Bang!
Hearing the wooden door suddenly slam shut behind her, Big Sister Meng Zhi spun around in fright and tried to open it. But no matter how hard she twisted the handle or pushed, the Reception Room's door would not budge, as though someone had locked it from outside.
"The Welcome Party will last three hours. Please remain patiently and amicably in the Reception Room." The same voice they had heard over the Loudspeaker came from outside the door, accompanied by the scrape of a wooden chair being dragged across the floor.
All the signs suggested that both the voice from the Loudspeaker earlier and whatever had now locked the Reception Room's door belonged to the Security Guard in the Security Office.
Once they realized that none of them could leave the Reception Room for the time being, anxiety crept into the gathered players' eyes and expressions. But this was the Nightmare Game, after all, and a trap within a trap was hardly surprising. Rather than dwell on useless anxiety, they needed to focus on surviving these three hours and finding more clues about the game during that time.
After entering the Reception Room, Su Bai had no energy to spare for anything else. He glanced at Sang Sang, who was already sitting in an armchair, and at Yao Qing, Yue Zhengqing, and the others seated opposite one another on the sofas. After a moment's thought, he braced himself against the wall and returned to the armchair he had occupied before, curling up in the most comfortable position he could find.
Although looking so sickly might seem strange, the side effects left him in no position to care.
Yue Zhengqing and the others did not so much as look directly at Su Bai, but Sang Sang, sitting opposite him, gave