56: Decided to stay

After Dai Xiaomei and Ellie greeted each other, Li Zhou closed the gates of Devils Castle again.

Actually, Ellie's existence was similar to that of a Haunted House employee; she also came from the system.

In other words, she was a real existence, just confined within Devils Castle.

After clearing the castle and gaining access, Li Zhou could not only bring external objects into the castle but also take things from inside the castle out.

This included Ellie.

However, Li Zhou ultimately did not do so.

He could explain Goethe entering the castle as being achieved through some projection code.

But an NPC from a virtual escape room detaching from the room would be completely beyond worldly imagination.

"Boss, I knew your new venue wouldn't be that simple!"

"The final clearance actually required saving that little girl; it's so twisted, who could have thought of that!"

After Devils Castle closed again, Song Yang looked at Li Zhou and suddenly complained.

He finally knew how to clear it now.

Recalling everything he encountered since entering the castle, even he couldn't help but admire Li Zhou.

This was the first time he had experienced such a thrilling, realistic, and terrifying escape room.

Hearing Song Yang's complaint, the assistant also secretly nodded.

If he hadn't been stopped earlier, he probably would have rushed out of the castle just like Yuan Hao and the other two.

Wait!

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he looked around and asked Li Zhou with some confusion:

"Boss, where are the three people who were with us?"

As soon as he said this, Song Yang and Dai Xiaomei also immediately reacted.

Oh right!

Where were Yuan Hao and the other two?

Didn't they already run out of the castle?

"You mean those three?"

"They're still in the castle?"

Hearing the assistant's question, Li Zhou's lips curved into a smile as he spoke.

"Still in the castle?"

Song Yang was stunned.

The next moment, a hint of schadenfreude couldn't help but rise in his heart.

"Haha, those three guys, they said they were teammates, but when the door opened, each one ran faster than the last."

"Who would've thought, in the end, it was the three of us who cleared it."

Originally, his impression of Yuan Hao had improved quite a bit.

But at the last moment, seeing that guy unhesitatingly push Ellie towards Goethe, and then immediately abandon the others and run towards the door, he started to dislike him again.

Although, logically speaking, the other party's actions weren't problematic.

But Song Yang was just annoyed.

Ellie was so cute and well-behaved; probably no one would push her towards Goethe.

Even if she was an NPC.

What's more, if it weren't for Ellie earlier, they wouldn't have been able to get rid of those Demonic Hounds.

To put it nicely, Yuan Hao did it to clear the level.

To put it bluntly, he was an ungrateful wretch.

Song Yang didn't know if Yuan Hao would still do that if everything in the castle were real.

Or rather, if the key were himself, would the other party still unhesitatingly push him out too?

In addition, Ye Kexin and Qin Yao's performance also surprised Song Yang.

He had thought that The girls would be a bit more emotional, but in the end, birds of a feather flocked together.

The moment they saw the door open, both of them ran out right behind Yuan Hao without thinking.

On the other hand, Dai Xiaomei, though scared to death from beginning to end, unexpectedly chose to sacrifice her own life to protect Ellie, not only giving up the chance to clear the level for an NPC!

Oh right, and the assistant!

Song Yang hadn't forgotten that this guy also thought of just running out at the end.

He hadn't even moved, and this guy was already preparing to run; he was too oblivious.

It seems besides courage training, other aspects need to keep up too!

Hearing Song Yang's words, Li Zhou smiled noncommittally.

Actually, if following the rules of 99% of escape rooms, Yuan Hao and the other two's actions earlier were completely fine.

The hint already said they only needed to escape the castle.

But the escape room produced by the system was different from conventional ones.

Who would have thought an escape room would ultimately involve humanity?

To escape the room, one had to face death.

In this world, probably not many people could do that, especially when the door signifying clearance opened.

Earlier, even Li Zhou, at the last moment, almost made the same decision as Yuan Hao.

"Boss, can I stay here for a while?"

Just then, Dai Xiaomei, who had been silent since the Devils Castle gates closed again, suddenly spoke.

She looked at Li Zhou, asking tentatively.

"Stay for a while?"

"Why?"

Hearing this, Li Zhou was surprised.

"Because I think your Haunted House is very unusual, Boss!"

Dai Xiaomei spoke without hesitation.

"To be honest, Boss, I used to be an indoor game Streamer."

"But because the popularity of the game I stream has dropped too much, I plan to transition to outdoor streaming."

"I think your Haunted House will definitely become super popular across the entire internet in the future, Boss!"

"So, I want to make your Haunted House my first step in transitioning to outdoor streaming."

"I wonder if that's okay with you, Boss?"

"Don't worry, if there's anything in the Haunted House that can't be shared externally, you can tell me in advance, Boss, and I definitely won't broadcast it."

Even though she had never interacted with a Haunted House before, Dai Xiaomei felt that Tianfeng Haunted House was extraordinary!

Almost exactly like Song Yang earlier, she now fully realized how much potential Li Zhou's Haunted House had.

Therefore, she also developed the idea of streaming here long-term.

"Streaming here is no problem, it's just that I don't have any empty rooms at the moment, if you want to stay, do you mind sharing with someone else?"

Li Zhou did not refuse Dai Xiaomei's request, smiling as he asked.

He wished for more and more Streamers to come to his Haunted House.

This way, he could not only get more exposure for the Haunted House but also gain more fright value.

You know, TikTok has nearly 700 million daily active users.

This is daily active, not monthly active!

Song Yang only had a little over five million followers, and the maximum number of people watching his stream was only a little over a hundred thousand.

Although Tianfeng Haunted House had become popular once before due to the twerking and black-and-white photo incident.

But the number of people genuinely paying attention to Tianfeng Haunted House was still too, too small.

To truly become popular across the entire internet, the Haunted House still had a long way to go.

Dai Xiaomei heard Li Zhou's words and seemed to have misinterpreted his meaning, her cheeks instinctively flushing.

Sharing a room with someone else?

That 'someone else' wouldn't be Li Zhou himself, would it?

"Um, Boss, I..."

Just as Dai Xiaomei was about to say something, she was suddenly interrupted by Li Zhou.

Li Zhou extended his hand and pointed at Fang Xiaolu, who was not far away, pinching her nose with a look of disgust, preparing to throw out some pants left behind by customers, saying: "There, you'll be staying with her."

"But her personality is a bit like a child's, quirky and mischievous, I don't know if you can accept that."

Dai Xiaomei looked in the direction Li Zhou was pointing, and the next moment, her eyes lit up.

What a cute little girl, she looks just like Ellie!