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Chapter 127 Strange Tone.

Stephanie felt delighted hearing the praise, her heart swelling with happiness.

She knew that with her intelligence, getting through this small challenge would be a piece of cake.

Now that she had found the right direction, she was confident that they would soon find the way out. She imagined the live audience admiring her wisdom and knew she could build a reputation as a genius.

The more she thought about it, the happier she became, to the point that she almost forgot she was in a haunted house.

Suddenly, she turned to Milly, who was silently staring at the writing on the wall. Seeing Milly still there, a hint of scom flashed in Stephanie’s eyes, though it was too dark to notice.

at it. Let’s

She smiled and said, “Milly, we’ve already figured out this cluc. There’s no need to keep staring at continue looking for other clues.”

Milly didn’t move, her eyes still fixed on the wall.

Seeing no response from Milly, Stephanie narrowed her eyes, thinking to herself, Fine, let her pretend she’s figuring it out. I’ll solve this first and see how she can keep up the act!

The room was small, and they quickly found a wooden box under a nearby table.

Stephanie’s eyes lit up with excitement. “This box must contain the key to the next level!”

Neal nodded, stating, “It’s very likely.”

But the box had a clock–shaped lock on it.

Stephanie touched her chin, thinking hard. “The poem mentioned ‘after nightfall, which in ancient times would be one o’clock. Let’s try one o’clock.”

Slowly, she adjusted the dial to one o’clock.

box opened

and she jumped up. “Wow, we really solved it! Let’s

in the small room, catching the attention of the three scaredy–cats,

Oliver usually found Stephanie annoying, now wasn’t the time to hold grudges; getting out was

see what’s inside!”

added, “Stephanie, check if it’s the

around, Stephanie felt even more pleased

would solve the puzzle, and she expected her popularity to soar after this. Her future in the

Chapter 127 Strange Tone

As for Milly..

compare to

excitement, Stephanie opened the box. In the

is a

must be for the door. Try it,” Neal

took out the key but didn’t rush to the door. Instead, she turned to Milly, who was still standing

more like she was bragging than

strange tone, looked seriously at the key in their hands. “It’s a bit weird. Maybe we shouldn’t open the door yet. This key appearing so

she hadn’t played this type of escape room game before, she knew that solving

of the clue just now made it

completely wrong, yet they still found

this key was probably just

heard Milly say this, her smile

do you know this key is a trick? Did you see any

“No,” Milly answered honestly,

just a game, not a crime scene. Why

on it, sounding upset. “Milly, if there’s no evidence, why are you so sure

do you have something against

Milly rubbed her forehead.

a headache, and now she had to

understand how wrong they were, or they’d never