Meanwhile, in the west direction of the small town, underground in a certain haunted house, two figures were feeling their way forward in the dark. The other two of the Paranormal Explorer Team were unaware of the chaos outside, and Jin Zhenghan, who was walking in front, spoke to the camera beside him.

"As you all see, we've now made it to the underground of this haunted house, and we're getting closer and closer to the truth."

［: Jin Zhenghan oppa will soon break Siren Miracle, so awesome.］

［: Oppa is handsome from every angle.］

The curtain was filled with swiftly moving comments, all of them compliments, which made Jin Zhenghan very pleased. The current popularity of the livestream room was 2.3 million, with at least 40,000 people online at the same time, a number he'd never dared to imagine before.

This episode of Paranormal Explorer would definitely have a great broadcasting effect.

These viewers must be here just for him. Surely it was his excellence that brought so much traffic to this episode.

A strange feeling arose in Jin Zhenghan's heart. Clearly, he was so excellent, so why did a girl named Tang Xin dare to reject him?

After all, those internet celebrities were eager to get close to him to create some headlines. Jin Zhenghan began to think in a malicious direction; was it just because that Tang Xin wanted to pose as a Little White Flower?

He's seen many such people, pretending to be innocent on the surface while secretly being more wanton than anyone else.

Jin Zhenghan didn't realize that his inner malice was unknowingly magnifying infinitely.

Behind him, John furrowed his brows as he saw Jin Zhenghan communicating with the curtain. They had been trapped underground in this haunted house for half a day, lost in the winding paths since entering the underground.

All the haunted house staff and the program crew had disappeared as if they had evaporated, leaving them completely out of contact with the outside world, wandering like headless flies in this underground labyrinth.

Indeed, it was the third time John saw the marks he had etched on the walls.

John turned on his flashlight; the haunted house's underground was transformed from an abandoned mine, with narrow, damp stone paths that mixed the smell of mold and earth, the environment complex. Rows of wooden frames stabilizing the mine shaft stood one after another, leading to a fork in the path with two deep mine passages.

Loose stones rolled down the steep slope, bouncing back and forth against the stone walls, sending echoes of friction.

Jin Zhenghan in front suddenly stopped, remaining motionless.

The dripping water sounds echoed through the empty mine shaft, and the eerie silence made John's heart uneasy. He instinctively called out to Jin Zhenghan in front.

"Hey, you guy, why did you stop? Did you discover something?"

Jin Zhenghan did not answer him.

In Jin Zhenghan's perspective, the number of people in the livestream room surged to 100,000. The speed of comment refreshes was so fast that he couldn't keep up, with thousands to tens of thousands of comments flashing by each second, filling him with an inexplicable sense of panic and realizing something was wrong.

How could it be, how could there be so many people?

How could the popularity of the livestream increase so quickly?

［: Haven't you noticed his change?］

［: Oppa hasn't realized yet.］

［: He still doesn't know anything, hahaha.］

［: Shh, he's noticed.］

What are they talking about?

'He'— is it referring to himself, did something change about him?

The number of people in the livestream room continued to rise, 200,000, 500,000, 1 million!

In just a few seconds, the number in the livestream room jumped to tens of millions, and the popularity exceeded a billion!

How could it increase so quickly?

Jin Zhenghan swallowed his saliva; did the entire Star of Art add up to so many people?

Finally, he noticed something, his scalp tingling, and there it was in the upper right corner of the curtain: a no-signal icon.

He should have noticed it earlier; since entering the underground mine shaft, the signal on the curtain had been cut off, and they had long lost contact with the outside world.

Then what was the situation with these livestream viewers, were they really people?

Goosebumps spread all over Jin Zhenghan's body, and at this time, the swiftly rolling comments uniformly turned into one sentence, so crimson it seemed to seep with blood.

［: Look up ahead!］

［: Look up ahead!］

［: Look up ahead!］

Jin Zhenghan raised his head in astonishment. In front of him was a copper mirror, eerily placed at the intersection of two mine paths, with his reflection showing blood-red eyes and greenish skin.

He raised a hand to wipe his face, feeling a sticky sensation spreading from his hand. He didn't know when his hand had grown membranelike flesh, his five fingers stuck together, and the mucus was dripping steadily downward.

"How could this be?"

"What's happened to me, when did I become like this?"

Fear crawled all over Jin Zhenghan's face. The itching sensation made him scratch his skin, slicing his hand with something sharp, only then realizing that fish scales had grown all over his body and white threadlike filaments were emerging from the scales, bit by bit wrapping around his body.

He wanted to seek help from John behind him, but could only make 'gurgling' sounds. The flesh on his neck lifted, revealing gill-like organs striped with lines.

［: Become one of us!］

［: Become one of us!］

［: Become one of us!］

More than the strange happenings, Jin Zhenghan was terrified by the changes to his body, unable to accept that his once refined and handsome face had turned into such an ugly appearance!

Suddenly, he heard something.

"Captain, save me!"

"I'm so scared, I'm all alone here..."

The intermittent crying of a girl came from deep within the mine shaft. Jin Zhenghan heard it distinctly; the voice belonged to the girl named Tang Xin, had she encountered danger?

Jin Zhenghan didn't even think about why she would appear in such a place at this moment. His heart felt like it was ignited with hope, and disregarding the changes to his body, he struggled to his feet, chasing after the voice.

In the distance, John was dumbfounded. In his view, Jin Zhenghan seemed to go mad suddenly, holding his head and shouting, making sticky strange noises while disappearing into the depths of the mine shaft.

Since the morning, John had noticed issues with Jin Zhenghan's spirit, and after entering the mine shaft, he had been talking to himself, like he was chatting with a group of nonexistent viewers.

The sudden situation, coupled with the surrounding environment, sent chills down John's spine. Jin Zhenghan ran too fast, and he had just caught a glimpse of Jin Zhenghan's back in the beam of his flashlight. He wasn't sure if he was mistaken, but Jin Zhenghan's skin appeared greenish, looking like a monster.

John also noticed that the ground where Jin Zhenghan had passed was full of sticky footprints, with spiderweb-like white threads spreading all over.

The urgent situation left John with no time to think too much; he couldn't let Jin Zhenghan in that state run around unchecked.

After hesitating for a moment, John held up his flashlight and chased after him.

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