Entertainment: Escape from the Stars

Time is a vague concept, but through the theory of relativity, it usually means that the faster the speed, the slower the time.

When the watch showed 4 hours and 33 minutes left, Ning Zhou felt that he should speed up.

He stayed on the third floor for less than twenty minutes. There were a total of twenty-three shops, large and small, and he found three of them, taking an average of five minutes per shop.

There are some signs of turning.

For example, the drawer at the cashier counter of a certain house has been opened, or the door of a certain house is open.

Ning Zhou was also trying to find clues, similar to footprints.

All I can say is that the employees are so positive.

This place is a place for hide and seek. The program team must have communicated with it in advance. Maybe they will come here at night.

Jinling received a lot of tourism bonuses from last season's open escape. Even if the other party just said that they might come, they would take it seriously.

It is conceivable that the merchants here are definitely being held in a meeting, and the TV station may be coming. It is related to the face of our mall and even Jinling as a whole. Hygiene and other things must be done well.

Looking at the shiny floor and touching many places but not particularly dirty hands, I guess it started a few days ago.

This is very painful for Ning Zhou.

As for catering, there would always be some fumes. If it reached the ceiling, it would definitely leave traces, but his neck was sore and he didn't see anything wrong.

Relatively speaking, hotels have fewer places to hide people than other places, but Ning Zhou cannot give up completely.

Just when I was feeling anxious, Zhao Lushi's voice came from downstairs.

"What's wrong?"

After such a long time, the other party must know that they are looking for him, so the so-called psychological warfare will not work.

"get down!"

"immediately."

Ning Zhou looked around and walked to the nearest elevator.

Then

He stood still, looked back, and then looked forward.

"No way, Miss Zhao, have you found the person or is it a blind box?"

"It should be a blind box."

"There's no rush, you come up first."

The sound of footsteps came, and Zhao Lushi panted up to the third floor.

Time was running out, so Ning Zhou didn't waste any time and pointed to the pillar in the corner: "Go up and kick it harder."

Anyone who has been to a shopping mall knows that there are overwhelming advertisements everywhere.

Each store is in a different location and has a different structure.

There are several protruding square pillars at the entrance of this Bullfrog shop, which are surrounded by advertisements from the merchants.

Not surprising, right?

However, it moved.

Ning Zhou also thought that he was dazzled just now.

You can stand still and observe. Compared with the other pillars, it is obvious that they are not on the same line. They are more bloated and have expanded a lot. This can be explained by the fact that they have been decorated for too long and have detached from the pillars. There is no problem.

However, it moved again.

"A kick?"

Following the direction Ning Zhou pointed, Zhao Lushi immediately realized something was wrong. She couldn't control the smile on her face and pulled him forward.

"Well, what if the person hiding inside is Teacher Huang? Isn't it rude of me to do the following?"

"It can't be Teacher Huang. He's not that slim. What if you try harder and fall asleep?"

"Okay, then I'll start walking sideways, right? Do you want to take a run-up? How about the position of your waist?"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute."

A familiar voice came from inside the pillar.

"Ouch. Ouch, brother, sisters, help me, the tape is stuck, it makes my head hurt."

Although they stood opposite each other, they were not real enemies. The two quickly pulled apart the billboard outside, revealing Guo Qilin hiding inside.

He couldn't tell how embarrassed he was at this time.

His face was covered in sweat, his hair was messy, and he sat there panting.

"How did you find me?"

[Please note that the hiding time of the hiding party is one hundred minutes, and the blind box is -1]

The announcement from the program crew slightly interrupted the conversation between the two.

Guo Qilin was a little regretful. It took his friends ten minutes to get it done.

"You moved!"

Ning Zhou smiled.

"Hey," Guo Qilin let Zhao Lushi take pictures of him: "The place is a good place, but it's really awkward. I have to stick to this pillar."

"Then you chose the wrong place. Even if I didn't see you just now, you won't be able to hold on for long."

"Okay," Guo Qilin stretched out his hand and let Ning Zhou pull him up: "We didn't have a chance to meet last season, but this time we finally met in the game."

"Be careful, don't get caught by me."

Guo Qilin was stunned: "Hey, this is my line, okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, the second message was also conveyed.

[Please note that the capturing side successfully arrested a hiding side player, blind box +1]

This news was informed to both team members by the way.

It must be bad news for the pursuer team. Only twenty-five minutes have passed and one of them has been caught.

It must be good news for the escapee team. It has only been twenty-five minutes and they have caught one.

Guo Qilin took the initiative to leave. When he told the members where he was hiding, Huang Shengli shook his head helplessly.

Indeed, it felt like the location was good. As Ning Zhou said, even if he didn't see it at that moment, he would definitely not be able to hold on later. Five hours, not fifty minutes, was still considered a relief.

After finding someone in half an hour, the two of them immediately relaxed.

"Next, you and I will search the second floor first."

In Ning Zhou's opinion, it is really difficult to hide people on the third floor, and now that he has found another one, he can relax his focus a little.

"Come and see this."

After going downstairs, all the way forward, there was a claw machine in the middle.

There are many of these in shopping malls, the small ones are about 20 centimeters high, and the ones in front of you are more than a meter high. The top in front of you is almost on the fourth floor, at least five meters high.

The dolls inside are all huge, there are many of them, and it is not impossible to hide someone inside.

“I’ve watched it many times and I always feel like there’s something wrong with it.”

Zhao Lushi walked to the side of the claw machine.

"There's a lock here, but look"

Ning Zhou followed, squatted down and touched the scratches on the edge of the lock.

"It feels like it was freshly shaved."

"Yes." Seeing that he agreed with her opinion, Zhao Lushi was a little excited: "Although this thing is a bit ridiculously big, it would seem particularly stupid to hide it inside.

But what if the other party is playing psychological warfare.

Just bet you think it’s impossible!

Moreover, in which boutique I was in, I saw someone selling locks. "

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Ning Zhou stood up, looked around, and found a bench from the side.

Keng! Keng! Keng!

Just three times, maybe one more, and the lock was broken open.

"I'll come, I'll come!"

Miss Zhao took her mobile phone and couldn't wait to open the small door and rushed in.

"Put your hands up."

Then, he immediately turned over the doll inside.

Ning Zhou went to the front and could clearly see that Miss Zhao seemed to be having a lot of fun. The doll inside was about half her size.

"No one!"

After analyzing for a long time and searching for twenty seconds, Zhao Lushi's face immediately drooped.

"That, that!"

Seeing that she couldn't tell left and right for a moment, Ning Zhou pressed himself against the glass, his eyes and fingers pointing at his lower left and the other person's lower right.

“Oops, there’s a blind box!”

Why did Ms. Zhao confirm that the box in her hand was a blind box? Because there were two words written on it: blind box.

It seems that the scratches on the outside are not caused by the hiding party, but are tips given by the program team.

Otherwise, the locked cabinet drawers, including the claw machine, would not be looked through normally.

Miss Zhao played with it for a while: "Do you want to open the box now?"

"Don't worry, it's just the beginning. Where did you find it just now?"

Ning Zhou was going to search the second floor with her.

"The elevator comes up from the front and we go left and right. I think we have to find this clothing store first. It's very big and has a lot of clothes stands.

I was worried if he was a target. "

"Understood, you can control me."

Four hours is a long time. In terms of probability, no matter where you hide it, there is a possibility of being found.

Just now, he received a notice from the program team that the total of one hundred minutes was up and the blind box was reduced by one. Ning Zhou immediately looked at the time.

Exactly 3 hours and 35 minutes left.

This means that no one is moving for the time being. However, there is another rule. Everything within a radius of ten meters is considered to be in place. In the current store, if only one person comes in, it is indeed possible to pass through various clothes or other things. , cover and avoid.

He still needs another round of verification, which is the main reason why he doesn't open the blind box right away.

The clue is naturally about the hiding party.

There is a high probability that the exact location will not be given, otherwise it would be too unfair. There is no need to find anyone, just find the blind box.

It may be to remind you of the approximate location, floor, or something else.

If there is an active target, the lead may be temporary and somewhat wasted.

"Take this."

Ning Zhou's hands were empty and he remembered that he had forgotten the mop on the third floor. But when he arrived at the clothing store, he was still short of sticks. He quickly found two sticks, one for you and one for me.

With this thing, the search speed is much faster.

Clothes on the wall. Knock!

Model knock!

A pile of clothes!

They watched each other's progress out of the corner of their eyes, never leaving any chance for the other party to escape.

Do you think knocking is so monotonous?

impossible!

After knocking for a while, Miss Zhao threw down the stick and rushed out. Ning Zhou was stunned for a moment. Seeing her shaking her head up and down, he understood that she wanted to catch her by surprise.

"Unexpected failure, no one was found, continue!"

The young lady is quite open-minded.

This clothing store really took the two of them a lot of time. After looking through the clothing area, there are still many cabinets. If you don't open them, you won't know if there is anyone hiding in them.

Ten minutes passed like this, and nothing was gained.

Even though the air conditioner was on in the mall, the two of them were still sweating profusely.

Ning Zhou didn't care whether it was ice or not, and took two bottles directly from the pile of black cows that could be seen everywhere.

"Go on, explore forward!"

[Please note that the hiding time of the hiding party is 200 minutes, and the total number of blind boxes is -2]

Zhao Lushi was obviously a little panicked when she heard the second round of notifications from the program team.

For the first time, four people were hiding, each of them had twenty-five minutes, which was quite acceptable.

But then I found someone.

In other words, in the past thirty-three minutes, they had gained nothing except the blind box in the claw machine.

Four hours, one person per hour, and the progress is not falling behind.

But in the past half hour, they were not lazy at all. They were looking for it very seriously. They didn't miss any corner, but they didn't find anything.

Naturally, I felt a little panicked.

"You wait first."

Ning Zhou looked at Miss Zhao not far away, waved his hand, and trotted to follow.

"Come, sit down."

The location they chose had a good view and they could see most of the area.

“If we can’t continue like this, our physical strength will definitely be too much.

It's only a quarter of the time, and there are still three hours left. As we go further, our physical strength will decline even more, and we can't even talk about efficiency. "

Miss Zhao nodded, sweat dripping down her smooth chin and falling to the ground. After Ning Zhou saw it, he took out the tissue he just took out of his pocket and handed it over.

"Thank you. We didn't find anyone in the place where we thought we could hide people before the game. Please analyze it."

"You really have to talk about it."

Ning Zhou put the empty black cow jar aside.

"If you were asked to choose a place to hide, how long would it take to prepare?"

After going around in such a big circle, Zhao Lushi was somewhat familiar with the mall.

"It's hard to say, probably ten or twenty minutes."

"That's right," Ning Zhou touched his chin: "Guo Qilin's position just now is obviously not what ordinary people can think of, nor can it be achieved by one person.

It must take a lot of effort.

I think the reason why the program team gave such a long time is not to let the hiding party find it, but more to encourage it to create it.

Just like Guo Qilin, if he hadn't been physically exhausted, he wouldn't have paid attention."

Miss Zhao thoughtfully said: "I understand, but it's not easy to find."

"It's not bad," Ning Zhou looked around: "After all, they can't make something out of nothing. By the way, I have a place in mind."

Seeing him getting up and jogging, Zhao Lushi quickly followed him, and then arrived at the clothing store that he had checked half an hour ago.

"Is there something wrong here?"

"uncertain."

Ning Zhou walked into the store, squatted down in front of a row of cabinets, then opened the cabinet and pulled it, closed the door, moved to another row of cabinets, and continued to pull it.

“I didn’t open it and read it”

Zhao Lushi couldn't understand, so she also squatted down.

"My strength is not such a waste. I'll go to Sister Bailu."

In the cupboard, she saw an acquaintance.

"Hi, what a coincidence. You guys are also here to go shopping."

The white deer inside waved his hands with some difficulty, with an awkward smile on his face.