105: Challenge begins

"Hello?"

"Boss, hurry up and get on TikTok! Chen Ze is livestreaming and fighting with someone!"

Song Yang's tone was urgent, as if something extremely pressing had happened.

Li Zhou was a bit baffled, asking, "He's fighting with someone, what does that have to do with me?"

"Oh, he's fighting with someone because of you, Boss."

"Boss, just go on TikTok and you'll see!"

Song Yang threw out two sentences and then hung up the phone directly.

Their call lasted no more than thirty seconds, which made Dai Xiaomei a little curious.

"Boss, what's going on?"

"Who's fighting whom?"

"Nothing much, Song Yang told me Chen Ze is fighting with someone on TikTok."

Li Zhou shook his head as he looked at his phone.

"Chen Ze is fighting with someone?"

Hearing this, Dai Xiaomei quickly pulled out her phone too.

She opened TikTok and searched, quickly finding that Chen Ze was indeed in a PK with someone.

Dai Xiaomei clicked in and saw that the Streamer Chen Ze was doing a PK with also seemed to have a considerable following; the online audience in his livestream room steadily exceeded one hundred thousand.

"Huh? Why does the place this person is standing look so familiar?"

On the phone screen, the Energetic Young Man had already crawled out of the passage and arrived at the fourth-floor corridor.

Dai Xiaomei looked at the familiar human-head wall lamp, saying with some confusion.

Suddenly, she caught sight of the other party's livestream room title.

Exposing Tianfeng Haunted House?

Dai Xiaomei shot up from her seat.

Without another word, she immediately sent Chen Ze a 'Huazi' gift and posted a bullet comment: 'Kill the opponent!'

"Thanks to 'Not Stupid Dai Dai' for the Carnival gift!"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely take down the opponent!"

Chen Ze laughed as he saw the gift effects light up in his livestream room.

Although it wasn't a real PK, just a simple co-stream.

But the momentum had to be there.

"Damn it, why is this guy livestreaming on TikTok?"

"If only he were on Shark!"

After sending the gift, Dai Xiaomei quickly learned the full story from the bullet comments.

Upon hearing about their bet, she immediately looked at Chen Ze with an envious expression.

Why do all the good things happen to this guy?

It was true yesterday during the livestream, and it's true again today.

Although she couldn't see the total online audience for both livestream rooms, she could guess from the constant special effects and rapidly scrolling bullet comments that this co-stream bet was already starting to attract viewers across the entire network.

No wonder, the popularity of Tianfeng Haunted House has been incredibly high recently.

Many people, even if they only post videos with a slight horror theme, will add the Tianfeng Haunted House tag.

Purely using it for free traffic.

"Boss, you absolutely cannot let this guy win!"

"Otherwise, your Haunted House will be finished!"

Putting down her phone, Dai Xiaomei looked at Li Zhou and spoke with a serious tone.

Hearing her words, a hint of teasing appeared on Li Zhou's face, and he said playfully, "I think you're worried about yourself being finished, aren't you?"

If the Energetic Young Man really wasn't scared, it would indeed affect Tianfeng Haunted House.

But relatively, Song Yang, Chen Ze, and Dai Xiaomei, who were the first to challenge, wouldn't fare much better.

Others challenged and weren't scared, but you all fainted from fear—what is that if not acting?

"What do you mean? I'm just purely worried it will affect your business, Boss."

Dai Xiaomei clearly wouldn't admit her ulterior motive.

"Don't worry, if this guy can successfully walk out of the Castle today, I'll write my name backward."

Li Zhou shook his head and laughed.

"Moreover, I should actually thank this guy."

"Isn't this free promotion?"

Originally, with the livestream room blocked, the fright value obtained each day would be affected more or less.

He didn't expect someone to be so thoughtful as to actively come and livestream.

And, once he started livestreaming, it was a big event!

This 'exposing' is good, good enough to attract attention.

Just take this opportunity to give the audience across the entire network another small surprise.

Thinking of Red Spirit, Li Zhou's lips curved slightly.

Her true appearance made even him feel a pang of fear.

He didn't believe an Energetic Young Man could be that brave.

To walk through his Haunted House expressionless, even a person with facial paralysis would probably struggle!

Dai Xiaomei felt much more at ease after hearing Li Zhou's words.

As someone who had personally experienced the Castle, she also didn't believe this Energetic Young Man could avoid being scared.

But she was afraid of a 'what if'.

If the other party really succeeded in exposing it, the fans she gained yesterday would probably instantly turn into anti-fans.

Some of her former loyal fans would also be affected.

After all, most fans hate it when their favorite Streamer does things that deceive them.

"[I'm Song the Bold's fan, and I'm one of the first to know about Tianfeng Haunted House. Today, I'm putting it out there: if this guy really succeeds in the challenge, I'll shit upside down!]"

"[I also watched Chen Ze's livestream before. Putting everything else aside, just that swarm of rats was creepy to me. If this guy can succeed in the challenge, I truly admire him.]"

"[I've seen plenty of exposures, but exposing a Haunted House? This is my first time.]"

"[You all have only watched, but I've actually been inside. Tianfeng Haunted House is truly amazing. Friendly reminder: if anyone wants to go, it's best to bring an extra pair of pants!]"

...In the Energetic Young Man's livestream room, bullet comments constantly refreshed.

No one said anything to support the Streamer; most were teasing and mocking.

Among them, some ordinary players who had previously entered the Castle also spoke up.

They weren't sure about others, but they themselves had indeed been conquered by Tianfeng Haunted House.

If they hadn't still been recovering from being scared before, they would have wanted to experience it again long ago.

After all, currently across the entire network, no one has truly successfully cleared Devils Castle once.

Song Yang and Dai Xiaomei's time doesn't count, because their livestream was forcibly shut down at the time, and probably no one would believe it if they told them.

Yesterday's livestream was meant to prove something, but they encountered new rules again.

At this moment, the Energetic Young Man had already arrived on the fourth-floor corridor.

Feeling the eerie surroundings, he maintained a fearless exterior, but his heart was already starting to feel a little unnerved.

It must be said, only by truly entering the Castle can one experience what 100% immersion means.

If he hadn't watched Song Yang and the others' livestreams before, he would even suspect that he was truly in a sinister medieval ancient castle right now.

Everything felt so real, not at all like it was fake.

Taking a deep breath, he braced himself and walked towards the front of the corridor.

However, after only a few steps, he heard Chen Ze's voice from his phone.

"Hey, hey, hey, where are you planning to go?"

"See the wall lamp above your head?"

"Go, get closer, let the lamp oil drip on your forehead!"

Last time, as soon as he entered the Castle, Chen Ze was greeted with a 'red carpet' by the wall lamp in the corridor.

Since he was going to challenge, how could this step be omitted?