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107: This isn't fighting counterfeits, this is blatant suicide!
"This kid is still talking tough!"
"Heh heh, it's fine. He'll regret his bravado soon enough."
Song Yang looked at the Energetic Young Man on his phone, shaking his head in disdainful laughter.
If he admitted it now, at most he'd lose face.
His viewership wouldn't drop, and it would even leave a better impression.
After all, there's nothing wrong with debunking, but you shouldn't deliberately debunk for the sake of it.
Just now, when the lamp oil fell, his expression was almost twisted into a mosaic, yet he still talked tough. That's where he went wrong.
Song Yang himself sometimes talked tough, but he would still back down when he needed to.
Last time, after he fainted from fright, he directly confessed to his fans.
The dangers in the castle were not just the wall lamps. This Energetic Young Man had left himself no room for retreat.
"Looks like Red Spirit doesn't even need to make an appearance."
"I thought he'd be a tough one, but I didn't expect him to be even more timid than Chen Ze."
Li Zhou looked at his phone, shaking his head.
He had even deliberately swapped Red Spirit into the castle, but now it seemed like a futile effort.
This Energetic Young Man probably wouldn't even meet Ellie.
Things indeed unfolded as Li Zhou expected.
After his bravado, the Energetic Young Man cautiously made his way to the third floor.
During this time, he didn't encounter anything else.
However, as soon as he reached the third floor, Chen Ze demanded that he open the door to the first room.
The Energetic Young Man bit the bullet and opened the door, only to be surrounded by a Black Rat Swarm.
Just like Chen Ze's previous encounter, he was completely devoured by the Black Rats.
This time, the audience waited for almost half an hour before the Energetic Young Man picked up his phone, which had fallen on the third floor.
Chen Ze didn't make things too difficult for the Energetic Young Man, because he was alone, and passing was impossible.
As long as he experienced what Chen Ze had experienced before, Chen Ze would consider it a win.
At this point, after being devoured by the Black Rat Swarm, the Energetic Young Man's expression was clearly off.
His eyes were dull and unfocused, his face pale, and he started speaking incoherently to the audience in the livestream room.
It's worth noting that Chen Ze had a group of people with him before.
Now, he was all alone.
Besides the hidden dangers in the castle, its environment also carried a strange sense of dead silence.
The lone Energetic Young Man was now under immense pressure. Besides his own breathing, he couldn't hear any other sound.
Moreover, because the time he spent on his two respawns was too long, the light in the castle was gradually dimming.
A huge sense of dead silence and eeriness came from all directions. The Energetic Young Man could only clutch his phone tightly, seeking a shred of psychological support from the constantly increasing number of viewers.
He kept telling himself that everything in front of him was fake.
As long as he endured, he would strike it rich this time.
But it was easier thought than done.
Although the Energetic Young Man tried his best not to think about scary things, there always seemed to be a faint, elusive presence around him, making him feel extremely uneasy.
It was as if in some unseen corner, an unimaginable horror was slowly reawakening.
No, I need to speed up!
The Energetic Young Man remembered the system prompt that if he didn't clear the castle before the moon set, the castle's true master would awaken.
Currently, there was no news of anyone clearing the castle online, which was enough to prove how terrifying the castle's master was.
He wasn't sure if he could handle it.
Taking a deep breath, the Energetic Young Man bypassed the first room and continued forward.
Soon, Chen Ze asked him to open the third room.
The result was that before he could even react, his neck was twisted directly.
Dying once again, the Energetic Young Man's mental endurance had reached its limit.
Each rebirth was a significant blow to him.
Because after death, the phone would not return to the attic with him.
Therefore, he had to go alone to the place where he died to retrieve his phone.
During this process, the Energetic Young Man was truly alone in every sense of the word.
Before, he could at least see Chen Ze on his phone and the bullet comments from the audience.
But after respawning, he saw nothing.
What met his eyes was only dead silence.
When the Energetic Young Man respawned and retrieved his phone again, even the audience in the livestream room noticed something was off.
The Energetic Young Man's complexion was extremely poor, and his mental state was also somewhat disordered.
Previously, after respawning, he would still feign composure and boast to the audience in the livestream room.
But now, when he spoke, his tone was not only hurried, making it difficult to understand what he was saying, but his eyes also constantly darted around.
His eyes were bloodshot, looking up one moment, then behind him the next, a complete picture of an agitated state.
"Damn, Streamer, you look like you're really about to die! If you really can't do it, just give up!"
"He can't handle it after only three deaths? He doesn't seem very capable!"
"I feel like the funeral banquet will start soon. Come on, place your bets, when will the Streamer give up!"
"This isn't debunking, this is clearly courting death!"
...Faced with the taunts in the bullet comments, the Energetic Young Man no longer had the mind to pay attention.
No one knew how fast his heart was beating right now.
And he didn't know if it was a psychological illusion, but he always felt like something in the darkness was peeking at him!
This feeling was extremely strong, tormenting and stimulating his heart constantly.
Sometimes, he even felt someone breathing on the back of his neck.
But when he turned his head, he saw nothing.
Coupled with the dead silent environment, the Energetic Young Man couldn't perk up anymore. His entire nervous system was taut, and the blood vessels in his eyes became more and more prominent.
"Dude, you look a bit scary!"
"Why don't you just give up? Don't let something really happen to you from fright."
Chen Ze looked at the Energetic Young Man on his phone, frowning, and for once, kindly reminded him.
He was genuinely worried that something bad would happen to this guy from fright.
It was evident to the naked eye that the Energetic Young Man was already starting to lose it.
He kept muttering to himself, constantly looking around like a madman, and several times he couldn't even hold his phone steady.
"Huh?"
"No, I'm fine!"
"I can definitely do it, it's almost there, almost!"
"I remember where you stopped in your last livestream, it's almost there!"
"I can do it!"
Hearing Chen Ze's reminder on his phone, the Energetic Young Man shook his head vigorously.
His tone was a mixture of fear and excitement, his chest heaving constantly.
His eyes were also frighteningly bloodshot.
"I know you can do it. How about this, I'll admit defeat, I'll send you ten 'Huazi' cigarettes, okay?"
"You should leave the castle quickly!"
At this moment, any normal person could see something was amiss.
The Energetic Young Man's condition had clearly reached the limit of his endurance and he was on the verge of collapse.
Although Chen Ze couldn't quite understand why this guy was so scared after only three deaths, his objective had been achieved, so he directly conceded and advised the other party to exit the castle first.
However, facing his persuasion and reminder, the Energetic Young Man shook his head again.
He stared intently at Chen Ze on his phone, as if he were possessed.
Under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of viewers, a wisp of extremely pure black mist suddenly appeared at the corner of his eye.
At the same time, his lips curved into a smile, and he actually let out a woman's voice.
"Heh heh!"