Rebirth: Spoiling the Obsessive Film Emperor Chapter 192

Chapter 192: Goodbye

While Rong Yu was untying Yang Ji's ropes, Hua Yun had already walked around the room and quickly found a piece of paper with numbers on it.

The numbers were printed, all in different sizes and arranged in a chaotic manner, making it impossible to discern their purpose.

"Could this be the password for this door? Though it's useless now."

"Let's keep it for now, it might be useful later." Hua Yun first put the paper away.

"By the way, we were probably injected with some kind of drug or something just now, right? Could that have any effects?" As he spoke, Rong Yu conducted a thorough search of the room. At the end of it, he picked up the very chair he had been bound to and turned it upside down.

With that simple flip, all three of them saw it: numbers, painted in red, on the underside of the chair.

The number under the chair that bound Rong Yu was 1, under Hua Yun's chair was 2, and under Yang Ji's chair was 3.

"Could this be a clue?" Yang Ji stroked his chin: "Should we hide the chairs?"

Hua Yun: "If we're not sure whether these numbers are useful to us or not, we can first swap these three chairs with the ones piled in the corner of the room. That way, when we meet the other six, we can hide this information, and it will be hard for them to guess there are numbers under the chairs we were sitting on."

Yang Ji couldn't help but give Hua Yun a thumbs up: "Young Master Hua is so experienced!"

Rong Yu: "Then we can mark the other chairs with numbers. If they discover the numbers under the chairs, they won't match the ones we actually sat on."

Hua Yun showed an approving expression: "That works."

The three immediately began to act, numbering all the chairs in the room, then placing the original three chairs into the corner, and taking out three chairs marked with different numbers to put back in their original places.

After finishing this, the three pushed the door open and left the room.

Outside was a large hall. They realized then that the room they had just left was merely one of many smaller room contained within this hall.

It was a circular hall. In the center was a transparent elevator. On the wall directly opposite the room were four huge screens, and above the screens, over a dozen dynamic video feeds were displayed.

Clearly, this was a surveillance screen!

The screens were black and white. At first, the three thought it was an equipment issue, but upon closer look, they realized it was because the places under surveillance had no lights on!

In several of the video feeds, shadowy figures could be seen moving past. It appeared there were quite a number of people in those areas.

"Hey! Isn't that the six missing people? Should we go join them now?" Yang Ji immediately recognized one of the people on the monitor as his old partner Liu Qingling.

Hua Yun: "First, we need to know where we are now. Otherwise, even with the surveillance, we'd be wandering blindly."

The hall was circular, and at regular intervals around it, there was a door. One of the doors was the room they had just come from, meaning it was very likely that behind these closed doors were other rooms.

Judging by this, the transparent elevator in the center of the hall was probably the way out of this space.

However, the transparent door of the elevator was locked tight, secured by a combination lock with four rotatable dials.

Instantly, all three of them thought of the piece of paper Hua Yun had discovered earlier.

But although the paper had many numbers, their sizes and arrangement were all different, making it impossible to see anything special.

"We're missing something." Rong Yu walked around the transparent elevator, and when his gaze swept over the stickers pasted on the transparent partition for the fifth time, he seemed to think of something, his eyes suddenly lighting up. He called to Hua Yun: "Young Master Hua, try placing the paper you have here. These stickers seem to form a perfect square shape, exactly the same size as your paper."

Hua Yun did as told, pressing the white paper in his hand face-down against the square outline formed by the stickers.

Rong Yu immediately walked to the opposite side and saw that inside the transparent partition, four circular stickers were also pasted. Looking directly, they seemed unremarkable, but when Hua Yun pressed the numbered paper against it, those circular stickers aligned perfectly with four specific numbers on the white paper.

Rong Yu read the four numbers from top to bottom, while Yang Ji picked up the combination lock and dialed the four digits into place, then pulled the lock down!

"Click!" The combination lock instantly opened. Yang Ji's face showed surprise: "Amazing! This unlocking speed is incredible! If we were on the escape route, we'd definitely win in one go! Unlocking whoosh-whoosh!"

Rong Yu: "..." Such words that easily expose one's identity are really hard to respond to...

While speaking, Yang Ji had already opened the transparent partition door of the elevator. The moment he stepped in, they heard a "Beep!"

Immediately after, the entire hall suddenly began to flash with red light at intervals, accompanied by a series of "beep-beep-beep" sounds!

This rhythmic sound, combined with the flashing red light, easily created a sense of urgency. The three looked at each other, and Yang Ji quickly pulled back the foot that had already stepped into the elevator, nervously looking around.

"What's going on? Why is it beeping? Did I touch something just now?" Before Yang Ji finished speaking, they saw all the other room doors in the hall open simultaneously at that moment!

At the same time, strange low growls came from each of the opened rooms!

Hua Yun made a decisive call: "Get in!"

Yang Ji:"Huh? Go in where? Back to the room we just came from?"

Before he had even finished his sentence, Rong Yu and Hua Yun, one on his left and one on his right, had already grabbed him and dragged him into the elevator, frantically pressing the 'close' button.

"What! What's happening! Why come in here! Didn't stepping in here trigger the alarm?" Yang Ji was very confused until he saw the "people" walking out of the rooms, letting out a terrified scream: "Holy cow! What are they?!"

They saw that from each opened room, accompanied by bursts of growls, came out "people" with a deformed horn on their heads, pale faces, crimson eyes, and mouths full of sharp fangs!

And these "people," upon seeing the three still in the elevator, immediately let out even louder cries, then rushed towards them at a fast pace!

Yang Ji: "Ahhh! Don't come over! Quick, close the door, ahhh!"

Rong Yu's expression was grave: "I've been pressing it since just now, but the door won't close."

During this conversation, the horned monsters had already rushed to the outer area of the transparent elevator. Fortunately, Rong Yu had pulled the door shut when he entered, preventing them from charging onto the elevator immediately.

But this was obviously not a long-term solution. The elevator not going down meant they were still stuck here facing these monsters.

Moreover, the transparent partition door itself didn't appear to be very sturdy. Under the simultaneous pressure of so many monsters, it instantly began to creak and groan, protesting under the immense strain.

Yang Ji immediately shouted: "You don't have to be so desperate! If you break the prop, you'll have to pay for it!"

Hearing this, the monsters' movements noticeably paused. One of them whispered, "The director said we don't have to pay for this one."

The other monsters instantly seemed to have received a permit, letting out even louder howls as they desperately tried to squeeze into the elevator!

The elevator still wouldn't move. Hua Yun immediately began looking around for the reason. Rong Yu proactively took on the task of holding the transparent partition door, pushing back the door that the monsters had nearly forced open through combined effort.

Yang Ji also hurried over to help Rong Yu hold the door, while his mouth kept running: "What are you doing! Why push so hard! That's enough! My old arms and legs! Could you take it a bit easy! You can just push symbolically, and leave the rest to our acting skills, okay?!"

The monsters completely ignored Yang Ji, pushing the door with all their might without holding back!

Rong Yu watched them eagerly surging toward the door. His gaze sharpened, and he deliberately took half a step backward.

With only Yang Ji's strength left to hold it, the transparent partition door was instantly forced open more than halfway!

Yang Ji let out a piercing shriek: "Ahhh!"

The first monster who had squeezed half its body in was met with Yang Ji's devilish high-pitched scream and instinctively covered its ears.

At the same time, Rong Yu, who had stepped back half a step, slammed back with his back, "Clang!" once again forcing the transparent door shut!

The monsters closest to the door were immediately knocked back a few steps by the impact. Those who could have kept their balance accidentally stepped on the feet of those behind, causing them to lose their balance and fall backward!

With the front row falling, those behind naturally couldn't escape, instantly toppling over in a heap!

Hua Yun's voice rang out at this moment: "Found it! There's a tongue twister passage here. Teacher Yang, your specialty."

Yang Ji accepted the task without hesitation: "I invite you to eat steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted young chicken, roasted goose, braised salted duck... first-class pot, chrysanthemum pot, and also assorted pot!"

[蒸羊羔、蒸熊掌、蒸鹿尾儿、烧花鸭、烧雏鸡儿、烧子鹅、卤煮咸鸭... 一品锅子、菊花锅子、还有杂烩锅子！"

(zhēng yánggāo, zhēng xióngzhǎng, zhēng lùwěir, shāo huāyā, shāo chújīr, shāo zǐ'é, lǔzhǔ xiányā... yīpǐn guōzi, júhuā guōzi, hái yǒu záhuì guōzi!)]

"Ding!" The moment Yang Ji finished the last word, a green light lit up inside the elevator, and at the same time, the elevator door slowly began to close.

With an extra door, it felt like an added layer of security. Yang Ji, looking at the monsters who had gotten up from the ground and were again pressing against the transparent partition door, felt much more confident.

"Goodbye to you all! The three of us are now setting sail! Farewell, everyone, nah-nah-nah!"