Chapter 727 - He Has Arrived (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“Chen Ge, are you sure you want to go to Xin Hai?” Uncle Xu was still worried.

“Director Luo once told me that we need to look at the big picture. This trip to Xin Hai has two purposes—give Nightmare Academy a warning and get a better understanding of the market,” Chen Ge said seriously. “It’ll be fine, don’t worry.”

Opening the gate, Chen Ge and Zhang Jingjiu entered the Haunted House.

“Wait for me here. I need to go to the underground scenario to grab something.” Chen Ge placed most of the employees back into their places and only held onto a few that he still could not control fully like the red high heels, the headless woman, and Qiumei. He was not doing that to take revenge on Nightmare Academy—he was merely worried that these Red Specters might cause trouble at his Haunted House once he left.

For the sake of balance, Chen Ge brought along Yan Danian’s group and Xu Yin.

“The hammer is definitely not going through the security check, so I’ll leave it here.” After removing the hammer, the backpack felt so light that Chen Ge needed some time to get used to it. Returning to the surface, Chen Ge and Zhang Jingjiu waited for the other workers to arrive, and Chen Ge helped them with their make-up before leaving.

At 11 am, Chen Ge and Zhang Jingjiu took the train heading to Xin Hai City. The two cities were adjacent to each other, but the temperature had a drastic change. Xin Hai’s average temperature was higher than that of Jiujiang for reasons that eluded Chen Ge.

“Jingjiu, you have to go visit your father.” Chen Ge shoved a red packet to Zhang Jingjiu. “Use this to buy some things for him. I won’t accompany you any further. Call me if you need anything.”

Before Zhang Jingjiu could reject him, Chen Ge grabbed his backpack and ran out of the train station. Chen Ge hailed a taxi and gave the driver the address for Nightmare Academy that he had found online.

Unlike Chen Ge’s Haunted House, Nightmare Academy was situated on Xin Hai’s busiest merchant street. As the oldest and most famous Haunted House in Xin Hai, they rented an entire building.

Coincidentally enough, when the contractor was designing the merchant street, there was a small oversight. One of the smaller buildings was surrounded by other skyscrapers, creating this situation where it would never receive any sunlight no matter the time of day. Many people refused to rent this building, which always ‘faced away from the sun’. In the end, it had been selected by the founder of Nightmare Academy. He had used a very low price to rent the side of the building that could not receive any sunlight and transformed it into the biggest Haunted House in Xin Hai.

The side of the building that occasionally received some sunlight had many restaurants and shops, whereas the other side had windows that were always closed. One Yin and one Yang, this eventually became a landmark for Xin Hai City and had great popularity online.

But that was several years ago. The popularity of physical Haunted Houses was dropping, and fewer and fewer people came to visit Nightmare Academy. They tried to come up with new updates, but it did nothing to stop the popularity from slipping.

After paying the fare, Chen Ge stood at the entrance of the merchant street. There were many vehicles, and the buildings rose into the sky. Even though it was a working day, the place was packed.

“Do these people not need to work?” Carrying his tattered backpack, Chen Ge, who could not have looked more normal, stood out conspicuously on the largest merchant street in the big city. However, Chen Ge did not mind that. Compared to appearance, he paid more attention to a being’s soul.

Following the map on his phone, Chen Ge soon found Nightmare Academy. Situated at a secluded corner of the merchant street, the size of the crowd there diminished tremendously.

Before he got near, Chen Ge saw a worker standing at the entrance, yelling loudly on the speaker.