Giving Interstellar Players a Horror Ghost Game Shock - Chapter 63

Wang Yuze didn’t hesitate. His gaze swept over the spots where Liu Yuling and Ji Yu had previously been injured.

Now that they had logged out of the game, all the virtual wounds had disappeared. But no matter how low they had set the pain sensitivity, at that moment, they had been hurt.

He ran a hand through his already messy hair in frustration, his voice unusually subdued.

“If I hadn’t dropped the flashlight while trying to protect that NPC, you guys wouldn’t have been injured in the dark… Sorry.”

It was difficult for him to put his feelings into words.

He was a soldier—or at least, going to be one.

Even if he sometimes seemed easygoing, deep down, he always held himself to the standards of a soldier. A soldier’s duty was to defend the nation and protect the people.

Sure, this was just a game, but that NPC had felt too real.

Her faint breathing, flushed cheeks, and pained whimpers… Everything about her had been like a real, suffering child.

For that moment, he had completely forgotten it was just a game. There was no way he could abandon her.

But because of that, he had put his teammates in danger.

Ji Yu, seeing Wang Yuze’s guilty expression, immediately felt a million times more awkward.

Wang Yuze only messed up once and already feels this bad. Meanwhile, I was dragging everyone down the entire time… And I even had the nerve to ask to add the pro player? Wouldn’t that make me completely shameless?

With a miserable look, he also apologized.

“Sorry… I was holding everyone back the whole time… I just get really scared of this stuff…”

As for adding them as friends? Forget it. Why would a noob like him stick around to drag them down? Pro players should play with other pro players.

Liu Yuling had thought it was something serious. After hearing them out, she exchanged a glance with Ye Yuxi and waved it off without a care.

“Pfft, that’s all? I thought you were about to confess to some huge mistake.”

“This is just a game. As long as you’re having fun, it doesn’t matter how you play. There’s no need to apologize so seriously. A loss is a loss. Besides, saving that little NPC did end up earning us more money.”

“And as for you, Yu… Don’t be so hard on yourself. Your performance actually made for great streaming content. You brought a ton of viewers to our stream.”

Ji Yu’s face burned red.

Yeah, no. I wasn’t acting for content. I was just genuinely terrible at the game…

In the end, though embarrassed, Ji Yu still took the initiative to add Liu Yuling on V. They agreed to play again when they had time before logging off.

Their game session had come to an end.

But for other players, the game had just begun.

Within just half an hour, the game’s downloads had already surpassed a billion, and its popularity was skyrocketing.

The game wasn’t expensive—only 48 credits, even cheaper than Campus Nightmare. The only catch? Solo play was boring. It was way more fun with a four-player party.

So, most players who bought it ended up convincing their friends to buy it too. And just like that, Residential Area Battle Royale spread like a virus across the interstellar web, quickly reaching the trending list.

#Did you and your teammates betray each other in Residential Area Battle Royale today?#

Beneath the trending tag, the top comments flooded in.

After a full night of gameplay, countless sleep-deprived players had left behind their grudging footprints. 

【Come on, let’s mess with each other: Yesterday, I pulled three of my mischievous friends into a game. We all agreed to play cautiously and stay low for a while. But the moment we got in, they immediately grabbed the playing cards on the table, the music box on the floor, and the mirror in the room—releasing a whole family of ghosts. Then, without a word, they bolted at lightning speed, leaving me alone inside… playing a survival horror game with three ghosts.】

【Passing by: Damn, that’s brutal! Now I feel a little guilty because I’m always the one playing the role of your so-called “mischievous friend”…】

【Come on, let’s mess with each other: That’s why I turned to the dark side. I invited three more people and tricked them into thinking it was a brand-new exploration game. To make it more convincing, I even covered the cost for all three of them…】

Shortly after, a gameplay recording was uploaded.

The video showed three innocent-looking players, their virtual avatars smiling brightly, as they followed one obviously sinister player into a beautiful seaside villa.

They had no fear. They explored recklessly. When the temperature suddenly dropped, they loudly complained that the game’s temperature system must be broken. And then…

They all got wiped out. Neatly.

The sinister player, who had been hiding in the shadows from the very start, only revealed themselves after the ghosts were satisfied and left. Casually, they strolled out, took a triumphant snapshot of their teammates’ corpses, and emerged as the sole survivor.

【Desperately seeking ghost-free eyes: Wow. I was just feeling sorry for him, but now I suddenly feel bad for the three poor souls he tricked.】

【Where are my pro teammates: Look at how happy they were when they first walked in—it was like a sightseeing tour. But when the ghosts showed up, their expressions… I swear I could laugh about this for an entire year, hahaha!】

【Poor college student: Seriously, I’m exhausted. My senior is so terrified that I can’t even focus on my research. What am I supposed to do?】

【Melon Lord: ? Did you wander into the wrong thread? I suggest starting a new post on a study forum.】

【Poor college student: I don’t think I’m in the wrong place…】

Then she posted a video.

Anyone who had watched the four-player live stream of Campus Nightmare before might recognize the virtual avatar—identical to a random participant from that stream.

That’s right. The user Poor College Student was none other than Huang Heng.

In the video, besides her, the other three players were all history and archaeology graduate students from the Department of History and Archaeology of Capital University.

One of them was even their senior. When he heard the three juniors wanted to study the structure and materials of houses in Residential Area Battle Royale, he enthusiastically volunteered to join them.

But the moment they entered an old, run-down house and eerie music started playing, he was already acting strange.

While Huang Heng was inspecting a grandfather clock, she accidentally triggered a hidden mechanism. The clock suddenly began chiming the hour.

In the silence, the unexpected sound startled the senior so badly that he jumped, instinctively leaping behind the two juniors. In his panic, he flailed his arms wildly and even knocked a picture frame off the wall.

Juniors: “…”

Senior: “Uh… that was an accident! I just have a slight sensitivity to sound… I’m actually really brave!”

The moment he finished speaking, the fallen picture frame suddenly cracked open, and a ghostly hand shot out, grabbing at his ankle!

He immediately turned into a screaming chicken, let out a loud scream, and then ran out in panic.