Chapter 439

Hearing this, Yang Mi and the other team members were a bit disappointed; the clues were too limited.

"Could it be the fifth stroke of 'Ji'?"

Lin Yu tilted his head and said leisurely while looking at the oil painting.

He was also quite impressed with the production team’s level design.

In these few short levels, the changes from 2D to 3D images, numbers! Languages! Colors! Musical scores! It covered almost every brain-hole point one could think of; as expected of the *Great Escape* production team, they really have the level.

Monitoring room.

"......"

After hearing Lin Yu’s words, the production team was stunned again.

Are you kidding me!

If they didn't know the inside story, they would have thought Lin Yu stole the answer key!

"The 5th stroke of 'Ji'?"

"It's a horizontal-vertical-fold."

"That's the number 7."

"Holy crap, too amazing, Brother Lin Yu."

"Come, give me the pen, Little Yu baby."

Yang Mi raised her hand to ask for the pen casually; this casual, intimate address made Lin Yu’s heart skip a beat.

Big Honey is really good at this; every smile and every gesture is an intellectual flirtation.

"The first number is the 678 strokes of 'Tang'!"

"Which is 'mouth' (kou), so that's 0."

Yang Mi held the ballpoint pen, analyzing while drawing on the paper.

"Uh... there's no 0!"

At the combination lock, Zhang Yi raised his volume suspiciously.

"This password only has 1 to 9; there's no 0 at all!"

"Could the numbers have nothing to do with the strokes?"

With the initial failure, everyone fell into a stalemate of silence again.

The clues they had finally captured returned to their original point.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Lin Yu walked to the combination lock and discovered that these nine numbers were divided by a tic-tac-toe grid.

After hearing Lin Yu’s words, everyone gathered around.

"Everyone look, take the 678 strokes of 'Tang' for example; it's a 'mouth' (kou), but it could also be a circle, in the very center of the tic-tac-toe grid."

"Which is the position of the number 5."

Lin Yu pointed to the middle part of the tic-tac-toe grid.

"Ah? That works too!"

Upon hearing Lin Yu’s words, everyone suddenly realized, having a sense of clearing the clouds to see the light.

This is equivalent to the tic-tac-toe grid being divided into seven orientations.

"5748."

After comparing the divisions of each stroke and entering the password,

Sure enough, the combination lock opened with a click.

"Awesome! This is too awesome!"

"So abstract! If I had to think of it, I'd probably be trapped here for a day."

"Brother Lin Yu, invincible!"

After everyone cheered, they discovered that behind the combination lock was a hidden cabinet containing a long-dusty photo.

On it, one could clearly see a pair of figures standing side by side wearing doctoral caps.

"Edward!"

"Luo Jie!"

"These two were actually college classmates, good friends."

After seeing the handwriting on the back of the photo,

Everyone felt their scalp tingle.

There were too many suspicious points.

Lovers!

Secret crush!

College classmates!

What exactly is the relationship between Edward, Tao Wei, and Luo Jie!?

The truth seemed to be about to surface, but it remained elusive!

"Holy crap, this photo is too scary! So that means Edward and Luo Jie knew each other long ago and were both involved in Tao Wei’s relationship."

"Mom! I don't dare to think about it anymore; I have goosebumps all over. The immersion this season is too strong, making people fall into it without realizing it and unable to extricate themselves."

"Why does it feel like there's more to it? Don't they say you shouldn't covet your friend's wife? Edward’s cause of death seems to have some problems too."

"Damn, don't scare me! Isn't this just a variety show? Why does it feel like I'm watching a horror movie?"

"......"

On camera.

The *Great Escape* team crawled out one by one from a ventilation-sized passage.

Fortunately, this new room was brightly lit.

In the middle was a long table with knives, forks, and tableware placed on it.

Although it looked a bit old, it was clearly cleaned up very neatly before.

"This should be the dining room."

Huang Hou Minghao, who entered the room first, weighed the plates on the table a few times.

"Can that door be opened?"

Yang Mi pointed toward the dining room door.

"Can't open it."

Da Da Zhangwei stepped forward and cautiously twisted the doorknob a few times, then shook his head.

"This level should be about finding the door key."

"Sigh! Feels like we've been looking for keys all day; it's really not easy."

"Come on, friends, let's find some clues."

"Right! Can't let Lin Yu steal all the limelight."

"Uh...... there's a note here."

Before everyone could finish speaking.

Lin Yu found a yellowed piece of letter paper in the interlayer of a plate.

"Damn, you're too fast!"

"Damn! Truly god-like."

Peng Peng and Zhang Yi widened their eyes in surprise.

"Brother Lin Yu! Why don't you be the team leader?"

Huang Hou Minghao hurriedly gathered around, saying incredulously.

They had recorded so many seasons of *Great Escape*.

But they had never encountered such an awesome guest star; he was simply capable of anything, and even more awesome was his rigorous logical thinking and advanced action ability, which was simply unbelievable.

"If Lin Yu became a permanent guest, we might finish recording this season of *Great Escape* in two days."

Da Da Zhangwei clapped and cheered.

"Yeah, Lin Yu, be a permanent guest in the future! I won't watch this show without you."

Yang Mi joked with a smile.

"Don't, don't, don't!"

"Don't praise me to death!"

"Permanent guest."

"That would be a different price."

Lin Yu shook his head with a bitter smile, then chatted casually for a few more sentences.

He unfolded the note:

[Luo Jie, I put the spare key for the dining room in the drawer; turn it to the correct pattern in order to open it, don't forget again — Tao Wei.]

"Here, here."

Yang Mi pointed toward the label for the dining room spare key storage.

"Every plate here seems to be able to rotate."

"There's an arrow on it too."

"Four plates, marked with stars, tigers, moons, and tongues respectively, and there are some strange hearts, text, gestures, etc., next to them."

"I understand, it should be that after determining the pattern, turn the graphics inside the plate toward the arrow."

Soon, everyone realized the clue to pass this level.

"Could it be a four-character idiom?"

Da Da Zhangwei was the first to put forward his hypothesis.

"Tiger-like majesty!"

"Tiger fighting for hegemony!"

"Tiger-headed and tiger-brained!"

Peng Peng supported his chin and blurted out.

"Tiger-headed and tiger-brained is really possible!"

"Isn't 'brain' (nao) just the moon radical?"

"There's a moon here."

Da Da Zhangwei said while excitedly turning the plates.

But soon disappointment spread throughout his body; it was clear this wasn't the way to solve it.

"Or it could be radicals."

"Tiger radical, like 'Biao'!"

"Fierce!"

"My fierce life doesn't need explanation."

"Biao-star-tongue-fat!"

"Hahaha."

After Zhang Yi analyzed it seriously.

He made himself laugh.

"Hey! There's a scale here."

"Could it be asking us to weigh something?"

Huang Hou Minghao looked around.

The known information for this level was too little; could it have something to do with everyone’s weight?

Zhang Yi curiously walked toward the weight scale.

"Don't."

Yang Mi reached out and grabbed Zhang Yi’s sleeve.

Male artists might not care about weight.

But female artists absolutely cannot.

Especially since she had just finished a late-night snack with Lin Yu last night.

She hadn't metabolized it yet today.

If the general netizens knew her real weight, it would be a disaster.

"Zhang Yi! No need to go over and weigh yourself; this is definitely the production team being sarcastic."

"Making us have some self-awareness, knowing how much we weigh!"

Lin Yu curled his lips and hummed to smooth things over.

Zhang Yi is good at everything, but sometimes he’s too much of a "straight man"!

"Phew, phew."

"Thanks to you."

Yang Mi patted her chest and let out a long sigh.

She looked at Lin Yu with immense gratitude.

She made up her mind to give Lin Yu an extra session tonight!

This is the difference!

The difference between a straight man and a warm man is clear at a glance.

"I discovered a sticky note earlier."

"Don't know if it's useful."

Peng Peng waved at everyone and pointed to the dining instructions on the table.

[Warm Reminder]

One, find your seat and sit down.

Two, hope you don't waste food.

Four, put the plates back in their original place after use.

"Hey, this is indeed a bit strange."

"According to the production team’s cautious and meticulous personality, the props couldn't have such low-level mistakes."

"There are only hints 1, 2, and 4, but no 3; there must be something fishy."

"Could it be like Brother Lin Yu’s previous level, where number 1 represents the first character, and number 2 represents the second character?"

"Look!"

"Hope!"

"Child!"

"Ah! I know what's going on."

"We need to spell out the word 'Hope' (Xi-Wang) with the plates."

"Look, it's like this; there's a 'death' (wang) in this plate, and a 'moon' (yue), and the 'king' (wang) character on the tiger's head; doesn't that just form the word 'Hope' (Wang)?"

Yang Mi turned the plates to the correct positions one by one while speaking.

？？？

Why is there no movement?

After spelling out the word "Wang,"

To everyone’s surprise, there was no change in the mechanism sounds.

Everyone’s expression was a bit silent for a moment.

"Maybe we need to spell out the 'Xi' character too."

Lin Yu reminded from the side.

"There's a cross here; if you tilt your head, it becomes an X."

"Plus the palm, it's just 'cloth' (bu) in rock-paper-scissors."

"So it will combine into 'Hope' (Xi-Wang)."

Lin Yu pinched a few plates and said while turning them.

Sure enough.

After spelling out "Hope," the drawer under the dining cabinet popped out suddenly.

Revealing a brass-colored key.

"Damn! Brother Lin Yu, you're too awesome."

"Brother Lin Yu, please accept my bow!"