Seeing that no one agreed, Wang Yan frowned. He knew very well that any tourist who had visited Chen Ge's haunted house would not say such "naive" words.
"Isn't this the first time for all of you to visit this haunted house?" Wang Yan had a very bad feeling.
"Teacher Kurosaki and I just returned to China. He is preparing to transform and challenge a new comic genre, so we came to the haunted house to find inspiration." The female assistant whispered. She was not very courageous. She started to tremble before entering the scene. "We saw that this haunted house has a very high rating on the Internet, so we came here directly after getting off the plane. Do we need to go through any procedures before visiting haunted houses in China?"
"Listen to his nonsense. This haunted house has a high rating simply because a bunch of ignorant outsiders are making a fuss. The high popularity online can only mean that the owner of the haunted house is good at marketing." The man who came in with the feminine man said, "Compared to us, who are dedicated to making haunted house scenes, carefully polishing scripts, and designing various mechanisms, Chen can only be regarded as a businessman."
"Merchant?" Wang Yan was almost amused by his anger. He really wanted to cover the man's mouth. If Chen Ge heard this, the difficulty of passing the level might be directly increased to a level where no one would survive.
"He can only deceive students like you. We have been running haunted houses for many years, and the whole process is very clear."
The man wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the feminine man: "Stop talking nonsense. It will have a bad influence if the actors in the haunted house hear us. They might think we are here to cause trouble."
Although Kurosaki has a bad temper, his age shows that he immediately realized something was wrong: "You guys run a haunted house too?"
He didn't like these guys who cut in line and soon realized that this was malicious competition among his peers.
"The three of us are employees of the Nightmare Academy, the largest haunted house in Xinhai. We have been doing physical haunted houses for seven years and are among the first batch of people on the market to do so."
The three men briefly introduced themselves. The man with the most arrogant attitude was called Wei Jinyuan. He was the youngest script designer in the Nightmare Academy. He was mainly responsible for designing corresponding plots and mechanisms based on horror scenes.
The shortest one, who is comparable to Kurosaki, is called Li Xu. He looks frail and is mainly responsible for making small props in the Nightmare Academy. He is very dexterous and can use various tools.
The last man with a feminine face is called Li Changyin, nicknamed the cold man. He is not talkative, but he is the most acclaimed actor in the Nightmare Academy and one of the core staff members of their haunted house.
This person is not very old, but he has the most seniority among the three.
"Aren't you four together?" Wang Yan saw that there was someone who had been squeezed together with the three employees of Nightmare Academy, and thought that person was also an employee of Nightmare Academy.
"He is a big anchor of our Xinhai, very famous on the Internet. His popularity is much higher than that of the owner of this haunted house. Or maybe they are not even on the same level."
Wei Jinyuan wanted to continue the introduction, but the anchor frowned and said, "You guys keep talking here. I'll go in and take a look first."
After the male anchor finished speaking, he actually carried his bag and walked into the haunted house alone. This man seemed to be very brave.
“Hey!” Wang Yan saw the male anchor walking in with his head down, and hurried over: “Don’t act alone. And no kidding, don’t broadcast live in this haunted house again, it will implicate everyone.”
The male anchor ignored Wang Yan completely. He looked around with shining eyes, as if he had already begun to imagine in his mind how many people could watch the live broadcast here.
The male anchor was aware of the popularity of Chen Ge's haunted house on the Internet. The live broadcast of entering this haunted house, and the opening of a new scene, would definitely be a huge success. As for whether the internal scenes of the haunted house would be exposed and whether it would affect Chen Ge's business, these were not within his consideration.
After understanding the male anchor’s attitude, Wang Yan felt really dizzy. What kind of teammates did he meet this time?
It’s bad enough that they are all newcomers, the more important thing is that they don’t listen to orders, do whatever they want, and don’t take their own lives seriously at all.
"If you want to kill yourself, go ahead and do it. I won't play with you anymore." After Wang Yan said that, he grabbed his girlfriend's hand and walked away.
"Wang Yan! What are you doing?" Her girlfriend thought Wang Yan was really weird: "Let go!"
"There's no problem with visiting the new scenes, but going in with them is just going to make me uncomfortable. I'm ready to quit." Wang Yan came to the haunted house to vent his unhappiness and to make that male classmate look bad. But now the situation has completely changed. There is a bottomless abyss ahead. If he falls in, he will never be able to get out again.
"Are you medical students also so timid?" the athlete said teasingly, "I thought you guys would be a little braver than the average person because you often come into contact with corpses. It seems I was overthinking."
After hearing what the gym student said, Wang Yan was so angry that his face turned green. He felt so aggrieved that he didn't know who to tell.
He gritted his teeth. He also had a bad temper. Finally, he snorted coldly and retreated: "Okay, let's go in and take a look."
"Don't force yourself. I heard that someone was so scared after visiting a haunted house that he peed his pants." The gym student joked, thinking he was very humorous.
"No." Wang Yan replied calmly. He knew that Chen Ge's haunted house usually scared people unconscious without giving them any chance to have any other physical reactions.
"Talk less." Wang Yan's girlfriend advised, and Wang Yan finally calmed down.
He regained his spirit and glanced at all the tourists, but the more he looked, the more disappointed he became. There was not a single reliable person here.
"The tour lasts for 40 minutes, enjoy it." Wei Jinyuan walked beside the male anchor: "If you feel scared, you can come with us, but it will be boring. I am used to analyzing from a professional perspective. In the eyes of us real haunted house makers, all the mechanisms and scene settings can be seen at a glance, such as the window in front..."
Wei Jinyuan pointed to the glass window a few meters ahead and said, "The window is not locked, and the glass is deliberately made to look broken. When we pass by, something will definitely come out and scare us. If you don't believe me, just wait and see."
Wei Jinyuan tiptoed quietly and stood beside the window. He pointed to the window beside him and then suddenly stuck his head out to look inside the window.
If there was a haunted house actor standing in the window, he would definitely scare you.
"Jinyuan, stop it! You scared the actor and he will come to blame us when he gets out." Li Xu shouted, trying to stop Wei Jinyuan, but after he shouted, Wei Jinyuan did not respond.
He was lying on the window, with his upper body leaning into the room, motionless, as if someone was holding him.
"Wei Jinyuan?" Li Xu frowned and ran over, patting Wei Jinyuan on the back: "What are you looking at?"
"Hush, keep your voice down. I just saw an actress hiding. I think I scared her." Wei Jinyuan shouted into the house with a smile, "Come out. I saw you."
After hearing this, Kurosaki and the female assistant also ran over to take a look. The room was pitch black and there was no one in sight.
"This is an empty house?" The female assistant got goose bumps on her arms. "Did you see it wrong?"
"It looks like an empty house, but there are secret passages inside, which are the employee passages for actors in the haunted house. The actor I saw just now is probably hiding in the passage and dares not come out." Wei Jinyuan touched his neck and continued to walk forward: "The haunted house only has a few ways to scare people. It's easy for you to get through. Just follow us closely."
Wei Jinyuan and Li Xu walked side by side on the narrow street, scratching their necks from time to time.
"Teacher Kurosaki, shall we follow them?" The female assistant was very timid: "There are more people, and we feel safer."
Hei Qi nodded subconsciously. He had been staring at Wei Jinyuan's neck: "Xiao Xia, do you see a birthmark on his neck? It's like a human palm..."
"Birthmark?" The female assistant was not that sensitive to colors, and rarely noticed changes in her surroundings: "I don't know, maybe he already had it. Teacher, this is his own birthmark, don't go over and ask!"
"Nonsense, I'm not a child."
"Which adult would give himself such a pen name..." the female assistant muttered softly and quickly caught up with Wei Jinyuan in front.
The line was stretched out, with three employees from Nightmare Academy and the anchor walking in the front, Kurosaki and the female assistant walking in the middle, Wang Yan and the other two following closely behind, and the man in the windbreaker standing alone at the window, seemingly looking for something.
"It's time to go." Wang Yan kindly reminded the man in the windbreaker, but the other party just waved his hand, as if he thought Wang Yan was a nuisance.
"I really don't understand what's going on in these people's minds?" Wang Yan took a deep breath and watched the other tourists gradually walk away. He suppressed his uneasiness in his heart and chased after them.
After Wang Yan and the other three came over, Wei Jinyuan stopped and said, "The owner of the haunted house gave us four clues outside the scene. Each clue corresponds to a method of escape. There are ten of us in total. It would be a waste of time and inefficient if we all gathered together. So I suggest that we split into two groups to explore. What do you think?"