146: Live broadcast begins

These Corpse Beetle Swarm did not attack the boats, quietly swimming under them.

On both sides of the underground river, there were still grotesque rocks.

Li Zhou looked at the scene before him with a calm expression.

Although the underground river beneath his feet looked bottomless, its deepest point was actually no more than two meters.

To prevent accidents, he had specifically instructed that if a player who couldn't swim fell into the water, the Water Ghost's first priority was to rescue them.

No matter what, the players' safety was still the most important.

The small boat moved forward quietly, and soon arrived at a large open space.

This open space was the true location of the underground first floor.

Five large doors stood on the open space, each door's surface was unremarkable, and in front of each, a bone sign stood.

The signs had descriptions of the scenes behind the doors etched in blood-red paint.

The first door was the familiar Devils Castle.

The second, Underground Tomb Mound.

The third, Lakeside Cabin.

The fourth, Screening Room No. 13.

The sign in front of the fifth door simply read four characters: Not Yet Open.

In addition, Li Zhou had thoughtfully marked the difficulty levels for the scenes behind these doors.

Among them, except for Devils Castle which was one star, the other three scenes were all two stars.

These four scenes were almost all independent areas, and Li Zhou arranged them all underground.

Actually, this system update offered many more areas for purchase.

But due to a slight shortage of fright value, he could only buy this much for now.

However, this amount was pretty much enough.

Even when the Celebrities invited by the Culture and Tourism Bureau arrive later, it will be more than enough.

After all, so much time had passed, and those players hadn't even cleared the one-star difficulty Devils Castle, let alone the others.

After getting off the boat, Li Zhou walked ashore.

Waving for the Water Ghost to leave, he turned and walked towards the left side of the open space.

The system store had a very comprehensive selection of areas, including even a monitoring room.

The monitoring room was well hidden; ordinary people wouldn't be able to find it at all.

After entering the monitoring room, Li Zhou conveniently sent a message to Fang Xiaolu, indicating that they could start bringing in players.

The Culture and Tourism Bureau probably wouldn't be that fast, so this was a good time to use ordinary players to test the effect.

And also, to boost the Haunted House's popularity even further.

The higher the Haunted House's traffic, the more confidence the Culture and Tourism Bureau's higher-ups would have.

The more confidence, the bigger the Celebrities invited would be.

"The boss said it's ready."

"Are you all prepared?"

At the ticket counter, Fang Xiaolu looked at the message from Li Zhou, then raised her head and spoke to Song Yang and the others.

"Alright!"

Song Yang made an OK gesture.

Wang Lin had already arrived, and true to his professionalism, with a few simple operations, the assistant had woken up.

His inner unease only gradually subsided after learning that the previous Insect Tide was all fake.

"Old Woman, I'm still a bit scared."

On the other side, Mozi held her phone but hesitated to start her livestream.

Hearing her words, Dai Xiaomei replied without even turning her head, "Scared?"

"That's simple. Just watch me and Song Yang's livestreams later."

"Just make sure you don't regret it later."

Outside the main entrance, it was already bustling with people.

More and more players arrived outside the Haunted House, but because Black and White Impermanence blocked the entrance, they dared not enter.

Some small Streamers had also started their livestreams early, focusing on the two door gods.

The effect, while not as good as the big Streamers, was indeed much better than their usual livestreams.

Currently on TikTok, any title related to Tianfeng Haunted House usually attracted a good number of viewers.

"Two beauties, I'm going ahead. You two hurry and catch up!"

Song Yang was impatient and couldn't hold back any longer.

After signaling his assistant, who held the phone, to start, he led the way behind the ticket counter.

The assistant looked at the cliffs on both sides of the platform, swallowed, still feeling a bit nervous inside.

That previous scene had left him with a significant psychological shadow.

However, seeing the constant influx of viewers into the livestream room, he gritted his teeth and followed.

【It's finally live!】

【Huh? Where is this?】

【Streamer, have you changed locations?】

【It looks like it's underground!】

...Inside the livestream room, bullet comments scrolled rapidly.

Upon seeing the surroundings, the audience was all confused.

Many people had just been in the livestream rooms of those smaller Streamers outside.

However, because those small Streamers were outside and didn't film the interior of the Haunted House, they didn't know that the Haunted House had undergone a big change.

Now, upon seeing the surroundings, many people thought Song Yang had changed his livestream location.

The phone held by the assistant was mainly for filming, while Song Yang himself held another phone specifically for viewing bullet comments.

Seeing the audience's questions, he paid attention to the path beneath his feet while smiling and turning to the livestream room audience, saying, "Brothers, the Streamer hasn't changed locations."

"This is still Tianfeng Haunted House!"

"It's just that Tianfeng Haunted House recently underwent a renovation, so the changes are quite significant."

Renovation?

Hearing Song Yang's words, most of the audience suddenly understood.

The Haunted House was closed yesterday, and neither Li Zhou himself nor Song Yang and the others had posted any notification videos or anything.

So many people were unaware of this.

Now, upon hearing Song Yang's words, many viewers' eyes lit up.

It must be said, although their previous livestreams were indeed exciting to watch, it was always the same few areas, back and forth.

Even when Song Yang wasn't livestreaming, the footage filmed by other small Streamers was pretty much the same as what Song Yang and his team had livestreamed before.

Therefore, many viewers had already developed viewing fatigue.

If it weren't for Zombie Gede truly delivering, the Haunted House's popularity would have dropped long ago.

Now, hearing that the Haunted House had actually been renovated, those viewers who had originally felt a bit bored instantly became interested.

At this moment, Song Yang, accompanied by his assistant, was walking towards the end of the platform.

The two didn't walk fast, mainly concerned about whether Li Zhou might have set up some scary facilities or NPCs along this stretch.

On the other side, seeing that Song Yang had already set off, Dai Xiaomei also started her livestream.

Just as she was about to follow, she found her good friend Mozi still standing in place, looking conflicted.

Seeing this, Dai Xiaomei couldn't help but laugh out of exasperation.

"I mean, what exactly are you thinking?"

"Didn't you see all those fellow Streamers outside just now?"

"The boss is willing to give us an opportunity; if you can't seize it, don't say I didn't warn you!"

After speaking, Dai Xiaomei didn't wait for Mozi's reply and directly chased after Song Yang and the others.

Ultimately, her relationship with Mozi was just that of friends.

If Mozi absolutely refused to go in, there was nothing she could do.

"No, wait for me!"

"I didn't say I wasn't going!"

Looking at Dai Xiaomei's retreating figure, Mozi quickly followed.

She was just deliberating whether to not livestream today and get familiar with the Haunted House first.

With such massive traffic from the Haunted House and such a great opportunity to gain followers, she wasn't blind; how could she miss it?