In the dim light, everyone looked carefully around them.
They had just entered the haunted house and found themselves in a large room with few furnishings.
There were several figures in the middle of the room. On closer inspection, they turned out to be wax figures.
The figures were incredibly lifelike. In the dim light, they looked no different from real people.
The wax figures depicted women in ancient dress. One wore bright red, while the other four wore plain colors.
The group examined them carefully, but the wax figures looked perfectly normal. There was nothing strange about them.
But the more normal they looked, the more abnormal they seemed.
They didn't believe the wax figures were harmless.
Everyone spent a long time examining the figures, but they couldn't find anything unusual. Liu Shuai finally said,
"Bosses, these wax figures look perfectly normal. How about we go to the next room?"
"All right. We won't learn anything by looking any longer. Let's go to the next room," Sun Jingyu said.
The four decided to leave for now. It would be best if nothing was wrong.
They turned around and walked toward a room ahead.
The haunted house covered a large area and was divided into multiple rooms, each containing different things.
They were currently in the first room, which had only one door. That was nice, since they wouldn't have trouble choosing.
They had barely taken a few steps when a chilly gust suddenly swept across their backs, making them shiver.
The four hurriedly turned around. There was nothing behind them except the wax figures.
But the temperature seemed to have dropped considerably. They could clearly sense a sinister aura around them, making them very uncomfortable.
Something had to be wrong!
Wang Ruoxi frowned deeply and said, "There's danger here. Everyone, be careful.
The problem seems to be with these wax figures."
Sun Jingyu looked at the figures. Their poses were the same as before, with no change at all.
He couldn't see anything wrong.
But they trusted Wang Ruoxi's intuition. Since she said there was something wrong with the wax figures, there definitely was.
"Look, these wax figures seem to have moved."
Zhao Guodong stared at the figures' feet, examining them closely. Then he stood beside one and gestured with his hand, as though measuring something.
"Really? I can't tell at all," Liu Shuai said helplessly.
"They have moved." This time, Zhao Guodong was certain. "Take this one, for example. At first, it was facing that candlestick over there, in a straight line with it.
But now it's moved. It's no longer in line with the candlestick; it's moved forward about three centimeters."
"You could even tell it moved three centimeters?" Liu Shuai exclaimed.
"I can't say for the others, but I'm a hundred percent sure about this one. It really has moved."
"How about we try walking forward again?" Sun Jingyu said.
"If they really can move, let's walk forward and see if they follow us."
The other three had no objections. They gathered together again and stood in front of the wax figures.
Everyone turned around and took a few more steps forward, then immediately turned back!
At the sight behind them, all four screamed at once.
Now they were completely certain that the wax figures could move. This time, the figures were almost right up against them.
The moment they turned around, they saw deathly pale faces right in front of them.
It seemed there was no mistake. The wax figures really could move.
But there wasn't much fear in their screams. The four weren't about to be frightened by wax figures.
The haunted house had a rule: when they saw these abnormal phenomena, the so-called performances, they had to scream and pretend to be afraid.
So their screams sounded somewhat exaggerated, but they just about passed.
Liu Shuai looked at the wax figure that had nearly touched him and exclaimed, "They really can move, and they don't make a sound! Good thing we noticed early."
Wang Ruoxi said, "The sinister aura here is very strong. It's coming from these wax figures."
Everyone frowned. If they continued forward, there was no telling what would happen.
Sun Jingyu said, "Everyone, stay where you are for now. If we keep walking, they might attack us."
In terms of strength, no matter how strange these wax figures were, they were confident they wouldn't lose. The problem was that they couldn't fight back.
The wax figures would probably shatter at a touch. If they did fight back, they would be breaking the amusement park's visitor rules.
Damaging the items here was punishable by death.
But even if they didn't fight back, if the wax figures came into contact with them and were damaged, it would still count as damaging public property.
This was an outright scam.
"What do we do now, then?" Liu Shuai asked anxiously. "We can't keep looking at them forever."
If they remained in this standoff, they had no idea when they would be able to leave the haunted house.
"Did you just say we can't keep looking at them forever?" Sun Jingyu suddenly asked.
"Yeah. Is there a problem?" Liu Shuai asked.
"I understand," Wang Ruoxi said. "We're looking at them now, and they aren't moving.
So as long as we keep looking at them while we move, we might be fine."
"Oh, I get it too," Liu Shuai said as realization dawned. "You bosses really are amazing."
Sun Jingyu said, "There are four of us. Two will watch the wax figures while the other two turn around. We'll stand back to back and move forward slowly. If anything unusual happens, report it immediately."
"Got it," Liu Shuai said at once.
After discussing it, Sun Jingyu and Zhao Guodong turned around to walk forward.
Wang Ruoxi and Liu Shuai watched the wax figures and slowly backed along behind them.
They got farther and farther away, but the wax figures never moved.
Their guess was correct. As long as they kept their eyes on the wax figures, they were inanimate objects, but as soon as the figures left their sight, they would move.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now that they understood how the wax figures moved, they no longer had to fear them.
Soon, they reached the door. They had cleared this stage and could now enter the next room.
Sun Jingyu reminded them, "Everyone, get ready. We're about to enter the next room."
"I'm ready," Liu Shuai said.
"Mm, let's go on to the next room," Wang Ruoxi said as well.
"All right, I'm opening the door," Sun Jingyu said. "As soon as it opens, we'll go straight into the next room."
Sun Jingyu gently pushed the door, and it immediately swung open, spilling bright red light toward them.
The light was soft and not glaring at all.
The room was filled with mist, which the light had dyed red.
They couldn't see anything inside the room at all, but they immediately entered and closed the door behind them.
After all, the wax figures were still behind them. There was no telling what might happen if they stayed there too long, so it was better to leave that room sooner.
As soon as they closed the door, they felt something slam into it.
A frantic pounding came from outside the door, clearly the work of the wax figures. Even though the visitors had left the room, they were still putting in plenty of effort. They truly were dedicated employees.
Inside, the four looked at the blood-red light before them. It stained the mist in the room red, making it look extremely eerie.
Everyone gave a token scream, then began examining their surroundings.
Their vision was severely limited here, and they couldn't make out anything around them.
But the mist kept growing thicker, and they could barely see one another.
"What the hell is this place?" Liu Shuai couldn't help cursing.
"Everyone, be careful. Whatever you do, don't split up," Wang Ruoxi said. "If we get separated here, it won't be easy to find each other again."
Liu Shuai said with a cheeky grin, "Don't worry, Sister Wang. I definitely won't get separated from you all. I'm still counting on you to carry me."
Wang Ruoxi frowned. If she hadn't been so well-mannered, she would have cursed.
Sun Jingyu said, "Let's keep moving forward and see what's in here.
But everyone, be careful. Our visibility is poor, so it would be easy to overlook some danger."
The four walked forward for some distance and reached the middle of the scene. At that moment, the mist in the room suddenly grew thicker, leaving them almost unable to see anything.
They couldn't even see their companions right in front of them.
"Let's hold hands so no one gets lost."
Sun Jingyu had just finished speaking when he felt the ground beneath his feet move.
The floor beneath them moved rapidly in different directions, as if it had grown legs, forcing them to move along with it.