Chapter 102: Hidden Mission! (Part 1)
The sound from the computer wasn't loud, but everyone nearby heard it clearly.
They all turned to look at Fei Youliang, who lay sprawled on the ground, foaming at the mouth with a vacant expression, their faces twisted with odd looks.
The short middle-aged man sensed something was off and fast-forwarded past that part.
After another minute or two, an image appeared on the screen: Zhu Jianing and Fei Youliang had entered the haunted house.
The tourists outside were curious about the haunted house's setup, some even pushing forward to get a glimpse of the hidden mechanisms.
The Muyang High School scene was built underground, dead silent. The pickup clearly recorded the two young people's voices, including their discussion about uploading videos and giving the haunted house bad reviews.
"These people came here just to cause trouble?"
"I almost believed them earlier."
The onlookers murmured among themselves, forcing the short man to fast-forward a few more times.
Due to lighting issues, the video wasn't very clear—only a gloomy corridor and empty classrooms on both sides were visible, but that alone was creepy enough.
The Qin Guang Studio crew wasn't playing the footage to promote Chen Ge's haunted house; they wanted evidence of him ordering employees to assault visitors. Yet after five or six minutes, the video only showed Fei Youliang and Zhu Jianing yelling, with not a single ghost in sight.
Now not only the Qin Guang crew grew uneasy, but the tourists became increasingly curious. In such a large haunted house, with no actors playing ghosts, what was it using to scare people?
Soon the video reached the scene where the two played the Ouija game. At first, nothing happened, but when Chen Ge heard Fei Youliang's words, he nearly bit his tongue in shock. These two guys' moves were so audacious they made his scalp tingle, and he now vaguely understood why they ended up so miserable.
The footage grew stranger from there. Zhu Jianing suddenly yanked his hand away and ran.
"Die! Die! Die!"
Watching this, the tourists were baffled.
"What's he doing?"
"Schizophrenic? I think instead of bothering the park doctor, they should just call the psych ward."
"So, two people visit a haunted house, and one gets scared unconscious by his own teammate?"
Seeing this video, Chen Ge felt completely relieved. Besides the two victims, only he knew what had really happened.
The Ouija spirit must have appeared then, but whether because the camera couldn't capture it or due to the shooting angle, it wasn't recorded—only this eerie, possessed-like scene showed up.
The video continued, and Chen Ge moved closer to the computer. What happened next was what he was most curious about.
After Zhu Jianing fled, only Fei Youliang remained in the room. He fiddled with the characters for a while, then suddenly stopped.
The camera hung on his chest, the image frozen. After a few seconds, the shot suddenly shifted—Fei Youliang seemed to have fainted.
"No one touched him, right?"
"Yeah, why did he collapse?"
A dozen seconds later, something even stranger occurred. The camera angle flipped, and Fei Youliang stood back up!
He staggered out of the girls' dormitory, the screen shaking violently. He moved like someone just learning to walk, stumbling along.
A person who had fainted suddenly stood up and walked on his own—based on Chen Ge's years of experience watching visitors pass out, that was nearly impossible.
This guy might have been replaced by the Ouija spirit!
Chen Ge said nothing, but his focus sharpened.
At first, Fei Youliang seemed unaccustomed to the body, but within seconds, he walked faster and faster, no different from a normal person.
When he reached the fork, Chen Ge and Zhu Jianing had just entered the restroom, so they didn't cross paths.
"The Ouija spirit wanted to escape the haunted house?" Chen Ge was startled by his own thought. If nothing unexpected had happened later, the spirit might have succeeded by now.
In the video, Fei Youliang seemed aware someone was in the restroom. He tiptoed past the door and turned to dash into the last classroom.
He moved with clear purpose, heading straight to the back row, grabbing a school uniform from a seat. Just as he was about to leave, he spotted the cardboard box Chen Ge had placed on the podium, containing the twenty-four nameplates Fan Yu had given.
As if recalling something very unpleasant, Fei Youliang dumped all the nameplates onto the table, picked one out and pocketed it, then bolted for the door.
But before he could escape, the old classroom door slammed shut.
Then came the most bizarre part of the entire video. Fei Youliang turned around angrily and spoke to the empty classroom in a deeply suppressed tone.
"I treat this classroom as home too, but I have a reason I have to leave! I need to explain things to Wang Xin!"
"Let me go!"
"I'll come back after I handle this!"
"Get out! I have to leave today! No one's stopping me!"
From the computer came Fei Youliang's hysterical shouts, screaming at the empty room with all his might.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
The footage kept shaking, and because the struggle was so intense, the camera was knocked off and fell to the ground.
From below, it captured Fei Youliang's face at that moment. His expression kept shifting, as if a dozen different souls were crammed into one body.
After a few seconds, Fei Youliang's face returned to normal, and the classroom door reopened.
Without a word, he picked up the camera from the floor and reattached it, his body moving like a puppet on strings, heading deeper into the Muyang High School scene.
Just then, Chen Ge's black phone vibrated. He quietly pulled it out and stepped back a few paces, though his eyes stayed on the screen.
He had been in the restroom around the corner at that time, separated by just a wall, yet he hadn't heard a sound from Fei Youliang in the classroom. The moment the door closed on its own, that room seemed to become something entirely different.
The video kept playing. Fei Youliang, stiff-bodied, walked step by step to the deep well. He stood on the edge and started muttering to himself again.
"Should I jump?"
"I can understand Chen Yalin. She had her reasons for doing this."
"I'd do the same, since Wang Xin was once her best friend."
"Then let's give her another chance."
Fei Youliang stepped down from the well's edge, his expression slowly going blank, his head lolling as he collapsed to the ground.
Two or three minutes later, Chen Ge arrived.
The camera captured everything. Chen Ge immediately performed CPR and emergency aid on Fei Youliang, and everyone present saw it clearly.
"The haunted house owner did nothing wrong—he even took the initiative to save you."
"A real-life version of the farmer and the snake!"
The Qin Guang Studio crew was left speechless by the tourists' comments. By then, Chen Ge had retreated to the edge of the crowd. He pulled out his black phone and glanced at it.
"Lucky ghost favored one! Congratulations on triggering the hidden mission for the two-star horror scene Muyang High School—The Ouija Spirit's Wish!"