Tang Xiaoling ran back and forth among the funhouse mirrors like a little sprite.
The viewers, meanwhile, frantically clawed at their hair as though they had lost their minds.
Because the scene before them was more fantastical than fantasy itself!
Those were the Soul-Locking Mirrors, which devoured people without leaving so much as a bone!
How had they turned into funhouse mirrors for you?!
Seriously, we just don't get it. Were the Evil Spirits on maternity leave, or had they all gone vegetarian?
You're a bona fide Haunted House! Do you really have to be this wholesome?!
"I'm done. Let it all burn!"
"Let it burn, +1. I don't even want to complain anymore. I've run out of words!"
"Something's wrong! I've felt it ever since the little one entered the Amusement Park! Are these Evil Spirits really pitting everyone against one another to breed the strongest survivor?"
"@Eerie Knowledge Explainer: Expert! Get out here and explain!"
"@Eerie Knowledge Explainer: Expert, I won't make things difficult for you about anything else. I just want to know why the Soul-Locking Mirrors turned into funhouse mirrors!"
"@Eerie Knowledge Explainer: Say something! Do you actually know what you're talking about?! I bet fifty Spirit Coins on Tang Xiaoling dying!"
Faced with the livestream viewers' demands,
Eerie Knowledge Explainer remained silent for a long time before quietly setting his account to invisible.
In the real world, he crouched in a corner and frantically slapped himself across the face.
All he wanted now was for this to be a nightmare, and he hoped this would wake him up.
But by the time his face was swollen, he still hadn't woken up. Instead, the intense pain had only made his mind clearer!
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Shouldn't a four-year-old toddler die in there within minutes?"
"Why do all the Evil Spirits become so docile wherever she goes? They're even trying to make her happy!"
The reason he was so terrified was precisely that wager.
After all, Pure Breeze Dao-Bone had bet 1,000 Spirit Coins!
At odds of 1 to 1,000, that came to a full million Spirit Coins!
Even if he were dismembered and every last bit of his bone marrow scraped out and sold, he could never afford to pay that!
Now, the only way to turn things around was for Tang Xiaoling to die!
At that moment, he even wished he could enter the Haunted House in the Blood-Red Amusement Park and strangle her himself!
Unfortunately, the instance was governed by rules. It wasn't up to him.
His only hope now was that the Evil Spirits farther ahead would step up and kill Tang Xiaoling!
Yet inside the Haunted House, Lin Feng, a player himself, desperately hoped Tang Xiaoling was still alive.
As an NPC playing a ghost in the Haunted House, his clearance condition was to frighten at least one guest each day during his three-day stint!
The task sounded simple, but every guest who came to the Haunted House was an Evil Spirit!
All he had was a bottle of red eye drops, an unbelievably ugly mask, and a white outfit.
Forget frightening ghosts-he couldn't even scare a human!
But just as he was sinking into despair, Tang Xiaoling had suddenly run in.
She had even felt around his body for quite a while!
He had already dressed himself up to look utterly terrifying, yet for some reason, she had seemed unable to see him!
Little did he know, Tang Xiaoling's inability to see him was entirely the work of an Evil Spirit interfering behind the scenes.
The moment Tang Xiaoling entered, the Evil Spirit had covered her eyes, preventing her from seeing anything!
That was why, in the end, Lin Feng could only watch helplessly as Tang Xiaoling left!
He had wanted to follow her and keep trying to frighten her.
But as a human, even with his NPC status, he didn't dare venture deeper into the Haunted House.
After all, any Evil Spirit in there would be a hundred, even a thousand times more terrifying than him!
The problem was that he had less than an hour left before his shift ended.
If he still hadn't completed today's task by then,
he would be torn apart by ten thousand ghosts!
To stay alive, Lin Feng steeled himself, pulled on the hideous mask, and headed straight into the staff passage.
As a Haunted House NPC, he did have a few privileges.
For one, the Evil Spirits inside the Haunted House absolutely could not harm him during his shift.
And for another, there wasn't a single Evil Spirit in this staff passage!
That meant he could safely and quickly get ahead of Tang Xiaoling, then find a dark corner to hide in.
Once the little girl appeared, he would spring out and give her a fright!
This staff passage was one of the few safe areas in the entire Amusement Park.
Unfortunately, although he was the only person allowed to use it, he couldn't stay there indefinitely.
Once his shift ended, the Haunted House would automatically eject him if he hadn't left!
And if he hadn't completed his task, he would still be doomed to die!
As for any other players who came here, they would probably be devoured by Evil Spirits before they even found the passage entrance.
Now, looking at the surveillance monitors in the staff passage, Lin Feng quickly located Tang Xiaoling.
But a moment later, he froze.
The little girl was actually playing in the Soul-Locking Mirrors area, utterly lost in her fun!
"What's going on? Haven't those Evil Spirits attacked her?"
Lin Feng murmured in confusion, but delight soon rose in his heart.
Isn't it better that she's still alive?!
Otherwise, I'd have no hope of completing today's task!
Heaven really is on my side!
"I remember the next scene after the Soul-Locking Mirrors is the Ghost Wedding House..."
"There's a dim passage right between them where I can lie in wait!"
Using the route map, Lin Feng quickly decided where to hide.
Not daring to waste any time in case something went wrong, he hurried toward his ambush spot.
It took him only two minutes to reach his destination.
"This is the place!"
Looking at the dim passage before him, Lin Feng soon noticed something.
There was a recess in the wall right at the corner.
Its width and height were a perfect fit for his build!
At the sight of it, Lin Feng couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, even heaven is helping me!"
"This hiding place is absolutely perfect!"
"When Tang Xiaoling comes along, I'll jump out!"
"I'll scare the piss out of that little girl for sure!"
Brimming with delight, Lin Feng ran over, then curled up and backed into the recess, facing outward.
Once inside, he was thrilled to discover that his view was ideal!
He could see anyone approaching from the Soul-Locking Mirrors, while the angle kept them from spotting him!
"I've got this! I've got this!"
"I'm definitely going to survive today!"
Beneath his mask, Lin Feng was grinning so broadly that even his back teeth showed.
But remembering that Tang Xiaoling could arrive at any moment, he hurriedly stifled his laughter.
He couldn't let the little girl discover him before he sprang out!
Yet Lin Feng was so delighted that he failed to notice something.
Inside the Ghost Wedding House stood an Evil Spirit with a deathly pale face, wearing a phoenix crown and an ornate bridal robe.
Its eyes, even their whites pitch-black, were fixed intently on him!
Its blood-red lips kept twitching as it swallowed over and over.
It looked as though it couldn't wait to devour Lin Feng!
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