Chapter 134: The Game Has Only Just Begun!

Upon seeing the signature on the envelope, the receptionist immediately realized the gravity of the situation and took the envelope straight to the Director's office!

"What is this?"

Looking at the envelope placed on his desk, the Yinchaochang Director, Blake, asked while slowly picking it up.

The next second, when he saw the signature on the letter clearly, his expression changed instantly: "My God, hurry... hurry... go notify the Pursuit Team..."

Five minutes later.

Led by the receptionist, the six captains of the Pursuit Team walked hurriedly into Blake's office.

"When was this delivered?" Picking up the envelope, Zhou Yun spoke slowly.

"About ten minutes ago," the receptionist replied.

"Who delivered it?" Zhou Yun asked again.

"It was Hank."

"Hank?"

"Oh, Hank is our mail carrier here; he is very familiar with all the staff..."

After the receptionist finished speaking, Zhou Yun thought for a moment and immediately said to Sun Bo and Zheng Yang: "Captain Sun, Captain Zheng, you two go and communicate with this mail carrier to see if you can get any clues."

"Understood, Team Captain, we'll go right away."

After the two left, Zhou Yun looked at Chen Xiong and Zhuang Yan, then slowly tore open the envelope and carefully took out the items inside.

The contents of the envelope were very simple, consisting of three things in total.

A stopwatch that was counting down.

A portable tape recorder.

And a cassette tape.

Written on the cassette tape was a line of English: "PLAY ME!"

Looking at the others, Zhou Yun gently opened the recorder, put the cassette tape inside, and pressed the play button!

"Szzzzzz..."

The moment the tape began to turn, a familiar voice slowly emanated from within:

"Captains, I hope you've been well..."

It was Chu Chen's voice!

As soon as this sentence came out, the atmosphere in the entire office suddenly became tense!

The four captains looked at each other, the expressions on their faces exceptionally grave!

"... You must be very curious about my whereabouts right now..."

"By the time you receive this letter, I will be on the Schilthorn in the Dolomite Mountains, preparing to start a great challenge. You must be asking what kind of challenge it is; come and see for yourselves. You are welcome to watch, but you had better not be late, because there really isn't much time left for you..."

"Consider this clue a handout from me; no need to thank me. How about that? Am I generous enough?"

"Actually, you should really be glad you met me, because apart from me, no other contestant would leak their own tracks to the Pursuit Team."

"How does that saying go? Oh, right, reporting crime is everyone's duty. If you look at it from that angle, I can be considered a law-abiding citizen, right? But please don't give me an award, because I don't have time to collect it."

"Phew, I've said so much. Finally, let me give you a piece of advice! Don't you dare think the game is over just because you've reached this point; the real game has only just begun..."

The moment the recording finished playing, the stopwatch's countdown hit zero at the same time!

"00:00:00"

The next second, before anyone could recover, the safe in the corner of the office popped open with a "Bang!"

Hearing the sound, everyone looked over in unison.

At this moment, inside the safe, a little girl tied up with ropes suddenly came into everyone's view!

The little girl's clothes were covered in stains, her face was covered in dirt, and she had fallen into a coma; it was impossible to tell if she was alive or dead.

Seeing this, Zhou Yun was the first to rush over and check her breathing: "She's fine, call an ambulance quickly!"

Seeing this, the live stream chat exploded once again!

In the blink of an eye, it swallowed the entire screen!

【Holy crap!】

【Isn't that the little girl?】

【Impressive, my brother...】

【Chu Shen's plan is truly invincible; he played everyone, including me!】

【The moment the safe door opened, my scalp went numb!】

【I just want to know now, how did he escape the Yinchaochang!】

【Pursuit Team daily routine, getting provoked every single day...】

【Haha!】

Along with a massive wave of chat messages, a line of subtitles suddenly appeared in the center of the live stream: "Several hours ago..."

At the same time.

The entire scene switched to a utility room inside the Yinchaochang.

The lights in the utility room.

Flickered on and off.

As the camera moved slowly, the perspective finally stopped on a floorboard in the middle of the floor!

"Creak, creak..."

Through the lens, one could clearly see that the floorboard was being pushed upward and then falling back down by some Force.

Emitting a very harsh creaking sound.

The whole process repeated several times until the entire floorboard cracked completely!

"Snap—!"

"Snap—!"

"Snap—!"

Accompanied by the clearly audible sound of wood splintering, a person wearing a red robe slowly stood up from within, panting heavily toward the camera!

The next second, he directly tore the mask off his face, revealing his true appearance!

Who else could it be but Chu Chen?

Seeing Chu Chen appear, the live stream's barrage of comments suddenly increased again!

【God Chu?!】

【Holy crap!】

【Damn, he actually didn't leave, but has been hiding here the whole time?】

【Too awesome, damn! He played everyone, including me!】

【Brother Chen has proven to us with his actions what it means for the most dangerous place to be the safest!】

【This move is truly heaven-defying!】

【So cool! It's all reverse thinking!】

That day, after releasing the hostages, Chu Chen did not leave the Yinchaochang directly.

Instead, he hid directly under the floor of the utility room, and only crawled out from inside once it was completely safe.

Previously, the escape plans he designed were all meant to confuse the Pursuit Team.

From beginning to end, he had never thought about escaping!

Because under those circumstances, no matter how one escaped, it would be the worst possible strategy.

Only by doing the opposite was the correct solution!

And the facts proved that this idea of Chu Chen's was completely correct!

After appearing, Chu Chen did not waste time; he immediately took off the red robe, removed the mask, and at the first opportunity changed into a janitor's uniform. With just a little Disguise, he pushed a cart and left the utility room.

On the cart sat a super-large Mountaineering backpack, hidden among various tools.

The Mountaineering backpack was filled with all the equipment related to this challenge!

Skis, ski poles, ski suit, etc... almost everything was there.

After swaggering out of the utility room, Chu Chen followed the staff passage all the way and very smoothly walked out of the Yinchaochang.

Arriving at the road, he got into a taxi on the spot and headed straight for the destination of the challenge—the Dolomite Mountains, Schilthorn!