Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

The scene produced by Jia Xiu is a hellish scene that fits the world view here very well.

The wind was mixed with sulfur, and the ground was filled with dead souls and demons. The sky was covered with purple-red clouds, the ground was covered with rolling magma, bottomless valleys, hideous spires, and painful wails were everywhere.

It’s a hodgepodge of hellish stereotypes in adventure stories.

The script that Jia Xiu arranged for Hans was to fully experience all the cruel punishments in hell.

After running the script roughly once, Jia Xiu shook his head.

"Tsk——"

He was not very satisfied. Although it was already terrifying, it still lacked a certain feeling.

It should scare Hays, but his goal is not only to scare Hays, but also to scare him crazy, or even to make him mentally ill.

Jia Xiu touched up the hell scene he had set up. It didn't take much effort to make it anyway.

For the new scene, he changed his thinking and built a huge insane asylum with flickering lighting, winding and narrow routes, and it was full of mentally ill patients who were crazy, bloodthirsty and cruel.

Moreover, in this scenario, Hays would not have any means of fighting back and could only escape helplessly.

Jia Xiu read it over and over again.

"Yes, it has the flavor of 'Escape'."

After finishing this scene, Jia Xiu felt that his hands were hot and his creative desire was overflowing.

The horror achieved by this kind of jump scares and dark scenes doesn't seem to be the highest level of horror.

The effect Jia Xiu wanted to achieve most was to create a feeling of despair as if falling into an ice cellar by unfolding events in broad daylight without any sudden changes.

How can we achieve that effect?

Jia Xiu thought about it.

Just like a horror story that happens in real life...

Got it!

Jia Xiu had a burst of inspiration.

Soon, a dream involving "family", "relatives", "irresistance", "ethics", "torture" and "complete despair" was successfully produced.

Jia Xiu experienced it himself.

As a veteran horror connoisseur who has played numerous horror games and watched various horror movies, I couldn't stand it after just a few minutes of the experience.

I just felt a chill down my spine, my whole body was shaking, and I had to quit.

too frightening.

Anyone who comes here will go crazy.

Jia Xiu put away the amulet that stored the new dream, and prepared to find a suitable time to let Hannas experience it.

After doing all this, Jia Xiu felt a little tired.

"Hey, let's do two sets of real exam questions to relax..."

……

a few days later.

The stronghold of the cult of the God of Deception and Curse.

Jia Xiu spent a huge amount of money, 50 kronor, to decorate the cave.

I probably bought some fake magic props from a street stall to use as props for escaping and solving puzzles.

There are also several rune stones that are used to spray smoke, flash light, and make creepy sound effects.

The "magic tools" that Billy had used wrongly when he was trying to perform the ritual in the past, including dried hearts, corrupted crystals, human-faced vines and other miscellaneous items, all looked evil. Now they were taken out for recycling and placed in the cave to create an atmosphere.

After all these were set up, the originally dilapidated cave finally had a lot of cult atmosphere.

But in Jia Xiu's opinion, it was far worse than the dream he prepared for Hans.

After all, this is a tourist project, not meant to scare tourists to death.

In addition to the atmosphere of the scene, every cultist in the sect also took action, wearing cult robes and pointed hats sewn by Aunt Susan with scraps, and acting as NPCs in the cave, responsible for interacting with tourists to promote the plot, or simply scaring people and chasing tourists all over the place.

After all the cultists were dressed, they were inspected by Jia Xiu.

"Hmm... not quite. I feel like I'm missing something. A character that's particularly iconic, very special, and who gives off the aura of an evil organization at first glance."

Jia Xiu looked at each cultist carefully; they were all too ordinary.

His temperament is very much like that of a street character.

There is no way around it. They are just street cultists, and their evilness is not outstanding among the cultists.

Where can I find a suitable cult C position?

It’s best to have a vulgar and gloomy temperament from the inside out. Just dress up casually and make people feel uncomfortable just by standing there.

Based on these conditions, a figure gradually emerged in Jia Xiu's mind.

……

A few minutes later, in the Spellcaster Association, in a laboratory used by only one person.

This laboratory is only used by one person, not because this person, like Jia Xiu, has his supervisor pay to rent the entire laboratory, but because no one wants to stay in the laboratory he is in.

"Jack, I have a great job for you."

"Oh, Jia Xiu, you are so kind. They don't want to talk to me."

Jack said aggrievedly.

Nonsense, it's a wonder they're willing to talk to you.

Jia Xiu was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

Jack's eyes always seemed to be stealing glances at something, his eyeballs rolling around, never looking directly at anyone, his gaze always sliding to places he shouldn't be looking at. His eyes seemed to have a sense of touch, and being looked at by him felt like being touched.

There was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, and no one knew what he was laughing at. His hair was greasy and hung on his scalp, and his wizard robe was dirty and stained with suspicious stains.

Coupled with his behavior that is completely consistent with his image, it can be said that he is "famous".

"This job is to play the role of a cult leader in a new tourism project. I can offer you a daily wage of 10 herre."

This daily wage is considered high-income in Ximu Town.

"Great, I'm willing to take the job. Actually," Jack said, licking his lips, "I also accept other payment methods."

"No, just pay with money."

Jia Xiu immediately interrupted Jack's bad thoughts.

He just wanted to finish the talk and leave quickly. There was clearly no strange smell in this laboratory, but he always seemed to be able to smell something strange.

It can only be attributed to Jack's strong temperament.

"Okay," Jack agreed, though with a hint of disappointment. "But there's one more thing. I'm just an ordinary wizard. How am I supposed to play the role of a cult leader?"

"Uh... restrain yourself a little, restrain yourself a little, it's like it's great."

Chapter 11 A Little Escape Room Shock

"The forest outside of Ximu Town is already full of flowers, red like fire, pink like clouds..."

Cross it out.

It feels a bit awkward. Forests are everywhere, and there's nothing special about the one in Creekwood Town, so what's there to write about?

"The quarry in Ximu Town is a famous quarry in the Iris Kingdom. The marble mined here..."

Cross it out.

I wrote about the quarry last year, and even three times in the past ten years. It would be a bit perfunctory to write about it again this year.

"From Ximu Town..."

Reed couldn't bear it any longer. He waved his pen and randomly crossed out the words he had just written. He then crumpled up the draft that had been scribbled beyond recognition and threw it into the trash can.

He rubbed his curly hair angrily, and when he was done he found his hands were full of hair, which made him even more angrily.

"Another beer please!"

He had no inspiration, so he ordered another drink.

Actually, the beer in Creekwood is also good, but I wrote about beer two years ago.

"Gulp, gulp, ah——"

After drinking half a glass of beer, I didn’t feel any inspiration, but my mood did improve a little.

He is a reporter for Foren Weekly, mainly responsible for writing about the customs and culture of Foren and travel recommendations.

This is not a good job.

No, to be precise, from the perspective of income, this is a good job. You can get expenses reimbursed for playing around, and you can get at least 50 herre for writing an article.

But from a content perspective, it was a job that bored him to death.

His father was a famous bard in Foren, and his poems and stories were widely circulated.

So he also has a dream of creation, but unfortunately, working in a newspaper does not allow him to write whatever he wants. He must first complete the tasks assigned by the editor-in-chief.

The most troublesome thing is that I have to come to Ximu Town every year to write a tourism advertisement to promote this place.

After all, this is one of the few places in Fulunling that can attract tourists from other places.

But it’s just such a small town. What’s there to write about every year?

Reed drank the last sip of his wine, intending to take advantage of Larven's popularity.

Hiking in the wilderness has become a trend among Larven people lately.

He couldn't understand what was so fun about it. People in big cities occasionally liked to use the life that country people were accustomed to as entertainment.

But since they liked it, he would create a hiking route for the forest in Creekwood Town.

Just as he made up his mind and was about to start writing, Ms. Peggy, the owner of the tavern and the hotel upstairs, came here carrying a small blackboard with fancy calligraphy on it.

"Unique in the entire kingdom, this is a thrilling, incredibly exciting, and authentic secret cult escape you can only experience in Riverwood. Here, you can experience the tense atmosphere and intricate decryption..."