Amusement Park

Li Beite walked ahead based on his senses.

Walk off the highway,

Country lanes,

Through the woods,

A patch of grass taller than a person came into view.

Luo Di immediately recalled, "I came here with the clown when he took me away by himself. The amusement park was deep in these tall grasses."

The tall grass looked very strange; some of it was even taller than the trees.

Sharp, dense, concealing, active.

The unknown risks lurking within forced the three to temporarily halt their journey.

When encountering such unknown areas while exploring corners, the most common approach is not to use various sensory methods, but to send out living creatures to probe.

The value of many inferior slaves, living creations, lies here, which is why the related business is so good.

Since Luo Di and his companions had no spare slaves, they could only try to explore the tall grass in front of them using conventional methods.

Just as Wu Wen was preparing to separate the flesh from the blood,

Li Beite reached out and touched the tall grass, then walked into it without any hesitation.

After his body moved through the grass for a while, his head popped back out.

"There is no disaster, just abnormally growing plants. They may be a bit sharp, so be careful not to cut your clothes or skin. It is easy to get lost inside, but we haven't found any other problems."

Luo Di dragged the coffin inside as well, posing the question that had always intrigued him:

"Li Beite, you seemed to have said before you went to bed last night that you were unaffected by the disaster?"

"Yes, my father made that decision when I was very young."

Perhaps it's because I was born in a remote corner that the pervasive fear here sees me as one of their own. Various disasters affecting different areas don't have a specific impact on me; I just need to be careful occasionally.

Of course, this only applies to the Mid-level Zone, since I was born here.

If we delve deeper, the situation changes.

"Oh."

Luo Di simply nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world, but the class monitor following behind was taken aback.

As the team moved through the tall grass, they also discovered other taboos in the area.

These lush, tall grasses completely block out the light and are constantly moving and making various noises, severely affecting the sense of direction of those who enter.

If an individual attempts to use levitation or flight, they will be met with a frenzied attack from these tall grasses as soon as their feet leave the ground.

Fortunately, Li Beite possessed balloon perception and maintained the correct sense of direction throughout.

Even so, the team walked for a full hour through the tall grass, and along the way they found the remains of many individuals who had gotten lost and died there.

finally,

As Li Beite peeled back the outermost layer of tall grass...

The light seeped in.

Various colors, vibrant and colorful.

A retro-style amusement park, covering a vast area, is right in front of you, with all the facilities in operation and bright lights that can even dispel the darkness.

Time has been disrupted in this area. Luo Di and his friends woke up in the morning, but it is already night... or rather, this area is always in a state of night to match the amusement park's nighttime opening.

The strangest thing is,

There are many tourists here.

It's like stepping into an amusement park in the Human World.

Couples, friends, families, and even the elderly are all here, and there are long queues at the entrance.

The Ferris wheel and roller coaster visible from the outside were also full of passengers.

but,

These passengers all have one thing in common.

Their faces were all painted white, and they all wore smiles, more or less.

"Slave..."

Luo Di immediately thought of his chance encounter with the Joker at the Black Coffin Supermarket, where the Joker seemed to be buying slaves on a large scale.

Wu Wen stepped forward to offer an explanation and speculation:

"We can't buy that many. The Black Coffin Supermarket can only purchase a maximum of one hundred slaves at a time. This guy is probably just doing the final personnel replenishment at the supermarket."

The 'tourists' here must have been prepared long ago.

Even back in the City of Sin, he must have bought quite a few slaves after the game ended.

I estimate that many of the slaves were captured by him in the shallow areas.

The reason why this clown found you the moment Luo Di entered the Corner shallow layer is because...

It's highly likely that he was operating in the shallow areas at the time, capturing various slaves, and just happened to run into you and recognize you.

The squad leader's explanation was indeed plausible, but doubts still remained.

"Of course, I still can't understand why this clown kept pestering you after recognizing you... Even when he actually caught you once, he didn't kill you on the spot, but tried every means to bring you here."

Perhaps he only wanted you to be one of the amusement park's 'members'? But that doesn't make sense either, considering he's expended far too much energy on you alone.

Luo Di shook his head. "I don't know either. The answer should be hidden inside the amusement park... But what exactly does this madman want to do?"

It's not just about buying such a large space in a corner.

They also spent a lot of resources to build this huge retro amusement park.

And it takes a lot of time and money, and risks to bring in so many 'personnel'.

Was the whole point of creating a realistic amusement park to satisfy his clown-like psyche? It would be better to just send a human avatar into existence, impersonating the manager of an amusement park, for a more tangible experience.

Li Beite offered a guess from the side. "Could it be like Mr. Question Mark, making money through games? For fun? But he's probably only in his mature stage, not quite at that level yet, right?"

Wu Wen didn't like making such unfounded guesses. "We'll find out when we go in... Just like Luo Di said, the answer should be hidden inside."

Luo Di remained cautious. "How about we find the exit of this enclosed space first, and then consider entering the amusement park? In case anything happens, we can evacuate immediately."

Just then,

Something quickly approached.

"No one who comes to the amusement park can leave directly. Even if they don't want to go in, they can only wander around outside forever."

The only exit is hidden inside the amusement park; to get out, you have to go inside and play.

I'm sure you saw a lot of corpses while crossing the bushes. Those guys tried to escape, but ended up getting trapped and dying inside.

Oh, by the way! Do you want to buy balloons?

Two coins each, but they sell for ten yuan each at the amusement park.

Nearby was an old man, dressed in rags and emaciated, holding various kinds of balloons in his hands, unlike the plain-colored balloons of the clown.

His face was still painted white, and his bright red lips always wore a smile.

Luo Di didn't refuse outright, but instead asked, "What's the use of the balloon?"

"Balloons, aren't they what kids love most? I just have to sell these things, otherwise I'll die... So can I buy one? Haha."

"Sorry, I don't need it."

"Then I wish you a good death, hehe!"

The old man let out a strange laugh and waved goodbye to the crowd from where he stood.

He appeared to have aged further because he hadn't been able to sell any balloons; some of his skin and teeth had begun to fall out.

Even as he was dying, he stared wide-eyed at the group of young people who weren't buying balloons, seemingly smiling, but his tongue was constantly swirling, conveying some kind of invisible and intangible curse.

Luo Di didn't search for an exit either, not because he believed the other party's one-sided story.

Instead, they realized that since the clown had gone to such lengths to lure them here, it would be almost impossible for them to leave easily. Therefore, there was a very high probability that the exit was hidden inside the amusement park.

To leave, to unravel the mystery, and to touch the Joker, one must enter.

Entrance ticket checkpoint.

Both Luo Di and Wu Wen had special Gate given to them by the Joker, allowing them to enter directly. Li Beite, as an additional participant, needed to purchase a ticket separately at the window.

Just as he reached the window and was about to take out his Corner Coin to buy a ticket, he pulled out a ticket from his pocket.

"When were they put in? The old man and Gao Cao were already in the car just now... This trip was really interesting."