I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Li Baitu yawned as he spoke.

His virtual avatar is a cute little boy with rabbit ears. In contrast, he is actually a 1.8-meter-tall athletic guy. At this moment, Li Baitu is in the stage of looking for some videos to watch before ending his broadcast.

For some reason, some viewers really enjoy watching these silly videos on video websites, especially fan-made content related to themselves. Li Baitu is also a self-searching maniac, which adds even more fun.

He casually browsed through the videos, refreshing the intelligent recommendations.

By chance, Li Baitu glimpsed a video with a rather strange cover, titled "[Never open this at night!!!]".

On the cover, in a dimly lit room, a man is lying on a bed. Although he looks ordinary, he gives off a strange and eerie feeling.

Perhaps because Li Baitu is an artist, someone with a high level of inspiration, this cover immediately caught his eye.

"Interesting. It shouldn't be nighttime now, right?"

Although the video had only been uploaded a short time ago and had only a few hundred views, Li Baitu was still somewhat interested and clicked on it.

Is it one of those scary, ghostly videos?

[This grim tale cover is just ridiculous. Couldn't they have done something more earthy?]

[This is 100% the kind of video where everything is calm at first, then suddenly a scary face appears and scares you!]

Don't be afraid, little bunny, Mommy's here with you.

No male mothers

I found this video. I'll fast-forward to the end and check it out first.

The live stream chat was filled with comments like this: Li Baitu had deliberately lowered the streaming latency to the minimum to create a sense of immediacy, making the live stream footage almost synchronized with his actions.

In the video, the man checked under the bed, threw away the plush toy, and then lay back down on the bed.

The entire process showed no signs of being filmed; it was like footage captured by a surveillance camera, giving it a very realistic and immersive feel.

As the screen dimmed, a heartbeat suddenly came from the computer speakers.

thump--

thump--

thump--

Li Baitu raised an eyebrow. The sound of the heartbeat surprised him slightly, but it didn't frighten him.

He sat up a little straighter, keeping his eyes away from the screen, wary of any frightening tactic that might suddenly reveal a face.

As the heartbeat slowed down, Li Baitu inexplicably felt that it was coinciding with her own.

"You'll make a funny face when your heart stops beating completely, I know."

Li Baitu chuckled.

Suddenly, the wardrobe next to the man's bed was slowly pushed open.

crunch--

There was no one there, no mechanism at all; the cabinet door just opened by itself.

"hiss--"

Li Baitu took a light breath.

At the same time, the number of bullet comments also began to increase.

【Damn it, my cabinet was moved, I'm not playing anymore!】

Seeing this, I couldn't help but glance back at the cabinet. Thank goodness, I can't afford one.

[This is one of those mechanical switches, right? Smart cabinet, I get it, this is how furniture companies make money.]

What's in the cabinet? It can't be Old Wang from next door, can it?

Hello everyone, I'm the person inside the closet, and I'm hiding inside right now.

[For those who went to watch the video in advance, were there any warnings about potentially dangerous content?]

The increased number of comments did little to alleviate the eerie atmosphere of the video.

Compared to being scary, Li Baitu felt that this video was more eerie. It wasn't that frightening, but it had an inexplicable sense of unease.

He stared intently at the open cabinet, trying to figure out how it worked.

Suddenly, a screeching scratching sound rang out.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

Holy crap!

Li Baitu heard a scratching sound, several times louder than the heartbeat she had just heard, coming from her computer speakers. The scratching sound was as clear as if it were coming from her own head, and because it was played out loud, the entire room was instantly filled with the sound, which was quite eerie.

Li Baitu quickly turned the volume down and saw the man on the bed twitch, as if he was about to wake up.

But he couldn't get up. Instead, he seemed to be imprisoned by something, struggling slightly, his face ashen.

The performance was so realistic that even Li Baitu couldn't help but hold his breath.

He also saw deep shadows on the man's arms and ankles, as if they had been dented out by something pinching him.

This extremely bizarre scene, coupled with the nerve-wracking scratching sounds, was pounding on Li Baitu's sanity.

He didn't even notice that the joking comments that had been circulating earlier had almost all disappeared.

Finally, the man seemed to break free of his restraints, sat up, grabbed a crowbar, and climbed off the bed.

However, the man's movements were like those of a puppet on strings, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable, as if some strange thing was forcibly disguised as a human being in action.

The perspective shifts, as the man's gaze and head move under the bed.

Li Baitu leaned back in her chair, trying to get away from the screen, and couldn't help but glance to the side, only to find that the other screen was also a live stream, showing the same video.

As the screen fell, the ridiculous Lanlanlu doll, which should have been discarded, stared intently at the camera, causing Li Baitu to instinctively hold his breath. He wanted to close his eyes, but his body, like the man in the previous video, was unable to move and could only witness the whole process.

The volume, which had been turned down, was amplified again at some point, and the scratching sound echoed in Li Baitu's room, tormenting his sanity along with the gaze of the doll in the scene.

Then, the screen finally went black, and Li Baitu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she could move her body again.

He was already sweating profusely just from sitting there.

After a brief blackout, the viewers seemed to have retrieved their keyboards, and the number of comments on the screen surged instantly.

[What kind of creepy video is this? It almost killed me!]

I almost lost my phone just now.

[Damn, this content creator is taking revenge on society late at night! Is this something a living person could pull off?]

I just want to ask, is the person in the video alright?

I didn't feel anything, it wasn't scary at all, I just changed my pants.

[The special effects are so realistic, especially the part where someone's hand is being pinched, those are million-dollar effects!]

A barrage of comments flashed by, and Li Baitu saw the screen light up again, showing the man lying on the bed, seemingly having just woken up.

The camera, from his first-person perspective, inspected the cabinet and under the bed, and found nothing wrong.

Li Baitu breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he saw, as the camera slowly zoomed out, that blue-smiling doll was perched on the man's shoulder, staring directly at the camera.

Li Baitu stared at the screen.

"Grass!"

Li Baitu couldn't help but curse out in a trembling voice.

He didn't have time to look at the exploding barrage of comments. Li Baitu only felt a chill down his back and something pressing down on his shoulder.

Mustering her courage, Li Baitu touched both shoulders to make sure there was nothing there before turning around and looking at her room. She quickly discovered that her closet wasn't closed properly, and the corner of a piece of clothing was stuck in the closet door.

"...Did I not close my cabinet properly before?"

Li Baitu dared not think too much about it and decided to deceive himself.

His mind was a complete mess, as if someone had stuck a red-hot iron rod into it and stirred it around several times. He saw that everything in his room looked distorted.

With her eyes closed, Li Baitu took several deep breaths and it took her a while to calm her pounding heartbeat.

Then, with trembling hands, he forwarded the video to his virtual streamer group.

I can't be the only one who got scared!!!

Chapter 008 Are you alive?

Lu Ban was woken up by a phone call.

He usually sleeps very well, sleeping soundly until dawn, never leaving fatigue and stress for the next day. Even the doctor says he is very healthy.

Looking at his phone, he saw it was the second call. The other party was lucky; Lu Ban answered quickly.

"Hey?"

The caller ID showed it was his class monitor from university, a top student. To his shame, Lu Ban realized he hadn't said more than thirty words to her during his four years of university, and those thirty words included a lot of "okay," "great," and "received."

After graduation, Lu Ban lost contact with his classmates, except for the class monitor, who would send him a message every two weeks to say hello.

"Is this Lu Ban? This is Feng Yu. Are you having any trouble?"

Hearing that soft, nightingale-like voice, Lu Ban frowned slightly.

My situation could be described as encountering trouble, but not complete trouble.

"No, what's wrong?"

"Are you sure you didn't encounter any trouble?"

The voice on the other end sounded somewhat cautious, as if it knew something.

"To be honest, I was scammed by Guoliao once before, but I was honest and didn't fall for it. I even reported it to the police. The police officers said I did a good job."

*Pfft*

Lu Ban heard a soft laugh coming from the other end of the phone.

"Looks like you're really alright. When I saw that video, I thought you were really trying to kill yourself. Now that I think about it, it was all special effects, right?"