You made all the streamers on the internet kneel before you when you were asked to make a game.

Lancet slowly walked to the deformed doll, squatted down, and carefully examined it.

Her gaze fell on the doll's feet.

There, scattered among the objects are items that do not belong to this era.

A brand new "Star Ring" bracelet that's already out of power.

A deflated outdoor water bottle with the "Federal Explorers Association" logo printed on it.

There was also... a windbreaker that was torn to shreds.

Inside the jacket pocket, Lancet found a diary wrapped in hard plastic.

The diary was soaked with blood, but the writing inside was still clearly legible after special treatment.

The lancet opened the diary.

On March 7th, our team entered the Yinshan area, where the signal completely disappeared. The magnetic field here is very strange; all electronic devices malfunctioned.

On March 9th, we got lost and kept wandering around a place called "Sealed Soul Village." This village was incredibly eerie; as soon as it got dark, everyone seemed to be dead.

[On March 15th, the captain went mad. He insisted there was a divine connection on the stage, and rushed up there alone… and then, he never came down again. We saw him being dragged backstage by a group of faceless paper figures.]

On March 20th, we were discovered. They captured us. I saw... I saw the captain, he was... he was skinned alive...

On March 25th, they said my physical attributes were Earth-level, excellent material. But my destiny was too ordinary; I couldn't be the main vessel, only a spare part. Tomorrow, they'll come to take my legs…

[I understand now. The ultimate goal of the Earth Immortal Sect isn't to refine any elixir of immortality. They're creating a god! They want to use the flesh and souls of countless people to build a...perfect shell to contain some ancient being!]

[If anyone sees this diary, run! Don't look back! Deep in the Yin Mountains lies something more terrifying than hell!]

The diary ends here.

The last page features a desperate word, "escape," drawn in blood.

Lancet closed his diary and stood up.

All the clues have come together.

Fenghun Village is the preliminary round for selecting materials.

The stage is a platform for sacrifices and performances.

The back-end workshop is the processing and assembly workshop.

All of this is for that ultimate purpose—to create a perfect "container of God".

"boom!!!"

Just then, the iron gate behind them made a loud thud as if it could no longer bear the weight.

A huge gash torn open by sharp claws appeared on the door panel.

Pale hands made of pulp and wood reached in through the gap and scratched frantically.

The door is about to break down.

"Quick! Find another exit!"

Professor Chen shouted anxiously, and everyone immediately began frantically searching the warehouse.

But here, all four sides are hard stone walls, and there are no other doors or windows.

This is a dead end!

Despair once again enveloped everyone.

And at that very moment.

"Hehe...hehe..."

A strange, childlike laugh suddenly rang out from the corner of the warehouse, from the mountain of "failed products".

Everyone turned around abruptly.

At the top of the pile of severed limbs, a doll with only its upper body slowly "sat" up.

Its face was painted with a heavily made-up clown mask.

It looked at everyone and grinned, revealing a sinister smile.

"Want to go out?"

"Play a game with me..."

The temperature inside the warehouse suddenly dropped.

A chilling aura emanated from the clown doll, even overpowering the malevolent energy of the hundreds of faceless craftsmen outside the door.

Brother Long's hair stood on end.

This seemingly broken "failed product" is far more terrifying than those mass-produced "qualified products".

This guy is definitely a BOSS!

"Play...play what game?"

Professor Chen, leaning against the wall, asked, trying to remain calm.

In this situation, stalling for time by talking to the other party is the only option.

"Hehe, the game is very simple..."

The clown doll swayed its remaining half-body and spoke in an innocent yet cruel tone.

"Let's play...hide-and-seek."

"I'll hide; you come and find me."

"Find me before they break down the door, and I'll tell you where the exit is."

"If... we can't find it..."

The clown doll's smile widened even further, almost reaching its ears.

"You guys can stay and play with me."

"forever."

The words fell.

"Snapped!"

The entire warehouse was instantly plunged into absolute darkness.

The red light emanating from the ghost bride was forcibly suppressed and extinguished by an even more powerful force at this moment!

"Wife?!" Brother Long was shocked.

The ghost bride, who had been tightly protecting him, began to breathe incoherently.

"My lord, the resentment here... is so strong."

For the first time, the ghost bride's voice carried a hint of weariness.

"I need time to break through its territory."

It’s over.

Even the ghost bride was suppressed.

Brother Long's heart sank.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The iron gate behind them was being pounded even more violently.

The cracks in the door panel are expanding at a visible rate.

Time is running out for them.

At most, no more than five minutes.

"Don't panic, everyone!"

In the darkness, Lancet's calm voice became everyone's anchor.

"It's about hide-and-seek, not tag; the initiative is in our hands!"

"Everyone spread out, maintain communication via voice, and conduct a thorough search!"

"Remember its location; it was in the innermost corner of the warehouse, on top of that pile of wreckage!"

Lancet's composure inspired everyone, and Professor Chen and Brother Long immediately sprang into action.

Although they cannot see it, they can perceive this small warehouse by touch and sound.

"I'm standing next to a wall, and I've touched a bunch of things that look like arms, and they're very hard!" Professor Chen exclaimed.

"Me too! Damn, what's this sticky stuff!" Brother Long's voice was tinged with a sob.

Relying on his memory and spatial awareness, Liu Yedao quickly made his way to the location where the clown doll had been.

Darkness amplifies all the senses.

Footsteps.

Breathing sounds.

The sound of a heartbeat.

And there was the sound of banging on the door from outside, like a death knell.

as well as……

"whee……"

The faint, childlike laughter echoed simultaneously from all sides of the warehouse.

It's moving!

And it's extremely fast!

"It's not in its original place anymore!"

The lancet touched the mountain of cold parts, but it was empty.

"It's interfering with our hearing!" Professor Chen shouted.

"The sound comes from all directions, don't trust your ears!"