Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

After walking for a while, Xu Lin realized that continuing to remain silent was not a solution and began to initiate conversation.

There's nothing scary about this part of the journey; it's a beginner's area, so it's quite boring.

"He just loves to play, and he's a bit arrogant and doesn't like playing these kinds of games with his group of cronies, so now he tries to cause trouble whenever he gets the chance."

Xu Youyue sighed, feeling somewhat helpless about her cousin's personality.

"That's great. A virtual company is only interesting if it has a boss like this. Otherwise, it's just about making money and it'll run into problems sooner or later."

Xu Lin admired his boss's attitude of pursuing his dreams. Since he had the ability and opportunity to make his life like the characters in an anime, why not do it?

But the boss doesn't seem to see himself as the main character. He seems more willing to play the role of a best friend of the main character, providing a stage for his "livers" while he hides behind the scenes, writhing in bed, laughing as he watches their stories unfold.

"That's true, otherwise we wouldn't have agreed to let him debut in the first place."

Xu Youyue smiled too. She touched her hair and glanced at the signboard next to her.

Several large characters were written on it in blood-red paint.

Are you ready to step into hell?

The surroundings were gloomy and eerie, giving off a horror movie vibe.

However, our actor was not professional at all. Xu Lin acted like a clumsy detective who had stumbled into a horror movie set, hiding in front of the signboard and touching the blood-red words.

"Oh, this is ketchup. Wouldn't it have been better to use red paint here?"

Chapter 85, Section 86: A Creepy and Terrifying Test of Courage

"You're not afraid?"

Xu Youyue was somewhat surprised, as she had personally witnessed Xu Lin playing horror games. To describe it in a very simple sentence, it would be...

"I'll lead you guys in the game, but my cabinet moved, I'm not playing anymore!"

Yes, that's right. Xu Lin is actually quite afraid of horror games.

"I was just helpless against ghosts, but now that I know they're fake, I'm not so scared anymore."

"It's like I'm never afraid of haunted houses."

Xu Lin smiled and explained softly.

Her voice, tinged with the chirping of insects in the woods, was slightly hoarse, but not eerie; instead, it made people feel at ease.

"Huh... there's such a thing?"

Xu Youyue herself was quite afraid of haunted houses, mainly because she was a little afraid of the dark, but this ordinary signboard obviously couldn't scare her, so from God's perspective, both of them looked very calm.

It's like they're on a picnic.

"Let's go, I'm suddenly starting to get interested in what the boss has assigned us."

Xu Lin was somewhat eager to try.

She's the kind of person who's afraid of horror movies but can't suppress her curiosity, always looking for something to criticize, like what's behind the mosaic in a horror movie? Why is a pig's heart used instead of a human heart?

Frequently criticizing these films can even make her watch some poorly made horror movies as comedies, so she naturally won't be afraid anymore.

"Young Miss, look what that is?"

The two continued their journey for a while and finally arrived at the actual location, where some strange and scary props began to appear. It was at this moment that...

Xu Lin, however, mysteriously told the young lady to turn around and look.

"Huh? Weren't we just..."

"Did you just see that?" Before she could finish her sentence, the young lady saw a dark shadow flash by on the path they had just walked along, and a few dim lights lit up beside the road.

It was as if their journey had been peaceful and uneventful, but in reality, the two of them had embarked on a one-way road to the underworld.

"Ah... Ahaha..."

Xu Youyue's expression froze, and just then, a strange piece of music suddenly started playing around them, making the already terrifying scene even more terrifying.

"Indeed, the essence of horror movies lies in the background music."

Xu Lin sighed softly.

"Alright, stop sighing and let's go. This place is giving me the creeps."

Without realizing it, the young lady grabbed Xu Lin's hand and pulled her forward.

"boom!"

A colorful firework bursts forth in the sky, painting the entire scene with a dreamlike hue.

It's also a bit scary.

"Young Miss, slow down, be careful not to fall!"

In fact, Xu Lin had already seen through the boss's intimidating tactics, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she maliciously wanted to stay there a little longer.

[This stream-of-consciousness technique is quite startling; the operations team has some real talent!]

Remember the GPS tracker that Xu Lin and her team had, given to them by the boss? Xu Lin probably used that to allow the operations team to accurately determine their location and remotely activate various mechanisms to create that terrifying scene we just witnessed.

As for that figure, it's probably the terrifying humanoid shape the boss wanted; I never expected it to be used in this place.

Xu Lin secretly admired the ingenuity of the operations team, but he was pulled forward by the young lady and gradually walked into the next scene.

"Xu Xu Xu Xu Lin, look what's that in front of you?"

The young lady pointed with a look of terror at a small fork in the road ahead. The message implied by the fireworks and the terror ahead created an invisible psychological pressure that gradually made her lose her initial composure.

Going back might mean running into the operations team head-on, while moving forward presents unknown and terrifying traps.

"Hmm? Let me see."

Xu Lin snapped out of his daze and looked in the direction of the flashlight beam, only to see a flash of red.

what is that?

do not know.

Normally, this might just be a red plastic bag hanging on a tree branch, but in this scene, it looks more like the hem of a red-dressed female ghost often seen in horror movies.

"Well... I don't know either."

Xu Lin hesitated for a moment, then reached out and patted the young lady's head to comfort her and calm her down.

"But it's okay, I'm here."

Her tone was firm and unwavering, as if it possessed a magical power to inspire people.

"Um..."

The young lady let out a soft moan, which was a slight sign that she had calmed down a bit.

The two continued forward, but surprisingly, unlike in a haunted house, no scary mechanisms suddenly appeared.

Instead, there was only a tattered red dress hanging there, swaying in the night breeze and making a faint sound.

There was another sign next to it, with a message written in blood on it.

[In 1986, a woman hanged herself here.]

Hmm, it's still ketchup. Looks like the operators couldn't get their hands on the blood specifically for horror movies.

The information was brief, but it gave Xu Lin and the others endless room for their imaginations to fill in the blanks.

Why did this woman hang herself? And why is there still a red dress here decades later?

Thinking hard.

But Xu Lin casually pulled a small speaker out from behind her skirt.

That's the source of the background music along this stretch of road.

"Oh, this..."

"Oh, this..."

The two exchanged a glance, feeling a little awkward.

Xu Youyue felt like laughing. She had been a little nervous, but suddenly calmed down and even felt like laughing.

She could almost picture a group of operators working hard all day, then bending over to hide the speaker.

The bright red lettering on the sign next to it is still there, but it somehow gives off a comical vibe.

"Hahahahahaha!"

The young lady couldn't help but laugh out loud; the scene was truly amusing. What had been an incredibly eerie and terrifying place, one that gave everyone goosebumps and made them want to run away, became completely different after Xu Lin pulled out a speaker that was playing terrifying music on a loop.

It was as if the music playing on the speaker suddenly changed to "Good Luck," and everything became joyful, festive, and even laughable.

"Alright, it's not easy to prepare the operations so well, Miss, please stop laughing."

Xu Lin was also speechless. She had been exploring to find clues to help solve the mystery, but who the hell would have thought she would just pull out a Bluetooth speaker!

Perhaps it was because the journey ahead had given her so many surprises that she subconsciously raised her expectations. But thinking about it carefully, a group of novices had only prepared for two days at most, so how exquisite could their creations be?

It's quite an achievement that the young lady didn't see through my disguise at a glance, isn't it?

What's the next step?

Xu Lin sighed, put the speaker back in its place, and asked.

"Should we scare the ghost-pretending operations team instead?"

Xu Youyue also became interested, her tone lively and her face full of anticipation.

However, the hand that Xu Lin had been holding tightly in fear had not let go until now.

Perhaps they've both forgotten about it?

P.S.: Ah... I'm so tired. I'll only update three times tonight, but I might update four times if I have the energy tonight.