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“Is everything okay with Ji Meng and the others?” An Rou peeked in, feeling a bit timid.
Caught up in the moment, she realized her courage might not be enough to support her playing in a haunted house, such an amusement facility.
“Don’t worry, they’ll be fine!” Su Jiang smiled, showing his white teeth, “Wang Ziyang is the Haunted House Killer!”
At that moment, Wang Ziyang had no time to pay attention to Su Jiang. He and Ji Meng were listening to the staff explaining the game rules.
“Our haunted house is a unique dual entrance haunted house, where each of you needs to enter from one of the entrances.”
“Entrance 1 has more ghosts, the path is relatively simpler; Entrance 2 has fewer ghosts, less scary, but the path is maze-like complex with obstacles.”
“Regardless of which entrance you choose, both of you need to place your red and blue coins on the mechanism in the middle of the haunted house to pass the challenge.”
After explaining, the staff handed a red and a blue coin to Wang Ziyang and Ji Meng, respectively.
“O-One person enters each entrance?” Wang Ziyang asked cautiously, “Can’t both of us go through the same entrance?”
“Uh, if you’re scared, you can.” After saying that, the staff completely blocked off any escape route for Wang Ziyang.
Looking at the red coin in his hand, Wang Ziyang’s eyes showed a look of determination to die. He turned to Ji Meng and said, “Ji Meng, don’t worry, I’ll go through my entrance as fast as possible and come to help you.”
Ji Meng nodded, somewhat expectantly, “I believe in your Haunted House Killer skills!”
The staff added, “You can choose your entrances randomly. There will be extra rewards for breaking the record.”
These words immediately sparked interest in some of the timid people around.
An Rou, hearing that there were rewards for breaking the record, felt a surge of competitiveness. She immediately dragged Su Jiang to sign up, queuing up behind Wang Ziyang and Ji Meng.
“Alright, you can go now!” The staff smiled at Wang Ziyang and Ji Meng, “Have fun.”
“Ji Meng, you go get ’em!” An Rou waved her little hand from behind, cheering for Ji Meng.
Ji Meng turned back and gave a sweet smile. Without hesitation, she went into one of the entrances.
“Old Wang, go get ’em!” Su Jiang, mimicking An Rou, shouted to Wang Ziyang, “Show your Haunted House Killer skills!”
“Get lost!”
Wang Ziyang couldn’t hold it in any longer. He turned back and gave Su Jiang the middle finger. His entire demeanor changed, his face became serious, and he stepped resolutely into the haunted house.
A few minutes later, a scream came from the haunted house.
“SOS!!!”
“I don’t want to play anymore, waaah…”
“Big brother, please don’t chase me, I really messed up, big brother!”
“Ji Meng! Ji Meng, come save me, Ji Meng!”
“…”
Su Jiang stood outside, covering his mouth tightly to hold back his laughter. He immediately took out his phone, started recording, capturing these precious screams of terror. This recording would haunt Wang Ziyang for the rest of his life!
An Rou couldn’t help but chuckle. Seeing Wang Ziyang’s confident entrance, she actually thought he was a real Haunted House Killer.
“You’re so mean!” An Rou lightly kicked Su Jiang. She also realized that Su Jiang was intentionally setting up Wang Ziyang in front of Ji Meng.
Wang Ziyang was also unlucky to have chosen the entrance with the most ghosts. Shortly after entering, the screams began.
After a while, the screams stopped. Ji Meng helped the still-shaken Wang Ziyang out, with a hint of worry on her face as she asked, “Are you okay?”
“I-I’m fine!” Wang Ziyang’s voice trembled as he tried to sound strong, “I’m just not feeling well today.”
Ji Meng smiled, nodding, “I understand. You just didn’t perform well today.”
As they emerged, Su Jiang noticed that Wang Ziyang’s clothes were wet. It seemed like he had been seriously scared.
Feeling a twinge of guilt, Su Jiang quickly brushed it off.
“Next group!”
The staff signaled for Su Jiang and An Rou to prepare, handing them the red and blue coins.
An Rou took a deep breath as she received the coins, mentally preparing herself. She didn’t want to embarrass herself in front of Su Jiang.
Watching her, Su Jiang couldn’t help but chuckle. But considering An Rou’s courage, as long as they entered the entrance with fewer ghosts, she should be fine.
Encouraged by Ji Meng and intimidated by Wang Ziyang’s gaze, Su Jiang and An Rou entered the haunted house.
As Su Jiang took a step forward, the scene before him instantly turned dark, with the sound of howling wind and eerie whispers filling his ears.
With his extraordinary senses, Su Jiang’s dynamic vision in the darkness was much sharper than the average person’s.
Advancing a distance, Su Jiang quickly noticed the winding and complex path, with various obstacles and uneven ground that could easily trip someone.
“Hmm, looks like I entered the entrance with fewer ghosts,” Su Jiang couldn’t help but worry about An Rou. Her side might be scarier than his. He wondered if she could handle it.
Quickening his pace, Su Jiang wanted to reach An Rou’s side as soon as possible to check on her.
“growwwl!”
A low growl echoed, and suddenly, a terrifying face appeared in front of Su Jiang, emitting a foul stench, staring directly at him.
“Well, working with such a strong scent, you guys deserve a lot of credit.”
Su Jiang frowned, holding his nose, patted the NPC’s shoulder, and swept past from the side, continuing forward.
NPC: “???”
I’m not your buddy, I’m a ghost!
Can you show some respect?
Realizing he was facing a tough opponent, the NPC decisively pulled out a walkie-talkie from his pocket and began signaling for backup.
“Brothers, brothers, come to Entrance 2, come to Entrance 2.”
“There’s someone with guts here, if we don’t scare him today, I can’t live with this humiliation.”
Through the walkie-talkie, a few acknowledgments were quickly heard. Many NPCs from Entrance 1 immediately dropped their tasks and headed towards Entrance 2.
“grrrrr!”
“My head, where’s my head?!”
“Hehehe, hehehe…”
In no time, several ghosts appeared in front of Su Jiang in succession, trying to scare him in various ways. But Su Jiang remained calm inside, even finding it a bit amusing.
“Ah!!!”
“SOS, Su Jiang, help!!!”
At that moment, not far away, An Rou’s sharp scream was heard, and Su Jiang’s indifferent expression suddenly changed.
“Sorry, I’m in a bit of a hurry.”
With that, Su Jiang sped up, swiftly maneuvering through the passage with incredible speed.
The NPCs around were dumbfounded by what they saw.
“What the heck? Am I seeing things, or can someone run so fast in the dark?”
“Oh my, he’s even dodging obstacles while running. Is he even human?”
“Stop chatting, we can’t even catch up to him, how are we supposed to scare him?”
“What a waste of time. He’s not afraid of us at all. We should have stayed to scare that girl. This side is boring.”
Su Jiang passed through the center of the haunted house without even glancing at the mechanism for the coins, heading straight towards Entrance 1.
In no time, he saw An Rou huddled in a corner, holding her head tightly and covering her ears.
An NPC dressed as a ghost stood nearby, looking apologetic as he tried to calm her down.
“Little girl, I’ve taken off my headgear. I’m not scary now, right?”
“Look at me, I’m not frightening at all anymore. You even stepped on my foot earlier, and I didn’t say anything…”
“How about this, can I take you to the finish line? I guarantee there are no ghosts along the way!”
The NPC was speechless. The girl just stayed motionless in that corner, not responding to anything. He didn’t know what to do next.
Click!
A sound rang out, and the NPC turned around, mouth agape.
There was Su Jiang standing not far away, holding his phone with the camera open, frantically taking pictures of An Rou.
An Rou, who was usually not so timid, in such a state was a rare sight and definitely worth capturing in a photo.
What?
You’re saying I should comfort An Rou when she’s in such a pitiful state, and not take pictures?
Nonsense, if she wasn’t in such a state, I wouldn’t bother taking photos!