14: College students who teamed up to challenge the haunted house

“Customers already? So early?”

Fang Xiaolu glanced at the time on her phone, a little surprised.

Usually, at this hour, not even a dog would pass by the Haunted House.

It seems yesterday’s livestream is already starting to take effect.

A flicker of excitement crossed Fang Xiaolu’s face; she put away her phone and scampered out of the washroom.

Song Yang watched her retreating figure, a bit bewildered.

But he didn’t think much of it, turning back to the mirror to continue brushing his teeth with a wide grin.

“Huh, why do things look a bit blurry?”

“Guess I need to cut down on phone usage.”

...Outside the Tianfeng Haunted House, Li Zhou looked at the group of university students before him, his brow slightly furrowed.

“Everyone, entering the Haunted House requires voluntarily signing an agreement.”

“If you two are unwilling, I’m afraid you can’t go in.”

Signing the agreement wasn't Li Zhou’s own idea.

Other slightly larger Haunted Houses all had them.

These agreements, simply put, were specifically to avoid unnecessary liability disputes.

“What a joke, Boss, are you looking down on us?”

“It’s just a broken Haunted House, how scary can it be?”

This group of university students clearly didn’t come to the Haunted House after watching the livestream.

It looked more like a group challenge.

The leader, with his arms crossed, spoke with a hint of disdain.

Behind him, the others also smiled.

“Boss, we’re not as timid as you think.”

“We specialize in challenging various Haunted Houses; we’ve been to all the other Haunted Houses in Jinling, and they were all just so-so.”

“So there’s no need to sign an agreement, right? We’re in a hurry to get to the next venue.”

It was indeed a group challenge.

Listening to the university students chatter, Li Zhou remained unmoved.

The agreement had to be signed.

After all, anyone could talk tough, but if something bad happened without an agreement, he would be the one to suffer.

Do other Haunted Houses in Jinling also have real horror employees?

“Forget it, Sun Yong, this Haunted House looks quite big, there’s probably something to it.”

“Signing an agreement doesn’t take long.”

Someone sensed Li Zhou’s resolute attitude and reluctantly advised the leader.

Hearing this, Sun Yong frowned.

At school, he hated all kinds of formalities the most.

He finally got a break and came out, only to encounter it again.

In his opinion, this so-called agreement was completely unnecessary to sign.

It was just a mere Haunted House, was it necessary to be so serious?

“Today, I’m going to see what’s so special about your Haunted House.”

Shaking his head, Sun Yong ultimately chose to sign the agreement.

Nothing else; if they didn't sign, they would have come all this way for nothing today.

They had been to almost all the Haunted Houses in Jinling, with only Li Zhou’s left to challenge...

“Boss, it’s all done.”

Just as Li Zhou was leading everyone to sign the agreement at the Haunted House’s front desk, Fang Xiaolu rushed over excitedly.

“Oh, business so early?”

Song Yang also walked out at this time, his assistant trailing behind him, head down, fiddling with his phone.

These university students probably hadn’t scrolled through TikTok much from yesterday until now.

Otherwise, they would probably be scared out of their wits by this seemingly mischievous guy in front of them.

Now, a quick scroll on TikTok would show Song Yang’s “obituary” photo.

Li Zhou nodded at Fang Xiaolu, ignoring Song Yang beside him.

After confirming everyone had signed the agreement, he gave Fang Xiaolu a look.

Fang Xiaolu immediately understood and promptly led the group towards the Haunted House entrance.

Now that horror employees had joined, Li Zhou no longer made her play a real-life NPC.

Fang Xiaolu’s main job now was very simple; to put it plainly, she was a greeter and... a medic.

“Brother Yang, should we go in together?”

The assistant looked up at the backs of the university students and suddenly asked.

“Of course.”

“It’s boring with just the two of us streaming; let these guys also experience what I felt yesterday.”

As if thinking of something interesting, Song Yang’s mouth twitched.

“You two can handle it yourselves, I’m leaving first.”

Li Zhou clapped his hands and turned to walk towards the monitoring room.

He needed to keep an eye on things.

Although he had already instructed the Zombie and Goethe yesterday to be mindful of their intensity when scaring people in the future.

But Li Zhou wasn’t sure about the mental resilience of these seemingly naive university students.

After all, not everyone had a heart as robust as Song Yang’s.

Arriving in the monitoring room, Li Zhou sat down leisurely.

On the monitor screen, Fang Xiaolu was guiding the university students through the turnstile, with Song Yang and his assistant following closely behind.

“Brother Yang, when we go live later, are you sure you want to admit what happened yesterday?”

The assistant looked at the turnstile, which was made of a giant skull, and shivered, asking Song Yang.

Previously, the reason Song Yang’s followers rapidly grew to four million was because of his catchphrase, “Nothing in the world can scare me.”

If Song Yang admitted to being scared yesterday, it might cause some negative backlash.

“Of course, I have to admit it; you saw the final livestream footage yesterday, didn’t you?”

“Instead of continuing to pretend, it’s better to be honest and open.”

Song Yang nodded, responding.

“Moreover, I’ve decided to change my direction.”

“Change direction?”

“Change what direction?”

Hearing this, the assistant was stunned.

“Indoor!”

Song Yang’s eyes glinted, his tone firm.

Ever since seeing Goethe last night, he had a vague suspicion.

Li Zhou’s Haunted House was so large, two robot NPCs would definitely not be enough.

With the realistic effect of those robots, the Tianfeng Haunted House becoming immensely popular was inevitable.

In the future, Li Zhou would definitely customize more robots.

From the new facilities this morning, it was clear that he wanted to make the Haunted House bigger and stronger.

Outdoor adventures, how could they be as exciting as livestreaming in a Haunted House?

Abandoned mental hospitals, desolate graves, compared to those terrifying robots, they were simply pathetic.

Song Yang planned to resume streaming today to see the effect.

If the audience showed interest in those terrifying robots, he would immediately go find Li Zhou to sign an exclusive livestreaming contract!

He couldn’t let others snatch the traffic.

Hearing Song Yang’s words, the assistant came back to his senses.

“If Brother Yang’s livestreams aren’t popular anymore, should I switch jobs, or should I switch jobs?”

He was just a small assistant and couldn't influence Song Yang’s decision.

Ultimately, all he cared about was his salary.

Soon, the two followed the university students through the gate.

“I wish you all a pleasant time.”

Fang Xiaolu waved, a harmless smile on her face as she watched their retreating figures.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she eagerly ran towards the monitoring room.