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.

opened with a

up. “Wow, we really solved it! Let’s see what’s

attention of the three scaredy–cats,

now wasn’t the time to hold grudges; getting

see what’s

added, “Stephanie, check if it’s the

them all gathered around, Stephanie felt

she expected her popularity to soar after this. Her future in the entertainment

Chapter 127 Strange Tone

As for Milly..

compare to

her excitement, Stephanie opened the box. In the dim light,

is a key!” Michelle

be for the door. Try it,”

but didn’t rush to the door. Instead, she turned to Milly, who was still standing silently. Pretending to be sincere, she said, ‘Milly. I’ve found the key. Let’s get out

more like she

and, ignoring her 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

of escape room game before, she knew that solving puzzles like these wouldn’t rely only on one

analysis of the clue just now made

yet they still found

was probably just a

heard Milly say

this key is a trick?

“No,” Milly answered honestly,

not a crime scene. Why

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

do you have something

Milly rubbed her forehead.

and now she had to listen

firsthand to understand how

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