The Cyanided Heart

Chapter 38: Limitations

"Amy... help me...! There is...poisonous gas in the room..." Kate curled up and shouted out the door with all her strength.

"Kate! What happened...?!" Amy's pupils narrowed slightly.

No, if you don't save her quickly...she will die!

Amy turned her head to look at the stack of books on the table. A book with a bright appearance is quite eye-catching in its simplicity.When the pages were turned, some scraps of paper slipped out.

"puzzle…?"

With the light, Amy could see some broken strokes on the fragments.If it can be put together, there should be some clues, Amy gritted her teeth and unfolded the pieces on the cold ground.

Hurry up.Amy clutched her beating chest, her pale fingers moving among the scattered debris.Gradually, the shape of the numbers has become recognizable.

Kate!

Amy stood up and ran towards the door.After entering all the numbers into the combination lock in a panic, the door creaked open.

"Kate! Kate...Are you okay...! Cough..." A puff of pungent smoke rushed out, and Amy quickly covered her nose.

"Well…"

The exhaust fan in the room was on.The turbid gas was flowing, tumbling and escaping along the exhaust fan, as if mocking the actor's passing words.Amy hurriedly dragged Kate out of the room.

"It's all right... Kate!"

"...Ai...Amy. I...uh..." Kate frowned, and slowly opened her eyes, "What happened...?"

"It's as if you're fine..." Amy breathed a sigh of relief, "There was poisonous gas in that room, and you passed out in it..."

"I see..." Kate smiled feebly, "Thank you. By the way... I found a key inside."

"Keys?" Amy took the little rusty key from Kate, looked around, "Well, is there a place with keys around here..."

"Amy, I'm still a little dizzy..." Kate closed her eyes, "Just let me rest for a while."

"Leave it to me, Kate." Amy stood up and walked aside.

Avoiding the dusty shelves, Amy carefully searched the room and finally found a locked cabinet among the piles of boxes.Anyway... try it.Amy took out the key in her pocket.

Ah, it's open.Amy struggled to open the iron door of the utility room, and tried her best to reach the metal crowbar standing in the cabinet.The metal crowbar in her hand was quite heavy, and Amy couldn't help weighing it twice.

By the way, I just found something like an electrical box on the wall, maybe it can be pried open.Amy carefully inserted the tip of the crowbar into the gap in the door and pressed forward.

The dust rushed out with the opening of the box door, and Amy hurried to hide aside.There were burn marks on the ends of the black wires, and there was a stale burnt smell in the air, which seemed to have been burned for a while.A folded sheet of white paper fell down.

Amy picked up the piece of paper, on which there were several figures made up of line segments at angles to each other, and the line segments were of different lengths.Amy folded the white paper and put it in her pocket, and continued to search the room.

I don't know how long it will take for Kate to wake up... But, I can definitely do it on my own!Let's look around again, Amy thought and walked into the small room just now.With the help of the dim light, Amy noticed a handle on the floor in the corner, and observed carefully...it seemed to be a push-pull square door panel, and there seemed to be another space under the floor.

"Ugh—how long has this been open..."

Amy panted, and her hand on the doorknob gradually relaxed.

"...Amy!" A familiar voice came from behind, "...this kind of hard work, how could you not call me!"

"Kay... Kate..."

"Amy, you idiot, when you separated from us, no matter how scared you were...you were the one to bear it." Kate touched Amy's head, "At least remember to ask us to help."

"Um…"

"Okay, I'll count to two...then we'll lift together! One...two..."

The iron plate opened in response, and the dark hole rushed straight up with the coolness, and Amy couldn't help shivering.Looking down, it seems that there is a vertical ladder going straight down.

"Here..." Amy frowned, "It's scary to look at..."

"Amy, let me go down and have a look." Kate looked down, "I think there should be some clues inside."

Kate climbed down the dusty ladder.After an unknown amount of time, the toes finally touched the ground, and the darkness engulfed Kate completely.

"It's so dark..." Kate leaned against the wall looking for the light switch, "Ah, this is it."

Tube lights flickered to illuminate the basement.It was only then that Kate noticed the structure of the room—the stacked shelves were placed in the middle of the room, and the number seemed to be higher than the warehouse above. This place should be like a storage room.Rows of cartons are neatly placed on the shelves. If you look closely, you can see some codes on the cartons...it should be for classification.

"Amy... Come down!" Kate waved to the top, "Be careful."

"Hmm...Okay." Amy turned around and carefully climbed down the ladder.

Several clock faces hanging on the wall caught Kate's attention, and she walked over curiously.There are knobs on the side of the dial that seem to control the angle of the hands, and the wires attached to them end in a locked case.

"Amy...you come and see this."

"A clock?" Amy stared at the dial and thought for a while, "It always looks a little familiar." By the way... Maybe the pattern on the previous piece of paper has something to do with this.After thinking about it, Amy carefully adjusted the angle of the pointer according to the pattern on the paper.

When the final angle was turned, the box opened.Accompanied by the unsettling... repeating siren that symbolizes the countdown.

"Kate... what happened!"

"I don't know!" Kate took two steps back, "Wait a minute, I saw a piece of paper in the box..."

"RC-21452, after 2 minutes, the exit will be closed"

"RC..." Kate looked at the boxes, "Amy, let's go find the box numbered RC-21452!"

"But... there are too many boxes here..."

"There's no time, Amy." Kate sighed. "Let's hurry up."

AD,AH...OC...

The RC-21452 that was the target was finally found, and the tape was wrapped around it in all directions, so that no one had a chance to destroy it.

"damn it…!"

Kate squatted down to remove the tape, letting her nails bend.However, what fell out of the box was just a very ordinary doll.

"Amy... climb up quickly!"

"Good... good!"

"In 2 minutes, the exit will be closed"

Although I don't know if it's a joke...but the poisonous gas before is real!Kate put the doll into her arms and crawled towards the entrance.

Just as Amy and Kate gasped for breath in shock, there was a loud sound of metal breaking under the hole.