Chapter 469 - Starting Now! [2 in 1] (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

After Yang Chen said that, he took several steps forward. He felt cold wind caressing his back, and when he turned, he saw the other visitors still standing where they were earlier, including Wang Dan and Lee Xue.

“Why aren’t you guys moving? Let’s go together!” Yang Chen was not that courageous of a person in reality—he was just comparatively more rational than others.

“Based on the personality of the Haunted House’s boss, the most dangerous place is often the safest place. Based on your earlier analysis, the white corridor is to transport the cadavers, so it should be the dangerous path, but I feel like the unpainted corridor that you chose is the real dangerous one. We cannot use a normal way of thinking to dissect the boss’ design,” Bai Qiulin said. His voice was cold and made some of their hearts tremble, but they could not deny that the man had a point.

“Then how do you suggest we carry on?” Wang Dan’s tone was pointed. His group of three friends had contributed the most, but they only were given one picture—he was still hung up over that.

“It doesn’t matter which path we choose; the most important thing is that we do not split up from one another.” An Nan from the magazine walked forward. “As long as the twelve of us stick together and don’t panic unnecessarily, we have a good chance of clearing this scenario.”

He looked at the object that bounced up and down inside the corridor, and his expression became rather unnatural. “The exploration time is thirty minutes, so we have time to go down both paths. There is no reason to argue due to a small issue like this.”

Ah Nan tried to mediate the situation. Bai Qiulin looked at the three medical students like he muttered like he was talking to himself, “This is just weird. Why do the three of them insist on leading us down that path?”

His volume was so soft that only Fan Dade, Fan Chong, and Xiao Lee, who were standing beside him, heard him.

With the three medical students leading the way, the twelve visitors officially entered the corridor. The lights on the wall flickered nonstop, and there was a faded smell of formalin in the air. The corridor narrowed as they moved forward, and the floor became more dirtied and stain. They had no idea what they were, and it was sticky when they stepped on it.

“Bro, should we just return and leave?” Fan Chong suggested again. He really did not understand why his big brother would bring him to a place like this to relax.

“Don’t be scared, I’m here for you.” Fan Dade himself did not notice that when he spoke, his expression was nervous like he was a thief who had broken into someone’s home. Wet handprints started to appear on the wall, and the ceiling above their heads seemed to have gotten lower. The tallest among them, Fan Dade, could touch the ceiling just by raising his hand.

The few continued to move forward. After they walked another ten meters, it was Ah Nan who first realized that something was wrong. “Wait a minute, we have been walking for so long, but how come it feels like the distance between us and that ball object hasn’t changed?”

Now that he mentioned it, the others came to the same realization. They realized that he was right. The bouncing object seemed to be moving at the same speed as them, and it maintained a constant distance behind them.

“There is still time to walk away now.” Bai Qiulin stood in the middle of the group, where it was the safest. “You all know that is probably not some kind of ball, but a human head that is moving on its own. This has to be something designed by the Haunted House’s boss, just waiting for us to scare ourselves.”

Bai Qiulin seemed to have a lot of experience visiting the Haunted house. He placed his hand inside his pocket. He did not go after anyone, just explaining the situation, “Think about it, when we were distracted by the human head and continued to move into the corridor, what if the human head suddenly increased in speed to move toward us? Will we be flustered? If some other monsters come from the other end of the corridor then, the twelve of us will be surrounded and probably separated in the chaos.”

Ah Nan nodded and agreed with Bai Qiulin. He shouted at the visitors behind him, “Please remember to stick close together, and don’t run off on your own. It is safest when we stick together.”

“It is futile to say something like that. We all know what we’re supposed to do, but when the real terror arrives, the thing that decides what we’ll do is not rationality but human instinct. The body will move before the brain thinks.” Bai Qiulin’s tone was detached and straight-forward, but other people could not find a counter-argument. “If I’m not mistaken, if we continue to move forward, there will most likely be another split in the path, and the corridors will become more and more complicated. The human head and monsters will appear then. The Haunted House’s aim is to heighten the fear in everyone’s heart, and to do that, it tries everything within its power to separate us. At the split, when people are scared, they might run down different corridors. The layout here is so complicated that once you run down a corridor, it’ll be hard to get out.”

“You’ve said so much, but that is all your imagination.” Wang Dan was not feeling well. They were so kind to bring other visitors with them and had shared the knowledge of their seniors. They were even the ones leading the way. Yet, someone kept trying to go up against them.

“Indeed, that is just my speculation, but I hope everyone will be ready when the time comes. If there’s a split coming up ahead, everyone must pay attention and follow me.” Obviously, Bai Qiulin was trying to wrangle the leadership away from Yang Chen’s group.

Wang Dan still wanted to say something but was interrupted by Yang Chen. “He’s only looking out for all of us. There’s no need to argue over this.”

Yang Chen felt unnerved. He sniffed the formalin in the air, and his eyes scanned the group of visitors. There was something that was not right. “When we came to visit this place before, something similar happened.”

As they moved forward, steel doors that were sealed up started to appear on both sides of the corridor. They looked old and rusted. “Where did Boss Chen get all these things?”

The human head continued to bounce forward. It kept a certain distance from the group of visitors. They walked for another minute before they came across a four-way junction. The corridor on the left was painted white, and it was covered with many blood letters; the corridor on the right was unpainted, but the human head turned and entered it; the corridor right in front of them was also not painted, and there was a room down the corridor that was open.

“This place is just like a maze; we have been down here for less than a minute, and we’ve already come across two junctions. If we continue to move forward, it is guaranteed that we’ll get lost.” Fan Dade had a bad sense of direction. He was the largest, but he was also the most cowardly. He kept talking to Fan Chong and Ol’ Zhou to distract himself from the surroundings.

“I still say we follow the human head. First, I can promise that our seniors once said, if we get lost inside the underground morgue, we need to follow the corridors that are unpainted. They will eventually lead us out; this is the design of the morgue before it was built. Second, there’s no need for us to make this into something that is so complicated. We’re just here to visit a Haunted House; we’re not going on some kind of exploration and adventure. In fact, this human head could very well be a guide.” Yang Chen believed in what he said.

“I think we should go look inside the room where the door is open. Perhaps we can find some useful clues there.” Ah Nan did not agree with Yang Chen this time.