At 4: 30 pm, Chen Ge stood alone in the Haunted House's Prop Room. He looked at the table full of items and could not make up his mind.
"What do I need to prepare to stay at a haunted house?"
"Identification, phone, charger, lighter, fruit knife, multi-purpose mallet … I should bring this doll as well."
Chen Ge shoved the doll that had appeared before the mirror the night before into his backpack. After making sure he did not miss anything, he zipped up his backpack and exited the room.
"Xiao Wan, I'm leaving early today. I need you to lock the door later, I have something to attend to. "
"Boss, it's not even 5 pm yet, are you going on a holiday?"
"The key is on the table, see you tomorrow."
Seeing how determined Chen Ge was, Xu Wan nodded helplessly. She dropped the flyer and ran into the Prop Room.
"This girl." The evening breeze ruffled the flyer. Chen Ge shook his head and picked up a rock to hold it in place. "Hopefully, she won't see me on tomorrow's morning news."
Contrary to his usual relaxed demeanor, Chen Ge was actually very nervous. He had been restless the whole afternoon.
The Nightmare Mission last night had opened the door to a whole new world for him. It also made him realize that the missions given by the black phone did have a certain degree of danger.
"The Trial Mission will definitely be harder than the Daily Mission, I'll have to be more careful tonight." To pass the night peacefully, Chen Ge rode the public bike to Ping An Apartments before the sun set.
The mission only provided a location. To find Ping An Apartments, Chen Ge combined the complaint from nine months ago and asked questions as he walked. It took him more than two hours to reach his destination.
"The apartment is built at such a secluded place, will there be people staying there?"
The dirt road covered in weeds stretched into the depths of the forest. There were no streetlights around, and through the sparse branches, one could see a dark grey building.
On the way there, Chen Ge had asked many people, but most of them had never heard of Ping An Apartments. In the end, it was an old man in his sixties who pointed him in the direction and kindly advised him not to go there. He said that people had died there before, so it was very inauspicious. People in the area would avoid it during the day.
Chen Ge did not know what to say. If not for completing the mission given by the black phone, who would bother staying at a place like that?
'It's now 6.50 pm and the mission requirement is to arrive before 11 pm. I still have enough time to figure out the situation inside the haunted house.'
Following the meandering dirt road, Chen Ge entered the depths of the forest. After walking for about ten meters, he finally saw the legendary haunted house.
The house was surrounded by dark gray high walls, and there was only one entrance. The rusty iron gate opened to both sides, and there was a brand-new lock on the gate.
"The door is so broken, but the lock is quite new. Wait, what is this?" There was a piece of white paper stuck to the side of the iron gate. Chen Ge initially thought it was some kind of advertisement, but with the help of the phone's light, he realized it was a missing person notice.
"Zhang Qing, female, 27 years old, 157 cm tall, on the thin side, there is a black mole near the bridge of her nose, likes to wear red clothes … If you know anything, please contact Mr. Wang, you will be rewarded handsomely!"
At the end of the notice was the contact information and address. What caught Chen Ge's attention was that Mr. Wang's address was this haunted house.
"This is weird." Instinctively, he felt something was wrong. He took out his phone to snap a picture of the missing person notice before entering the house.
The building was much bigger than he expected. The main building had three floors, and there was a warehouse and a water room next to it.
"Judging from the way the paint is peeling, it must be at least 20 to 30 years old." Even though the building was old, it was relatively clean. There was no trash on the ground, and all the weeds had been removed.
After parking the bike in the courtyard, Chen Ge carried his backpack and entered the building. "Is anyone home?"
The long corridor was dark. About ten seconds later, the door near the stairwell opened a gap.
"Hello." Chen Ge walked toward the room, but the owner did not seem willing to face Chen Ge. The door only opened for half a finger before it stopped.
The lights were not switched on, so Chen Ge could only see a woman standing behind the door. Her eyes were bloodshot like she often stayed up late. She was in a bad state of mind.
"I wish to ask, how much does it cost to stay at this apartment for a night?" Chen Ge's voice was soft. He tried to sound kind, but to his surprise, the woman's reaction was very strange. She smiled at him and then closed the door.
"What do you mean?" Before he could figure it out, footsteps came from the second floor. The only voice-activated light at the corner of the corridor lit up, and a limping middle-aged man walked down.
The man seemed to have heard what Chen Ge said earlier, so he asked, "You're staying at my place? How long do you plan to stay? "
"You're the landlord?" Chen Ge walked over. "I'm only staying for one night."
"One night?" The limping man studied Chen Ge from head to toe like he was trying to see through him. "Sure, let me see your ID. Come to the second floor to pay."
Chen Ge was about to follow the man to the second floor when the iron gate creaked. Hearing this, the limping man frowned, and his face darkened.
He stopped where he was, and Chen Ge could only wait.
Soon, a haggard middle-aged man walked in. His clothes were tattered, and he was holding a thick stack of flyers.
"Wang Qi, I told you that your girlfriend isn't here. If you continue to pester me, don't blame me for being rude!" The limping man stood in the middle of the stairs, blocking the way.
The middle-aged man ignored the limping man and walked up the stairs with his head lowered.
"I'm talking to you!" The limping man pushed hard, and the defenseless middle-aged man slammed into the wall. The flyers in his hands fell to the ground, and one of them landed at Chen Ge's feet.
"It's a missing person notice; it's exactly the same as the one on the door." Chen Ge narrowed his eyes. He silently picked up the missing person notice from the ground and looked up the stairs.
The middle-aged man did not get into a fight with the limping man. He crawled up from the ground and picked up the missing person notice silently like a zombie.
"Ignore him, he's a madman." The limping man waved at Chen Ge, signaling for him to go to the second floor.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
