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

Lin Xue was stunned.

The live stream chat exploded with comments.

[Holy crap?! There's new plot development?!]

[Offering tea? What does that mean? Why kneel?]

"A gift from an elder cannot be refused... This rule is so domineering! Why is it that the elder is the one who bestows it?"

Lin Xue's brows furrowed tightly for the first time.

"New rules have emerged, which is a forced advancement in the game's progress," she calmly analyzed. "In ancient Eastern culture, serving tea and kneeling are etiquette expressions of respect."

"The game attempts to force me to accept its worldview and class system in this way."

"If I refuse, it will likely trigger an instant death penalty, just like when Brother Long turned back."

"But..." A cold smile appeared on Lin Xue's lips.

Why should I follow your rules?

She didn't take the cup of tea, nor did she kneel down.

She stood there, facing off against the paper figure holding the teacup.

one second.

two seconds.

Five seconds.

Nothing happened.

The viewers in the live stream cheered again.

See that? Rules are meant to be broken!

[Professor, you're awesome! I won't kneel! You'll drive me crazy, you two-dimensional character!]

Haha, it's out of ideas! It's run out of tricks!

Lin Xue breathed a sigh of relief, believing she had made the right bet.

The underlying logic of this game is probably to scare people with its rules; as long as you remain unmoved, it cannot cause you any real harm.

But the next second, something unexpected happened.

The paper bride slowly put the cup of tea away.

Then it slowly lowered its head.

A faint sound, like a woman's sobbing, rang out in the silent mourning hall.

The crying was filled with grievance and resentment, sending chills down one's spine.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Xue saw that the shoulders of the paper bride began to tremble violently.

One drop, two drops...

Bright red liquid seeped from beneath its skull, dripping onto its crimson wedding dress and spreading out dark patches.

That wasn't blood and tears.

That was...blood.

It cried.

She cried until she bled.

Then, it slowly raised its head.

The features that were originally drawn on the paper face were now completely stained red with blood and became blurred.

Only two dark eye sockets stared intently at Lin Xue.

Why...?

"I won't drink..."

The voice was no longer the operatic style of the past, but a mixture of countless voices of men, women, young and old, filled with resentment and madness.

"Do you...look down on me?"

boom!

Lin Xue was instantly stunned.

This is neither a psychological trick nor a visual illusion.

This is a... ghost that can cry, bleed, and question you!

Her physiological data on the left screen instantly spiked!

Heart rate: 75 → 180!

Brainwaves: Alpha waves → Gamma waves!

Skin conductance response: MAX!

"ah--!"

An uncontrollable scream escaped from the mouth of this "iceberg professor".

She instinctively stepped back, but tripped over a threshold that had appeared behind her and fell to the ground with a thud.

The game's camera shakes violently.

In the scene, the paper figure covered in blood has slowly stood up.

It took a step, one step at a time, towards the dark coffin.

creak-

The coffin lid was pushed open by a blood-stained paper hand.

It turned its head and "looked" at Lin Xue, who had fallen to the ground, through its two bleeding black holes.

Then, it made a move that made five million viewers across the internet lose their minds.

It took out an incense stick from the coffin and lit it.

Then he bowed three times in the direction of Lin Xue.

Finally, it stuck the incense stick upright in the floor in front of Lin Xue.

Wisps of smoke rose, carrying a foul stench of rotting corpses that assaulted the nostrils.

A new line of blood-red characters slowly appeared.

If you won't drink my Heytea, then... I'll just have to offer you the smell of my dead body.

in the real world.

Lin Xue abruptly ripped off her headband, her face deathly pale as she curled up in the chair, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Her lips trembled, and her eyes were filled with unprecedented fear and confusion.

"It's offering incense...it's offering incense for me..."

The live stream room went completely crazy.

【Grass!!!!!!!!!!!!】

[Refusing a toast only leads to a penalty cup; refusing tea only leads to a deathly fragrance! What kind of twisted logic is this?!]

Offering incense to a living person... Holy crap, all the hairs on my body stood on end!

[To kill someone is to destroy their spirit! This is a thousand times more terrifying than simply killing the professor!]

I was wrong, I was so wrong. Science is a joke in front of it!

I declare that from this day forward, I believe! I believe!

That night.

Following "Brother Long kneeling down", "Professor offering incense" has topped the trending searches across the internet.

Meanwhile, Hao Ren, the instigator, was looking at the shock value that had exceeded 800,000 in the backstage and nodded in satisfaction.

"Yeah, this generation of players really lacks mental fortitude."

He casually clicked to redeem.

[Ding! Successfully redeemed the "Ghost Wall Logic Module"!]

A new game has already begun to take shape in his mind.

……

Before Aurora Entertainment's online trolls could even stir up any waves, they were slapped to the ground by the phrase "Professor offering incense."

Their prepared drafts seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the overwhelming "Holy crap" and "I'm so scared" comments.

[Shocking! "The Red Veil" May Use Prohibited Neurostimulation Technology; Experts Urge Players to Be Vigilant!]

Such a title might normally spark some discussion.

But now, its comment section looks like this:

[An expert? Is it someone who can offer incense to paper effigies?]

Stop with the baseless smear campaign! The professor himself verified it. The ultimate science is just burning incense—you know nothing!

[Banned technology? Give me a break! If such technology really existed, would Aurora Entertainment's "Resident Evil 9" be such a piece of crap?]

[Exactly! If I were Aurora Entertainment, I'd kneel down right now and beg the author of "The Red Veil" to provide technical guidance!]

Public opinion backfired completely.

The original plan to attack "The Red Veil" turned into a mockery of Aurora Entertainment.

Players flooded the official homepage of Resident Evil 9, expressing their dissatisfaction in various ways.

They don't complain that the games aren't fun or that they're too expensive.

They only post one sentence.

"Are you even hellish enough?"

……

Aurora Entertainment Building, Director's Office.

"Snapped!"

An expensive celadon teacup was smashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Manager Liu stood trembling in front of his desk, not daring to lift his head.

Gao Qi's chest heaved violently, and his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses were bloodshot.

He stared intently at the "dead man's incense" that was stuck in the ground and emitting blue smoke on the holographic screen.

He couldn't figure it out.

He really couldn't understand it.

Why?

Why is a paper doll with ridiculously crude modeling more frightening than the "Stitched Abomination" which cost hundreds of millions and was built by a top team using millions of polygons?

Why is it that a simple set of rules can break down a player's psychological defenses more effectively than a meticulously designed chase and bloody scenes?

With twenty years of experience in the industry, he is hailed as the "golden producer" of the Federation Games industry.

The standards he set for horror games have been regarded as the gold standard by countless companies.

Visual shock! Auditory shock! Physical disgust!

When did these three magic weapons stop working?