38: This is playing with people's lives!

Jinling City, Nanshan District Police Station.

Ring ring ring!

“Hello, this is the Nanshan District Police Station, may I ask…”

The operator skillfully picked up the phone, but before she could finish speaking, a panicked voice on the other end interrupted her.

“Someone’s dead! Someone’s dead!”

Dead person?!

The operator’s heart immediately tightened, and her expression instantly became serious.

However, before she could even inquire.

Ring ring ring!

Ring ring ring!

Ring ring ring!

At the other operators’ stations, calls started coming in non-stop.

“Hello, miss, are you still listening?”

“Someone died at the Heavenly Wind Haunted House in your Nanshan District! Tens of thousands of people saw it with their own eyes, the scene was so f*cking terrifying!”

...“It’s that Heavenly Wind Haunted House again?”

Chen Chuan heard his superior’s order, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

“Alright, boss, I’ll go check it out now.”

Hanging up the phone, Chen Chuan casually waved to two of his subordinates.

“Brother Chen, what’s up?”

“Nothing, you two come out with me.”

Having had two previous experiences, Chen Chuan didn’t make a big fuss this time.

He tidied up quickly and then took his two subordinates towards the suburbs... Inside the Heavenly Wind Haunted House, within the Devil’s Castle.

Yuan Hao suddenly shouted loudly, his voice urgent and laced with fear.

Originally, due to the assistant’s state and Song Yang’s disappearance, Dai Xiaomei, Ye Kexin, and Qin Yao’s nerves were already taut.

Yuan Hao’s sudden shout startled all three of them.

“Yuan Hao, what’s wrong with you?”

Ye Kexin almost dropped her phone.

Looking at Yuan Hao, who had retreated to the end of the corridor with a face full of terror, she swallowed hard and asked.

Qin Yao also frowned; she had never seen Yuan Hao so scared before.

“That… the lamp oil on that sconce has a corrosive effect! You… hurry over here!”

Yuan Hao’s heart pounded, and he couldn’t help but stammer when he spoke.

He was truly terrified.

If they had walked a few more steps just now, that terrifying drop of lamp oil would definitely have fallen on one of them.

Even the floor could be corroded; he dared not imagine what would happen if flesh and blood came into contact with it!

Does the owner of this Haunted House not care about his life?

How dare he put such dangerous things in a secret room!

This is playing with human lives!

Because he was so terrified, Yuan Hao momentarily forgot that several players had already safely exited.

He looked at Dai Xiaomei and the other two anxiously, urging them to come over quickly.

On the other side, Dai Xiaomei and the other two heard Yuan Hao’s words and instinctively looked up at the sconces.

Coincidentally, a drop of lamp oil suddenly fell from the sconce above the assistant’s head.

Plop.

The lamp oil fell directly onto the assistant’s head.

The next moment, a wisp of white smoke rose.

Then, something that the few of them would never forget happened.

The assistant’s head began to rapidly disintegrate at a visible speed.

First, the entire scalp, then the forehead, the corners of the eyes, the cheeks!

In just an instant, as if splashed with the strongest sulfuric acid, the assistant’s flesh and blood turned into pus, began to rot, and disappeared.

“Ah!!!”

“Ah!!!”

“Ah!!!”

“Ah!!!”

Four unified screams echoed through the corridor.

Dai Xiaomei was stunned, Ye Kexin was stunned, Qin Yao was stunned, and Yuan Hao was also stunned.

Almost instantly, the three girls collapsed to the ground.

Then, they used their hands and feet to retreat towards Yuan Hao.

At the same time, Ye Kexin’s phone also dropped to the ground again.

The audience in the livestream room was once again dumbfounded.

“F*ck! It happened again!”

“I can’t, I can’t, I want to throw up!”

“Is this f*cking special effects or real? I’m truly dumbfounded!”

“I’m an editor, and I can tell you responsibly, I don’t know either!”

Before, the audience in the livestream room had witnessed the entire process of Song Yang’s disappearance.

At that time, Song Yang was standing under a sconce, exclaiming in wonder.

Each of those sconces was actually made from human skulls.

Although already rotten, much red and white flesh remained.

In the sunken, hollow eye sockets, a lamp source likeghost fire flickered, emitting a pale, eerie glow.

The assistant held his phone, concentrating on filming.

The audience in the livestream room was also attracted by Song Yang’s words, and their gazes all turned towards the sconces.

However, before the livestream room audience could even marvel at how incredibly realistic these sconces were, a terrifying scene unfolded.

A drop of something, whether corpse oil or lamp oil, fell onto Song Yang’s forehead.

Just like the assistant just now, his large head began to slowly rot.

The eerie thing was that Song Yang didn’t seem to know that a large hole had already rotted on his forehead.

Perhaps sensing something was amiss, he instinctively reached out, wanting to slick back his handsome hairstyle as usual.

With that swipe, half of his entire head was instantly gone.

Then, amidst the assistant’s shrill screams, he collapsed to the ground.

In just a moment, not to mention his forehead, Song Yang’s entire body was corroded away, disappearing without a trace.

The sudden scene not only terrified the assistant but also stunned the tens of thousands of viewers in the livestream room.

Outside the Devil’s Castle, Li Zhou’s mouth was practically crooked with laughter as he watched the rapidly increasing fright value.

At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before he could purchase new scenarios again.

“Tsk, this is just the beginning; the game has only just started.”

Looking at the few people in the corridor who were already scared silly, Li Zhou shook his head, his tone tinged with schadenfreude.

These guys, almost every one of them came to challenge the Haunted House with a purpose.

If they want to gain followers by challenging the Haunted House, how can they do it without paying some price?

It’s just a pity for the other three guys; it was their bad luck to team up with Song Yang and the others.

Soon, another team of players began to exit the Devil’s Castle.

These people, like those who exited at the very beginning, had fear and lingering dread on their faces, but also a hint of excitement and thrill.

“Holy crap!”

“I’ve played so many escape rooms, but I’ve never seen such an awesome one!”

“Yeah, you don’t know, when I saw you being corroded by the lamp oil earlier, I almost peed myself.”

“I can’t, my whole body is weak, can someone help me up.”

“We’re weak too…”

These few players looked at the Devil’s Castle, their lips trembling, seemingly quite frightened.

“How do you all feel?”

“Do you feel like your souls have been sublimated?”

Li Zhou stepped forward, looking at their backs and suddenly asked with a smile.

“Holy crap, boss, you scared me!”

“Disposable pants? Where are they?”

“Boss, I really don’t know what to say, your Haunted House… awesome!”

“Wait, once I recover, I’m going to challenge it again!”

“I already know what the first two hints mean!”

Hearing the voice behind them, the few players were startled as if they had post-traumatic stress.

After turning around and realizing it was Li Zhou, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Zhou looked at their reactions, a slight smile playing on his lips.

“Alright, I look forward to your return anytime.”

“A friendly reminder, our store does offer disposable pants for purchase, you know.”

“Buy!!!”