"Oh, this design is pretty clever."
They had carefully lifted this rug to search underneath right from the start, but there had been nothing there.
They hadn't expected the mechanism to be somewhere else.
After they triggered the mechanism on the display shelf, the hidden catch beneath the floor sprang open, lifting one edge of a floor panel so it could be opened.
They opened the panel to reveal a large opening with a ladder leading down.
"No wonder the production team prepared clothes for us."
Pei Lan looked at herself, then at Sang Xiangwan. They had both changed into the practical trouser outfits provided by the production team.
"A skirt really would be inconvenient for an escape room. It'd be hard to climb or run." Sang Xiangwan nodded in agreement.
"Let's go, then."
Li Chonghua sat at the opening, reached behind to grip the ladder, then turned around and planted his feet firmly on it.
Li Chonghua could be considered the team's fearless tank in escape rooms, always taking the lead no matter what.
"Are we sure this is the exit? Could it be a trap?"
Despite her words, Pei Lan had already crouched down, ready to follow him.
Li Chonghua gave an irrefutable reply. "Does it look like there's any other exit here?"
Even this exit had taken them ages to find!
"It's fine. I'll go down first and call you if everything's okay."
With that, Li Chonghua prepared to head down alone.
"Take a lamp."
Jiang Chuyu handed Li Chonghua the kerosene lamp she was holding. The passage was rather dark. "Be careful."
"Give it to me. I'll go down with him first."
Pei Lan reached out to intercept it and slipped the lamp's ring straight onto her wrist. "This way, it'll leave my hands free, and