155: Chapter 155 Abandoned Unfinished Building 8

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuejian nodded inwardly, feeling that there must be danger behind this door.

She was tempted to go and open the door directly. However, if she just walked over, the system would likely warn her. Luo Yuejian pondered; she still needed to find a reason.

But before Luo Yuejian could come up with a reasonable excuse, the Tattooed Man nearby was growing impatient.

His mind was already clouded with pain from the injury on his arm, and he was irritable, wanting to finish this game as soon as possible and return to the Star Sea Space to treat his wounds.

Seeing the other players hesitating in front of this broken door, his bloodless face twisted into a frown. He struggled to stand up, gritted his teeth, and said directly, "I'll try opening the door; you all stand back."

The other players had initially wanted to stop him, but seeing the "don't try to stop me" expression on the Tattooed Man's face, they had no choice but to remain silent and step aside.

After all, they were just strangers meeting by chance; since someone was willing to risk their life to test for traps, why not let them?

The other players quickly retreated and scattered to a distance.

However, the Tattooed Man was no fool, and he naturally understood the danger of his actions.

Therefore, when he opened the door, he didn't just open it directly. Instead, he pressed his body against the side wall, keeping the maximum possible distance from the door while still being able to reach the handle with his hand.

The moment he pressed the doorknob, he quickly pulled away and sprinted into the distance.

However, after running just two steps, he stopped, because he realized he hadn't even been able to press the doorknob at all.

He clicked his tongue, strode back, and pressed the doorknob directly; sure enough, it wouldn't budge.

The door was locked.

He cursed irritably and turned back to the other players, saying, "The door is locked; we still need to find a key."

The boy wearing floral shorts comforted him, "It's okay. Since the door is locked, there shouldn't be any danger behind it. At least we don't have to worry about a 'door-opening kill'."

"So, are we looking for the key in this room?" the Girl in Pink Jeans asked uncertainly.

She had just entered the Miracle Escape Live Stream Game and had no experience at all, so she couldn't help but feel nervous.

The Messy-Haired Man glanced at her and nodded, "Let's search nearby first. If there's nothing, we'll think of another way."

The few people scattered to look for the key to open the door.

Luo Yuejian didn't move. She stood where she was, staring at the door, still feeling that there was something wrong with it.

She thought to herself that since this Abandoned Unfinished Building had been meticulously set up by that Psychopathic murderer, the traps he had set could never just be to simply lock them in here.

There must be a fatal trap behind this door!

Thinking of this, Luo Yuejian immediately strengthened her resolve to open the door.

She pretended to wander around the room looking for the key, but in reality, she was circling back toward the main door.

Luo Yuejian's plan was this: the key to open this door certainly wouldn't be easy to find. So, she would pretend to look for the key, circle the room, slip over to the main door, and then pretend to be anxious because she couldn't find the key, preparing to open the door directly.

This type of composite wood door was not as heavy as a solid wood door, but it was locked, so ideally, one should find the key to open it. However, Luo Yuejian was prepared to find another way.

Of course, she herself didn't have any lock-picking skills, but she did have that passive skill, 10-Minute Minor Strength Boost.

Therefore, Luo Yuejian planned to find a way to activate this passive skill and kick the door open directly. To be precise, Luo Yuejian intended to kick a hole right through this composite wood door.

It would also be a perfect opportunity to use up some of the duration of this passive skill.

However, 10-Minute Minor Strength Boost was a passive skill after all, and she had to use her brain to trigger it.

In the previous round, Luo Yuejian had roughly tested it; this skill required a reason to be used. For example, in the last round, she had moved those tables and chairs, or before that, when she wanted to lift the trash can in the Game City.

Luo Yuejian pretended to look for the key in the room while trying to find something she could lift.

However, the entire space was empty. There was some scattered trash on the floor, but thinking of triggering the 10-Minute Minor Strength Boost passive skill with that was just wishful thinking.

Finally, Luo Yuejian shifted her gaze to the three load-bearing columns standing in the room.

The sharp gears on them had now fallen to the ground. Because the metal gears were extremely sharp and had been spinning at high speed, they were almost embedded into the ground.

To be honest, it was a bit of a stretch for Luo Yuejian to just go and move those gears, but unfortunately, these were the only things in the room that looked heavy.

She glanced at the other players. Perhaps because they had been tied to those load-bearing columns earlier and the sharp gears had descended, nearly costing them their lives, they had developed psychological trauma, so none of the other players had gone near these three central columns.

Luo Yuejian felt a little relieved, thinking that at least she wouldn't be too conspicuous.

She quickly found an excuse for herself. The room was only this big; the other players were all searching for the key in the corners and didn't dare to approach the three central load-bearing columns, but she wasn't afraid.

So, it was perfectly reasonable for her to go look for the key in a place where no one else dared to go, right?

So, she pretended to inadvertently approach the three central columns, prepared to directly lift one of the gears, activate her passive skill, 10-Minute Minor Strength Boost, and then immediately go kick the door.

However, she clearly underestimated the level of attention the other players were paying to her actions after the Messy-Haired Man had finished speaking earlier.

Almost as soon as she approached the three central load-bearing columns, the boy wearing large floral shorts immediately called out, "Hey, what are you doing?"

His shout was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a thousand ripples. The other players immediately turned to look at Luo Yuejian, their gazes filled with vigilance, staring intently at her every move.

"What are you doing?" The Messy-Haired Man seemed to sense something wrong. His brows furrowed instantly, and his body reacted quickly, wanting to rush over immediately to stop Luo Yuejian's actions.

But Luo Yuejian was faster. By this time, she had already lifted one of the gears.

Although it was called lifting, in reality, this sharp gear was embedded in the load-bearing column, and that column actually had fitted tracks that allowed the sharp gears to slide down.

Therefore, Luo Yuejian didn't expend much effort when she lifted it.

This left Luo Yuejian somewhat disappointed; this level of weight was completely insufficient to support triggering her passive skill.

And while Luo Yuejian was in the midst of her disappointment, the Messy-Haired Man reacted as if he had seen an atomic bomb launch. He was extremely quick, turned around without hesitation, immediately retreated and hid in a corner, and at the same time shouted, "Watch out!"