I Have a First-Class Escape Skill

[Ensemble cast + stages and challenges + multiple worlds + lighthearted progression + team-based competition]

Xin Shi had been down on her luck since childhood. After finally winning five hundred yuan, she slipped in the rain and fell into a sewer.

Xin Shi, who thought her luck was finally turning around: "..."

Right away, the System told her she had entered the escape game "First Image." She was lucky enough to draw the "Break" faction card, lucky enough to become the leader of Group 7951, and lucky enough to have three teammates.

Xin Shi, completely unmoved: →_→

She worked hard to clear stages and climb the rankings. At last, she made it to fourth from the bottom on the game leaderboard. She wiped off her sweat, got to her feet, and looked back. Weren't the third, second, and first from the bottom her three mysterious teammates?

Turns out their whole group was this bad. She was relieved and decided to lie flat.

She leisurely and contentedly climbed the rankings. Along the way, she met an honest man who was a master at playing cards, a long-haired young man who spoke with a smile, and a helpless little girl who loved wearing a pointed hat. Kindly, she gave them directions.

The three followed the direction she pointed and looked up at the sky, only to discover that six "suns" had appeared overhead at some point.

Noticing their suspicious glances, Xin Shi blinked in confusion.

This... glaring sunlight, they couldn't feel it?

Only after she led the "ordinary" members of Group 7951 to the top of the game leaderboard in an "ordinary" fashion, and was asked about how her team became famous, did she humbly wave a hand. "Everyone just took a little longer to catch on. Don't mind us."

Looking at the cunning magician, the smiling chancellor with a knife hidden behind his back, the wicked witch, and their seemingly modest leader in the middle, who was actually the most unpredictable of them all, everyone roared inwardly: "It's all an act! They're all two-faced!"

Everyone turned to look at the outstanding prodigies behind them and thought: Now that's what true experts look like! Losing to them must be because their team has a bad culture!

The top players, receiving those fervent looks: "..."

As expected, losing to Group 7951 was a mystery for the ages, even harder to solve than this lousy game.

Theme: Pass through the darkness and stride toward victory