10: Unlock the store, even dead fans are still fans.

If it takes so much fright value to go from level 1 to 2, Li Zhou couldn't imagine how much fright value would be needed for subsequent upgrades.

Well, he was already an anomaly.

It's normal for upgrades to be difficult.

Taking a deep breath, Li Zhou calmed himself.

Isn't it just increasing a hundredfold?

It's not a big deal.

"System, recruit... never mind, let's look at the Mall first!"

He had intended to recruit another employee, but Li Zhou suddenly remembered there were people outside, so he dismissed the idea.

He'd better check what was in the Mall first.

As his voice fell, the panel in front of Li Zhou changed.

A Mall, divided into several sections, appeared before his eyes.

The dazzling array of goods almost blinded Li Zhou.

However, upon closer inspection, these goods were mainly divided into two major categories:

one, props, and two, scenes.

The prop category included props, decorations, lighting, sound effects, mechanisms, traps, and so on, all with horror elements.

As for the themed horror scene category, as the name suggested, these were complete horror locations.

After purchasing, one could directly select a placement location.

[Props]

[Bone Sign (2000 fright value): A sign made of bones. Those who see this sign will have their sense of direction -20%]

[human skin lantern (2000 fright value): A lantern made of human skin. Those illuminated by its light will have their vision -20%]

[Cursed Radio (5000 fright value): A radio cursed by a mysterious force. It can play incomprehensible static. Those who hear the sound will have their sanity -20%]

[Scenes]

[Underground Tomb Mound (100,000 fright value): Legend has it that a terrifying entity resides here. Do not disturb its slumber, or else...]

[Devil's Castle (100,000 fright value): A mysterious medieval castle. Please escape before the moon descends!]

[Screening Room No. 3 (100,000 fright value): Want to watch a horror movie in person? Then be sure to sit in the last row.]

There were so many items that Li Zhou became more and more excited as he looked, and the corners of his mouth slowly curved upwards.

He had never expected that these props in the Mall could indirectly affect players' six senses and psychology!

These were all good things!

Li Zhou could imagine that if he placed these props in his Haunted House.

His Haunted House would definitely leap to become the world's top Haunted House!

Not to mention, he also had the help of his horror employees.

Moreover, besides these props, those scenes also looked more eerie than the last.

A Haunted House requires various locations to be composed.

Li Zhou's original few locations, to be honest, only had an average effect.

If he could replace all these locations with those from the system Mall, and equip each location with a horror employee, the effect... Li Zhou almost twisted his mouth with a smile, as if he saw a large amount of fright value flowing in.

Bang bang bang!

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted Li Zhou's beautiful fantasy.

"Boss, are you there?"

Fang Xiaolu's voice came from outside the door.

Li Zhou wiped his saliva, got up, and opened the door.

There was no rush to buy things from the Mall; he had plenty of time tonight.

Looking at Fang Xiaolu outside the door, Li Zhou asked, "What's wrong?"

"Boss, someone is looking for you."

Fang Xiaolu said.

Then she stood on her tiptoes and looked behind Li Zhou, her small face full of curiosity.

What was the boss doing hiding in the office in broad daylight?

He never used to lock the door!

"Who's looking for me?"

Hearing Fang Xiaolu's words, Li Zhou raised an eyebrow.

Could it be that players were already coming because of his reputation?

"Boss, I'm looking for you!"

Behind Fang Xiaolu, Song Yang suddenly popped out.

At this moment, he had returned to his usual self, a familiar cheeky smile hanging on his face.

Looking at Li Zhou, Song Yang's eyes lit up as if he had seen some rare treasure.

Not long after Li Zhou left, he hung up the phone with his mother.

His assistant came forward and told him good news.

His TikTok followers had surpassed five million.

Although most of these followers followed him because they thought Song Yang had died, commonly known as 'dead' followers.

But they were still followers, after all.

Hearing the assistant's words, Song Yang was immediately overjoyed.

He knew that he had worked hard to stream for so long before, and his follower count was only a little over four million.

He didn't expect that just by fainting once, his follower count would increase by a million.

Soon, Song Yang, with his keen sense, guessed that Li Zhou's Haunted House was definitely going to become popular.

Having tasted the sweetness, he immediately decided to stream in the Haunted House from now on.

Why bother with outdoor adventures?

What adventure could be as terrifying and exciting as this Haunted House?

With that terrifying zombie, in terms of sheer terror, Li Zhou's Haunted House could probably rank in the top ten nationwide, let alone in Jinling.

"Boss, can I stream in your Haunted House from now on?"

"Don't worry, I won't stream for free. I can promote it for you for free!"

Daily streaming would inevitably affect the Haunted House's business.

Because the Haunted House's biggest fear was losing its mystery and becoming widely known.

Song Yang was worried that Li Zhou would refuse his request, so he immediately offered to promote the Haunted House for free, and he wouldn't constantly point the camera at the Haunted House during each stream.

"No problem!"

"You can stream however you want!"

What Song Yang didn't expect was that Li Zhou agreed very readily.

He even had a smile on his face, seeming very welcoming.

"Then it's settled!"

"Boss, do you have any spare rooms here? Give me one, I'll pay rent, I'll pay now!"

Song Yang was overjoyed and immediately prepared to pull out money.

Li Zhou, however, waved his hand to interrupt him.

"I have spare rooms here, but there's no need for rent."

The key reason for such a large influx of fright value was Song Yang's streaming.

Li Zhou had already planned to set up a stream in the future, after all, there is strength in numbers, and the fright value provided by tourists who came to play on-site every day was ultimately limited.

Li Zhou welcomed Song Yang's desire to stay from the bottom of his heart, so how could he bear to charge him extra rent?

"How can that be? Living in your place, and streaming in your Haunted House, if I don't even pay rent, what kind of person would I be?"

Song Yang shook his head, insisting on paying.

Helplessly, Li Zhou could only accept it.

Well, the yacht money was also earned back.

"Alright, boss, I won't bother you anymore. I'm going to buy some daily necessities."

"This place of yours is a bit too remote; there isn't even a single shop."

Song Yang excitedly pulled his assistant and left.

Fang Xiaolu looked at Li Zhou with some confusion and worried, "Boss, this guy has quite a few followers."

"If we let him stream in the Haunted House every day, our Haunted House might quickly become boring."

Fang Xiaolu thought to herself that if she saw a Haunted House on her phone every day, she would definitely lose interest in going to see it offline.

After all, what a Haunted House valued most was novelty and excitement.

"What do kids know?"

"Don't worry, your boss knows what he's doing."

Li Zhou was in a great mood, rubbing Fang Xiaolu's head and laughing.

Getting boring?

Just kidding.

He was afraid there weren't enough people watching!

Horror employees were no joke; that kind of aura would involuntarily generate fear even after watching it ten thousand times.

It could be seen from Song Yang's reaction.

Even he, encountering the zombie again, would be scared into making duck-like sounds.

How could ordinary people get bored?

Moreover, streaming had another benefit.

Through the screen, it wasn't as easy to scare people to death...