Chapter 221 - The Wrong Scenario (1/2)
Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Millman97
“I think we’re almost near the end. No wonder Boss Chen calls this place a Third Sick Hall—stay here long enough, and those without sickness will also go crazy.”
“I wonder how the workers manage to survive. Working at such realistic location every day, looking at this insane writing on the wall, Boss Chen must have provided them with some counselling.”
“Now that you mention it, we’ve been here for about ten minutes already, but we have not seen one Haunted House worker.”
“Stop chattering. We’re rounding the corner. Be careful of things jumping out at you.”
The few visitors took seven minutes to reach the end of the corridor. They kept their backs against the wall, and when they looked down the corner, they were stunned. “More corridor?”
The setting was almost the same: old walls, cracked floor, endless blood writings, and the dolls wrapped up in mattresses. The only difference was that the colors on the wall had deepened, and looking through the cracks, things like blood vessels could be seen.
“A background loop?” Standing at the corner, Han Qiuming frowned and uttered a term that was unfamiliar to outsiders.
“Isn’t this a repetition of the earlier set?” Luoluo and Xiao Du heard the term for the first time.
“It looks the same, but every repetition, there are some changes that have escaped your attention. When you’re at your most vulnerable, the scary stuff will appear all at once.”
Han Qiuming confidently said, “I’ve seen this before at an overseas Haunted House called Recurring Nightmare. The whole scenario was made up of nine rooms, and each room was scarier than the one before it. Most importantly, the nine rooms could be freely moved, so you had no idea what kind of stuff had been added to the rooms after you opened the door.”
“You’re talking about individual rooms that are easier to manipulate, but here, the whole corridor is decorated the same way.” Gou Miao touched the wall and said softly, “Everything here has an authentic touch to it; it’s like Boss Chen has moved a real mental hospital into the Haunted House. I don’t know why I think that, but I have a feeling I’m right.”
“Ol’ Guo, you’re being too sensitive.” Han Qiuming chuckled. “Ever since you came back from the hospital where Xu Zhenzhen committed suicide, you have turned into a coward. As the operators of Haunted Houses, we live on fear and terror. If you’re so afraid, how do you expect to scare others?”
“Qiuming, it’s something I also did not believe in initially, but after some more interactions, you’ll see what I mean.”
“From how I see it, you’re regressing.” Han Qiuming and Guo Miao faced each other. “For real though, you managed to take it even though your place was taken down on the first day of work? Do you know how much effort and time we have spent to prepare for our opening day? Yet it was all ruined by that Chen fella. Even then, you still think he is a good man? You plan to have a truce with him? Have you lost your mind, or have you gone senile?”
“Qiuming, this is not boss’ fault.” Song An’s voice was low. “If anything, it is your fault for suddenly changing the advertisement. You had to add that we’re the scariest Haunted House in Jiujiang, slandering other people’s names.”
“So, you mean the fault lies with me?” Han Qiuming’s face dropped. “Tian Teng Medical School is the latest enclosed Haunted House that I personally designed, combining my years of experience. It even has a hidden plot. I admit that his Haunted House has some points that we can learn from, but compared to my design, his is still too juvenile.”
“I’m not going to argue with you. You were not there that day, so you don’t understand what happened.”
“If I was there, things would have gone differently. As Haunted House workers, you were scared out of the Haunted House by a visitor. You’ve been made the laughingstock within the industry.” Han Qiuming’s single sentence had insulted all the workers there, but he did not seem to mind it. “Looks like we’ll need to increase your training after we return.”