Fear Invasion

"By the way! Does everyone need to prepare or take a break?"

There's no need to rush. I've gone to great lengths to build this amusement park and then went through so much trouble to invite you all here. It's already taken so much time. Everyone needs to be fully prepared before we start watching this videotape.

If you're hungry, need to use the restroom, or want to hear a joke to cheer yourself up, feel free to ask!

I could even arrange a dinner beforehand to allow everyone to get into their best shape.

When the clown made the suggestion of a slightly prepared dinner, Wu Wen responded before anyone else:

"Hasn't the banquet already taken place?"

This answer surprised everyone for a moment, but the clown quickly realized what was going on.

"Oh right! I'd completely forgotten about that... But Miss Wu Wen seems a bit anxious. Let me ask everyone's opinions again."

If anyone else doesn't have anything urgent to deal with, please speak up quickly.

If not, let's get started.

Luo Di quietly asked Wu Wen, "Should we wait for Hua Yuan to wake up?"

"That guy Li Beite is clearly getting impatient. Besides, now is the best time. We're all in top form, so there's no need to wait any longer."

Hua Yuan's condition has stabilized, and watching the movie while asleep won't have any problems; it might even have a surprising effect.

"OK."

Without anyone suggesting a break, Clown Jock made a gesture indicating that he should go ahead:

"Then please ask Mr. Li Beite to put the videotape into the device, and then everyone find a place to watch the film."

"And I'd also like to trouble Luo Di to help my friend out of the coffin, pry open her eyes, and make sure the television image is reflected in her iris."

Li Beite stepped forward.

This was his first time using this kind of device, and he struggled for a long time before finally managing to insert the videotape. Everyone was getting a little anxious watching him, but thankfully he managed to insert it steadily on the last try.

A strange mechanical noise came from the equipment room.

The static on the TV screen disappeared, turning it completely black.

Luo Di was half-squatting down, helping Hua Yuan up from the coffin. He also made a metal torture device to fix her sitting position, and used metal hooks to pin her eyelids shut.

The instruments of torture can strengthen the bond between him and Hua Yuan, in case of unforeseen circumstances.

All eyes are now on the television screen.

During the black screen transition before the main content begins, the cellar and the reflections of the eight people watching the movie are perfectly shown.

The actors' names appear in sequence, corresponding to the position of each person's reflection:

Jock,

Douglas,

"The House of Meat Eaters"

Mia,

Luo Di,

Wu Wen,

Li Beite,

Hua Yuan

After everyone's names were all mentioned,

All the moviegoers present,

Even Li Beite, who is highly adaptable to fear, couldn't tear her gaze away.

It's as if some kind of super glue has stuck everyone's eyeballs to the screen.

The names on the screen gradually faded away.

At the same time, it brings a strong sense of suction.

It's not about physical attraction, but rather an attraction targeting the soul and the deepest consciousness.

Unable to resist, unable to disobey.

Buzz!

The black screen on the television was like the gaping maw of a Giant Beast, swallowing everything whole.

Luo Di could not sense the presence of anyone, including Hua Yuan, who was equipped with torture devices. In this dark and unknown space, he was all alone.

Or rather, his own sensory range is compressed beneath his skin, making it impossible to project outwards.

Whether it's grayscale perception or complete loss of nighttime vision...

Complete darkness.

It even had a feeling of death, but with an added sense of endless despair compared to actual death.

Luo Di wasn't flustered, because he had died once before.

He began trying to use his Hellish Ability to illuminate the area with red-hot metal, but it still didn't work.

We tried every possible method, but the darkness remained unchanged.

Since that's the case, he no longer insisted on having lighting.

Even when you can't see or touch something, take a step and walk normally.

After walking for about five minutes,

He stepped on something that looked like a stick, bent down to pick it up, smelled kerosene, and felt that it was a wooden stick.

"A torch?"

Luo Di tried to ignite it using the heat of the Hell Metal.

Wow!

The fire ignited,

It actually lit up!

As the torches were lit and the light spread, Luo Di's blocked senses gradually returned, but only within the range of the firelight.

Once you touch darkness, your senses can no longer extend.

The firelight covered an area of approximately ten meters.

There were neither plants nor walls around.

The soil underfoot was a hard, black soil, making it impossible to determine what kind of area we were in.

However, directly in front,

At the end of the light,

Something seemed to be standing upright on the black soil.

It looked like a wooden stake, a blackened wooden stake.

"This is?"

Luo Di seemed to sense something, and without fear, he took the initiative to approach.

Under the firelight, the so-called wooden stakes revealed their true nature.

A large cross is stuck in the black soil, with mold stains etching honeycomb-like holes on the ebony surface. It is unknown how many years it has been there.

It is not a lonely cross.

In its center, something hangs there.

Even the firelight that could dispel the darkness showed strong resistance when it approached this object, trembling and unwilling to spread.

But as Luo Di gradually reached the bottom of the cross, the firelight finally mustered the courage to cover it.

Someone was nailed to it.

Rather than being nailed, it was more as if the cross grew out of that person's back.

This person is as old and decaying as a cross.

Maggots burrowed out glistening channels into the festering eye socket.

As the firelight passed over his pale cheekbones, a dry, creaking sound could be heard from the bones rubbing together.

Its right half was completely collapsed, like a clay figure that had been repeatedly crushed by a heavy object.

The lower half of the body was reduced to a few dried strips, as if it had been forcibly torn off by someone before death.

even so,

Luo Di still felt that the other person was somewhat familiar; that decaying, skeletal face was somewhat similar to his own.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Suddenly,

A strong heartbeat came, and the heart inside the body began to pump, but in return, Luo Di's own heartbeat weakened, his body became weak, and his surrounding vision became blurred.

even so,

He remained standing, staring at the being above, even wanting to kill it.

A voice mixed with foreign accents came from this person's mouth:

"What creature could possibly continue to hold on in the face of such suffocating fear? Everyone else has begun to succumb and become part of that fear."

Would you join them?

"No."

Luo Di gave a decisive answer, even though he had already sensed death and realized that his body was rapidly decaying.

"So reckless, so foolish, so insignificant, so lowly... I will give you the status of an ant and watch you struggle and bleed in the mire of fear."

Three days from now, you will regret your answer today, and that will be the day you give in.

"Who are you?"

"I am the corner, I am you..."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Luo Di's body collapsed like mud, turning into a pulp that slowly merged into the black soil. Only then did he realize that the black soil was pure fear substance, currently mixing with his body.

No matter what means are used, this process cannot be stopped.

Thick fear seeped into every inch of my skin and flowed through every vein.

Some kind of substance is being frantically stuffed into the brain.

He couldn't refuse, because it was Luo Di's own choice.

Rumble rumble~

The orderly, soothing sound of the train tracks filled my ears.

Luo Di is gradually waking up.

He was leaning back in a genuine leather train seat.

The green plants flashing past the window were bathed in the darkness of night; only the branches illuminated by the moonlight could be glimpsed occasionally, one after another, flashing by quickly.

My head feels unusually heavy.

He seemed to have forgotten a lot of things.

I can't even quite remember why I ended up here.

Luo Di immediately checked himself and found that he was wearing a dark green baseball jacket, beige sweatpants, and white sneakers.

There seemed to be some kind of burning symbol engraved on the back of his right hand, but he didn't notice it at first.

Instead, he pulled out a student ID from his pocket.

<Fourth Middle School, Class 5, Senior High, Luo Di>

As he looked at the information above, the vague memories in his mind gradually became clearer.

"Yes, I am a senior high school student at No. 4 High School and a baseball player!"

This time I'm taking the train to Wenslaim City to participate in the local university's baseball preliminaries. If I pass, I'll get an offer in advance.

Did you fall asleep on the train today because of long training yesterday? We shouldn't have arrived at our destination yet, why is there no one on the train?

Luo Di looked up at the empty carriage and the flickering light bulb at the end of the carriage, and a strange unease rose in his heart.

He instinctively got up, took out his backpack, and wanted to take out the metal baseball bat inside as a self-defense tool.

Where's my baseball bat?

The baseball bats that should have been inside could not be found no matter what.

This is his favorite and most handy baseball bat.

It's a replica of Jason's baseball bat from the movie "Friday the 13th." Only with this bat can he unleash his full potential.

Just then.

A sound of a baseball bat being dragged came from the end of the carriage, seemingly from the next carriage.

He could immediately tell it was his metal baseball bat and got up to go over.

When Luo Di arrived at the connecting area between the carriages, he stopped because the lighting system in the next carriage seemed to be broken, and it was completely dark.

The only light available was the faint glow of the moon.

But he still mustered his courage and went over.

In his view, the baseball bat was a necessity, an important thing, even more important than life itself.

Stepping into this dark carriage,

He hadn't gone far when he saw the source of the sound of sticks.

It was indeed 'stolen'.

The person was walking in the train aisle.

His head is gone.

Instead, a metal baseball bat was stuck straight up on it.

The top of the club makes a sound when it touches the ceiling.

Perhaps hearing Luo Di's footsteps, or smelling his scent, the "thief" stopped and turned around.

There was no direct attack.

Instead, he lifted his clothes.

The three rotten heads embedded in the belly were exposed, corresponding to a middle-aged couple and a young woman.

The middle-aged woman's head began to open and speak:

"Luo Di, you're back! Dad, Mom and sister brought you gifts, here you go."