Giving Interstellar Players a Horror Ghost Game Shock - Chapter 96

Ji Yu was completely at a loss.

He suddenly realized—before the game started, he had forgotten to change the communication device setting to the optical brain interface more commonly used by interstellar humans. He hadn’t used the phone for anything up until now, so he only noticed it just now…

What should he do? How could he warn his teammates to be careful of the people around them?

His first instinct was to use the in-game voice chat system. But to his despair, he discovered that in Campus Horror Night 2, this feature was disabled by default to prevent players from cheating.

Ji Yu was running in circles, frantic. He was almost 100% sure that among the three girls with Sister An—including Ah Yuan—one of them was definitely…

He thought again of the buzz-cut and flat head boys’ chilling gazes, and his whole body trembled, cold sweat rolling down his back in waves.

It was just too terrifying—vengeful ghosts had quietly infiltrated their group, completely unnoticed. And even now, he couldn’t tell from memory which NPCs could be trusted and which ones were just ghosts in disguise!

The only ones he could be completely sure were human were the two teammates who entered the game with him.

That the game could pull off something like this—was simply unheard of! How did Miss Ye even manage to do this?!

Ji Yu cast one last glance at Liu Tian, who was happily playing basketball with the buzz-cut and flat head NPCs. Then he gritted his teeth, whispered a silent apology in his heart, and turned to run.

Anyway, that expert Brother Feng had said everyone who was still alive would be rescued eventually. If Brother Feng made a move, Liu Tian would naturally survive. If he didn’t, then that could only mean Liu Tian was one of them…

Just thinking about how he’d been walking alongside those ghostly things made Ji Yu’s scalp go numb. He didn’t have time to dwell on why they hadn’t attacked him yet. Pumping his legs with all his might, he raced off toward the Western Campus, relying solely on his memory.

Earlier, Ah Yuan had briefly shown them a map, pointing out the locations of West Dorm Building 13 and the South Courtyard basketball court. Ji Yu, after all, was a seasoned gamer—even if he was timid, he had an amazing memory for maps. As he ran, he mentally recalled the layout and quickly found the path leading to Sister An’s location.

What he didn’t know was that—just after he left the South Courtyard basketball court—things began to change…

Liu Tian had propped up his phone on the ground and was happily playing basketball with the other two.

To be fair, the basketball felt amazing. Liu Tian, who already enjoyed playing ball in real life, had never experienced handling this smooth before.

With that in mind, he couldn’t resist dribbling harder—

But this time, the ball didn’t bounce back up. Instead, it thudded heavily to the ground and stayed there, unmoving.

“What the hell?” Liu Tian froze, the excitement from earlier instantly cooling. As he looked up, his eyes accidentally landed on the spot where Ji Yu had been standing—and his heart dropped.

Ji Yu was gone.

“Hey—” Liu Tian instinctively turned to call his two companions.

Only now did Liu Tian slowly realize—he didn’t even know the names of these so-called clubmates!

How was that possible? They’d supposedly known each other for two years. They’d clearly…

One memory after another flashed through his mind, and Liu Tian’s expression grew more and more terrified.

No. There was nothing. None of their past adventures included these unfamiliar faces!

Why did he believe they were part of his club?

Liu Tian had always been a brash guy who feared nothing, but now—for the first time in his life—he felt genuine terror.

He no longer cared about the basketball on the ground. He grabbed his phone and tried to run, but it was already too late—

A human head rolled to a stop at the entrance to the basketball court, its eyes wide open in death, glaring at him with seething hatred.

The buzz-cut and flat head guys silently appeared at his sides, their expressions full of greedy hunger.

“Why run? Let’s keep playing.”

Liu Tian instinctively clutched his phone tighter, then suddenly seemed to remember some last straw of hope. He lowered his head, frantically trying to beg the livestream viewers for help.

“Guys—please! Help me! There’s a real ghost here! Please call the police for me!”

But the chat—the lifeline he thought would save him—remained calm. Message after message popped up, each one draining the color from his face.

【Didn’t expect him to be the first to die. Kinda a shame.】

【Yeah, I prefer that girl named An. Her eyes are so pretty… if only I could scoop them out and make them into glass beads, hehe.】

【This team’s balance has already been broken. That boy Xiao Ji could be killed at any moment—but I suggest keeping him alive a bit longer. He might still be useful.】

As Liu Tian stared at these messages, each void of empathy and filled with bloodthirsty anticipation, his mind went blank.

So cold… it was so cold. As if he had stepped into a place no longer of the human world—surrounded not by living beings, but by countless eyes filled with malice and greed.

Perhaps, when a person is pushed into extreme terror, they either freeze—or their mind begins to race faster than ever before.

At that moment, Liu Tian actually remembered every word flashing across the chat and began analyzing them in his mind.

Team… balance…

That’s right! Why hadn’t these two monsters made a move before—but as soon as Xiao Ji left, they revealed their true nature?

Liu Tian’s eyes widened.

He understood. The rules these ghosts followed when choosing their victims…

But unfortunately, it was too late to share that information.

“Aaaaah—!”

Seconds later, bl00d soaked the basketball court floor. Torn limbs were scattered everywhere.

A brand new “Liu Tian” touched his own shriveled, skin-deep flesh—too thin from the lack of bl00d and muscle—and frowned in dissatisfaction.

Meanwhile, Ji Yu was still running through the darkness, completely unaware of what had just happened.

T/L notes:

Ji Yu, why did you leave Liu Tian behind like that?! 😱 Things just went from eerie to straight-up intense — Liu Tian was actually killed by the ghost. Yeah… it’s getting real. 👻💀

The story’s only going to get darker and more thrilling from here, so buckle up — you won’t want to miss what’s coming next. 🔥