At this moment, in this special space, Chen Mo could feel that there was indeed a gap between a newcomer and a veteran. Beyond the broadcast room privileges, Chen Mo believed that Li Yan must have other life-saving items on him. It was just that encountering a story mission that restricted the use of items left even a veteran with little room to maneuver. And this might be the radio station's way of leveling the playing field between newcomers and veterans in the stories.
The benefits of the private room privilege were also obvious. Although they all belonged to the seventh program group of the Bizarre Radio Station, their real-world coordinates were quite scattered. Activating the private room allowed them to summon everyone into it regardless of distance, making task discussions quite convenient.
Scanning the surroundings, Chen Mo noticed that there were seven people in the private room at the moment. Besides Li Yan and Fatty, there were two men and two women he didn't know. Among the two men, one seemed low-key but couldn't hide his striking good looks, giving Chen Mo a familiar feeling at first glance. After thinking it over carefully, Chen Mo was somewhat surprised because he realized he had indeed seen this person before—on a variety show.
That's right, this man named Duan Ye was a newcomer actor who had recently made a name for himself on several variety shows, and an idol drama starring him was also in the promotional phase. He never expected that this person had also become a listener of this bizarre radio station and would have to experience countless terrifying supernatural stories with them in the future.
Although sitting across from this popular actor, the two young women didn't show the fanatical expressions of ordinary fans; instead, they appeared quite calm. Through Li Yan's introductions, Chen Mo learned their identities. One bespectacled girl was named Ke Shufan, an assistant at a comic studio. The other, a cool beauty with a bit of a mature vibe, was named Xiao Bai, and her profession surprised Chen Mo slightly.
This cool beauty was actually a professional mortuary cosmetologist at a funeral home. A professional mortuary cosmetologist, simply put, does makeup for the dead. Usually, working on ordinary deceased individuals wasn't too bad, but this profession often dealt with those who died in accidents or by suicide, where the bodies were either damaged or had terrifying expressions. Before doing makeup and restoration on such bodies, one had to clean the remains and stitch wounds. Chen Mo found it hard to believe that such a uniquely attractive woman was engaged in such a daunting job.
Of the two female listeners, Ke Shufan had completed one task, while Xiao Bai had completed two. Perhaps because she frequently dealt with terrifying corpses, Xiao Bai's expression was much calmer and colder compared to Ke Shufan, who seemed slightly more uneasy.
Additionally, sitting to Duan Ye's right was a listener named Lin Hengtian. When Chen Mo looked at this person, he noticed the other's gaze noticeably dodged and seemed to shift around casually. Chen Mo wasn't a psychologist, but his experience dealing with countless interview subjects told him that Lin Hengtian seemed like a particularly cautious person with strong observational skills.
This trait typically appeared in two types of people: one was those in dangerous professions constantly dealing with criminals, and the other, quite the opposite, was those who needed to evade pursuit and stay vigilant at all times. Based on Chen Mo's observations, Lin Hengtian was more likely the latter, but for now, it was just his guess.
These listeners gathered in the broadcast room seemed to form a small group built on trust from shared terrifying experiences. Indeed, amid the endless dangers of the stories, relying solely on individual intelligence and ability made it nearly impossible to survive. But if multiple people gathered intelligence and shared information, the chances of survival would relatively increase.
After this mission ended, Li Yan pulling him into this private room "small group" discussion was clearly a recognition of his abilities. He just wondered why Fatty was also invited. Perhaps Li Yan was also puzzled and confused by Fatty's strange luck.
After introducing everyone, Li Yan sat down and broke down the traps and solutions from the story they had just experienced, with Chen Mo occasionally adding details. Among the four others, except for Xiao Bai, who occasionally seemed distracted, the other three listened very attentively, occasionally chiming in with their own analyses. After the discussion, Duan Ye let out a long breath, looking visibly relieved.
"Lucky I wasn't picked for this story. If it were me, I probably wouldn't have made it."
"This horror story was indeed very difficult. Honestly, if Chen Mo hadn't come up with a solution, I might not have come back this time either."
"Chen Mo?" Duan Ye paused, then looked up to size up the young man before him. He had initially taken him for just another ordinary survivor—many like him had been invited into the private room by Li Yan before, but most were killed by vengeful spirits in subsequent horror stories. That this newcomer named Chen Mo had earned such high praise from Li Yan was somewhat unexpected to the others.
Unlike Duan Ye's reaction, after hearing how the three participants died, Xiao Bai, the mortuary cosmetologist, shook her head. In her view, the short-haired girl named Bai Yin had a full chance to complete the story but lost it due to a moment of carelessness.
"This shows that danger lurks at every moment in the missions. Until the teleportation begins, any tiny oversight can turn into a fatal threat."
Before they knew it, over half an hour had passed, and they had mostly discussed the various hints and solutions for the missions. In fact, aside from Li Yan's recent one, this team hadn't received a story mission in a month, so the atmosphere was relatively relaxed. They then chatted about where each of them lived in reality.
Li Yan and Duan Ye both lived in the Magic City, Fatty Liu Bo was in the Pearl River area, Ke Shufan was a student currently living in an island nation, and among them, Lin Hengtian was the closest, in Rong City, less than three hundred kilometers from Jiang City. Finally, to Chen Mo's slight surprise, the icy beauty Xiao Bai was also in Jiang City. Upon learning this, Lin Hengtian joked that they might have already met in real life without knowing it. Ke Shufan then teased him, asking who would casually go to a funeral home!
Though the surface was filled with laughter, the gloom in their hearts hadn't fully dissipated. After all, being pulled into this bizarre radio station as listeners, forced to enter supernatural worlds hiding murderous spirits every so often, facing all kinds of eerie and terrifying events, they had long since lost the ability to live normal lives. Only when in the private room, talking with others who shared the same experiences, could they slightly dispel the fear in their hearts.
Just as everyone was amused by Ke Shufan's remark, a series of notification sounds—ding-dong, ding-dong—rang out in the space. Li Yan's expression shifted slightly as he quickly pulled out his phone from his pocket. For so many phones to ring at once, there was likely only one possibility.
That was, the Bizarre Radio Station had released a new horror story!