After pressing the button, the candle was pushed into the hollow frame by the force of the ejector. At that moment, there was a creaking sound from inside the frame, and with two clinks, the key really did fall out of the frame.
Feng Bujue pocketed the ejector, and when he looked into the hollow frame, he realized that the frame was blocked from the middle, and no light could pass through. This was probably because the candle was stuck where the key had been.
He bent down to pick up the key from the ground, opened the menu, and read the item description.
[Name: Key to Cell Zero]
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Disappears immediately after use, and the door of Cell Zero can be opened or closed freely.
Can be taken out of the scenario: No
Remark: Why isn't this item listed as a consumable item? I believe you know the answer to that.
"The remarks these days sure are getting crazier and crazier." Feng Bujue looked at the key. "Just because the player knows the answer, they don't have to write it down? Then, will there be a remark that says' you know the answer 'in the future so that I can figure it out myself? "
Feng Bujue complained as he walked to the door. He inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it clockwise. With a click, the lock was opened, and the steel door naturally slid about an inch into the cell. Feng Bujue used the momentum to pull the door open.
He turned back to look at the room to confirm whether there was anything else that he could use. Finally, his gaze fell on the hollow frame. After 15 minutes, the wrench would revert back to its rusty state. However, even in that state, it would still be as hard as a wrench. This was based on experiments. Therefore, Feng Bujue decided to bring along the hollow frame that was blocked by the candle.
Item Name: Hollow Frame
Item Type: Weapon
Quality: Normal
Offense Points: Slightly Weak
Element: None
Special Effect: None
Remark: An iron bar that was removed from a bed frame.
When he looked at it from the game menu, there was a limited frame on the item. If he focused on it for a few seconds, a text box would appear. It read: [This item is under the effect of a skill. When the time limit is up, the quality will change. System Notification: Please understand the situation before trading this item.]
"Hmm … That's quite thoughtful." Feng Bujue glanced at it and naturally understood the meaning of this prompt.
In a game like Thriller Paradise, there had to be more than one skill that could change the nature of an item. There were probably skills that could change the item's attribute, appearance, and special effect. In order to prevent people from using this type of skill to scam others by temporarily changing an item and then selling it, the system very carefully set up a reminder on this type of item that could change.
"A two-meter-long iron rod will definitely come in handy in certain situations, such as lifting things up, pole vaulting, and so on..." Feng Bujue said to himself. "Even if it has no other uses, it can still be used as a weapon. The longer it is, the stronger it is." That was not wrong, but we all knew that the other reason the man carried the rod was because he wanted to mimic a certain monkey and play with it.
Feng Bujue walked out of the cell. When he walked through the door, the system notification said, "Current quest completed. Main quest updated."
Escape from the room in the quest tab was ticked, and the next quest appeared. "Explore Underground 2F and open the door that leads to the upper floor."
"So, this is the second basement floor …" Feng Bujue mumbled. "Speaking of which … just walking out from this starting room is already so difficult … It has been so exhausting. Now that we have to break through a whole floor, the amount of puzzle solving …" An excited smile appeared on his face. "This is going to kill me!"
Be it his tone or the expression on his face, it showed that this strange man was quite happy, but the content of his words had a different meaning.
After leaving the cell, Feng Bujue twirled the club and walked down the corridor. He was still making some noise. He was like a child on a spring outing; there was no sense of nervousness at all.
There were no doors on either side of the corridor, and the corridor was empty. Other than the lighting above, there was nothing else. Of course, Feng Bujue knew that when he looked out from the room earlier.
After walking for about fifty meters, he saw the doors to the other cells.
There were six cells in total, three on each side. There were numbers painted on the iron doors, and that was something that Cell 0 did not have. On the left was Cell 1, 3, 5, and on the right was Cell 2, 4, 6. Between the doors of Cell 2 and Cell 4, there was a plastic trash can that was less than one meter tall. Even though it was unclear whether there was anything inside, at least there was no strange stench coming out from the trash can.
Looking ahead, not far away, there was a staircase that led to the next floor.
Feng Bujue was not in a hurry to try to open the doors, and he did not look into the room through the window. When he saw the door, he stopped his meaningless swinging of the iron rod. He tilted the iron rod in his hand and tiptoed closer without touching the ground. When he got close to the doors, he bent down and quickly slipped through them.
It was hard to tell what was inside the cells. If he looked through the window or was seen by someone or something inside the room, it might trigger some kind of strange trigger. Therefore, Feng Bujue decided to sneak over to check out the staircase first.
He successfully passed through the area of six doors and came to the bottom of the staircase. He walked up the stone steps. After one turn, Feng Bujue saw a classic cell door with black iron bars. Through the bars, he could see the corridor above. The layout of Basement 1F was almost the same as the floor below, but the staircase that led from Basement 1F to Ground 1F should be on the other side, which was above Cell 0.
Feng Bujue walked forward and pulled on the iron bars, but he could not open them. Then, an idea came to his mind. He took out the Endless Grenade Box from his inventory.
The [Endless Grenade Magazine] was a 'tool', but it was different from a tool like the flashlight. The grenade magazine was a consumable item, and it did not rely on consumables to operate. Therefore, it was not banned by the system.
Feng Bujue tried to place the grenade at the door lock to see if it could blow up the lock. But he realized that the grenade could not be removed.
"The grenade box can be used, but the item inside it cannot?" Feng Bujue mumbled to himself.
His guess was not wrong. Even though the grenade box was not banned, the item inside it was a consumable item, so it would be restricted by the system.
"Fine …" Feng Bujue shrugged and left the door.
He did not have high hopes for this kind of violent method to break through the cell door … When he was stuck in Cell 0, he did consider using the grenade, but he soon abandoned that idea. If he used the Mark II Grenade in that small space, his twenty-six percent Life Points would be vaporized.
"Then, the way to open this cell door and enter Cell 1F should be in one of these six cells." Feng Bujue walked down the stairs and looked at the puzzle area before him.
He walked to the wall and placed the iron bar down. Then, he crossed his fingers and extended his arms. Then, he maintained this posture and raised his hands above his head like he was warming up for some kind of physical activity.
"Where should I start?" He mumbled to himself as he walked to the door of Cell 6. Cautiously, he approached the iron window, keeping a distance of one step, and moved his face closer to the iron window.
The light from the corridor basically lit up the room. The layout of the cell was similar to that of Cell 0. The bed, the plastic bucket, they were all the same, but he could not confirm whether there was a small wooden cupboard because the corner was next to the door. It was in a blind spot.
"Hmm … There's no one here …" Feng Bujue did not see anyone in the room. He tried to push the door, but it did not budge.
Then, he looked through the windows of the five cells one by one, and they were all the same.
Then, Feng Bujue walked to the trash can. He took out the Stool of the Eighteen Bronze Statues (No. 5) and sat down. He planned to inspect the trash can in detail.
Feng Bujue's costume came with gloves. This part of the costume was similar to the one on his face, and it could be changed according to his needs. Since the start of the scenario, Feng Bujue had been keeping his hands bare, and it was the same for him now.
There were bloody bandages, plastic plates stained with food, and some plastic plates stained with feces inside the trash can … Obviously, after the prisoners finished their meal, they had discovered another use for the plates.
Feng Bujue initially wanted to use his hands to flip through the trash, but when he sat down to take a closer look … he had no choice but to pour everything out.
He first took the iron bar and dumped the trash on the ground. Then, he sat down on the folding chair and leaned the iron bar against his shoulder. With the end of the iron bar facing down, he began to fiddle and rummage through the trash on the ground. After all, this was not his equipment, so it did not matter if it was dirtied.
As Feng Bujue rummaged through the trash, he thought to himself, "This is strange … There is a smell in the buckets of feces in every room, and from the stains on these plastic plates, it should not have been that long ago. Why is there no one in the room?" He paused and thought to himself, "Could it be that they were all taken away at the same time not long ago?"
After rummaging for a long time, Feng Bujue only found dirty bandages and plastic plates. After he poured everything out, he realized that there was not much paste and liquid inside the trash can, so there was not much of a smell, but it still looked disgusting.
Just as he was about to turn his attention away, he suddenly saw something unique. At least in this trash can, this item was unique.
— — — Name: Carved False Teeth
Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Unknown
Can be taken out of the scenario: Yes
Remark: There is some information carved on the inside of the teeth.
Feng Bujue picked up the set of false teeth and a ball of bandage that was cleaner than the rest to wipe it clean. Then, he turned it over to study it, and as he expected, there was a hint about solving the puzzle.
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