Asking a delivery guy to play with you, what is this operation?
“Whose takeout is this?” the receptionist asked, a bit surprised.
Xu Ning looked at the several posters on the wall introducing escape room themes, and gestured with his chin towards the one for “Yihong Brothel.”
“Yihong Brothel, ordered by the people in the escape room!”
The receptionist's face was visibly full of question marks. “Huh?”
Xu Ning didn’t waste words; he simply showed him the receipt from the takeout.
After the employee saw it clearly, he was speechless.
“How did they get their phones in?”
“And order takeout to have the delivery guy join them in the challenge?”
“I’ve truly never heard of such a move!”
It wasn’t surprising that he was confused and speechless; he had told them not to bring phones before entering the escape room, and he had seen each girl put a phone into a locker.
Yet, there was still one that slipped through the net.
The most crucial thing was, what kind of move is it to order takeout and ask the delivery guy to play along?
“Then you…?” the receptionist looked at Xu Ning suspiciously and asked, “You’ll also have to pay for one person to enter the escape room. Are you going in?”
Xu Ning shrugged, then nodded.
Spending 120 yuan to enter the escape room wouldn’t affect his takeout income.
But the 50 yuan the customer tipped him would be genuinely amplified ten thousand times.
After scanning to pay, the still somewhat speechless receptionist opened the door and let Xu Ning into the escape room, then locked the door again.
Instant darkness, with only the faint light of candles, made it feel incredibly eerie and terrifying.
Xu Ning shivered, a little scared.
He took a deep breath and shouted, “Your takeout has arrived!”
Fortunately, the girls heard Xu Ning’s voice and immediately responded.
“That’s great, you’re finally here!”
“Miss, please walk forward, we’re hiding in a room!”
Xu Ning was almost in tears. I want to find a room to hide in now too, okay?!
Delivering takeout is really not easy!
Taking a few deep breaths and mustering his courage, Xu Ning finally moved forward slowly, inching his way step by step.
He had just asked the receptionist; this horror-themed escape room had NPCs, he didn't say how many exactly, but there were several.
So Xu Ning was constantly on guard against a ghost suddenly popping out from somewhere to scare him.
But perhaps because they had already passed through the first few rooms, the NPCs had also moved, and didn't appear there.
The girls' voices grew closer and closer, and Xu Ning felt himself getting closer to victory.
But just in the deep, dark corridor, the dim lights suddenly flickered rapidly.
A woman in a large red ancient costume, with disheveled hair, appeared in front.
Her face was painted white, and with blood-red lips, she suddenly looked up, scaring Xu Ning out of his wits!
He almost threw the takeout in his hand at her!
A ghost!
A female ghost!
Xu Ning ran in a panic, just wanting to find a room to hide in.
There was a door not far away, and Xu Ning tried to push it open, but it wouldn't budge.
The door was blocked from the inside, not locked, because he could push it a little.
Maybe the girls were hiding inside!
“Open the door!”
“I’m the delivery guy!”
Xu Ning’s voice was filled with fear and impatience.
Hearing Xu Ning’s voice, the door actually opened.
Xu Ning quickly entered, then closed the door behind him, holding it shut tightly.
“Miss, you’re finally here!”
“That’s great!”
“Quick, save us!”
“If you didn’t come, we would really be trapped here until we died!”
“It’s too scary!”
Although it was too dark to see clearly, their chattering voices made it clear there were probably four or five girls here.
“You guys take the takeout and eat it first!”
“Then give me a good review before anything else!”
Xu Ning said, annoyed.
One of the girls took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and the room finally lit up.
Seeing this, Xu Ning wished he could slap himself hard.
How could he have forgotten to use his phone for light!
Indeed, there were five girls in this small room, huddled in a corner, not daring to move.
Xu Ning took out his phone, marked the order as delivered, and truly had the impulse to just leave.
But the door they entered through was already locked, forcing them to only move forward to clear the room.
At this moment, the five girls finally saw Xu Ning’s appearance, and their eyes all lit up instantly.
After all, Xu Ning was already very handsome, especially now that he appeared as a “savior,” practically radiating a halo.
“Wow, Miss, you’re so handsome!”
“This is too handsome!”
“You should debut, why are you delivering takeout?”
“What do we do now? Miss, please take us out.”
...Because the room lit up, they all stood up and walked towards Xu Ning.
Two timid girls had already grabbed Xu Ning’s sleeve, wishing they could cling to him.
“No… if you’re timid, don’t play horror-themed escape rooms!” He was truly a bit exasperated.
“We just wanted to try it, who knew it would be so scary!” one girl said with a slight whimper, clearly genuinely frightened.
Xu Ning nodded, it was indeed scary; he had been quite scared himself just now.
“Staying here isn’t a solution; let’s keep moving forward.”
Although the girls were scared, they had no other choice.
They hid behind Xu Ning, like chicks protected by their mother hen.
Xu Ning really wanted to ask, who will protect me?
They moved forward step by step, sometimes even moving one step forward and two steps back. Without even an NPC appearing, the terrifying atmosphere of the escape room alone was enough to cause dread.
However, for some reason, in the next two rooms, they managed to solve puzzles and find keys, yet no NPC came out to scare anyone.
Only in the last room did an NPC emerge, but he seemed very perfunctory, clearly wanting to finish early and go home.
Xu Ning had been in the escape room for about half an hour when they completed the entire room.
When they saw the light again, he was fine, but the five girls looked at each other.
“What’s going on?”
“It was so scary before, but then so perfunctory, something’s not right!”
“Is there something wrong with the process?”
They were genuinely scared when they were scared, but when the NPCs stopped scaring them, they felt something was off.
At this point, the NPCs who had been playing ghosts also came out, looking somewhat unenthusiastic, especially their gazes towards Xu Ning, which held a hint of resentment.
This made Xu Ning instantly understand.
Good heavens!
Did they think he was in the way?
It was easy to figure out: if there were only a few girls, the NPCs would definitely put in effort, and perhaps even have a chance for close contact with the Misses.
But now that Xu Ning, an obstacle, was there, it would be strange if they weren't annoyed.
So the last few stages were very perfunctory.
However, for Xu Ning, it was a good thing; if a ghost popped out of every room, his little heart couldn't take it!