Chapter 763: The end of room 323 is out of reach

“A wretched person like you will never understand my true intentions. That’s enough talk; now, let’s begin the second game.”

As the icy voice fell, a series of “ka-ka-ka” sounds echoed, and the lights in the room flickered on one by one. The entire room was illuminated, and only then did everyone see the true situation inside.

The room was long and narrow, like a corridor in a school, just wide enough for two adults to stand side by side with arms outstretched. The room was densely woven with barbed wire, circle after circle, from top to bottom, almost filling the entire space, looking like a terrifying cage woven from thorns. In this cage, there was only one spot in the center of the room with enough space for one person to stand. At the very center of this space, a key hung on a thin string, glimmering coldly under the light.

On the room’s four walls, there was a black iron door each. Besides the door behind Jack Thompson, the other three doors were at the ends of the room, seemingly out of reach.

“Jack Thompson, you’re a selfish opportunist, exploiting legal loopholes is your forte and your love. Now, it’s time to use this ‘skill.’ If you want to survive, you must pass through this cage full of thorns and reach the middle to get that key. That key opens one of the three doors, the only one that leads to your escape.

However, you need to hurry, act quickly. After twenty minutes, if you haven’t opened the correct escape door within the allotted time, those doors will lock completely, and this room will become your burial ground, your tomb.

Whether you live or die, the choice is yours now.”

As soon as the words left the speaker’s mouth, the timer on the right wall of the room began its ruthless twenty-minute countdown. The red numbers flickered, like the footsteps of death, approaching step by step.

“Damn it!!”

Jack Thompson stared at the tangled, barbed wire in front of him, a wave of despair and anger surged up, and he couldn’t help but shout in anger. Just by looking at those gaps, much smaller than his body, he knew if he went in, he wouldn’t get halfway before the barbs tore him apart. Furthermore, his stomach was still bleeding, his body was weak, and he guessed he wouldn’t even find the escape door before this brutal torment killed him!

Through the live broadcast, viewers saw the entire room, especially those barbs as long as a finger, which made everyone gasp and show terrified expressions.

“Looking at the sharpness of those barbs, I fear even a slight touch could easily tear the skin, causing continuous bleeding!” a viewer worried in the comments.

“At first, clothes might offer some protection, at most tearing a little skin. But in the latter part, once the clothes are shredded and lose protection, those barbs could pierce deep into flesh, that kind of pain is probably similar to ancient execution by lingchi, it’s terrifying to even think about,” another viewer analyzed, his tone filled with imagined pain Jack Thompson was about to face.

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“Even so, Jack Thompson will probably still try to charge through, after all, if he doesn’t try, he’ll only be waiting to die here, he surely wouldn’t be willing to die just like that,” another viewer speculated, believing Jack Thompson would risk it for survival.

At the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief James Smith saw this scene, his eyes lit up as if he thought of something important. He hurriedly called over Li Mengying, who had just returned, and said with a serious expression, “Meng Ying, could you please check the hardware stores in the city to see if anyone’s been buying a lot of steel wire lately. This might be closely related to that Dark Law Enforcer.”

“Yes!” Li Mengying accepted the task without hesitation and turned to carry out her assignment.

Watching Li Mengying depart, James Smith turned to Ren Xiaoliang, who was focused on hacking at the computer, and asked, “Xiaoliang, how’s your side coming along? Have you breached his firewall? We must find clues on this Dark Law Enforcer as soon as possible.”

Ren Xiaoliang shook his head with a wry smile, showing a helpless expression, “Chief, I’ve never seen such a strange firewall, its defense is not only strong but its counterattacks are completely undetectable, impossible to defend against. This is already my third computer, yet there’s still no breakthrough.”

Meanwhile, in the live broadcast, Jack Thompson gritted his teeth, finally summoned the courage, and started to take his first difficult step towards the barbed wire…

Jack Thompson cautiously reached out his fingers, tentatively grabbing a part of the barbed wire without the barbs, trying to pull it apart. However, he soon discovered, though the wires didn’t appear thick, they were incredibly resilient and elastic. Once he released his grip, the wire mesh sprang back as if it were alive, quickly returning to its original state.