At this moment, Ben only wanted to give Lucas the most sincere greeting.
If he could, he wanted time to rewind to last night and delete the official blog post he sent.
How could there be such a person, how could there be such a game?
If before it was a mix of fright and excitement, now there was only fright and no excitement.
Because in this level, Ethan's gun had been taken away by the doll maker.
And not just the gun, all the money on him had also been taken.
In such a situation, the entire game environment and experience instantly became eerie.
The narrow little house gave Ben an endless sense of familiarity.
Even worse, although the house wasn't small, it was divided into countless small sections in the game, and the corridors were very narrow and winding, with a corner every couple of steps.
Combined with the dim lighting, it gave a very oppressive feeling.
Especially in some rooms, there were densely arranged dolls.
These dolls had large eyes and were staring at the direction of the entrance as soon as someone entered. Combined with the red emergency lights, it felt as if these dolls had come to life, truly creepy and terrifying.
And that wasn't all, this level required players to repeatedly investigate and find clues to escape.
As for where the clues were?
It was the wooden puppet resembling Mia, initially on what looked like a workbench.
Players needed to investigate different parts of this puppet to get the crucial clues.
The puzzles, combined with the creepy environment, had already made many players fall apart.
But you thought that was the end?
The noblewoman and the third daughter from before, how much fun did they give the players!
Stabbing the noblewoman's private parts with a small knife, and then shooting her with a shotgun and sniper rifle until they had a blast, here they had to pay it all back, didn't they?
What is this called? This is called repayment!
And if you think about it another way, in this small room, if Ethan, controlled by the player, was alone, wouldn't it be too monotonous and lonely to solve puzzles?
So, to keep the players from being so lonely, there was a 'very cute' big-mouthed monster in this scene.
This was a monster resembling a mutated baby, as tall as two people, with a very bloated body and a tragic face. It walked by crawling on the ground like a maggot, and when facing the player, it could open its huge mouth and swallow the player whole.
Unlike the noblewoman's footsteps, this big-mouthed monster would let out a baby's cry when it got close.
And unlike the noblewoman, who could use hand sanitizer to resist damage and stab each other, this big-mouthed monster would instantly kill the player if it caught them.
"Holy crap, Grandpa Li! Please let me out!"
Ben's voice even had a hint of a cry.
The contrast between before and now was too great.
In the dim environment, his spirit hadn't completely collapsed, but by the time he solved all the puzzles, the mutated infant also appeared in the room and chased after him everywhere.
And what he needed to do was to get into the restarted elevator and leave this damn place.
But it sounded easy, yet it was very difficult to do.
"It should... have left by now?" Ethan in the game held his breath, and Ben, very immersed, lowered his breathing.
Seeing that the monster had gone far away, Ben then controlled Ethan to crawl out from under the bed.
Exiting the room, the dark corridor was silent, clearly the monster had gone far.
"Elevator, elevator... it should be this way." Ben ran straight towards the elevator.
Passing through various corridors, Ben finally successfully reached the elevator and connected the fuse, pressing the elevator door switch. The elevator started with a 'rumble'.
But it was this rumble that also attracted the infant monster.
'Waa... da la da... hehehe...'
The cry and strange noises that gave him goosebumps echoed in the corridor.
While waiting for the elevator, Ben looked back, and a scene that made his soul scatter before his eyes appeared.
A very uniquely shaped little thing was slowly approaching him.
The monster, with two huge black eyes and a mouth as large as half its body, dragging its bloated and rotten corpse, climbed towards Ben with its hands.
"Hurry up, elevator, hurry up..." Leaning against the elevator doors, Ben felt cold sweat breaking out.
He forced himself not to look back, silently praying for the elevator to come down faster.
"Hurry, hurry, please hurry!" Ben watched the elevator still ascending, feeling completely panicked.
What kind of elevator is this?
It's like an old lady crossing the street, be slower!
As if hearing Ben's inner plea, the old elevator gate finally opened slowly.
At the same time, the creepy soft infant monster finally stepped through the gate.
The moment the elevator doors opened, Ben controlled Ethan and rushed in.
As he turned back, the infant was already close.
"Eat shit, you!"
Safe! Ben, finally inside the elevator, breathed a sigh of relief, turning his inner fear into an angry curse.
But the next moment, something happened that almost made him wet himself.
He found that the monster had actually entered the elevator. It was then that he saw, next to the elevator door, there was actually a start button.
"Ahhhhhhhh..."
In the first-person immersive experience, Ben watched his Ethan being hugged by the monster's hands and stuffed into its disgusting giant mouth. Then his vision turned red and then black, and he heard the sound of bones breaking and chewing.
'YOU ARE DEAD'
This thing actually required him to press the elevator button himself!
Looking at the death screen, Ben's hands were trembling, but luckily, after reloading, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Because Boss Lucas wasn't so cruel; the location he was in was still the scene where the elevator was opened, so he didn't have to wander around in the dark house again.
At this moment, he even felt a sense of gratitude, truly a Stockholm Syndrome patient.
With the experience this time, he was much more capable. The moment the elevator doors closed, Ben's first action was to press that round elevator button.
The moment he looked up, the strange infant's big face was about to come for a close encounter, scaring him again.
But luckily, the elevator finally started, and the iron gate closed, blocking the infant outside. Amidst the infant's continuous screams, the elevator slowly ascended.
"Phew..." Ben took a long breath and then entered the menu, which was an out-of-game pause function.
He felt like he needed to go to the bathroom.
This section of the villa maze plot was too messed up!
(End of chapter)