Inside the Amusement Park.
Tang Xiaoling chased Tiantian all the way to the entrance of the Haunted House.
Looking up, she saw that the entire doorway was decorated with a gigantic blue monster's head.
Four enormous fangs in its mouth kept moving up and down, as though it were chewing food.
The dark, shadowy entrance had been built right inside the monster's mouth!
Four hideous little ghosts stood on either side.
Some held pointed pitchforks aloft, while others carried saws. They looked utterly terrifying.
Tang Xiaoling stood timidly outside the door. Looking at Tiantian by the entrance, she called softly:
"Tiantian, come back!"
She would have been better off staying quiet. The moment she called out, Tiantian turned and headed deeper into the Haunted House.
At that sight, Tang Xiaoling forgot everything else and hurried after Tiantian.
But the instant she stepped one foot inside, a low, terrifying laugh rang out from within.
Waves of cold air swept out along with it!
Dressed in thin clothes, Tang Xiaoling shivered involuntarily and began to think about retreating.
But remembering that Tiantian was still inside, she could only muster her courage, grit her teeth, and walk in.
The viewers watching this immediately erupted.
"She's in! She's in! The bet is on!"
"Hehe, I bet 20 Spirit Coins. The odds might be low, but it's still guaranteed money!"
"What a coward. Only 20? An opportunity like this comes once in a century. I put down 50 Spirit Coins in one go!"
"What am I supposed to say to you people? This little girl is only four, and you can bear to hope she dies? I'm betting two Spirit Coins that she survives!"
"Bro, I'm with you! I only bet one Spirit Coin, but if I win, I'll be rich overnight!"
"Oh, please. You're actually bragging about one Spirit Coin? Jiang Ju tossed down 1,000 Spirit Coins without a second thought!"
"Everyone says the Evil Spirits in Instances are terrifying, but I think this livestream chat is even worse. When it came to donating to the little girl, you barely scraped together a hundred Spirit Coins. Now... heh."
As that mocking comment appeared, the livestream chat instantly fell silent.
But just one second later, the entire screen filled with abuse.
People called the commenter a sanctimonious hypocrite.
Some went even further, hurling vicious insults about their mother.
The person who had posted the comment gave no response.
Perhaps they did, but it would have long since been buried beneath the flood of comments, impossible to notice.
Meanwhile, Tang Xiaoling had already entered the Haunted House.
The moment she stepped inside, the blue monster's head above the entrance, which had merely been a decoration, suddenly closed its mouth.
Its white eyes abruptly turned blood-red.
Strangest of all, its eyeballs began to roll, glowing with an eerie green light!
The four little ghosts outside the entrance even fell to the ground clutching their stomachs, letting out chilling peals of laughter.
One look was enough to send a chill through anyone's heart. It was utterly terrifying!
Inside the Haunted House, everything before Tang Xiaoling was pitch-black. She could not see a thing.
She could only raise her little hands and cautiously feel her way forward.
But every viewer in the livestream had their hair standing on end.
They could clearly see a pair of deathly pale hands covering Tang Xiaoling's eyes!
There was no body and no head, just a pair of ghostly hands that had appeared out of thin air!
Completely unaware of this, Tang Xiaoling kept moving forward.
But a moment later, she suddenly felt something rather soft.
The little girl carefully felt around for quite a while, but still could not tell what it was.
Thanks to the livestream's night vision, however, the viewers could see it perfectly clearly!
It was unmistakably an Evil Spirit with a deathly pale face and bleeding eyes!
And the part Tang Xiaoling was touching was the Evil Spirit's stomach!
At that sight, everyone's heart leaped into their throat.
Most were not frightened, though. They were eagerly waiting for the Evil Spirit to kill Tang Xiaoling.
Of course, a small minority hoped Tang Xiaoling would remain safe.
But whatever their reasons, everyone was on tenterhooks.
Then, half a minute later, Tang Xiaoling actually walked away completely unharmed!
The Evil Spirit merely stared fixedly at her without making a move!
"Holy shit! Why does this feel more intense for us than for the person actually there?"
"Seriously. I don't even dare breathe too loudly. I'm terrified something will happen to the little girl."
"What a load of crap from the guy above! If you're so worried about her, why don't you go through the Haunted House in her place? I promise I'll bet one Spirit Coin that you live! Then I'll turn around and bet 100 that you die!"
"Bro, that's a slick move! I feel like a whole new world just opened up!"
"Betting's still open. I'm going to hurry and put one Spirit Coin on Tang Xiaoling surviving. What if she really gets lucky?"
"Wait, count me in!"
"Why didn't you say something sooner? I fucking put all my money on 'dies'!"
In no time, the "survives" pool, which had held just over 1,100 Spirit Coins, shot up to more than 1,300!
Seeing it skyrocket, Eerie Knowledge Explainer could no longer sit still and immediately closed the betting.
He did not believe for a second that Tang Xiaoling could survive the Haunted House.
But the speed at which the pool was growing truly unnerved him.
Since he already had nearly a thousand Spirit Coins coming in, he decided not to get greedy over that bit of spare change and risk rattling himself.
When the livestream viewers noticed that betting had closed, they all began calling out.
"Boss, you're closing the bets this early? Tang Xiaoling only just went in!"
"Open the betting! Open it! I haven't placed my bet yet!"
"Eerie, don't tell me you think Tang Xiaoling can survive too?"
But no matter how the viewers clamored, Eerie Knowledge Explainer refused to reopen the betting.
Finally, seeing that far too many people were shouting, he looked at the mere five Spirit Coins left in his account.
He gritted his teeth and sent red highlighted comments, which cost one Spirit Coin each.
"Stop shouting. I closed the betting now because it's almost certain that Tang Xiaoling will die!"
"That Evil Spirit just now was obviously guarding the door. Now that Tang Xiaoling has gone inside, it'll definitely notify every Evil Spirit in the Haunted House!"
"I doubt she'll get much farther before dying horribly in there."
"I closed the betting now to stop you from being fooled into wasting your Spirit Coins."
After seeing the expert's explanation, the viewers who had been complaining immediately began singing his praises again.
One praised his kindness, while another praised his integrity.
Watching the screen, Eerie Knowledge Explainer found his vanity immensely satisfied, leaving him positively giddy.
Meanwhile, in that luxurious room.
Elder Jiang watched the livestream comments and gave an angry snort, his expression dark.
"These fools are all fence-sitters. They have no judgment whatsoever!"
"The reason that Evil Spirit didn't move was that it wasn't an Evil Spirit at all. It was a player in disguise!"
"Being stupid is one thing, but are they all blind too?!"
Watching Elder Jiang fume, the butler beside him sighed inwardly.
My dear master, that was the Haunted House!
How many people would think that was a player disguised as an Evil Spirit?
Besides, the player's disguise really was far too convincing.
That pale face and those two trails of bloody tears looked completely real!
If you hadn't said anything, even I would have thought it was a real Evil Spirit, let alone those viewers!
But he only dared think such things to himself.
If he said them aloud, he would surely get another scolding!
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