Giving Interstellar Players a Horror Ghost Game Shock - Chapter 57
[…So where exactly is this family’s little girl? After all this buildup, can we at least finish the thought before running away?]
[The comment above is as demanding as asking Sister Yu to record footage of a ghost before saving General Fish.]
[Everyone, stop arguing! The long buildup has finally led us to the thrilling horror moment! Get ready to scream!]
[Aaaah, the doll is crawling over! Guys, I’m switching out of first-person view to calm myself down.]
The live chat was abuzz with fervent discussions, while the streamer facing the terrifying scene was on the verge of tears.
Ji Yu, whose brain had been clouded by thoughts of the massive reward, had now sobered up completely. He wished he could slap himself.
Why were you so greedy for that money?! Now look what you’ve done—an actual ghost is here, and you think you have the guts to slap a talisman on it?
No, you don’t!
Ji Yu was brutally honest with himself. Forget dashing forward to nonchalantly stick the talisman on the doll’s head—he was so terrified his legs felt like jelly. Moving even a little was impossible.
Wang Yuze, trembling, switched his flashlight to UV mode and shone it directly at the doll head that had rolled out of the circuit box. With his eyes, he signaled Ji Yu to use the talisman—the team’s last hope—to confront the ghost. Then they could flee while the doll was repelled.
But Ji Yu didn’t budge, terrified that even stepping with the wrong foot first would make the ghost target him.
The other three: “…”
Next time, they definitely wouldn’t entrust something so critical to Ji Yu. Lesson learned.
Liu Yuling sighed and approached Ji Yu, ready to take the talisman from him and face the ghost herself.
But she had barely taken two steps when a cold wind arose.
Dust and sand were swept up by the wind, making the group instinctively close their eyes.
Meanwhile, Wang Yuze’s flashlight flickered briefly before stabilizing.
When they opened their eyes again, they froze at the sight before them—
The doll head, which had been stationary, had silently rolled closer in that brief moment. Now, it was almost at Ye Yuxi’s feet!
[Oh no, is it finally Miss Y Beauty’s turn to have bad luck? This is so exciting!]
[Yeah, she’s been like a pure bystander all along—only speaking up now and then to steer the game back on track. I barely even remember she’s here…]
[Probably because she hasn’t been scared by a ghost at all this whole time. She’s had it way too good, but now she’s finally going to suffer. Hehe.]
The viewers, ever the instigators, delighted in the idea of misfortune finally catching up to Ye Yuxi.
In the game, her three teammates held their breath, staring tensely in her direction, fearing she’d become the next victim.
Ji Yu was so nervous he was digging his nails into his palms. Just watching this was enough to scare him half to death. How terrified must Ye Yuxi be right now? Look—she was so frightened she couldn’t even move!
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Ye Yuxi lowered her gaze to the doll head, now less than half a meter from her feet, and remained utterly calm.
The head was intricately made, though the neck showed clear signs of being violently ripped off, with stuffing spilling out. Some of the cotton was stained with dried, dark red liquid, evoking unsettling images.
The doll’s face was frozen in an innocent smile, its baby-blue glassy eyes staring fixedly at Ye Yuxi.
Those eyes seemed imbued with malicious intent, as if the doll’s stiff body was possessed by an evil spirit glaring venomously at the living.
But Ye Yuxi felt no fear.
After all, the only thing she could think of was this: She had painstakingly assembled this doll herself using materials from Ann⬛bell and D⬛llmaker, two infamous horror inspirations.
In some twisted way, didn’t that make her the doll’s mom?
Could anyone truly fear something they created from scratch, starting with their toes?
Seeing that Ye Yuxi didn’t appear frightened at all, the livestream chat was visibly disappointed.
【What’s this? I wanted to see Miss Y crying her heart out.】
【She’s probably scared but just pretending to stay calm. Her legs must be trembling.】
Ye Yuxi’s composure didn’t just disappoint the viewers—it seemed to displease the doll as well.
A trace of malice flickered in the doll’s eyes, and large amounts of bl00d began seeping out from its severed neck, threatening to spill onto Ye Yuxi’s shoes…
At that exact moment, Liu Yuling suddenly sprang into action.
In a flash, she snatched the talisman out of Ji Yu’s trembling hands, dashed over to Ye Yuxi, and slapped the yellow paper onto the doll with decisive force.
“Ah!” A shrill child’s scream pierced the air. The doll’s frozen expression twisted into one of malice before it melted into a puddle of black water.
The talisman burned to ash instantly, its remains floating down to land in the black water, where they sizzled like oil hitting a hot pan.
Meanwhile, the headless doll’s body jerked within the turnstile, its legs stiffly twitching, as though it, too, was preparing to roll down the stairs!
Liu Yuling didn’t even glance at her handiwork. She grabbed Ye Yuxi’s hand and bolted toward the staircase.
Her swift and decisive actions left the chat in awe.
【Whoa! Sister Yu is so cool! I’m officially her fan now!】
【Unbelievable! How did I only just notice how badass this woman is?!】
【I love seeing beautiful women sticking together. Good stuff!】
【Wait… how are you calling Miss Y a “beauty” when her face is practically blank?】
Wang Yuze stood stunned for a moment before snapping back to reality, quickly grabbing Ji Yu and pulling him along. By the time they reached the first step of the staircase, he regretted it—why was he dragging this deadweight along again?!
Ji Yu followed mechanically, his legs pumping as he climbed. But his mind was still stuck on what had just happened:
That moment when Liu Yuling’s firm grip tore the talisman from his hand, which he’d been too scared to use, and she had fearlessly charged in to save their teammate.
His heart was racing, pounding harder and harder in his chest, and his face felt uncomfortably warm.
For people of the interstellar era, strength was irresistible. Liu Yuling’s decisive action, raw power, and protective dominance left Ji Yu, the bottom-ranked cadet at his military academy, utterly awestruck.
She was just too cool! Aaaah! Sister Yu, I want to be your fan, too!
Ji Yu screamed internally, but as he came back to his senses, something felt off.
Wait a second! Why were they still running up the stairs? They’d already reached the first floor—why were they heading to the second?!
“Why are we going to the second floor?!” he shouted. “We haven’t even explored it yet! What if there’s something even scarier up there?”
Liu Yuling didn’t look back.
“From what I saw earlier, the doll was originally kept in a cabinet when it first arrived in this house. That family’s daughter should be in there now! We’ve already checked the first floor and didn’t see a cabinet like that. It has to be upstairs!”
Ji Yu abruptly raised his head, staring into the pitch-black second floor.
The power hadn’t been restored, so there was no light upstairs—just a void of darkness concealing who-knows-what horrors.
Their only source of light was the dim beam from the flashlight in Wang Yuze’s trembling hands.