Chapter 235: Sixty-Second Floor, Chamber of Agony (3)
[Escape the Chamber of Agony. Time remaining: 9 minutes 55 seconds.]
For some inexplicable reason, I had initially interpreted the name of the chamber in a rather ridiculous way—I had assumed I was supposed to agonize thinking about the way to escape.
What if that wasn’t the case? Could my fixation on a complicated and confusing solution have been misguided?
Perhaps the door didn’t have a solution that needed to be well thought out, but simply needed me to agonize.
This would be completely different from what I had heard about other puzzle floors, where the solution would only be hidden behind a series of clues.
Regardless, my previous knowledge seemed to be a trap. Instead, I should think more simply and interpret the name even more literally.
Shit, I can’t believe I overlooked this.
A mixture of frustration and enlightenment welled up within me. Although I still couldn’t be certain, the idea seemed convincing—unlike my naive and foolish knocking from earlier.
This time it felt genuinely different.
I would say I am about ninety percent certain.
Surprisingly, smashing the light bulb had been the right choice. Without doing that, I would have continued searching for a visible clue or secret. Now that a plausible solution had presented itself, a sense of relief washed over me.
The challenge is going to be figuring out what kind of agony the tower wants.