157: That was terrifying! It made me sob uncontrollably.

A curse word escaped Song Yang's lips.

His face quickly turned pale, and he became flustered.

Hearing his words, the assistant and others on the shore, as well as Tang Shan and Peng Yu in the livestream room, were all stunned.

Pulling his leg?

What did he mean?

Before they could think further, a scene that made everyone's pupils contract appeared.

Behind Song Yang, a strange figure slowly emerged from the water!

Under hair like water weeds, his swollen features looked as if they had been soaked in water for several years.

Maggots could vaguely be seen crawling on him.

It was the Water Ghost!

Just now, after seeing someone fall into the water, he was stunned for a moment.

Then, after clearly seeing that the person who fell was that damned fat guy, a look of ecstasy quickly appeared on his face.

After splitting off a wisp of resentment to control the small boat to return to the starting point on its own, he immediately and silently submerged himself in the water.

As a Water Ghost, he felt right at home in the water.

He effortlessly arrived behind Song Yang, but did not rush to attack. Instead, after the other party had just surfaced, he mischievously tugged on his leg.

This was why Song Yang's face had changed so drastically just now.

Then, the Water Ghost surfaced, revealing its true form.

By this time, the people on the shore were completely terrified by the scene before them.

Watching the Water Ghost emerge from the pitch-black water, they uniformly retreated backward.

"No, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm the one who fell in!"

Song Yang still didn't know what was behind him at this moment.

He was staring at the water with a look of surprise and uncertainty, and upon hearing the footsteps of the crowd retreating, he immediately said irritably.

He was the one who fell in, what were they afraid of?

It must be said that his courage was truly on a beastly level.

One must know that he had just felt something grabbing his leg underwater.

Most ordinary people at this point would probably be thinking about how to get to shore quickly, but he, on the other hand, started complaining about the actions of the people on shore.

"Brother Yang... your... your back!"

At a critical moment, it still had to be his own people.

After retreating a few steps, the assistant suddenly remembered that he and Song Yang were on the same side.

His footsteps paused, he stretched out his hand, pointing behind Song Yang, and reminded him with a trembling voice.

"My back?"

Hearing the assistant's reminder, Song Yang was stunned.

The next second, a familiar feeling surged into his heart.

"Damn it, why is it me again?"

Song Yang no longer remembered how many times he had been reminded to watch his back.

Every time, as long as he turned around, it was always a big surprise.

He swallowed, and in a flash, he quickly made a decision.

As long as he didn't turn around, no matter what was behind him, it wouldn't scare him!

Song Yang once again demonstrated what it meant to have beastly courage.

He didn't turn to look, nor did he rush to swim to the shore.

Instead, he suddenly opened his mouth and took a deep breath.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, he actually dove underwater directly in front of the Water Ghost.

"Hmm?"

The Water Ghost also didn't expect Song Yang to pull such a move.

However, he quickly reacted, and a subtle, mischievous glint flashed across his terrifying face.

If Song Yang had heard the assistant's reminder and swum directly towards the shore, he probably would have been fine.

Because the two were not far from the riverbank now, a few splashes would get him there.

Moreover, the Water Ghost couldn't go ashore and couldn't harm players; at most, he could only pull Song Yang to slightly hinder him.

Who would have thought that Song Yang's thought process would be so unconventional?

He went for a dive right in front of him, a Water Ghost.

The Water Ghost, who was just fretting about not having a good way to scare people, now curved his lips, and slowly sank into the water.

What if he gave Song Yang a few seconds to react?

If Song Yang could still escape underwater, then this Water Ghost might as well let him take over.

On the shore, watching Song Yang and the Water Ghost disappear one after another, everyone finally came back to their senses.

However, no one dared to approach the water now.

They didn't know that the terrifying-looking Water Ghost was actually the Boatman from earlier.

"Can he... come up?"

Among the four Passerby Players, one swallowed and asked softly.

Hearing his words, the others remained silent.

At this moment, everyone finally understood the meaning of "a great reputation is never unfounded."

Indeed, there was a reason why Tianfeng Haunted House could suddenly become so popular.

They thought they could finally relax, but then this suddenly happened.

Thinking about how there was such a terrifying thing underwater just now, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill.

So much so that even on shore, the few of them involuntarily huddled together, afraid that something else might pop out of the surrounding darkness.

In the livestream room, the audience was also buzzing.

To be honest, Tianfeng Haunted House had never disappointed them, whether it was the environment or the NPCs.

If they didn't know this was a Haunted House, they would have thought that NPC just now was a genuine person who had drowned!

【No, why are you all stunned? Let's eat!】

【Everyone disperse, the Streamer is truly done for this time.】

【Wuwuwu. Streamer, don't leave, if you leave, what will I watch in the future?】

【Hiss, is this the quality of Tianfeng Haunted House?】

【It's too scary, it makes me whimper.】

...Compared to the fright of the people on site, the comments in the livestream room were quite lively at this moment.

There was nothing they could do, Song Yang, this guy, really made it hard to worry about him.

For some reason, even if he were beheaded one second, the audience would instinctively think it was fake.

"This... won't it really scare people to death?"

In the Culture and Tourism Bureau office, Peng Yu and Tang Shan swallowed.

To be honest, both of them were startled by the Water Ghost's appearance just now.

Thinking about seeing such a thing in the water, both of them couldn't help but shiver.

After a moment of silence, Tang Shan looked up at Peng Yu and said, "I think we need to carefully screen the list. We can't just look at popularity and appearance fees anymore."

"Those with heart problems cannot come!"

Judging from the online viewership and popularity of the livestream room, the Haunted House's audience was not small.

Although she wasn't sure why such a terrifying challenge could still be embraced by young people.

But adhering to the principle of not understanding but respecting, Tang Shan inwardly decided that when inviting Celebrities, they must screen them carefully.

Anyone with heart-related issues, no matter how famous they were or how low their appearance fee, could not come!

She, a person with a normal heart, was startled several times just by watching the livestream.

She couldn't imagine what it would be like if those Celebrities entered the Haunted House.

Peng Yu silently nodded at Tang Shan's suggestion.

The original intention of inviting Celebrities was to promote the Haunted House.

If any accident occurred midway, it would be like shooting themselves in the foot.

If it was just fainting from fright, it would be fine, and it would prove that the Haunted House was very successful.

But if someone was scared to death, the nature of the situation would be completely different.

Any normal person would probably not dare to go to a Haunted House that had truly scared someone to death...