The voice-activated light went off, and the corridor was instantly plunged into darkness.
When Ma Feng walked out from the room with his phone, he was stunned.
He stomped his feet and shouted again, but the voice-activated light above his head did not come on again.
Raising the phone, he shone it at the voice-activated light, and the light from the phone was slowly dimming.
"What's going on?"
A shadow was approaching him. Ma Feng lowered his voice and turned around to ask, "Sister Snake?"
"It's me, Sun Xiaojun." The familiar voice appeared beside him, but the appearance of his teammate did not give Ma Feng any sense of security. If anything, it only made him more anxious.
"Did you notice that the light from your phone is dimming?" Ma Feng reached out with one hand to hold the wall. The darkness made him anxious.
"So, the light from your phone is also dimming! Looks like there's something wrong with our eyes. That gave me quite a fright. I thought my phone was broken. "
Hearing what Sun Xiaojun said, Ma Feng's frown deepened. There were not many normal people among the group of visitors.
Based on his memory, he held the phone and scanned the surroundings, looking for Shang Guan Qing Hong and Sister Snake.
Every time the phone shook, the light would dim a little.
"Brother Ma, Shang Guan Qing Hong, I think we should leave this scenario for now." Sister Snake walked out from the room next door. "I cannot imagine someone would dare create a completely dark scenario inside a Haunted House. This is no longer a Haunted House visit; this is challenging the physical and psychological limits. We have all underestimated the madness of the Haunted House's boss."
As Sister Snake spoke, she walked back the way she came. She did not want to stay there for even a second longer.
"But if we don't look for the hidden path in this scenario, we'll have to go to the maternal and child hospital next door. The hospital will be the place with the most deaths in this small town. The Haunted House's boss arranged these two scenarios to be the last, which means that the two scenarios should be equally scary. " Shang Guan Qing Hong also walked out from the room behind Ma Feng. He seemed to be looking for something earlier. "Furthermore, we've already wasted some time in this scenario. When we run to the other scenario, perhaps the black fog will reach us, and then the difficulty will increase."
"There is no comparison between the visible and the invisible. You'd better listen to me." Sister Snake revealed her domineering side. No matter what Shang Guan Qing Hong said, she stubbornly prepared to leave.
Even though Shang Guan Qing Hong's thoughts were different from Sister Snake's, he was more inclined to trust Sister Snake's judgment at a time like this.
The three of them brought Sun Xiaojun back the way they came. Unknowingly, the light emitted by the phone could only illuminate the area one or two meters in front of them.
After taking a few more steps, all three of their phones seemed to run out of battery at the same time, and the light disappeared without any warning.
Darkness descended, and there was not a single ray of light. The three visitors felt like their bodies were frozen, and they were all rooted to the spot.
"Don't panic! Let's hold each other's hands. The exit is not far away. Let's leave this place first! " Sister Snake became the backbone of the team at this crucial moment. Actually, ever since she entered Chen Ge's haunted house, she had not spoken a single word. She had been observing Chen Ge's haunted house, and the more she looked at it, the more shocked she became.
Be it the gameplay or the setting of scare points, Chen Ge's Haunted House was different from other Haunted Houses on the market. He walked a path that normal people would not be able to replicate.
Sister Snake also had a vague understanding of why Chen Ge's haunted house was so popular, but she felt like she had understood it too late.
"Don't move! Everyone, reach out and grab each other's hands! People will become weak and helpless in the dark, so the four of us must not be separated from each other! " Sister Snake was very forceful, and she started to give orders directly. "I hope everyone can understand that we are just visiting a haunted house, and there will be no danger! Don't panic! "
Even though Ma Feng was not used to listening to other people's orders, under these circumstances, he still obediently followed Sister Snake's orders and grabbed the wrist of the person next to him.
"Everyone needs to get used to the darkness. Since we have lost our sight, our other senses will become more active. The haunted house boss might use other methods to scare us, like sound or touch." Sister Snake also grabbed the hands of the two people next to her. "Who is on my left?"
"Me." Shang Guan Qing Hong's hands were sticky from the cold sweat. He was quite embarrassed, but Sister Snake did not mind that.
"Who is on my right?"
"It's me," Sun Xiaojun answered softly.
The four confirmed their positions. They stood in a row. Sun Xiaojun stood on the far right, and Ma Feng stood on the far left.
"Let's get closer, and we'll just walk forward like this. Before we came here, I've inspected the place. The haunted house boss is probably worried that there might be random objects in the dark that might trip us, so the corridor is quite clean. We just need to move forward without any worry."
The few visitors followed Sister Snake's orders and started to move forward, but they only took a few steps before they ran into a problem.
"Do you hear that shrill meow of a cat? This sound seems to have been there since we entered this place, and it feels like it's getting closer and closer to us. " Just as Shang Guan Qing Hong said that, he suddenly felt something brush against his leg. The smooth fur caused goosebumps to rise all over his body, and his body froze where he was. "Someone touched my leg!"
The four of them held each other's hands. When one of them stopped, the others had no choice but to stop as well.
"Are you sure it's a human? Did you step on something? "
"It feels like hair! It's real! " Everything before his eyes was dark. Shang Guan Qing Hong had no idea what had touched him. Based on the feeling on his leg, many scary images appeared in his mind.
"Don't stop! Keep moving forward! " Sister Snake pulled on Shang Guan Qing Hong's arm. "It's just a touch. It's not like you lost a piece of flesh. Why are you screaming like that?"
Compared to Sister Snake, Shang Guan Qing Hong was more like a bullied bride. He did not want to argue with Sister Snake at a time like this. Deep in his heart, he knew that Sister Snake was right.
The cats' meowing became louder, and there were other noises mixed in with the meowing, like the sound of the front door slowly opening and the sound of nails scratching against the iron handrail.
"I feel like the cats are urging us to run for our lives. Perhaps there are a few cats surrounding us now." Sun Xiaojun started to analyze the situation out of habit.
"This is the first time I've heard of a haunted house using cats as actors." Sister Snake shook her head. She could not see anything in the dark. "The cats' meowing is pre-recorded. There are at least ten stereo players installed in this scenario. The purpose is to create an atmosphere of urgency through the increasingly shrill meowing of the cats. The fur that Shang Guan Qing Hong touched earlier should be fake cat fur. The haunted house's boss designed this to increase the authenticity of the scene. Without our sight, the world will no longer be real, and we will be easily misled. At a time like this, we have to remain calm! "
The four of them said they were calm, but in reality, they were moving very slowly. Compared to them, it was clear that Chen Ge's courage and difficulty in running in the dark had not been easy.
"Why aren't we there yet? I don't remember the exit being so far away from us! " Shang Guan Qing Hong's legs were weak. He was old, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. He was at his limit.
"In the dark, we will gradually lose our sense of distance, time, and direction. Now, the only thing we can do is keep our hearts steady and not waver. We just need to keep moving forward." Sister Snake kept encouraging the others, but in reality, she was also encouraging herself.
The exit did not appear. Hope slowly shattered, and despair started to eat away at the visitors' hearts.
The visitors became more and more vulnerable, and at that moment, an extremely shrill meow came from between Shang Guan Qing Hong and Sister Snake's shoulders!
It was as if a cat had used its life to give them a warning at the last moment of its death!
The sudden scream gave Shang Guan Qing Hong, who was already on the verge of a mental breakdown, a fright. He followed suit and screamed. Then, his body instinctively let go of his teammate's hands. He raised both of his arms to touch his ears.
"Don't let go!" Sister Snake was also quite spooked, but she quickly recovered and yelled at Shang Guan Qing Hong, "Don't let go!"
"It feels like the cat has died on my shoulders." Shang Guan Qing Hong took a deep breath. His arms moved left and right to grab the hands next to his body.
"Stop wasting time! Hurry up and grab our hands. Maintain the formation and keep moving forward! "Sister Snake was angry, but her anger was more to hide the fear in her heart.
"But I've already grabbed your hands, haven't I?" Once Shang Guan Qing Hong said that, everyone was stunned. Then, an indescribable fear enveloped every one of them.
"You … have already grabbed my hands?" Sister Snake raised her hands to her eyes. She whipped her body around, but she could not see anything. "Be careful! There's a haunted house worker standing next to us! "
At that moment, the most conflicted person in his heart was Shang Guan Qing Hong. He could not let go, but he could not not let go either. The key was that he desperately wanted to know whose hands he was grabbing.
His Adam's apple trembled, and Shang Guan Qing Hong whispered, "What … what should I do?"
The air seemed to freeze. None of the four visitors spoke. In the end, it was Sister Snake who recovered first. "Keep moving forward!"
Now, only by moving forward would there be hope of leaving this place. If they messed up the direction, everything would be over.
"You want me to hold this unknown person's hand and walk the whole way?" Shang Guan Qing Hong's heart was about to jump out of his chest. He felt a chill coming from his palm. That was not the hand of a living person. It felt like he was holding a piece of frozen meat.
"That's the only thing we can do now. Just be patient. "Ma Feng also opened his mouth to persuade him. He leaned against the wall and slowly moved his feet." The darkness has caused us to lose our sight, but even if we can't see, the location of the exit will not change. So, as long as we are not disturbed by external objects, we will definitely be able to leave this place. "
Just as Ma Feng said that, his fingertips that were holding the wall suddenly felt a chill. It felt like a block of ice had formed on the wall.
"Hmm?"
He curled his finger and touched the protruding part of the wall.
"This curve and the touch … it feels like a nose and a mouth!"
There was a cold human face on the wall!
His finger bounced back like it had been electrocuted. Ma Feng subconsciously moved away from the wall and dodged to the side.
But the corridor was only so wide, and he knocked into Shang Guan Qing Hong.
At that moment, Shang Guan Qing Hong's nerves were stretched taut. He was holding the ghost's hand in the completely dark Haunted House, and his heart was filled with fear.
His full attention was placed on that hand. The slightest movement would cause him to explode, much less when Ma Feng suddenly knocked into him.
The two men, whose ages added up to almost eighty years old, screamed at the same time. The sound of collisions echoed in the darkness. It did not sound like four people were walking side by side; it sounded more like a group of people had surrounded the four blind people.
In the midst of the pushing and shoving, Sister Snake was knocked down, and she was extremely anxious.
Sitting on the ground, her hands gripped her clothes tightly as she tried her best to find the direction.
It was fine to argue, and it was fine to have a ghost following them. As long as they knew the correct direction, they would eventually be able to leave this place. But after a series of pushing and shoving, Sister Snake's last hope was dashed.
She sat on the ground, feeling like the exit was on her left, but at the same time, she felt like the exit was on her right.
"It's over …"
Ma Feng and Shang Guan Qing Hong were panicking as well. The two of them called Sister Snake's name loudly as they reached out to search in the darkness.
"Sister Snake? Is that you? " Shang Guan Qing Hong had already let go of the hand that he was holding earlier. He did not dare move too much, afraid that he might accidentally attract the attention of the haunted house's workers that might be around them.
Hearing Shang Guan Qing Hong's voice, Sister Snake did not even have the energy to answer. She wanted to curl up in the corner and quietly melt into the darkness alone.
"There is no light around us. We cannot see anything, and theoretically speaking, the haunted house's workers should not be able to see anything either. Could it be that they are wearing night vision goggles?" At the end of the day, Ma Feng had been through a lot. Even though he was quite confused, he still tried his best to use his knowledge to solve this problem. "If we can snatch the workers' night vision goggles, then this scenario will be a piece of cake for us!"
"Brother Ma, when we are visiting a haunted house, we can still snatch other people's equipment?" Sun Xiaojun's voice floated from not far ahead.
"Of course, when the boss of this haunted house came to visit our theme park, he robbed many things." The mention of the past made Ma Feng's teeth itch with hatred. The fear in his heart had been mostly chased away. "The four of us must not separate from each other. Come over and grab my hand."
Ma Feng reached out toward the direction where Shang Guan Qing Hong and Sister Snake had come from. Moments later, two cold hands gripped Ma Feng's hand.
Before he could react, there was another shrill meow. All the doors to the rooms on this floor were flung open. Ma Feng felt his arms being pulled by a force. Before he could resist, he was pulled into one of the doors!
"Ah!"
"Brother Ma? Brother Ma! " Shang Guan Qing Hong immediately screamed when he heard the scream. He groped toward the spot where Ma Feng had been standing earlier. His fingertips touched soft skin and something that looked like blood. "Brother Ma?"
His hands opened wide, and Shang Guan Qing Hong realized with shock that the person standing before him was a monster that was so fat that it was deformed!
He did not dare speak anymore. His fingers were shaking. He silently placed one of his hands under his nose, and the thick stench of blood filled his nostrils.
"Who … is this?"
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