“Miss Riddle, please.” Ike gestured with his hand.
Nicole shot a look at Harvey and then walked forward while Harvey and Ike followed closely behind.
Inside Ike‘s car, Nicole was listening to music in the back. Harvey was sitting in the front passenger
seat as Ike was driving the car off into the distance.
After twenty minutes, the car stopped in front of an experience center. Nicole looked out of the car.
“The Octopus Experience Center?”
“Yes, it‘s a gaming experience. I‘m told it‘s a must–visit place,” Ike said. “Then let‘s check it out.” Nicole
took the lead. She got out of the car and headed inside, coming to the door and being stopped by the
staff.
“Please show your number tag.” Ike came up quickly. “Here it is.”
The staff checked the three number tags before letting them in.
“An experience center with a ticket check? It‘s not like it‘s a movie theater.” Harvey complained.
“It is said that this place only accepts two hundred
visitors a day, so it is entry by number only. Whoever comes late will have to wait until tomorrow, and
tickets are not pre–sold but sold at the counter.” Ike explained to Harvey.
“Oh, I didn‘t know that.” Harvey understood upon hearing Ike‘s explanation. “Are the three of you
together?” A young lady with blonde hair and blue eyes approached them.
“Yes,” Ike spoke. “Are the three of you experiencing it together?” Ike glanced at Nicole as if asking her
opinion. “Yes,” Nicole replied.
“This way, please.” The blonde lady guided them toward the inside. “After passing this door in front of
you, the game officially begins.”
“How do you play this game?” Harvey asked the young lady, who just smiled sweetly, saying nothing.
“What does she mean? How are we going about it?” Harvey looked at Nicole with a puzzled look on his
face.
“Since this is an experience center, certainly we will have to experience it ourselves. Telling you outright
would defeat the purpose.” “If you‘re scared, stay. Let‘s go.” Nicole said, and then looked over at Ike.
The two pushed the door open. No way Harvey would
leave them to spend time alone. So he hurried after them.It was pitched back inside , and the faint light
was only enough to illuminate the directional signs. Nicole led the way. The lights came on all of a
sudden as a four–dimensional space appeared ahead of them. Players must find the real one before
the clock struck in order to pass the level.
The moment the lights came on, time began as a giant time compass was ticking overhead. “It seems
to be a game of time plus space. Is it for us to experience the feeling of time flying by?” Nicole
murmured.
“There are many one–way passages here, so we have to choose carefully, or we‘ll probably get stuck
inside,” Nicole explained to them both. “So, how do we get through?” Harvey looked at Nicole.
“There must be a pattern to look for.” Ike was good at analysis. There were multiple mirrors in front, and
between each mirror was a passage by which it was hard to tell where it would lead to. The only choice
was to go in and check it out themselves. The good thing was, they could still come back out if they
had not ventured too deep inside. But beyond the mirror door, it would be the point of no return. This
was almost exactly what Nicole had thought.
Ike tried to look up to see the time, but the clock compass was gone. In its place was a galaxy. “Why is
the clock gone?”
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