Chapter 165

Chapter 165 -160 Summoning Failed “So you’re telling me the fog wasn’t your doing, it was made by ghosts?” the man with the hat bellowed.

“Zzzz... I’m telling you, it really wasn’t me. Do you have something against me? Aside from being taller, more handsome, and younger than you, there’s nothing much to it. Why are you always picking on me? Just like yesterday, I already dissipated the fog later on but you still won’t believe me, insisting that it was my doing,” the voice from the walkie-talkie complained, accompanied by the sound of static electricity.

The man with the hat twitched the corner of his eye, veins bulging with anger, and no longer paying attention to the fool on the other side of the walkie-talkie, he turned to the young man beside him and said, “Who hired this guy? Get him out of here tomorrow!”

“That might not be a good idea—he’s a student from the nearby Beast Taming High School, here for a summer job,” the young man expressed his opinion:

“A big part of our clientele comes from that school’s students; if he goes back and exaggerates the story, we might lose out big time.”

The man with the hat calmed down slightly.

After all, this kind of store profits from the youngsters’ money, and had opened here precisely because of the nearby school’s students.

Especially since that school is Beast Taming High School, where the clientele includes not only the students but also their Pet Beasts.

“Forget it, there are only a few days left of summer break anyway...” The man with the hat, feeling a bit embarrassed, added, “Once summer break is over, I’ll have him kicked out!”

“Got it...”

The young man hadn’t finished talking when he was startled by what he saw on the surveillance footage.

In the surveillance screen, the room that caught fire was brightly lit, but the very next second, it went completely dark.

Not only that, but all the background lights meant to create a terrifying atmosphere were also shut off, leaving behind only the firelight to allow a glimpse of the silhouettes in the scene.

“Damn it, who turned off the lights! Hurry up and turn them all back on!” The man with the hat, having seen the surveillance footage, yelled into the walkie-talkie.

However, just the sound of “zzzz...” static electricity was heard from the walkie-talkie; there was no answer.

The man with the hat was on the verge of erupting in rage, about to curse someone’s whole family.

It was then that the young man beside him spoke with a grave expression, “The color of the fog is off.”

The artificial fog produced inside the shop was purple, but the fog seen in the brief moment when the lights came on was black.

...

At the same time.

“I didn’t expect the service of this shop to be so thorough,” Qiao Sang remarked as he looked at the image on the virtual screen, momentarily forgetting to worry about whether the room was high enough.

Even though it caught fire, they didn’t immediately put it out; instead, they continued to create a horrifying atmosphere. What dedication!

It’s just that the fog seems a bit too thick...

It’s almost covering the entire scene.

Fang Sisi snapped back to reality, looking at the screen uncertainly, “I remember this escape room doesn’t have this scenario set up.”

Having accompanied the Cotton Caterpillar here, watching more than a dozen sessions a day, she had committed to heart when the scare sound effects should play and at what stages the NPCs would appear.

It wasn’t unheard of for Pet Beasts to damage the props inside; just yesterday, a Flat-mouthed Flame Duck burned a big chunk of the props in the second stage, although it wasn’t as severe as now...

But even then, they extinguished the fire immediately and used the black mud to move the Flame Duck to the next stage.

Qiao Sang was taken aback when she heard this and looked back at the screen only to discover that the fog had shrouded the entire image.

The smoke from the fire merged with the mist, making it impossible to see the scene inside clearly.

Qiao Sang furrowed her brows, a sense of unease rising in her heart. Hesitating for a moment, she performed hand signs to summon Yaobao back.

Three seconds later, her expression turned somewhat unsightly.

The summoning had failed...

“Can you summon Cotton Caterpillar back now?” Qiao Sang turned and asked.

Fang Sisi was taken aback, and although she didn’t know why, seeing Qiao Sang’s hand signs and her serious demeanor, she realized that something might be wrong.

“Okay.”

She nodded and began the hand signs for summoning.

“Damn it, why can’t I summon it back?!” Fang Sisi’s face changed, and she cried out in panic.

Hearing this, the others in the observation room started performing hand signs to recall their Pet Beasts.

Soon, everyone present turned pale.

“How is this possible...”

“I actually failed!”

“Me too!”

Seeing this, Qiao Sang said nothing more and directly stepped out to leave.

Her brain domain had already reached over 10%; as long as she wasn’t too far from Yaobao, it was impossible not to be able to summon it back when she could feel its position in her mind.

The fact that everyone was unable to summon back their pet beasts just now further confirmed her suspicion.

Something had happened...

“I’ll go with you!” Fang Sisi hurriedly got up and followed her.

“Me too!”

“Together, together!”

“And me!”

The others all followed suit.

Just as the last person stepped out of the observation room, a red eye suddenly appeared on the virtual screen.

This eye filled the entire screen, moving slightly left and right, pressing against the camera.

The next second, the screen flickered twice and shut off.

...

“You can’t go in there!” The staff member tried desperately to stop them.

“Why can’t we go in? Our pet beasts are all inside! Whose responsibility is it if something happened?” The man, who had just been startled by the Treasure-seeking Ghost, exclaimed emotionally.

“Exactly! You just tried calling inside and no one answered, right? Something must have happened! Let me in!” A girl beside him said, her eyes reddening.

“We’ve already sent someone to check it out. They will be out soon. Please stay calm, and wait for them. If something really happened, we will call the police to deal with it,” the staff member said, trying to soothe them.

“By the time the police get here, it’ll be too late! Do you know that there’s a Flame Listening Dog inside? Do you know what a Flame Listening Dog is?

Its beast tamer is right here! Tell her, beautiful...” The man turned his head and stared blankly. Where was the Flame Listening Dog’s beast tamer?

...

The room was shrouded in darkness.

Qiao Sang illuminated the way inside with her phone’s flashlight.

She and Fang Sisi had managed to sneak in while the staff member wasn’t paying attention.

As it turned out, being flexible sometimes is a necessity, not being too rigid, otherwise, they might not have been able to get in no matter how much they pleaded.

“Go left,” Fang Sisi directed from the side.

Since the Cotton Caterpillar worked here, she naturally had been inside the Lost Town themed room before.

This was also why Qiao Sang had bothered to bring her along.

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The Devil's Betrothed Chapter 772: Wedding Night The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter Chapter 1041: BONUS - S: IN HER LIFE Soon they arrived at the first room where Yaobao was originally located, as seen on the screen.

The mist inside had dissipated, and for some unknown reason, the fire had gone out, leaving only the remains of props and a choking smell of smoke.

Qiao Sang closed her eyes to sense Yaobao’s position.

The fragments of images in her mind pieced together, showing a background that was pitch-black and unclear, but she knew the distance was no more than a hundred meters.

“It’s not here, let’s keep moving inside,” Qiao Sang said, opening her eyes.

“Wait a minute.” Fang Sisi shone her phone’s flashlight on the ground, took three steps forward and then two steps to the left, before squatting down to knock on a stone slab on the floor.

“What is it?” Qiao Sang asked.

“There’s a room underneath here, remember the NPC that was sent underground? It was done by the dark mud using its special ability. If nothing went wrong, the two of them should still be in the room down here. Maybe we can ask them, they might know what happened,” Fang Sisi explained.

“Are you talking about this dark mud?” Qiao Sang stepped forward to pick up a black and shiny object on the ground and asked.

Fang Sisi was taken aback, then aimed her phone’s flashlight at the gloomy object in Qiao Sang’s hand.

“...It is.”