Chapter 40: Ghost Playing Ghost NPC
In Hong Kong dramas.
When the police and informants meet, they usually choose to meet in a secret alley or on a rooftop, but it turns out that meeting on a rooftop usually does not lead to a good outcome.
What Lin Ye didn't expect was that one day he would experience the plot in a Hong Kong drama.
He saw the intestine ghost in the escape room store.
This guy, this time dressed in decent clothes, wearing a T-shirt on the upper body, jeans on the lower body, and a golden belt sticking out. He was sitting in the waiting room. When he saw Lin Ye, the two of them looked at each other.
Time seemed to stop at that moment.
Lin Ye's lips curled up into a smile. Last time, this guy said he would go find a ghost for him, but these few days have passed and there has been no movement at all.
He was not afraid that this guy would run away, because he left a mark on him so he could find him at any time.
“Ahem… Mr. Lin… you’re here to play too… oh no, I’m not here to play.”
The intestine ghost stood up tremblingly and spoke incoherently.
"Brother, this is your friend."
Zhang Nuannuan frowned as she looked at the Changzigui. He had a face full of flesh and tattoos on his arms. He looked like a gangster. How could her cousin know such a person?
"Yes, I have dealt with him once or twice."
Lin Ye did not explain too much, because he did not know how to explain it for the moment. His social circle was indeed quite far away from people like Changzigui who were involved in social activities.
"I'll go buy the tickets with Yan Ru first, and you can meet us there later."
Zhang Nuannuan obviously didn't want to deal with someone like the Intestine Ghost. For some reason, although the Intestine Ghost had a face full of flesh and looked ferocious, he gave her a cold feeling.
Also, the temperature has dropped in the past few days, but you are still wearing a T-shirt. Does this show that you are in good health?
Lin Ye nodded, watched his cousin walk away, patted the intestine ghost on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Old Chang, what are you doing here? Why, did you find yourself a part-time job and come here to play a ghost?"
"Master Tianshi, you are joking. I am... here to look for ghosts."
The Intestine Ghost explained with a smile: "Master Tianshi, I heard that there are ghosts here, so I came here to investigate."
“Is there a ghost here?”
"Yes, when I left the villa that day, I found many ghosts. People in the circle said that there was a ghost here. Master Tianshi, if this ghost stays in a place like this, it must be doing something bad. I plan to come here first to find out the situation and then report to you."
"Really?"
Lin Ye was somewhat skeptical of what the Intestine Ghost said, but it was certain that there was a ghost here, and the Intestine Ghost did not dare to deceive himself on this point.
It’s interesting that a horror-themed escape room store with ghosts actually has real ghosts. I wonder how those who come here to play will react when they find out.
"Did you find the ghost?"
"No , the ghost hid very well. I didn't even sense his presence. I suspect he was hiding in the secret room."
Lin Ye glanced at the entrance to the secret room. The area outside the entire store was actually not very large. There was a cashier counter and a waiting room, which was only about a hundred square meters. The largest part of the store should be the secret room behind the entrance.
"Okay, I got it. Just stay outside and wait."
Over there, his cousin had already bought the tickets. Lin Ye gave the Intestine Ghost a warning and walked towards his cousin and Yan Ru. The Intestine Ghost looked at the two girls with an envious expression on his face.
"It's better to be a Taoist priest. You live in a mansion and have beautiful women to accompany you when you go out. Why did I become a gangster back then? If I had known, I would have followed the Taoist priest in my hometown to learn martial arts."
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"Please take off your cell phones and other lighting devices, including electronic watches, and put them in your lockers. Our escape room session is about to begin."
The staff led Lin Ye and his group to put their cell phones in a cabinet, and then put blindfolds on everyone. There were a total of seven people in Lin Ye's group, including three of them, two men and two women.
This game...
It turns out that he rejects single people.
The moment the blindfold was put on, Lin Ye became fully alert. After the staff led them into the secret passage, they turned around, locked the door, and walked towards the cashier counter.
"Guess how many levels this group of players can pass?"
"Two levels, there are four girls, so the progress will definitely be slow."
"Two levels are pretty good. There are four levels in total. So far, the player with the highest record has only reached level three. I don't know where the boss is from. It's scary even when I look at him through the screen."
"This is the boss's secret. Our store originally had poor business, but it became popular after the boss took over and created this secret room."
"There's a handsome guy in this car."
"Really? I'll check the surveillance video later."
Sitting in the waiting room, the bored intestine ghost listened to the words of several shop assistants and muttered quietly: "It seems that the boss of this shop is also problematic. I can tell Master Tianshi later, which can be regarded as a meritorious service."
In the secret room, Lin Ye and the other seven took off their blindfolds as instructed on the intercom. The entire surrounding environment was very dark, with only a small lamp in the corner emitting a faint light.
"It's so dark, I'm so scared!"
Yan Ru's voice revealed fear. Zhang Nuannuan rolled her eyes, but there was nothing she could do because she was her best friend.
"If you're scared, just hide behind my brother."
In the darkness, Yan Ru showed a happy expression of success on her face, and her body leaned slightly towards Lin Ye. What the two women didn't know was that even in the darkness, Lin Ye could see their expressions very clearly.
Night light magic!
After three years in the other world, Lin Ye learned a lot of magic. And because his eyes were the first to be opened by his Qi, magic related to the eyes was also the easiest to learn.
The Night Vision Technique is one of them. When it is performed, it can make the darkness as bright as day. However, Lin Ye can only persist for half an hour at present. After that time, his eyes can't take it anymore.
Lin Ye not only saw Yan Ru's small label clearly, he even saw two NPCs wearing white clothes and holding chains standing on the other side of the aisle. These two NPCs were real people, not the targets he was looking for.
Faced with Yan Ru's active approach, Lin Ye did not step away. Over the years, he has become accustomed to being taken advantage of by girls.
Soon, music appeared from the speakers above, and the story unfolded with the terrifying and eerie BGM.
The story of the secret room is set in a deserted mental hospital, and these people came here to explore. Not long after they entered the mental hospital, they encountered ghosts. Their only way to save themselves was to open the door of a nearby ward and hide inside.
But this classroom is locked, and the key is at the nurse's station, so someone has to get the key.
"Then let's go to the nurse's station to get the key." A girl said a little fearfully.
"I asked a friend who has played before, and they said that it's not possible to go together. The nurses' station only has one key at a time, and there are four wards on this floor, so you need to go four times before the last key will work."
Seven people and four keys meant that at least one person had to go alone.
"I'll go first." Lin Ye said calmly, "You two can just form a team."
"Brother, you are brave. Okay, you go first."
Lin Ye walked towards the aisle first, and soon his figure disappeared into the darkness. One of the remaining two boys said to Yan Ru, "Beauty, why don't you stand in the middle? I'm afraid that NPCs will come out and scare people."
"Need not."
Yan Ru replied coldly, and at the same time complained to Zhang Nuannuan in a low voice: "Nuannuan, you are not a good friend enough. In this situation, you should take the initiative to choose to go alone and create opportunities for me and your brother."
"Yan Ru, please behave yourself. I have been cooperative enough, but you let me go alone. Do you think I am as brave as you?"
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In the corridor, two NPCs saw Lin Ye coming and swung the chains in their hands and slapped the ground, making a sharp sound. If it were combined with the darkness, it would have been quite scary. However, Lin Ye saw it very clearly, so the actions of the two seemed a bit funny in his eyes.
After going to the nurses' station and getting the key, Lin Ye returned. The others were working in pairs, so they were not slow either.
I took the key and entered the ward, then looked through the medical records to find the names corresponding to each bed...
After completing these tasks, Lin Ye and his team finally arrived at the third level: The Bride in the Ward.
"I heard this level is very scary. There is an NPC who plays the bride and will come to capture us. If we are captured, we will have to marry her. Many captured players revealed that the bride is very ugly and can scare people to death."
"real or fake?"
"Really? We boys will split up and run, and the girls will go find the groom. Only by finding the groom can we stop the bride."
Boom boom boom!
There is background music playing.
"Here it comes, here it comes, let's run!"
The other two boys ran on the left and right, while Lin Ye ran forward, but after running a few meters he stopped and walked slowly.
Behind him, a bride in her wedding dress was slowly walking towards him.
In front of the monitor.
Several female employees were watching the surveillance cameras in the secret room.
"Why doesn't this handsome guy run away? He will be doomed if he is caught."
"This handsome guy is very brave, but that woman is too fake, she wants to take advantage of the handsome guy."
"I know that woman. She has played other escape rooms in our store before. She is very brave and can complete it by herself."
"green tea!"
The surveillance footage showed that the bride floated behind Lin Ye, but for some reason, she suddenly turned around and left.
"What's going on? Why didn't they arrest the bride? Did they let the handsome guy go?"
"It would be great if I could be his bride and take him home for our wedding night, hehe..."
"I'm having a tantrum."
"You didn't?"
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"Fuck, what the hell is this handsome guy doing? He turned around and caught the bride?"
Several female employees were shocked. Not only did the bride not follow the rules to grab people, but this handsome guy actually grabbed the bride instead. Although they could see the picture, they could not hear any sound.
"I'm sorry, I caught... the wrong person." The bride said weakly with her head down under the red veil.
"You've got me right. Take me away." Lin Ye held the bride's wrist coldly.