Afraid You Won't Be Able to Sleep at Night?
The moment Bai Qiquan saw that person, his heart and lungs nearly stopped.
He saw the other person staring straight at him, and then his lips twitched.
"What, are you acting like you've seen a ghost when you see me?"
The other person spoke a voice that Bai Qiquan recognized.
He then realized that it was his girlfriend Pang Zhen.
No, that's not it.
Bai Qiquan hurriedly tried to explain, but his explanation was just a cover-up, and his Pale face betrayed him.
"Were you chatting with other girls and feeling guilty when you saw me?"
Pang Zhen sat down next to Bai Qiquan, her tone becoming playful.
"I thought it was hard for you to study alone in the study room, so I bought you some food."
She was holding drinks and desserts, which looked like they were from a 24-hour KFC.
Hearing the two whispering, a male student in the study room turned around and glanced at them. Upon seeing that they were a couple, he immediately shook his head and turned back.
It's one thing to study alone in a cold study room late at night, and another to risk failing your course, but what's more, there are couples showing off their affection in the study room.
The man moved forward two rows, away from Bai Qiquan and the others.
"I was just watching a video, a new video made by the director of the previous 'Crying' film."
Bai Qiquan explained in a low voice.
"Oh, that's it. Wait, what did you say?"
Pang Zhen realized what was happening too late, and her face turned pale instantly.
She was well aware of how terrifying Lu Ban was.
After watching the movie that day, neither of them dared to go back to their dorm alone, so they ended up booking a room at a hotel near the school.
Then, none of the things that many people were looking forward to happened, and Pang Zhen was even teased by Bai Qiquan for snoring at night.
It was an absolutely disastrous experience!
I haven't even mentioned that he grinds his teeth at night!
Pang Zhen glanced at the phone screen in Bai Qiquan's hand.
"You still dare to watch? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to sleep at night?"
"Isn't this just studying all night? Watching something scary can help me stay awake, and this isn't even that scary."
That's not as bad as the way you scared me just now.
Bai Qiquan added a sentence in his mind.
"Then you can watch it, but I'd rather die than watch it."
As she spoke, Pang Zhen took out her textbook and began to read and study in a very serious manner.
Bai Qiquan glanced at the person next to him, then continued watching the movie.
With someone around, the movie isn't so scary anymore.
He saw Lu Ban arrive at a large hall with a pool in the center. The camera then switched to the other people, whose experiences in the passageways were all thrilling, making Bai Qiquan bated breath.
Fortunately, everyone arrived at the lobby.
Blood dripped from the pool in the center of the hall, and a platform rose up along with something resembling Larval Sacs, making Bai Qiquan feel uneasy.
Pfft
Only when the top of the Larval Sacs cracked open and countless tentacles stretched out did Bai Qiquan finally feel a subtle sense of nausea.
"Ugh, that's disgusting."
Pang Zhen, who was peeking at Bai Qiquan's phone screen, made a comment.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't watch it?"
I saw it by accident.
"Oh!"
Bai Qiquan ignored the woman. He saw the creature inside the Larval Sacs trying to break free. The tentacles were blocked by Lu Ban, but it still tried to burrow into the skin.
He felt a chill run down his spine, as if those insects had crawled directly into his hand. Bai Qiquan couldn't help but scratch his arm, only to find that the more he scratched, the itchier it became.
Bai Qiquan glanced at it.
He discovered that under the slightly reddened skin of his arm, it felt as if some kind of insect had burrowed in and was wriggling in his blood vessels, about to burst out.
Holy crap!
He couldn't help but exclaim and hurriedly stood up.
But when he looked again, his arm was completely unharmed, as if nothing had happened.
Everyone in the study room looked over, and many of them had impatient and slightly annoyed expressions on their faces.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Bai Qiquan quickly apologized and sat back down.
"Are you crazy?"
Pang Zhen rolled her eyes at him, then looked curiously at his phone screen.
Is it really that scary?
"It's not exactly scary, it just has a certain... well, it's very immersive."
Bai Qiquan thought that the special effects were so good that they gave him a sense of immersion, which made him mistakenly think that there were traces of insects crawling on his hands.
He looked at his arm again, and apart from his scratch marks, there was nothing else on it.
Bai Qiquan continued watching the video.
In the video, the scene shifts to the ruins on the ground. Lu Ban's companions discover the army of insects, and another team of Wasteland Hunter is under attack. They gather together and crawl into a cave.
"So that blood belonged to these people?"
Bai Qiquan felt a chill run down his spine.
Lu Ban and the others had already descended into the cave filled with Larval Sacs, exploring in the direction from which the Larval Sacs had been transported. The sticky Larval Sacs gave people a strong sense of unease. Bai Qiquan was afraid that halfway there, all the Larval Sacs would hatch, and those filthy and ugly monsters would all jump up and pounce on the faces of the protagonists and the others.
The group walked to the end of the road, where there was an even larger room.
Bai Qiquan saw that a huge insect that was laying eggs was trapped in the room.
Beneath it was a stone coffin, and its large, white abdomen was laying countless Larval Sacs. Inside the room, even more dark, ugly, and cruel insects were rustling, sending chills down one's spine.
The insects scattered, revealing an open space. A white figure stood in the center, the same strange white-clad person from before.
What happened next left Bai Qiquan completely speechless.
The enormous queen insect moved its abdomen in front of Lu Ban, seemingly wanting to mate with him. The thought of this made Bai Qiquan feel nauseous and vomit, as if his dinner was rising in his throat and he was about to vomit it up.
"How could there be such a disgusting plot?"
He muttered a complaint to himself, then saw Lu Ban take out a small pumpkin.
This pumpkin was mentioned in a previous episode; it seems to be something that can brainwash people.
The figure in white took the pumpkin, and the queen insect began to eat it.
Soon, the queen insect's movements became sluggish, and a sound vibrated from her enormous mouthparts.
Halloween.
Immediately afterwards, the insects around the queen also made similar sounds.
Halloween sounds filled the space, creating an eerie atmosphere.
While Bai Qiquan was still wondering if he had cleared the level so easily, he noticed that some of the Wasteland Hunter who arrived later had become serious.
Halloween.
He made that sound.
Then, one, two, three, and even the leader of the Wasteland Hunter, a man called Iron Fist, struggled for a moment before his face turned numb.
Halloween.
He said.
Bai Qiquan was stunned for a moment upon seeing this.
But then he understood everything.
At the same time, Bai Qiquan felt an unprecedented fear and panic. The terror of non-human beings disguised as humans, and the sense of self-discovery being subverted by the monster, made him tremble.
He could feel his heart racing, and he broke out in a cold sweat in the winter study room.
Just as this sense of dread reached its peak, his girlfriend Pang Zhen, patted him on the shoulder.
Halloween.
When Pang Zhen uttered that word, Bai Qiquan felt his blood rush to his brain, and he jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, letting out a cry of surprise.
"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
He collapsed to the ground, scrambled to his feet, and fled the study room without looking back.
"?"
Pang Zhen was completely bewildered.
She just wanted to say that it's not Christmas, so why are these people saying Halloween?
Is such a strong reaction really necessary?