49: Chapter 49 Increasing Fear

Threading the Needle is a C-rank item, which can only be obtained by achieving an A-rank or higher rating in a novice dungeon.

According to the friends in the Management Group... this time, a total of 1,000 new players were selected globally, and fewer than 30 of them achieved an A-rank rating, let alone an S-rank like Chen Mo.

Currently, there are only three people who have achieved an S-rank rating.

Although the Thriller Game is highly difficult, the difficulty of clearing a dungeon is always based on the level matching the player.

To put it simply:

If your level is 5, then in the dungeon you enter, all the monsters will be at most 1 or 2 levels higher than you.

You can search for clues in the dungeon to find items or skill cards that can counter them.

Even if the opponent is a level 10 Fire Ghost, and you are level 5, it might seem impossible to win.

But there will definitely be skill cards or items related to "water" hidden within the dungeon, and as long as you obtain them, you can achieve an leapfrog kill.

However, if it were arranged simply like this, why would players still desperately pursue ratings?

If I gain less experience and have a lower level, I can keep matching into low-difficulty dungeons, and my probability of survival will be higher.

This becomes a vicious cycle, reducing the players' enthusiasm for the game.

Therefore, the free loading of items and skill cards before the plot begins becomes the greatest margin for error.

Take Chen Mo as an example.

Chen Mo is level 9, so the dungeon he matches into must be one that he can clear at level 9.

But to clear it, it will certainly not be easy.

Thus, Chen Mo, possessing rarer items and skill cards, effectively lowers the difficulty of the dungeon after entering, increasing his margin for error.

The above inference is useful for all players, but it is not very useful for Chen Mo.

Because the dungeons he matches into every time are very strange.

No. 18 Hospital was originally just a role-playing dungeon, but he forcibly played it to reveal a hidden worldview, and even killed the Dean who was impossible to defeat.

And he should have entered the dungeon 10 days later: "Human Wax Museum".

Yet, he was inexplicably sent into this dungeon, which the Management Group calls the peak Haunted House: "118 Ocean Avenue".

A C-rank item cannot be severed by those ghosts; could it be that... I have been targeted by an existence similar to the Dean again?

Chen Mo wanted to complain about the unfairness in his heart, but it was useless.

The game must go on.

The person betting their life is not the one who created the game, but himself.

Anna and Sam were naturally woken up as well, and the family of three hurried toward Alice's bedroom.

Arriving at the door, Chen Mo pulled hard on the door, but could not push it open at all.

"Alice! Alice!" Chen Mo roared, pounding on the door repeatedly.

Turning his head, Chen Mo asked Anna for the bedroom key.

Anna shook her head and replied: "There is no key to the bedroom; it can only be locked from the inside."

So Chen Mo had no choice but to go via the balcony.

He carried a wooden ladder from the crooked tree outside the house and set it against the second-floor balcony, having Sam and Anna hold it from below.

When passing the swing and seesaw, Sadi in the doghouse also rushed out, barking at the empty swing and seesaw.

"Woof woof woof!"

"Sadi, good dog, don't bark, you'll wake the neighbors!" Anna warned.

But Sadi was unusually strange today; the dog was usually very obedient, but today it seemed extremely manic.

Rumors say that animals' eyes are purer than humans', capable of seeing things that human eyes cannot.

Chen Mo was certain of this; there might be two ghosts sitting on the swing playing right now.

But he couldn't take out his bone-scraping knife and walk over to give those two ghosts a slash each.

If his wife and son saw it, not only would he be treated as a lunatic, but he would also receive a system warning.

[Note: You cannot use superpowers in front of your family members.]

Anna let Sam look after Chen Mo's side and walked alone to the doghouse to pet the manic Sadi.

Just as Chen Mo was about to climb onto the 2nd-floor balcony.

The axe stuck in the wooden stump suddenly pulled itself out.

Then it struck directly at the base of Chen Mo's wooden ladder.

Sam wanted to warn Chen Mo, but his mouth seemed to be blocked by an invisible person.

It even lifted him directly off the ground.

Sam's feet kicked wildly in the air, only able to make "muffled" sounds without being able to speak.

With one axe swing, the support point of the wooden ladder broke instantly.

It quickly tipped over to one side.

Chen Mo cursed internally, hurriedly reaching out to grab the edge of the balcony.

The wooden ladder hit the ground with a "bang," which successfully attracted Anna's attention.

"Oh my god, Sam, what are you doing?!" Anna asked angrily.

Sam was very innocent; at this moment, he was holding that axe in his hand, still unable to speak, and could only shake his head desperately.

After that axe chopped off his father's ladder just now, it spun in the air and landed in his hand.

He wanted to throw it away, but couldn't; it was as if it were glued to his palm.

Now Sam had become the scapegoat for the ghost.

Anna snatched the axe from Sam's hand and threw it onto the grass.

She pointed at Sam's nose and said some warning words to him.

"Mom, but I... it wasn't me at all..."

"Alright Sam, from now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere; you are grounded. Although he is not your biological father, he is my husband!"

"Sam, oh! Sam! Are you okay? O my god!" Anna chased to the spot directly below where Chen Mo was hanging by one hand.

Covering her mouth, she was anxious on the spot, repeating her God over and over.

"I'm speechless, is this a classic trope in American horror movies?"

"Having a wife who only knows how to scream, and the kind who is a total dead weight when brought along!"

"Sam, how can I help you?" Anna asked.

"I'm fine! I can do it!" Chen Mo first gave Anna a dose of reassurance.

Then he pretended to be struggling, climbed onto the 2nd-floor balcony, and after some labored panting.

Chen Mo stood on the 2nd-floor balcony and waved at Anna and Sam below, indicating that he was fine.

Actually, with Chen Mo's Ghost Power, not to mention needing two hands to grab the balcony, he only needed one finger to hook it and he wouldn't fall.

"Let me check on Alice's situation first!"

Just as his palm grabbed the handle of the balcony glass door, wanting to pull it open.

Chen Mo saw a ghost shadow suddenly appear on the glass door, standing right behind him at this moment.

Turning his head, there was nothing there.

Turning back, the glass door returned to normal, and there was only himself inside.

"Damn it!" Chen Mo gritted his teeth.

The apparitions were appearing more and more frequently, and the level of stimulation was skyrocketing.

According to the classic tropes in American horror, Fear is generally increased layer by layer.

First, it scares you, then...

It's time for people to die!