Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

This time, the flower buds in the vase weren't facing her; everything seemed perfectly normal.

Just as the girl was wondering if she had been so frightened that she was seeing things, her skirt seemed to be stirred by a cool breeze and billowed backward.

It felt like something furry was gently brushing against her legs.

"Ahhh..." The curly-haired girl couldn't help but scream, jumping up and down, staring at the floor in terror. Then she noticed that there was a string of unfamiliar footprints on the floor nearby.

At this point, the others also noticed the anomaly.

"Why are there footprints here...?"

"I have some too..."

"..."

Sometime later, on the floor covered with a thin layer of dust, in addition to the footprints of the few people, there were many more footprints that were clearly not left by human shoes.

And those footprints were all over the banquet hall...

wrong!

It was more like it was circling around each of them, like cages enclosing them, or like some kind of strange and eerie spell.

Suddenly, all the tableware and chairs in the banquet hall began to shake violently.

The light on the ceiling, which was originally quite bright, began to flicker. Between the bright and dim lights, it seemed as if many unfamiliar eyes were staring intently at the players.

"Ping pong..."

In an instant, all the knives and forks floated up and then aimed at the players, flashing with cold light as they stabbed towards them.

"Run!"

"Run outside quickly..."

Upon seeing this, the players abandoned all further investigation and fled in terror towards the door.

Just as the first person was about to run out the door, it was as if an invisible force pushed them back, and the door slammed shut the next second.

"The door...the door is closed?"

"What happened? Didn't you just use a chair to block the door... chair..."

Players tried to pry open the door, but it wouldn't budge. In fact, bright red liquid began to seep out from inside the ordinary-looking dark wooden door, trickling down the grooves on its surface.

Seeing this, the players dared not reach out to touch the door anymore.

Now there was no way out. The players looked at the tables, chairs, knives, and forks that surrounded them, as if they had souls and were filled with endless resentment.

"What to do... what to do... did I accidentally trigger some kind of trap? Are there any mechanisms to destroy these things...?"

"Let's find a place to hide first..."

Two male players reached out and grabbed a flying tabletop, using it as a shield against everyone.

Almost everyone held their breath, their bodies instinctively moving towards the door, getting closer and closer...

A "click" sound.

Suddenly, the floor in front of the door “split” open from both sides, and the players fell in without warning.

"Aaaaaah..."

"..."

After the players fell in, little heads peeked out from above the curtains in the banquet hall window, including a gray kitten that landed gracefully.

Xianjiu used her telekinesis to put the flying utensils, such as knives and forks, back into their original positions.

Meanwhile, the other pets were working as fast as they could to cover up the footprints and restore the entire banquet hall to its original state.

"Meow~"

Xian Jiu called out to the other pets, then tapped a switch on the wall to open the tightly closed door and walked out, with the other pets following closely behind.

……

After drinking half a bottle of orange juice, Gu Ling glanced at the surveillance footage and saw Xian Jiu leaving the banquet hall. She smiled slightly and said, "Xian Jiu seemed to be having a lot of fun..."

These players should be heading to the mischievous guy's side, right?

That will be over soon.

The next batch of players should be arriving soon.

Thinking of this, Gu Ling took out a wet wipe, wiped her mouth and fingers, then cleaned up the snacks on the table, leaving only the remaining half bottle of orange juice.

...Five minutes later.

Gu Ling was informed that the next batch of players was coming, so she immediately hid the empty orange juice bottle, checked her makeup in the mirror, and after confirming that everything was fine, she sat upright and waited for the players to arrive.

"...Please draw a number ball."

After the second group of players arrived, Gu Ling recited his lines to himself.

After the players had completely left, Gu Ling removed her disguise again and was about to bend down to take the snacks out of the box again when the door of the cabin was pushed open once more.

A man wearing a black hat walked in.

"Who are you?" Hearing the noise, Gu Ling looked up, her gaze showing some surprise as she looked at the person who had come.

Gu Ling had met all the staff members inside the haunted house more than an hour ago.

Are there any new players coming in now? And who is this person...?

The man clearly hadn't expected anyone to be there. After a moment of surprise, he replied, "I'm an employee here. My name is Lin Zhixuan. Isn't this my workstation?"

Lin Zhixuan... someone with the surname Lin?

Could it be Xiaolin, the only one who took sick leave and didn't come?

Gu Ling suddenly realized: "I'm a temporary worker at the haunted house. Didn't you take leave? So I'm temporarily taking your place."

"I'm sorry, I'm just confused because I'm sick..."

The man rubbed his forehead, his tone somewhat apologetic: "I forgot I already took the day off. Since you're here, I'll head back now..."

Take care.

Gu Ling didn't pay much attention to this little incident. After the man left the cabin, she continued to watch the surveillance footage while happily eating snacks.

"...We're almost at the mischievous guy's side. The last batch of players didn't manage to clear the level and get the key. I wonder if this batch will be able to..."

"This prop is quite interesting. I'll write it down and look into how it works after I finish work..."

"Wow, you can swap positions like that? This player must be totally confused, getting directly transferred into a chest..."

On the table, there is a bottle of orange juice and a bottle of Sprite on each side.

With nothing to do, Gu Ling stared at the two bottles of drinks, muttering to herself, "If I beat the level, I'll drink Sprite; if I don't, I'll drink orange juice..."

Ten minutes later.

Gu Ling, whose mouth was a little dry from eating too many potato chips, calmly picked up the orange juice and took a few big gulps.

"Little Zero, the next batch of players is coming, get ready..."

"OK……"

"..."

Players came and went in waves, and by the ninth wave, not a single player had managed to complete the entire haunted house.

The final stage, the one where you get the golden key, has stumped many players.

"That should be enough. I'll have to go easy on the naughty ones in this tenth batch of players..." Gu Ling thought to himself.

On the first day of the haunted house's opening, the difficulty level can't be too easy, otherwise players will find it too boring and uninteresting.

However, the difficulty shouldn't be too high, otherwise it will spoil the player experience, dampen their enthusiasm, and hinder promotion.

In short, it can be summed up in four words:

It's all just a routine. (End of Chapter)