143: I think I forgot to turn off the gas in my house.

"Ah!"

At the ticket counter, Fang Xiaolu was also startled by the scene before her.

Countless dense swarms of insects of all kinds crawled out from the abyss below, quickly occupying the platform.

Such a sight made one's scalp tingle.

Song Yang, Dai Xiaomei, and Mozi, who ran quickly, were fine; apart from their pale faces and terrified eyes, they were actually not in much danger.

But the poor assistant, whose greatest fear in life was insects, didn't react quickly enough and was directly surrounded by the Insect Tide.

A long black insect, resembling both a cockroach and a centipede with antennae, crawled up from his ankle.

The assistant looked at the retreating figures of Song Yang and the others, his eyes dazed.

The next second, a gigantic insect crawled onto his face.

Looking at the terrifying, clawing insect in front of him, he rolled his eyes and fell straight to the ground.

"Xiao Tao!"

After running a certain distance, Song Yang finally realized someone was missing.

Turning his head, he just saw the assistant collapse.

In an instant, his pupils contracted sharply.

He wanted to go back and save him, but he didn't know where to step.

The insects below the cliff were simply innumerable, each one more terrifying than the last, like a surging tide.

The moment the assistant fell, his body was enveloped by countless insects.

"Boss!"

After half a second of a blank mind, Song Yang finally thought of Li Zhou.

Turning his head, he ignored the insects rapidly approaching his feet and shouted towards Li Zhou.

"You little girl, you only care about opening, not closing, right?"

Seeing that Dai Xiaomei and Mozi were almost out the door, Li Zhou teased Fang Xiaolu, who also looked dazed.

He extended his hand and waved it at Song Yang, signaling that everything was fine, then pressed the button Fang Xiaolu had pressed earlier, once again.

In an instant, all the insects disappeared!

Without any warning, as if they had never appeared at all.

Noticing the change around him, Song Yang's mouth fell open.

No, what's going on?

Could it be... Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Song Yang rushed towards the assistant lying on the ground.

Bending down, he saw that the assistant's eyes were merely closed, and there were no injuries on his body, which finally put his mind at ease.

At the same time, a hint of unconcealed shock flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Before coming, he had roughly guessed how Li Zhou would decorate the Haunted House.

He had thought the two black and white impermanence figures at the entrance were already outrageous, but he never expected Li Zhou to completely revamp the entire Haunted House!

Just after stepping through the main door, he immediately noticed that the layout of the entire Haunted House had almost completely changed.

One must know that in the past, standing at the main door, one could see the Devils Castle at a glance.

But now, looking out, there was only a straight platform spanning across an abyss.

No one knew what lay at the end.

Moreover, even the roof of the Haunted House had changed.

It felt as if they had suddenly gone from the ground to underground.

If Song Yang hadn't guessed wrong, those Insect Tides earlier were very likely virtual projections.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to all disappear at once!

Additionally, the absence of injuries on the assistant's body also confirmed this point.

He remembered that those insects earlier all looked far from harmless.

Any one of them would likely be extremely ferocious.

There was no reason they wouldn't bite the assistant.

The only explanation was that all of this was fake!

The reality was indeed as Song Yang had thought.

On the other side, after seeing all the insects disappear, Fang Xiaolu was instantly stunned.

It took her a long time to come back to her senses.

"Boss, were all those... fake?"

Like Song Yang, she quickly guessed the truth.

"Of course they were fake."

"If they were real, who would dare to come here again?"

Li Zhou smiled, patted her head, and said.

"Now you know what these buttons are for, right?"

"From now on, you'll be in charge here."

That one button earlier was just one of many on the ticket counter.

Hearing Li Zhou's words, Fang Xiaolu fully recovered.

The panic on her face instantly turned into excitement.

Excitement flashed in her big eyes, and looking at the buttons in front of her, she no longer felt the dizzying confusion from before.

"Boss, I understand!"

"This must be the central control panel for the entire Haunted House!"

"Am I right?!"

"More or less."

Li Zhou nodded, speaking casually.

Most of these buttons on the ticket counter are actually for controlling the area behind the main door.

The switches for some facilities in other areas have already been moved to the monitoring room.

"Can I try it first?"

Seeing Li Zhou nod, Fang Xiaolu immediately couldn't hold back.

Rubbing her hands, she asked.

As soon as she said this, before Li Zhou could speak, Song Yang on the other side became displeased.

Because he wasn't far from the ticket counter, he heard their conversation clearly.

Hearing that Fang Xiaolu actually wanted to try, he immediately said, "I say, you two, can you consider our lives?"

"If you want to try, wait until those people outside come in!"

On the other side, Mozi and Dai Xiaomei had already run to the main door; they only needed to take one more step to leave the Haunted House.

The two also reacted at this time.

If everything just now was real, then why didn't the boss run too?

Instinctively turning their heads, they then realized that the Insect Tide that had made their scalps tingle earlier had long since vanished without a trace.

"What's going on?!"

"Where are the insects?!"

Looking at the platform that had returned to its previous appearance, Mozi swallowed and muttered.

She had long heard of the reputation of Tianfeng Haunted House.

She also knew that many Streamers had met their downfall here.

Before coming, Mozi herself was prepared to be scared.

But!

She never expected that this was only just entering the Haunted House, and the live stream hadn't even officially started, yet such a thing had already happened!

She could swear that any person seeing those insects just now would get goosebumps all over.

If it were someone with trypophobia, they might even die on the spot!

What a joke!

They're playing like this before even truly entering the Haunted House?

Then when they actually go in, won't it really scare people to death?!

"I know!"

"Those just now, they must be virtual, just like the castle!"

Beside her, Dai Xiaomei looked at Li Zhou, who was calm at the ticket counter, and Fang Xiaolu, who was full of excitement, and suddenly said with lingering fear.

After speaking, she ignored Mozi, who was still in fright, and pulled her towards the ticket counter.

"Hey, hey, hey, Old Woman, what are you doing?!"

"Let go of me!"

Perhaps she was traumatized, but Mozi genuinely didn't want to get close to the cliff edge now.

Seeing Dai Xiaomei actually pulling her back, she immediately struggled.

"Actually, I've realized that today's live stream isn't absolutely necessary."

"I suddenly remembered that when I left, I think I forgot to turn off the gas at home."

"I have to go back and check!"