Chapter 688
Running alone to the third-floor basement, standing inside an enclosed room that looked like a crime scene, being in the company of a strange woman covered in blood—anyone would feel fear being placed in that situation . Wei Jinyuan scratched the back of his neck like it was his habit to do so . His back was soaking wet, and his Adam's apple quivered as cold sweat slithered down his face .
He had been searching for the actors employed at Chen Ge's Haunted House to find out what the secret behind its popularity was, but now that he had run into the real actor, he felt weirdly unsettled and uneasy . For a reason that he could not explain, the woman was standing several meters away from him, but his heart was shaking like a leaf .
"Is this the influence of the environment, or is it the make-up?" His heart skipped endlessly like a frantic rabbit . He needed a full minute before Wei Jinyuan felt more like himself again . Throughout this process, the woman in the red dress just stood at the corner of the wall, showing no intention of getting closer to him .
"This is similar to the black shadow I met in the corridor—they do not actively go and scare the visitors, and they do not plan to hide . Is it because of the actor's overconfidence, or are they worried about something else? Is it because they are afraid that they might be too scary for the normal visitors, so they use this kind of method to 'stun and frighten' the visitors?" Wei Jinyuan's brain was thrown for a loop as he slowly nudged his feet forward . The hairs on his body were standing on end, and every cell in his body screamed for him to leave . Every single step that he took required a large amount of courage .
"Hey, are you one of the actors at this Haunted House?" His voice was shaking involuntarily . Wei Jinyuan kept cheering for himself internally, reminding himself that there was no reason for him to be afraid . This was merely a female actor hired by Chen Ge . Perhaps after she took off the make-up, she would be a cute little girl .
The woman in the red dress did not answer . She had her hands crossed before her chest and showed her back to Wei Jinyuan . Her head was leaning weakly against the wall, and she maintained this strange posture .
"You're not going to answer, huh? Fine, I'll come and see what you're really up to!" Walking into the blood-stained room, the carpet underneath his feet rustled with each step . It was a distance of several meters, but Wei Jinyuan took more than ten seconds to traverse the distance . He stopped next to the woman, and he poked his head forward to look at her . Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click for visiting .
Her dress was dripping with blood, and the resentment was heavy . With just one glance, the female ghost sent tremors down his spine . He noticed that her hands were placed before her chest, and they looked like they were holding something…
"The clue couldn't be in your grasp, could it?" Wei Jinyuan's eyes widened . "The boss really is such an immoral character to have placed the clue somewhere like this . "
If the clue was in the woman's grasp, then the visitor would have to get close to her to obtain the clue . If the visitor was too afraid to get any closer, then he would be forever trapped inside the scenario, or he would have to surrender and go and find other clues .
"Thankfully, it was me who ran into you . I am the bravest of the bunch, and this is not going to scare me . " Wei Jinyuan summoned his courage and reached out to grab the few pages of paper that the woman was holding in her arms . When he was about to reach back, the woman's head that leaned against the wall slowly turned . Her body maintained the same posture . In fact, her neck did not even move . It was merely her head that was turning and turning…
A pale white face that was drained of blood . The features could be called beautiful but the two dark hollows were the eyes should be were quite scary . The female ghost did not seem to understand what Wei Jinyuan was doing . The resentment in her eyes was boiling, but as her gaze landed on the strand of black hair around her wrist, she calmed down once more .
"You're even wearing pure black contact lenses? If I was not working at the Haunted House and thus privy to these make-up skills, I probably would have been scared by you . " Wei Jinyuan pulled the pages away from the woman . He shone the flashlight on the paper . "The basic rules for Haunted House workers? Do not have any physical contact with visitors? Do not harm the visitors? If you come after any fainted visitors, send them to the underground morgue immediately?"
Wei Jinyuan looked over the pieces of paper again and again . The question mark in his mind grew . "What is this? Where is the clue?"
He raised his head to look at the woman in the red dress . She still kept her strange posture . Her body was half a meter away from the wall, and only her head leaned against it . Her eyes were focused on the papers that he was holding as if she was waiting for Wei Jinyuan to return them to her .
"Is this everything?" Wei Jinyuan held the pieces of paper . "You are one of the actors here, right? Is there a secret that I should understand from these words?"
The woman had no idea what Wei Jinyuan was talking about, but there was one thing that was certain—her patience was slowly being worn down by this man . The red dress started to flow with blood, and the thin scent of blood suffused through the bedroom .
"Oh, ho! There's a second transformation as well?" Wei Jinyuan studied the blood that dripped down the woman's dress, and he observed in forced calmness, "There are blood bags hidden inside the dress, aren't there? But you are being too unprofessional . The requirement for a Haunted House actor is fast, quick, and accurate . With how slow you're moving, the visitors will have time to prepare for this not so sudden transformation . "
Wei Jinyuan actually had no concrete idea how the woman managed to do something like this . His endless rambling was merely to cover up the uncertainty that crawled through his heart .
"Looks like finding the clue alone is not enough—we'll have to solve the puzzle in it . " The back of Wei Jinyuan's neck was becoming increasingly itchy, like there was something on his neck that was shivering . He could even feel a small force from behind him trying to pull him away, like some mysterious force was urging him to leave this place immediately .
"Is this some kind of mind trick? But what is theory behind it? Before we came, I saw on the internet that many visitors claim the boss is a master at psychology . Looks like I have fallen into his trap without even realizing it myself . " Wei Jinyuan held the phone in one hand, the light from the phone shining on him and the woman next to him, while his other hand held the few pieces of paper . "Where did I go wrong? This place is not even that scary, but how come my heart is racing so fast?"
Being cast in the light, her own sheet of worker rules had been taken away, and trails of blood vessels started to form on the woman's face—she felt like she was being humiliated . The scent of blood in the air thickened, and the sticky blood slid down her dress, causing a dripping sound as it landed on the ground .
Wei Jinyuan was still caught in his thoughts . He felt like he had walked himself into a trap . "Since entering the Haunted House, there's been nothing but empty rooms . There was no set-up and definitely nothing scary . There was not even blood . How did a Haunted House like this manage to make me feel fear? What kind of thing is behind this kind of indescribable feeling of suffocation? I seem to smell the blood in the air, but is this some kind of illusion, or has he managed to play some mind trick on me when I was not paying attention?"
There was no answer to any of the questions; everything was wreathed in mystery . Wei Jinyuan scratched his neck, and his brows creased . "The environment is too complicated, and it speaks of an unspeakable horror . The clues given are impossible to understand . "
When he was still thinking, a pale hand reached out to grab the papers from him .
"What are you doing?" Wei Jinyuan turned his head to look . His lips were left hanging open, and the expression froze on his face . The woman who was standing next to the wall had moved further into the room, but her head had disappeared!
There was a rough cut around the neck, and the gaping wound was dripping with blood . This scene smashed Wei Jinyuan's brain like a heavy blow from a hammer . He felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and electricity surged through his capillaries!
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