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A brief silence fell over the dormitory, and a suffocating atmosphere slowly spread.

The moment the staff member saw the content, a cold sweat broke out on their back, their body stiffened, and they instinctively raised their hand to cover the camera, urgently saying, "Stop recording immediately! Report it right away!"

"How did this get in here?" Lin Sen asked incredulously.

The staff didn't know how to answer this question either. The fact that this kind of item was mixed in with the trainee's gifts and was even opened by the trainee himself proves that there must be a major flaw in the gift delivery process.

The delivery of this birthday gift was handled entirely by the head of Jiang Zhiyu's fan club. The gift was carefully selected and packaged, and the person even drove it to the entrance of the recording base where it was handed over by the program crew. The entire process should not have involved any outsiders.

It was precisely because of this that the program team, out of trust, only performed a basic scan of the gift for dangerous items during the review process. Finding nothing unusual, they did not conduct a further review until the strange contents were discovered inside the 310 delivery room.

With the black letter firmly held in place by the scissors, Jiang Zhiyu lowered his eyes and quietly read through all the words, his eyes still showing little emotion.

He didn't believe that those people had delivered it personally, but the vague information in the sentences was full of implications, and the team or individual who delivered the letter must have had some connection with them.

The truth seems to be on the verge of being revealed.

Jiang Zhiyu gently tilted his head and calmly addressed the flustered staff:

"Please investigate the entire source of this gift, verify the registration list, packaging process, delivery records, and check for any loopholes."

"In addition, we will focus on sending this doll for testing to check for residual substances on its surface, issue a complete test report, and archive all results as evidence."

The staff member nodded quickly and replied, "Okay! I'll go get the sealing bag right away!"

As the staff members hurried out of the dormitory, the room fell completely silent. The remaining staff members quietly packed up the recording equipment and gift box packaging, their faces showing a hint of solemnity.

The dormitory ceiling light was still bright, and the eerie, mottled doll lay quietly on the ground, its sticky body still reflecting the light, clashing with the lake-blue gift box next to it, like a speck of filth forcibly mixed into something beautiful.

Jiang Zhiyu tightened his grip on the scissors, his emotions completely fading from his eyes.

Considering the recent surge in privacy harassment, the manipulation of public opinion, the relentless pressure from Shangcheng Entertainment, and Wang Hongduan's covert probing, this bizarre gift delivery is simply one link in a series of elaborate schemes.

On his eighteenth birthday, someone wanted to use the most twisted and darkest method to leave an indelible, obscure mark on him.

What's even more insidious is that the other party had prepared a backup plan from the very beginning.

Almost within minutes of the staff leaving to report the incident and the dormitory disturbance occurring, this sudden accident, which should have been strictly sealed off and kept absolutely confidential, was deliberately leaked to the Internet without warning.

The first to erupt were anonymous forums and entertainment gossip groups.

Several blurry yet clearly discernible candid photos suddenly surfaced—a strange doll lying next to a lake-blue gift box, and dark, blackish-red stains. (Painting)

The caption bluntly stated: [Jiang Zhiyu received a bizarrely cursed doll containing threatening letters on his birthday. The atmosphere at the scene was terrifying, and the production team immediately sealed off the area to collect evidence.]

The news spread at an absurdly fast speed.

In just five minutes, screenshots flooded major platforms, and the hashtag surged at an alarming rate, going from obscure, niche news to the top of the real-time trending searches.