A light fog had appeared inside the abandoned small town, and shadows moved among the eerie buildings on both sides.
The temperature dropped again, and she could hear the voices of women and children. However, when the female assistant tried to listen closer, she realized that she was surrounded by silence. All she could hear was her own heartbeat.
"Sir, you're not kidding me, are you?" The lighting was dim, and with the light fog, the female assistant did not see the handprint on Wei Jinyuan's neck. "Could it be the work of the Haunted House's workers? When Wei Jinyuan poked his head through the window, did the workers apply some kind of special dye on his neck? We've seen similar dyes overseas. The color itself is light, but when the person sweats, the color will turn darker. "
"I still don't get it. I have a feeling that the Haunted Houses here are different from those overseas. When I visited Haunted Houses overseas, I didn't feel this nervous." Shinozaki held his hand over his heart. "There is no blood or body parts in this place, but walking through it, there is a strange sense of pressure, like there are countless pairs of eyes staring at us at this very moment."
"In any case, I don't believe something like a man riding on your neck, but this is a good source material. You can draw it into your own work." The female assistant thought that Shinozaki had been under too much pressure recently, and he was in the art business, so he had such a scary thought.
Speaking of his own comic, Shinozaki's eyes lit up. "Whether it's real or not, this is indeed a good source material. Alright, let's follow them for now. With them leading the way, we'll be much safer. "
Shinozaki's personality was like that. He was obsessed with his own things and devoted himself to them. It was also the reason why he was able to grow from a homeless Li Baofu to a top-notch manga artist, Shinozaki Orochi.
The underground was dark, and there was only some weak light coming from the surrounding buildings. However, when people got close, the lights would suddenly go off, and they would only come back on after the visitors left.
"Interesting. Looks like the Haunted House uses many new technologies, like sensor lights, fog machines …" Wei Jinyuan tried to use his own knowledge to analyze the Haunted House, and his analysis was clear.
Just as he was about to continue walking forward, his phone suddenly rang. He looked down and saw that it was Li Xu calling.
When he picked up the phone, he wanted to ask about Li Xu's situation. "How are things on your side? Did you find any clues? "
"I feel like this Haunted House is more boring than I thought. We've searched a few rooms, but they are all empty. There are no traps or actors." Li Xu's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"When I came here, I asked around. This Haunted House has opened several scenarios in such a short period of time, so it's impossible for them all to be perfect. Also, did you notice that this scenario has a 3.5-star difficulty? It sounds like a half-finished product. Perhaps the Chen fella was pressured by the futuristic theme park, so he decided to open the scenario before it was fully built. "Wei Jinyuan walked down the street, and the number of rooms on both sides increased.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore. Talk again in ten minutes. We will continue to look for clues." Li Xu hung up the phone.
"Are you sick? We've only parted for less than a minute, why are you calling me? " Wei Jinyuan pocketed his phone and scratched his neck. He kept feeling an itch at the back of his neck like he had been bitten by a mosquito.
The corridor became narrower. After walking another ten meters, Lee Changyin saw a wooden board hanging on the wall next to him. There was a sentence written in blood on it — 'I am among you.'
"They've started to play psychological tricks? What a boring trick. " Wei Jinyuan took out his phone to snap a picture of the wooden board. "This is the first scare point that I've encountered since I entered this Haunted House. I can't believe a Haunted House with such unreasonable scare points managed to become so popular."
"Don't be too careless. What the board says might be true." Lee Changyin's face was still cold. "I've seen the analysis online. Some people suspect that the Haunted House's boss has mixed actors with the visitors to confuse their judgment. Of course, that is just speculation. No one has any proof."
"It doesn't matter." Wei Jinyuan turned the board over, and Dong Li Apartments was written on the back. "This place should be the residential area. The second clue provided by the Haunted House's boss is inside the residential area. We should run into something here."
Lee Changyin nodded, and the two entered the small courtyard with the wooden board.
"Sir, don't just stand there. Come over here." The female assistant urged. Shinozaki stood outside the courtyard. He looked at the wooden board on the wall like he was thinking about the sentence on the board.
"Do you think … there's really something among us?" Shinozaki's voice was hoarse. He looked around. "Perhaps the atmosphere of this Haunted House is on point. I have this feeling that something is off."
Shinozaki and the female assistant followed behind him into the residential area. Almost as they stepped into the residential area, several shadows flashed behind them.
There were three buildings lined up in the residential area, and they were labeled No. 1 to No. 3. Strange noises came out from the buildings like children holding something and tapping on the glass.
"Other than the old look, it feels similar to our old city." Wei Jinyuan looked at the mottled walls and stopped before the first building. "Should we go together or separately? The things hidden in these three buildings must be different. "
"I'll go alone. You take the two of them." Lee Changyin walked into the third building alone. His figure soon disappeared, and only his footsteps could be heard.
"Such a hothead. Hopefully, he won't scare the actors at the Haunted House." Wei Jinyuan turned back to look and saw Shinozaki and the female assistant still standing in the middle of the residential area. "What are you doing? Stop wasting time! "
"I'm sorry. We'll be right there." The female assistant pulled on Shinozaki's sleeve. "Sir, it's time to go."
"Okay." Shinozaki stared at the grass that was half a man's height at the edge of the residential area. There was no wind, but the grass at the corner was shaking like there was someone lying in it.
Without getting close to the grass, Shinozaki, the female assistant, and Wei Jinyuan entered the first building together.
There were water stains on the ground, and the walls were cracked like gaping mouths.
The corridor led downward. The light was dim, and they could only see half-open doors.
"How many floors are there down here?" Wei Jinyuan took out his phone and switched on the flashlight function. The light pierced through the darkness, but it did not give him a sense of security. If anything, the more he saw, the scarier he felt.
White powder kept falling from above, and there were palm prints on the rusted railing. The pressure grew heavier, like a large rock was pressing down on his heart.
Scratching his neck, Wei Jinyuan pushed open the door of the first room. There was some old furniture inside, and it looked normal.
Even though he said that he was not afraid, once he entered the room, he became much more cautious.
Carefully, he checked every place that could possibly have a mechanism, but after searching for a long time, he didn't find anything. This was just a very ordinary room.
"Is the boss trying to use this method to disturb me?" Wei Jinyuan inspected the other rooms on the first floor. There was not even a scary prop, much less a Haunted House actor.
"Is this Haunted House's boss crazy? Why did he build a few empty rooms to be used as decorations? "
If not for the fact that they were built inside a Haunted House, Wei Jinyuan felt like these rooms could be rented out as cheap apartments.
He followed the stairs to the second floor. It was the same layout, but the difference was that there was a dark corridor on the second floor. This corridor connected the three Hope Towers.
Wei Jinyuan turned to the other side of the corridor and called softly, "Cold Man? Are you there? "
He could hear footsteps, but he could not see anyone.
"Cold Man has gone to the third floor? That doesn't make sense! He's so close to me. If he hears my voice, he'll definitely answer me. "
Wei Jinyuan's forehead was covered with sweat. All the buildings on the surface were probably a disguise; the real scariest things were underground.
"These buildings are interconnected underground, just like an underground labyrinth."
He looked down the corridor, and the chilling air came from everywhere. This place was obviously different from the outside.
Pushing open the door closest to him, Wei Jinyuan used the light from his phone to look around. "The layout of the rooms on the second floor is similar to the first floor. What is the boss's purpose in designing this? I have no idea at all! "
Wei Jinyuan had been trying to understand what was so scary about Chen Ge's Haunted House and why it would attract so many visitors, but he had not found anything since he entered the place.
Pushing open the doors, just as Wei Jinyuan was about to give up, he suddenly realized that one of the doors was different from the others.
The door was covered with tape, and the peephole was also covered with tape.
"Something's wrong." Wei Jinyuan peeled off the tape on the door and slowly pushed it open.
The room behind this door was indeed different from the others. All the furniture was covered with tape.
"Looks like the clue is hidden here." Wei Jinyuan peeled off the tape on the shoe rack and looked inside. There were five pairs of shoes inside. One was a pair of lady's high-heeled sandals, one was an old lady's cloth shoes, and the other three were men's shoes, and they were all different sizes.
"Are these shoes some kind of puzzle?" Wei Jinyuan picked up the shoes and studied them for a long time before giving up. "Is the boss some kind of psychopath? He came up with a bunch of useless things! Does he know how to design a Haunted House or not? "
The more he looked, the angrier he became. Wei Jinyuan realized that many of the furniture in the room were covered with tape, and he could not do it alone. "Hey! You two, come and help me! "
"Did you find anything?" The female assistant and Shinozaki ran into the room, and when they saw the room that was covered with tape, they were given a fright.
"Tear off all the tape. The clue should be hidden in there." With Wei Jinyuan's direction, the few tore off the tape on the cupboard, drawer, bed, and door. They rummaged through the cupboard, but they did not find anything.
"Is the boss toying with me?" Wei Jinyuan was getting more and more agitated. He scratched his neck, and the itch on the back of his neck intensified. "The two of you stay here and tear off all the tape. Don't miss anything. I'll go down to the lower floor to take a look."
Wei Jinyuan left Shinozaki and the female assistant behind and left alone.
The lowest floor was even dimmer. Without a flashlight, one would not be able to see clearly. This floor was different from the upper floor. There were two corridors on the left and right.
One corridor connected the other two units, and the other led to who knew where.
Wei Jinyuan took a deep breath. His fists tightened, and his palms were drenched in sweat.
He turned to the left side of the corridor, and there was a blurry human shape standing against the wall.
"Lee Changyin?"
Instead of calling him by his nickname, Wei Jinyuan called out Lee Changyin's full name. He raised the flashlight to shine at the spot where the figure was standing.
There was no reply. The figure was not Lee Changyin.
"How come it feels like Cold Man disappeared after entering the building? He was only several meters away! "If it was not Cold Man, then it had to be one of the workers. Wei Jinyuan raised the phone and rushed forward.
"Normally, the actors at a Haunted House will hide in the corner or hide somewhere, waiting for the visitors to pass before jumping out to scare them, but what's with this man? Why is he standing in the corridor like an idiot? Is he afraid that people won't know he's there?"
No matter how hard Wei Jinyuan tried to yell at him, the shadow did not move.
When he got closer, he realized that something was wrong with the shape of the figure. The figure's body was slowly changing, and it looked more and more like his own body.
This was a very strange experience. It was like he was standing behind himself and looking at his own body.
Wei Jinyuan's Adam's apple vibrated. He finally walked to within three meters of the man.
After adjusting his breathing, Wei Jinyuan was about to speak when the phone that he held before his chest suddenly vibrated!
"F * ck!"
Cursing, Wei Jinyuan lowered his head to accept the call. Before he could see the name on the caller ID, when he lifted his head again, the shadow before him had disappeared.
"Where did he go?"
"Hello, Jinyuan, I've found a map of the small town. There's a place with a red cross on your side …"
"Talk to you later!" Wei Jinyuan hung up and used the flashlight to look around. "You just called me, and now you're calling me again? What's wrong with you?"
"Where did he go?" In the time it took for him to raise his head, the person before him had disappeared. He did not hear any movement; it was like he had disappeared.
"I didn't hear any footsteps, and the doors on both sides are open. He probably hid inside one of the rooms." Wei Jinyuan walked to where the shadow had been standing earlier. "The room closest to him is one meter away. How many times has he practiced to be able to hide in one of the rooms in the blink of an eye?"
Wei Jinyuan looked into the room. The structure of the room was no different from the other rooms, but there were many blood stains on the ground.
For the sake of visual impact, most Haunted Houses used bright and colorful blood stains, but the blood stains inside this room were a strange brownish color. It was as if a murder had really happened here, and the blood was left behind many years ago. It had seeped into the building and could not be cleaned up.
"Did he run into this room?" Some rooms were crowded with people, and one could feel the human presence once they entered, but there were also rooms that made one's hair stand on end. Until now, no one had been able to give a reasonable explanation.
That was how Wei Jinyuan felt. There was no sign of human presence in the room; it was like an icehouse for dead bodies.
"Come out! I can see you! " Wei Jinyuan yelled into the room, but all he heard was his own echo. He took a few more steps into the room, and the blood stains increased.
"All the blood has coagulated inside the building and not just smeared on the surface. How did he do that?"
Walking past the living room, Wei Jinyuan stopped at the bedroom door.
"This place has the most blood stains, so the secret of the room should be hidden inside." Pushing open the bedroom door, Wei Jinyuan gripped the phone tightly, and cold sweat poured down his face.
The room was filled with glaring blood stains, and at the end of this blood stain stood a woman in red.
She was facing away from Wei Jinyuan, and her head knocked lightly against the wall, creating a strange sound.
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