I'm a Tough Guy! What Am I Afraid Of!

Listening to the rustling wind in his headphones, then glancing at the distant mental hospital on the screen.

Sun Yixie fell silent for a moment.

"Before I start playing this game, I want to ask everyone—if... I mean, if I said right now that I'm in a tight spot, could I just not play?"

"Alright, fine... then I'll go turn on the light, okay? Don't rush me."

With that, Sun Yixie stood up, leaned forward, and clicked the light switch.

The next moment, in the camera feed, a room that looked like a storage closet lit up.

Instantly, the livestream chat exploded.

"??????? Cowardly and lecherous Sun Yixie!"

"What happened to 'playing horror games is as easy as breathing'?"

"Turning on the light already? Scared already?"

"23333333, Brother Sun, if it's too much, let's wait for Brother Huang to come back and play together—at least you'd have company."

"233333, as easy as breathing, so why'd Brother Sun turn on the light?"

"Turn it off! Turn it off!"

"Turn it off! Turn it off!"

"Turn it off! Turn it off!"

As Sun Yixie returned after turning on the light, the barrage of comments eventually converged into a single chant.

That chant was "Turn it off! Turn it off!"

"Turn off my ass! What the hell, why would I turn it off? Shut up!"

"I'll say it one more damn time—horror games are like breathing to me, totally stress-free. Sure, I get startled occasionally."

"But it's just a tiny bit of nervousness."

Watching the chat, Sun Yixie tried to use external factors to calm his panic.

He sat back down in his chair, put on his headphones, and officially started the game.

From the earlier instructions, he had already grasped some basic details.

In Outlast, he played as an unarmed journalist.

Horror games generally came in two types.

One had a combat system, where players could use guns or other weapons to kill monsters or bosses.

The other had no combat system at all—players relied on puzzles, running, and hiding to avoid monsters.

The first type was mainstream in the current market, while the second existed but wasn't dominant.

At least, there were rarely any big-budget productions of that kind. Outlast, however, clearly counted as a major horror game title.

He could tell just from the setting and atmosphere.

Compared to AAA titles, the graphics definitely fell short.

But they still felt quite realistic.

And as a horror game, that realistic immersion easily made people nervous.

"My goodness, I'm not scared! How could I possibly be scared? Don't rush me, let me check the controls first."

Sun Yixie looked at the secondary screen, trying to ease the pressure by chatting with the audience.

In the unmanned guard booth by the gate, he found a battery.

After searching near the main entrance, Sun Yixie collected a few items.

A DV camera, a battery, and a blue folder.

"This should be our replacement for a flashlight later, right?"

Sun Yixie pulled out the DV camera, inserted the battery, and turned it on.

Staring at the eerily green-tinted screen, Sun Yixie, as a game streamer, had played plenty of games.

Seeing the DV camera's setup, he roughly guessed what was coming.

There would probably be some dark environments later, and he'd need this camera to find his way.

His words were tough, but inside, he was already a bit nervous.

After confirming there was nothing left to explore, Sun Yixie pushed open the large iron gate and stepped into the courtyard.

The architecture was European-style. The entire mental hospital was dead silent, and through the windows, he could see lights flickering on and off in some rooms of the main building.

It felt like a pair of eyes was watching him from one of those lit rooms.

Guiding the protagonist along the path, Sun Yixie suddenly stopped.

Because in the Jushan Mental Hospital ahead, a light on one floor abruptly turned on, and a black silhouette appeared at the window.

His eyes, which had been narrowed to slits, suddenly flew wide open.

Sun Yixie manipulated the protagonist to open the camera and zoom in, ready to get a look at just what the hell that thing was.

But the other party seemed to sense someone watching them, instantly dodging to the side.

From his perspective, he only caught a blurry black shadow.

At the same time, the room's lights were switched off again.

Suddenly, Sun Yixie felt a chill crawl from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.

Nothing had even happened yet—he hadn't even seen a terrifying monster.

But there was still a knot of unease in his heart.

The Jushan Mental Hospital before him was like a beast with its maw wide open, waiting for him to enter.

And the surrounding layout was incredibly eerie, especially the riot vehicles at the main gate, which struck him as particularly bizarre.

Why would there be riot vehicles at the entrance of a mental hospital?

Walking up to the hospital's main gate, he found it locked and impossible to open.

After wandering around for a bit, Sun Yixie finally spotted a small hole in the iron gate on the left and crawled through.

Next came a tutorial for game controls.

Running, jumping, climbing, and crouching.

The game's camera work and details were also very polished—things Sun Yixie had never experienced in horror games before.

Through his headphones, he could clearly hear the protagonist's heavy, ragged breathing.

Following the prompts, he made his way to a window. Just as he climbed inside, all the lights in the room suddenly went out.

The entire room was plunged into darkness.

At the same time, Sun Yixie, still in the middle of playing, was startled by the sudden blackout, flinching visibly.

'233333, what did I just see?'

'Haha, Brother Sun actually has eyes!'

'LOL, did Brother Sun just flinch?'

'If you're scared, just admit it!'

Seeing Sun Yixie's reaction, the livestream chat exploded with comments.

Compared to his usual streams, the chat was much more active tonight. Clearly, many of the Spectators were also feeling scared, spamming messages to ease their own fear.

"My... My goodness! What's there to be afraid of! I'm a Tough Guy! What am I scared of! Nothing to be scared of!"

After turning on the DV's night vision mode, the screen took on a sickly green tint, making the game's atmosphere even more unsettling.

Shouting loudly to psych himself up, Sun Yixie began exploring with the camera in hand.

Pushing open a half-closed door, he moved forward.

Suddenly, a TV that had been off turned on by itself, letting out a piercing screech.

"Aaaah!"

That sharp noise scared Sun Yixie half to death.

On the camera feed, he was visibly shaken, his whole body jerking. Letting out a world-class tenor scream, he kicked his legs against the desk, sending his wheeled chair sliding backwards, while both hands flew to cover his eyes as he leaned back in his seat.

After a few seconds, hearing no follow-up sound through his headphones, he parted his fingers just a crack, peeking through the gap at the computer screen.

In the game, the pitch-black room held nothing but a static-filled TV.

Sure there was no danger, Sun Yixie finally lowered his hands, shifting from covering his face to clutching his chest, looking utterly relieved.

(PS: Daily begging for votes, recommendations and monthly tickets both wanted, mwah~)