Lin Chen downloaded League of Legends on his new computer, lit a cigarette, and eagerly started a ranked game.
"Damn, this is awesome! You really get what you pay for."
Whether it was just his imagination or the old computer was really terrible, Lin Chen felt his controls were much smoother now. He skillfully executed several perfect "blind monk" eye kicks in a row.
Seeing his teammates spamming "666" (praise) in chat, he felt great.
But after about ten minutes...
"Damn it, a 16-kill blind monk can't carry this team. What a bunch of noobs. With skills like these playing ranked, go back to bots!"
With the sound of his crystal exploding, Lin Chen sighed helplessly.
At that moment, Li Mo walked in.
Lin Chen looked up and smiled, "Haven't seen you these days. Business must be good, huh?"
"Heh, business is the same. Mostly I've been watching the chaos these days," Li Mo said mysteriously.
"Watching the chaos? You sure are free."
Li Mo, seeing Lin Chen's confused look, said, "You don't know?"
Lin Chen shook his head, "Know what? Been as busy as a dog lately, no time to be a bystander."
"The office building next door in Economic Development Zone is haunted. Three people have died in three days. The owner is almost at their wits' end. They've been hiring monks and Taoist priests every day doing rituals. It's damn intense," Li Mo enthusiastically shared the gossip.
"Haunted?" Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat. He instinctively glanced at the Screening Room, then asked, "For real? Not some special marketing stunt?"
Li Mo insisted, "For real. Three people died mysteriously. One strangled himself. What else could it be if not a haunting?"
Though not a doctor, Lin Chen knew common sense—no one can strangle themselves. It's like trying to suffocate oneself by holding breath, absurd.
His interest piqued, he asked, "What happened next?"
Li Mo took out a cigarette, handed one to Lin Chen, lit his own, then said, "Initially, the police called it suicide. The family of the deceased disagreed and caused a scene at the building. Police had no choice but to escalate it to the criminal investigation team because it was too weird."
"Right after the criminal investigators left, another person died there. This time even more horrific: working late, hungry, eating instant noodles. Suddenly went mad and stabbed his neck repeatedly with a plastic fork. The entire neck was shredded."
Lin Chen gasped.
Damn, what kind of person could do that?
"Sounds too wild. Is this info reliable?" Lin Chen was skeptical.
Li Mo said seriously, "Definitely reliable. Both deaths were witnessed by colleagues and recorded by office security cameras. Yesterday, I bribed a security guard to let me see the footage. Man, that footage was chilling."
"The rumors online say the building has bad feng shui. Decades ago, it was a mass grave."
Lin Chen opened a browser, searched "haunted office building."
Sure enough, pages full of links about hauntings, even trending first on Weibo.
Closing the browser, Lin Chen raised an eyebrow, "Any clues from the police?"
Li Mo joked, "Clues? The investigators were dumbfounded when they arrived."
As they talked, more customers entered.
Lin Chen looked around, smiled at one of them, and asked, "Back again? Still not convinced?"
It was Liu Dong, looking exhausted and bloodshot-eyed, yawning repeatedly.
Reaching the counter, Liu Dong proudly said, "I thought hard last night and improved my method. This time, I'm definitely finishing the challenge!"
"Improved? So you found a strategy watching a movie?" Lin Chen laughed.
Li Mo recognized Liu Dong and teased, "Hey, it's you. Still wanna bet? I'll bet 100 yuan you won't last 20 minutes."
Liu Dong chuckled, slapped out 100 yuan, confident, "Why not? Free money."
After signing the Liability Waiver and paying, Lin Chen led Liu Dong and company into the Screening Room.
Just like before, Liu Dong sat down, immediately put on headphones and a blindfold, then lay back comfortably, seemingly ready to sleep through it.
Lin Chen finally understood what he meant by "improved."
This guy stayed up all night, planning to use sleepiness to overcome fear.
Lin Chen shook his head.
Liu Dong was still too naive—if those tricks worked, he'd be bankrupt in no time.
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