Chapter 9

     The game streamer looked at Shi Xi’s gentle and pretty face, thought for a while, and felt that he had figured it out: “You must be joking, you must have passed the level with wisdom.”

     Think about how many people were scared by the ghost hand that suddenly stretched out from under the glass window. The special effects makeup that the program team gave to the NPC was so real that even a man like him who had played 800 horror games could not help but be scared. How could this gentle girl threaten the NPC? What could she use to threaten the NPC?

     The movie blogger agreed: “It must be wisdom.”

     Shi Xi touched her chin: “Okay, then I passed the level with wisdom.” This sounds a little more powerful.

     Game streamer: “?” This answer sounds a bit weird.

     Jia Ming and Tang Niannian, who witnessed the whole process, saw Shi Xi’s serious expression and turned their faces away, fearing that they would laugh out loud.

     The audience who just watched the dual-view live broadcast and grasped the truth:

 

   【Don’t be deceived by her appearance, I saw her threatening the NPC with my own eyes! 】

   【The back of the NPC crawling back to the secret room was full of sadness. 】

   【What is called a pragmatic person, that is, when they are serious, they can beat up ghost NPC. 】

   【They’re both ghost hunting streamers, but Tiger Brother got so scared by a single hand that he hid behind a girl, while Xiao Shi scared the ghost NPC so badly it nearly shut down. 】

     Even Lu Lanlan’s fans were strategically scared.

   【Lanlan’s wife, this woman is too scary, let’s stay away from her. 】

   【I seemed a little arrogant when I spoke to her before, but now I am trembling. 】

 

     “Let me reveal some information to you,” Shi Xi showed the card in her hand: “It says a place with a travel card, and we plan to go there. Although there are no cards in the third clinic, there is still a line pointing to another place. You can go with us and compete together, or you can choose to stay and decipher the clues in the clinic.”

     The guests looked at each other, and seemed to be guessing each other’s thoughts. Obviously, Shi Xi is a strong competitor. It is not easy to compete with her for cards. If you stay to decipher the clues, you may fall behind again.

     The game anchor was the first to say: “I want to go with you. Even if I can’t beat you, I can learn your way of thinking, which may be beneficial to my future live broadcast.”

     The singer also chose Shi Xi’s route: “Ahem, I am a face dog and want to go with beautiful girls.”

     Lu Lanlan pursed her lips: “I will go with you too.”

     Dàhǔ said: “So I don’t have to think about it. You guys all together… it’s like asking where the camera is!”

     The male actor who has not performed much said immediately: “I will go with you too.”

     The remaining guests chose to stay to decipher the clues. The movie blogger was confident: “Although I only have one life, I am cautious now and I will definitely win the first place.”

     The male guest Hei Zi suddenly said: “Da Hu Brother, don’t be so sure. From my experience, the camera will be on us later. “

     Da Hu was puzzled: “Why?”

     Hei Zi asked back: “Do you remember what I do?”

     “You are a permanent NPC in a supernatural variety show.”

     Hei Zi pointed at Shi Xi and said quickly: “My NPC intuition tells me that she really passed the level by threatening the NPCs here. Now the NPCs in the clinic must be full of resentment and have nowhere to vent, just waiting for the naive players to run into the knife edge, and we will be scared to death. For the variety show effect, the director will definitely give us the camera! And it is very likely that we will cut to dual perspectives, using our tragic scenes to set off their chic! This is all my blood and tears experience!”

     The guests were stunned.

     And why does this sound so sad?

     The movie blogger was puzzled: “Hei Zi, since you predicted that we would be ‘taken care of’ by the NPC, why did you stay and suffer?”

     Hei Zi scratched the wall with his hands: “Although I am a player now, the NPC instinct makes me want to stay away from Xiao Shi.”

     Shi Xi suddenly realized: “No wonder you are always a few meters away from me, so far that it is difficult to even be in the same frame.”

     Hei Zi felt bitter: “This is just the instinct for survival.”

     Shi Xi’s eyes were kind: “Your intuition is quite sharp, I really hope to go to your show to play.”

     Hei Zi choked up.

     The game anchor found the highlight: “Wait, didn’t you just say that you passed the level with wisdom?”

     Shi Xi immediately changed her words: “Yes, I passed the level with wisdom.”

     Others: “…”

 

     Audience in the live broadcast room:

     【Hei Zi was scared, hahaha, shouting to the director of Hei Zi’s variety show, look at Xiao Shi, invite her to your show to play!】 

     【The above is so wicked, have you considered Hei Zi’s feelings? Actually, I want to watch it too. 】

     【Congratulations, Hei Zi! A top-tier player, Xiaoshi, has you in their sights. 】

 

     Shi Xi stretched and waved casually: “I want to get off work, I’m going to find the card first, bye.”

     Singer: “I want to get off work too, everyone hurry up.”

     Da Hu laughed and teased the movie blogger: “Brother, if you try hard to hang up again, you can get off work earlier.”

     Lu Lanlan doubted her life again. Can these be said in the live broadcast room? Are these guests so carefree? Is she in a fake entertainment circle?

     The guests split into two groups, and Shi Xi took several guests to the next stop – Operating Room No. 1.

     Time passed, and the corridor plunged into complete darkness. Suddenly, a series of pale white lights flickered on, as if their connections were loose.

     There were some old beds in the corridor, some of which were piled with debris, and some were covered with bloodstained quilts, which looked very strange in this situation.

     No one talked, and their footsteps echoed in the corridor.

     At this time, Tang Niannian suddenly pointed at the bloodstains on the wall and said in a trembling voice: “This corridor is a bit like the corridor outside my classroom, both have a very pungent smell of blood. Maybe after I tried my best to leave here, I opened my eyes and returned to that horrible corridor, chased by the monster covered in blood.”

     Her language was full of emotional tension, magnifying the confusion and fear of this character, and the guests who accompanied her felt their scalps numb.

     Da Hu slid his Adam’s apple nervously and said, “Sister Nian, you are deeply into the role, but the atmosphere is already very gloomy now. We don’t need to create an atmosphere anymore, right?”

     Shi Xi glanced at Da Hu: “She is not creating an atmosphere, she just honestly expressed her fear. She is afraid of returning to the movie world and facing the unknown ending.”

     Tang Niannian’s pupils trembled slightly: “Xiao Shi, am I really just a movie character? Tell me, am I still alive at the end of the movie? If I am destined to die in that world, is there any meaning for me to leave here?”

     “In the movie, you eventually died from falling from a building,” Shi Xi held her wrist, her voice calm but soothing: “The universe brought you here to give you a chance to fight against fate. Don’t give up hope! I can spoil all the movie plots for you. After you leave here alive, you will definitely live to the end of the movie.”

     Da Hu widened his eyes in shock: “Xiao Shi, why are you acting too?”

     Damn, their dialogue is so real, their emotions are so real, are they really acting!

 

   【Da Hu is already confused, he is so pitiful, but I want to laugh. 】

   【Xiao Shi, are you a professional actor? 】

   【Niannian and Xiao Shi have great acting skills! And they work well together, is this really their first time acting together? 】

   【Everyone was brought into the play, these two’s acting is amazing! 】

 

     The game anchor who was most immersed in the play wiped his wet eyes: “It’s so touching. To be honest, I have watched “01 Middle School”. When Niannian died, I cried my eyes out. I didn’t expect to see a different ending in my lifetime, an ending full of hope. Niannian will definitely survive after returning to the movie world!”

     The singer held back her tears: “We will all be able to return alive. When we leave here, I will write a song for our bravery.”

     “Why are you acting too?” Da Hu asked Shi Xi in a panic: “We are recording a variety show, right? This is the escape room venue, Isn’t it a real intersection of time and space? If we fail to pass the level, can we still go home? I’m so pitiful, please don’t lie to me anymore… “

     Shi Xi saw that he was really pitiful, so she had to temporarily get out of the role: “Da Hu, we are just playing games, don’t get confused, you can think of us as the atmosphere group.”

     Da Hu almost cried: “This is also called the atmosphere group, it’s scary. Nian Nian and Lan girl are actors, I can understand their acting, but Xiao Shi and the game anchor, why do you two act so realistically, I don’t understand. “

     Lu Lanlan: “…” You think too highly of my acting skills, I was caught off guard and was hurt.

     Game streamer: “Let me clarify, I’m not acting, I’m expressing my true feelings.”

     Da Hu looked at Shi Xi: “You’re expressing your true feelings too?”

     Shi Xi: “I’m an actor.”

     Da Hu: “Aren’t you a ghost hunter streamer?”

     Shi Xi: “Part-time ghost hunter.”

     Da Hu really cried this time: “Why do you make the quality of your live broadcast so good when you’re a part-time ghost hunter streamer? After your live broadcast became popular, do you know how many people said I can’t compare to you? I came to this variety show to prove that the old ones are still the best. My brother Hu is the number one ghost hunter streamer. You two little brats are nothing. I ended up being scared to tears by your acting skills. It’s so embarrassing.”

     The singer patted him on the shoulder: “Think about it, although you lost face, you got an immersive gaming experience!”

     Da Hu wiped his face: “I lost, I lost. Xiao Shi is the real ghost-hunting queen, Even as a part-timer, she’s still number one.”

     Shi Xi’s eyes sparkled: “Okay, I’m the number one ghost hunter streamer now.” It sounds cool!

 

   【I really want to play games with the secret room atmosphere group. The experience is absolutely first-class! 】

   【18-line small variety show is actually full of talents! I feel like it will be popular.】 

   【It’s heartbreaking that an actor with such great acting skills hasn’t been given a decent role yet. Directors, please give them a chance. 】

 

     When he walked to the corner, Brother Hu accidentally bumped into the abandoned bed next to him and screamed. 

     Shi Xi looked back: “Are you hurt?”

     Hu pointed to his stomach with a panicked look and mouthed “Save me”.

     Everyone looked at it and saw a bloody hand stretched out from the abandoned bed and grabbed Brother Hu’s stomach. The nails were black and long, and it looked very dangerous.

     Just as Shi Xi was about to go over, there was a sudden noise behind her. She looked back and saw a woman with long hair and a nurse’s uniform standing on the bed. She had two scarred palms hanging down and a bloody knife in her hand.

     The nurse raised her head, revealing the hideous scars on the corners of her mouth. She twisted her neck stiffly and raised the knife towards Shi Xi.

     The other guests retreated quickly in fear, and there was a mess. Only Tang Niannian and Jiaming were relatively calm. The worst was Brother Hu. He couldn’t run away even if he wanted to. His legs were limp with fear.

     Shi Xi raised the prop shovel, showing an innocent and cruel smile, and her voice was cold and evil: “There is a body here. I will bury it by the way. The ceiling, the wall, the garden… Where do you like?”

     The nurse was so scared that she fell on the bed and even dropped the knife! She is a professional NPC in the secret room and has received professional training, but she has never seen such a malicious smile, just like a real evil ghost!

     Shi Xi changed her eyes to a loving one: “Don’t stand so high, it’s too dangerous.”

     Nurse NPC: “Okay.”

     Shi Xi picked up the knife on the ground: “Don’t play with the knife, it’s too dangerous.”

     Nurse NPC: “Okay.”

     Shi Xi took the knife back to save Brother Hu, but saw him and an NPC in hospital clothes hugging each other tightly, one person and one “ghost” looking at her in horror.

     Shi Xi tilted her head: “What are you two acting, a human ghost?” Do we still need to save him?

     Jia Ming, who witnessed the whole process, explained to her: “Just now, this patient NPC wanted to take the opportunity to attack us, but was scared by your impromptu performance.”

     Tang Niannian added: “So he hugged Brother Hu tightly.”

     The patient NPC’s face turned red and white, and he let go of Brother Hu in shame, silently lay back on the bed, and covered himself with the quilt.

     Shi Xi saw Lu Lanlan wiping her tears and asked, “Sister Lan, why are you crying? Are you scared?”

     Lu Lanlan cried and said, “I’m not crying. Your acting is not good at all. It’s impossible for you to scare me to tears.”

     Shi Xi: “…”

     “Xiao Shi,” the game anchor’s voice became more vicissitudes: “Didn’t you say that you passed the level by wisdom?”

     Shi Xi said confidently, “You said so.”

     Brother Hu sitting on the ground shook the bed: “Brother, get up quickly and stamp two stamps for me so that I can go off work.”

     The patient NPC said in a muffled voice, “I won’t see you again, okay? Take her away quickly, okay?”

     Shi Xi squatted beside the bed and said faintly, “Hand over the card and I’ll say goodbye to you right away.”

    The two beds at the same time stretched out pale hands and handed over the travel cards obediently.

 

   【NPC passed away peacefully.】

   【Brother Hu also passed away peacefully. 】

   【I was not scared by the ghost nurse, I was scared by Xiao Shi. She has so many part-time jobs, maybe she also worked as an NPC. She is a professional at scaring people. 】

   【This acting is amazing, I want to see her play a villain. 】

   【This Xiao Shi is so hateful, she actually scared my wife Lan Lan to tears! Lan Lan, run, let’s stay away from her! 】

   【That’s right, she is too hateful, I suggest you go, upstairs. Go find her to fight. 】

   【Do you want me to die? 】

 

     When leaving, the game streamer asked Shi Xi: “How do you know they have cards in their hands? There is no hint at all. Generally, players will think that cards are only hidden in designated places, right?”

     Quick! Expand your analysis, in fact, you are a smart player!

     Shi Xi: “I don’t know, I just asked casually, I didn’t expect it to be true, I made a fortune.”

     The game anchor held his forehead: “I can’t guess, I really can’t guess.”

     “Hey,” Tang Niannian stared at Brother Hu’s back: “Brother Dahu, you are stamped.”

     Brother Hu: “No way! That NPC is too dedicated, he was so scared that he hugged me and remembered to stamp me? Take a picture and show me.”

     Tang Niannian raised her eyebrows: “Why do I think you are very happy, you want to get off work, right?”

     “No, no, absolutely not.”

     The male actor exclaimed, pointed at the singer and said: “She also has a stamp on her back!”

     The singer was shocked: “But I didn’t touch the NPC at all, how could I be stamped?”

     Shi Xi suggested: “Let’s check each other.”

     The guests checked each other and found that the game anchor also had a stamp on his back.

     “Everyone was scared when the nurse NPC first appeared, and the scene was very chaotic for a while,” Jiaming analyzed, “The seal must have been stamped at that time, and maybe there was a

third NPC hiding in the corridor at that time.”

     Tang Niannian pursed her lips and whispered, “Or there really is a ghost in that corridor.”

     Shi Xi looked at the seals on their backs and nodded thoughtfully, “Maybe it was really done by a ghost.”