"What? Why are you all staring at me?"
The fat man himself seemed unaware of the woman floating above his head, his face a picture of utter bewilderment. But in an instant, his expression shifted violently once more.
Suddenly, a bone-chilling aura swept in!
As the icy presence descended, the brilliant lights around them crackled and fizzled out one by one, plunging the entire amusement park back into a terrifying darkness. Accompanied by the frigid air, a shadow darker than the night itself spread across from the distance.
Within that shadow, a white figure floated in midair.
It was that ghostly little girl.
She had come!
She had indeed come!
In that instant, everyone's hearts clenched. With the ghost girl's appearance, an extremely eerie and oppressive atmosphere enveloped the amusement park, bringing with it a profound sense of dread!
"Mommy."
"I've finally found you."
The little girl's crisp, childish voice, under this eerie atmosphere, sounded utterly sinister and terrifying. Watching the increasingly gloomy surroundings, Chen Mo and Li Yan felt a growing unease in their hearts.
At this moment, the most nervous was, of course, the fat man. "What's going on? Didn't we already fulfill her request and help her find that so-called mommy? Why is she still making that sour face?"
At the fat man's reminder, Li Yan and Chen Mo's hearts both leaped. This ghost girl's current state was indeed off. Her pale little face was filled with venom, and her jet-black pupils revealed endless anger and resentment.
It was as if she were silently accusing!
Why did you abandon me!
Why did you make me suffer such a tragic fate!
A thick black mist surged out from the darkness of the ghost girl, spreading in all directions. Wherever it passed, the malevolent spirits wandering the theme park were all devoured by it.
The black mist, having consumed the spirits, slowly flowed back into the ghost girl's body. When all the spirits were completely devoured, the little girl's pupils turned entirely pitch black, with no trace of white visible.
"Mommy, I hate you. I want to kill you."
Whoosh, whoosh!
A howling gust of sinister wind instantly pressed down on the group, as if controlled by an invisible, terrifying force. All the facilities in the amusement park began to operate wildly, and though they were empty, the sounds of countless tourists screaming in extreme terror suddenly erupted!
"Ahhhhhhh—!"
"Help me—!"
"Let me down, ahhhhhhh—!"
"Turn it off! Turn it off!"
Though no one was visible, the frantic, desperate screams recreated the true scene of these ghosts' deaths. This was the final part of the story—the tragedy from four years ago!
The mysterious accident at the amusement park, where all the facilities ran amok, causing the deaths of hundreds of tourists!
And the source of the accident was the ghost girl's resentment.
The powerful hatred born from being abandoned and tortured to death.
For Chen Mo, it was utterly incomprehensible.
Had he and Li Yan both been wrong?
Helping the ghost girl find her mother wasn't the solution to this story, but rather a trap?
The source of the ghost girl's resentment wasn't being killed by someone, but being abandoned by her most trusted loved one. While fulfilling her request, her memories were also reactivated, triggering her resentment!
Was this really going to be a total wipeout?
The ghost girl in midair, her face that should have been innocent and cute, was now twisted to the extreme. With each flicker, she drew closer to the group.
Against this teleportation ability, participants without items had no chance of escape.
The story had reached this point—was there still a chance for a reversal?
Chen Mo would never give up until the very last moment, but had that moment already arrived?
Just then, suddenly, a thought struck Chen Mo's mind. He reached into his pocket and yanked out an object.
Then, his hand began to tremble slightly.
A white piece of paper rustled in his hand.
A missing person notice.
Earlier, this notice had burned before his eyes, turning into a yellowed newspaper, but after the illusion ended, it had returned to its original form.
Every item given in a story was never useless—that was a trait of the story.
Before entering the amusement park, each participant had found two items on themselves: a coin and a missing person notice.
The coin's purpose had been discovered early on—to buy tickets for different themed areas. As for the notice, Chen Mo had initially seen it as mere background information.
But in this instant, he suddenly felt that things might not be as simple as they thought.
If the story needed to introduce its background, it could have just had a floating newspaper appear in front of one person. Why would it specifically place a missing person notice in every participant's pocket?
There was only one reason: to ensure that all participants could use this item, without losing its usability if one died.
This meant that this seemingly insignificant notice was actually a crucial item in the story!
Even if only one participant remained from this batch, it could still guarantee their passage through the story.
So...
A white shadow flickered, and the terrifying ghost girl was almost right at Chen Mo's nose. Her pitch-black pupils reflected his distorted face.
And from those black pupils, Chen Mo saw a hidden, incredibly fearsome spirit!
It was the embodiment of the ghost girl's resentment!
Just as this spirit was about to lunge out and devour him, with a rustle, Chen Mo gripped the white paper and held it up to the spirit.
"No one abandoned you!"
"She came back for you! See? She came back for you! This is proof!"
"But she didn't find you!"
"She didn't know you were already dead, so she kept looking for you! While you were searching for her, she was searching for you too. Now, she's finally found you!"
"Don't live in resentment anymore!"
"So... end this, and go home!"
In an instant, as if time had frozen, all the wildly operating amusement facilities came to a standstill, and then...
Rustle, rustle.
White papers fluttered everywhere, all of them missing person notices. On the paper, a little girl hugged a teddy bear, showing a sweet smile.
Then, those white papers all caught fire. The flames rose higher and higher, until they turned into a sea of fire that engulfed the entire amusement park.
In the burning flames, countless twisted souls drifted toward the sky.
At the same time, the eerie supernatural force around them rapidly receded.
Among the countless spirits, one could faintly see a floating little girl, holding a red balloon in one hand and another woman's hand in the other, her back to the three of them, drifting into the endless night sky.
Along with all the spirits, her form gradually became transparent.
Just then, the little girl suddenly turned her head and glanced at Chen Mo.
In that moment, it seemed as if she showed a sweet smile again.
Thank you, big brother.
I found my mommy.
Now, I'm really going home.
Plop, plop. The fat man wiped his chubby face.
Damn, moved to tears by a ghost.
Go home.
Little sister.
No more fear.
No more panic.
With your dearest mommy.
Let her hold your hand and go home.
This was a horror story.
Turned into a heartwarming tale.
Ding!
A system prompt sounded in everyone's minds.
"Congratulations, participants, for uncovering the hidden truth of the cursed amusement park. Task two completed, story ended!"
"Perfect ending achieved for this story. Rewards will be distributed shortly!"
"Surviving participants of this story: Li Yan, Chen Mo, Liu Bo."
"Deceased participants of this story: Wei Ran, Gao Jie, Bai Yin."
"Beginning teleportation out of the supernatural world..."