"I believe you are still curious about whether there are ghosts in the world. Let's play a little game. The truth is the moment you open your eyes. "
The nightmare-level mission narrative is very vague, it's not clear what exactly is being done, and it just gives people an eerie feeling.
"Looking at the mission description, it should be about playing a game, but can just playing a game be classified as a nightmare level? " In order to complete the tasks of general difficulty, he barely repaired all the puppets within the time limit without taking a break for several hours.
Flipping through his phone, Ethan Gray became more and more curious the more he looked: "Why not give it a try?"
As soon as the thought appeared, it spread uncontrollably in his mind like a vine.
"Nightmare-level tasks have the highest rewards. Besides, I have no confidence in completing the three tasks refreshed today, simple and general. I might as well take a gamble. "
If it cannot survive the off-season, the Horror House will be transferred and closed down. Ethan Gray knows his current situation very well and finally sees hope for change. Naturally, he is unwilling to miss any opportunity.
"That's the decision. Sooner or later, I'll have to see some nightmare-level quests. "
Sit up from the bed and Ethan Gray points to the last task.
"Are you sure you want to accept nightmare difficulty daily tasks? After acceptance, unknown situations may arise."
"Sure."
The phone screen flashed, and the real mission information emerged.
"Seeing another world requires extraordinary courage, extraordinary luck, and a little help. "
"Anything can happen in the dark. Maybe a strange face will appear in the mirror, a pair of scarlet eyes will be peeking in the corner, or blood will ooze out from the cracks in the walls and doors. All you have to do is stand in front of the mirror quietly and unmoved. "
"The task automatically succeeds after half an hour, provided you don't open your eyes no matter what happens during this time. "
After reading the mission introduction, Ethan Gray felt a little fuzzy: "Is there really another world that ordinary people cannot see?"
It was still early at 2:04 in the morning, so he didn't rush to leave and searched the Internet for things related to this game.
After a while, Ethan Gray actually found some. Some people were plagued by bad luck because of playing this game. Some were vague and mentioned disfigured faces several times. Some even disappeared in their own homes and were suspected to have been dragged into the world in the mirror.
"Each one is as detailed and realistic as a ghost story. " The more Ethan Gray looked at it, the more curious he became. He himself opened a haunted house and spent his days thinking about how to scare people and how to bring tourists a more terrifying experience within a safe range. After seeing all the introductions to the game, he felt like a new door was opening.
"Playing horror games alone in a haunted house late at night is thrilling! "
He checked his phone's battery level and felt it was necessary to record this historic moment.
"I'll have to film the whole thing later. If it's that scary, maybe I can add a new project to my haunted house. " He rummaged through boxes and cabinets looking for candles and a fire machine, waited until two in the morning, and took the prepared items to the bathroom on the first floor of the haunted house.
The reason why Ethan Gray came to the first-floor bathroom to play this game was also carefully considered. If something scary really appeared during the game, he could jump out the window and leave.
Late at night, the haunted house was dead silent. A young man who could have refused it to save his life, holding a flashlight and candles, locked himself in the cramped and forced bathroom without much hesitation.
"The closed and dark environment can most trigger people's inner fear. The bathroom is the most gloomy place in the whole house. Props such as mirrors, porches, and pools may seem ordinary, but they are actually the most psychologically suggestive things in daily life. The person who designed this game is very smart. He knows how to grasp the deepest weaknesses in people and use simple environments to create the deepest horror." Ethan Gray has a profound understanding of thrillers and horror that is different from that of ordinary people. He analyzes and learns at the same time.
"True fear doesn't actually require many expensive props, just amplifying the tourist's inner unease and he will be defeated by himself. " Ethan Gray took a deep breath, turned on the camera function of his phone, and said to the screen: "I don't know what the consequences of this game will be. If I have an accident, please pay attention to the person who picked up this phone. Be sure to save this video. It will be a key, a key to unlock the lock of lies."
After saying this, Ethan Gray fixed his mobile phone next to the sink, and from this angle he could capture Ethan Gray and the mirror opposite him at the same time.
"It's 2:01, and there are still three minutes left. "
Waiting for death is more terrifying than death itself. In the silent bathroom, any wind and grass movement is amplified. As time approaches little by little, Ethan Gray's heartbeat becomes faster and faster.
He looked at the time on his phone screen, and with the minute hand pointing to four, he turned off the flashlight, lit the candle, and placed it between the mirror and himself.
The flickering flame became the only light source in the darkness, standing between the mirror and reality, like a guiding soul lamp, trying to lead out something in the mirror.
Ethan Gray looked at himself in his glasses and felt something strange: "Has the game started?"
He slowly lowered his head, closed his eyes, and whispered his name.
"Ethan Gray, Ethan Gray, Ethan Gray..."
Constantly praising one's name will slowly make people feel unfamiliar with it. It is like repeatedly writing a certain English word. When you finish writing it, you won't even recognize the word.
In order to avoid this situation, Ethan Gray would silently count for three seconds every time he finished pronouncing his name. He was also counting time by doing this.
After all, the prerequisite for the success of the mission is that no matter what happens within half an hour, you cannot open your eyes to see it.
"It's a little after 2 a.m., a person is in a haunted house, lighting candles, closing his eyes, and standing in front of a mirror playing a game. If I weren't experiencing this firsthand, I wouldn't believe anyone would do something like this." Ethan Gray silently recited his name, and he tried his best to stop himself from imagining things.
"This game is full of psychological hints. The most difficult part is not dealing with so-called ghosts and legends, but controlling yourself. As long as you don't open your eyes, there should be no danger."
Easier said than done, and after the first ten minutes, something unexpected happened.