Chapter 103 – Old Spirit Manor

In the dark and gloomy night, all surroundings were very obscured.

Everyone held their mobile phone and turned their flashlights on, shining the light on the ground to see their surrounding environment clearly.

When the group finally heard sounds similar to that of raindrops hitting the ground, making a very dense and intense noise, it was already too late.

Countless snakes had already rushed over from all directions.

Like a continuously shrinking black hole, the swarm of snakes seemed to automatically set them as the center and encircle them, creating a chaotic and unpredictable scene. From a distance, the ground, which had a faint reflection even at night, looked like it was suddenly enveloped by something pitch-black that kept shrinking .

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

“Ah ah ah ah–”

The startled group immediately scattered.

“What should we do? What should we do?” The girls’ eyes went red with panic, even the boys were on the verge of a breakdown.

Du Chonghua himself, who usually remained calm, could only freeze in place.

[I’m The Prettiest: Ahhh! I have enochlophobia! I’m going to die!

Big Ocean Blue Sky: Damn, these people are really asking for trouble! Who in their right mind goes to this kind of cursed place?

I Want To Eat Ice Cream: Wuwuwu, I shouldn’t have clicked on this livestream, waaah.

Ice King: I was originally eating something, seeing this scared me so much I threw up……]

What to do? What to do?

Zhao Junlu had enochlophobia. He shuddered, grasping his chest with the hand that wasn’t holding his selfie stick, he started retching.

Du Chonghua’s palms were clammy with sweat. He scanned his surroundings and his gaze inadvertently fell on Xiao Chen.

In this tense and anxious atmosphere, he didn’t even have time to wonder why Xiao Chen seemed so calm and unafraid.

He only had one thing in his mind.

Du Chonghua directly rushed over, shouting loudly, “Xiao Chen, quickly take out the lighter!”

Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow, the corners of his mouth slightly lifting.

Pretty smart.

Xiao Chen took out the lighter from his pocket and handed it to Du Chonghua. Du Chonghua’s hands were still trembling, and he seemed to be breathing unevenly. It was clear that at this moment, he was extremely anxious.

After some hesitation, he took off his blue T-shirt in front of everyone, then removed his phone from the selfie stick and tucked it in his pants pocket. He tightly wrapped his T-shirt around the top of the selfie stick and tied it securely.

He looked around and his gaze skimmed over the scared, trembling people. “Does anyone have makeup remover? Give it to me!”

Su Lele reacted, hurriedly rummaging through her backpack before finally finding her makeup remover.

Without waiting for her to hand it over, Du Chonghua rushed towards her with big strides, snatching the makeup remover from Su Lele’s hands. Forcefully opening the cap, he poured the makeup remover onto the shirt he just tied.

Du Chonghua’s eyes turned red from urgency, the veins on his hands bulging. He took out the lighter and ignited the T-shirt.

With the help of the makeup remover, the T-shirt quickly caught fire. However, the snakes surrounding them were already closing in. Besides the snakes slithering on the ground, many had also climbed up the locust trees around them, crawling along the branches.

Then, like Olympic divers diving into the water, they dove down one by one from above the group, inflicting horror and causing people to scream while dodging left and right.

Du Chonghua continued to shout, “Take out the umbrellas!”

The people immediately obeyed, as if waking from a dream.

This time, Du Chonghua, holding an umbrella and with a torch in hand, ran forward to the front. He bent down and aimed at the ground, planning to murder the snakes and carve a path, shouting, “Follow me!”

Who would dare to not listen at a time like this?

Du Chonghua, despite feeling nauseous, started to move forward. Although the snakes feared fire, the torch’s flames were just too small. Du Chonghua even stepped on a snake’s slippery tail several times.

Damn it! F*cking hell, this was driving him crazy!

Du Chonghua swore in his mind while continuing forward.

They managed to clear a somewhat clear path.

Even Du Chonghua struggled to continue pushing; One could only imagine the condition of his teammates following him.

As soon as Du Chonghua’s torch went farther away, the snakes would slowly regroup again, and continue moving towards the center of the swarm.

The boys were a bit better off, wearing sports shoes and long pants. However, the three girls present were all beauty-conscious livestreamers, dressed in the most figure-hugging short shorts. At least, for the sake of ease while walking, no one was foolish enough to wear high heels or sandals.

“Wahhh!” Su Lele was extremely reluctant, but at this moment, she had no other choice. She didn’t dare to look at the ground, holding up her umbrella and staring ahead, trying to control her fear, but in the end was still unable to contain her horrified cries.

Furthermore, she could clearly feel something hitting her umbrella with a ‘duang’ sound. It felt as though a huge weight was pressing down on it, the number of snakes dropping down increased more and more. If she didn’t shake her umbrella while walking, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In addition, she had also stepped on the slippery bodies of countless snakes multiple times. That uncomfortable sensation, just thinking about it raised goosebumps and sent shivers down her spine.

Due to the slippery slope, she nearly stumbled several times. Fortunately, Duan Aoming, who shared an umbrella with her, helped her up, allowing her to barely keep up with Du Chonghua’s pace.

Although the scene was chaotic, and no one was able to continue streaming in a delicate and proper manner, they still needed their phones for light. Without being able to exit the live broadcast page, the result was this scene being faithfully recorded in their live broadcast rooms.

[Cherry Lips: I’m blind! Aaaah! Don’t make me watch this!

Safe And Sound Apple: Du Chonghua truly lives up to his role as the leader of the fearless little death squad. Under these kinds of circumstances, he still managed to come up with an idea quickly. Damn, he won a lot of fans over.

Accompanying You Through The Years: Seriously, I’ve struggled with binge eating for so many years, but now watching this livestream has made me lose my love for food, wuuu.

Canned Peach: Even as a fully grown adult man, just watching this makes my scalp tingle. I can hardly imagine how scared this group of people must be, damn.

See You Never: Just saying, I think Du Chonghua has a really great body! There’s abs!!]

Compared to the other frazzled members, Xiao Chen, who was walking at the rear, appeared quite relaxed.

He didn’t walk that fast, not even bothering to look carefully at the path in front. Instead, he seemed leisurely and focused more on observing his surroundings.

As soon as his footsteps touched the ground, the snakes nearby seemed to instinctively retreat three feet, not daring to approach even half a step.

It wasn’t worth mentioning how a snake might fall from above him; there wasn’t even a single one that would fall around him. They were all surprisingly obedient.

Strangely, from a distance, the snake swarm appeared dense and numerous, so there should have been innumerable amounts of them. However, Du Chonghua, raising his homemade torch, hadn’t gone very far, and had already broken through the swarm of snakes.

The emotional state of the breathless live broadcasters began to spiral one by one. Some even questioned why they had come to the locust tree manor in the first place, why they hadn’t stayed home, and why they had chosen to subject themselves to all this hardship.

This whole night they barely slept for a short amount of time before being woken up by the eerie laughter. They only took a few steps, and they got attacked by snakes!

The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became.

Zhao Junlu was the first to suggest they retreat, not caring that they were still live streaming. He cautiously said, “Maybe we shouldn’t go to the locust tree manor, it’s better to go back early.”

The survivors of this ordeal largely shared this sentiment, silently agreeing in their hearts.

After all, none of them wanted to die.

Everyone agreed, except for Du Chonghua.

He was truly unwilling to give up!

Du Chonghua forced a strained smile, and said, “It’s the middle of the night, so at this moment we won’t be safe anywhere. There’s still a good few hours until dawn, can you guarantee that in these few hours, we won’t encounter anything strange?”

Zhao Junlu had no words to say, and could only remain silent.

Du Chonghua seized the opportunity to continue persuading them, saying, “What’s our purpose for this trip? Isn’t it for exploration and adventure? Regardless of whether we find the locust tree mansion or not, we were bound to go through these experiences. We might as well just head toward the locust tree mansion.”

This convinced everyone.

Du Chonghua looked at the group, moved yet exhausted, and sighed. He asked in a tone that seemed like a question but left little room for doubt, “What do you all think?”

Su Lele and Duan Aoming exchanged glances and nodded first.

At this point, there was no turning back.

[Little Fairy: I have to say, among the little death squad, I admire Du Chonghua the most. He’s clear-headed and resourceful. (Of course, he’s also handsome and has a great body; capable of winning anyone and everyone over.)

Miss Jelly: I really can’t understand why they’re doing this kind of livestream for no reason. They’re just asking for trouble. Nowadays, internet celebrities will stop at nothing for fame.

Patrick Star: Uh……do people in the livestream room not know how dangerous the locust tree mansion is?

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: ???? Upstairs, please educate us! I have no idea!

Skating Cola: I don’t know either! Begging for some information!

Patrick Star: The locust tree mansion was originally discovered by a group of escaped criminals. It contained many antiques, so they got greedy, and decided to loot everything inside. As a result, they all tragically died. When the police pursuing them reached the manor, they immediately reported the artifacts inside to the National Cultural Relics Bureau. Do you know the result??

There have been many nameless thieves who wanted to steal the antiques there, but without exception, they all met unfortunate ends. That’s how the locust tree manor’s malicious reputation spread.

What’s even stranger is that even though we have the locust tree manor’s location on our maps, many people can’t find it, because even when following the map, they end up traveling further and further away…

Nice Chopsticks: No! Wasn’t there an old lady who guided us yesterday? F*ck f*ck f*ck, I’ve got the chills, there’s only me in the house!

Panda Mahjong: Heck, this is really creepy when you think about it!

LuluLulu: Damn, so they’re still going to the locust tree mansion? Isn’t that just offering up their heads?]

Du Chonghua saw that he had convinced everyone as the group nodded in agreement.

Duan Aoming took out an extra T-shirt from his backpack and handed it to Du Chonghua.

Du Chonghua quickly put it on.

At this moment, everyone present looked tired and disheveled.

“Let’s go! It’s just a few minutes away!” Du Chonghua reminded.

Xiao Chen watched this impassioned speech from the sidelines, his eyes cold and detached. He licked his dry lips.

Here, no one understood the various rumors about the locust tree mansion better than Du Chonghua. After all, he had organized this event, so he couldn’t be unaware of the fact that many people had died here!

On the other hand, was he really here just to explore with his teammates, or did he have his eye on treasures in the locust tree mansion that didn’t belong to him?

His true intentions were difficult to fathom.

There’s still a long night ahead. Hmm.