A few years ago, Bao Guangyuan was a young programmer who had just learned how to make videos and upload them.
When he first entered this circle, Bao Guangyuan played around online with full of enthusiasm. While learning production, he surfed various websites and made countless friends.
It was during this period that he met Song Yuelin, Lu Liang and others.
There are eight of them in total, gathered in a small group. Although they are of different genders, ages, occupations, and even the development direction and audience of their videos are all different.
But the eight of them got along exceptionally well, and after a while, they became good friends. Not only did they exchange three-dimensional information, but the content of their chats also gradually extended from the Internet to their daily lives.
Although they have never met, the relationship between the eight is very close.
Ji Mingxia listened to Bao Guangyuan's story and couldn't help asking, "Eight people?"
"Song Yuelin, Lü Liang, Shi Wei, Zhou Li, Meng Xinyi, me, Li You..." Bao Guangyuan whispered, "and Lin Siyun."
really!
This pair of blood-red rings, one is in Li You's hand, and the other is in Lin Siyun's hand. After Lin Siyun's death, Li You and the remaining six were trapped in the forest.
They are indeed related to each other.
What kind of past could have led these eight good friends to this point today? You know, five of them have died so far.
Five lives in total.
Bao Guangyuan said slowly: "At that time, although the eight of us had different development directions and professional levels, our popularity on the Internet was similar. Each of us had about 3,000 fans. It was also because of this that we always had topics to talk about.
“However, after the eight of us formed a group, the situation gradually improved. First, Lü Liang became a little famous, which inspired the rest of us. Then Song Yuelin also unexpectedly became popular and attracted tens of thousands of fans, which took everyone’s career to a higher level.
"At this time, the platform held an anniversary party. The eight of us were invited to attend because of our good potential. Although we were not eligible to walk the red carpet, we were able to participate in the event. This was also the platform's affirmation of our future potential..."
Recalling those past events, Bao Guangyuan's face looked unhappy. It was obvious that the past was not a pleasant one for him.
Bao Guangyuan said: "We didn't expect to be invited. We are so excited because although the eight of us have known each other for a while and are very familiar with each other, we have never met in person. This platform invitation and free meeting represent recognition of us and we are all looking forward to it.
"I didn't expect that I would be ostracized as soon as I arrived at the venue, and some very unpleasant things happened."
It turned out that Bao Guangyuan and his team were not eligible to participate. However, by chance, the person in charge of the platform saw Li You's work and decided to invite Li You.
Li You's account was jointly opened by her and Lin Siyun. Li You was responsible for the beauty and Lin Siyun was responsible for the management. Since Li You was invited, Lin Siyun naturally had to go too.
Since both of them were going, they naturally wanted to bring Bao Guangyuan and the others with them.
When the platform saw that these eight people had good potential, they took them along.
However, there are only so many invitations to attend the annual meeting every year, and eight of them came at once, squeezing out many others.
We are all internet celebrities, so who doesn’t have some ambition
If Bao Guangyuan and others squeeze out others, they must be prepared for counterattack and retaliation.
None of them are full-time video makers, and they were caught off guard by the hacking that started on the Internet and spread to the real world, leaving everyone stunned.
It just so happened that at this time they had already gone to the hotel for the anniversary party. They had the fewest fans and the least fame in the whole venue. In addition, there were some unlucky things. In order to avoid trouble, the platform asked them not to go downstairs, stay in the hotel for three days, and go home directly after the anniversary party, so as not to show up and cause trouble for everyone.
If I were staying at home, I would be fine if I wasn't allowed to attend the annual party.
But we have already arrived at the venue, but we are not allowed to leave. This is too much of a bullying to us.
Not to mention someone as young and impulsive as Bao Guangyuan, even older people like Song Yuelin and Lu Liang couldn't stand it.
Unfortunately, they had contractual restrictions with the platform, and no one had ever dealt with the negative information on the Internet. For a while, they didn’t even know where to find the internet’s cyber army.
Everyone sat in the room staring blankly at what to do, at this moment, someone delivered a special invitation to each of them.
An invitation to a horror gaming experience.
"Although the platform didn't allow us to participate in the event, they said at the time that they would compensate us afterwards." Bao Guangyuan rubbed his face and said in a muffled voice, "We all thought that this invitation was sent by the platform, so that we wouldn't be bored in the room and let us go play games and relax..."
It just so happened that horror game live streaming was very popular in those years, and since everyone was free anyway, they decided to go out and relax, and do some live streaming, post some cool videos, and push down those messy comments on Weibo.
"There were eight invitations in total, one for each person. We had originally planned to invite all of them, but Lin Siyun was in a bad mood that day and didn't sleep all night. She became sick from being angry and had no choice but to go. Li You also stayed to take care of her, so in the end only six people left the hotel with the invitations." Bao Guangyuan said.
The invitation was all black, with the three big words "Hide and Seek" written in red font inside, and a line of small words below, indicating the address where the game would be played.
The scarlet font, like a blood-red worm, is printed on paper, yet it looks like a living thing.
At first glance, it looks a bit scary.
Ji Xiao took a photo of the invitation letter and posted it online. It attracted the interest of netizens shortly after it was released.
The fans were so enthusiastic that everyone was immediately interested and went downstairs to take the bus to their destination.
"That place is located in the suburbs, built in an abandoned factory. It's a bit like the popular escape room, and it's very creepy." Bao Guangyuan described the general appearance of the area.
Abandoned factories are desolate, smokeless, dirty and messy, and generally people want to stay away from them after just one look.
However, the more places like this there are, the more excited the audience will be.
If Bao Guangyuan came alone, he probably wouldn't have the courage to go in, but they had six people.
As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. Even if we encounter a very vicious enemy, six people can rush in and solve the problem. Not to mention during the day, even with so many people in the middle of the night, it is unlikely to encounter any danger.
The city center was bright and sunny, but the area of abandoned factories in the suburbs was covered with dark clouds.
Under the bleak sky, the abandoned residential building was dead silent. Not only was there no smoke, there was not even the sound of insects or birds.
The ground was covered with mud and dust, and it was obvious that no life had been there for a long time.
Their line of work is out of place in this entire abandoned residential area.
The mountains were watching them, the trees were watching them, the rusty old iron poles were watching them, the abandoned houses were watching them…
The abandoned residential area with no signs of life at all seemed to be hiding countless lives that could not be seen by the naked eye. They hid in the dark, carefully observing the group of uninvited guests who suddenly broke in.
That invisible gaze was like a reptile slowly crawling along my body, bringing with it a slippery fear.
After the driver dropped them off, he collected the money and drove away without even saying goodbye.
Bao Guangyuan and others had been expecting the driver to pick them up in a few hours, but they did not expect the driver to leave so quickly.
This place is deserted and remote, and under normal circumstances there would be no rental cars passing by. As a result, it would be troublesome for Liu Xi to return.
Just at this moment, the live broadcast room became more and more popular.
It turned out that the driver's expression made many viewers laugh, which immediately boosted the popularity of the live video. After a while, it directly jumped to the second place, and its number of views was second only to the annual meeting live video.
The annual meeting was filled with great guests and stars, but so what? The six people sitting on the bench here were no less popular than the annual meeting.
Even if you spread it out evenly, the traffic of these six companies can beat any other company at the annual meeting in seconds.
As a result, Bao Guangyuan and others felt like they were given a shot of chicken blood.
So what if I can’t go back? I’ll just slap the annual meeting in the face first!
Although they were extremely frightened, under the instigation of the live broadcast audience and the impact of the live broadcast, a group of people got excited and finally stepped forward quickly, pushed aside the rusty iron gate, and stepped into the restricted area.
They entered a residential building, and in the courtyard, a mysterious man wearing a mask was standing under the grape vines waiting for them.
"That guy was wearing an ill-fitting suit and a mask on his head. He used a voice changer when he spoke. Apart from knowing that he was a man, it was impossible to guess who he was. However, he looked handsome, stood straight, and had good manners."
Bao Guangyuan said, his voice trembling a little, "When we saw him like this, we all thought he was specially arranged by the company. He gave each of us a card, and we could go in after filling it out. The card was like an invitation letter, with red words on a black background, and only one sentence on it -"
Who are the ten most important people in your life
Ji Mingxia raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
He thought the card would contain the background information of the horror story, or require him to fill in some terrifying content, but it turned out to be such a sexual question
Seeing that Bao Guangyuan was completely immersed in his memories, Ji Mingxia was confused but did not say anything to disturb him.
Bao Guangyuan murmured, "Each of us filled in ten names. This question is easy to answer, right? The most important ten names are nothing more than family, love, and friends..."
He said it lightly, but the expression on his face was pale. Obviously, these ten names brought him extremely horrible memories later.
After filling out the card, Bao Guangyuan and others entered the residential building.
The house looked like an ordinary residential building from the outside, with windows and a balcony. However, only after going inside did one discover that the house was sealed from the inside, with no light getting in at all.
As the door was closed, the residential building was completely dark, with no sight of one's hand in front of one's face.
Bao Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up his phone, only to be surprised to find that his phone had automatically turned off without him noticing!
The phone was turned off and could not be turned on, which not only meant that he had lost contact with the outside world, but also that he had lost his only source of light.
Bao Guangyuan felt a chill in his heart when he saw this, and he reflexively moved to the side, calling out names such as "Song Yuelin" and "Zhou Li".
However, the companion who had been walking with him just now had disappeared. There was nothing beside him. No matter where Bao Guangyuan went, he could not find him.
His voice echoed in the darkness, creating waves of echoes, and other than that, there was no other response.
Bao Guangyuan was trapped in darkness for a full six hours.
At this point, Bao Guangyuan laughed at himself: "I calculated this time based on the time on my phone after I got back safely. In fact, during the time I was trapped, I didn't have a phone, a watch, or how to count my heartbeats. I had no idea how time passed. Everything was completely based on my feelings. Because it was very cold and I was very scared, I thought I was locked up in there for a whole day..."
During this period, Bao Guangyuan tried every method he could think of, looking for partners and ways to leave.
But no matter how he struggled, he was always in darkness and could not leave that area.
Yelling, moving around and smashing things not only failed to allow him to escape successfully, but also consumed a lot of his physical strength.
It was winter then and the temperature was already low. This abandoned residential building in the suburbs had no air conditioning or heating. Once Bao Guangyuan stopped to rest, he would feel cold and hungry.
He was extremely desperate and thought he would die here, but he never expected that the game had just begun and there were even more terrifying consequences waiting for him.