Chapter 96: Escape from the haunted house!
At nine o'clock in the evening, the six friends gathered in front of the haunted house escape door on time.
This haunted house is just as Zhou Jingming said. It covers a very large area and looks like an antique house with a sense of age, blue bricks, gray tiles, and flying eaves and corners.
In the darkness of night and the specially lit green light, it looks eerie and strange.
There is a plaque hanging on the door of the house, with the words "Ancient House in Dark Clouds" written in scarlet paint, as if blood will drip at any time, creating a very atmospheric atmosphere.
Zhou Jingming excitedly hooked his arm around their shoulders and introduced them enthusiastically, "This is it!"
"I came here after seeing a push ad. It's said that this house is actually part of a royal summer retreat. The amusement park rented half of the front yard and renovated it. It's huge inside, with lots of traps and secret passages. Everyone who's been there says it's thrilling."
The staff, dressed in yamen-style uniforms and with pale faces, checked one by one to see if they had any heart disease, high blood pressure, or other illnesses that should not be frightened.
Then another four individual travelers were arranged to enter, making a group of ten people.
In addition to Pei Heng and the other six, the other four were a young couple, a muscular and courageous fitness coach, and a female college student of the same age as them.
The staff took away all their mobile phones and lighting equipment, leaving only walkie-talkies as a means of communication.
The heavy door slowly opened, and a cold breath hit me in the face.
"The ancient house is shrouded in gloom and danger, plagued by evil spirits, and hiding the grudges and love and hatred that have been separated by centuries... You are an expedition team that has accidentally stumbled upon it. Please escape as soon as possible...
Accompanied by deep and eerie background music, the eerie introduction sounded through a hidden broadcast, adding to the horror atmosphere.
As soon as the broadcast ended, they stepped into the front yard of the house.
The yard was overgrown with weeds, and in the center there was an ancient stone well that looked very old.
Just as they were passing by the well cautiously, there was a loud splash of water!
A hand with black nails stretched out from the well and grabbed the edge.
A female ghost wearing tattered red clothes and with her long hair covering her face slowly climbed out of the well, making creepy whimpering sounds.
"Ah!" The female college student walking next to her screamed in fright and stepped back subconsciously.
Ling Yue and Huo Xiao protected Pei Heng one in front and one behind, admiring this "ghost".
Pei Heng held Shen Shi's hand tightly, and remembering Shen Shi's fear of ghosts, he turned sideways and covered his eyes.
Chen Shi's gaze wandered for a moment, but he still stuck to his character with a guilty conscience and leaned on Pei Heng's shoulder, "I'm scared."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's fake." Pei Heng patted Chen Shi's back and curiously leaned over to look at the female ghost.
The female ghost in red frightened everyone with her fangs and claws, then let out a sharp laugh and turned to run towards the moon gate on the side.
Pei Heng accidentally glanced at the deep ancient well.
With the faint light in the yard, I seemed to see something flashing very quickly under the water in the well, like a blurry white shadow.
But the feeling was fleeting, as if it was just his illusion.
Shen Shi gently pinched his fingers and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Pei Heng retracted his gaze and shook his head, suppressing the inexplicable strange feeling in his heart. He said in a relaxed tone, "Nothing, I'm just dazzled. Let's catch up."
Passing by the empty front yard, a wooden door comes into view.
Ling Yue crossed his arms and looked up at the roof.
Why does it look familiar?
He looked at Pei Heng, and seeing that His Highness did not respond, he said nothing more and followed the fitness coach who volunteered to open the door and go in first.
Once everyone was inside, the wooden door closed behind them with a very fitting bang.
A low sob echoed in the room.
Ling Yue, who noticed the breathing sound, sensitively pulled Pei Heng and Shen Shi back and looked up.
A female ghost hanging upside down fell down.
She screamed and rushed towards everyone. Even Pei Heng was frightened. He retreated at Zhou Jingming's high-pitched scream and hugged Shen Shi.
The room was very dark, and Ling Yue and Huo Xiao had to look ahead and behind, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.
“Hehehehe!”
The ghost girl laughed like a villain.
After finally completing the scary task and driving the players to the side door, the lights in the corridor came on.
The dim wall lamp barely dispelled some of the darkness, casting flickering light and shadows.
"Fuck..." Zhou Jingming's throat was a little hoarse, and he patted his frightened heart absentmindedly, "I really am..."
It's so pitiful.
Chen Yu continued, "You're asking for trouble."
Zhou Jingming: “…”
Zhou Jingming, who had proposed to play, wailed again, trying to find a frightened ally, "Pei hengheng! Are you afraid?"
Pei Heng pulled Shen Shi back to the corner of the corridor. He was indeed frightened by the upside-down female ghost. His heart was still pounding, but he forced himself to remain calm.
He looked up alertly and glanced at both ends of the corridor, like a frightened cat whose fur stood on end but was trying hard to maintain its dignity.
"It's not that scary." Pei Heng said.
Zhou Jingming's legs were shaking a little, and he sighed, "Pei Hengheng, you are so brave, I almost lost my soul just now.
Pei Heng wrinkled his nose, nodded seriously, and patted Shen Shi who was "hiding" in his arms.
He actually looked even bolder, which scared Zhou Jingming.
As for another couple, the boy almost ran to the end of the corridor, leaning against the wall and gasping for breath.
The girl stood there, feeling both angry and amused, with her hands on her hips, "Look at me! Look at how I'm protecting my partner! Get back here!"
Chen Shi leaned in Pei Heng's arms, curled his lips slightly, and took advantage of Pei Heng's vigilant gaze to kiss him on the side of his cheek.
Pei Heng looked down at Shen Shi, feeling a sense of responsibility, and straightened his back a little.
"What? Bluff! Not scary at all!"
The fitness coach also recovered, patted his chest, and said in a loud voice, "This is all fake! Props, actors! Follow me! There must be a way out!"
He waved his hand and continued to act as a pioneer.
Everyone continued to grope forward along this strange corridor.
The walls on both sides of the corridor are covered with strange words, which is particularly creepy.
Walk through the engraved corridor and see the half-open door at the end.
The fitness coach took a deep breath and pushed open the door.
Everyone gasped.
It's a very spacious room, and looks like an old ancestral hall or mourning hall.
The walls of the room were lit with a dim light, not sure if it was an oil lamp or an electronic candle, emitting a pale, flickering light.
The most terrifying thing was that under the ceiling of the entire room, there were countless white paper lanterns densely hung, swaying slightly in the cold air flow, casting ghostly shadows.
What was even more bizarre was that many white curtains hung down from the high ceiling, dragging all the way to the ground, and were covered with various elegiac couplets and eulogies written in thick ink, with the handwriting dripping.
A breeze blew, the curtain fluttered gently, and the words on it twisted.
At the deepest part of the room, facing the entrance, two paper figures as tall as a person stood quietly.
The paper figurine is extremely lifelike, with exaggerated blush on its face, bright red lips, and wearing a bright red ancient wedding dress embroidered with intricate patterns!
But his eyes were empty, and the corners of his mouth were stretched into a stiff and strange smile, which, under the pale light, exuded an indescribable evil and chill.
It was as if a newlywed couple was holding a ghost marriage in a mourning hall, staring at the uninvited guest who broke in.
Pei Heng's pupils twitched several times before he finally saw clearly.
Xiao Pei's pupils trembled when he saw this.
"Oh...oh fuck..." Zhou Jingming felt a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. He subconsciously touched his arm, "I have goosebumps!"
The usually calm Chen Yu couldn't help but adjust his glasses and looked at Ling Yue, "Do you have any taboos about this kind of scene?"
Ling Yue, who had died once before, glanced around expressionlessly and said, "No."
These paper things are nothing compared to the real human nature and evil.
Huo Xiao used the dim light from the lanterns to fix his gaze on the right wall, where there was a yellowed piece of paper with a few lines of words written in cinnabar.
He reminded them, "There's something on the wall, it looks like a mission reminder."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked in the direction Huo Xiao pointed, and Ling Yue took the note down.
On the note were a few lines of scrawled red ink:
"The couple of ghost marriages are trapped in this house.
To break this situation, you need to find his heart.
There is a secret compartment in the heart, and the key is under the lamp.
When two hearts become one, the door opens to life."
The handwriting was bright red, as if written in blood, and it was particularly eye-catching.
"Ghost marriage couple? Are you referring to these two paper figures?" the female college student asked in a trembling voice.
"Search for their hearts? The hearts are hidden in a secret compartment?" Chen Yu tried hard to understand. "You mean we need to find the hearts of these two paper figures, and the hearts are hidden in a secret compartment, and the key is under the lantern?"
"When two hearts become one, the door to life opens..." Pei Heng repeated the last sentence in a low voice, and his eyes once again turned to the pair of paper figures in wedding dresses and with strange smiles.
It seems that the key to solving the puzzle of this room lies in these two paper figures.
However, just as everyone tried to get closer to the paper man and carefully check whether there was any mechanism or secret compartment, the candles in the room suddenly flickered several times and became unsteady.
At the same time, a faint, mournful cry drifted in from somewhere and lingered in everyone's ears.
“Woo… woo…”
The crying sounds were mournful, sometimes far away, sometimes near, and accompanied by the fluttering white banners and swaying paper lanterns, the atmosphere of horror was instantly escalated.
Zhou Jingming was so frightened that he grabbed Chen Yu's arm and said in a trembling voice, "Here it comes again!"
Pei Heng also subconsciously tightened his grip on Shen Shi's hand, pulling him behind him, and looked around vigilantly.
Shen Shi cooperated by leaning behind him, lowering his eyes and scanning the shadowy corners of the room.
Ling Yue's ears moved slightly to identify the source of the crying.
The fitness coach swallowed his saliva and forced himself to remain calm, "Don't panic!"
"It must be the sound effects! Look for the secret compartment, and if you find the heart, you can get out!"
But in this environment, getting close to those two weird looking paper figures, and trying to "find their hearts"... just thinking about it makes one's back chilled.
Pei Heng's gaze suddenly fixed on one of the paper figures, and he tilted his head in confusion.
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