Li Yue didn't know whether others were afraid or not.
Anyway, at this moment, Li Yue froze.
Just now, they had entered a new cycle again.
In the corner room, with the door locked, the baby's cries grew louder.
'Whoa... Whoa...'
But once again, when reaching the wooden door at the end of the corridor, the door that was previously open was suddenly closed with a cumbersome thud by an invisible force.
The baby's cries also stopped abruptly at that moment.
The only sound in the ears now was the chandelier hanging overhead, the crunching and sour shaking sound.
At this moment, there was a creaking sound behind them. The door where the baby's cry had been heard seemed to have opened!
Looking at the wooden door in front, Li Yue didn't dare to look back at that time.
From some elements of the game, and combined with the radio broadcast that had been triggered when they first walked this corridor, Li Yue had already guessed.
That is, in the game, the sound of a baby crying likely meant that a child had been killed.
And the voice of the door just opening—could it be the pregnant wife who had been killed by her husband? Is the other person already standing behind them at this very moment?
What does she look like?
Thinking of this, a chill crept up on Li Yue.
Standing there for about ten seconds, Li Yue took a deep breath and turned around suddenly. However, everything was so quiet—there was no movement at all.
Seeing this, Li Yue relaxed a little.
"So, I'm going to the next stage. Can I enter this room?"
Looking at the hidden door, Li Yue walked forward slowly, guessing in their mind.
The moment their hand touched the doorknob, a white figure suddenly appeared from the crack in the door.
A pale grimace stared at them, and the door slammed shut with a 'bang.'
"Fuck!"
Just like Lord Ye's love for dragons, the excellent horror atmosphere of Silent Hill PT made Li Yue's whole being tense.
Li Yue even had the mentality that if a ghost were to appear, at least that way they could die.
But after this sudden occurrence, they couldn't bear it any longer, overwhelmed by the unexpected pressure in life. Li Yue's innocent vocal cords gave way to a startled scream.
"Meaning, I can still play this game? Am I really that mentally and courageously strong?"
Li Yue swallowed, staring at the game screen that was still going on.
In the past, during tests, someone might be interrupted and take a break due to certain elements in the test.
At the time, Li Yue had still thought that such interruptions were a symbol of weakness.
But now, they had to admit, they wished they could be a weakling.
Because so far, the game had placed so much pressure on them.
Whether it's the picture quality, sound effects, lighting, or shadows, Chen Xu has created the horror atmosphere of the game to the extreme.
Li Yue couldn't understand this at all—why would such a game from the underworld exist in the world? Is this really a game that a normal person could make?
He stared at the closed toilet door, taking a deep breath. The door, which had been locked at the end of the corridor, was now open again, and the meaning was clear.
This meant he could proceed to the next reincarnation of the promenade.
The only good news was that Li Yue was now certain that the female ghost in the game was the victim of the previous broadcast.
He passed through the basement door once again, and the scene behind it was exactly the same as before.
But the observant Li Yue noticed something new: there were more cockroaches in the house.
What made him feel even stranger was that the baby's cry from earlier had been replaced by a woman's voice.
"Hehe... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
It was a very strange sound—impossible to tell if it was laughter or crying—and accompanied by a thick, bubbling vibrato. It felt as if someone was choking her, and the noise was muffled by saliva stuck in her throat.
As he moved forward, the lights dimmed, and the woman's voice grew louder.
At the corner, Li Yue's body trembled.
Under the distant light stood a tall female ghost, her face hidden.
At that moment, Li Yue felt as though his heart was being gripped by a large hand.
He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and decided to face it head-on.
The unknown is the greatest fear. Why was he so afraid earlier?
Wasn't it because he hadn't known there was a female ghost before? Wasn't it because he didn't know when she would appear or what she looked like?
Now, the female ghost was standing right in front of him. What was there to fear?
However, as soon as he stepped forward, his heart sank, as if the lights had suddenly turned off in front of him.
It was the same cycle—doing it once, twice, and now exhausted by the third attempt.
The female ghost once again retreated into the darkness, and all the courage Li Yue had just gathered vanished. The fear he had initially felt returned, even more intense than before. He now knew there was a female ghost in the room, but not where she was hiding or watching him from.
Behind him, above him, behind a closet, in a shack in the toilet—anything was possible.
Li Yue, like an old grandmother crossing the road, took small, careful steps forward. The female ghost's voice bubbled on, sending chills down his spine. The lights didn't return until he reached the spot where the ghost had stood earlier.
The moment the lights came back, countless cockroaches scurried away, and Li Yue felt his scalp tingle with discomfort.
After swallowing, he stepped through the basement door once again.
Finally, Li Yue had begun to piece together some of the content of the test demo Silent Hill PT.
That is every reincarnation, and some strange changes seem to occur in the corridor.
What will happen this time around?
The first half of the corridor was exactly the same as before, but after passing the corner, Li Yue found that the toilet door that had been closed was now open.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yue entered the dark toilet and found a flickering flashlight on the ground.
Obviously, in this dark toilet, the only way to see the surrounding situation was to rely on the flashlight in front.
Swallowing nervously, Li Yue controlled the game character and slowly squatted down to pick up the flashlight.
The moment it was picked up, a 'banging' sound came from behind.
The toilet door slammed shut, and a baby's miserable low sobbing filled the air.
Li Yue turned the flashlight in the direction of the sound and saw a deformed fetus that had not yet fully developed lying in the bathroom sink.
As soon as the flashlight shone on it, the sobbing suddenly turned into a loud, piercing cry.
'Boom thump...'
The cry reverberated, and Li Yue clearly heard the sound of high heels outside the door.
Before there was time to react, the door handle was pulled frantically.
'Bang! Bang! Bang!'
The door handle rattled, and with each movement of the female ghost outside, the toilet door opened a gap. Through the gap, a pale figure was visible.
In the dark, the flashlight, which had been on, began flickering again.
The clanging of the handle and the baby's cries shattered Li Yue's mental defense.
"Stop pulling! It's nothing to do with me, please, let me go!"
"Injustice and debt have their owner, your husband is not me!"
"I didn't kill you, and I didn't kill the child! Stop dragging me!"
In the game, Li Yue squatted in the corner of the toilet, incoherently venting his fear. There was even a hint of crying in his voice.
At this moment, he swore that he had never been so afraid since he could remember.
Why hadn't his VR game box been forcibly disconnected yet? Was the function broken?
Li Yue began to panic, but just as he felt like he was about to collapse, everything suddenly stopped.
The baby's crying ceased, the female ghost outside vanished, and the door that had been locked opened a gap.
Li Yue took a deep breath and poked his head out. Everything seemed to be back to normal.
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement. The only thing that remained unchanged was the door leading to the next reincarnation.
It looked like an ordinary door, but it felt to Li Yue as though it were the mouth of a beast, opened wide.
"Prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom..." After hesitating for a moment, Li Yue recited his core values which allowed him and took a step forward.