Chapter 128: Let’s Play Games Together
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As the sky gradually darkened, the old building and the deep mountains presented a completely different scene from daytime in the night.
People set up tents outside the small building, lit a bonfire, and enthusiastically discussed the upcoming risky game. However, they couldn’t agree on the content of the game and argued incessantly without reaching a decision.
An Bu sincerely said, “I don’t think there’s anything fun in the haunted house. Why don’t you come with me to see the fireflies?”
Before others could respond, the tour guide Qian Zhi interrupted first, “Where are fireflies in this season?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a few faint lights flashed by the creek not far away, sparkling and shining, appearing exceptionally beautiful in the dark night.
Qian Zhi: “…” Oh my!
“Hahaha.” Chris couldn’t help laughing, and the others couldn’t help but smile too.
That comeback was quick. An Bu had seen a few fireflies by the stream before when washing her hands, so she knew they would appear, hoping to divert their attention with these little things.
Chris and another girl, Tammy, picked up their cameras, approached, and took dozens of photos. Their boyfriends, Peter and Derek, stayed behind and continued discussing the game with Qian Zhi.
An Bu sat quietly beside them, listening, unable to find a reason to stop them from going into the haunted house to risk their lives for a while. After all, she was just an outsider, and saying more wouldn’t help.
“I just tried it. The signal here is pretty good; we can go online.” Qian Zhi shook his phone and laughed, “Why not post and gather opinions?”
“Good idea.” Peter and Derek took out their phones and enthusiastically started browsing the forum.
They were browsing a forum for foreign students in China, which was busiest around seven or eight in the evening.
An Bu also asked for the website address and logged into the forum to lurk and read posts.
[Host, if you’re staying in a haunted house, you shouldn’t miss playing with a Ouija board.]
[Host, summon Bloody Mary! I’ve been wanting to see it for a long time. I hope you can fulfill my wish.]
[Hide and seek, hide and seek!]
[Truth or dare.]
[Five people, four corners.]
[Murder game!]
…
The netizens on the forum enthusiastically suggested various risky activities.
Suddenly, someone suggested, [Host, why don’t you just play all the games and livestream it?]
This suggestion immediately received support from everyone, with various comments and likes.
Peter and Derek made a bold decision without hesitation.
An Bu: “…”
Not only were they risking their lives, but they also wanted others to watch their live stream of their reckless adventure.
Peter and the others tested the signal and found that live streaming was no problem at all. Nowadays, data plans were cheap, with unlimited usage for a monthly fee of only 30 dollars.
They listed out all the games suggested by their online friends and planned to try each one, playing until 1 a.m. in the morning.
Seeing their determination to go through with it, An Bu had no choice but to drag Jian Ningxuan and join their game.
Each of them took a candle – candles that Qian Zhi had prepared for – and slowly entered the haunted house.
Qian Zhi walked at the back, filming as he introduced, “This is the famous haunted house in Mountain Lake Town. It used to be an inn, and it is said that many people died here under mysterious circumstances. Locals dare not come near.”
Surrounded by darkness, several blurry figures swayed gently in the candlelight, and the dilapidated windows made squeaky sounds in the night breeze.
The audience in the live stream quickly became nervous and excited as they saw this scene.
The group found a long table, covered it with a plastic tablecloth, brought in a few usable wooden chairs, wiped them clean, and sat opposite each other in pairs, with a candle in front of each person.
The first game was Truth or Dare, with six participants, and Qian Zhi was responsible for filming.
“You’ve all played this game before,” Peter began, “To make it more exciting, let’s skip the truth part and only do dares.”
“Agreed,” Derek and Qian Zhi were the first to speak up.
Chris and Tammy hesitated.
Jian Ningxuan remained silent, while An Bu was there specifically to cause trouble.
Suddenly, she spoke up, “Haven’t you noticed something odd?”
The others looked at her puzzled, “What’s odd?”
“There are seven of us here,” An Bu said calmly.
“We were originally seven,” Chris counted, “Me, Qian Zhi, Derek, Tammy, Peter, you, and Mr. J.”
An Bu pointed behind her, “Qian Zhi is filming.”
Chris turned her head, only to see Qian Zhi holding his phone standing in the shadows, waving at her. She immediately turned back, about to say something, but her face suddenly changed. She scanned everyone’s faces one by one in her mind: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… 7?!
Qian Zhi was behind her, so why was there still another person here?
The others also noticed, horrified, that there was an extra person among them, sitting at the end of the long table, without a candle for illumination, making it impossible to see their face, silent and seemingly staring at them menacingly.
Their hair stood on end, a chill running straight through their heads.
D*mn it! Ghosts before the game even started? How were they supposed to continue playing like this? It was going to be embarrassing on the live stream!
Peter was closest to the figure, so he bravely pushed the candle toward it. However, when the candlelight reached the spot, it was empty, where was the ghost?
They all breathed a sigh of relief simultaneously, but the relaxed atmosphere had vanished.
“Ha-ha, it was just a projection,” Peter laughed nonchalantly, “Let’s continue.”
Although he said so, he didn’t retrieve the candle, letting it continue to shine on the spot.
An Bu: You’re really trying hard to get yourselves killed.
Under normal circumstances, Jian Ningxuan could keep the death energy five meters away, and the end of this long table was right on the edge of that distance. In the evening, when the Yin energy was strong, and death energy gathered, it was easy for people who were physically weak or timid to see “ghosts” and be dominated by fear.
These people had good physical fitness and were not particularly timid, so they wouldn’t normally see spiritual manifestations easily. Just now, An Bu had secretly stirred up the death energy, trying to scare them away, but these guys were even braver than she expected. After being frightened, they still wanted to stay here and play a game of seeing ghosts!
“We’re here for excitement, don’t you think this is an interesting start?” Derek joked.
“Yeah, it’s really interesting and exciting,” his girlfriend Tammy echoed.
“Then let’s get ready to start, don’t waste time,” Peter composed himself, placing an atlas in the middle of the table, then took out a pen and made it spin.
After a moment, the pen’s tip pointed at Chris, and the pen’s head pointed at Derek. This round was initiated by Derek, with Chris being the one to execute.
“Chris, you’re really lucky,” Derek pointed at her forehead with his finger and said, “Listen up, my request is for you to go to the bathroom alone for three minutes, without any light source.”
“Ah, Derek, you’re so mean,” Chris glared at him.
An Bu silently watched their performance: “…”
If they were to stuck together, she and her family could still keep them safe, but they insist on finding ways to put themselves in harm’s way.
An Bu felt that she must pull out all the stops for them. Scaring people is something that the old corpse is a professional at.
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