Chapter 1 (1/2)

“T-The live broadcast of today’s ‘Horror Amusement Park’ will end here…”

“The game is too scary. It’s terrible. It scared me to death! I’m going to have have glass of 82 year old Sprite to steady my nerves! The broadcast is finished!”

(TL: 82 year old Sprite: comes from two things. The grapes from the 1982 Lafite vineyard are considered the best quality and are very expensive. This is where the 82 comes from. Secondly, in the past, Chinese people learnt to drink red wine but felt the taste wasn’t good and added Sprite to the red wine. I got this information from Baidu so might not be completely accurate)

“Tomorrow? There is no live broadcast tomorrow. You pigeons are to blame. Who originally recommended this game to me? I’m so scared that I’m a minute away from death! Do you want me to be the first anchor in history who is scared to death by my live broadcast game? This is a work injury! Work injury! I have to take a day off tomorrow!”

City A.

In front of the computer scream, a young man screamed in a frightened tone before exiting his live broadcast room with a blank expression.

Xiao Tangqiu, male, 25 years old, a well-known main anchor and horror game live broadcast host for the famous video website H Station. He had many fans and his popularity was high. His famous technique was the ‘100% create a flag’… also known as the crow’s mouth.

Xiao Tangqiu withdrew from the live broadcast room and opened his backstage area to check the income for this month. The live broadcast earnings from today and his savings were enough to make up a house down payment.

Most anchors earned a lot of money these days. He might not compared to the ‘first brother’ or ‘first sister’ but his monthly income was still quite impressive. During a time when his peers were struggling for each month’s rent, he had already saved up the down payment of a house.

He really liked his current career. He preferred to be alone rather than dealing with a crowd. Not to mention, he was a high school kid without a good diploma and couldn’t find a better job than this. The only thing he wasn’t accustomed to was that compared to his calm personality, his fans preferred for him to scream.

When he first started to be an anchor, he often screamed with fear at his own live broadcast of the horror game. As a result, it was cut into a video and uploaded to H Station. He became popular and gained countless fans. The fans that commented when giving him gifts stated that they liked his screams and pants.

In response, Xiao Tangqiu said, “…I understand the screaming but what is with the pants?” Throw a table!

Later, Xiao Tangqiu played more and more horror games and became accustomed to the images. His mental state was quite calm and his spirit was numb. He became stronger and didn’t pant, let alone scream. The result was that fans said that an anchor who didn’t pant or scream wasn’t interesting. The wind blew and they scattered.

In order to keep his fans, he learned to scream with fear while being expressionless. His mouth was going ‘ahhhhhh!’ but there no waves in his heart.

…Why did fans like to watch anchors scream? Was it like shouting from the interior of a taxicab where the sound wasn’t great or pinching a chicken in the supermarket? Xiao Tangqiu cursed like crazy in his heart but for an anchor, the audience were the gold masters. For five buckets of rice, he could only bend his waist and bow his head like a lowly dog.

Xiao Tangqiu, the anchor who ‘screamed with no expression’ automatically considered himself an ‘actor.’

At this time, Xiao Tangqiu’s instant message suddenly lit up. Someone had messaged him and that person was a good friend who was also a game anchor of H Station.

Cotton Candy: Little Candy Ball, a fan has recommended a horror game to me. It doesn’t look bad and there is a multiplayer mode. Do you want to play it live with me tomorrow?

(TL: Little candy ball is also Xiao Tangqui but spelt with different characters)

Little Candy Ball: I have something to do tomorrow.

Cotton Candy: This game setting is a bit interesting. You really don’t want to play with me?

Little Candy Ball: I really have something to do. If you are afraid then look for a place where there is a lot of people to do your live broadcast. Isn’t there a McDonald’s downstairs from where you live?

Cotton Candy: …I’ll be treated as a psychopath!

Little Candy Ball: Then don’t scream. I played live with you last time and my neighbour came over and knocked on my door three times in the middle of the night. He threatened to hang me from my door.

Cotton Candy: …I’m scared and can’t hold it QAQ