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Dou Tang looked him up and down, then asked with a strange expression, "I am a family member of one of the participants. Who are you?"
The hooded man laughed and said, "Ah, I'm from the production crew. They've been inside for a while, but my equipment is broken, and I'm fixing it now."
"You're... part of the production team?" Dou Tang asked with a smile.
"Yes, do you want to wait for them to come out? Or should I take you in?" The hooded man pointed outside the tent: "You're probably worried about your family, right? Don't worry, our program absolutely guarantees the safety of our guests. It's just that cell phone signals are blocked for the sake of the program's recording."
Dou Tang stroked his chin, a strange smile still playing on his lips, and nodded, saying, "That's fine then. I'd also like to participate in this program. Could you please take me in?"
The hooded man nodded and said, "That's fine then. Let's go. The area is currently closed off, and there's only one way in."
After saying that, the hooded man brushed past Dou Tang and headed towards the mental hospital.
Dou Tang turned around and followed behind him, walking slowly with her hands behind her back, smiling without saying a word.
The two followed the building to a window that was sealed off by an iron plate. The hooded man climbed up the windowsill, opened the window, and pushed the iron plate inward, creating a window that allowed people to exit.
Dou Tang asked, puzzled, "Do you guys have to be this serious about recording a show? You even have to seal off the front door with a fireproof roller shutter?"
"Creating an atmosphere, creating an atmosphere... you know, the most important thing in playing games is immersion."
The hooded man spoke cheerfully, looking no different from a normal person. If it weren't for the surging resentment emanating from him, Dou Tang might very well have been deceived by him.
Dou Tang looked at the hooded man standing on the windowsill and continued, "So, do you want to go in too?"
The hooded man hesitated for a moment, as if he was really thinking about it, then shook his head and said, "No, I have to go back and adjust the equipment, otherwise I'll get my salary docked if the show isn't done well."
Dou Tang grabbed the windowsill with one hand and pulled hard, then jumped onto the windowsill and patted the hooded man on the shoulder, saying, "But I'm scared. This kind of dark place is the scariest. I don't dare to go in alone. If I trigger any of the mechanisms or devices you're using to record the show, won't that affect the recording?"
Dou Tang shrank back, looking like a coward: "At least you have to take responsibility for bringing me to my family, right?"
The hooded man with the dark blue skin sneered inwardly. "Bring your family to your side? Fine, you can go down first, and your family will come with you to the underworld later!"
He grinned from behind his mask, "Alright then! Let's make it clear first, I need to leave as soon as I get there, and you too, follow everyone's instructions during the recording, or I won't be responsible if I scare you!"
Dou Tang nodded.
The hooded man jumped down from the windowsill and into the house, his foot slamming onto the metal plate on the ground. He then turned around and waved, "Alright, hurry up and follow me!"
Dou Tang jumped off the windowsill, landing silently, and followed behind him, saying, "Speaking of which, this place is really eerie. Did you guys scout it out beforehand? I hope nothing bad will happen here."
Something went wrong? Hmph... These people barged into my testing ground, do you expect nothing to happen? As for scouting... Ha, what use is scouting by ordinary people? A bunch of cowards who don't even dare to venture deep into buildings.
Despite his disdain, the hooded man maintained a friendly demeanor and said with a smile, "Look at what you're saying. Of course we have to ensure the safety of our guests and hosts. Everything was prepared in advance."
The two walked out of the room and down the dark corridor. Dou Tang hummed in response and then asked, "Well, I have another question... the weather isn't quite..."
"Are you cold, my friend? Why are you bundled up so tightly?"
The hooded man made an excuse: "Because it's very humid in the mountains at night. I can't stand dampness. If it's humid for too long, my joints will hurt. Hahaha, don't I look a bit like an old man?"
"Seriously, friend, you have so many questions! Is it because you're afraid of this place and feel uncertain? Don't worry, I'll keep you company and chat with you!"
Dou Tang smiled and said, "Thank you so much. To be honest, I was a little unsure... Oh right, I have another question."
The hooded man nodded, quite satisfied with Dou Tang's timid reaction. At the same time, he felt a little relieved. He had a million ways to make ordinary people like this suffer a fate worse than death and be tormented forever.
What should we do with the skin after peeling it? Look at its delicate skin, we can use the skin to make a lampshade…
At this moment, Dou Tang's question had just been posed.
"It's so dark here, how did you see that, friend?"
Upon hearing this, the hooded man's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no! I got too cocky and forgot to bring a flashlight. Now I've sealed off all the doors and windows on the first floor, so there's no light source at all without a flashlight!
But... wait, it's pitch black here, yet the person behind me is still able to keep up with my steps and hasn't gotten lost?
Something's not right...
Dou Tang lowered his voice, his tone becoming eerie and cold, and said calmly, "Could it be that, my friend, you are a ghost like me...?"
……ghost?!
The hooded man suddenly turned his head, revealing the figure of the person hidden in the darkness behind him. As an evil spirit, the hooded man was naturally able to see in the dark, but at this moment he wished he had never had such an ability.
Appearing behind him was a strange man with eyes that shone with a blinding blue light. The man's face and neck were covered with messy knife wounds, making him look even more... frightening than his own bluish-green skin.
At least he had never seen a strange being with glowing eyes before!
A ghost...yes, he just said he was a ghost!
Do ghosts really exist in this world?! Besides monsters like myself, are there really ghosts and monsters?!
Dou Tang continued in a chilling tone, "Don't stay silent, friend... are you a ghost too? Hehehehe..."
As he spoke, he slowly reached out his hand towards the hooded man who was frozen in place in front of him. At the same time, a dense aura of resentment emanated from his body, like a black curtain being drawn up behind him.
Even the hooded monster with night vision couldn't see through the darkness behind the hood... or rather, this was the first time the hooded monster had seen what darkness looked like since it became a monster so long ago.
“Ghost…Ghost!!!”
The hooded man screamed and ran away!
Chapter 13 Crush
It was clearly an evil spirit, but it turned and ran away after I scared it. Is that reasonable?
Dou Tang was inexplicably annoyed.
While he may have had provocative and frightening intentions, wasn't this reaction a bit excessive? How could a demon be afraid of a human like himself?
You bastard, don't you even realize you're acting like an evil spirit?
Dou Tang twisted his neck on the spot, looking annoyed.
The hooded man, startled, glanced back and saw the eerie man with blue flames in his eyes standing there, his head tilted as if it were heavy, a cold and disdainful mocking smile on his lips.
The fear in my heart grew even heavier!
Unlike monsters made of flesh and blood, or humans driven to madness by manipulation, this hooded man is the first time I've ever seen such a bizarre creature!
terrible!
Especially the darkness around him that he couldn't see through, the long-lost human fear of the dark surged into his heart, and now he had only one thought in his mind, which was to escape!
Escape, escape to your own base, where there are still a few test subjects, even if they are demons... In the end, can test subjects turned humans really stop demons?
The hooded man continued to flee, heading deeper into the hospital.
Dou Tang followed at a leisurely pace, observing everything inside the mental hospital. The entire mental hospital was shrouded in a faint resentment, which suggested that something terrible had happened here, or that someone had been brutally murdered. The resentment that had not dissipated even after so long was proof of this.
It seems to be a place with a lot of history, but unfortunately, the place was taken over by such an evil spirit that is not worthy of our attention.
Fortunately, he was an easy guy to deal with. Listening to him, Huaiyin and the others were still safe and sound, which put them at ease.
Dou Tang didn't chase after the panicked guy. Instead, he strolled through the mental hospital, gradually amplifying his senses and beginning a thorough search.
Not long after they left, the hooded man's counterattack arrived.
"Pap tap tap tap..."
Three crimson monsters crawling on the ground appeared in the distant corridor. Dou Tang could tell at a glance that they were some kind of modified humans, but strangely, these monsters did not have much resentment on them.
Dou Tang shook his hand and stood in the middle of the corridor. The blue flames in his eyes subsided and transformed into a sharper, purer gaze.
He slowly clenched his fist, his knuckles making a soft cracking sound.
Three monsters crawled down the stairwell, leaving three bloody trails in their wake. One of them even pierced its bony claws into the wall.
He climbed up the wall and moved forward like a spider.
Dou Tang slowly advanced until he got close enough to the monster to a dangerous distance.
The monster on the wall roared and leaped up, its pale, bony fingers reaching out to scratch at Dou Tang.
Dou Tang suddenly shifted his body, pulling his shoulder back to dodge the claw attack while simultaneously extending his fist to strike the monster's chest.
"Crunch—"
A crisp cracking sound rang out as the monster's chest caved in from the punch. It crashed into the wall and fell, turning into a pile of mangled flesh in the corner.
Just one punch.
Judging from the dent in the monster's chest, the punch went deep into its chest cavity and even shattered its spine. No wonder it was able to kill it with one blow.
The remaining two monsters also took to the air and pounced on Dou Tang. Their crimson eyes and ugly gums gradually magnified in his vision, making them extremely creepy.
Dou Tang remained calm. He extended his right forearm forward, grazing one of the monsters' claws as it moved back to his arm. He used his forearm to block the monster's forearm, dodging the claw attack while simultaneously guiding the monster to the side, causing it to miss its target.
Meanwhile, he extended his left palm and grabbed at the wrist as the claw strike began. His preemptive grip on the blood-soaked wrist prevented the monster from releasing its power, as if he had anticipated the monster's muscle movements.
Then, he slammed the monster in his hand onto the ground.
"boom!"
The monster, which was the size of an adult, weighed over a hundred pounds, but Dou Tang threw it to the ground with one hand, making a heavy thud.
That wasn't all; he stretched out his right leg and stomped down on the monster's nape.
"Crack!"
The neck bone was shattered, and flesh and bone were reduced to dust. If any more force had been applied, the entire head would probably have fallen off.
Two wisps of gray mist emerged from the dead monster and flowed into Dou Tang's body, but Dou Tang did not receive any notification from the Crown Game System.
These monsters cannot be called evil spirits or vengeful spirits; their souls are simply those of ordinary people.
Putting down the powerless monster in his hand, Dou Tang turned his head to look at the monster he had previously guided away.
At this moment, the monster seemed to shrink back in fear, lying on the ground and not daring to go forward. It twisted its body uneasily, its red eyes filled with surprise and doubt.
Dou Tang flicked the blood off his hand and said coldly, "Do you have any sense?"
The monster opened its mouth in confusion: "Doctor, doctor..."
Dou Tang's face lit up with joy. If these monsters could communicate, that would undoubtedly be good news, at least it would help him find out what exactly happened here... Everyone has a thirst for knowledge.
But then, the monster's words became unintelligible, sounding like the ramblings of a mentally broken person.
"No, medicine tastes so bitter and smelly... I want to get out of here, ah, doctor, I want to sleep, I want to sleep..."
While spouting these illogical words, the monster slowly approached Dou Tang, but it no longer seemed to have any ferocity to attack.
But Dou Tang still stepped forward and stomped his head under his foot.
"Go, I will give you a chance to change your fate, I will allow you to go to your death."
After speaking in a low voice, he stomped hard on the monster's head, crushing it into a pile of filth.
After wiping the filth off the ground, Dou Tang looked at the stairwell in front of him and continued forward.
The hooded man, who had already escaped underground, saw Dou Tang's performance through the surveillance camera and was horrified. At this moment, it didn't matter whether this man was a ghost or not... He was not someone he could hurt!
Run! We have to run!
………………
Meanwhile, Linlin and her senior colleague were preparing to head to the first floor on the west side for their next mission.
The next task is... to retrieve the medication record from the pharmacy on the first floor of the west side, named Kirigakure Yoshiki.
According to the medical records obtained earlier, this man named Kirigakure Yoshiki seems to be suffering from a rare condition called narcolepsy. The mental hospital has been trying to find a way to cure his condition, but at the same time, the medical records also mention that many other patients in the hospital seem to be slowly developing the same condition, as if it were contagious.
The two were walking with flashlights in hand, but Linlin suddenly reached out and stopped the senior, signaling him to turn off the flashlight.
A distinct set of footsteps approached from ahead, the sound crisp and clear.
The two quietly hid in a room, peeking out slightly to look at the distant corridor.
A strange figure with blue flames in its eyes and surrounded by a dark vortex appeared not far away.
Chapter 14 I am the dragon and fear
Just one glance from afar was enough to frighten the two of them into retreating back into their room.
That was not a form that a human should possess. Although I didn't see the person's true appearance, just those eyes that shone like bright lights in the darkness were enough to be shocking and inhuman.
That was definitely not human... The two looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes.
Linlin was even more panicked than her senior. Although she was a paranormal broadcaster, she had never encountered anything so terrifying before. Even when there were unusual situations in the past, they were nothing more than auditory and visual hallucinations or even the feeling of a cold wind.
Seeing a non-human being so directly, feeling the oppressive force emanating from such a being so directly, was an experience I had never had before.
Fear, dread, and even despair welled up from the bottom of my heart all at once.
The senior colleague took a deep breath and listened attentively.
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