Starting with a haunted house to create a thrilling game arena

Chapter 25: The Second Nightmare Mission

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed, and the haunted house is operating smoothly.

Zhang Ze specifically instructed Lao Zhou and Li Yang that ordinary tourists only needed to be scared, and there was no need to go all out, so as not to frighten them into serious trouble.

For those with malicious intentions, such as secretly bringing in a camera or cell phone, Zhang Ze would detect them through the crows that were everywhere and then notify the two to teach them a lesson.

On the first day, revenue was 1700 yuan.

The next day, the revenue was 1950 yuan.

On the third day, revenue was 2000 yuan...

Zhang Ze's haunted house had almost no cost, and all the income was pure profit. In just three days, he earned nearly 6,000 yuan, more than he could earn in a month working as a screw maker at the factory before his time travel.

This made Zhang Ze sigh with emotion.

Sure enough, if you're willing to go all out, you can earn rice.

"Beep~"

Zhang Ze's phone suddenly rang.

Upon opening the message, it turned out to be the official account of the Mystery Tracking Studio. They had even registered an official account on the platform and sent Zhang Ze a private message.

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I am the host and investor of the Mystery Case Tracking Studio. My surname is Yue, Yue Pan. I would like to talk to you about what happened to Lin Xiaomei and the others a few days ago."

Due to platform restrictions, Zhang Ze could not send a second private message until he replied to the message. Zhang Ze stared at the message for a while.

I thought about Lin Xiaomei and the other three.

Lin Xiaomei is a reporter, the chubby Zhao Haiyang is the lighting technician, the other two are a photographer and an assistant, and Yue Pan claims to be the host and investor, so he is probably a member with a higher status.

It could even be the head of the studio.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Ze replied with the following:

"Yes, if you need me to provide compensation, please be sure to state that they fainted from fright while they were playing normally in my haunted house, and that each of them signed a waiver. However, I can subsidize some medical expenses from a humanitarian perspective."

Zhang Ze's words were also the result of careful consideration.

He wasn't worried about the rumors of haunted houses scaring people to death having a negative impact. After all, if a haunted house wasn't scary, what was the point of going there?

He can pay the money, as long as the other party issues a statement; Zhang Ze can then use the other party to promote himself.

However, Yue Pan's reply surprised Zhang Ze.

"According to our lighting technician Zhao Haiyang, there was an incident during the game where haunted house staff attacked tourists. Is this true?"

Haunted house staff attack tourists?

Zhang Ze almost lost his composure.

"I can guarantee that no violations occurred during the entire process. That chubby guy even used a prop chainsaw to attack people. If he weren't my employee..."

I almost sent the second half of the sentence, "not human."

Zhang Ze quickly deleted it and replaced it with a more reasonable statement.

"If my employee hadn't replaced the prop chainsaw, he might have been seriously injured, and I haven't even pursued his violent behavior yet!"

Yue Pan quickly replied:

"I also hope this is a misunderstanding, but I hope we can check the surveillance footage. If everything is normal, I apologize to you and will make a special promotional video for your haunted house."

Surveillance video.

Zhang Ze turned off his phone and fell into deep thought.

Since his transmigration, it seems that he hasn't considered the typical procedures that a haunted house should have, unlike Chen Ge's haunted house.

For example, indoor monitoring, online apps, and live employees.

Chen Ge inherited his parents' haunted house, and the surveillance equipment, haunted house props, and online app were all directly usable.

At most, we'll spend some more money to repair it.

There are even gentle and lovely girls like Xu Wan working as employees...

In contrast, Zhang Ze had nothing but that chilling murder painting.

The venue was completely empty.

If you buy a bunch of bumper cars now and throw them in, the venue could instantly transform back into a bumper car amusement park.

"Spend money to get a special set?"

"No, even if we do it now, it's impossible to replicate the surveillance footage from back then. It's too difficult to fake with money. Even if we use AI to generate it, it might fool ordinary people, but the other party is clearly not that easy to deal with."

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Ze realized that this method would not work.

Even if surveillance were installed now, it would be impossible to install it in the crow's nest scene.

That's behind the door.

[Task Completed]

[Receive 1 spin chance on the roulette wheel]

【② (Daily): Increase the haunted house's scream index, making it more attractive than Chen Ge's haunted house. Reward: 1 roulette spin】

The system notified Zhang Ze that his task was complete.

Zhang Ze took a look.

After several days of public discussion, Zhang Ze's haunted house completely overshadowed Chen Ge's and gained system approval.

One spin of the roulette wheel.

"That's right, in times like these, let's see if the system can offer any help."

"Use your roulette spins!"

Zhang Ze used a roulette wheel to draw a prize.

A huge virtual roulette wheel appeared in front of him, divided into prize zones.

Some prizes took up a relatively large area, while a few prizes were very small and had a strange bright red color, as if they were wrapped with dense blood vessels, which was obviously not something to be trifled with.

The pointer spun rapidly across the prize area.

A kitchen knife stained with blood.

A damaged videotape.

Rusty coffin nails...

The pointer moved slower and slower until it finally stopped at a prize area that was neither too big nor too small.

[The damaged videotape]

【Number 009】

"this one?"

"Dude, last time you gave me two severed hands, at least explain where they came from. This videotape just has a number, am I supposed to look it up online myself?"

Zhang Ze was speechless.

He had a tattered videotape in his hand, unsure if it was still usable. As for the videos inside, he wasn't curious at all; he was certain it couldn't help him.

What to do?

Zhang Ze turned his gaze back to the system task interface.

The previous three tasks have been completed.

Three new missions have now been unlocked.

【④ (Daily): Clean the haunted house, remove dust and trash, and keep it clean. Reward: 1 spin on the roulette wheel】

【⑤ (Daily): Add a second scene to the haunted house, reward: 1 roulette spin】

[⑥ (Nightmare): Have you ever heard of lost media? You once watched a video or heard an audio clip online, and you remember it vividly. But many years later, when you want to watch it again, you find that you can't find it no matter what you do, as if the video never existed. You are certain that this is not the Mandela Effect or a collective memory fabricated by the brain. You try to find that video again, but you find that the content in the video is not the same as what you remember...]

Of the three refreshed tasks, Zhang Ze immediately set his sights on the Nightmare task.

Daily tasks only reward items.

Only Nightmare missions will provide Zhang Ze with bonuses to his abilities.

Zhang Ze's hands have been replaced with ghost hands, which can give him some control over the supernatural world behind the door, but he still can't reach the level of Lingling creating objects through drawing.

He urgently needs some new skills.