Hearing the scream, Wang Ge looked up in astonishment. "What's going on?"
Chen Yanxi calmly shook her head. "I'm not sure. Maybe one of the visitors got scared."
"Are there other visitors besides us?" Wang Ge asked.
"I don't know. Maybe." Chen Yanxi said.
"All right, then. Did you find anything?"
"No."
"Looks like there aren't any clues in this room either." Wang Ge walked over to her. "Let's go. We'll check the next room."
"Okay."
Maybe because the staff member in charge of scaring people on the first floor had been frightened away by Chen Yanxi, all the frightening incidents the two encountered afterward consisted of nothing more than small props.
For example, an arm suddenly falling from the ceiling, or a leg hidden inside a drawer. Things at that level couldn't scare the two of them at all, so they smoothly found the key to the second floor in an office.
"This haunted house isn't much. It's not scary at all."
As they headed upstairs, Wang Ge said, utterly bored.
"Maybe the route we chose just isn't very scary," Chen Yanxi said.
"I hope that's the case."
Wang Ge shrugged, noncommittal.
The two reached the second floor but didn't hurry to open the door. Instead, they quietly waited to reunite with Zhou Liu and Huang Wenyan.
Soon, both couples returned in turn. Huang Wenyan and Yang Songyue were pale and clinging tightly to each other, clearly badly frightened.
Zhou Liu was in much the same state. He was equally pale, and his steps were still unsteady. Chen Man'an, however, was different. Her face carried an abnormal flush, and her eyes held a hint of excitement and anticipation.
It seemed she had been having a great time.
"How did you two get so scared? Was it really that frightening?" Wang Ge asked in confusion.
"All I can say is, it was terrifying." Pale-faced Huang Wenyan gave a thumbs-up. "This haunted house is much scarier than the ones we visited before!"
"Exactly, exactly."
The other three all agreed unanimously.
Only Wang Ge wore a baffled expression.
Was it really that scary? That doesn't make sense. Could it really just be that Chen Yanxi and I picked a better route?
Chen Yanxi pressed her lips together and said nothing.
"Open the door already. I can't wait to see what exciting things are waiting for us next." Chen Man'an urged him on.
"All right."
Wang Ge took out the key and opened the second-floor door.
The second floor was different from the first. The first floor had storage rooms, equipment rooms, and the like, while the second floor only had classrooms for the students and offices for the teachers.
There was also a restroom.
The six of them filed inside. Wang Ge and Chen Yanxi still followed at the back, but this time, Chen Man'an took the lead.
They searched the classrooms one by one, looking for useful clues.
"Hey, there seems to be someone here!"
Hearing Chen Man'an's shout, the others hurried over.
In classroom 304, a plump figure wearing a school uniform sat in the last row. Long black hair hung down, covering her face and making it impossible to see what she looked like.
"Is that a ghost? Or an NPC?" Zhou Liu asked curiously.
"I'm not sure. We'll know if we go take a look."
Chen Man'an entered the classroom through the back door without hesitation, with the others following behind her.
Chen Yanxi, who was the last to enter, suddenly paused and glanced thoughtfully around her.
But after hesitating for a moment, she did nothing. She walked into the classroom as though she hadn't noticed anything.
Perhaps she felt that ruining a stranger's gaming experience would be impolite.
By then, Chen Man'an, who had entered first, had already begun testing the plump girl.
"Hello?"
"Are you all right?"
"Are you still alive?"
The plump girl remained lifeless and completely unresponsive.
The three people behind her also took turns trying.
Zhou Liu: "Hello?"
Huang Wenyan: "Konichiwa?"
Yang Songyue: "Sawadika?"
When it was Wang Ge's turn, he was silent for two seconds before saying, "Fuck you."
Unfortunately, even the profanity failed to get a reaction from the plump girl.
The group exchanged glances and decided to go closer for a look.
Once again, Chen Man'an took the lead. She slowly approached and lightly poked the plump girl. "Hello?"
No reaction.
"Maybe she's just a prop?" Huang Wenyan guessed.
"Even if she is a prop, she couldn't have been placed here for no reason. There must be some kind of clue." Chen Man'an was certain.
"An'an is right!"
Wang Ge didn't join their discussion. He simply held Chen Yanxi's little hand and lazily yawned.
He truly didn't think there was anything frightening about this haunted house.
But Chen Yanxi suddenly tugged at him.
Wang Ge looked at her in confusion. "What is it?"
Chen Yanxi pointed toward the classroom window, as well as the chairs and desks beneath it. "Wait. We'll run out through there immediately."
"Run?" Wang Ge grew interested. "You think we'll need to escape?"
"It's just a guess," Chen Yanxi said. "Better to be prepared."
"All right." Wang Ge nodded with a smile. "I'll listen to you."
By then, Zhou Liu and the others at the front had already relaxed their guard. Chen Man'an had even begun searching through the plump girl's clothing pockets.
Huang Wenyan stared at the plump girl's head, suddenly curious about what the prop's face looked like.
So he reached out and pushed aside the black hair. The plump girl's face was revealed.
She looked very ordinary, except that both cheeks were covered in lumps of flesh resembling tumors. Her eyes were hollow, and her mouth was stretched into an exaggerated grin, forming an eerily strange smile.
"Fuck..."
Huang Wenyan was startled. A chill rose in his heart, and he hurriedly reached out to push the hair back into place, trying to cover that frightening face again.
But he seemed to have used too much force. With a crack, the plump girl's head fell to the floor, rolled twice, and came to rest at Huang Wenyan's feet.
It landed face-up. Its hollow eyes stared at Huang Wenyan as though blaming him for knocking her head off.
"Fuck, Little Huang Wen, what are you doing?" The head had suddenly fallen off for no reason, startling Zhou Liu as well. He cursed aloud.
"Ahem, it's fine. I just used too much force. Too much force, haha—"
Huang Wenyan bent down and picked up the plump girl's head. Just as he was about to put it back on, the girl's hollow neck suddenly split open, and another head violently emerged from inside!
"Fuck!!!"
Everyone's attention had been focused on the fallen head, so they were all startled by the head that suddenly appeared. Even Wang Ge was no exception.
Only Chen Yanxi lightly adjusted her large-framed glasses, as though she had expected it.
The newly emerged head was thin and small, looking extremely out of place atop the girl's massive body. It was as if someone had attached a stranger's head to her body, making the sight incredibly horrifying.
But immediately afterward, the girl's enormous body slowly stood up. The eyes on the thin, small head fixed themselves on Huang Wenyan, who was still holding her previous head.
"My head..."
Accompanied by terrifying background music, the girl's horrifying voice rang out.
Everyone's scalps prickled. Huang Wenyan directly tossed her original, plump head back and turned to run.
But when they turned around, they discovered that the classroom's back door had been silently closed at some point!
Huang Wenyan pressed himself against the door and twisted the handle several times. He shouted in despair, "It won't open! What do we do?"
"Go to the front door!"
Chen Man'an made the decision instantly and led everyone toward the front.
"Damn it, the front door is locked too!" Zhou Liu shouted in frustration.
Wang Ge turned back in surprise and glanced at Chen Yanxi. The girl's expression was calm, as though she had long since anticipated all of this.
"The window's open. Out the window!"
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