Double the chance of running into special visitors at night? Is the black phone encouraging me to open a night show?
In the day, Specters could only hide underground. Even Specters like Lao Zhou and Duan Yue were afraid of sunlight. They could only appear for a few minutes in the day, and they could not be exposed to the sun.
If it was at night, the Specters would be unlimited, and the Haunted House would be much scarier than in the day. This was not only due to the change in environment but also because most of the employees at Chen Ge's Haunted House were real Specters. The closer it was to midnight, the more active they became.
The problem with the door hasn't been solved. If a Specter sneaks in to cause trouble, it might accidentally injure the visitors.
Chen Ge was not ready to open a night show, so he gave up on that idea after some thought.
Grabbing a bag of cat food from the cupboard, Chen Ge lured the white cat over and hugged it in his arms. "Come, follow me to check out the new scenario."
The white cat was very sensitive to things like ghosts and spirits. Bringing the white cat with him would give him an early warning and help him detect the unstable elements in the new scenario.
The white cat, who was eating the cat food and rubbing its head against Chen Ge's chest, did not realize the danger. When it realized that Chen Ge was about to enter the underground scenario, it was already too late to run.
"Look at how fat you are now. If you don't move around, you shouldn't be called White Tiger anymore."
Carrying the backpack, Chen Ge opened the door that led underground.
A chill rushed into his brain. As the School of the Afterlife was unlocked, the whole underground scenario seemed to have become more eerie.
He could hear the wind howling beside his ears. It was hard to tell where the wind was coming from.
The yellowed exam papers were blown into the air, and occasionally, one or two mannequin heads rolled away.
"Why are you running around so late at night? Be careful, or I'll invite the old headmaster back and have him keep an eye on you." Chen Ge hugged the white cat in one hand and held the black phone in the other. He followed the instructions on the phone and walked to the back of the stairs.
The entrance to the School of the Afterlife was between Mu Yang High School and the underground morgue. To enter the scenario, one had to pass through three layers of steel doors. Just pushing open the heavy doors was suffocating.
The layout of the School of the Afterlife looked normal at first glance, but as one delved deeper, one would discover many scary places.
For example, there were windows with thick curtains on both sides of the corridor. When the curtains were lifted, they would reveal a cement wall. When the curtains were lifted, they would reveal another room.
Even comparing it to the map on the black phone, Chen Ge's head was spinning. The School of the Afterlife was too big. It filled up the entire underground parking lot, and there were several floors down.
"Who would have thought there would be a school like this underground?" Chen Ge looked back the way he came. "Or rather, it is a small town."
Chen Ge's four-star scenario perfectly replicated the School of the Afterlife behind the door. The nightmare overlapped with reality. Many scary memories rushed into Chen Ge's mind, and they became the material in his hands.
"The dormitory walls that were filled with nails, the canteen that only opened at night, the girl that lied in the staff dormitory, the head that was buried in the tree hole, the elevator that lit up on its own, the blinking statue, the blackboard with bloody words, the shadow that followed behind me, the student that came back from the dead, Mr. Bai who was not recorded in the file …"
Chen Ge reached into his pocket. Mr. Bai's teacher's ID and his student ID were still there, but when he reached the door, the two IDs were stained with blood that could not be wiped away.
It felt like they had been soaked in a pool of blood and had only been taken out after a long time.
"I have a lot of material, but I don't have enough employees. This scenario is too big." Chen Ge took out the comic and summoned Yan Danian. He had him release all the obedient ghosts and spirits from the comic.
When Chen Ge went to Li Wan City and Coffin Village, he had helped many ghosts, and now it was time for them to repay his kindness.
After Bai Qiulin became a Red Specter, his words had become more convincing. Many ghosts had let go of their hatred when they talked to Ol 'Bai and decided to embrace a new future. Chen Ge saw their determination and was comforted. He promised to help them make up for their regrets when they were alive.
He was not just saying that. As long as his employees treated the Haunted House as their home, it was only right for him to help them fulfill their wishes.
Chen Ge registered the names of each Haunted House. Only when the name could be found in the employee list on the black phone would he arrange for them to enter the School of the Afterlife.
In total, Chen Ge had designed more than forty ghost stories and more than one hundred scare points, but most of them required the control of his employees, and he was still lacking manpower. Many times, one employee had to be responsible for several scare points at the same time.
"That's all I can do for now. Next, I need to design the background to make it easier for the visitors. What identity should I arrange for them? Young men and women who came to an abandoned school at night to test their courage? Or students who were locked inside the School of the Afterlife to search for their lost memories? Or do I not say anything and just let them run for their lives? " Chen Ge rubbed his temples. "I need to make good use of this scenario. A simple escape is too much of a waste. Why don't we do something more exciting this time?"
Chen Ge hugged the white cat as he walked around the school. "Nurse's office, lab, music club, sports club … Wait a minute, I don't think I see the art club here."
He wandered around the School of the Afterlife for an hour, but he did not find the art club. "I haven't found the special buildings that came with the School of the Afterlife, either, the Red Specter's Art Room and the Ghost Stories Classroom.
Opening the control page of the School of the Afterlife on the black phone, Chen Ge studied it closely and found the problem. He had been wandering around the school's eastern and western campuses, but he had not been to the dark red campus that was hidden at the bottom.
To enter this hidden campus, one had to go through a hidden tunnel. There were three known tunnels — the well near the western campus' field, a movable mirror inside the eastern campus' library, and the last cubicle inside one of the toilets on the eastern campus.
"There are surprises and Easter eggs hidden in the scares. Whoever can find the hidden area is so lucky."
Chen Ge came to the last cubicle inside the education block's toilet. He pushed the door open, and before him was a flight of stairs that led downward.
He could see a red light at the end of the stairs, and he could hear crying and laughter.
"The dark red campus?" This was the first time that Chen Ge had entered the four-star scenario that was unlocked in Haunted House. He hugged the white cat and walked down the stairs.
Bloody handprints and scary words appeared on the walls on both sides. More and more blood stains appeared until the entire corridor was dyed the color of blood.
"This feels like the world behind the door. It's very depressing and scary. Many people probably haven't even dreamt of something like this in their nightmares." Chen Ge nodded with satisfaction. He covered the white cat's eyes and continued to move forward.
The dark red campus was below the eastern and western campuses. It was the lowest level of Haunted House. It was empty; there was not even a ghost. The crying and laughter appeared to be the visitors' own imagination.
After walking for another ten minutes, Chen Ge finally found the sign for the art club. After entering, he saw the oil painting room that he had seen behind the door.
There were thirteen easels placed before the thirteen chairs, and on the thirteen easels were thirteen inverted oil paintings.
"Red Specter Art Room?"
When Chen Ge discovered this place, the black phone vibrated, and a new message came.
"Red Specter Art Room (Inverted World): After entering the art room, you will see the Red Specter's past. When you are able to face your fear, the Red Specter will consume part of your bad luck. If you are unable to face it, fainting might be a good choice."
"It can help the visitors get rid of bad luck?" When Chen Ge saw the message, he tried standing next to the oil painting, but there was no effect.
"The Red Specter's past is indeed hard for a normal person to handle, but the visitors who were able to discover the hidden path and charge straight into the art room shouldn't be normal." Chen Ge thought about it and took out his phone. He typed on the mission list. "Temporary mission with the highest difficulty. Find all thirteen oil paintings from the School of the Afterlife and place them all inside the art club's art room."
On the surface, this mission looked normal and rather boring, but if he really did it, he would not be able to complete it without fainting at least thirteen times.
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