36: Something's not right. When did the boss change his style?

Brother Yang, I always feel like something isn't right.

Watching the players walk together towards the lounge, the assistant suddenly spoke.

You noticed it too?

Song Yang stroked his chin, beginning to carefully examine the castle that had been completed in just one day.

Yeah, you see those people can still walk.

At this level, I don't think it's the boss's style.

The assistant secretly glanced at Li Zhou, who was transferring Goethe's consciousness, and said in a low voice.

Having witnessed the horror of Goethe and the zombies, he knew very well that Li Zhou would never spend a day creating a castle that was no different from other haunted locations.

You know, many people had already arrived outside Tianfeng Haunted House yesterday.

Yet, Li Zhou still chose to suspend operations.

Although to Dai Xiaomei and Yuan Hao, peeing themselves from fright was already a very terrifying thing.

But the assistant and Song Yang both knew that this level of fright was simply too small.

You know, the first time he entered the Haunted House.

The assistant fainted from fright just by watching the zombies on the monitor screen.

And Song Yang almost suffocated to death on land from fright.

Then he also fainted.

Given that both of them were scared to such an extent, the performance of those few players just now was clearly not right.

The level of horror was too low.

No matter what, we'll know once we go in.

Keep your composure, we can't let anyone outdo us!

Song Yang shook his head, no longer overthinking.

He had only one requirement for himself and the assistant: to perform better than anyone else who came to the Haunted House.

If others fainted from fright, they just needed to stand firm.

If others peed themselves from fright, then at most they would be scared enough to fart.

Anyway, as long as there was a difference, it was fine.

This way, he could let the audience in the livestream room know that Song the Bold was still Song the Bold.

It was just that the Tianfeng Haunted House was simply too abnormal.

Everyone, thank you for waiting.

Now you can enter.

I wish you a pleasant time.

After using his authority to transfer Goethe's consciousness back into the castle, Li Zhou turned around and smiled at Song Yang and the others.

Hearing his words, everyone began to walk into the vortex-like halo behind the castle gate.

Watching them disappear, Li Zhou clapped his hands and leisurely returned to the monitoring room.

After gaining authority over the castle, everything within the castle was visible to him.

At this moment, if he wished, he could view all players entering the castle from a God's perspective.

There were about a hundred players who came to the Haunted House today.

Among them, almost seventy to eighty percent of the players chose the traditional area.

After all, they all came for Goethe; as for the new area, these players planned to check it out later.

The remaining twenty percent of players chose to try the new area.

About twenty minutes had passed since the first batch of players entered, but only those few players just now couldn't hold on and chose to exit the castle.

From Li Zhou's perspective, the players' reactions were almost identical after entering the castle and experiencing the sensation of death.

Dazed, disbelieving, shocked, excited.

That's right, excited.

The 100% immersive death experience completely refreshed their understanding.

While it made them scared, it also brought an extremely unusual thrill.

The players who were able to arrive at Tianfeng Haunted House in the first batch were basically people who were keen on exploring Haunted Houses and similar activities.

Among them were many high-level players of escape rooms.

So, except for those few at the beginning, almost all players, after experiencing death, enthusiastically threw themselves into finding the parchment to clear the level.

Of course, Li Zhou knew very well.

The main reason these players didn't choose to withdraw was that the dangers in Devils Castle were still quite inferior compared to Goethe's zombies.

Almost all players, like him, contributed their first death to the human head wall lamp in the corridor.

This kind of inexplicable death, apart from a momentary palpitation, would quickly be recovered from.

And after recovering, it would be genuine excitement and thrill.

Adrenaline surged rapidly.

Are there so many people who like to be abused?

Watching a few players in a certain group, after being torn apart by the Demonic Hounds and resurrected, excitedly climbed out of the attic to rejoin their teammates, Li Zhou raised an eyebrow, feeling a bit strange.

Soon he understood the reason.

It should mainly be that the original NPC images in the castle were not that terrifying.

Of course, this is also understandable; the main theme of the castle is to clear it through puzzles, not to scare people.

However, if the vampire NPC chasing everyone were replaced by Goethe... Li Zhou's eyes flashed with images of Song Yang and the others, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

Inside the castle.

[Hello, player, welcome to Devils Castle.]

[Clearance requirements: The castle has a total of four floors, and the player's starting point is on the fourth floor.]

[Players need to find the castle gate key before nightfall and escape from the first-floor gate with their teammates to clear the level.]

[Hints]

[One: God will bless you.]

[Two: The moon will guide you.]

Song Yang handed his phone to the assistant and bent down to pick up the parchment on the floor.

Looking at the few lines of bloody hints on it, a trace of surprise flashed across his face.

Isn't this just an escape room?

When did the boss change his style?

Hearing his words, the others also gathered around.

God will bless you?

The moon will guide you?

What kind of hints are these?

Dai Xiaomei looked at the parchment in Song Yang's hand and asked, a little confused.

Upon entering the castle, she was the only one among them who felt a hint of fear.

There was no helping it; Song Yang and the assistant had always made a living from horror exploration.

And Yuan Hao and his two companions were already employees of an escape room, so their courage naturally wouldn't be too small.

Among them, only Dai Xiaomei was previously a game Streamer, rarely encountering this type of real-life horror game.

It seems we don't have much time left.

Qin Yao spoke at this moment, reminding them.

Hearing her words, everyone subconsciously looked up and realized that outside the castle, the setting sun was already blood-red.

Find the exit first.

Although Yuan Hao was a bit blunt, he was not a bad person.

As soon as he entered the castle, he quickly got into the zone.

Without hesitation, he was the first to start searching around.

Qin Yao and Ye Kexin followed closely.

The three of them had a clear division of labor, truly seasoned veterans of escape games.

Song Yang and the assistant stood still, feeling the dead silent atmosphere around them, their ominous premonition growing stronger.

Simple... too simple!

Judging from the hints on the parchment, this castle was completely a scene similar to an escape room.

And generally, in such scenes, the elements of logical deduction and puzzle-solving far outweigh the horror.

This completely contradicted their previous impression of the Haunted House.

In their opinion, Li Zhou definitely had some kind of twisted sense of humor.

He probably wouldn't be happy unless he scared people half to death.

Never mind, we'll know as we play.

Song Yang put away the parchment.

Seeing this, the assistant also nodded and stopped speaking.

The two also imitated Yuan Hao and his companions, starting to search around the attic.