Chapter 1616 Apparently Calm as a Dog, But In Reality...

Bao Xu asked, "President Pei, you should have the design plan for the new haunted house project, right? I want to take a look."

Pei Qian immediately nodded and found the design plan for the new haunted house project on his computer.

Although this project was jointly designed by Chen Kangtuo, Ruan Guangjian, and Ma Yiqun, since it was a plan for Thriller Hostel, President Pei would definitely have the final say.

Pei Qian had briefly looked at this plan at the time and felt that it had great potential, so he didn't offer any opinions and directly approved it.

Now, it was perfectly understandable that Bao Xu wanted to see this plan. After all, he was going to be the chief experience officer in this haunted house, and it was reasonable for him to learn about the situation in advance.

However, Pei Qian didn't expect that after Bao Xu got the plan, he didn't carefully read the details at the beginning, but jumped directly to the interactive content.

This haunted house project was called "Stranded Traveler." The storyline wasn't complicated: it told the story of a tourist or group of tourists from another land who came to a bizarre version of Jingzhou in another dimension and stayed at the Thriller Hostel.

However, the industries they could come into contact with, including Mo Yu Internet Cafe, Mo Yu Delivery, Trustee Fitness, etc., had all become eerie and terrifying places occupied by ghosts and monsters, and their names had also changed to Demon Prison Internet Cafe, Demon Prison Delivery, Coffin-Dragging Fitness, and so on.

In addition, there were many more direct and terrifying peripheral areas, such as the Abyss of Evil and the Underworld Crossing, which were even more thrilling!

There were only two ways to escape this terrifying world: one was to survive for a certain period, and the other was to find clues to leave in various places by solving puzzles.

This project could be participated in individually or in groups, and the difficulty would vary.

The staff played various ghosts and monsters to scare the tourists. Each area had its own dedicated ghosts and monsters, and in most cases, they only patrolled their own territories. Tourists who wanted to get clues had to avoid these ghosts and monsters.

However, in some special cases, these ghosts and monsters might also gather together, depending on some special mechanisms in the game.

For example, if a tourist found a key clue, the ghosts and monsters would gather together for a purge, and the tourists would have to hide patiently to avoid being discovered.

Under this mechanism, there were actually many things that tourists could do. They could choose to split up, with each person responsible for quickly collecting clues in one area, and then summarize and decrypt them. They could also choose to get the key clues first, and then have individual brave people lure all the ghosts and monsters away, and then others could search for other clues in the corresponding locations.

The staff playing the ghosts and monsters wouldn't maintain a fixed walking route like robots. They could make some adjustments and changes within a certain range of rules according to their own preferences, making the whole game more tense, exciting, and unpredictable.

Bao Xu only glanced at the puzzle part at the beginning. He focused all his attention on the ghost and monster role-playing part at the end.

After memorizing these things, Bao Xu considered it and said, "President Pei, I would like to designate two people on the list of staff playing the ghosts and monsters."

"One is the ghost and monster player who appears directly on the list, Qiao Liang. The other doesn't need to appear on the list, but will also enter the haunted house as a ghost and monster player, Ruan Guangjian."

"I want to talk to them two privately and separately."

Pei Qian nodded: "Okay."

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July 24th, Wednesday.

Thriller Hostel's new haunted house project, "Stranded Traveler," officially entered the internal testing and trial operation stage.

Because it was the internal testing stage, it wasn't open to the general public, but Bao Xu was the chief experience officer for this project, experiencing the entire project.

According to Chen Kangtuo's plan, he certainly hoped that Bao Xu would stay in the "Stranded Traveler" project for a whole month.

After all, the suffering trip lasted for two whole months, and this was already cut in half.

However, considering the special nature of this project, Chen Kangtuo and other participating persons in charge unanimously agreed that as long as Brother Bao could find the clues as soon as possible and leave this place, the internal testing activity would end early.

After all, they weren't really demons. They still had a responsible brotherhood with Brother Bao.

So the internal testing activity wouldn't necessarily last for a long time, maybe a month or maybe a week, it all depended on Brother Bao's speed of passing the level.

Of course, the persons in charge would also deliberately adjust this speed so that Brother Bao wouldn't pass the level so easily.

Especially considering that Brother Bao might have secretly read the entire project design plan, and already had a good idea of the possible locations of many clues, it was even more important to make this project achieve its due effect.

The persons in charge were considering that when they played the ghosts and monsters, they could slightly change the location of the clues to make the whole game more tense and exciting. Otherwise, if Brother Bao passed the level in two days, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?

Under Chen Kangtuo's call, many persons in charge actively participated, and even Qiao Liang actively signed up.

Qiao Liang's timidity was well-known. In order to pass the Ultimate Horror project, he had also gone through a series of intense ideological struggles. This time, his registration was so enthusiastic that Chen Kangtuo felt Qiao Liang's anger, which was the same as everyone else's, so he gladly agreed.

Chen Kangtuo customized special costumes for these persons in charge. They could put them on and play ghosts.

These leather suits were very well made. When placed in the dark and terrifying environment of the haunted house, the degree of terror directly exploded.

However, it was not a big deal to wear it himself, as long as he didn't look in the mirror, everything would be fine.

At this time, in the office of Thriller Hostel, Chen Kangtuo was conducting the final communication with the persons in charge.

"Let's confirm it one last time, everyone must be responsible for your own area, remember the mechanisms inside, and don't scare yourselves."

"We will issue a small communicator to each person. I will conduct real-time command in the headphones. Everyone can move freely at ordinary times, but when you hear the instructions, you must act according to my instructions."

"This time, we must accompany Brother Bao well, understand?"

The persons in charge said in unison: "Understood!"

Among these persons in charge were Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, Huang Sibo, Guo Licheng, and so on. Some other persons in charge, such as Min Jingchao, originally wanted to come, but they couldn't spare the time due to their busy work, so they could only remotely wish the internal testing activity a complete success.

Each area has various mechanisms, and there is a certain trigger mechanism.

The staff who play ghosts and monsters must remember all kinds of mechanisms in advance to avoid triggering them, or at least be psychologically prepared in advance, so that they won't be scared even if they are triggered.

Otherwise, if the tourists don't come, and they accidentally turn themselves into high blood pressure and neurasthenia, would that be appropriate?

Xiao Peng smiled slightly: "Don't worry, we have been looking forward to this day for a long time! And we have also read the detailed plan, and we went to the field to investigate a few days ago, it is absolutely foolproof!"

Chen Kangtuo nodded.

The difference between these persons in charge and Bao Xu is that Bao Xu may only be able to inquire about part of the design plan, and it should be difficult to see the complete plan. Even if he sees the complete plan, he can't go to the site for field investigation.

There is still a big difference between looking at the design plan and the field investigation of a haunted house.

Many scary things are mainly visual. After seeing it once, the scary effect will be greatly reduced when you see it again next time.

The persons in charge have already explored the haunted house several times in the past few days, and they know the locations of various key props and mechanisms like the back of their hands.

Compared to Bao Xu, who entered for the first time, they have an advantage no matter what.

Thinking of this, Chen Kangtuo gave an order: "Okay, everyone go to put on the props separately, let's gather inside."

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Half an hour later, the persons in charge were all in their positions.

Each of them is in charge of a small area, and the ghost and monster leather suits they are wearing are very close to the style of this area. If they find a place to hide, they can perfectly integrate into the environment and are difficult to be discovered.

This gives them a great advantage in encounters.

The ghost and monster leather suits have many functions. These persons in charge not only wear Bluetooth headsets to communicate with each other at any time, but also have miniature sound devices on their bodies that can emit very terrifying sounds.

This will avoid the situation where tourists forcibly come up to make conversation, but the person in charge who plays the ghost and monster is unable to scare the tourists away even with his teeth and claws.

"Everyone is in position, Brother Bao has entered from the main entrance."

Chen Kangtuo's voice came from the headphones, and many persons in charge immediately became vigilant. Some hid in the mechanisms, while others found a corner to blend in with the environment, patiently waiting for Bao Xu's arrival.

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At this time, Bao Xu strode into the entrance of Stranded Traveler.

Apparently calm as a dog, but in reality, he was panicking.

Although Bao Xu had briefly read the design plan of the entire project, remembering the design plan is still very different from being there in person.

Seeing the gloomy layout around him, he felt as if he was stepping into a mysterious, unknown, and dangerous space step by step. The fear in the depths of his heart was naturally stimulated, making it difficult to remain calm.

However, Bao Xu was also trying to tell himself that there must be cameras everywhere here, and that group of scoundrels, Chen Kangtuo, must be monitoring his actions, preparing to laugh at him, so he must not show any timidity.

Walking in from the entrance, the first thing he encountered was a long passage.

The design of this "Stranded Traveler" project is different from the previous projects.

The previous three haunted house projects were all directly transformed from a single abandoned factory building, and the factory building used for Ultimate Horror was the largest.

This time, the "Stranded Traveler" project used several factory buildings, but all of them were connected by specially made passages in the middle.

This not only eliminates the worry that tourists will have a sense of being out of place when going from one factory building to another, but also creates a dangerous and oppressive atmosphere of terror, making people feel that they are completely trapped in an isolated space and time.

After passing through the long passage, Bao Xu felt that his tense nerves were a little overwhelmed.

The central area of this project is the largest, and can also be regarded as the so-called living area. There are relatively common industries such as Mo Yu Internet Cafe and Mo Yu Delivery here.

Around it are some more dangerous locations, such as Underworld Crossing and Abyss of Evil, which are the locations of some high-difficulty clues, and need to be reached through some passages.

Tourists walk from the long passage at the entrance to the central area of the entire haunted house, and the long passage will be temporarily closed after entering.

Therefore, after walking such a long and terrifying passage, although no scary ghosts and monsters appeared, a lot of mental pressure has already been accumulated.

When he reached the end of the long passage, the gate behind him fell with a 'click' and made a huge sound.

When it rings, most tourists can't help but scream. This is the first scare that the new "Stranded Traveler" project gives people.