From the start of the first season till the fourth, the script of 《Decoding the Chamber of Secrets》had been constantly changing. However, one thing that remained unchanged was that the program team would never add any settings for no reason, and they loved to recreate big reversals and eliminate all guests.
When the mentally ill person kept chasing after him with a bloody head in his arms, Xi Nian already felt strange. When he thought of the implied phrase “real survivor” on the radio, he could already infer something.
What exactly was a ‘real’ survivor?
Looking at it from a different perspective, didn’t it mean that there were also fakes?
The ghostly and spooky classroom, the weirdly strange1[qí qí guài guài]: Weirdly strange is a Chinese idiom, pronounced qí qí guài guài, which refers to strange things or behaviours. boy一according to the pissing nature2[niào xìng]: As a popular Internet vocabulary nowadays, it comes from the Northeast dialect and is a commonly used adjective in the Northeast dialect. Generally, it often appears in well-intentioned ridicule. It does not contain derogatory connotations, but it contains a little irony. It is generally used when there is a mocking tone, but it is not considered a curse. of the program group, how could they let the players complete the task so smoothly. Xi Nian didn’t know what he saw, so he whispered to Qiao Zhi and ran quickly, then rushed out of the classroom first, and disappeared without a trace.
Qiao Zhi turned around in bewilderment when she heard the words, only to find that the mental patient had already looked towards them, and the head held in his arms had exactly the same facial features as the little boy in the classroom.
Qiao Zhi: “…”
The little boy looked at Qiao Zhi quietly, and suddenly grinned at her, then stretched out his hand and untied the red scarf. A hideous scar appeared on his neck. He was wearing a very old heart-shaped necklace stained with dark stains of blood.
It now became obvious he had been dead for a long time.
The head that the mental patient held in his hand belonged to the little boy.
In other words, the one in front of them was not a survivor, but a ghost.
If Xi Nian didn’t write down the questions on the blackboard outside, they would have to return to the first room. But then the mentally ill person would have at least killed one of them. Coupled with the ghostly boy in the classroom, it was even impossible that wouldn’t be completely annihilated.
The dammed program was to exterminate everyone, how was that even humanly possible!
Xi Nian was running fast in the huge corridor, and it didn’t take long before he heard Qiao Zhi’s screams like a chicken being killed. He turned a deaf ear and didn’t stop his footsteps. However, while running, he suddenly realized that there was no road ahead and it turned out to be a dead end.
“…”
#Caught off guard by Retribution#
Xi Nian was about to turn back and find his way again, but who would have thought that the mental patient had already caught up. He held Qiao Zhi hostage with a dagger and walked toward him step by step.
Qiao Zhi was crying so hard that she couldn’t breathe. She was half angry and half scared: “Xi Nian, you dammed bastard3[zéi] This is the pinyin of the word that is used here. It has many meanings, such as thief/traitor/enemy., you didn’t take me when you ran away. I hate you! I hate you!”
Those who didn’t know would have thought she was put up here to play Qiong Yao’s drama.4“Qiong Yao Drama” refers to TV series adapted from a series of books and works created by contemporary Taiwanese female writer Qiong Yao. With the roles in dramas from her works, Qiong Yao has sent batches of classic heroines to the film and television circle in her heyday, and the famous actresses of “Qiong Yao girls” have been famous for a long time. It was known that Qiong Yao had very high requirements for choosing a heroine. Not only did she have a high face value and big eyes, but she also had to cry and play to be beautiful. The actresses who have worked with Qiong Yao said that she had a rigorous casting standard: crying scenes must be beautiful.
Xi Nian glanced at the fence in the hallway and found that there was another floor below, piled up with several old wooden boxes. As soon as he leaned over, he was ready to jump off. The mental patient suddenly laughed strangely and pressed a dagger against Qiao Zhi’s neck, saying, “If you dare to run away, I will kill her!”
Xi Nian paused amidst his actions.
Qiao Zhi immediately changed her words: “Father, save me!!”
Calling him a dammed bastard one second, and calling him father the next second, was this the legendary confession of recognizing bastard as a father5Recognize a bastard (enemy)as a father, a Chinese idiom, pinyin is rèn zéi zuò fù, regard an enemy as a father, a metaphor to willingly sell oneself to join the enemy.?
Hearing this, Xi Nian stopped when he was about to climb up the railing. Seeing this, the mental patient stepped forward and threatened: “Stand still and don’t move. If you take another step, I will kill her.”
Facing Qiao Zhi’s expectant eyes, Xi Nian was silent for a moment, and then…
“Then kill her, just don’t let her suffer too much.”
The next few words are Xi Nian’s last tenderness. After he finished speaking, he turned over and jumped down the corridor with lightning speed, and directly entered the second-floor passage.
Qiao Zhi: “!!!!”
The NPC was dumbfounded, and the program team was also dumbfounded. The staff subconsciously looked at the director: “What should we do, the first team is right below.”
They hadn’t seen such a cheating teammate in many years… Ah no, it was a guest who didn’t play according to common sense.
The director’s extermination plan encountered obstacles, and his temple suddenly hurt. He used the microphone to speak to his assistant: “Start the backup undercover branch.”
Xi Nian usually did not exercise less, and because the floor was not high, jumping down was easy and his movements were crisp and neat. After he got rid of the pursuit of the mental patient, he couldn’t help thinking about the true meaning of the word “survivor”.
Survivors were those who are lucky enough to survive a disaster.
If it could be boldly speculated: this school was deserted and dead, and it did not look like there were living people at all. Could it be that the word “survivor” did not refer to NPCs, but to those who were being hunted down by the mental patient?
There were dead ends on both sides of the passage on the second floor, the stairs were also sealed, and there were also many closed rooms. Xi Nian walked lightly toward the first classroom and looked inside through the window, only to find that it was Kong Xi and Bai Yicheng. Then he reached out and knocked on the door.
“Who?!”
Bai Yicheng was startled and looked through the glass window, only to find that it was Xi Nian. He breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to open the door, saying, “Why are you here? Where is Qiao Zhi?”
Xi Nian said, “I jumped down from the above floor” As for Qiao Zhi, “She may have been caught by the NPC.”
In layman’s terms, it meant hung up (dead).
Hearing this, Bai Yicheng gave him a strange look, and walked away subtly: “So you’re the only one left?”
Xi Nian was keenly aware of his actions and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he frowned and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Bai Yicheng said, “Didn’t you check the communicator?”
Each guest was given a communicator when they entered the secret room, so that the program team could release tasks at any time, and the players wore it on their wrists. Xi Nian felt uncomfortable when he climbed over the railing just now, so he took it off and put it in his pocket. When he took it out to take a look, he found out that the program team had released a message at some point.
[One person in the team defected and became an undercover agent. On the way to escape, they will report the coordinates of the team members to the mental patient. So, the players will be caught and eliminated directly. Now you have three minutes of safe time, please be careful, and wish you good luck!]
Xi Nian suddenly felt like cursing: fuck!
Kong Xi had been squatting by the side just now to solve puzzles. The prop was a broken mirror Rubik’s cube. Only when the pieces were assembled can the clues be obtained. It was unknown what she did, but she suddenly said in surprise: “I solved it!”
There was a sealed door in this classroom, which could only be opened by putting the Rubik’s cube together correctly and placing it in the cavity of the mechanism. Bai Yicheng was delighted when he heard this, but when he looked at Xi Nian, he couldn’t help but quietly raised his vigilance: “You’re not an undercover agent, are you?”
Kong Xi also looked over and hid the Rubik’s Cube behind her back without any trace.
Xi Nian said, “I’m not an undercover agent.”
Bai Yicheng still didn’t believe it: “Then why did Qiao Zhi die?”
Xi Nian brought the communicator back to his wrist: “She didn’t run as fast as me, she fell behind, and was caught and killed by a psychopath. Is it unusual?”
It really did not seem unusual.
Bai Yicheng was about to speak when he heard the words, but who would have thought that out of the corner of his eye, he would suddenly see a head popping out of the window, and he trembled in fright: “Who?!”
“I.”
That person came up quietly, and it was Qiao Zhi who Xi Nian said was riding on the cranes to the West6Riding on the Cranes (birds) to the West: In China, cranes have a spiritual meaning where they are a form of a divine bird that travels between heaven and man’s world. This phrase (pinyin is jià hè xī qù) is a euphemism for death, which means riding a crane to heaven. Extended meaning: A term for death and contains the meaning of respect and blessing to the dead.. She pushed the door open like a thief and came in. Then she leaned against the head of the door and let out a sigh of relief. She patted her chest vigorously and said, “I’m scared to death! I thought there was a ghost in the classroom, it turned out to be you.”
Now not only Kong Xi, but even Xi Nian’s complexion became weird. Bai Yicheng took three big steps back and asked in shock, “Weren’t you dead?”
Qiao Zhi was expressionless for a moment: “Who said I’m dead?”
Bai Yicheng pointed to Xi Nian: “He said you were killed by the mental patient.”
Qiao Zhi glared at Xi Nian angrily: “It’s fine if you didn’t save me, but you really had to curse me to die. Even if I die, I will have to have you drag on my back together to die!”
Xi Nian seemed to be planning something in his heart, but it couldn’t be seen on the surface, and he didn’t seem to have the slightest conscience: “The program team said that there was an undercover agent among us, please explain how you survived.”
Qiao Zhi faltered.
Kong Xi also said: “We can’t do anything now, so as not to arouse suspicion, it’s better to explain clearly.”
Qiao Zhi had to mutter, “After Xi Nian ran away, that mental patient may have thought that I look too beautiful so he didn’t kill me. He covered my eyes and entered a secret room. When we came out again, he was gone and I was directly at the door.”
The air temporarily fell into stagnation.
Bai Yicheng looked at Kong Xi: “Do you think this is credible?”
Kong Xi shook her head, indicating that she couldn’t be sure, as it could be judged that the situation was a bit complicated to comprehend.
Bai Yicheng looked at Xi Nian again: “What do you think?”
Xi Nian: “I don’t think she really has the ability to deceive us.”
“…”
Qiao Zhi was furious: “I know this reason is ridiculous, but it is the truth. He really didn’t kill me, and I don’t know why!”
From the irritable appearance, it did not seem to be lying, but it should not be forgotten that there could also be the element of acting.
Kong Xi said: “Now is not the time to doubt each other. Bai Yicheng and I have searched every classroom on this floor, but we haven’t found any survivors. Have you found any?”
Xi Nian told her what happened just now, and expressed his guess: “Now we are all four together, except for Teacher Min’s team. I think the survivors are probably ourselves.”
Kong Xi originally thought that the second team would be the first to die, but she didn’t expect Xi Nian to find a flaw. He really didn’t look like a novice player. Upon hearing this, she nodded and said, “Your guess is very likely true. The top priority now is to find Teacher Min’s team, but both sides of the road are blocked. We can only get out of this door, but…”
She stopped, looking at Qiao Zhi hesitantly.
Everyone understood her meaning, as it was really creepy to have an undercover agent sneak in on the escape route. This way, one bad move would end up blocking everyone’s escape.
Qiao Zhi began to spare no effort to deceive her teammates, pledging in all sincerity and seriousness and she almost swore to heaven: “Xi Nian must be an undercover agent, he never saved me from the beginning to the end!”
Xi Nian knew Qiao Zhi’s pissing nature a long time ago: “If I had been an undercover agent, you wouldn’t have survived until now.”
After he finished speaking, he directly eliminated the problem from the source, took off the communicator on his hand, and patted his pants by the way, saying that apart from the headset and the microphone, there was nothing else to communicate the message: “Alright, don’t waste time, let’s supervise each other. Bai Yicheng and I will keep an eye on each other. Teacher Kong and Qiao Zhi should also do the same.”
Qiao Zhi asked him, “Aren’t we a team?”
Xi Nian was used to making her feel at loos since his previous life: “I know, but I don’t want to stare at you.”
Qiao Zhi silently swallowed a mouthful of old blood7“A mouthful of old blood” is often used to describe a strong feeling of incomprehension, helplessness, and anger when encountering shocking or incredible things.: “…”
#She really wanted to perish together with Xi Nian#
Just as everyone was discussing countermeasures, an alarm suddenly sounded in their earphones: [Three-minute safety time countdown: 3, 2, 1]
