Chapter 0966 – Teammates Sacrificing Heaven

　　”The old man raised his four children for so many years without incident, and as soon as the youngest grandson opened the shrine, the whole family suffered. The things that happened later in the old mansion are also all related to the shrine, as long as the shrine is opened, those present will definitely encounter bad luck, and no one will be able to escape.” Chen Ge looked at the police officer, “When you played on medium difficulty last time, you made sure that you didn’t open the shrine, right?”

　　”No.” The policeman shook his head.

　　”It seems that opening the shrine should be unique to the hell level difficulty.” Chen Ge called Xiao Ling and the policeman to his side, “This scene is very special, there are at least four ghosts in it, the simple and kind-hearted little grandson, the grandfather who wants to protect his grandson, the jealous grandmother, and the most terrifying maid. The grandmother is sealed in a room full of talismans behind the closet, the maid is in the shrine, and the grandparents and grandson are in the middle of this photo. All of these old objects are ominous, and once you touch them you will also be tainted with the curse.”

　　Chen Ge put the black and white photo of the old man into his backpack, “It should be fine without touching it with your hands.”

　　”I heard that there seems to be no movement outside, why don’t we go out and take a look?” The policeman was already scared, and his heart was even more panicked after listening to Xiaoling.

　　”It’s not too late for you to think of a way to get through before going out.” Chen Ge organized his thoughts, “This scene is themed on curses, the initial curse was the maid, the second curse originated from the grandmother, who had an extreme personality, her heart was full of hatred and jealousy towards the maid, and after her death this house was filled with more of her curses; then those innocents who opened the shrines were of course filled with aggression, and this aggression would be slowly twisted into a curse. In short everyone in this scene has left behind a legacy of hate and curses, creating an unbreakable situation.”

　　”Then what are we going to do?”

　　”Either fix the curse from the root or become part of it.”

　　”I don’t quite understand what you mean.” The policeman didn’t know what Chen Ge was trying to do.

　　”The curse is perpetuated because of hatred, and since I’m so miserable, someone else must be as miserable as me, or even more miserable than me, in order for it to work. But if someone bears the curse but doesn’t bother to sow malice, instead returning light and warmth to those around him, then can we say that the curse is ended in his body?” Chen Ge’s words confused both the police and Xiao Ling.

　　”What do you mean?”

　　”As long as each of us can hold on to ourselves and not be disturbed by the curse, things should turn around.” Chen Ge took out the remnants of the scroll he found in the bedroom, which had gold, wood, water, fire, and earth written on it, “Five bedrooms, counting the secret room and hall that are plastered with talismans, there are a total of seven rooms in this scene, which corresponds to exactly seven people. The police said earlier that the overall room layout is like a person stepping on a shrine. I wondered, if each of us is alone in a room, does that make each room popular? The whole scene is like a person coming to life calming the shrine?”

　　The policeman and Xiaoling felt that Chen Ge was talking nonsense, but it seemed to make a hint of sense when they heard it.

　　”It’s not scary for visitors to gather together in a haunted house, what’s really scary is for people to separate, the designers won’t fail to understand that, and the center computers will surely go in that direction when they blend the scenes to increase the difficulty. We go along with their thinking, although it’s dangerous, this could be the way to break the game.” Chen Ge raised the remnant scrolls in his hand, “The remnant scrolls should be able to protect us, but that’s the brilliance of the scene, there are only five remnant scrolls here, and the visitors are destined to be divided.”

　　”Forget the remnant scrolls for now, according to you, someone must be left alone in that secret room, it’s too unfair for that person, right?”

　　”More than unfair, it’s simply cruel.” Chen Ge smiled, “That’s why I have a proposal, the person who enters the secret room can take one more remnant scroll.”

　　”I can’t make the decision, it’s better for everyone to come together and discuss.” The policeman pushed the door open a crack, and the big spider in the corridor had already disappeared.

　　”Hold on tight, everyone hurry out!” Chen Ge shouted, “The wind chime is the key in this scene, whenever the wind chime rings, the scene will change. When the spider appeared just now it was already the third time the wind chime rang, when the wind chime rings next, maybe the ghost in the shrine will come out.”

　　Chen Ge and the police told everyone about the way to break the scene, and although everyone felt that it was a bit of a stretch after hearing it, there was no better way to do it now.

　　Staying here and doing nothing would make the situation worse.

　　”We agree with you, but who’s going to go in that room covered in talismans?” The glasses man acted fearless when he was with the group, but he was scared even if he was really left alone, “If you’re willing to go, we ……”

　　”I’m in charge of the most dangerous room.” Chen Ge took out two remnant scrolls, “I came here to pass the level, just don’t drag me down.”

　　”Still thinking about clearing the level?” The glasses man shook his head, feeling that Chen Ge was dreaming, “It’s fine for you to be in charge of the secret room, but you can’t take the two remnant scrolls, there were already fewer scrolls, and if you take two more, what about the rest of us?”

　　”Fine, I’ll only take one.” Chen Ge placed the scrolls on the ground, and during the whole process, none of the “tourists” opened their mouths to help him.

　　Everyone was quickly assigned, the policeman was in charge of the living room, and the woman with long black hair was in charge of the bedroom adjacent to the secret room.

　　After several people had all entered their respective rooms, the eerie wind chime sounded once again.

　　”Xu Yin.”

　　Chen Ge stood in the center of the room that was plastered with talismans and communicated Xu Yin at the first opportunity, but he didn’t ask Xu Yin to show herself immediately, instead, he was waiting for an opportunity.

　　”Red Clothes is free to leave the parasite, where will that maid hide?” Chen Ge wore a smile on his face as if he was muttering to himself, “Opening the shrine violated a taboo, and now that I’ve helped you separate all those who violated the taboo, can you hold back?”

　　The first time he entered the secret room, Chen Ge realized that there was no surveillance installed in this room, so he was now reckless.

　　In fact, he had made up his mind to find out about the stern ghost in the shrine as early as when he realized that she was able to fight against the red high heels.

　　Ordinary Knight Ghosts and Red Heels were two concepts, and even if he couldn’t bring it back to the House of Horrors, swallowing it could drastically increase the strength of Xu Yin and the headless female ghost.

　　The spider projection followed a fixed trajectory as it passed by Chen Ge and climbed out of the closet, and a loud scream came from outside the chamber.

　　A few moments later the scene returned to normal, and a faint odor of blood wafted through the air as the crowd had just come out of the shock brought on by the large spider.

　　”She’s coming!”

　　Chen Ge grabbed the closet door as he heard a woman’s mournful singing voice coming from the hallway.