Chapter 173: Chapter 157: Ji Xizhi’s Status Is Now Obvious

Amidst the white sheets, countless fake limb fragments were scattered, with dark red bloodstains highlighted strikingly against the white fabric. These were prosthetic fragments specially ordered by the show team, so realistic they seemed genuine.

As soon as Director Xu untied it, the limb fragments seemed to flee, crawling out from the enveloping sheets, some landing on Director Xu’s shoulder, some at his feet, and the most horrifying of all, a severed hand was gripping his pant leg. Under the dim red wall light behind the sofa, the whole scene appeared particularly eerie and sinister.

“——————Ah!!!”

Director Xu gasped sharply, feeling a rush of blood to his head. His mouth opened, and an ear-piercing scream echoed throughout the room.

The follow-up PDs in the room were so frightened that they nearly dropped their cameras.

Ji Xizhi also suddenly looked up at Director Xu.

Director Xu, like a grasshopper, jumped around, trembling as he shook off the items from beside the sofa, then dashed into the crowd of PDs with a leap.

The PDs’ cameras wobbled for a moment at the start, but the follow-up PDs were already used to these scenes, quickly adjusting their cameras, directly facing Director Xu to capture him. Moreover, one who was closer took a close-up shot of the area by the sofa.

Fans in the live-streaming room happened to see this scene, especially those clamoring to see the show team’s contraptions, their eyes glued to the screen.

[Holy moly, this close-up gave me a fright, damn, I thought someone was hiding a corpse!]

[Without warnings of high tension up ahead, I really can’t watch. Every time I follow “Escape Room,” my heart takes a severe jolt, but this time Director Xu is standing with the fans!]

[Hahaha, I’m gonna die laughing at Director Xu, his screaming and twitching are too funny, @Director Wang Old Wang, today’s joy is delivered to your heart!]

[This level of terror can rival the suspense thriller I watched last time. Could this be the trap set by Director Xu in the room? Am I scaring myself?]

[That’s unlikely. How could Director Xu not recognize the show team’s contraption, and this packaged thing seems familiar, is it a bed sheet or a duvet cover?]

Fans, after laughing, started speculating again.

These bloody prosthetics looked very much like a contraption, but Director Xu was so frightened, and that shouldn’t be!

Ji Xizhi had just closed her computer. Seeing Director Xu in this state, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

“Are you scared?”

Director Xu: “…”

Fans watching the live-stream: “…”

Who wouldn’t be scared!

Ji Xizhi then added, “Sorry, I didn’t notice. I thought your show team prepared it, and you would know in advance. I’ll remind you next time.”

Earlier, when Director Xu asked her if the stuff was hers, she instinctively replied that it wasn’t.

But she didn’t predict that even with props prepared by the show team, the director would be scared.

Ji Xizhi sincerely apologized.

Director Xu’s hair was almost standing on end: There’s a next time?!

[LOL! Director Xu: Next time? I won’t even dare to open a blind box next time!]

[Poor Director Xu, going through all that trouble, inviting a bug onto the show!]

[Director Wang internally: That’s what you get for stealing my people! People only see me proud of having Ji Xizhi, but who understands my pain!]

Director Xu lingered amongst the PDs for quite a while before finally relaxing his tense mood.

These fake props, after all, were custom-ordered by the show team. The suddenness of the incident combined with the dark lighting made him fail to react in time, resulting in a shocking fright.

Now, looking back after calming down, he felt a bit embarrassed.

Director Xu gave a small cough and looked up at Ji Xizhi.

“You and Le Qiqi must have discovered this contraption last night, which is why you changed rooms, right!”

With the mechanism broken, it wasn’t hard for Director Xu to guess the reason they switched rooms.

Ji Xizhi nodded: “Yes.”

“But you…”

Director Xu looked at Ji Xizhi’s calm face and suddenly sensed something amiss.

Logically speaking, since the trap in Le Qiqi’s room was discovered, there’d be no need to mention Ji Xizhi’s room.

Both of them were fine, but the main concern now was about the other guests.

[Let me mimic our young mistress’s tone, anyone want my room, you can name your price!]

[The young mistress isn’t easy to trick now, this room is at most three hundred, no more than five hundred!]

[Could it be… is no one worried about the contraptions in other guests’ rooms? If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected will happen.]

Someone in the live stream finally remembered this matter.

Director Xu was about to speak but hesitated, wanting to ask but fearing an answer that might unsteady him.

In the end, he simply stood up and took action directly, “Fine then, let’s head over and call Qiu Lin now.”

The show team, along with Ji Xizhi, swiftly moved to Qiu Lin’s room.

If the contraption was right, by this time, it should have started raining over Qiu Lin’s bed.

The initial segment arranged by the show team was to have them wake the first guest, who then would wake the next one, and so on.

Now that Ji Xizhi was the first, the task of knocking was handed over to her.

Qiu Lin slept late last night. Ji Xizhi knocked for several minutes at Qiu Lin’s door before a lazy voice came through.

“Director Xu! Can’t you call someone else first this early morning?”

Ji Xizhi: “It’s me, Ji Xizhi.”

As soon as Ji Xizhi spoke, Qiu Lin instantly woke up, doing a 180-degree personality shift, the volume of his voice sharply rising, “Coming, coming, coming!”

Director Xu: “…”

As for the double standard, just judging by Qiu Lin’s voice, he already knew the contraption was gone.

Qiu Lin cheerfully opened the door from inside the room, “Zhizhi, I’ve already planned on how to get back at Xu—”

She hadn’t even come out yet, but her words were already out.

Just as she mentioned “Director Xu,” her gaze met Director Xu standing at the door.

Qiu Lin: “!”

Without a word, Director Xu, expressionless, moved on directly with the procedure, calling out the next guest.

Qiu Lin was surprised, “Aren’t you coming in to film? Is today’s shoot so early?”

Director Xu: Would he dare to go in?

After confirming Qiu Lin’s room, he probably already knew.

An entire cast wipeout; the show team’s meticulously arranged house has definitely been ransacked.

So, the ensuing wake-up segment was virtually useless, and Director Xu decided to let Ji Xizhi and Qiu Lin wake the other guests separately.

In no time, six spirited guests were gathered in the hotel lobby.

It was only five-thirty, giving them more than enough time to have breakfast in half an hour.

The six guests sat around the table, and Mo Anxia stole a glance at Director Xu’s expression, then raised a glass of milk to toast Ji Xizhi.

“Zhizhi, congratulations on firing the first shot at tormenting Director Xu!”

The other guests looked at each other, then joined in, sincerely saying, “Keep up the good work!”

Ji Xizhi: “…”

[Laughing, Ji Xizhi’s status is now crystal clear, right!]

[Congratulations to Ji Xizhi on her trial run, now onto the advanced mission: Turn Director Xu into a sieve!]

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After breakfast, all the guests were blindfolded, then got on the vehicle headed to the official recording location of the ninth episode of “Escape Room.”

This episode’s recording location was in an abandoned school.

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