Chapter 0247 – Second Expansion

　　”Smoke scars?”

　　Chen Ge remembered that the man sitting first on the right side of the Weird Tales Association’s table had smoke scars on his fingers that were exposed outside his black robe.

　　”We checked all the surveillance around the surrounding five hundred meters within twelve hours of the incident and didn’t find anyone too suspicious, only this one is a bit abnormal in comparison.”

　　Yan team’s voice with a little doubt: “He used a sweatshirt hat to cover his face, the phone screen in his hand was black, he appeared to be on the phone, but actually seemed to be observing the surrounding situation, and there is another place that I can’t figure out is, why would he be holding your haunted house’s promotional leaflet in his hand?”

　　”I have very few employees at my haunted house and have never handed out flyers outside the park. So it’s safe to assume that he or a friend of his who has entered New Century Land has been outside my haunted house.”

　　”Do you have any recollection of this man?”

　　”There are many scenes in the haunted house, and I’m only responsible for one of them, so I can’t give you an accurate answer.” Chen Ge had already beaten up this smoke scarred man in his heart, “Team Yan, after you found the suspect, you must have gone to investigate at the first opportunity, so you should have found something, right?”

　　Yan team’s voice was a bit hoarse, it should be due to the long period of time without rest, “We have investigated, he is the program director of a private radio station, he does not have any criminal record or stains in his life, he belongs to the kind of successful man who has a successful career and takes care of his family, he is completely irrelevant to the murder.”

　　”Radio program director? Sounds pretty powerful?”

　　”It’s just a radio station specializing in midnight programs, the influence has only slowly become bigger in the past two years, and the listeners are mostly young people with a hunting mentality and some people who are more bored working at night.”

　　Team Yan’s words made Chen Ge sleepless, there was only one better midnight radio station in Jiujiang, and that was where Lychee, the twelfth newcomer of the Weird Tales Association, was located – Ghost Talk.

　　Previously, this radio station was doing emotional healing, and only had to start transforming because its listeners were getting fewer and fewer, but as a result, he didn’t expect to be crooked, and Ghost Talk broke that private radio station’s listening record the first time it went on the air.

　　”Team Yan, is this radio station you’re talking about Ghost Talk?”

　　”Yes, it’s this one, have you listened to it as well?”

　　”I’ve listened to it a few times, there’s a podcaster called Lychee in there with a great voice.” Chen Ge’s mind was racing, the sweater man who was suspected to be a member of the Fifth Association was the radio program director, and Lychee was a podcaster under him, so was it possible that the Weird Tales Association flyer that Lychee had received was sent out by him?

　　If that was the case, Chen Ge was now equivalent to holding the identities of two members in the Weird Tales Association.

　　”I can’t figure out the reason why he traveled to Haiming’s apartment, so to avoid spooking the snakes, I can only investigate from the periphery first.” Team Yan’s voice was a bit tired, “It’s been an eventful time lately, you also pay attention to your safety, remember to notify us if you have any clues.”

　　Team Yan hung up after explaining a few more sentences, Chen Ge sat on the edge of the bed and searched Ghost Talk Radio with his cell phone, tonight’s podcaster was indeed not Lychee, but another person.

　　”Should I make the first move? Break them down one by one?”

　　……

　　Around six or seven o’clock, when the sun had just risen, Chen Ge was awakened by the vibration of his cell phone, and he felt around in his clothes for half a day before realizing that it was the black phone that had received an alert message.

　　”Failed to unlock the two-star horror scene Western Suburbs Private College! There is insufficient space in the haunted house, please make a second expansion!”

　　”How can it be insufficient? The underground parking lot still has most of the area unused.” Chen Ge had originally thought that after waking up from a nap, there would be a new scene to put into use, but he didn’t expect such a problem.

　　He put on his clothes and hurriedly ran out of the haunted house to the outside of the New Century Paradise, which hadn’t been visited for one or two years, and in order to prevent any tourists from mistakenly entering it, the paradise had also specifically blocked the two exits of the parking lot with miscellaneous objects.

　　From the top of the debris over, Chen Ge entered the underground parking lot, the New Century Paradise in order to build this parking lot spent a lot of money, that is also the park’s peak time.

　　Chen Ge walked inside for a long time before seeing a mottled concrete wall that connected to the top of the parking lot, completely separating the parking lot from the horror scene.

　　”There’s still nearly two-thirds of the place unused, how come it’s prompting for insufficient space? Could it be that an expansion could only add three more scenes at a time?”

　　Chen Ge’s horror house possessed three scenes before the first expansion, and after the first expansion, three new scenes were added underground, the third sick building, the room of three people, and Twilight Sun Middle School, and he guessed that the scenes could only be increased by three after each expansion, and that if he wanted to add more scenes, he would need to continue to expand in order to do so.

　　”Without realizing it I already have six horror scenes, but how does it feel like it’s still not quite enough!”

　　The sun slowly rose, a ray of sunlight shone into the underground parking lot along the gap above the clutter, and Chen Ge discovered a very interesting thing.

　　The haunted house scenes were all built in places where the sunlight couldn’t shine, and the black cell phone didn’t know if it would lose some of its functions in the sunlight, or if it had intentionally avoided the sunlight.

　　”The haunted house scenes are still good to be completely closed, so I’ll get someone to come over today to completely seal the two exits of the underground parking lot, so I can feel at ease.”

　　Chen Ge took out his black cell phone and found the option for expansion, the conditions for the secondary expansion were that the number of visitors exceeded one thousand in the same month, and the positive feedback rate was seventy percent or more.

　　He had met the expansion conditions a few days ago, only that at that time, he felt that the underground parking lot had enough space, so he didn’t consider it.

　　”Whether to carry out a second expansion? There is a chance of obtaining a special function building after the expansion is completed.”

　　”Yes!”

　　After clicking yes, no changes occurred in the underground garage.

　　”I guess we have to wait until after twelve midnight again.”

　　Chen Ge put away his black cell phone and returned the same way, he was still looking forward to the new special function building, it was just a pity that he would have to wait until tomorrow for the expansion to be completed.

　　At nine o’clock the paradise started to open for business, it was worth mentioning that Gu Feiyu actually ran over, now Chen Ge’s side was just short of manpower.

　　Xiao Gu was very bold, Chen Ge had the intention to let him take charge of the Midnight Escape scene, but before that, he had to familiarize himself with the House of Horrors.

　　Chen Ge showed great enthusiasm and let Gu Feiyu accompany the tourists to go in for a visit.

　　After experiencing the three scenes, Gu Feiyu, whose legs were weak, said he wanted to leave, but Chen Ge managed to persuade him to stop, patiently telling him that scaring people and being scared were two completely different experiences.

　　Gu Feiyu, who was scared of being scared, refused to go back to the haunted house, and after discussion, Gu decided to come back tomorrow to try it again.

　　Sending Gu Feiyu away, Chen Ge felt more and more that this kid was interesting.

　　He valued Gu Feiyu not because of his outstanding ability, but simply because this person is bold, emotional and straightforward. He had saved Gu Feiyu’s life, and with Gu Feiyu’s character, even if he saw something in the haunted house in the future, he would keep it a secret for him.

　　”There are still too few people I can use.”