The First Team Member Dies

The audience members couldn't help but swallow hard after witnessing this scene.

Even a fool could see that some terrifying being from the planet below had already boarded this ship.

Moreover, that thing even got into the ventilation duct!

The audience was getting more and more engrossed, and the story seemed to be getting better and better, about to reach its climax.

Just as I was wondering what would happen next, the lights suddenly went out.

Everything on the stage vanished again in that instant.

The large screen, as wide as the wall, also went black instantly, leaving only an English message.

[Morgue]

Morgue.

The audience immediately understood that this was the start of the next scene.

And the story takes place in a morgue!

Sure enough, two seconds later, the spotlights came on again.

The original hangar and spaceship scene has been transformed into an empty industrial-style space.

Wheelchairs are scattered here, and lathes are overturned.

The curtain was shattered, and bloodstains were everywhere.

Even the lighting seemed dim and oppressive, not as bright as the previous scenes.

Numerous documents lay scattered on the ground, completely soaked by the sticky, filthy blood.

It looked like a disaster.

Upon witnessing this new scene, the audience erupted in applause once again!

Some even whistled, anticipating the performance to come.

Soon, the original six-person team reappeared.

They walked cautiously through the morgue, carrying weapons with Flashlight, extremely vigilant.

"According to the design drawings of the ventilation ducts, this is the closest place to the hangar."

The Hat Man walked around the morgue, looking around as he went.

"Oh my god. The smell of blood is so strong. It looks like this place has been 'visited'. I counted about 15 sets of footprints, but there may be some error."

"Although I don't know what happened on the planet below, how did two ordinary people, especially those who were seriously injured, manage to jump onto the ventilation duct about 3 meters above the top of the spaceship?"

"Vinson, were those driver and his wife really human?"

On stage, the blonde woman, Vinson, nodded.

"I don't know much about what happened on the planet below, except that the situation is very dangerous and the casualties are heavy. Moreover, the captain seems to know something and is deliberately hiding it from us."

After saying that, she casually picked up a document from the table, glanced at it, looked around, and read it aloud in a deep voice.

"The medical record shows that there are 20 bodies here waiting to be frozen, all of whom died by suicide. The record was made at 9 p. m. yesterday, which is less than 24 hours ago."

"Twenty bodies? All suicides? My God, this is unbelievable! What happened? How come our security team had no information at all?"

Upon hearing the captain's words, short-haired female team member Landa couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, her voice unconsciously rising slightly.

"What about the bodies here?"

The blonde woman, Vinson, shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either, and tossed the record sheet back onto the table.

"Judging from the level of bloodshed here, these bodies have probably been damaged to some extent, and the incident occurred within half an hour."

"Listen up, everyone, bodies don't just run away. Landa, contact the morgue manager right now and ask them what's going on here."

After hearing this, the short-haired woman nodded and immediately began making contact using her wristwatch.

Meanwhile, another muscular man, armed with a gun, cautiously approached the temporary curtain and pulled it open.

He was stunned.

The audience members at the scene were the same.

Behind the curtain lay a bizarre corpse dressed in white.

Through the large screen, as wide as the wall, it was clear that the corpse lying on the ground was no longer human.

It had a ferocious appearance, with its mouth split open.

Their clothes were tattered and torn.

His entire body was covered in blood and wounds.

The abdomen was ripped open, blood and flesh were mangled, and intestines spilled out.

Incredibly, two slender, dirty little arms had sprouted from the pile of intestines and were lying helplessly on the ground.

Two curved sickle-shaped bone blades have mysteriously emerged from the palms of his hands.

There was still blood on it, which was chilling.

At this moment, some people who had walked through the haunted house and played the demo game felt their scalps tingle.

Because they know what it is...

Especially HJon, who swallowed hard and his eyes twitched.

Having experienced the game firsthand, he naturally understood just how terrifying these monsters were.

First, it possesses unimaginable running speed; second, it wields an extremely sharp, curved sickle in its palm.

Next came the chilling roars and the gory, fleshy shapes that made one's heart tremble at just a glance.

Finally, there was the sneak attack that jumped out of the ventilation duct.

It's simply impossible to defend against!

During the experience, his heart was pounding and his hands were numb.

And this is just a computer game, not a VR version.

According to staff, the game will be released in VR. HJon couldn't even imagine how brutal that would be!

If the PC version is this scary, then the VR version must be a suicide experience!

Now, I know how terrifying this monster is.

But the security guards on stage didn't know that!

Perhaps the captain knows something, after all, she and the captain witnessed the horrific deaths of the excavation team.

But she probably never imagined that the monsters from those planets had already arrived on this ship...

Seeing the group of security guards surrounding the body, HJon couldn't help but feel worried.

This corpse...

Could it be that the corpse has risen from the dead...?

You should know that the play made it clear from the beginning that everyone on the ship, except for the blonde woman, was dead!

This indicates that danger is imminent...

At this moment, on the stage.

Because of the strong, muscular man's discovery, the other team members also gathered around.

Upon seeing the body, the Hat Man put away his gun and pulled out a retractable baton from his waist to begin examining it.

"I'm not a doctor, but this body... appears to have been gnawed on by something."

"Even its appearance has changed to something different from a human's; it must have been infected by some kind of bacteria. This needs to be examined by scientists or forensic experts; we security guards can't do it."

"If this is one of those 20 bodies, then I think the other 19 might be..."

The Hat Man didn't say anything explicitly, but the team members and the audience all understood.

If one corpse transforms into this monstrous form, there's no reason why the rest would remain normal.

"Damn it! I can't get in touch with the morgue manager! He just won't answer!"

The short-haired woman urgently reported to Vinson, her right hand, which held the gun, constantly adjusting the communication device on her left wrist.

"Things are getting increasingly bizarre. The spaceship that crash-landed. The couple who escaped through the ventilation ducts. The mutated corpses in the morgue."

"Captain Vinson, could it be that the thing you mentioned that was killing people in the mining area has already..."

Click—

A cocking sound interrupted the trembling voice of the muscular man.

"I'm going to report this to the captain, guys, stay alert."

"The morgue is very large. If a body has been found here, it means that the remaining bodies may also be behind these curtains."

"Don't worry about the bodies. Our priority now is to find the two pilots of the spaceship."

With that, Captain Vinson turned to the side, raised his left hand, and began his report.

The other team members understood and began searching for the driver and his wife who had fled.

The Hat Man also stood up, put away his extendable baton, and prepared to draw his gun to join the search.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn away from the mutated corpse, that thing moved!

Under the wide-eyed gaze of the audience, its limbs suddenly twitched and its body trembled.

His abdomen then bulged and his legs bent.

Like a puppet on strings, they were being pulled by an invisible force.

The next second, the lying corpse suddenly stood up in a strange and abnormal stiff posture!

Unable to keep up, the body leaned straight back, seemingly powerless, its arms hanging limply with the gleaming cold light of a sickle.

Throughout the entire process, there was no sound.

Not even a sound was made, so the security team didn't even notice what was happening!

until

The body, which had been leaning back limply, slowly straightened up.

The grotesque, decaying corpse's head began to twitch slightly, looking towards the Hat Man was closest to it.

The audience was stunned.

This monster is terrifying enough in itself.

Now, this sudden, silent rise, unnoticed by anyone on stage, created a palpable sense of dread. The feeling of watching a life-threatening crisis approach without being able to warn someone was enough to make everyone in the audience hold their breath!

From the very beginning, some people speculated that the corpse might stand up.

Because this is a boring trope that appears even in the worst movies.

The same applies to stage plays.

Therefore, many viewers were mentally prepared for the corpse to suddenly attack.

And indeed, just as they had hoped, the corpse rose to life.

But to their utter surprise, the corpse did not suddenly spring up as they had expected.

Instead, he quietly got up in an extremely bizarre and completely illogical way!

This action completely exceeded their expectations and broke the boring routines in movies!

This kind of stiffness in getting up without the aid of external force, as if it completely violates physics and gravity, is truly surprising and also deeply uncomfortable!

It's as if this no longer belongs to the category of creatures as understood by humans.

But it still retains its human form!

This is a classic example of the uncanny valley effect!

The stage play continued at this point.

"Chief of Security Vinson calling the bridge. Please respond. Over."

As soon as he finished speaking, a semi-transparent virtual screen appeared above his wrist, exuding a strong sense of technology.

[This is Captain Massias. Please report on your mission status.]

"Captain, we are now in the morgue. Some kind of corpse mutation has occurred here."

Sizzle

A sound of flesh being pierced suddenly rang out, causing Vinson, who was contacting the captain, to turn around in astonishment.

Meanwhile, the audience at the scene was also astonished.

In an instant, the mutated corpse that stood up pierced the Hat Man's head with its terrifying, blood-stained, curved scythe, piercing through his forehead.

Under the screen as wide as the wall, his hand remained in the position of having just drawn the gun.

His eyes were bloodshot and bulging as if they were about to pop out.

His body was also spasming and trembling slightly.

Blood gushed from the wound, staining the terrified, incredulous face.

"Vinson, save me!"

Just as the audience members were swallowing...

Sizzle—

A sound of flesh being cut echoed throughout the venue.

After mentally conjuring up the sickle, I turned it upside down and slashed it open!

At that moment, the Hat Man had his head explode, and blood splattered everywhere.

The shocking scene left the audience speechless.

On stage, only the blonde woman Vinson's terrified screams remained.

"Dovos!!!"