Chapter 0012: The Turntable
Studying the structure of the human body for years, Gao Ruxue spent more time with corpses than she did with her roommates. She was not good at socializing with people, and she knew more about the dead than the living.
”The makeup on the faces of our haunted house actors is very specific, and that, combined with the complexity of the haunted house and your own mental cues, is what gives you the illusion.” Mortuary makeup and Black Friday were things that couldn’t be seen in the light of day, and Chen Ge would never divulge them to outsiders.
He brushed it off and didn’t go deeper to talk about this topic, “Both of you, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go and get busy first.”
Saying goodbye to the forensic science students, he asked Xu Wan to go pack up the props in the meditative wedding scene and ran into the main control room alone.
Only Chen Ge himself knew the truth about Heshan being stunned; the monster hiding in the mirror hadn’t left and was still hiding in the middle of the haunted house.
”Keeping it is a hidden danger after all.” It was also his first time accepting a nightmare-level mission, and he hadn’t even expected such consequences.
Turning off the background music of the haunted house, Chen Ge pulled up the surveillance and repeatedly watched the video of Heshan entering the west room, playing it frame by frame, and soon made a discovery.
At nine twenty-four minutes and eleven seconds Heshan entered the west room, he was scared out of his wits and rushed across the room.
At twenty-four minutes and fourteen seconds, he came into the inner room and saw the bronze mirror for the first time, and at this time a very bizarre scene appeared on the monitor.
The originally panicked Heshan actually calmed down after seeing the bronze mirror, as if time had stopped, and he stood motionless in front of the mirror.
The number representing time in the surveillance video kept changing, until twenty-four minutes and seventeen seconds, Heshan suddenly raised his left hand and took the initiative to walk towards the mirror.
That look was as if someone was holding his hand and trying to forcefully pull him into the mirror!
At twenty-four minutes and twenty seconds, Xu Wan, who was wearing a wedding dress, came after him from behind, and by this time, half of Heshan’s body had already been attached to the mirror, and it was obvious from the surveillance that something flashed in the mirror, and then Heshan fainted on the ground.
”Was it Xiao Wan’s arrival that ruined the plans of that monster in the mirror?” Chen Ge repeatedly watched the video, so many things happened in just ten seconds, he rubbed his temples and couldn’t think of any good plan to deal with it for the time being.
”It seems like we can only cover all the mirrors in the haunted house first, and then come back to cut down the roots after I figure out a solution to this monster.”
He drilled into the prop room, found a few pieces of black cloth, and entered the Underworld Wedding venue.
”Boss, why are you here? Just leave these to me.” Xu Wan saw Chen Ge from a distance through the gate, and she was stuffing the scattered paper figures and paper money back into the coffin.
”I’ve come to inform you of one thing, all props related to mirrors in the haunted house have been temporarily deactivated, in addition, when you’re pretending to be a ghost, be careful not to get close to the mirrors.” Chen Ge took the black cloth and helped Xu Wan put the scattered coffin props back together.
Xu Wan was puzzled by Chen Ge’s approach, but did not ask in detail.
After rearranging the scene in the main room, Chen Ge entered the west room alone.
With white paper lanterns hanging high and the room dimly lit, he stood at the place where Heshan had fainted and stared silently at the bronze mirror.
”A person living in a mirror? Could it be that the mirror hides another world?” Chen Ge touched the cold mirror surface and looked at himself in the mirror, gazing at it for a long time, he always felt a little strange: “When I handed Heshan the mineral water before, he subconsciously used his right hand to pick it up, which means that he is not left-handed. But in the surveillance, he raised his left hand at the first opportunity. Why would he do the opposite of what he was used to? Could it be that he had already been controlled by what was in the mirror at that time, and could not help himself?”
Chen Ge pressed his left hand onto the mirror and stuck it together with the image in the mirror, “After all, only everything in the mirror is the opposite of reality.”
Covering the mirror with a black cloth, Chen Ge sat down in the haunted house and took out the black cell phone, “To unring the bell, the monster appeared because of the black cell phone, and I’m afraid that if you want to cut it down, you’ll need the help of the black cell phone.”
Sliding the screen and tapping that haunted house icon, the application interface changed slightly, the number of visitors today and the number of visitors for the month increased by two each.
In the column of unlockable horror scenes, there was an additional trial mission, and after tapping on it, it prompted that as long as the trial mission was completed, the corresponding horror scene could be unlocked.
”This game is designed to be very fair, completing a mission will result in a reward, the richness of the reward is related to the difficulty of the mission, I need to complete as many missions as possible if I want to quickly develop the haunted house and solve the dirty things in the mirror.”
Daily quests could only be completed one a day, so Chen Ge naturally looked towards that trial quest.
”Midnight Escape Trial Mission: a dangerous psychopath has taken up residence in a dilapidated apartment building, armed with scissors and a hammer, and is prowling outside your room door.”
”Mission Location: Peaceful Apartment in the Western Suburbs.”
”Mission Requirements: arrive at the mission site before 2300 hours today, find the murderer and survive until dawn.”
”Mission tip: He hides amongst the crowd, and underneath the skin of kindness is wrapped a devastated heart.”
”Do you accept the quest? Note: The trial mission only exists for twenty-four hours, if it is not accepted within twenty-four hours, it is considered abandoned and this scene will never be unlocked.”
Chen Ge was still a bit hesitant, but after seeing the last entry, he decisively chose to accept it.
”It’s a blessing not a curse, it’s a curse that can’t be avoided, now that the haunted house is just picking up a bit, I’m going to seize every opportunity to run it better.”
After accepting the task, he continued to look down, and the horror carousel in the bottom column had been activated at some point.
Curious, Chen Ge clicked on the carousel interface, and a line appeared on the screen:
Life and death have their own destiny, wealth and fortune are in the hands of heaven, here are spiritual fruits that increase life expectancy, and there are also severe ghosts full of hatred and grudges.
The first time a visitor’s scream is collected, the carousel activates, giving away a chance to draw a prize (a visitor’s scream exceeds seventy decibels before it can be collected, and after accumulating one hundred times, a chance to spin the carousel is given).
”One hundred screams to redeem a lucky draw opportunity?” Chen Ge held his cell phone with an odd expression, “This carousel is also too pitiful, the conditions are already difficult to fulfill, and the result that appears at the end is still uncertain, if you really want to spin a severe ghost out, then the fun will be great.”
He looked at the remaining number of times on the carousel, his heart itched, the feeling was the same as OCD seeing the incoming message alert on his cell phone, no matter if it was a harassing text message or not, he wanted to click on it.
”Nothing should go wrong if I try it.” Chen Ge reassured himself, and with a light touch of his finger, the dial on the screen immediately turned.
”As long as it’s not a severe ghost, anything else will do!”