Everyone waited in the mess hall to pool their maps.
Mei Nan consulted with the person in charge of each map for the parts he couldn't understand.
It was already eleven o'clock at night. The group was exhausted from the day, and several people had fallen asleep with their heads on the tables.
Mei Nan finally managed to piece together the first complete map, but unfortunately, it didn't reveal Zhang Haiyang's hiding place.
They couldn't just have one map, so after Mei Nan compiled them, Yuan Yuan and Zhu Yilian, along with the other girls, began to meticulously copy them.
They worked late into the night until the map issue was resolved.
"It's a shame we couldn't find Zhang Haiyang's hiding spot," Li Ziang sighed, looking at the map.
Ning Wei also picked up a map and glanced at it. Remembering many details, she boldly guessed, "It's because he's not in any of these places at all, which is why we can't find him."
"You have an idea?" Li Ziang quickly looked at Ning Wei.
Ning Wei smiled slightly, placed the map on the table, and patted it, asking, "Besides marine life, what else is abundant in the Ocean Park?"
Li Ziang didn't immediately grasp it, but Bai Xue quickly said, "Seawater!"
Li Ziang's eyes widened, "Are you saying he's hiding in the seawater?"
Ning Wei shook her finger, "Perhaps there are rooms behind the seawater, which is why we can't find them."
She recalled Zhang Haiyang standing on a floorboard and disappearing in the blink of an eye just before they were locked in.
This detail was enough to indicate that Ocean Park was a maze of passages with many hidden mechanisms.
Therefore, if Ning Wei's guess was correct, Zhang Haiyang hiding within the seawater wasn't impossible.
"Then we won't be able to find him?" Wang Jing said with some regret.
"If he can stand us destroying this place, then let him hide well," Ning Wei tapped her fingers lightly on the tabletop, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.
Li Ziang wasn't aware of Ning Wei's past exploits, but Mei Nan and Song Zhi knew them very well.
Seeing Ning Wei's smile, they knew trouble was brewing again.
The only difference was that this time, they would be joining in.
After waking up the sleeping individuals, Mei Nan distributed the maps, and everyone returned to their dormitories to sleep.
The next morning, before they could even start causing trouble, Zhang Haiyang made his move first.
There was a mechanism on the doors. Seeing from the surveillance that all the rooms were locked from the inside, he "kindly" added an extra shackle to each.
A large steel pipe was gently lowered from the junction of the wall and the door.
The door opened outwards, and the steel pipe, descending from above, completely blocked the opening.
Not only that, but he also added a shackle to the lock, making it impossible to open easily from either the inside or the outside.
When everyone woke up, intending to open their doors to go to the mess hall for breakfast and to plan their day, they found they couldn't even get out.
Bai Yang frantically pounded on the door, only for Li Ziang next to him to shout, "Stop pounding, we're all locked in! Let's try to save ourselves first!"
Li Ziang's voice was loud, and the surrounding rooms heard him.
Song Zhi, patting the eggs in his pocket, said, "Locked in again. Luckily, I'm not afraid of heavy things; I put four in."
Song Zhi had large pockets, and last night, he had put two eggs in each.
Mei Nan patted his shoulder, "It's useless if we can't get out. When the time comes and the bus arrives, and we can't get out, how long do you think the attendants will wait?"
Song Zhi had initially planned that if he couldn't escape, he would just give up in the room and wait for time to pass.
However, Mei Nan reminded him that to get on the bus, they first needed to open the door and get out.
Otherwise, what was the point of having a ticket?
With this thought, Song Zhi also became restless and began searching the room for suitable tools to open the door.
Ning Wei's situation was much easier.
She took out a piece of wire, and Yuan Yuan and the others stood behind her, holding their breath, afraid of disturbing her.
Ning Wei tried several times, but the lock wasn't easy to pick.
She wasn't worried yet, but Zhu Yilian, uncharacteristically, started to comfort her, "It's okay if you can't open it, we'll think of other ways."
She spoke this way for a reason. Previously, when they were all locked up together, Ning Wei had tried to use her lock-picking skills, but she had failed.
Although no one said anything, and they even offered words of comfort, Zhu Yilian sensed that Ning Wei seemed a bit down.
With the previous experience, Zhu Yilian expressed her stance early this time.
"It's fine, I heard the sound. Let me try again. You guys step back a bit; the breathing is disturbing me." Ning Wei was confident this time because she wouldn't fail.
Hearing this, everyone retreated several steps.
Yuan Yuan even held her breath, but she couldn't hold it for long before she had to exhale.
She took a deep breath, and the sound was much louder than normal breathing.
Ning Wei, concentrating on the lock, suddenly heard the deep breath and turned back in surprise, "Are you all very nervous?"
Yuan Yuan shook her head nervously, "It's my fault. I couldn't breathe, so I couldn't help myself..."
She covered her mouth, "You continue, I promise not to make a sound."
Ning Wei chuckled lightly. Her fingers moved slightly, and then a crisp click was heard – the sound of the lock opening.
"Breathe normally," Ning Wei said, about to push the door open, but then she couldn't budge it.
She froze for a second, and the atmosphere became awkward.
"I swear, I really heard the lock open," Tang Tang, the devoted fan, was back, wanting to protect her idol's reputation!
"We heard it too," Yuan Yuan chimed in. She was telling the truth, not trying to comfort Tang Tang or Ning Wei.
Zhu Yilian walked directly to the door. Since Ning Wei had already damaged the lock, the door was loose, but it wouldn't open.
"There isn't even a crack. I wonder if something is blocking it from the outside," she muttered, straining to look outside.
Her words reminded Ning Wei.
"Perhaps something is indeed blocking it from the outside, which is why I can't open the door even after breaking the lock."
"Then what should we do?" Zhu Yilian asked anxiously.
Ning Wei asked Yuan Yuan to get an ivory tusk, intending to break a hole in the door to see.
She wouldn't have known if she hadn't looked, but she was startled to see the familiar steel pipe blocking the door from the outside.
"It seems this door is beyond repair," Ning Wei immediately decided, intending to remove the door.
Fortunately, there was only one steel pipe outside, so removing the door would allow them to escape.
Tang Tang, with her loud voice, shouted into the room, urging everyone to find a way to dismantle the door first.
Dismantling the door was much easier than picking the lock. Ivory tusks had also been distributed last night, and every room had at least one now.