96: If all else fails, you can strangle me.

The footsteps in the castle grew clearer and clearer, quickly approaching the staircase.

But because he was too weak, Song Yang's vision was also significantly affected.

He tried hard to open his eyes, wanting to see clearly who had arrived.

However, besides a blurry haze, he couldn't see anything.

The footsteps got closer and closer. Song Yang couldn't hold back and, with his last breath, shouted, "Is that you guys?"

...There was no response.

After Song Yang shouted, the footsteps suddenly disappeared, and the entire castle fell silent once more.

"Who...who comes here, state your name!"

Even though he had a bad feeling, he instinctively asked again... Still, there was no response.

Seeing this, Song Yang's heart sank.

Could it be that Goethe had captured someone else again?

Because if it were Dai Xiaomei and the others, they wouldn't ignore him until now.

Just as Song Yang was feeling uncertain and surprised, the footsteps sounded again.

At the same time, a familiar voice entered his ears.

"Sorry, I almost forgot about you."

Li Zhou walked down from the second floor.

When he saw Song Yang's current appearance, a rare look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Boss? You're finally here!"

"I've been waiting for you so long!"

Hearing Li Zhou's voice, Song Yang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he became excited.

He was finally saved!

It seemed that in critical moments, his boss was still reliable.

But what did his boss mean by 'almost forgot about him'?

Shaking his dizzy head, Song Yang didn't think much about it.

As long as he was saved, that was all that mattered; he had truly suffered too much.

At this moment, he was already impatiently waiting for Li Zhou to untie him so he could immediately end his own life.

There was nothing he could do; Song Yang was simply too tired now.

His body had no strength, and even his spirit felt completely drained.

But it was alright; after respawning, these negative statuses would probably disappear.

On the other side, Ellie, upon seeing Li Zhou's arrival, obediently retreated to the side.

Li Zhou came to the dining table and looked at Song Yang, who was tied up. The embarrassment on his face became even more apparent.

Without much further ado, he directly untied the ropes for him.

"Ah, what a relief!"

As soon as the restraints were removed, Song Yang instinctively let out a blissful groan.

Just as he was about to stand up, he felt something strange in his knee.

He looked down and remembered that his calf was gone.

"Uh, boss, did you bring a knife or any other sharp objects?"

"Do me a small favor and help me restart."

"If not, strangling me would work too."

"In this state, I can't even walk, let alone continue clearing the stage."

Raising his head, Song Yang looked at Li Zhou in front of him and spoke.

His tone was very casual; one might think he was asking Li Zhou to pour him a glass of water, something so trivial.

"Uh... well, there's no need to continue clearing the stage."

Li Zhou looked at Song Yang, rubbing his nose as he spoke.

This guy in front of him indeed looked a bit miserable, his face so pale it was almost transparent.

It was also fortunate that Song Yang's psychological resilience was exceptionally strong.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have had a mental breakdown and fainted long ago.

"No need to continue clearing the stage?"

"What, could it be that you guys have already cleared it?"

Hearing Li Zhou's words, Song Yang was stunned and instinctively asked.

"Not exactly."

Li Zhou waved his hand and explained, "Mainly, there was a small accident, and they were all wiped out."

All wiped out?

Hearing this, Song Yang was astonished.

Were those guys that bad?

Wait a minute!

Suddenly, Song Yang remembered Li Zhou's earlier remark about forgetting him.

Could it be that... narrowing his eyes, Song Yang was about to ask, but Li Zhou interrupted him.

"Alright, well, I'll take you out first."

"There's no need to restart."

As if seeing what Song Yang wanted to ask, Li Zhou directly waved his hand, interrupting him.

A halo appeared out of thin air. He reached out and grabbed Song Yang's shoulder, and the two instantly disappeared.

Not far away, Ellie seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she swallowed it back.

Silently, she took a step and walked upstairs.

Soon, the castle truly fell into a deadly silence... Outside the castle, Li Zhou and Song Yang walked out of the halo.

Song Yang's calf, which had been sawn off by Goethe, reappeared.

Perhaps because he had been tied up for too long, or perhaps because he had been without his calf for too long, Song Yang walked somewhat unsteadily.

However, he quickly adapted.

After hopping in place for a bit, he looked at Li Zhou, preparing to interrogate him again.

But before he could speak, Li Zhou excused himself, saying he had something to do, and left directly.

Outside the castle, Song Yang was suddenly left alone.

"Damn it, I knew why it took so long for someone to rescue me."

"So you guys forgot about me!"

Watching Li Zhou's hurried retreating figure, Song Yang spoke angrily.

He couldn't criticize his boss, but the others were a different story.

Rolling up his sleeves, Song Yang was about to go find the others to have a word, but after only a few steps, he just happened to see his assistant rushing over.

"Brother Yang... you're finally out!"

"Uh, quickly check your phone!"

At this moment, the assistant looked as if he had encountered an urgent matter, his face filled with anxiety.

Hearing his words, Song Yang stopped.

"Check my phone?"

"What happened?"

He instinctively felt his pocket; his phone was lying inside, intact.

He didn't know what was going on in the castle; it had clearly fallen out accidentally before, but when he exited, it was automatically brought out.

"Brother Yang, Chen Ze went viral!"

"And, your livestream room seems to have been banned!"

The assistant caught his breath and spoke again.

After Li Zhou left the lounge, he realized something was amiss and took out his phone to check the replays of their livestreams.

As soon as he entered TikTok, he saw overwhelming news about challenging Tianfeng Haunted House.

Among them, the most prominent was the scene of Chen Ze being beheaded.

Even though it was pixelated, the video's horror level was off the charts.

Some uninformed netizens genuinely thought Chen Ze had died.

All related searches were about Chen Ze and dying after failing the Haunted House challenge.

After several previous false alarms, the assistant, of course, knew that Chen Ze was definitely not dead.

However, upon seeing that the trending topics were almost all related to Chen Ze, he quickly realized that Chen Ze had garnered almost all the attention from this livestream challenge.

While Song Yang and Dai Xiaomei also had some, it was far less than Chen Ze's.

Initially, the assistant hadn't paid much attention to this.

After all, he believed that with Song Yang's courage, he would definitely produce an even more explosive scene than Chen Ze.

However, when he clicked on Song Yang's profile, he found that all the comments under Song Yang's works were fans asking why his livestream room had been banned.

Realizing something was wrong, he rushed out of the lounge and coincidentally ran into Song Yang, who had just come out of the castle.