58: Haha, I'm out!

Yuan Hao would never have imagined that after leaving the Devils Castle, not only did he not clear the instance, but he seemed to have fallen into a truly bizarre castle.

The previous prompt to shout "exit" to leave the Devils Castle had no effect.

All the NPCs and items he had encountered along the way had also disappeared.

Dead silence permeated, and strangeness spread.

When he saw the sconces slowly extinguishing, his inner resolve finally broke.

Intense fear made his body uncontrollably weak.

Watching the sconces grow dimmer and dimmer, he actually felt as if his life was also gradually fading away!

Without hesitation, he ran like mad towards the passage leading to the attic.

If he was like this, Ye Kexin and Qin Yao were even worse.

At this moment, both of them were already pale with fright, their faces extremely ashen.

Bone-deep fear spread within them as darkness descended.

Seeing Yuan Hao running frantically ahead, they also took off after him.

At this point, the three of them no longer cared about their image, almost using all their strength.

Bizarre, too bizarre!

All the previous excitement and thrill had vanished, only fear and despair continued to spread.

Throughout the entire corridor, only the footsteps of the three could be heard.

Yuan Hao, at the very front, looked at the nearby passage, roaring inwardly.

"Faster!"

"Even faster!"

The speed at which the sconces extinguished exceeded his imagination.

In just a few breaths, everything before his eyes was rapidly being swallowed by extreme darkness.

Looking at the passage entrance, which was only four or five steps away, Yuan Hao's last bit of sanity was gradually engulfed by the darkness.

Before the last flicker of light completely vanished, Yuan Hao, for some reason, suddenly thought of the first hint on the parchment.

"God will bless you."

"Could it be... could everything before have been fake?"

"Only after leaving the Devils Castle does this secret room truly begin?"

"Darkness descends, and only the attic where Jesus resides... is the only safe zone?"

Fear swept through his entire body, making him instinctively let out a desperate cry.

"No!!"

..."No what?"

"Boss, he wasn't scared silly, was he?"

Outside the Devils Castle, Fang Xiaolu looked at Yuan Hao, who was standing still with his eyes tightly closed, constantly shouting "no" with a bewildered expression.

After helping Dai Xiaomei tidy up the room, Dai Xiaomei went to the city to buy some daily necessities.

She planned to stay in the Haunted House long-term.

Thus, the Haunted House, which originally only had two employees, added another member.

After Dai Xiaomei left, Fang Xiaolu came to find Li Zhou.

She was familiar with almost all the areas of the Haunted House, except for the Devils Castle, which she hadn't experienced yet.

So, she planned to go in and see what it was all about.

However, just as she arrived outside the Devils Castle, she saw its gates open.

Before a distorted halo of light, Yuan Hao and the other two stood still with their eyes closed, their faces extremely pale.

Especially Yuan Hao, who was shouting "no," his voice filled with despair.

It was as if he had encountered the most terrifying thing in the world.

"What are you thinking?"

"If they were scared silly, both of us would be visited by the Police Uncles again."

Li Zhou ruffled Fang Xiaolu's little head, chuckling.

After speaking, he looked at the three people who had exited the Devils Castle and shook his head.

"These three poor fellows accidentally stumbled upon and activated the true Devils Castle."

"The true Devils Castle?"

"What is that?"

Fang Xiaolu tidied her hair, which Li Zhou had messed up, and asked curiously.

Could it be that the castle before them was still fake?

"Don't ask, you won't want to know."

Li Zhou looked at the three people, who seemed to be scared silly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

To be honest, he hadn't known before that the Devils Castle actually had a second version!

And this second version was dozens of times more terrifying and difficult compared to the first time entering the Devils Castle!

Firstly, after dying, one could not be resurrected again.

Nor could one directly exit!

Only when all teammates died or cleared the instance could one be resurrected again or leave.

Moreover, once the second version started, it would quickly enter a nighttime state.

At that time, the Devils Castle would be pitch black, and players would need to rely on their experience from the first version to grope their way downstairs!

All the monsters in the entire Devils Castle would be buffed, and one would die if not careful.

And besides not being able to revive after death, the six senses at the time of death would be amplified several times!

This was also why Yuan Hao and the other two had just been scared to the point of collapse.

Li Zhou had only just learned all of this.

He couldn't help but feel that this second version was very much like a penalty instance for abandoning teammates.

"Alright, I'm leaving first. You stay here and watch over them for a bit."

"Don't wake them up directly; it wouldn't be good if they were really scared silly."

"When they come to their senses and open their eyes, just let them leave."

"I've already booked a car for them, to be paid on arrival."

"If they ask anything, just say you don't know."

Seeing that the three had not yet opened their eyes, Li Zhou patted Fang Xiaolu and said with a smile.

After speaking, he turned and leisurely left.

By the end of today, the fright value had already exceeded the 200,000 mark.

It was 170,000 before, and in less than half an hour, it surged by another 30,000.

This was mainly due to Song Yang coming out to debunk rumors and releasing the live stream playback.

Some netizens who saw those playbacks were startled, and they also provided a lot of fright value.

At this rate, it would probably take less than a month to accumulate 10 million fright value.

By then, he would be able to purchase regular Haunted House employees.

Li Zhou planned to equip every corner of his Haunted House with one.

He was determined to let the entire internet know what a true Haunted House was!

Watching Li Zhou's departing back, Fang Xiaolu scratched her head and looked towards the Devils Castle.

She was now increasingly curious about this new area.

From Li Zhou's words, it seemed the Devils Castle before her was quite extraordinary.

Fang Xiaolu decided that after Dai Xiaomei returned, she would ask what was inside the Devils Castle.

"It seems Sister Weiwei's courage is quite considerable."

Withdrawing her gaze, Fang Xiaolu looked at Yuan Hao and the other two, who were still trembling with their eyes closed, and suddenly murmured again.

Originally, she had thought that these three, being able to stay in the Devils Castle for so long, must be very brave.

But in the end, they were still scared.

And judging by their reactions, it seemed they had received an even greater fright than previous players.

Especially the boy in the middle, who was so scared he started talking nonsense.

After an unknown amount of time, just as Fang Xiaolu was getting a little impatient, Yuan Hao and the other two finally gradually stopped trembling.

Yuan Hao was the first to open his eyes.

When he clearly saw everything before him, he immediately knelt down, much to Fang Xiaolu's surprise.

"I'm out!"

"Hahaha, I'm out!"