The four exchanged glances, and Qiu Fengse finally spoke, "I'll open it." With that, he stepped forward and grasped the doorknob.

"Hold on," Feng Bujue stopped him. "Aren't you afraid of some 'door ambush' or something?"

"Well, someone has to open the door..." Qiu Feng replied. "Given that there are no clues, if the system sets up a guaranteed-kill trap behind the only door, that would be forcibly reducing player numbers. It's completely unreasonable."

"Oh..." Feng Bujue nodded, retreating backward without restraint. "Then I'll move back a bit, watch from a distance. You shouldn't mind, right?"

"Uh... fine..." Qiu Feng replied. After speaking, he exchanged glances with Honghu and Ji Chang. The three of them shrugged, wearing helpless expressions.

In their hearts, they were thinking: This guy called [Feng Bujue] is just neurotic. He was making all sorts of reckless moves before, and now he's overcorrecting.

In fact, they didn't understand Feng Bujue...

What kind of person was Brother Jue? He was cautious even opening a door in a single-player script, never forgetting to probe for traps with an iron bar before entering. In this kind of situation, you want him to stand close and watch you open the door? If Feng Bujue spoke frankly, it would be: "Your death doesn't matter, just don't splatter me with blood."

In his eyes, behind every door was a grenade with its pin pulled, and inside every bush crouched a Garen (a character from League of Legends). Therefore... unless absolutely necessary, he would never risk capsizing in a sewer.

Qiu Fengse didn't hesitate for too long, and stopped paying attention to Feng Bujue, who had already retreated ten meters away. He adjusted his breathing, turned the doorknob, and pushed the door open.

Behind the door was also a rather large space, square in shape, with sides estimated to be about twenty meters long. The only exit was this white door.

The floor area of this square room was naturally not as spacious as the outer hall, but the ceiling was clearly higher than outside (the hall's ceiling was less than five meters high).

The entire room was empty, with only a strange object placed on the floor in the center of the room. The shape of this object was difficult to describe; it was a polyhedron close to spherical, slightly larger than a basketball.

After the door was opened, none of the people in front of the door intended to step into the room. They were all shrewd people; seeing this strange setup, they would definitely observe first.

"I thought the door would lead to a staircase or an elevator," Ji Chang said.

"I also find it strange," Honghu said with a puzzled expression. "We've checked everything. The only passage on this floor is this door, but now the door doesn't lead to a passage, but another enclosed area."

Qiu Feng continued, "Hmph... then there are only two possibilities. First, this square room is the so-called 'Detective Club.' As long as we step inside, we've completed the task." He paused and pointed to the object in the room. "Second, that thing inside can help us leave here."

"Is it a device to activate some kind of mechanism... or a teleportation device?" Ji Chang followed his train of thought.

Qiu Feng replied, "Oh? You think it's definitely the second possibility?"

Ji Chang was slightly taken aback by the words. "At least I don't think this room looks like a club. It doesn't even have a window. When the door is closed, it should be pitch black inside, and whether the air circulates is also a problem."

"It's hard to say. The so-called 'Detective Club' may not be a club in the usual sense. If the system wants, it can give a public toilet such a name," Qiu Feng said. "Also, the task [All surviving players enter the 'Detective Club'] is likely just the first step in a series of tasks. The system didn't hint that... completing this step will clear the level. Maybe the task means that all the living players have to enter this room."

"Hmm... that's true. After all, that kind of supernatural setting has already appeared." Ji Chang glanced back at the light wall by the door. "Maybe after we go in, the space inside will change."

"To be safe, I think we should let one person go in first to check what exactly that thing in the room is," Honghu suggested, and immediately followed up with, "Saying something like this and then asking someone else to go seems a bit unfair, so... I'll volunteer..."

"Ah—" At this moment, Feng Bujue suddenly let out a scream, interrupting Honghu's words.

Qiu Feng, Ji Chang, and Honghu were all startled by this sudden shout, and their fright levels jumped up a little.

Since the door was opened, Feng Bujue had fallen silent and stared intently at the object in the room from a distance with a very strange look. But at this moment, he suddenly shouted for some reason and retreated rapidly backward.

"Don't go in! Stay away from that thing!" Feng Bujue shouted. "Come over here!"

Honghu and the other two didn't have time to think too much. Seeing Feng Bujue's serious expression, they didn't think he was joking, so they quickly acted and retreated to Feng Bujue's side.

Seconds later, the four of them had retreated together to a distance of more than twenty meters from the door.

Honghu asked, "What's wrong with you this time?"

Feng Bujue said, "I just saved your life."

"Huh?" Honghu's tone was seven parts bewildered and three parts pained.

"You should ask, 'How do you figure that?'" Feng Bujue said.

Honghu found it funny. He snorted coldly and replied with a wry smile, "Okay... how do you figure that?"

"I think it's better if you guys don't know," Feng Bujue replied.

"I say, Brother Feng..." Ji Chang said earnestly at this time, "Seriously... can you please stop messing around..."

"I'm not joking," Feng Bujue replied quite seriously. "I recognize the thing in the room, and I know what it is. But if I tell you information about this thing, it will become very dangerous for you to approach it again." He spoke quickly, his tone revealing a sense of certainty and reliability. "If we want to continue playing this script, we must use the power of this thing. And to do that, we must cooperate with each other." His gaze swept over three faces filled with disbelief and uncertainty, and he continued, "The characteristic of this thing is that people who don't know its characteristics are relatively safe when they come into contact with it. But as long as there is someone within a certain range around it who knows its characteristics, all matter that contradicts its laws will be destroyed."

Feng Bujue paused for a few seconds to allow his teammates to digest this information, and then said, "I am the person who knows its characteristics." He turned to look at Honghu, "And based on the information I currently have, Honghu, you are violating its laws." He slowed down his pace slightly, "Fortunately... when you opened the door, I was far enough away from that thing, otherwise, the moment I recognized that thing, Honghu would have already died."