frail body. She lowered her head and realized that not a single drop of blood had flowed out of the corpse. Instead, the blood had been stored in the crystal coffin. The crystal coffin was almost filled to the brim.

— Oh!

Libella's eyes widened. Realization dawned on her.

Could it be a timer?

Now that he thought about it, everything made sense. Before he obtained the key item, the Deerstalker Hat, the speed at which the woman vomited blood was measured in droplets. However, when she obtained the Deerstalker Hat and turned around, the corpse was already bleeding like a waterfall.

So, if the corpse spilled blood out of the crystal coffin, did it mean that her decryption attempt failed?

Very creative.

Although the method was a little strange and disgusting, the idea was quite good!

Escape rooms usually didn't have a time limit. This situation was novel.

And collecting items was related to Sherlock Holmes. As expected of her dream, it was very exciting.

Although Libella was shocked at first, she was not so nervous after that.

In her eyes, this room was not dangerous. Although it was a little strange and disgusting, the puzzle was not difficult overall. She was confident that she could escape before the blood flowed out of the crystal coffin.

For example, the last step now should be to start from the picture frame.

Li Bella walked over with her hat and spun it in her hand. She glanced at the corpse from the corner of her eye as it slowly turned around. Its horrifying eyes seemed to have come alive, as if it could not wait to skin her, pull out her tendons, and swallow her into its stomach. The atmosphere was created quite well, and she even felt a little nervous.

She withdrew her gaze and focused on decrypting. There was nothing in the picture frame now.

Libella tried turning the picture frame, knocking on the wall, or directly attacking the canvas. She could only hear the empty space behind the canvas. This meant that there was a small space behind the picture frame. It was very likely that the key was inside.

Other than that, no mechanism was triggered.

Libella looked at the hat in her hand thoughtfully. This must be related to the deer-hunting hat. But where was the breakthrough point? Libella glanced at the crystal coffin next to her. Her heart sank. The blood in the crystal coffin was rising at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Oh no, if I don't solve it now, I'm afraid I'll die.

Libella stopped smiling and calmed down to think about this fantasy setting. The hanged corpse's head was drooping, and it was still vomiting blood after having livor mortis. There was a spotless deer-hunting hat in the dusty cabinet …

It seemed that the ordinary decryption method based on physics could not keep up with the imagination of this puzzle. She had to develop a new way to solve the puzzle.

Well, for example …

At this moment, a beam of light happened to come in through the gap between the wooden boards on the window. The light flashed into her eyes. Libella raised the hat in her hand to block it. However, when the sun shone on the deer-hunting hat, the picture frame in front of her moved.

Libella was stunned. She narrowed her eyes and slowly turned the deer-hunting hat in her hand. She found that where the sun shone on the deer-hunting hat, it was directly projected into the picture frame.

Very good.

Looking at the deer-hunting hat in the picture frame becoming clearer and clearer, Libella chuckled. It seemed that the puzzle was solved.

The blood in the crystal coffin was still increasing, and the deer-hunting hat in the picture frame was gradually becoming clearer. When the deer-hunting hat completely appeared, the silhouette of a person appeared behind it.

Wearing a deer-hunting hat and holding a pipe. It was Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes.

She stepped forward and the picture frame automatically moved for her. The space behind it was also exposed. It was indeed a key. After picking up the key, Libella quickly returned to the cabinet and opened the locked cabinet door on the left. There was a key lying inside, and a word slowly appeared.

This word glowed faintly in the darkness, but its presence was very strong.

[Atavism]

What was atavism?

At this moment, there was no time to think. Libella only cared about quickly taking out the other door key from the cabinet. She turned back to look in the direction of the crystal coffin. It was really a timer. The person who would punish her for failing to decrypt the coffin was the corpse that wanted to eat her.

The rope around the corpse's neck had begun to crack. The corpse was about to fall into the blood pool and jump out of the crystal coffin!

Click.

A crisp sound came from under her hand. Libella was overjoyed. It was open!

She turned back and glanced proudly at the corpse that had fallen into the blood pool. Then, she pushed the door open.

Libella was dumbfounded. What was this?

What was the meaning of this corridor that was similar to the room just now?

Was there another room to decrypt?

But this guy behind her …

Libella turned back to look. The corpse had already climbed out of the blood pool. The surrounding areas that were splashed with her blood had begun to corrode. This corpse was covered in blood, and its face and eyes were filled with reddish-brown liquid. It looked much more disgusting than before.

Gulp.

Libella swallowed her saliva and quickly went out of the door. She decisively locked the door behind her. Then, there was a violent and irregular sound of the door being smashed. It was as if the corpse was about to break out of the door in the next second.

Oh god …

Libella forced a smile. There was still lingering fear in her eyes. Her hands could not help but tremble.

She … this, this dream … was a little too immersive …

At this moment, there was a creaking sound beside her. It was as if an old man on the verge of death was moving his bones. Libella turned her head stiffly.