Chapter 1618 Please Complete the Challenge Independently, Do Not Ask the Ghosts!

Guo Licheng instantly deflated.

Something wasn't right? This wasn't how the director's script was supposed to go.

Normally, shouldn't Bao Xu be scared out of his wits and run away, tripping over himself, when I suddenly burst out in this getup and yell, making a scary gesture?

But not only did Bao Xu not run, he even tried to cozy up to me.

The problem was, there was nothing Guo Licheng could do. He had already done everything he possibly could.

He couldn't actually go around chopping people with a butcher knife, could he?

Besides, this butcher knife was just a prop, not a real one.

Guo Licheng was starting to lose it. He turned around, wanting to leave.

Before he could take two steps, Bao Xu grabbed him and said, "Hey, don't go. Old Guo, just tell me where the clue for the Coffin-Dragging Gym is hidden, so I don't have to waste time looking for it."

Guo Licheng was shocked!

Good grief! Bao Xu, you're really pushing your luck, aren't you?

"Please complete the challenge independently, do not ask the ghosts!"

Guo Licheng's face darkened.

However, Bao Xu had no intention of letting him go, being completely shameless.

Guo Licheng had a flash of inspiration. He went to the strength training area filled with white bones, then grabbed a huge white bone dumbbell and did a set of bench presses, squats, and deadlifts.

Then he looked at Bao Xu, signaling him to do the same.

This time, Bao Xu was dumbfounded!

"What the heck? You want me to work out here?"

The monster Guo Licheng was playing nodded, and thoughtfully removed several weight plates from the dumbbell, adjusting it to a weight suitable for Bao Xu.

The corners of Bao Xu's mouth twitched slightly as he began to quickly weigh his options.

Would it be more worthwhile to do a few sets of strength training as Guo Licheng asked, and then get the clue? Or to ignore Guo Licheng and search for the clue in the Coffin-Dragging Gym himself?

After considering it for a long time, he decided to choose the former.

So, under the watchful eye of the monster, Bao Xu huffed and puffed as he began his strength training.

...

More than half an hour later, Bao Xu walked out of the Coffin-Dragging Gym, supporting himself against the wall.

Before leaving, he gave Guo Licheng a thumbs up to show his gratitude.

Because if it hadn't been for Guo Licheng's help, he really wouldn't have been able to find this clue.

This gym was called the Coffin-Dragging Gym. As the name suggested, there was a huge coffin inside that could be pulled around, just like some regular strength training equipment.

Bao Xu could choose to pull the coffin himself, but nothing would happen.

The correct approach was to lie down in the coffin, at which point the ghosts in the gym would appear and start pulling the coffin continuously. After a certain number of pulls, the clue would drop out from the coffin lid.

It wasn't too difficult in itself, as long as one could overcome their claustrophobia, treat the coffin like a sedan chair or a rocking chair, and wait patiently for a while to complete the task.

It's just that most people wouldn't think of such a crazy train of thought.

Although Bao Xu was exhausted, he still got the clue with Guo Licheng's guidance and left the gym with satisfaction.

The channel for the staff was already in an uproar!

"Coach Guo, you're really embarrassing us. How could you do this?"

"Yeah, not only did you not scare Bao Xu, but you even gave him the clue directly!"

"Coach Guo, could you be a mole that Bao Xu planted in our ranks?"

"Yeah, we can't afford to be soft-hearted about this."

Guo Licheng quickly defended himself, "Everyone, you've misunderstood. There's a deeper meaning to what I did."

"I think we need to adjust our strategy. Personally showing up might not scare Brother Bao. Because Brother Bao already has a psychological expectation that anything that moves is basically played by an acquaintance. How could he be afraid like that?"

"So I think we should try to make more use of the scene elements and enter the interactive performance phase in advance. Also, I've greatly depleted Brother Bao's physical strength through the workout. Now that Brother Bao can't run as fast, the things we need to do next will become very simple!"

Chen Kangtuo chimed in, "That's right, I think Coach Guo's approach is correct! On the surface, Brother Bao just did a few sets of exercises and got the clue, but in order to get this mere clue, he greatly depleted his physical strength. Obviously, we're the ones who profited more."

"And Coach Guo has indeed proven that acting alone is probably no longer enough to give Brother Bao a particularly big scare. We need to hurry up and upgrade."

"Okay, everyone listen to my orders, prepare to move out. Find a way to lure Brother Bao to a more stimulating place."

...

As Bao Xu walked, he used the dim light of the haunted house to read the words on the clue note.

Unexpectedly, it was just a short background story.

In short, this was originally an ordinary gym. Although the owner didn't have much income, he had no children and lived alone. But he lived a happy life.

One day, the gym owner found an abandoned orphan at the door and took him home to adopt. But soon after, the gym frequently experienced missing person incidents: large clumps of hair often clogged the sewers, and there were a series of other strange events.

But no matter how much they investigated, they couldn't find the cause.

And the orphan who had been taken in grew up at an unexpected speed, quickly growing into a burly giant, becoming less and less like a human. Finally, one day, his bloodshot eyes looked at the gym owner...

After reading the whole story, Bao Xu's mouth twitched slightly.

He thought that the knock-off atmosphere was quite strong.

He went to so much trouble to do the three major exercises, and did one set until his legs were about to break, and this was the clue he got.

Bao Xu looked at the small piece of paper over and over again, and found that apart from this background story, there was basically nothing else. It didn't provide any guidance at all.

"So, the ghost that appeared in the gym is that abnormal child who was adopted."

"Then, if I want to find the next clue, I should look for it at the entrance of the gym."

Bao Xu considered that there wasn't much useful information in this background story. Most of the information about the gym probably wouldn't be useful, so the only thing that could be used was the origin of this ghost.

So he went to the entrance of the gym and carefully searched left and right for a long time. Finally, he found another clue behind a wall brick of a different color.

This time, the clue had changed again. It was no longer a pure text background story, but a picture. From the structure, it should be in the Sloth Apartment next door. The picture marked a specific room number.

Bao Xu took a deep breath and walked towards the Sloth Apartment while pondering.

Logically speaking, Liang Qingfan was busy with work and hadn't been arranged by Bao Xu before, so he shouldn't have the time or the mood to play a ghost in the Thriller Paradise.

I wonder which person in charge will be waiting for him in the Sloth Apartment this time?

...

Like Demon Prison Internet Cafe and Demon Prison Takeout, the Sloth Apartment has also been deeply transformed.

The sign for the Sloth Apartment at the door has become dilapidated and is completely unrecognizable due to being smeared with bright red bloodstains.

The apartment is filled with various sundries, and there is only a small path that can barely be entered.

There is no front desk, so there is no need to register. Fortunately, although the area of ​​this apartment is not small, it is not strictly made according to the method of the Sloth Apartment, but only a temporary scene is built. The doors of many rooms on the first floor cannot be opened and are decorated as various crime scenes.

The second floor is the real place to stay, but the conditions are not good, just small single rooms.

Before Bao Xu arrived, Qiao Liang and Chen Kangtuo, who had dressed up as ghosts, had already ambushed in advance.

Chen Kangtuo was still a little worried and instructed, "I will reiterate our plan of action."

"First of all, you hide in the room at the end of the second floor and wait patiently. That room has the best conditions and the most supplies. And you can see some clues from the door, Brother Bao shouldn't miss it."

"After Brother Bao arrives on the first floor, I will give him a jump scare first. But I will definitely not be as embarrassing as Guo Licheng. This time, I will interact with the on-site arrangements to create a more terrifying effect, and I will definitely drive Brother Bao upstairs."

"After Brother Bao gets rid of me, he will definitely calm down and search slowly. This is when it's your turn to appear."

"There is a prop corpse prepared in advance on the bed. You hide in the closet in advance. When Brother Bao gropes the corpse, you press the switch in the closet to make the corpse revive. And at the moment when Brother Bao is startled, you suddenly rush out of the closet to give him a second scare!"

"I think this should be able to give him a scare, right?"

Qiao Liang nodded, "I think so too. If I were him, I might already be scared to pee."

Chen Kangtuo's method is equivalent to upgrading the level of fright.

First, he will cooperate with the scene mechanism on the first floor to scare Bao Xu once. Even if Bao Xu resists, he will probably take it lightly and think that there will only be one ghost in a scene. Since Chen Kangtuo has been locked downstairs, searching upstairs should be safe.

As a result, when he searches the fake corpse in that room, the fake corpse suddenly moves, scaring him first. At this juncture, Qiao Liang suddenly kills, which should be able to have a good mental harm effect!

The two hit it off and went to prepare separately.

...

After a while, Bao Xu arrived.

He walked through the messy entrance hall of the Sloth Apartment and began to walk inside.

The structure of the Sloth Apartment here is more special. After entering from the entrance, there is a corridor. You will only see the stairs leading to the second floor at the end.

That is to say, you must walk through all the rooms on this floor before you can go to the second floor.

Mainly, there are too many roads, and there are too many choices for tourists. It is not certain that they can visit all the rooms.

Bao Xu looked around very carefully.

The doors of these rooms are either tightly closed or ajar. The situation outside the door is also different. Some are piled with sundries, while others are covered with bloodstains.

He took out the clue from before and glanced at it briefly. It only roughly circled an area, with two rooms each on the 1st and 2nd floors within this range.

It seems that if you want to get the next clue, you have to search all four rooms.

The locations of these four rooms happen to be the farthest from the stairs. The room on the first floor is not far from the entrance hall, and the room on the second floor is at the end of the corridor after climbing up the stairs.

Bao Xu looked at the situation of the two rooms. They were similar. One had bloodstains and the other didn't.

He had a premonition that there must be a room with a mechanism, or even a ghost-playing person in charge hiding in the room.

But which room is it?

According to common sense, the general plot of horror movies is that the room without bloodstains is the most dangerous, and the room with bloodstains is safer.

But maybe Chen Kangtuo is using this to lure him into a trap?

After thinking it over, Bao Xu finally chose to push open the room with bloodstains.