28: You've beat this game? Who can beat you?

"Brother Yang, it seems all these people are preparing to challenge the boss's Haunted House."

"Do you think the boss will agree to let you do an exclusive live stream?"

Inside a hotel in Jinling City, the assistant looked at the trending Streamer challenge declarations on TikTok, and with a worried expression, he spoke to Song Yang who was beside him.

"I thought there wouldn't be a problem before, but now it's probably up in the air."

Song Yang sighed and shook his head.

"You saw it today, the boss is already expanding and renovating the Haunted House, which proves he wants to make the Haunted House even bigger."

"The more people who live stream inside the Haunted House, the higher its popularity will be."

"We can't hog such a big piece of the pie."

Previously, when Song Yang saw that Tianfeng Haunted House had almost no popularity, he planned to discuss with Li Zhou to see if he could do an exclusive live stream.

But now, it seems this idea probably won't be realized.

Now, a quick scroll through TikTok shows either Streamers announcing challenges to Tianfeng Haunted House or screenshots from his previous live stream.

Ironically, he, the one who made Tianfeng Haunted House popular, is gradually being forgotten.

It can only be said that the quality of Tianfeng Haunted House is simply too high; it's hard for it not to become popular.

Even without Song Yang, Li Zhou, with the two deadly weapons Goethe and the zombies, could easily make the Haunted House popular.

Now, even if Li Zhou agreed to let Song Yang do an exclusive live stream, Song Yang probably wouldn't dare to accept it.

He is currently just a Streamer with over five million followers.

He simply cannot compete with the capital behind those mega-Streamers with tens of millions of followers.

The popularity of Tianfeng Haunted House has skyrocketed in the past two days, and everyone with eyes can see it.

That capital won't let Song Yang monopolize all that traffic.

"It's fine, if those guys want to live stream, let them!"

"Damn it, I don't believe their guts are bigger than mine!"

"Worst case, I'll just do a direct face-to-face live stream then, let's see who attracts more fans!"

Song Yang said indignantly.

When those challenging Streamers see Goethe and the zombies, let alone live streaming, just holding their phones steady will be a challenge.

By then, he not only wants to film Goethe and the zombies up close but also wants to show his fans how these guys get scared.

Wouldn't the difference become clear then?

Fans like to watch excitement, so why not just compete to see who is more exciting?

When it comes to courage, Song Yang believes he has never been afraid of anyone.

"Brother Yang, I believe in you!"

The assistant was convinced by Song Yang's words.

Even though he was scared unconscious by Goethe yesterday, he still wanted to go in and continue live streaming today.

On this point alone, it's estimated that no other Streamer can compare.

"Enough about that, today you just stay here and watch all these movies!"

"How come I never noticed your courage was so small before?"

"Following me, how can you get by without courage?"

Song Yang closed the curtains, and the room quickly darkened.

He took out the remote control and pressed a button, and soon, a horror movie began playing on the large projection screen.

Song Yang planned to use today to thoroughly train the assistant's courage.

The assistant looked at the dozen or so horror movies Song Yang had prepared for him, and his face immediately turned bitter.

What to do... I want to resign again.

On the other side, in a makeup store.

Fang Xiaolu was applying something to her small face amidst the strange looks of others.

Upon closer inspection, it was actually the makeup for a Slit-Mouthed Woman.

Although Li Zhou hadn't asked Fang Xiaolu to continue playing an NPC these past two days.

Fang Xiaolu still felt that as a member of the Haunted House, she had an obligation to do something for it.

So, she took advantage of the holiday to practice her makeup skills.

Looking at her makeup in the mirror, Fang Xiaolu nodded with satisfaction.

"The boss is really something, how can a Haunted House only have two NPCs?"

"Who says I can't scare people, this looks quite terrifying!"

"What a cute costume, teacher, can we take a photo with you?"

Just as Fang Xiaolu felt her makeup was very successful, a few girls suddenly walked up, their eyes full of stars, and asked.

Hearing their words, Fang Xiaolu was stunned.

Cute... cute?

Damn it!

No way, keep drawing!

... "So that's how it is!"

"Holy cow, System, this instance of yours is absolutely brilliant!"

Inside Tianfeng Haunted House, Li Zhou slowly walked out of Devils Castle.

Turning his head, he looked at the door in front of him, his face full of surprise.

After learning that Devils Castle was not a typical escape instance, he focused all his attention.

However, even so, he still only barely managed to clear it after 'dying' about five times.

The requirement to clear Devils Castle is for players to find the door key before nightfall.

Then, successfully escape with their teammates from the first-floor door.

The castle has a total of four floors, the top floor is the attic, which is the starting point.

Whenever the moon fully descends, the owner of Devils Castle, the Vampire, will appear and eliminate the players.

Therefore, players must clear the instance before the moon appears.

During the game, players need to find a parchment in the castle.

The parchment will have hints for clearing the instance.

Among them, the first hint, 'The moon will guide you to escape,' describes how the Vampire loves the moon, so he made the heads of the humans he hunted into wall lamps to light up the castle.

The halo emitted by the wall lamps is white, representing the moon.

Following the route of the skull wall lamps leads to the first floor.

Then there's the second hint: 'God will protect you.'

In the initial stage, there will be a Jesus statue in the attic.

Jesus has a crucifix around his neck, and the crucifix can scare away the bats on the fourth floor and the Vampire Butler on the third floor.

However, it only works three times and has no effect on the Demonic Hounds on the second floor.

Third hint: 'Silence is golden.'

Although the Vampire is asleep, he has subordinates.

These subordinates are blood bats, Demonic Hounds, and a Vampire Butler.

Too much noise will attract these subordinates to chase and kill.

Fourth hint: 'Many hands make light work.'

On the stairs from the third floor to the second floor, players will encounter an NPC captured by the Vampire.

He will give players many hints and help them escape the pursuit of the Demonic Hounds on the second floor.

Fifth hint: 'The key is close at hand.'

The key to opening the castle gate is actually the NPC.

And only after the moon sets, when the Vampire appears to chase everyone and gradually approaches the NPC, will the castle gate open.

The last, and most important, hint: 'Death is also liberation.'

In fact, walking out of the castle gate leads to something even more terrifying.

The Vampire represents the dark side of a player's inner desires.

When he approaches the NPC, the castle gate will slowly open, and at the same time, it represents opening one's inner moral bottom line.

If players choose to abandon the NPC and rush out the door to clear the game, the game will fail.

Because the initial System prompt stated that the clearance requirement is to escape with teammates.

The NPC is also a teammate.

Conversely, if players bravely confront the Vampire and save the NPC.

Then after death, they will return to the real outside of the castle, and the game will be cleared!

With so many hidden clues, even Li Zhou almost died five times before clearing it.

Especially the last two hints, at first, to avoid the Vampire waking up after the moon set, he almost always ran to the first floor at the fastest speed.

But then he found he couldn't find the key no matter what.

Who would have thought that the System's initial reminder, 'must clear before nightfall,' was actually a trap?

Li Zhou didn't even know if ordinary players, after entering, would be able to reach the first floor.

The System truly lives up to its name.

Who can beat you at this game?