After Switching Bodies, the Mad Overbearing CEO Takes Over the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 100: Chapter 100: Haunted House Fog

Quan Jingyou twitched the corner of his mouth, “Okay.”

Ji Tian had already made up her mind, if she couldn’t use the money provided by the Ji Family, she would open another card and start her savings career. Making money was the greatest thing; money was her confidence and her way out.

The Ji Tian Group was the first team to arrive at the station. After getting off the train, Yan Ming arranged for cars to pick them up and take them to their destination. The road grew increasingly secluded, with the most eye-catching sights being two European-style ancient castles on either side. The castles appeared black and neglected, looking as if they had not been maintained for years, with some windows nearly falling off, clearly uninhabited.

Six people sat in the car, resting with their eyes closed, when He Chenxi’s phone buzzed once. She saw the pinned message — it was a video. She clicked on it, her pupils dilated and her face instantly turned pale.

Yu Chuang noticed something was off with her and leaned in to ask, “What’s wrong?”

He Chenxi quickly flipped her phone over onto her lap, putting on a forced smile, “It’s nothing… An Yu sent me a message… I’ll reply after the live broadcast.”

Hearing it was Xue Anyu, Yu Chuang immediately lost interest. Wanting to protect his public image during the live broadcast, he gently smiled, “Okay.”

The car slowly stopped in front of a fountain, directly in front of the entrance to the European-style ancient castle.

They had only been there for about five minutes when Shen Zhiyi’s team also arrived.

Ji Tian looked at the time; it was just right, exactly three hours. Shen Zhiyi’s team had been lucky, earning four hundred yuan, fifty more than Ji Tian.

Excluding the 84 yuan for transportation, her group had a total of 450 yuan.

Shen Zhiyi’s group, aside from the cost of transportation, had 583 yuan.

Mostly, it was thanks to the initial three hundred that Ji Tian had earned, which kept their total amount from being too low.

Yan Ming yelled through a megaphone, “Congratulations to everyone for completing the task within the stipulated time. So, no one is eliminated this round. Next, I will announce the first task of today: ‘Ghost House in the Mist.'”

“‘Ghost House in the Mist’ is a famous escape room in Lin Chuan City. It is said that only ten percent of people can successfully escape. Your main task is to help the ghost bride inside find the killer who murdered her at her wedding and successfully escape from another castle. If you do, you’ll win the game.”

“Before we start the game, let me explain the rules. Everyone entering must pay a fee of forty yuan. The first group to escape will receive a mysterious reward. The losing group will have three members eliminated. By tonight, any team with less than three hundred yuan will eliminate another member. Please move to the gaming area; we are about to start the escape room game.”

With the losing team eliminated and any team totaling less than three hundred also facing elimination, it meant no matter the outcome, four people would be eliminated.

Ji Tian calculated that after paying the fee, they would be left with 210 yuan, while Shen Zhiyi’s group would have 343 yuan. If they lost, they would face the risk of eliminating four people.

Before entering the castle, they had to hand over their cell phones.

Quan Jingyou went pale with fear; he detested crawling insects and anything ominous and uncertain. Even though he knew it might be fake, the dark atmosphere was enough to make him scream.

There were no staff inside, only hidden cameras tracking their movements.

Several in Ji Tian’s group turned off their cell phones.

He Chenxi, clutching onto her phone, looked unsettled. Seeing she was not right, Yu Chuang, unsure how to start, said, “Just put the phone down for now. You can use it once we’re out.”

With a forced smile, He Chenxi also turned off her phone.

Outside the castle, staff members handed each of them an electric candle. The candle would last only two hours, and its extinguishment would signify a failed challenge.

As they entered, their eyes were covered with black blindfolds. The escape room staff led them to specific positions. Inside the castle were two paths, each group taking one, to see who would reach the opposite castle first.

Quan Jingyou had been tugging Qin Jiangsheng along the whole way, and Qin Jiangsheng’s eyes were also covered with a black cloth. Aside from the footsteps of the staff, they couldn’t hear any other sounds.

He pursed his lips, somewhat displeased, “Let go!”

“No! Waaah, I want to go home to find my mom, my dad, my brother, and I don’t hate my second sister anymore. I want to leave the show.”

Qin Jiangsheng: “…”

A cold laugh escaped from his throat, “What does that have to do with you clinging to me? Let go.”

“No! I don’t feel safe, Brother Jiang, no, Mr. Jiang, I’m scared, don’t abandon me.”

Everyone’s ears were filled with Quan Jingyou’s continuous babbling. Suddenly, he stepped on something soft and screamed, hiding in Qin Jiangsheng’s arms, but Qin Jiangsheng pushed him away. Then, he hugged Yu Chuang who was beside him: “Ahhh, I just stepped on someone’s head! What kind of ghost game is this? You guys didn’t really put a dead body in here, did you?”

The staff were embarrassed: “Third Young Master Quan, don’t be scared; it was just a round doll that you stepped on.”

Quan Jingyou: “…”

He was skeptical, “Is that so…”

Yu Chuang, almost suffocated by the kid, cursed inside while maintaining a good temperament on the surface: “Don’t be scared, haha, it’s just a horror game. Just laugh it off.”

Quan Jingyou: “…” What if he became more afraid?

He knew it was a horror game, yet they had to repeat it to him again. How was he supposed to laugh?

Force a smile?

After the staff guided them to their positions, they quickly withdrew, probably couldn’t stand Quan Jingyou’s noise anymore.

The heavy door closed and they were still in complete darkness. Quan Jingyou gripped Yu Chuang’s hand tightly, treating him like a lifeline: “Amitabha, Amitabha, eliminate evil and dispel the spirits.”

“Cough cough, players please remove your blindfolds. The game starts now. Please follow the clues left at the scene to find the next chamber. Be careful behind you while escaping because… there really are ghosts.”

The mechanical artificial voice disappeared after speaking.

Ji Tian quickly removed her blindfold. Everything in front of her was pitch black. The light from the electric candles was so faint that it was almost non-existent, at least she couldn’t see the people around her without getting closer.

She groped around and walked around. A cool palm grabbed her fingers. Ji Tian saw that it was Qin Jiangsheng who, unknown to her, had come by her side. He pulled Ji Tian close to him before letting go.

The place was a church, with the front center where the officiant stood holding a skeleton frame, slouching under the green-yellow light.

Around were chairs for guests, sporadically placed with skeletons shaped like men and women, and cobwebs filled the gaps between the seats.

Apart from Quan Jingyou, everyone had removed their blindfolds. Wen Jiangxue, holding an electric candle, approached Quan Jingyou. She listened as he was still chanting the Heart Clarity Spell. Taking him by surprise, she lifted his blindfold. His whole face, lit by the candle, was pale as death.

“Give me back my life~~~”

“Ah! Help, waaaah.”

Quan Jingyou scrambled backwards, this time grabbing onto Ji Tian and not letting go.