140: Complete renovation!

As time passed, more and more people gathered outside the Haunted House.

As Song Yang had predicted earlier, among the players who came this time, many were his peers.

However, they were all small Streamers.

These people had actually known about Tianfeng Haunted House for a long time.

It was just that Song Yang already had a lot of followers, and his viewing popularity was quite high, so gaining so many followers in one night wasn't that exaggerated.

Additionally, these small Streamers weren't sure if their followers would like to watch adventure challenge live streams, and the Haunted House did look somewhat intimidating. Most people were worried that they would suffer if they came, only to not gain many followers in the end.

Only a few, like Dai Xiaomei, whose fan base was originally very large but had lost some popularity for some reason, would go to such great lengths to try and make a comeback.

However, this situation changed after that Energetic Young Man.

Now, almost every outdoor Streamer would consider live streaming at Tianfeng Haunted House.

There was no other way; the traffic was simply too high.

Even some Streamers who weren't focused on outdoor content wanted to give it a try.

Tianfeng Haunted House had clearly become a must-visit check-in spot for Streamers.

The prestige of the 'Strongest True Man on the Entire Network' title was still increasing.

Time continued to pass.

At nine o'clock, the Haunted House's main gate had still not opened.

Some players were already getting a bit impatient.

Fortunately, Fang Xiaolu stepped forward in time to state her identity and explain that the Haunted House had been undergoing renovations yesterday.

Seeing that even an employee of the Haunted House was stuck outside, the players had nothing more to say.

"Did the boss oversleep?"

"Why isn't it open yet at this hour?"

After comforting the restless players, Fang Xiaolu took out her phone, looking very puzzled, and prepared to call Li Zhou.

Seeing this, Song Yang waved his hand and said, "Don't bother."

"I've tried calling before, the boss, he..."

Just as he was about to say that the boss wouldn't answer anyone's calls now, the next second, a familiar voice came from Fang Xiaolu's phone.

"Hello, Xiao Lu?"

Song Yang's expression froze, and the words on his lips abruptly stopped.

His assistant looked at the scene, reached out, and patted his Brother Yang's shoulder.

"Brother Yang, sigh..."

"No, why could she get through?"

Song Yang reacted, his cheeks slightly flushed, his temperature rising.

He had thought that after spending so much time together, even if he wasn't best buddies with Li Zhou, he should at least be considered an acquaintance, right?

And yet, he was still being treated differently?

"Boss, the people queuing outside are almost rioting now."

"When are you planning to open!"

Fang Xiaolu saw Song Yang's exasperated look, a hint of confusion flashing across her face.

However, she ignored him and asked sweetly into the phone.

"Soon."

On the other end of the phone, Li Zhou yawned, as if he hadn't slept well.

After a casual reply, the call was disconnected.

Inside the Haunted House.

Li Zhou put down his phone and sat up from his bed.

He checked the alarm clock and realized it was already nine o'clock without him noticing.

Last night, after upgrading the Haunted House's level, many good things were updated in the mall.

Although it was night, the fright value continued to slowly increase.

To purchase all the new items, Li Zhou simply stayed up all night.

He only fell asleep around three or four in the morning.

Yawning again, Li Zhou got out of bed and began to wash up unhurriedly.

Although Fang Xiaolu had just said that the people outside were almost rioting, he wasn't in a hurry at all.

In the washroom, Li Zhou brushed his teeth while looking at the mirror.

As soon as he thought of his arrangements from last night, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve slightly.

Finally, he almost let out a cackling laugh.

There was no other way; this time, the Haunted House's improvements were simply too significant.

It could even be said that it had completely transformed.

Yesterday, after the level upgrade, he had about 500,000 fright value remaining.

By three or four in the morning, the fright value had once again exceeded nearly two million.

He practically renovated the entire Haunted House in one go.

Not only were various facilities and equipment added, but the venue was also almost completely new.

Additionally, he purchased many terrifying employees.

Although these employees' terror levels weren't high, they were definitely incomparable to the NPCs in other Haunted Houses.

After this period of exposure, online viewers had a much better understanding of the Haunted House's layout.

It could be said that if it weren't for Zombie Gede and Red Spirit supporting it, the Haunted House's popularity would likely have quickly dwindled.

But even so, some viewers expressed that they were experiencing viewing fatigue.

This was also why many people had asked Li Zhou if he could add more areas or gameplay.

Now, everything was good.

The Haunted House had completely transformed.

At this moment, Li Zhou could imagine that after the doors opened, not to mention the ordinary players, even Song Yang and his group would probably be startled.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Li Zhou, after a simple wash-up, walked towards the main gate of the Haunted House.

Previously, behind the main gate was a large open space, commonly known as the reception hall.

At the end of the reception hall were two turnstiles.

One led to the castle, and the other led to other areas.

Players could choose in the reception hall whether to go to the castle or other areas.

But now, the reception hall was gone.

In its place was a long platform corridor, about three to four meters wide.

This platform led directly into the depths of the Haunted House.

Below the edge of the platform was a bottomless abyss.

Below the abyss, pairs of red eyes could be seen constantly opening and closing, giving an extremely terrifying feeling.

It was as if some unspeakable monster existed below; falling in would almost certainly mean death.

Additionally, from beneath the abyss, faint, mournful wails could be heard intermittently.

Just hearing a little of it immediately sent goosebumps all over one's body.

This was not some virtual effect.

The abyss was a real abyss.

The wailing was also real.

At the edge of the platform, there were also guardrails.

Li Zhou had thoughtfully posted notices on the guardrails, reminding tourist players not to get close to avoid falling into the abyss.

And that when crossing the platform, it was best to cover one's ears to avoid being enchanted by the wailing.

Otherwise, one would see extremely terrifying things.

This platform's full name was the Trembling Abyss.

It was purchased by Li Zhou for 100,000 fright value.

However, this platform was not entirely four or five meters wide.

For a certain distance after entering the main gate, the platform was about seven or eight meters wide, accommodating dozens of people.

A facility that looked like a ticket booth divided the front and back.

The front was seven or eight meters wide; after passing the ticket booth, it quickly narrowed to three or four meters.

The ticket booth was entirely made of bones, with a grotesque pattern carved on it using dark red bloodstains.

This ticket booth was purchased by Li Zhou for a full 50,000 fright value.

Its effect was not merely decorative.

According to the system's introduction, this ticket booth could help the Haunted House attract some 'special' guests.

Li Zhou had inquired whether these special guests would be people similar to his own terrifying employees.

The system's answer was somewhat ambiguous, but what was certain was that these special guests could bring some unexpected benefits to the Haunted House.