Starting with a haunted house to create a thrilling game arena

Chapter 127: I can beat the Haunted House Major!

The next day.

Hanjiang City Forensic Medical College.

"Senior Gao, quickly check the group chat."

Gao Ruxue, who was working at 8 a.m., saw Heshan tag her in the "Boss Chen's Haunted House Guide Group" and clicked in to see that someone had posted a link.

Clicking on it leads to the official account of New Century Paradise.

Besides the official account, there are many other video accounts and articles reposted by the media. Among them, the most popular one is the Mystery Tracking Studio, which directly published this news on the front page of its website!

The first-ever Haunted House Major Tournament will be held in one week!

Horror house major?

what the hell.

Gao Ruxue was completely bewildered. After reading it carefully, all her drowsiness vanished instantly. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and her eyelashes fluttered.

"Really? Boss Chen is going to organize a competition?"

"No, it's not Boss Chen, it's Boss Zhang."

"Wow, Boss Zhang's haunted house is even scarier than Boss Chen's! How did he manage to hold the competition?"

"Hmm... I remember Boss Zhang and Boss Chen seem to have some issues, right? Should we participate?"

Several senior students in the group were discussing it.

The article mentions that the competition was officially organized by New Century Amusement Park, and the competition format was a points system. Participants were required to register a team of four people.

The specific gameplay involves completing tasks in various sub-scenes within the game as quickly as possible to earn enough points, with the player with the most points ultimately winning.

These tasks are varied and all evolved from the scenes inside the haunted house.

For example, the midnight police station's small task was to find the video footage of Master Guan being trapped in the surveillance room. The task in the computer room of the second ward was to play a game with Feng Xiaomin, but it had to be done while being chased by the doctor who was being electrocuted.

"Isn't this just Identity V, Dead by Daylight?"

"Holy crap, it's true! I saw some people in the comments section calling completing the task 'repairing a machine.' Could it be that Boss Zhang really did set up a generator in a haunted house for us to repair?"

"That sounds interesting! The champion gets a prize of 50,000 yuan and a special title. Are you guys planning to participate?"

Gao Ruxue paused. She had been quite busy with her studies lately, but the most important thing was that they were actually fans of Chen Ge's haunted house and not familiar with Zhang Ze's haunted house.

Just as they were hesitating.

A senior student in the group spoke up:

"You idiots! It's precisely because we're fans of Boss Chen's haunted house that we should participate in Boss Zhang's competition."

"Why?"

"If we win the championship, it proves that Boss Zhang's haunted house can't scare us. Then we can go play at Boss Chen's haunted house, wouldn't that be bringing glory to Boss Chen? It's such a simple logic, don't you understand!"

That makes sense.

Gao Ruxue was persuaded.

"Let's form a professional esports team of four people each, shall we?"

Count me in.

"Since Xiaoxue is here, I'm coming too!"

"I can beat the Haunted House Major!"

Soon, the team was assembled.

Gao Ruxue, Heshan, Liu Xianxian, Ma Ying.

Liu Xianxian and Ma Ying are Gao Ruxue's roommates. Seeing that Gao Ruxue wanted to go, they naturally signed up as well. As for Heshan, he was just an old acquaintance who was brought in to be a comedian and boost morale.

……

Inside Qin Guang's live broadcast office.

Fei Youliang also saw this message.

A "Haunted House Speedrun Contest?"

"Horror house major?"

"This is ridiculous! These days, even haunted houses can hold competitions. They're really good at creating hype. Does this mean we should hold a competition to see who can poop the fastest?"

That being said...

Qin Guang's eyes lit up. "This is a great opportunity!"

"That damn Chen Ge, he's always holding me back. Last time during the live stream, he was the one who managed to outdo me and get us all slammed for our performance. I lost almost a million yuan."

"This competition is organized by Chen Ge's competitor. Let's participate and give Chen Ge a good thrashing!"

Fei Youliang thought about it again.

It seems to make sense.

"But the two of us aren't enough."

"Are you stupid? Have you forgotten that idiot you met when you went together last time?" Qin Guang rolled his eyes at Fei Youliang. Even he remembered it, but Fei Youliang had forgotten.

"You mean the zombie man? Oh my god, that guy is disgusting. I never want to see him again." Fei Youliang felt nauseous just thinking about the zombie man's arrogant and domineering appearance.

If Chen Ge hadn't stopped them, they would have been in serious trouble.

They might even start fighting on the spot.

"You don't know anything! That's what creates a buzz, that's what gets people watching!"

"No wonder you can't learn how to do live streaming. These days, traffic is king. Just imagine, if we start a live stream, we'll call it The Avengers."

"Me, you, and Zombie Man—we've all got grudges with them. If this gets broadcast live, how high will the viewership be? Use your brain!"

Qin Guang's words were a revelation to Fei Youliang.

Yeah, they were so scared last time they practically wet themselves.

This time, they formed the Avengers and went to participate in the Haunted House Major.

Just participating in the competition generates a lot of buzz; what if they win...?

hiss……

Fei Youliang didn't even dare to think about it.

"I'll contact the zombie man right now. Get ready and also notify the others. We have a week to prepare. This week we must visit the haunted house several times to familiarize ourselves with the location!"

Qin Guang urged.

……

Western suburbs of Hanjiang City.

The third floor of Shengyuan International Plaza.

Tian Teng Hospital.

"Um……"

"Everyone, did you all see that? This new haunted house owner has some great ideas; he's organizing a speedrun competition. What do you all think?"

The head of Tianfeng Hospital posted the news in the work group.

Among those present, some were middle-level managers, some were actors in haunted houses, and some were prop masters and makeup artists. They all stared at the news in silence.

They initially set up shop in Xinhai City, but later moved to Hanjiang City for some reason.

Logically, to seize the local market, one should definitely set their sights on the original industry leader, namely Chen Ge's haunted house.

But in the past month or so, Zhang Ze has emerged as a rising star. Zhang Ze's haunted house has replaced Chen Ge's haunted house, giving New Century Amusement Park a second spring.

Of the ten tourists who go to New Century Amusement Park, seven go to Zhang Ze's haunted house, and the remaining three go to Chen Ge's haunted house.

This completely disrupted the original plans of Tato Hospital.

"I think this is an opportunity. If our people can participate in the competition, or even win the championship, they can say in an interview that Zhang Ze's haunted house is not as good as Tian Teng Hospital, thus attracting more patients to Tian Teng Hospital."

"That's right, we have the most experienced haunted house designer in the island nation personally designing it, and we've also recently used a lot of..."

It's like mentioning a taboo name.

The man who had been speaking suddenly shut his mouth, and the others all looked at him with rather unfriendly expressions.

"Alright, that's enough."

"Everyone here works in the haunted house industry. Are you really so bad at speedrunning a small haunted house that you can't compete with ordinary tourists?"

The head of Tian Teng Hospital waved his hand impatiently, "Besides, Zhang Ze is very arrogant. He gave us a week. We can spend this week figuring out the internal structure, figuring out the optimal route, and even assigning tasks to each of us."

"In short, we must participate in this competition and we are determined to win."

"Win the Major championship!"

That's what the person in charge said.

The people present exchanged bewildered glances. "If that's the case..."

"Win the Major championship!"