He spoke incoherently, and Bai Lixin knew that given Big Zhuang’s mental state, he wouldn’t be able to ask anything. So, he simply walked over to the phone that had been thrown on the ground and picked it up.
It was still Big Zhuang’s livestream, and the camera was still capturing the scene through the front camera. As he took the phone into his hands, his figure appeared on the screen.
At first glance, it didn’t seem different from before, but he quickly noticed the issue.
The number of viewers in the top right corner of the livestream had changed from over a thousand to “-400.”
“–” minus 400 people.
Barrages kept floating on the screen.
Some of the words were not understandable, they were a bunch of garbled characters like ghost drawings, but he could understand some words.
[What a cute boy, such a lively life, I hope he can join us.]
[Hehehehe.]
[Hahaha.]
[Is this a supernatural livestream? It’s quite interesting.]
[Come, come play, come find friends.]
[Come and play a game with us?]
[Broadcast a bit longer, we haven’t seen enough. We want to see more, it’s really interesting.]
[I haven’t seen such an interesting livestream in a long time, hehehehe.]
In the few seconds when Bai Lixin’s gaze swept over the barrage, the number in the top right corner had changed from “-400” to “-405.”
It was unclear whether to say that the number of viewers increased or decreased.
Ever since the game started, he would pay attention to the barrage and the state of the livestream whenever he passed by the phone. He didn’t dare claim to remember all the audience IDs in the livestream, but remembering about 80 was no problem. However, the IDs of those currently sending barrage messages were extremely unfamiliar, and their names were increasingly eerie.
Some were named “Dead for Ten Years,” some “Didn’t Live Enough,” some “30g Soul,” and some “Missing an Arm.”
None had a positive or cheerful name, all were ominous.
No wonder Big Zhuang got scared. His livestream might have connected to the underworld.
So, touching taboo games is unwise. If you choose to court death, no one can stop you.
Knowing that the game “Walk in Four Directions” attracts ghosts and this building was haunted, they still had to come and seek death.
Isn’t it good to be alive?
Why seek this excitement?
Bai Lixin glanced at the trembling Big Zhuang, attempted to exit the livestream, but when he tried to find the exit button, he discovered it wasn’t on the screen.
He also tried forcefully exiting and shutting down, but all attempts ended in failure.
The battery that was originally at 30% now displayed “?”
It seemed that the audience on the other side of the camera was very interested in this live broadcast of living people courting death and didn’t want it to end just like that.
The little monster chuckled, “Congratulations, you’ve successfully connected to a livestream of another world. It seems the audience over there really likes both of you. However, be careful, ghosts are greedy and selfish. They like to take what they like. The more they like you, the more they want you to join them.”
Bai Lixin stared at the “-405” in the top right corner. “What does this number represent? The number of ghosts watching our livestream or the number of ghosts around this building?”
As soon as he said this, Big Zhuang’s eyes rolled back, almost fainting.
In a daze, he looked up and saw the hemp rope on the beam. His pupils shrank instantly, and he crawled to Bai Lixin’s side on his hands and feet.
‘Okay, it’s really scary here.
This place is really scary.’
Big Zhuang was a supernatural anchor after all, and his courage was a bit greater than the average person. Even if he was frightened to the extreme, he hadn’t completely lost control. He said with a trembling voice, “L-let’s leave here first and call the police once we’re outside.”
Bai Lixin glanced at Big Zhuang by his feet. “I’m afraid we can’t leave this building now.”
Little Monster: “That’s right~ Before the game ends, you can’t leave this building. The best way to break free is to find your missing teammates quickly. As the saying goes, ‘An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an Inch of time.’ Afraid of the time here? It’s better to move quickly!”
“Now, we can only rely on ourselves. I plan to look for Mr. Mouse and Red. Will you wait for me here or go with me?” Bai Lixin lowered his head to look at Big Zhuang who was lying at his feet.
Big Zhuang looked at Bai Lixin in shock. “Aren’t you afraid?”
Bai Lixin paused for two seconds, a subtle expression flashing across his face. “Not too much.”
Perhaps he had seen much scarier things than this. Currently, there’s nothing that frightens him.
Big Zhuang gulped. “Why? Are you just brave?”
Bai Lixin: “You can interpret it that way. What’s your decision? Do you want to get out on your own, stay here until daylight, or come with me?”
Big Zhuang quickly hugged Bai Lixin’s leg. “Don’t leave me alone here. I’m scared!”
The young man raised an eyebrow. “You’re still a supernatural anchor.”
Big Zhuang was on the verge of a breakdown, he gritted his teeth. “I’m a supernatural anchor, not a ghost anchor! This is my first time broadcasting to ghosts like this! Shouldn’t I be panicking?!”
The young man: “Get up first. Don’t hold onto my leg, I can’t walk like that.”
Being reminded by Bai Lixin, Big Zhuang realized his current posture.
He let go of Bai Lixin’s legs with some embarrassment and reluctance, and stood up from the ground with trembling legs. The moment he stood up, he moved behind Bai Lixin, unwilling to move even a step away.
He was a supernatural anchor after all. Even at this moment, he was still curious about his livestream. Unable to resist the urge to explore, he craned his neck and glanced at the livestream. The viewer count in the top right corner was still displaying a negative number.
His neck immediately retracted, and Big Zhuang didn’t dare look at the livestream anymore.
Negative!
He had livestreamed for so long, but he had never seen a negative viewer count in his livestream.
And it’s a three-digit negative number!
Let alone livestreaming to so many ghosts, he had never even seen a ghost before today!
It’s really eight lifetimes of bad luck.
‘Ancestors, please, you must bless me to survive. If I, Big Zhuang, can survive today, I will definitely burn three pillars of incense in gratitude to the ancestors in heaven.’
“Did you choose this floor for the spirit summoning game because this is where the young man hanged himself?” Bai Lixin shone the flashlight on the conspicuous noose and asked Big Zhuang with doubt.
Big Zhuang shook his head. “I don’t know; I just randomly chose a floor. This office building has eight floors in total. I thought it was too dark outside, and climbing to the top seemed difficult, so I picked the fourth floor. Besides, ‘4’ sounds like ‘death,’ making it the most spiritual number and also a good gimmick for the livestream.”
He paused and explained, “But I never thought we would actually succeed. I was just trying to ride the trend, create a gimmick, gain traffic, and attract attention. I’ve done this kind of thing many times before in places with supernatural legends, and I’ve never encountered any problems.”
“That’s because you never met me before,” Bai Lixin muttered under his breath.
Big Zhuang didn’t hear clearly. “Huh? What did you say?”
Bai Lixin: “Ahem, I didn’t say anything. So, are we on the fourth floor now?”
Big Zhuang nodded. “Yes, you just said we can’t leave now. So, how do we get out of here?”
Bai Lixin: “As a supernatural anchor, didn’t you prepare some items to ward off evil spirits or something?”
“I did.” Big Zhuang took out a cross from his neck. “I prepared this, and these too.”
He fished around in his pocket, pulling out several folded yellow talismans.
Bai Lixin glanced back and forth between the yellow talismans and the cross, and couldn’t help but smile, “Your preparation is quite diverse, with both Western and Eastern props.”
Big Zhuang stuffed the yellow talismans into his pocket with some embarrassment, “I didn’t know if the ghosts here are from the East or the West, so it was better to be more prepared, just in case.”
A cold wind blew in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the noose immediately started swaying.
When the wind stopped, the noose did not stop and continued to sway rhythmically, as if there was something they couldn’t see dangling back and forth.
Big Zhuang shivered, and instinctively pressed himself behind Bai Lixin, his face pale. “B-Bai Lixin, let’s leave this floor quickly. It’s too eerie here.”
Bai Lixin accurately found the stairs but didn’t head for them. Instead, he moved the flashlight to illuminate the depths of this floor. “Let’s check here first before going up.”
Big Zhuang swallowed nervously, reluctantly following behind Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin held a phone in one hand and a flashlight in the other, slowly moving towards the depths under the illumination.
He quickly reached the end of the floor, where he saw a pile of debris stacked in the corner.
It was a mound of waste, forming a small hill shape, composed of grayish bricks, cement residues, and some rusty steel bars.
He stood in front of the garbage and carefully examined this heap of debris.
By now, they had walked from the main hall that was faintly lit by moonlight, to this dark corner where only the light from Bai Lixin’s flashlight and the phone illuminated the surroundings.
Except for the light from Bai Lixin’s flashlight and phone, it was pitch black, and visibility was almost zero.
In such an empty and unprotected dark environment, Big Zhuang’s heart pounded. He stood stiffly behind Bai Lixin, his neck not daring to turn, only staring straight ahead.
At this moment, he dared not turn his head, fearing that he might see something he shouldn’t see.
Although there might be nothing in the darkness, the fear made him feel like countless eyes were staring at him from behind.
The gazes seemed to come from all directions, even from above and below.
Just as Big Zhuang’s limbs felt numb, and his head buzzed, something was suddenly thrust in his hand.
He looked down dazedly, and his face drained of color instantly.
It was the haunted phone!
“Hold it.” The young man’s calm came from the front. Big Zhuang held the phone in his hand, staring blankly at the young man’s actions.
After handing the phone to him, the young man crouched in front of this pile of construction debris. It seemed he found something, as he reached into the pile, grabbing a steel bar and rummaging inside as if searching for something.
Big Zhuang held his breath and asked in a hoarse voice, “What are you looking for?”
“Found it.” The young man’s hand inside the debris suddenly stopped. Then, the slender hand pulled back, holding something slightly reflective.
Big Zhuang looked closely, and saw it was a wristwatch.
Seeing the watch, Big Zhuang gasped, “A watch?”
He took a step back in panic. “Could there be someone inside there?!”
Bai Lixin observed the watch in front of his eyes. It was a men’s watch, and judging by the style and material, it was quite valuable.
He shook his head, “There is no one inside. When I shone the flashlight over here earlier, I faintly saw a weak light, so I came to take a look.”
“Do you recognize this watch?”
He spoke incoherently, and Bai Lixin knew that given Big Zhuang’s mental state, he wouldn’t be able to ask anything. So, he simply walked over to the phone that had been thrown on the ground and picked it up.
It was still Big Zhuang’s livestream, and the camera was still capturing the scene through the front camera. As he took the phone into his hands, his figure appeared on the screen.
At first glance, it didn’t seem different from before, but he quickly noticed the issue.
The number of viewers in the top right corner of the livestream had changed from over a thousand to “-400.”
“–” minus 400 people.
Barrages kept floating on the screen.
Some of the words were not understandable, they were a bunch of garbled characters like ghost drawings, but he could understand some words.
[What a cute boy, such a lively life, I hope he can join us.]
[Hehehehe.]
[Hahaha.]
[Is this a supernatural livestream? It’s quite interesting.]
[Come, come play, come find friends.]
[Come and play a game with us?]
[Broadcast a bit longer, we haven’t seen enough. We want to see more, it’s really interesting.]
[I haven’t seen such an interesting livestream in a long time, hehehehe.]
In the few seconds when Bai Lixin’s gaze swept over the barrage, the number in the top right corner had changed from “-400” to “-405.”
It was unclear whether to say that the number of viewers increased or decreased.
Ever since the game started, he would pay attention to the barrage and the state of the livestream whenever he passed by the phone. He didn’t dare claim to remember all the audience IDs in the livestream, but remembering about 80 was no problem. However, the IDs of those currently sending barrage messages were extremely unfamiliar, and their names were increasingly eerie.
Some were named “Dead for Ten Years,” some “Didn’t Live Enough,” some “30g Soul,” and some “Missing an Arm.”
None had a positive or cheerful name, all were ominous.
No wonder Big Zhuang got scared. His livestream might have connected to the underworld.
So, touching taboo games is unwise. If you choose to court death, no one can stop you.
Knowing that the game “Walk in Four Directions” attracts ghosts and this building was haunted, they still had to come and seek death.
Isn’t it good to be alive?
Why seek this excitement?
Bai Lixin glanced at the trembling Big Zhuang, attempted to exit the livestream, but when he tried to find the exit button, he discovered it wasn’t on the screen.
He also tried forcefully exiting and shutting down, but all attempts ended in failure.
The battery that was originally at 30% now displayed “?”
It seemed that the audience on the other side of the camera was very interested in this live broadcast of living people courting death and didn’t want it to end just like that.
The little monster chuckled, “Congratulations, you’ve successfully connected to a livestream of another world. It seems the audience over there really likes both of you. However, be careful, ghosts are greedy and selfish. They like to take what they like. The more they like you, the more they want you to join them.”
Bai Lixin stared at the “-405” in the top right corner. “What does this number represent? The number of ghosts watching our livestream or the number of ghosts around this building?”
As soon as he said this, Big Zhuang’s eyes rolled back, almost fainting.
In a daze, he looked up and saw the hemp rope on the beam. His pupils shrank instantly, and he crawled to Bai Lixin’s side on his hands and feet.
‘Okay, it’s really scary here.
This place is really scary.’
Big Zhuang was a supernatural anchor after all, and his courage was a bit greater than the average person. Even if he was frightened to the extreme, he hadn’t completely lost control. He said with a trembling voice, “L-let’s leave here first and call the police once we’re outside.”
Bai Lixin glanced at Big Zhuang by his feet. “I’m afraid we can’t leave this building now.”
Little Monster: “That’s right~ Before the game ends, you can’t leave this building. The best way to break free is to find your missing teammates quickly. As the saying goes, ‘An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an Inch of time.’ Afraid of the time here? It’s better to move quickly!”
“Now, we can only rely on ourselves. I plan to look for Mr. Mouse and Red. Will you wait for me here or go with me?” Bai Lixin lowered his head to look at Big Zhuang who was lying at his feet.
Big Zhuang looked at Bai Lixin in shock. “Aren’t you afraid?”
Bai Lixin paused for two seconds, a subtle expression flashing across his face. “Not too much.”
Perhaps he had seen much scarier things than this. Currently, there’s nothing that frightens him.
Big Zhuang gulped. “Why? Are you just brave?”
Bai Lixin: “You can interpret it that way. What’s your decision? Do you want to get out on your own, stay here until daylight, or come with me?”
Big Zhuang quickly hugged Bai Lixin’s leg. “Don’t leave me alone here. I’m scared!”
The young man raised an eyebrow. “You’re still a supernatural anchor.”
Big Zhuang was on the verge of a breakdown, he gritted his teeth. “I’m a supernatural anchor, not a ghost anchor! This is my first time broadcasting to ghosts like this! Shouldn’t I be panicking?!”
The young man: “Get up first. Don’t hold onto my leg, I can’t walk like that.”
Being reminded by Bai Lixin, Big Zhuang realized his current posture.
He let go of Bai Lixin’s legs with some embarrassment and reluctance, and stood up from the ground with trembling legs. The moment he stood up, he moved behind Bai Lixin, unwilling to move even a step away.
He was a supernatural anchor after all. Even at this moment, he was still curious about his livestream. Unable to resist the urge to explore, he craned his neck and glanced at the livestream. The viewer count in the top right corner was still displaying a negative number.
His neck immediately retracted, and Big Zhuang didn’t dare look at the livestream anymore.
Negative!
He had livestreamed for so long, but he had never seen a negative viewer count in his livestream.
And it’s a three-digit negative number!
Let alone livestreaming to so many ghosts, he had never even seen a ghost before today!
It’s really eight lifetimes of bad luck.
‘Ancestors, please, you must bless me to survive. If I, Big Zhuang, can survive today, I will definitely burn three pillars of incense in gratitude to the ancestors in heaven.’
“Did you choose this floor for the spirit summoning game because this is where the young man hanged himself?” Bai Lixin shone the flashlight on the conspicuous noose and asked Big Zhuang with doubt.
Big Zhuang shook his head. “I don’t know; I just randomly chose a floor. This office building has eight floors in total. I thought it was too dark outside, and climbing to the top seemed difficult, so I picked the fourth floor. Besides, ‘4’ sounds like ‘death,’ making it the most spiritual number and also a good gimmick for the livestream.”
He paused and explained, “But I never thought we would actually succeed. I was just trying to ride the trend, create a gimmick, gain traffic, and attract attention. I’ve done this kind of thing many times before in places with supernatural legends, and I’ve never encountered any problems.”
“That’s because you never met me before,” Bai Lixin muttered under his breath.
Big Zhuang didn’t hear clearly. “Huh? What did you say?”
Bai Lixin: “Ahem, I didn’t say anything. So, are we on the fourth floor now?”
Big Zhuang nodded. “Yes, you just said we can’t leave now. So, how do we get out of here?”
Bai Lixin: “As a supernatural anchor, didn’t you prepare some items to ward off evil spirits or something?”
“I did.” Big Zhuang took out a cross from his neck. “I prepared this, and these too.”
He fished around in his pocket, pulling out several folded yellow talismans.
Bai Lixin glanced back and forth between the yellow talismans and the cross, and couldn’t help but smile, “Your preparation is quite diverse, with both Western and Eastern props.”
Big Zhuang stuffed the yellow talismans into his pocket with some embarrassment, “I didn’t know if the ghosts here are from the East or the West, so it was better to be more prepared, just in case.”
A cold wind blew in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the noose immediately started swaying.
When the wind stopped, the noose did not stop and continued to sway rhythmically, as if there was something they couldn’t see dangling back and forth.
Big Zhuang shivered, and instinctively pressed himself behind Bai Lixin, his face pale. “B-Bai Lixin, let’s leave this floor quickly. It’s too eerie here.”
Bai Lixin accurately found the stairs but didn’t head for them. Instead, he moved the flashlight to illuminate the depths of this floor. “Let’s check here first before going up.”
Big Zhuang swallowed nervously, reluctantly following behind Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin held a phone in one hand and a flashlight in the other, slowly moving towards the depths under the illumination.
He quickly reached the end of the floor, where he saw a pile of debris stacked in the corner.
It was a mound of waste, forming a small hill shape, composed of grayish bricks, cement residues, and some rusty steel bars.
He stood in front of the garbage and carefully examined this heap of debris.
By now, they had walked from the main hall that was faintly lit by moonlight, to this dark corner where only the light from Bai Lixin’s flashlight and the phone illuminated the surroundings.
Except for the light from Bai Lixin’s flashlight and phone, it was pitch black, and visibility was almost zero.
In such an empty and unprotected dark environment, Big Zhuang’s heart pounded. He stood stiffly behind Bai Lixin, his neck not daring to turn, only staring straight ahead.
At this moment, he dared not turn his head, fearing that he might see something he shouldn’t see.
Although there might be nothing in the darkness, the fear made him feel like countless eyes were staring at him from behind.
The gazes seemed to come from all directions, even from above and below.
Just as Big Zhuang’s limbs felt numb, and his head buzzed, something was suddenly thrust in his hand.
He looked down dazedly, and his face drained of color instantly.
It was the haunted phone!
“Hold it.” The young man’s calm came from the front. Big Zhuang held the phone in his hand, staring blankly at the young man’s actions.
After handing the phone to him, the young man crouched in front of this pile of construction debris. It seemed he found something, as he reached into the pile, grabbing a steel bar and rummaging inside as if searching for something.
Big Zhuang held his breath and asked in a hoarse voice, “What are you looking for?”
“Found it.” The young man’s hand inside the debris suddenly stopped. Then, the slender hand pulled back, holding something slightly reflective.
Big Zhuang looked closely, and saw it was a wristwatch.
Seeing the watch, Big Zhuang gasped, “A watch?”
He took a step back in panic. “Could there be someone inside there?!”
Bai Lixin observed the watch in front of his eyes. It was a men’s watch, and judging by the style and material, it was quite valuable.
He shook his head, “There is no one inside. When I shone the flashlight over here earlier, I faintly saw a weak light, so I came to take a look.”
“Do you recognize this watch?”
