Chapter 278: A Special Mission for the Lab Rat?
Of course, there's another even more interesting one.
You've probably all heard of the drink called Monster Energy.
They say this Monster Energy drink was actually developed by lizard people.
It contains various energies that lizard people need to supplement.
And to make it convenient for lizard people around the world, one lizard person researched and created Monster Energy...
Staring at this lizard person corpse.
Jiang Ran discovered that this lizard person's corpse looked completely real.
Vivid and lifelike.
But upon closer observation, he noticed that some parts of this lizard person's body seemed to have damage.
He rubbed his chin, listening as Xiao Peng suddenly asked beside him: "Do you guys think lizard people actually exist in this world?"
Jiang Ran, Xiao Q, and Ke Bei didn't answer.
Because they couldn't answer.
After all, none of them had personally seen one.
Therefore, you couldn't say whether they truly existed or not.
And just at that moment, a man's voice suddenly spoke up:
"Lizard people absolutely exist."
The four of them turned around.
They discovered a white man in his forties slowly walking toward them.
This white man wore a blue suit and black high-end leather shoes.
His golden hair was meticulously groomed.
He looked exactly like a successful businessman.
As this white man approached, he continued speaking to them in Chinese:
"Right now, lizard people are everywhere around the world."
"They impersonate humans, attempting to replace humanity."
"Let me teach you how to determine if someone you know is a lizard person."
"First, lizard people often can't control their tongues when speaking, frequently sticking them out, just like real lizards."
"Second, lizard people's eyeballs will show obvious changes inadvertently, with vertical pupils."
"Third, lizard people have abnormally swollen necks."
Hearing this, with his left hand constantly rubbing his neck, Jiang Ran saw the other three were doing similar gestures.
It seemed none of them really believed this so-called lizard person theory.
The white man in his forties also noticed the four people's expressions.
He smiled and spread his hands: "It's fine, many people don't believe it, but you'll believe it once you encounter one."
...
"That white guy just now spoke as if it were real. Even if there are lizard people, aliens, and all sorts of chaotic things in the world, does it affect my 3,000-yuan-a-month beast-of-burden life after graduating from college?"
After Jiang Ran's group separated from that white man, they continued touring the Horror Museum.
And these words came from Xiao Peng complaining about lizard people.
Jiang Ran listened and said: "It really doesn't affect anything, but this is just a hobby interest, treat it as strange tales and anecdotes to look at."
Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes."
Just as they were discussing lizard people.
Xiao Q suddenly told Jiang Ran and the others to look ahead.
Several people looked up and discovered that about ten meters away from them, many people were lining up.
And Xiao Q's real intention in having them look forward was.
That fifty or sixty-year-old Cherry Blossom Country person they encountered earlier in the tunnel corridor was also there.
"What are they lining up for over there?"
Several people quickly walked over.
They discovered that what could make such a large crowd line up was actually a haunted house.
On both sides of the haunted house entrance stood two people dressed as Western Grim Reapers.
These two Western Grim Reapers, along with the two vampire-costumed people earlier at the museum entrance.
One could notice that although they wore very realistic clothing.
The clothing in front had golden peony patterns, and they also had staff ID badges.
Even though this really ruined the atmosphere.
Xiao Peng at this moment saw that the poster in front of the haunted house stated.
Those who passed through the haunted house would receive a surprise gift package.
Seeing there was a reward, Xiao Peng immediately pulled the other three to play together.
The other three didn't refuse either, and they all lined up here.
Their turn in line came quickly.
The two Grim Reaper-costumed staff at the entrance pulled open the ancient-style door.
Letting the four people enter together.
After the four people entered, they would wait three minutes before letting the next group of haunted house adventurers enter.
Before Jiang Ran's group of four entered, when they saw the door being pulled open and looked inside, their vision was dim.
After entering, when the door closed.
Their vision became even darker beyond description.
They took out their phones and turned on the flashlight function.
Four phone flashlights immediately made their vision much better.
The haunted house's terrifying atmosphere also weakened considerably.
Immediately, with phone flashlight beams shining forward.
They discovered there was only one path here.
They followed this path forward.
Jiang Ran used his flashlight to shine left and right.
He noticed the interior design style had that Western horror movie vibe of a long-uninhabited villa style.
The four walked forward for five minutes.
Forget encountering anything scary, they hadn't even encountered any haunted house NPCs.
Just as Xiao Peng finished complaining: "This haunted house isn't that great either?"
Then, they reached the end.
There was no path ahead.
Yes, seemingly no way forward, but actually not.
After several people approached, they discovered that ahead were many of those wooden doors.
Ke Bei, being bold, counted from one side to the other.
After counting, his voice clearly became somewhat serious:
"There are exactly 50 doors on this wall. I tried over ten of them, and they all opened. The others should open too."
Fifty doors covering the entire wall ahead, if not for the poor visibility.
This densely-packed feeling would give anyone with trypophobia an attack just from one look.
It was only at this point that the four began to feel this haunted house had something to it.
"With so many doors, should we separate? Or stick together?"
Xiao Q asked the other three.
Xiao Peng said: "If we stick together, it wouldn't be interesting."
Ke Bei said: "Alright, then you take one door alone, and we three will take another door."
Xiao Peng immediately made a dark face: "Forget it then."
Immediately, the four selected a door in a relatively central position and walked through.
...
The rude-speaking person Jiang Ran's group of four encountered earlier in the tunnel corridor was precisely:
Lab Rat Number 4, Cherry Blossom Country, male, 59 years old, Nakamori Aoshi, a chef.
His betting amount was 400 million USD, much higher than Jiang Ran's 230 million USD.
And before Jiang Ran's group of four entered the haunted house, Nakamori Aoshi had already been inside for about fifteen minutes.
So why did Nakamori Aoshi come to the Horror Museum and enter the haunted house?
Was it because he was also a haunted house enthusiast?
This was complete nonsense.
He wasn't interested in horror, ghosts, supernatural phenomena, or anything like that at all.
The reason he could come here was that when he arrived at his hotel room today—his hotel room was a single—after arriving, he discovered a piece of paper on his hotel room bed.
On the paper was a paragraph in English: Every lab rat has a special mission.
Your special mission: Go to the Horror Museum on the hotel's 9th floor, inside the haunted house, find a golden postcard in a box.
Hold the golden postcard until the 7 days end.
You will receive 1 million USD.