Chapter 580 - Ultimate Horror’! (1/2)

An hour later, Qiao Liang approached the entrance of the ‘Ultimate Horror’ once again, carrying his golden lantern.

Everyone was cheering him on.

“Go, Old Qiao! You can do it!”

“Don’t worry, there’s nothing to fear once you get used to it.”

“If someone as cowardly as me can do it, you would be able to as well!”

Obviously, the last line had come out of Ruan Guangjian’s mouth. Qiao Liang rolled his eyes to show that he was not buying it.

After leaving the Golden Maze, Qiao Liang went straight for the ‘Haunted House Nightmare’ and went through a challenge once again.

This time, everything went smoothly. Maybe it was because he had already done it before and now felt more prepared; maybe it was because he had been re-energized by everyone and Boss Pei’s friendship in particular.

Although he had left out two or three minor details, he had more or less completed everything. Then, he successfully obtained his proof of qualification from one of the staff.

That was how he ended up at the entrance of the ‘Ultimate Horror’, ready to meet his fate.

He was terrified, but he could only maintain a death-like grip on his golden lantern… as if it were his only lifeline.

“I’m going in! Wait for me to emerge a victor!”

Qiao Liang waved goodbye to everyone and then walked into the ‘Ultimate Horror’.

Once he entered, visibility dropped significantly. There were dim, yellow lamps hanging from the walls. The paint was flaking, and the posters looked rotten. There also seemed to be dried blood and white calcium-looking things stuck to the wall. Everything came together to create a horrific atmosphere.

A girl dressed in a nurse’s uniform and wearing a mask had blood all over her body. She sat behind an old office table in the hospital, with both hands hidden under it. Her head hung low, causing her hair to cover her entire face.

She blended in with the scene around her, so that Qiao Liang had not noticed her at first. He had almost thought that she was just a prop that was meant to be a corpse.

However, after looking around, he realized that the desk she was at was meant to be a front desk. He had to walk past it.

Qiao Liang quietly switched on his lantern and then approached the desk. Just as he wanted to ask a question, the nurse looked up in an extremely stiff manner!

Her eyes were filled with blood, and there seemed to be a deep gash across her forehead. There was also fresh blood flowing through her mask, which seemed to be coming from her mouth. Qiao Liang could clearly see fresh bite-marks on her neck, and the wounds were still bleeding.

He sucked in a deep breath.

This was only the front desk, and yet they had done such a good job with it.

The corpse-like girl at the front desk did not say anything. Instead, she stretched her hand out in an extremely stiff manner.

Even her arms were covered in make-up. The skin looked like it was rotting, and there seemed to be dark red wounds which were also bleeding.

Qiao Liang stared at her for a while, stunned. After that, he quickly placed the admission ticket that he had obtained from the ‘Haunted House Nightmare’ on her hand.

There was a photo on that admission ticket. Once the corpse-like girl verified that it was Qiao Liang, she retrieved a disclaimer from the desk and handed it to him to be signed.

That disclaimer contained many detailed clauses and even asked if Qiao Liang suffered chronic diseases like heart diseases. He had to answer truthfully.

Qiao Liang checked the relevant boxes, signed the form, and then handed it back to the girl.

Compared to ordinary haunted houses, Thriller Hostel was actually much safer. That was because the horror levels of the three projects gradually increased.

Anyone who could make it through the ‘Haunted House Nightmare’ would have proven that their heart and mind were capable of enduring a certain level of shock. That significantly reduced the chances of unexpected situations occurring.

The corpse-like girl stiffly took the disclaimer, checked it carefully, and then kept it. After that, she slowly took out a key and placed it on the table.

Qiao Liang fearfully picked it up and said, “I-Is there anything I have to take note of?”

The zombie didn’t answer him. Instead, she stared at him blankly with her blood-filled eyes.

Qiao Liang did not know what to say. “…”

He silently used the key to unlock the door and then entered a dimly-lit corridor.

Before this, Qiao Liang had heard Chen Kangtuo talking about the ‘Ultimate Horror’ before. It was located in a huge factory building, and a dimly-lit and cramped corridor like that probably connected all the little projects together to form a ring-like structure.

Although the long corridor’s set-up looked like outdated horror, compared to the fear that Qiao Liang had felt in the ‘Haunted House Nightmare’, it was nothing much.

Obviously, the ‘Ultimate Horror’ would get progressively scarier. Those who had made it through the ‘Haunted House Nightmare’ could take time to adjust in the early stages of this project, and they would not be dissuaded from going through with it at the beginning.

There was another door at the end of the corridor. This time, he did not need a key. However, just like the previous door, he had to pull this one open.

It seemed like every door here was to be pulled open and not pushed.

Qiao Liang reached out to grab the black, rusty, iron doorknob; mentally preparing himself for what was to come.

He knew very well that planting a jumpscare right at the entrance was a customary routine for many haunted houses, and hiding jump scares behind doors to be pulled open was much easier. Thus, Qiao Liang had no idea what to expect once he opened that door.