Liang Er, Liang San, and the middle-aged woman from Amnesia City groped their way through the black fog. Visibility was extremely poor; anything more than three meters away was completely impossible to make out.
"Where did this black fog come from?"
"If it were white fog, it might have been made by vaporizing solid dry ice, but this is my first time seeing black fog." Liang Er scratched his head. "It's colorless and odorless. Apart from blocking our view, it doesn't seem to have any other effects."
"By rights, the secret passage in the first scene should lead to a secret room containing the first clue. The room shouldn't be very big. The Haunted House Owner probably wants us to find the Rag Doll Remains in the black fog," the middle-aged woman analyzed, drawing on her experience designing haunted houses.
"Let's look together. Be careful not to get too far apart. There might be haunted house actors hiding in the fog."
The three walked close together. They had been going for a full two minutes and still hadn't reached the end. Their expressions gradually changed.
"This doesn't seem like a secret room..."
"It's so big. Have we entered a new scene? But why can't we see a single actor? What's the Haunted House Owner's design idea? I can't make sense of it at all."
"Should we go back the way we came? We can meet up with the others first."
"Okay."
They stopped and turned around. The three haunted house designers suddenly realized something terrifying.
"Did we come from this direction?"
There was nothing distinctive about the ground beneath their feet. Black fog surrounded them, and there were no landmarks anywhere. It was impossible to tell which way they were facing.
"Wait a second. Wasn't there another person in our