"You broke down the door and woke up the people who shouldn't be disturbed. I didn't open this window."

"Someone wants you to walk a dead end. I dare not open the window for you now. You either leave quickly, or find a way around that dead end yourself."

"There's only one way to enter the villa! Only one way!"

Feng Ruoxing frowned, "That window that suddenly appeared..."

Ye Yang's eyes narrowed, "Someone is stalling for time! Let's go!"

Ye Yang moved slightly to the side, and the sword light in his hand burst forth, stabbing straight at the floor-to-ceiling window on the first floor. Where the sword light passed, the glass shattered, but the sword's edge struck a loud metallic clang behind the curtain.

The curtain fell to the ground under the impact of the sword energy, revealing a cast iron wall behind the window.

Feng Ruoxing quickly reached the next floor-to-ceiling window and used the force of 'Striking the Cow Across the Mountain' (隔山打牛 geshang daniu - martial arts technique of delivering force indirectly) to strike the window. Behind the curtain, the same cast iron was revealed.

Feng Ruoxing retreated, "It seems there really is only one way to enter the villa!"

Ye Yang frowned, "Since it's cast iron to suppress the soul, why leave a way out?"

"That's not a way out, it's a vent."

Xiao Zhu's villa was like a tomb, a tomb imprisoning wronged souls.

That window was like a vent for the prisoners. The wronged souls in the tomb could see the passersby outside, but they couldn't hear the ghosts wailing.

Only warlocks could see the signals of ghosts seeking help, but they had to find a way to enter the prison.

Ye Yang looked up at the window again, his eyes filled with coldness. Feng Ruoxing quickly stopped him, "You don't want to break through the wall, do you? No way! We're here to find clues. If you blast open the cast iron wall, you might even kill the ghosts inside."

Ye Yang said in a deep voice, "Cover me, I'll go take a look at the window!"

Ye Yang gathered his qi and leaped up, tapping the wall a few times with his toes as if climbing stairs. He steadily stepped onto the second floor, grabbed the windowsill with one hand, and looked into the room.

Behind the window, there was nothing but an empty corridor.

Ye Yang was skilled in qinggong (light body skill 轻功), but not enough to support him in the air. Just as he was wondering whether to fall back to the original spot or jump into the room, the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of a figure below the window.

The person squatted under the window with his hands crossed, half his head showing from the edge of the window, "Go forward!"

Ye Yang only paused slightly, and the true qi (真气 zhenqi – internal energy) in his body was already running out. He had no choice but to fall back to his original position. When he climbed onto the window again, the figure in the corridor had disappeared without a trace, but a wooden door had appeared at the end of the corridor.

The person just now told Ye Yang to "go forward," referring to that wooden door.

Feng Ruoxing, who had come up with Ye Yang, held onto the second-floor railing and looked down. Below the railing was like a bottomless black hole. Even with Feng Ruoxing's eyesight, it was difficult to see what was below the railing.

Feng Ruoxing subconsciously took two steps back in the endless darkness, "Why do I feel like there are people below? A lot of people."

While Feng Ruoxing was backing away on guard, Ye Yang slowly walked towards the door at the end of the corridor and pushed it open. Inside, there was only the floor and an open window.

The window was positioned to see the first floor. What was seen through the window wasn't pitch black, but rather a scene arranged with desks placed side by side. Directly in front of the desks was a horizontal coffin.

Ye Yang frowned slightly, "What does this mean?"

Feng Ruoxing was also puzzled, "So many desks, what do they represent? Classmates? School? Classroom?"

Feng Ruoxing suddenly reacted, "Li Po, what's the name of the escape room they went to play? Is it called Spirit Hall Classroom?"

Ye Yang said in a deep voice, "Check where that escape room is located?"

Feng Ruoxing took out his phone and searched for a long time, "No! No escape room has such a theme. Where did Li Po and the others go?"

"They should have come here!" As Ye Yang responded, a sound of brakes came from outside the villa, "Gentlemen, we've arrived. Please put on your blindfolds. I'll lead you into the escape room. Watch your step..."

As Ye Yang turned his head in response, the door of the second-floor escape room slammed shut. When the sound of the bolt locking came from the door, Ye Yang clearly felt someone standing outside the door. The other person seemed to be stuck to the door, blocking it tightly, preventing Ye Yang and Feng Ruoxing from leaving the room.

Feng Ruoxing wanted to draw his sword, but Ye Yang pressed him back, "Don't move yet, let's see what he wants to do?"

As Ye Yang spoke, sunlight suddenly poured into the villa from the direction of the gate. The cast iron wall that Ye Yang couldn't shake open with his sword was opened at this moment.

Ye Yang clearly saw me walking in from outside with a blindfold on. Behind me was Zhao Yuezhu, with her hands on my shoulders, following behind me step by step.

After Zhao Yuezhu entered the gate, the villa fell into darkness again. Ye Yang's eyes were also locked on the driver who pulled me into the house.

The driver silently let go of my hand, "The game is about to begin. I wish you both a pleasant game experience."

As the driver spoke, he quietly dissipated into the darkness like a puff of smoke. The other person's voice was still echoing in the air, "You can take off your blindfolds after you hear the first task. Be careful not to move around, or you might bump into friends in the dark..."