Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

On the control panel of elevator No. 2, there are three illuminated floor buttons, including the thirteenth floor and the twenty-fifth floor, but the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the illuminated "1st Floor".

... When Jiang Shuangmei saw the lit button, she seemed to hear the sharp laughter of the devil in her ears.

No doubt she was moved.

Of course she knew that the button on the first floor certainly did not represent the real first floor, and it might even be intentionally tempted to lure the tasker. Maybe something very dangerous would appear immediately after reaching that floor and the elevator door opened...

However, none of this can stop Jiang Shuangmei's eager ambition.

What if that's really the 1st floor? Maybe, isn't it?

You see, if you press it down, you might be able to escape directly from this terrible nightmare, this terrifying labyrinth made up of elevators...

If this is the case, the two missionaries from higher levels will not look at her with disdain and contempt, but will recognize her wisdom and courage...

When Jiang Shuangmei saw the lit button, all kinds of thoughts and fantasies flashed in her mind, confusing her mind like a beautiful dream. She was about to press it almost without thinking.

But the second she touched the cold button, she forced herself to withdraw her finger with a kind of great willpower.

She took a deep breath, almost unbelievable, those thoughts that seemed to be possessed in her mind just now appeared in her brain...

It was a mix of arrogance, shallowness, selfishness, impulsiveness, and more. Although Jiang Shuangmei has been living under the blessing of her older sister—once—the habit of being cautious has long been integrated into the flesh and blood of the pair of sisters.

Taskers like them who shuttle through the bottom floor of the narrow building and the slightly higher floors have always been cautious.

Jiang Shuangmei knew that the impulsive and incredible decision to directly press the button to go to the first floor just now could not be said to be her original intention.

... "The Devil's Mask".

Just now, the man in the suit mentioned a concept, that is, the cost of using item cards.

This kind of price usually takes effect immediately, and will affect the user's personality invisibly, subtly changing the user's mental state. The costs are usually mental, but there are also costs that have strange physical effects.

For example, Ding Yi's item card will turn her hair blue.

The price of an item card is often explained or implied in its interpretation, but whether it can be clearly realized or felt depends entirely on the user's own sensitivity.

And Jiang Shuangmei had already learned from the memory of the previous owner of this item card, how powerful its price was. That is a powerful side effect, not a coincidence like a sorceress.

Jiang Shuangmei silently pondered in her heart, considering whether this item card would secretly affect her when she first entered the nightmare.

For example... why should she care so much about the arrogance of those two missionaries from higher levels?

She has long known the virtues of this group of higher-level taskers!

It's not that she hasn't been to a higher level, even if it's only the second level, the group of taskers still have a lot of contempt for the taskers at the bottom, as if one more true ending can make them superior.

As for the group of mission workers further up, when they bent down and stared at the mission workers at the bottom, they seemed like gods in the sky, condescending to communicate with the ants on the ground.

It's always been like this. It seems that the floor number in the narrow building also represents a certain level of respect.

Therefore, Jiang Shuangmei has already become numb.

Now that she is numb and knows that this is normal, and apart from the young man's sentence of map pào being too exaggerated, the two taskers did not act too exaggeratedly, and they are just the appearance of higher level taskers in her memory ...

Why is her reaction so big? Even secretly feeling angry?

This nightmare is the point, she clearly understands this, at least she confirmed it before she entered the nightmare.

So in the final analysis... She has already been affected by the price of that item card without knowing it.

Almost instantly, Jiang Shuangmei figured out these things. She decided to do this kind of introspection more often, so she wouldn't get stuck with that damn item and didn't realize it.

No matter how powerful its ability is, it is useless, and its side effects are also powerful, and there is no trace.

... Sure enough, this item card is just as disgusting as its former owner.

Jiang Shuangmei sneered in her heart, buried all her thoughts, and then turned to look at the other two taskers: "Which floor should we choose?"

Shen Yunju remained silent as usual, his dead face remained expressionless in a trance, as if he was still thinking about something that fascinated him just now, and he didn't want to participate in the discussion at all.

Jiang Shuangmei also knew his temperament, so she didn't pay attention to him at all.

Fei hesitated for a moment, looked at the control panel, and finally said: "The twenty-fifth floor?" She said more practically, "We are now on the 24th floor, which is almost the same as the 25th floor. If you press the 25th floor like this, you can Infer the floor section it actually corresponds to."