Critical Success Reconnaissance

Of course, Liu Xing felt that Wang Si Yi's so-called "gender separation" was just an excuse. In fact, to put it bluntly, he was just disgusted with Bai He Cheng...

Liu Xing glanced at his phone. It was only around 3:30 PM, still quite early, with several hours left until the banquet.

So, Liu Xing decided to take a stroll outside the main building. Of course, Liu Xing definitely wouldn't go to the back garden.

"Chen Ling, you take care of Bai He Cheng first. I want to go out for some fresh air. Anyone want to join me?" Liu Xing stretched and said as he stood up.

In the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG, being alone was not a good choice. After all, being able to solve all sorts of troubles, crises, and enemies single-handedly was a story that happened in fantasy novels.

Wang Qi naturally understood this. Among the five players in this tabletop RPG, only Wang Qi and Chen Ling were combat-type players (Bai He Cheng had already been classified as a troublemaker player). Since Chen Ling needed to take care of Bai He Cheng now, Wang Qi knew that Liu Xing was inviting him to go outside the main building together to gather intelligence and clues.

Thus, Wang Qi also stood up, stretched, and said with a smile, "I'll go with you then. After all, I've been staying in the castle for so long, I also want to get out and stretch my body."

Chen Ling knew that his current responsibility was to protect (monitor) Bai He Cheng, so he nodded, "Mm-hmm, you two go out and move around. I'll be responsible for taking care of Bai He Cheng here. There shouldn't be any accidents."

As for Wang Si Yi, he was as taciturn as ever, merely nodding to indicate that he understood.

As Liu Xing and Wang Qi left the main building, they encountered Old Wayne, who was cleaning. "Butler Wayne, the two of us want to look around outside. We were wondering if there are any forbidden areas in the castle that we should avoid."

Old Wayne chuckled and said, "This isn't a movie. How could this castle have any forbidden areas? However, speaking of which, the back garden hasn't been tidied up for a long time, so I personally don't recommend you go there. After all, there might be dangerous creatures like poisonous insects or snakes. And the doctor in Ains Town passed away a while ago. If you have any accidents, you'll have to go to Manchester."

Liu Xing nodded and agreed with Old Wayne to return to the main building within two hours to prepare for the banquet.

After bidding farewell to Old Wayne, Liu Xing led Wang Qi away from the main building and came to a fountain in front of it.

"Wang Qi, why don't we go take a look at the castle gate? I want to know how the castle gate opens. Is it really opened by a winch like in the movies?" Liu Xing said to Wang Qi, looking at the castle gate not far away.

As mentioned earlier, there were only two ways to leave the castle: either through the main castle gate or by jumping off the castle wall.

If they chose the second method, the risk factor would be too high. After all, the height of the castle wall was estimated to be about seven or eight meters, which was nearly four stories high. Moreover, the ground was a cement floor. Jumping down from such a height would likely send everyone to German Orthopedics for treatment.

Therefore, the second method could be directly ignored.

Thus, Liu Xing was now thinking about how their group could leave through the castle gate.

Of course, the castle gate could actually be divided into two parts: the main wooden gate and a smaller iron gate for people to pass through.

The small iron gate clearly used an electronic lock, and the key to the electronic lock was naturally in Old Wayne's hand. Although Liu Xing and the others could choose to persuade Old Wayne in various ways, such as using skills like persuasion (force), persuasion (violence), or persuasion (money), they could also directly rob him. After all, Old Wayne was just an ordinary elderly human.

However, Old Wayne had the Castle Lord, a big BOSS, behind him. Liu Xing didn't think the Castle Lord would allow them to take Old Wayne's key. Therefore, leaving the castle through the small iron gate would be a long and arduous journey.

As for the wooden gate, Liu Xing had noticed its thickness when entering the castle through the small iron gate. It should be around ten centimeters thick. A wooden gate of this thickness, about five meters high, its weight was imaginable.

However, Liu Xing remembered that on the way from Ains Town to the castle, he had seen traces of various vehicles passing by. Moreover, a vintage car was parked next to the main building of the castle.

It was clear that these vehicles could not enter or exit the castle through the small iron gate, so this wooden gate must be able to be opened. Moreover, with Old Wayne's physique, Liu Xing didn't think Old Wayne could open the wooden gate by himself using a winch. Therefore, Liu Xing was now certain that the wooden gate of this castle should be equipped with an electric door opener!

Now, Liu Xing wanted to investigate the specific location of this electric door opener to prepare for their escape from Ains Castle later.

Wang Qi naturally understood what Liu Xing was thinking, so he nodded decisively. Liu Xin then came to the Castle Gate with Wang Qi.

KP004 didn't even let Liu Xing and Wang Qi perform a reconnaissance before giving them information: "You have arrived in front of the Castle Gate and discovered a small room on the Castle Wall containing the Castle Gate's Electric Door Opener."

Liu Xing and Wang Qi looked up and saw a small room built of wood. It stood out starkly on the Castle Wall, the kind of thing that screamed 'suspicious' at first glance. No wonder KP004 couldn't be bothered to let Liu Xing and Wang Qi do a reconnaissance.

Thus, Liu Xing and Wang Qi ascended the stairs to the Castle Wall and entered the small room.

Inside this small room, Liu Xing saw a very old-fashioned wooden Winch connected to an iron chain. However, it had been modified, and the Electric Door Opener could be used to pull the chain to open the gate (This is me making it up, because I don't know what an electric door opener looks like).

Liu Xing also saw a small tag hanging from the plug of this Electric Door Opener – MADE IN CHINA.

Liu Xing couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, unsure of what to say for a moment.

"Now, you can choose to perform a reconnaissance," KP004 announced again.

Was there even a choice? Of course, they had to.

Liu Xing, 4/60, Critical Success.

Wang Qi, 21/65, Success.

"Uh, so you discovered a small booklet detailing how to use this Electric Door Opener. Fortunately, the booklet is written in Chinese," KP004 said, sighing...

It was clear that if Liu Xing's reconnaissance hadn't been a Critical Success, the operation manual for the Electric Door Opener might have been in English, or they might have needed to pass a luck check.

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