Chapter 0479 – There is only one truth!
Yang Chen walked at the very back, a refined light in his eyes as he slightly lowered his head and managed his expression to ensure that his abnormality would not be seen by anyone.
”You guys want to play, then I’ll play with you to the end, this time I’m going to win a game.”
Because he had never done it before, that’s why he longed for success, Yang Chen enjoyed the process, he liked the feeling of nervousness and excitement, which was something that no other mode of entertainment could bring him.
”There’s a ghost mixed in with the twelve tourists, catch him and you’ll break the game.” Yang Chen walked in the middle of his classmates and Lao Zhou and Duan Yue, after ensuring his own safety, he secretly watched the two editors and Xiao Li’s every move.
”The haunted house owner never plays by the rules, and Fan Cong and Fan Da De who have already had an accident are also likely to be ghosts, they disappeared in advance, and will probably show up again somewhere next, and then disguise themselves as victims.”
Yang Chen thought comprehensively, he was very cautious, constantly refining the speculations in his mind.
The wall lamp gave off a dim light, the iron door next to it was half-open, water stains remained on the ground, and in the room was a row of rusty morgue cabinets.
”Morgue No. 1?”
A few words were written crookedly next to the door, Tigress glanced inside, all the morgue lockers were locked.
”Tails?” She shouted at the house, no one responded, “I don’t suppose Tails is hiding in the morgue lockers?”
The two editors went inside and turned around without finding anything, then the few people continued forward.
The corpse vaults in the Jiujiang Forensic Science Institute were not sorted according to location, but according to size and purpose, a few tourists walked forward along the passageway for three minutes, and another half-open iron door appeared in front of them.
”Corpse vault number five? The internal structure of these corpse vaults is more or less the same, what exactly is the haunted house owner’s plan in building so many corpse vaults? He’s not really preparing to hide corpses, is he?” Wang Diem touched those cold iron cabinets, “It’s the same as what I saw in the textbook, these morgue cabinets should be the real deal, probably all things eliminated from the first line and collected by the haunted house boss.”
His face didn’t look too good when he said this, and his voice was a bit out of tune.
”Things eliminated from the first line?” Xiao Li mulled over Wang Diem’s words and slowly his entire face darkened, “Doesn’t that mean that these morgue cabinets once actually stored corpses?”
”That’s right.” Yang Chen nodded, he kept his eyes fixed on Xiao Li, trying to see what was going on amongst Xiao Li’s expression, but to his disappointment, all of Xiao Li’s reactions were normal: “According to my speculation, in another ten seconds or so, the wall lamps are going to be extinguished, I would suggest that we just stop in this room and don’t run around, and get through the darkness for the third time before we continue exploring.”
There were all sorts of horrible monsters hidden in the darkness, Tiger Tooth and Nan knew that Yang Chen was doing it for everyone’s good, and agreed to it this time.
Time passed by minute by minute, four minutes had passed since the last time the lights went out, but the wall lamps still didn’t go out.
Several people gathered around and all looked at Yang Chen.
”The fact that the lights didn’t go out means that the lights going out is irregular, which means that the haunted house boss is constantly monitoring us, and as soon as he discovers a loophole, he’ll do it right away.” Yang Chen wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the other visitors.
”Stop making meaningless speculations.” Tigress shook her head as she turned around and walked towards the outside: “Follow me, walk together, and don’t be afraid of anything else.”
This editor-in-chief of the horror magazine showed her thunderous side as she pulled open the iron door and headed directly outside, with Nan trotting after her.
”This woman is quite interesting.” Bai Qiulin looked at Tiger’s back and coughed, “Let’s go over there too, she’s right, a lot of times it’s just us scaring ourselves, there’s no need for us to be too nervous, let’s not forget that this is just a haunted house, it’s nothing more than a place of entertainment for scaring people, could there still be a real ghost inside?”
”Brother Bai is right.” Xiao Li followed Bai Qiulin out.
”Let’s go too.”
Old Zhou and Duan Yue were about to walk out, when Yang Chen, who was at the very back of the group, suddenly said in a very low voice, “Old Zhou, it’s best if you two couples don’t go with those two editors.”
”Why?” Old Zhou turned back, he felt that this forensic science student was a bit puzzled.
”I can’t be sure now, just remember my words.” Yang Chen finished speaking and led Li Xue and Wang Yan to the front of Old Zhou.
”Can’t go with those two editors?” Old Zhou was pondering, as Yang Chen passed by him, a flash of dawning realization and surprise flashed across his brow, and he gently sucked in a breath of cool air, “Could it be that those two editors have a problem?”
Yang Chen didn’t explain to Old Zhou in more detail, the seed had already been sown, just wait for it to take root and sprout on its own.
The wall lamp in the passageway never went out, the few tourists passed by Corpse Vault Six and Corpse Vault Seven again, again without encountering any danger, it was like the calmness before the storm.
Walking through the door of the seventh vault, the passageway became colder, and the smell of formalin in the air intensified a little bit, and the tourists came to the junction of the outer area and the middle area of the underground vault.
Right in the middle of the passageway was a half-demolished wall, with a large amount of clutter piled up in the gaping hole, including wooden tables and chairs, a fence that had been knocked askew, and a few mannequins with deformed and twisted body joints.
”This scene hasn’t come to an end yet?” Wang Yan was wearing short sleeves, and the cold air drilled down the cuffs into his clothes.
The entrance to the next area was narrow and blocked by clutter, much like one of those unopened areas.
Tigress walked near the hole in the wall and took out her cell phone and shone it inside, she originally just wanted to see what was on the other side of the wall, but as the light shone through, she suddenly saw a girl with a back that resembled Tails, holding her cell phone and drilling into a certain passageway.
”Tails? And holding a cell phone? Who is she talking to on the phone?” Tiger’s palm was afraid of hitting the wall and shouted over the hole in the wall, but she was the only one echoing in the passageway.
”I think I see the tail! Nan come help, move these things out of the way!” Tigertooth grabbed at the mangled tables and chairs, which were all smooth around the edges and free of sharp corners, probably in consideration of the safety of the visitors, and seemed to have been moved around a lot.
”Let’s go help too.” Old Zhou was very enthusiastic, and he, Bai Qiulin, and Xiao Li all walked over to help the two editors clear the path.
The three medical student cadres stood by the side, and Yang Chen silently watched Tiger’s Tooth and Nan with high vigilance.
He didn’t believe what Tiger’s Tooth said, and felt that this was most likely a trap that had been laid out in advance, “Just going over just in time to see the missing companions, this is too much of a coincidence, isn’t it?”
The more Yang Chen looked at them, the more he felt that the three editors were suspicious, the three of them entered the haunted house later, they shouldn’t have signed a waiver agreement, and the three of them had the occupation of editors of thriller magazines, with a strong mental capacity, this status made it so that they didn’t have to intentionally show the kind of appearance of being very scared and timid, which made it easy to camouflage.
”When I proposed to follow the heads, it was the male editor who strongly requested to enter the warehouse to check it out, which led to the series of things that happened later.”
”At that time, that situation, Bai Qiulin had already explained in advance that the fork in the road might encounter danger, but they still insisted on going to check it out, which in itself was very counterintuitive.”
”When the chef and his brother had the accident in the outside passageway, all three editors were in the innermost part of the warehouse, and it was as if they knew in advance that the visitors outside would be attacked and something would happen to them, and they skimmed in advance.”
”Most of all, how did the tail of one of the three editors disappear when there was obviously nothing in that warehouse?”
”There is a secret passage hidden behind the printer, but in this kind of weird situation, but anyone who is a normal person can’t possibly enter the secret passage alone to explore it, and will definitely shout loudly to attract companions to come over to check it out together.”
”That woman called Tail should have intentionally escaped from the passage behind the printer, she created the illusion of her disappearance to give her teammates an excuse to lead the way!”
”What a seamless layout, with the teammate missing, the two remaining editors were emotionally agitated, so they did something impulsive at this time, and the other visitors couldn’t be blamed.”
Yang Chen’s gaze gradually became brighter, “So this is what they had arranged long ago, no wonder Tail’s phone hasn’t been able to get through, it’s not at all that the cell phone was lost like they said, but rather that Tail wasn’t prepared to answer it from the start.”
There were too many doubts, and the actions of the three editors were too abnormal, and in Yang Chen’s opinion, there was only one reasonable explanation for the other party to do so, and that was that the three editors were actually “ghosts” arranged by the owner of the haunted house!
”I should have realized them earlier.” Yang Chen’s forehead could vaguely see the cold sweat slipping down: “The most thrilling this magazine I have never heard of, it is likely to be a name made up off the top of my head, just entered the haunted house, the male editor took the initiative to agree to cooperate with me, but not long after entering, he made different choices from me, slowly replacing the three of us veterans, and unconsciously became the leader. ”
With a pang of fear in his heart, Yang Chen wiped away the sweat on his forehead, “Luckily, I left my mind in advance, this time I definitely won’t be stupid enough to follow them to their deaths.”
Sweeping his eyes from those three editors, Yang Chen clasped his hands together, “We have to think of a way to expose them, this scene itself covers a large area, like a labyrinth, wanting to enter the core area within thirty minutes, and find the photographs and come back out again while dodging the attack of the ghosts and monsters is almost impossible. The haunted house boss will not design a scene that has no possibility of passing at all, that would also lose the meaning of the game itself, so if you think about it, the key to passing this underground corpse warehouse scene and those five photos ……”
Yang Chen thought back to all the words the haunted house boss had said, “Those five photos of the victims can help to pass the level, what kind of help can the photos have to pass the level? Holding the photos will prevent you from being attacked by ghosts and monsters? The haunted house boss shouldn’t have designed such a boring game, excluding the role of the amulet, then what is the use of those five photos?”
”Before the boss entered the haunted house, he especially emphasized the three words victim, which means that the people on those five photos should all be dead people.” Brain racing, Yang Chen dragged his chin with one hand, “Five photos of dead people ……”
His eyes suddenly widened, Yang Chen’s body trembled violently, and a thought crossed his mind like lightning!
”I know! The five people on those five photos are probably my five teammates! They represent five dead people! It also represents the five ghosts that have mixed into the team!”
With a quick turn of mind, Yang Chen felt that he finally understood the real gameplay of the underground corpse vault scene, “The real requirement to pass the underground corpse vault is not to leave the scene with the photos, but to find out the five ghosts in the team! Those five photos are the most crucial hint message!”
Heart thumping wildly, Yang Chen was completely excited, he guessed the haunted house owner’s layout and saw through the hidden rules of the game.
”Old Yang, are you alright?” Wang Yan saw that Yang Chen suddenly waved his fists and became exuberant, he was worried about the other party’s mental state, wondering if he had been stimulated by something.
”Don’t worry, I’ll definitely take you guys through this time!” The corner of Yang Chen’s mouth pulled out a hint of a smile as he stared at the two editors as if they were sharp, pointed knives.
”Five photos of the victims, it turns out that the haunted house boss gave us a hint at the beginning that there are actually five ‘ghosts’ hidden inside this team.”
”There are six tourists in the back who are new in, which means that five of the six tourists are haunted house employees, the haunted house boss is playing really big!”
Inside the twelve visitors, five of them are ghosts! Who would have thought that?
Yang Chen went through all the six visitors behind him who didn’t sign the agreement in his mind, “The three editors are the most likely, that what’s the most thrilling magazine is completely unheard of, followed by the chef and his brother who escaped with a sudden illness, and the last one is Little Li.”
After thinking carefully, Yang Chen felt that he had understood everything: “Little Li came in alone, and was unfamiliar with several others, if he is excluded, then there is only one truth.”
”The three editors and Fan Dade and Fan Cong were all actors in the haunted house, Fan Dade suddenly fell ill, and together with Fan Cong, they baked up a horrible atmosphere, causing the real tourists to fall into panic and anxiety and self-doubt, and then the three editors teamed up to control the pace, and brought all of the rest of the tourists into the abyss, experiencing one long-prepared scare point after another, it was really scary, this haunted house is really too crazy! !”
Five people corresponded to five photos, representing five ‘ghosts’! Yang Chen had already identified the five ghosts, his fingers reached into his pocket, wanting to edit a message and secretly send it to Li Xue and Wang Yan.
”What are you three waiting for? Come together and help, don’t stay here for long, the fork in the road is the most dangerous place.” Bai Qiulin looked at the three medical students staying put and shouted towards the three of them.
”Let’s go help too.” Li Xue felt a bit uncomfortable as she and Wang Yan walked over and started carrying tables and chairs, slowly clearing a passageway.
At this time, Wang Yan, Li Xue, Xiao Li, Bai Qiulin and the two editors were on the outside of the passageway, Old Zhou and his wife were on the other side of the passageway, and Yang Chen was standing alone far away from the corner, and he had been looking for an opportunity to expose the two editors in public.