The rewards for the four-star trial mission were much greater than those for the three-star mission. It took Chen Ge a long time to finish reading it. He memorized all the information in his mind.
"The black phone is very vague. I need to go back and see in person what the rewards are."
Chen Ge swiped his finger across the messages and looked at the many newly unlocked scenes. He sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Now tourists are in for a treat. The terrifying atmosphere created by the evil spirit only costs a few dozen yuan to experience. It's a great deal."
The horror house has been continuously upgraded to the Paradise of Despair. The overall sense of horror is constantly increasing and becoming more and more real. Sometimes Chen Ge even feels as if he has returned to the other side of the door.
“Perhaps when the horror house is upgraded to the end, it may blur the two worlds inside and outside the door, and become a station between life and death.”
After putting away the black phone, Chen Ge regained some strength and looked around.
The red high heels returned to their previous state, and she was wrapped in bandages and staring at the giant spider hanging upside down on the top of the tunnel.
The son of the tunnel ghost was covered in spider silk and blood threads, and the door inside his body seemed to be unable to be opened at will. Among all the people in red who followed Chen Ge into the black fog world, the son of the tunnel ghost was the most seriously injured.
"It takes such a huge price to leave the black fog world over there?" Chen Ge tried to communicate with the son of the female ghost in the tunnel, but unfortunately the other party did not want to pay attention to Chen Ge and was trying his best to clear the curse and black fog in his body.
"Although the ghost fetus has been killed, I have learned another bad news from the faceless doctor. A hospital more terrifying than the ghost fetus can now enter and leave Hanjiang at will. You are in such a bad condition now. If they come to your door, you will be dead. It is better to..." Chen Ge hesitated for a moment: "Follow me first, and come back after your injuries are completely healed."
The son of the female ghost in the tunnel was hanging on the top of the cave. He felt vaguely that Chen Ge's words sounded familiar, a feeling of déjà vu.
"Most of the dreams that were originally accumulated in the tunnel have dissipated. It's too unsafe for you here now. This is your weakest time." Chen Ge looked at the big spider above his head: "You helped me kill the ghost fetus, and your injuries were also caused by me. I hope you can give me a chance to make up for it. There is a red-clothed woman in my haunted house who is very good at dispelling curses. She will help you with treatment. It won't be too late to come back after your body is fully recovered. When you get to my haunted house, I will definitely give you the best treatment, and perhaps leave you with some very good memories."
Chen Ge's words were very sincere, and there was nothing wrong with them. This was a very simple story of repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of water.
As if to help Chen Ge increase his persuasiveness, the red high-heeled shoes reached out and pressed one of the spider's legs. After only a dozen seconds, black mist dissipated from the spider's legs, and the condition of the tunnel ghost's son was obviously better.
After thinking for a long time, the son of the tunnel ghost girl decided to give Chen Ge this opportunity to repay his gratitude. It was indeed too slow for it to recover on its own.
"This kid trusts me so much, I can't let him down." Chen Ge looked at the giant spider that crawled back onto his back. "Having a door inside his body is a great talent. If it weren't for him, I might never have been able to get out of the black fog world again."
Chen Ge wanted to keep the son of the female ghost in the tunnel. Compared with the cold and gloomy Bailong Cave Tunnel, Chen Ge felt that his own horror house was better. At least he could get a constant supply of negative emotions without hurting others.
"Except for my employees, the rest of the people who know about the talent of the son of the tunnel ghost girl have either died or been left in the black fog world forever. This means that this trump card has not been exposed yet. It may come in handy when dealing with the cursed hospital in the future."
Carrying the backpack, Chen Ge led the white cat out of the Bailong Cave Tunnel.
The sun shone on his body, and the long-lost warmth finally made him feel relieved.
"Did you eat something behind the door again? Why do I feel like you've gained weight again?"
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At 8:50 in the morning, Chen Ge returned to New Century Park. At this time, tourists had already lined up outside the park, most of whom came for Chen Ge's horror house.
Seeing that more and more tourists came, Chen Ge, the man holding the key to the haunted house, did not show up. Uncle Xu, Xu Wan and the others were so anxious that they wanted to call the police to find Chen Ge.
"Sorry, my phone is out of battery. I left in a hurry last night."
Chen Ge apologized while quickly opening the security door of the haunted house.
When he left last night, he took away all the evil spirits he could. Now only some obsessions were left in the haunted house.
"I'm glad you're okay."
Compared to business, everyone, including Uncle Xu, was more worried about Chen Ge. They also noticed that Chen Ge was in a very bad state some time ago.
After entering the haunted house, Chen Ge asked Xu Wan and the others to go to the dressing room first, and then he called out Yan Danian and Lao Zhou, asking them to take the comic book and send all the employees back to their posts.
Chen Ge was so busy that he didn't even have time to talk. He put makeup on other people without stopping. After rushing for a while, he finally made it in time for normal business hours.
The horror house now has many scenes and can accommodate hundreds of tourists at the same time.
As the opening time goes by, many tourists have successfully passed the three-star scene, and now everyone's attention is on the four-star scene.
Online and offline, various forums, super topics, and discussion groups have predictions about who will be the first person to clear the four-star scene.
The haunted house app that Mr. Luo tailored for Chen Ge's haunted house also became inexplicably popular. Not only were many veteran haunted house enthusiasts downloading it, but also a large number of "cloud" tourists downloaded it.
This group of "cloud" tourists do not dare to enter the haunted house themselves, but they especially like to watch other tourists challenge the haunted house.
There are a large number of tourists' experience descriptions on the app, and all kinds of bizarre and terrifying encounters have become a source of daily happiness for those "cloud" tourists.
In addition to tourists' sharing, Chen Ge's horror house also attracted a large number of Internet celebrities to visit. Chen Ge never turned away these people and tried his best to meet some reasonable filming requests.
Internet celebrities rely on haunted houses to attract attention, and haunted houses rely on these internet celebrities to expand their fame, and both sides get what they want.
Of course, the most important point is that Chen Ge is not worried about the scene leaks at all. The speed at which he unlocks new scenes has far exceeded the speed at which tourists explore, which is unprecedented in the entire haunted house industry.
Moreover, even if tourists read guides and watch videos and rush here to visit excitedly, they will find that everything here is completely different from what they imagined.
The atmosphere, the sense of horror, and real ghosts, these things cannot be captured on video.
If the horror level captured in the video is rated at ten, then the horror level felt in person would be a hundred, or even more, so some tourists were badly cheated.
Mr. Luo’s haunted house auxiliary app became a huge hit, and Virtual Future Park also imitated it and made one. They put a lot of effort into promoting it, but the results were not ideal.
There are many reasons, but one of the most important factors is that the rankings of the virtual Future Park haunted house are never open. They don’t want people to know that their haunted house has been pressed to the ground and rubbed wildly twice. Yes, twice.
"The issue of the ghost fetus has been resolved. I can finally relax a little." Chen Ge asked Lao Zhou and Duan Yue to be responsible for the safety of the tourists, and he entered the staff lounge.
After closing the curtains, Chen Ge took out the comic book that Yan Danian had just returned and released Xiao Sun and the other surviving residents behind the door.
Looking at the unfamiliar environment around him, Xiao Sun was much more obedient this time. He rubbed his eyes and seemed to have noticed something wrong.
"Xiao Sun, there is something I must tell you." Chen Ge sat on the bed and stroked the white cat's head: "Actually, you are already dead."
After hearing what Chen Ge said, not only Xiao Sun, but also the other natives behind the door had very strange expressions.
"Think carefully." Chen Ge took out some white paper and a pen from the drawer and placed them on the table. Then he called Zhang Yi from the comic book and helped these natives recover their memories.
The memory of being killed is definitely the most painful memory. The faces of those indigenous people were pale, and they could not accept the fact that they were dead.
"The dead cannot be resurrected. What I can do for you is to help you find the murderer and bring him to justice." Chen Ge pointed to the blank papers on the table and said, "Write down the names of the murderers who killed you and reconstruct the whole process. I know this is a bit cruel, but this is the last justice I can get for you."
After Chen Ge finished speaking, people began to write one after another, but Xiao Sun remained standing there.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Xiao Sun shook his head and hesitated for a long time before speaking: "I ran away from home. My family didn't support me in making music at that time..."
"You want to go back and see them?"
"kindness."
"Okay, I'll take you there this afternoon. Please write down the address on a piece of paper." Chen Ge looked at the other natives and said, "I will try my best to fulfill your wishes. Please write them down."
Feeling sleepy, Chen Ge placed the white cat and Xiao Xiao beside the bed, then fell asleep. He really couldn't hold on any longer.
While sleeping, Chen Ge vaguely felt the black cell phone in his pocket vibrate a few times, but he did not take out the phone to check in front of so many "evil spirits".
After sleeping until noon, Chen Ge sorted out the white papers on the table, asked the natives some questions one by one, and then put them all back into the comic book.
"It's really a sin. Some people achieve unimaginable success because of their obsession, while others become ghosts in human skin because of their obsession." After reading the information left by the indigenous people, he took out his black mobile phone, which had a few more unread messages on it.
"Lucky Red Patron! Congratulations on getting a new employee - Sun Xiaojun (Cursed Seed): He is plagued by bad luck. He is a very special evil spirit. Mingtai once wanted to train him, but because of various accidents, Mingtai finally chose to give up. In a sense, this is the greatest luck in his life."
"Congratulations on getting a new employee - Huang Mei (a fierce ghost): a wronged soul brought in by the ghost fetus. She looks a lot like Wen Qing, so the ghost fetus has never made things difficult for her."
“Congratulations on your new hire…”
Chen Ge has recruited seven new employees in a row, but these employees are not very loyal and have not received any company training. Chen Ge is not planning to let them "receive" tourists for the time being.
“Once I help all the indigenous people fulfill their wishes, I think there will be more people willing to become employees.”
After resting for a whole morning, Chen Ge still felt very tired. He went to the bathroom to wash his face. After coming back, he put all the information into his backpack.
"First report the case and hand over the information to the police, then take the new employees to meet their families." Chen Ge has already made arrangements.
"I can finally live a peaceful life." Just as he finished speaking, his cell phone, which was charging, rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Chen Ge's face turned strange: "Li Zheng? He called me before I even went to find him?"
After the call was connected, Li Zheng's voice came from the other end: "Chen Ge, where are you now? Why was your phone turned off last night?"
"I was at... last night, how about we meet up and talk?"
"I'm afraid you can't come over even if you don't want to." Li Zheng said in a serious tone: "The blind man who stayed in the mental hospital with you before, he died last night. His death was very tragic. Come to Hanjiang People's Hospital immediately!"
"Chang Gu is dead?" Chen Ge was so busy with the matter of the ghost fetus that he almost forgot about Chang Gu. Now he suddenly heard the news and was a little confused. He was still counting on Chang Gu to make a movie for him.
"Okay, I'll be there right away!"
After saying a few words to Uncle Xu, Chen Ge took his backpack and took a taxi to the People's Hospital.
A ward on the second floor of the hospital had been sealed off, and Chen Ge was brought in only after he reported Li Zheng's name.
Pushing open the door of the ward, Chen Ge felt an extremely cold breath. His pupils suddenly shrank and he found Chang Gu standing behind the curtains.
Chang Gu had an expressionless face. One of his eyes had been gouged out, and the other eye was completely white.
At this time, Li Zheng, two policemen, and two nurses were all in the ward. When they saw Chen Ge coming in, they surrounded Chen Ge.
"Brother Zheng, what time did Chang Gu die last night? Do you suspect he was murdered?" Chen Ge glanced towards the curtains. Chang Gu didn't seem to notice that Chen Ge was looking at him.
"The patient woke up around 12 o'clock last night, and blood began to flow from his eyes. He kept shouting a name, and then there was no sound. We tried our best to save him, but we still couldn't save him." The doctor sighed: "To be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a patient. His body temperature is much lower than that of a normal person, and his physical fitness and organ activity are better than normal people, but he just can't wake up. Until last night, his organs suddenly began to fail, and we couldn't find the reason at all."
"The doctor is right. The patient's body has been sent for autopsy. The forensic doctor said that it was multiple organ failure that ultimately led to death." After Li Zheng finished speaking, he looked at Chen Ge, which made Chen Ge feel uneasy.
"The death is indeed strange, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with me, right?" Chen Ge kept his eyes on the curtains while speaking.
"Before dying, the patient kept shouting a name, and that name was Chen Ge." Li Zheng brought a chair over: "I don't know why, but I always feel that everything is related to you. How did you and the patient know each other?"
"He is my client, I guess. His sister is missing, and he wants me to help investigate." Chen Ge stared at the curtains. What he was thinking about now was not how to deal with Li Zheng, but the reason for Chang Gu's death.
His body temperature is much lower than that of ordinary people, and his physical fitness is stronger than that of normal people. These "symptoms" are exactly the same as his. He is also very worried that one day he will end up like Chang Gu.