This is the entertainment industry! No tantrums or shouting allowed!

Wen Yao's lips twitched slightly.

Are all of you really this dramatic...?

She called herself the Corpse King just to scare the Taoist priest.

Why are they all starting to act?

I won't watch the Oscars without you guys!

“We’re on the same team, why would I bite you?” Wen Yao looked at Jing Ce helplessly.

Jing Ce belatedly realized that this was nothing more than Wen Yao's tactic...

He lowered his eyelashes, and for some reason, he felt a little disappointed that he hadn't been bitten...

[Jing Shen, you'd love for Mei Bao to bite you, wouldn't you!]

[Just kidding, who wouldn't want to be bitten by a sweet, soft baby girl!]

[Little brother, do you understand how to be a dog?! Move aside, let me do it! I can switch between being a cute puppy, a fierce wolf, and a lapdog at will! Woof woof woof!]

...

"And you, stop acting." Wen Yao turned to Lin Xinwei, "Don't you have any self-respect as a female actress?"

Lin Xinwei instantly switched to normal mode, flashing a gentle smile at the nearest camera:

"If there are zombie movie directors out there, I hope they will consider me. I'm open to being the lead or supporting actress, or even just a cameo as a zombie."

Never forgetting work, he can be described as having the best innate physical constitution in the entertainment industry!

The Taoist priest, enraged and embarrassed, exclaimed, "You little brat, how dare you lie to me!"

Wen Yao pressed, "Where are Zhang Qingshan and Yun Xiaoshu?"

"I told you, I've already turned them into puppets!"

"Really? I don't believe it."

Wen Yao stepped forward, her gaze intense:

"If what you say is true, then why is the groom's suit size exactly the same as your 3D measurements?"

Jing Ce: !

Ruby Lin: !

The two looked at Wen Yao in shock.

You can even estimate body measurements by sight?!

"Although my handiwork is terrible, I'm still a semi-tailor, so I have some basic visual estimation skills," Wen Yao explained.

"So that's how it is..." Lin Xinwei turned her head, looking him up and down, "The Taoist priest is the groom? Could it be that master and disciple both fell in love with the same woman, and they switched her on their wedding day? Tsk tsk, what a melodramatic forbidden love story..."

Wen Yao shook her head: "The so-called 'master-disciple relationship' was always told to us by the Taoist priest, but did you find any trace of 'Zhang Qingshan' in Shuguang Village?"

Lin Xinwei and Jing Ce were both taken aback.

During the chase, there was a ghost dressed in a red wedding gown, which can be identified as the bride, Yun Xiaoshu.

But the groom never appeared from beginning to end.

If Zhang Qingshan was also turned into a puppet, why didn't he appear among the scary NPCs?

"There are only a few villagers in total. Having eliminated all the impossibilities, the only remaining possibility, no matter how bizarre, is the truth—"

"Master Zhang, no...shouldn't we call you Zhang Qingshan!"

The underground passage was deathly silent, so quiet that only the sound of a heartbeat could be heard.

Viewers in front of their screens unconsciously held their breath, completely captivated by the plot.

"Hahahaha..." The Taoist priest hunched over and burst into wild laughter, "I never expected this! Someone actually saw through my identity!"

"That's right, I am Zhang Qingshan."

"I killed my father, my mother, my wife... This is not because I am cruel, but because I cultivate the path of ruthlessness!"

"Without family, without love, without emotion... only then can I forge the strongest puppet! To fight against the Corpse King! I sacrifice my own self for the greater good!"

[Holy crap, stop smearing our Heartless Path!]

[Parents and wife: Are you being rude? Don't our lives matter?]

[He talks such high and mighty nonsense, but he's just a scumbag! Girl, beat him up for me!]

...

The audience was outraged.

Zhang Qingshan propped himself up and drew the peach wood sword from his back:

"Since you're so ungrateful, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands—Puppet, appear!"

Lin Xinwei hurriedly asked, "There won't be a hand-to-hand combat segment, will there? Are you guys on 'The Great Detective' going to go that far?"

Wen Yao, however, began to roll up her sleeves, her doe eyes sparkling, eager to try.

Fortunately, Jing Ce coughed lightly: "Don't be impatient, the final act should be about to begin."

as predicted.

Several ghostly NPCs appeared.

Among them was Yun Xiaoshu, dressed in red.

Zhang Qingshan pointed his sword at the three guests: "Go! Kill them!"

The lights flickered incessantly, and ghosts and demons danced wildly, pushing the terrifying atmosphere to its peak—

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Grandma Yun suddenly appeared and stabbed Zhang Qingshan in the heart with a pair of scissors!

“You…” Zhang Qingshan’s eyes widened. “I spared your life because you are Xiao Shu’s mother, and this is how you repay kindness with enmity?”

A single tear rolled down Grandma Yun's cloudy, aged eyes, tracing a path across her wrinkles.

"Child, stop being so deluded. There is no Corpse King in this world! It's all just your inner demons!"

Zhang Qingshan roared, "Nonsense! My entire life's work has been dedicated to fighting the Corpse King! How could there not be a Corpse King in the world?"

"Look closely at all these corpses. Who is the Corpse King?"

"..." Zhang Qingshan was silent for a few seconds, then became agitated again, "No, this is impossible... There is a Corpse King! I say there is, and there is! Even if there isn't, there must be!"

Every person needs a pillar of support to live on.

If even his spiritual pillar collapses, what meaning does his life have?

"You've killed so many people, isn't that enough? My little Shu, she had just turned eighteen when she died..."

"She deserves to die! She deserves to die!! Who told her to use the love potion on me? I saw her put the drug in my drink! That's why I killed her!!"

"Are you out of your mind!" Granny Yun tapped the ground with her cane. "If she really had put a love potion on you, do you think you would still be alive today?"

"If the mother dies, the host in which the Gu worm is parasitizing will also die!"

"But you're still alive and well! And my Xiao Shu, she's dead, and you're turning her into a walking corpse..."

Zhang Qingshan stared blankly at the woman in red.

No one knows what method Granny Yun used, but all the ghosts and monsters retreated far away. However, the red-clothed ghost crawled forward desperately, as if...

I wanted to come over and hold his hand.

He personally killed the person who loved him most in this world and turned him into a puppet...

Will she feel pain? Will she be sad?

No.

The puppet doesn't feel pain.

But why does his heart ache so much?

If Yun Xiaoshu didn't use a love potion on him, then where did his pain come from?

Zhang Qingshan covered his face with his hands and murmured, "Could it be... that I really did something wrong?"

This is an answer that no one can possibly provide.

...

"Congratulations on clearing Dawn Village! Thank you all for your hard work!"

Director Chu's voice came from the speakers, "Everyone can come to the lounge and do a simple debriefing together."

Wen Yao and the others seemed to awaken from a dream.

It's hard to believe that the NPCs in the escape room have such good acting skills.

They are in no way inferior to veteran actors in the entertainment industry.

Jing Ce turned the handle of the last door, his brow furrowing.

"Something seems off about this door..."