Chapter 26: It's not certain which one of us is in more danger!

Deciphering was second nature to Rahman.

As an archaeologist, he frequently had to decode ancient scripts. He possessed a certain level of experience and skill in this field.

While others had to decipher word by word, Rahman only needed to decode the core components. He would then infer the meaning of the intervening sentences based on the context, which drastically reduced his decryption time.

It wasn't even six o'clock yet, and he had already completely deciphered it.

The letter roughly said

【There are two security guards in this wax museum at night.】

Rahman inferred that they were likely the two people in the photograph.

【The two guards jointly guard a secret, a secret that requires two access cards to unlock.】

【The so-called secret treasure is located in the staff breakroom.】

【The female entity in the staff breakroom is a pitiable person and a victim; because she knows the secret, she cannot be allowed to leave. If it is not absolutely necessary, please do not harm her.】

Rahman analyzed that this sentence was likely written for the eerie Ice Wax Statue. After all, he didn't know how powerful the female entity was, nor did he intend to open the door to the staff breakroom.

Rahman thought to himself: *Surely no one would be foolish enough to open that place, even if there is treasure inside.*

Then, he continued reading.

【One of the guards committed a crime and was subsequently dismissed. The wax museum has hired new security; please get along with them amicably.】

This was the general content of the envelope, as Rahman had only interpreted the key parts.

Rahman deduced that he was the newly hired guard, and he also inferred that the eerie Ice Wax Statue was the other guard.

Fortunately, he hadn't fallen for the trap. If he had destroyed the cryogenic hibernation chamber, he would have essentially stabbed his teammates in the back and increased the difficulty of the instance.

If his deduction was correct, a large-scale disturbance would definitely erupt at 6 o'clock. He had to rely on the eerie Ice Wax Statue to clear the stage. Even with reward items available, he had to follow the intelligence and the rules to maximize his survival rate!

At this moment, following the end of the decryption, some were rejoicing while others were grieving.

Those who had not destroyed the cryogenic hibernation chamber breathed a sigh of relief. Those who had destroyed it looked extremely grim; the feeling was even more unpleasant than swallowing excrement. They hadn't expected that after taking such a huge risk, they would end up doing something wrong.

It was all because of that female entity—looking so delicate and beautiful, yet being such a master of deception.

Among those with the worst expressions was Li Zhenpi. When he deciphered the words, he knew he had caused trouble—and massive trouble at that! The thing he was originally proud of turned out to be an attack on his own teammates? This was the epitome of "protecting the opponent and striking the teammate."

Just as some people were regretting their actions and thinking of ways to remedy the situation, a phone rang.

It was a call from an unknown number with no contact name. Rahman swallowed hard and answered the call.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Are you the new security guard of the wax museum? I am the former guard. The wax museum is very dangerous. If you don't want to die, you can choose to cooperate with me."

"Cooperate? What kind of cooperation?"

"I am at the entrance of the wax museum right now. If you open the door and let me in, I will protect you. I only want to take back what belongs to me. I won't hurt you; you can rest assured on that point."

These words gave Rahman quite a fright. It seemed this fellow knew many secrets of the wax museum, and his strength was likely considerable. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to guarantee that the eerie wax statues wouldn't harm a Chosen One.

However, Rule 1 stated that the wax museum closed promptly at twelve, and no one was permitted to enter or exit, regardless of any requests from inside or outside the doors. This guy was clearly a trap; if he let him in, wouldn't he be inviting a wolf into the house?

This was a clear understanding shared by all Chosen Ones and all viewers. Based on the information currently obtained, the dismissed guard at the door was likely similar to the female entity in the staff breakroom—both were there to lead the Chosen Ones to their deaths.

And what was the Chosen One supposed to do?

Obviously, they had to extract information from both of them, analyze which information was valuable and which was misleading, and then use that intelligence to survive the final patrol at 6 o'clock. Weren't these two designed specifically to provide such intelligence?

Rahman's thoughts became increasingly clear. He took a deep breath and quickly calmed himself down. Instead of rushing to hang up, he walked out of the security room and went to the monitoring room, wanting to see what kind of person was at the door.

As he watched the surveillance footage, he saw a man who looked extremely hideous, resembling an evil goblin. He possessed facial features that triggered an instinctive sense of revulsion. If the eerie Ice Wax Statue was fierce and ugly, this man was disgusting and ugly. He was the kind of person that, if you had the ability, you would desperately want to stab twice.

Rahman complained inwardly: *No wonder their joint photo has their heads covered; just looking at them is terrifying.*

However, this was merely his internal monologue; if he dared to say it out loud, those two might team up to kill him.

Not only Rahman and the other Chosen Ones, but even the viewers felt uncomfortable watching him.

[My God, how could the world create such an ugly creature?] [His face looks like it was run over by ten heavy trucks. I need to go wash my eyes.] [If you hadn't said he was a guard, I would have thought he was a goblin!] [No wonder heroes in other worlds go around killing goblins. If it were me, I'd kill him too.] [As everyone knows, goblins love beautiful women. This goblin is a guard, and he was fired for committing a crime. The female entity is a victim who can't be allowed to leave and must be locked inside. From this, we can deduce that the goblin guard and the female entity must have some relationship, just like what you all are thinking.] [Damn it, please stop talking. I can already see the picture in my head.] [It's literally Beauty and the Beast. Please, just kill that guy at the door. I really don't want to see him; he's too disgusting, and his behavior is outrageous!] [It makes me so angry, I wish I could rush in and hack that goblin guard to death. PS: I'm just saying; please don't pick me for the Weird Tales World next time!]

Everyone seemed to be expressing sympathy for the fragile female entity while labeling the ugly guard the "Goblin Guard." They were naturally furious at his actions. Combined with the human tendency to be repelled by ugly creatures and drawn to beautiful ones, they were all condemning the Goblin Guard.

Regardless of whether the truth was as they imagined, they wanted to kill him. Humans are subjective creatures; sometimes the truth doesn't matter, what matters is getting the result they want. If this were a game of voting for a killer and the Goblin Guard and the female entity were put together, most people would, without a second thought, identify the Goblin Guard as the culprit.

Rahman's approach was smarter. Like last time, he feigned "agreement" to cooperate but demanded that the Goblin Guard provide some useful intelligence first to prove he was worth working with. This was also the approach taken by most Chosen Ones, because the Goblin Guard couldn't get in anyway. If he could, he wouldn't be wasting words with them.

After watching the operations of the other Chosen Ones, many people habitually switched to the screen for the Dragon Kingdom. They wanted to see what kind of wild move this big brother was going to pull.

Zhang Yangqing naturally received the call as well. After a few words, the doors of the wax museum suddenly swung open, leaving the Goblin Guard at the entrance completely stunned.

The Goblin Guard was thinking: *How am I going to trick him into opening the door?*

He didn't expect it to just open?

Seeing the Goblin Guard's bewildered expression, the entertainment value of the show peaked. After entering the familiar wax museum, the Goblin Guard glanced at Zhang Yangqing, gave him a thumbs-up, and said

"You knew it was dangerous to let me in, yet you still did. You're quite brave!"

Zhang Yangqing didn't panic at all. He also gave him a thumbs-up and smiled.

"You knew I knew it was dangerous, yet you still let me in. You're quite brave too!"

*It's not yet decided which of us is more dangerous!*