The space under Lu Ban's bed is very clean.

There was no debris, no garbage, not even any dust. Under normal circumstances, people who could do this probably had some mental problems, just like the guy who kills people while listening to Ode to Joy.

There were no spiders or dolls under the bed.

He opened the closet. The clothes inside were very simple and you could see the end at a glance. People who are good-looking don’t really need fancy clothes to decorate themselves. A simple T-shirt can also be worn as a trendy brand.

Lu Ban saw a doll in the clothes and took it out.

The doll had heavy makeup like a clown, and the corners of its mouth were raised in a funny and weird way, revealing a smile.

Nowadays, such a doll is definitely not as lovable as Psyduck, but more than ten years ago, it was quite popular among children. Lu Ban couldn't tell what exactly changed the aesthetic taste.

"Why are you under my bed?"

Lu Ban asked the other party.

But the doll didn't answer and just lay there quietly.

Lu Ban recalled that his initial mission exploration rate was only 30%. It was mediocre among the ordinary, and he just completed the mission mediocrely.

In the missions in the Land of Silence, an exploration degree of about 70 to 80 percent will allow you to get a glimpse of the ins and outs of the matter. If it reaches over 90 percent, you can basically get in touch with the truth. Above 100, it means that you have glimpsed the traces of some indescribable great existence behind the incident, or it has a decisive influence on the development process of the alien land.

So, if you can reach a higher level of exploration in this initial mission, what will you get?

Although the mission cannot be repeated now, Lu Ban can still play this supernatural little game.

Of course, before trying, Lu Ban also thought about what he would get.

First of all, Lu Ban at that time did not know that there were strange things in this world like the late-night cinema before. These twisted rules exist in every corner of human civilization. Obviously, this game of counting heartbeats is one of them.

[The Alley Where There Is No Turning Back] and [Fellow Traveler] are obviously the embodiment of similar strange things.

If Lu Ban's exploration degree was higher, he would probably be able to understand this level. He conservatively estimated that the exploration degree had reached 70% up to this point.

If we learn more about it, we may find out the true nature of this doll, as well as the causes, rules, and coping methods of this strange thing.

This is the area that Lu Ban needs to explore.

From what we can see so far, this game will not cause death. Even if the toys fail in their mission, they will only wake up halfway and be frightened for a while.

On the one hand, it may be because this is the game world constructed by Lu Ban, and the authenticity is based on Lu Ban’s cognition. Lu Ban himself did not die while playing this game, so the players will not die either.

On the other hand, it may be that this supernatural game is not very dangerous. After all, it is a game of [Mortal] difficulty. Even if you fail, you may just be haunted by evil spirits and your sanity will be reduced.

So, Lu Ban decided to try it himself.

night.

Lu Ban did not prepare garlic and salt this time. He watched the latest horror movie as a bedtime entertainment. Unfortunately, perhaps because the impact Lu Ban brought to the film industry was too great, the recent horror movies were a bit tasteless. They over-pursued special effects and ignored the atmosphere. Lu Ban did not enjoy it.

Nearing twelve o'clock, he turned off the lights and lay down on the bed.

When the bell rang, Lu Ban closed his eyes and began to count his heartbeats.

Having experienced it once before, Lu Ban was familiar with it and quickly entered that erratic state.

However, Lu Ban was now able to peel off his own consciousness. He could find that as he counted his heartbeats, he was covered by something. That thing penetrated into Lu Ban's body like running water, and seemed to be absorbing the memories in Lu Ban's consciousness.

In this state, Lu Ban's perception of the outside world became much weaker. The noise of life in the community at night could hardly reach his ears. He was also unable to control his body. The connection between his consciousness and body was blocked by these things.

At this time, Lu Ban's consciousness was separated and he saw that his closet was quietly opened.

From the closet, a dark creature slowly crawled out.

It was taller than a normal person, but its body was thin, as if it was just skin and bones. Lu Ban looked at its head and saw only two black depressions. Although it was called a skull, it did not look like a human. It looked more like some kind of human-like creature.

It came to the head of Lu Ban's bed and leaned over to look at Lu Ban.

With its head facing downward, the monster came closer and closer, its upper body forming almost a right angle.

The monster's hand stretched out towards Lu Ban and gently brushed over the invisible object that wrapped Lu Ban. Then, Lu Ban saw a distortion in the space, and the monster seemed to be swallowing, sucking these invisible objects into the two large holes.

Lu Ban saw that his breathing became smoother and his expression calmed down a little. The thing straightened up and was about to quietly return to the closet.

At this time, Lu Ban suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the other person.

"Wait a moment."

Lu Ban opened his eyes and saw that the strange creature made a puffing sound as if it was leaking air, and then quickly shrank. There seemed to be an invisible force hovering in the space, and then it crawled into the closet.

Snap——

The closet door made a loud noise. Lu Ban took a look at the skin bag in his hand that was disappearing into smoke, and decisively opened the closet door.

But there was nothing in the closet except Lu Ban’s original clothes.

He searched for a while but didn't find any dolls or spiders or other scary things.

"Gone?"

Lu Ban frowned slightly.

He roughly understood that this thing should be a strange thing that was triggered when counting heartbeats. As for what it did just now...

Lu Ban thought back and remembered that when he was being sucked by the monster, fear, terror and tension emerged in his mind. And because of the ambiguity of external stimuli, he had a stronger stress response, just like the panic consciousness when being sleep paralyzed, the worry when hearing sounds that shouldn't appear, etc.

This negative emotion was extracted by the invisible object covering Lu Ban's body, turned into food, and was devoured by the creature.

"So, this is a creature that feeds on human fear?"

Lu Ban speculated.

"As long as you play this game, you will summon it. Then, this creature will create fear, eat its fill, and then leave?"

"So, are the images seen by the people playing the game hallucinations?"

At this time, he thought that one of the keys to the game was to look under the bed, but the monster just now obviously did not crawl under the bed. What was the connection between the two?

Lu Ban looked under the bed and found that under the spotless bed, lying quietly was a Lanlanlu doll with a funny smile.

Obviously, these are traces of a monster's presence.

Or, is this the excrement left behind after the monster devoured Lu Ban's fear?

Lu Ban looked at the doll in his hand and immediately threw it to the ground.