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Chapter 312 Facility Name: Haunted House

"You guys caught up pretty fast."

Wang Mengmeng squinted her eyes and snorted coldly.

Lin Yuan wiped the sweat from his face. "Uh, uh."

Wang Mengmeng frowned. "Is 'uh' all you can say? Can't you say anything else!"

The man in the hoodie hurriedly said, "Uh, uh, let's talk about something else."

And that was the end of that.

It was clear that both of them were incredibly nervous, constantly wiping away sweat.

The group had been walking through the streets of the Amusement Park for half an hour, but they had found nothing.

"I want evidence of the old days..."

"I want evidence of the old days..."

"I want evidence of the old days..."

Lin Yuan repeated the phrase over and over, but the second stroke of luck still didn't happen. It seemed Chen Yu had overestimated the power of luck; in reality, it wasn't very stable.

Wang Mengmeng, following alongside, said irritably, "Can you be louder? You sound like you're chanting scriptures. Your voice must be too quiet for the Goddess of luck to hear!"

Lin Yuan shrank his neck and raised his voice. "I want evidence of the old days! I want evidence of the old days!"

An hour passed. Lin Yuan's throat was already hoarse, but nothing had happened.

"Are you even capable? We've been walking for an hour!"

Wang Mengmeng acted like a harsh taskmaster, constantly urging him on.

Lin Yuan was scared to death and repeatedly begged for mercy. "I don't know either! My Talent… sometimes my luck is good, so my Talent is lucky, and sometimes my luck is bad…"

"Then your Talent is unlucky."

Wang Mengmeng snorted coldly. "Did you really need to say that? That's just stating the obvious!"

Wang Mengmeng turned away in a huff, not watching where she was stepping. She tripped on a loose stone slab and fell.

As she tilted to the side, she instinctively propped her hand on the ground and suddenly exclaimed, "Wait, what's this?"

She was surprised to see a piece of stiff cardboard.

She pulled it out and brushed off the dust. It was an oil painting featuring a Ferris Wheel, a pirate ship, and a carousel. Every facility was colored in, and although it was messy, she could tell it had been drawn with great care.

On the back of the cardboard, a line was written in pencil: [Grandma, this is the Amusement Park I drew... July 2, 1998]

[Key clue detected: Hand-drawn map]

[Hidden task "Cage of Memories" activated]

[Task objective: Collect seven pieces of evidence of the old days (6/7)]

[Task reward: Xiaoguang's doll]

Wang Mengmeng held up the map, her eyes wide. "Brother Chen Yu! Did you hear that! I found it! Is it possible that I'm the lucky Awakened!"

Chen Yu took the painting and put it into his personal backpack, his expression indifferent and stingy with praise.

Yang Kexin and Zuo Shi exchanged a glance and snickered.

Lin Yuan also leaned in to claim some credit. "It seems that shouting all the time was useful after all…"

Wang Mengmeng glared at him, causing Lin Yuan's words to get stuck in his throat, and he swallowed the rest of his sentence.

Yang Kexin patted Wang Mengmeng on the shoulder. "Not bad! That fall of yours actually knocked out a piece of evidence of the old days!"

Wang Mengmeng brushed the dust off her hands and put her hands on her hips. "Of course! When it counts, you have to rely on me!"

She glanced at Lin Yuan. "Keep going! There's still one more! Once you find it, you can clock out!"

Lin Yuan swallowed hard and started again. "I want evidence of the old days! I want evidence of the old days! I want…"

The entire evening, from daylight until dark, all the way until ten o'clock at night.

Lin Yuan's voice echoed throughout the Amusement Park.

The other teams heard it too.

At first, people in the Flyer's team and the construction worker team were curious—who dared to compete with Baby Bus for items?

But after sending someone over to take a look, they understood what was going on.

Their suspicion immediately turned to pity.

With only a dozen minutes left before the Haunted House opened, the final piece of evidence of the old days still hadn't been found.

"Brother Chen Yu, it seems we really can't find it," Yang Kexin said softly.

Chen Yu nodded. He looked at Lin Yuan, whose throat was completely wrecked, and shook his head.

"Alright, stop shouting."

Lin Yuan immediately shut his mouth and turned around. "Then should I… go back?"

Chen Yu pointed ahead. "The Haunted House is right there. You're coming in with us."

Lin Yuan and the man in the hoodie exchanged a glance and nodded.

With that, the group turned the final corner of the main road in the Amusement Park, and the full view of the Haunted House appeared before them.

It was a three-story, Gothic, pointed-roof building. The outer walls were made of dark gray stone bricks, with dark green moss filling the gaps.

The rose window above the main entrance was shattered, and a gargoyle statue stood on each side of the door.

Two groups of people were already standing at the entrance: the rap team led by Flyer, and the construction worker team led by Zhao Tieshan.

Seeing Chen Yu's group, both parties approached them.

Flyer asked curiously, "Brother Chen Yu, I see this guy has stopped shouting. Did he finish the task?"

Lin Yuan, who had been singled out, waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice, "I… failed to get the job done…"

Flyer: "…" With his throat in that condition, and he still thinks he failed?

Zhao Tieshan also came over to greet them. "Brother Chen Yu, we also failed to get the job done. We didn't find the second one…"

"Hmm." Chen Yu had expected this and nodded slightly.

Just then…

[Facility Name: Haunted House]

[Facility Level: S-rank]

[Estimated completion time: Unknown]

[Maximum capacity: Adapted to current number of people]

[Rules are as follows—]

1. After entering the Haunted House, please proceed in one direction along the corridor.

2. It is forbidden to damage walls, doors, windows, or any exhibits.

3. If you hear someone call your name, do not answer.

4. If you see your reflection in a mirror acting differently, do not panic; this is normal.

5. No matter what happens, do not stay in the same room for more than three minutes.

[Countdown: 120 seconds… 119 seconds… 118 seconds…]

"Kuku kuku!" The main door of the Haunted House suddenly opened without any warning.

Before he knew it, Chen Yu noticed that everyone was looking at him. "Let's go. Why are you looking at me?"

"Oh. Oh, right." The group finally started moving.

Chen Yu said calmly, "Since the rules say not to answer if someone calls your name, we shouldn't call out each other's names either."

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