156: Yang-ge... I can't pull it out!

As for Song Yang, Tang Shan, and Peng Yu, they didn't pay any attention at all.

From what it looked like, the Corpse Beetles were probably not virtual projections, but rather some kind of fake props.

And it seemed to have some kind of stickiness; once it latched onto a hand, it was very difficult to shake off.

This point was irrelevant; as long as it didn't involve personal safety, it was fine.

After a sigh of relief, Tang Shan and Peng Yu exchanged glances.

Then, the two of them tacitly turned their gaze back to the livestream room.

Although the Haunted House's safety factor seemed pretty good at the moment.

But everyone hadn't actually started the challenge yet.

Everything just now was merely an appetizer.

The popularity generated by inviting Celebrities would definitely be much greater than a few Streamers livestreaming.

Therefore, the two of them dared not be careless and prepared to first observe Brother Yang and the others' upcoming performance.

"Brother Yang... I... I can't pull it out!"

On the bank of the underground river on the first basement floor of the Haunted House.

The assistant gritted his teeth, his hands, covered by his jacket, gripped one of Song Yang's hands, and he leaned backward with his entire body.

Song Yang also leaned backward with his entire body.

However, even like this, the Corpse Beetles in his hand seemed to be fused with his palm, not moving at all.

Behind the two, Dai Xiaomei, Mozi, and the other four Passerby Players all felt a hint of relief at this moment.

Especially the only female Passerby Player, who even patted her chest with her small hand, her face full of an expression of surviving a disaster.

It was a good thing they hadn't gotten tangled up with Corpse Beetles.

If they had a Corpse Beetles on them that they couldn't remove, they couldn't imagine how uncomfortable they would be.

"Didn't you eat!"

"Use some force!"

Song Yang was grimacing at this moment.

He felt that the assistant's pulling had no effect at all; the Corpse Beetles in his hand was as steady as Mount Tai, and instead, his wrist joint was about to give out.

But even so, he gritted his teeth and told the assistant to try harder again.

Today, he wouldn't believe it; he was already ashore and could still be controlled by a bug.

Hearing Song Yang's words, on the other end, the assistant also steeled his heart and began to exert more force.

Previously, out of concern for hurting Song Yang by pulling too hard, he had always held back his strength.

Now seeing that Song Yang was truly serious, he no longer held back; the veins on his arms bulged, and his thighs also began to kick backward fiercely.

However, both of them overlooked an important thing.

Because they were sitting at the very back of the small boat earlier, they were also the last to come ashore.

At this moment, they were not far from the underground river.

After the assistant increased his power, Song Yang also exerted all his strength and fell backward.

Perhaps because he had been shaking his hand on the boat earlier, or perhaps because he was sitting under the water ghost, Song Yang's arm actually had a lot of water stains.

At first, because of the jacket's insulation, neither of them felt it.

But as they exerted force, coupled with sweat secretion, the assistant's hand suddenly lost its grip and slipped out.

One must know that Song Yang was currently in a backward falling motion.

After the assistant let go, under the effect of inertia, he flew backward uncontrollably.

In an instant, a hint of bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

The assistant was also stunned.

He stumbled back several steps, then stood blankly in place, watching Song Yang fly uncontrollably towards the underground river.

"Watch out!"

"Oh my god!"

Everyone who was standing not far away was instantly stunned when they saw this scene.

The incident happened too suddenly, and because of the Corpse Beetles earlier, they had deliberately kept their distance, so they had no time to offer help at this moment.

They could only watch helplessly as Song Yang retreated uncontrollably.

"What the heck!"

Song Yang reacted, and his entire body instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He subconsciously turned his head, but all he saw was a pitch-black expanse.

On the river surface not far away, the water ghost was gloomily paddling the boat, preparing to pick up the next batch of players.

Hearing the movement behind him, he subconsciously turned his head to look.

In an instant, he also froze in place.

What was going on?

The duck that flew away, flew back again?!

Before he could think further, a clear splash sounded by the riverbank.

Song Yang's physique was relatively robust, and coupled with the inertia, he simply couldn't stabilize himself.

The moment his body felt the chill, Song Yang's pupils widened.

Oh my god!

Before he could think further, his vision was instantly swallowed by darkness.

A huge splash erupted, and Song Yang, under everyone's gaze, directly disappeared into the river surface... At this moment, both the scene and the livestream room fell silent.

Everyone stared at the violently rippling river surface, mouths agape, faces full of shock.

No one expected that a person who was fine just a moment ago would directly fly into the underground river the next second.

That's right, he flew.

Song Yang wanted to remove the Corpse Beetles from his hand so badly that he almost used all his strength.

After the assistant let go, the huge inertia almost made him take off on the spot.

"Brother Yang!"

The assistant was the first to react.

Without hesitation, he ran directly to the bank and anxiously shouted towards the river surface.

The others also reacted and came to stand behind the assistant.

However, this underground dark river was truly too dark.

Coupled with the limited light sources around, no one could clearly see what was happening under the river.

Go down to rescue?

In just a second, this thought was dismissed.

Are you kidding? They still remembered that there were countless Corpse Beetles underwater.

If they went down like this, they wouldn't save anyone else, but would instead get themselves into trouble.

In the livestream room, many viewers also reacted.

Some sensible ones had already started typing "rest in peace."

"This... this shouldn't count as a safety issue for the Haunted House, right?"

Inside the Culture and Tourism Bureau, Tang Shan and Peng Yu looked at their phones, somewhat bewildered.

Neither of them expected things to develop into this situation.

They had clearly already come ashore, but ended up falling into the water anyway.

The main thing was that this wasn't even the Haunted House's fault; it was entirely due to Song Yang's own actions.

"Nothing bad should happen, right?"

Peng Yu murmured, looking at the violently rippling underground river on his phone.

Although the river surface was pitch black and looked a bit scary.

But it wasn't a real underground river after all; it looked pitch black, probably because of the surrounding lighting effects, deliberately made to look bottomless.

Things did not turn out differently than Peng Yu expected.

Just as Dai Xiaomei and the others stood somewhat helplessly on the bank, watching the river surface, Song Yang's head suddenly emerged from the water.

"Damn it, I'm freezing!"

Emerging from the water again, Song Yang immediately took a deep breath.

To be honest, he himself had indeed been startled just now.

But very quickly, he discovered that the underground river was actually not deep.

Sinking down just a little bit, he could touch the bottom.

Seeing Song Yang appear, everyone on the bank immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Peng Yu and Tang Shan also relaxed.

However, just as everyone thought everything was fine, Song Yang's expression in the river suddenly changed!

"What the hell?! Who the f*** is pulling my leg?!"