Chapter 11

     “Who should we choose next?”

     All the guests heard this voice. The voice was very strange, sweet but full of malice. They recognized it immediately. This was the voice hidden in the radio.

     Brother Hu looked at the game anchor: “You said before that the radio was the signal that the program team had prepared the level, so this floating seal and female voice were also arranged by the program team, hiding NPCs and the like, to create a horror atmosphere and suspense.”

     The game anchor was not sure: “I don’t know either. When the program team and I discussed the details before, they only talked about the weird music box music, and didn’t mention that there were NPCs speaking lines. And there is…”

     He pointed to the seal floating in the air: “Is the prop group of this variety show so awesome? How is it controlled?”

     The actor who had just been stamped with the death mark stretched out his bloody hand: “How do you explain this bloody smell?”

     “Based on my experience of doing ghost-hunting live broadcasts for so long, as long as I put in some effort, I can still do it. It should be a custom-made remote control prop. The NPC hides in the dark. Manipulation everywhere, as for the smell of blood…” Brother Hu looked at the actor with a suspicious look: “You are also an actor, humph, all of you actors are best actor and best actress, it must be you who acted it out!”

     Actor: “My acting is not that good!”

     Brother Hu: “You are too modest, you acted very well.”

     The game anchor gave a thumbs up: “Brother Hu, you are so experienced, you are worthy of being a professional ghost hunting anchor.”

     Brother Tiger quickly clarified: “Don’t get me wrong, my ghost hunting live broadcast is unscripted, I just watched others operate it this way!”

     “You are right, I am the NPC hiding~” The sweet female voice appeared above the operating room again, she hummed an unknown tune, and suddenly laughed: “I have chosen! It’s you!”

     The seal suddenly changed direction, rushed towards Brother Hu, and stamped on his forehead!

     “Don’t panic, everyone. My speculation just now is correct. The NPC themself admitted it…” The liquid on his forehead flowed down, and Brother Hu suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood. His teeth trembled: “It’s real blood!”

     The male actor said aggrievedly: “I’ve said that my acting is not that good. Do you think everyone is Xiaoshi? This is blood.”

     Brother Hu looked at the seal hanging not far away in panic, and his voice trembled: “This blood seal is not cursed…”

     Brother Hu swore that this was the arrangement of the program team before, but now he suddenly changed his words. The other guests believed it at first, but now they were scared.

     The operating room fell into silence again, and everyone was looking at the blood seal.

 

   【Ahhh, is it acting or real? I’m almost confused by them. 】

   【It must be acting. Brother Hu was influenced by other guests and acted once before getting off work. He was led astray by Xiaoshi. 】

   【As someone who has followed Brother Hu’s ghost-hunting live broadcast, I can say that his acting skills have improved a lot. Thanks to Xiaoshi, I have a feeling that Brother Hu’s live broadcast quality will have a qualitative leap in the future! 】

   【It’s so funny, the actor openly admitted that his acting skills are not good, just to make the audience believe that these supernatural events are true. And, the program team is 666, the effect is realistic, and the guests invited have great acting skills. 】

   【Where is Xiaoshi? Why is she so quiet? 】

 

    “Xiaoshi! Help me!” The seal didn’t move, and Brother Hu didn’t dare to move either. When his nerves were tense to the extreme, the first thing he said was to ask for help from Shi Xi.

     The live broadcast room camera gave Shi Xi, she blinked her black and white eyes, picked up the prop shovel, and walked slowly towards the blood seal.

     While the players were discussing, she had been observing the blood seal and the entire operating room. Just when the blood seal chose Brother Hu, she found a clue.

     A very thin hair was wrapped around this seal, and it was hanging from the ceiling.

     She stopped in front of the blood seal and looked up at the ceiling.

     There were several intersecting cracks on the old ceiling. Behind the dark cracks, there was a pair of eyes staring at her.

     “Ah, you found me~” The sweet female voice sounded again, and countless thin hairs crawled out of the cracks in the ceiling, like a nest of black live worms, swimming towards Shi Xi along the air.

     The other guests were ordinary people. In their eyes, Shi Xi’s eyes just became colder. But Jiaming could see a lot of black air rushing towards Shi Xi. He shouted anxiously: “Xiao Shi, the ghost seems to be rushing down, get out of the way!”

     There are really ghosts here. Jiaming is sure that if he is not wearing the amulet given by Zhang Qingxuan, he will definitely see a very scary scene!

     Brother Hu was frightened by Jiaming’s words: “Damn, no wonder I feel cold all over…”

     “Da Hu, squat down.” Shi Xi gave an order.

     Brother Hu immediately hugged his head with both hands and squatted down obediently.

     Shi Xi aimed at the blood seal and swung the shovel!

     The next second, the blood seal disappeared out of thin air!

     Shi Xi looked at the ceiling again, and the hair and eyes were gone. She lowered her head, her black hair outlined her pale chin, and she had a kind of fragile beauty, which was hard to associate with the violent swing of the shovel just now.

     She said to Da Hu: “The ghost is gone, you can get up.”

     Jia Ming breathed a sigh of relief: “Xiao Shi, you are so awesome, this ghost seems to be much more fierce than the big brothers and sisters in the land temple.”

     Brother Hu slumped on the ground, and his ups and downs made him say what was in his heart: “Damn, I have been doing ghost hunting live broadcasts for so long, and I have never seen a ghost once, but I actually encountered a ghost in someone else’s live broadcast… This is enough for me to brag about for a long time.”

     The atmosphere in the operating room became more terrifying.

     “One, two, three, four…” Lu Lanlan called out to the guests who claimed that the room was haunted: “You four said there is a ghost here, but the four of us didn’t see anything. You are all actors and professional ghost hunting anchor. Is there really a ghost, or are you cooperating in a play to make it mysterious?”

     Tang Niannian said: “But the blood seal disappeared out of thin air.”

     The game streamer touched his chin and asked seriously: “Xiao Shi, do you have a part-time job as a magician, the kind that can make props disappear in a flash?”

     Shi Xi: “…” You really have a big imagination.

 

   【All the actors are drama queens, who should we believe? 】

   【It is impossible for a ghost hunting host to admit that ghosts do not exist. Even if it is an act, so what? We just enjoy watching it. Maybe from the beginning to now, it is all a script arranged by the director? 】

   【But she was so cool when she waved the shovel just now! I have been attracted by her. 】

 

     Shi Xi didn’t need to waste her breath to make everyone believe that there was really a ghost in the room. Sometimes knowing the truth is not a good thing, otherwise Jia Ming would not want to seal the Yin Eye.

     She picked up the shovel and took Tang Niannian and Jia Ming out of the operating room.

     On the travel card just found, there were other travel cards hidden. Shi Xi spread the card and handed it to Tang Niannian: “Draw one, and we will go wherever we draw.”

     Tang Niannian rubbed her hands: “This is fun.”

     She drew a card and turned to the information page: “It’s the blood drawing room… It sounds a bit bloody.”

     Jia Ming said: “That’s our last stop.”

     Shi Xi thought that the ghost who played tricks on them in the operating room was very bad and might not stop easily. Maybe the ghost had already set her sights on them and was lying in ambush on the road or in the blood drawing room, and might even attack her two companions.

     Shi Xi thought for a moment and said to Tang Niannian and Jiaming, “Let’s change the way we play.”

     Tang Niannian immediately responded, “What to play?”

     “From now on, when you encounter ghost NPCs and strange phenomena, you must pretend not to see them,” Shi Xi said, “When I make a stop gesture, you stay where you are and pretend to be a wooden man. When I hook my index finger, you follow me and step on my footprints.”

     Shi Xi looked at the photographer who was following him and said seriously, “Photographer, please follow the instructions as well. We will pass the level soon.”

     The photographer nodded.

     Tang Niannian laughed, “I understand. You want to play a trick on the NPCs, right? It’s fun. The NPCs’ reactions must be very interesting. You can also practice your acting skills~”

     Jia Ming was in awe of Shi Xi. Among the three people, only Shi Xi could see the Yin objects. She was protecting them. If they pretended not to see them, the ghosts would think that they had no fear in their hearts and could avoid invisible harm by following her instructions.

     The blood draw room was not far away, and they arrived there quickly, without encountering any strange incidents on the way.

     There was a very empty waiting hall in front of the blood draw room, with stains and blood splatter all over the walls. Several rows of iron seats glowed coldly under the flashing lights of the fault, and the air conditioner whirred. The whole hall was silent and cold.

     Shi Xi looked around and saw an instruction sheet on the wall, with bold words reminding patients who needed blood to go to the automatic number machine to get a number, and there was a line of blood-red small words below – Be sure to queue up, and don’t look back during the number collection period! !

     The three of them went to get a number and lined up in a row according to the prompts.

     After Shi Xi pressed the number collection button, she turned back rebelliously.

     A nurse NPC holding a syringe prop was walking cautiously towards the row of chairs. After she noticed her sight, she raised her head and met Shi Xi’s eyes.

     The nurse NPC showed a terrified expression of being caught, and she didn’t know whether to walk or retreat, and stopped awkwardly in the same place.

     Shi Xi yawned, as if she didn’t see the NPC, and pulled off the printed number slip: “It’s okay to go back, this prompt likes to scare people.”

     Jia Ming and Tang Niannian also saw the NPC and chatted as if nothing had happened.

     “This number plate tells us to go to window No. 2 to draw blood.”

     “Go and have a look.”

     The nurse NPC rushed towards them in a zombie-like posture, making a terrible whimpering sound.

     The trio walked past her calmly without giving her a glance.

     “???” The nurse NPC’s face was full of suspicion and confusion. I have seen players who are not afraid of NPCs, but I have never seen such a blind eye! The nurse NPC looked at the photographer who was following her and whispered to him: “What’s wrong with these people?”

     The photographer replied: “Acting.”

 

   【They are playing you! 】

   【This expression is so vivid hahaha! Now I think the ghost NPC is handsome and cute. 】

   【NPC: Players nowadays are too rebellious. The prompt tells you not to look back, just to make me appear in a ‘stunning’ way. Can you cooperate? 】

   【I’ve had enough! Sister go get them, especially that Xiao Shi! 】

 

     The nurse NPC was angry, chasing after her and stamping Shi Xi’s back with a syringe-shaped seal. The person who couldn’t see her face to face just now, now seems to have eyes on her back, squatting on the spot to tie her shoelaces and avoid the sneak attack.

     The nurse NPC staggered and accidentally saw that Shi Xi was wearing Velcro shoes.

     Too sloppy. The nurse NPC gritted her teeth, and she swore on the honor of the NPC that she must hear this woman’s scream!

     The photographer held back his laughter and gave a close-up of Shi Xi’s shoes.

 

   【I feel sorry for the NPC for a second. They are professional actors, you can’t beat them. 】

   【She did it on purpose, but it’s useless to call the police to arrest her. 】

 

     The nurse NPC chased into the blood drawing room and saw the three people standing outside the red line of the window, seemingly observing the environment.

     Very good, players are often not prepared when reasoning, revenge now! The nurse NPC locked onto Shi Xi’s back and rushed over.

     When she was about to succeed, Shi Xi, who had been ignoring her, suddenly turned back and warned in a deep voice: “Don’t come over!”

     The nurse NPC subconsciously wanted to stop, but stepped on her own dripping plasma props and slipped over!

     Shi Xi caught her and protected her head with his hand.

     The two were of similar size, and Shi Xi was a little bit unable to catch it. Fortunately, Jia Ming and Tang Niannian helped her stabilize.

     “Thank you,” the nurse NPC thanked her, and saw blood marks on Shi Xi’s arm from the corner of her eye. The bright red blood and white skin formed a strong visual impact. 

     She apologized, “Sorry, I stained your hands… No, why is there more blood? You are injured!”

     Shi Xi signaled others to stay still, and then whispered to the nurse NPC, “There are ghost hairs here, very sharp, stay calm and don’t move.” 

     These hairs are very light and secretive. Shi Xi just saw them and didn’t have time to stop the NPC outside the door. The nurse glanced sideways and saw a bright red line in the air! She remembered that when she fell just now, the player protected her head with his hand. 

     So… there is really a ghost here… The nurse NPC wanted to scream now, and the photographer who was following her broke out in a cold sweat.