The world of ghost stories: Start by creating a laughing nightmare!

"Well done, first-timer."

A lazy voice came from the dark space, and Chen Yan focused his attention on the location where the voice sounded, and found a figure in a black suit.

He walked slowly from the other end of the space, carrying a simple and intricate lantern in his hand, and the orange-yellow firelight illuminated his face.

He was wearing a mirror mask, and only Chen Yan's own face could be revealed in the flat mirror.

"I am a servant of the god of mystery and calamity, and you may call me, Shrike."

The man named Shrike made a casual gesture towards the void, and a table draped in red velvet cloth slowly ran towards Chen Yan and them.

Chen Yan clearly saw that there were six spider-like arthropods under the table, which were shadowed in the light.

"I'm here to talk to you, to discuss your views on the world, and your perception of yourself..."

"Well, I'll ask you a question, and you just have to answer."

Mr. Shrike pulled out a black notepad from his suit pocket and slowly opened it.

"Are you willing to accept the pact of the god of mystery and doom and become the fearful shepherd of this world?"

"I... I do not know. "

Ahh Dear Mr. Chen Yan, we know everything about you, stop pretending to be innocent.

Chen Yan didn't speak, instinctively lowered his head and remained silent.

Mr. Shrike was not dismayed, but turned another page of his notebook and read it aloud.

"Over the years, you've traveled back and forth to libraries around the world, looking through every edition of the Necronomicon in search of the craziest original work."

"You have gone to great lengths

to find the entrance to the dark side of the world, just to find the entrance to the dark side of the world..."

Mr. Shrike pointed his mask directly at Chen Yan, reflecting his gloomy eyes, which concealed countless darkness and secrets.

"Thirteen days ago, you consulted the ritual of summoning the gods of mystery and calamity, and put it into action, so we can talk here at this moment..."

Mr. Shrike closed the notebook, and Chen Yan found that his body was slowly dissipating, and the lights in his field of vision seemed to be blown by the wind, swaying towards extinguishing.

"We are willing to accept people who are eager like you, and we are willing to provide you with a ladder to become a god, as long as you throw yourself into the arms of the god of mystery and calamity, the forbidden knowledge will always bloom for you..."

Accept!

Chen Yan put his hand on the table, and a strange tremor instantly spread throughout his body, making his body completely transform into an entity.

"Very good, very good,"

Mr. Shrike put away his notebook, picked up the tea set on the round table, and poured a cup of black tea with a strong aroma.

"In terms of your first experience of hunting fear, what do you think our goal is?"

"Slaughtering living beings?"

"No, slaughter is just a means, or the most unartistic rudeness..."

Mr. Shrike pushed the cup of black tea in front of Chen Yan, got up gently, and evolved a panicked and frightened human in that space.

"Fear is our food, although killing is effective, it is almost exhausted, a human can only produce one fear, and all that is left is a foul of filthy substance with

blood and smell..."Mr. Shrike waved his hand, and

the terrified human was cut in half, leaving only a stain of flesh and blood.

"Sowing fear in the hearts of men, grazing them, and harvesting the darkness and terror in their hearts is the real ladder to your ascension to godhood."

Mr. Shrike changed the images again, revealing interconnected screens, all of which were playing the same video.

A woman in white, with her hair disheveled and bruised, crawled out of the well, slowly approached the screen in a twisted posture, and stretched out her bruised arms...

"Make strange talk, spread weirdness, send humanity into panic, plant your seed in their souls, let their wails and sorrows become part of your godhead..."

Mr. Shrike clapped his hands gently, and all those illusions disappeared, leaving only the throbbing and longing in Chen Yan's heart.

"Mr. Shrike, I don't know if I can ask—" "

No problem, my lord has no taboos."

"You... Why did you choose me? Obviously, I saw that ceremony on the Internet, and there should be

a lot of people..."

"Hahaha, a lot of people? Only those who have spied on the dark side of the world can see that message, and you are the first to dare to carry out the rituals..."

Mr. Shrike stood up and walked into the darkness, leaving only one sentence before leaving: "This set of tables and chairs

has been given to you, and I hope that you will prepare a good pot of tea when we meet next time." After

Mr. Shrike vanished, the system's strange light curtain reappeared, with many extra buttons.

"Unlocked Features: Strange Tale Creation, Strange Tale Exchange, Fear Drain, Ascending the Divine Ladder, Watchtower

" "It seems that your meeting with Mr. Shrike went very well

" "I am your assistant, Parrot Harvey"

Chen Yan did not speak, but nodded.

"Next, I will guide you to the path of godhood, sowing the seeds of fear with strange words!"

A number "3" made up of bones appears on the screen.

"This is the fear energy you absorbed from your last event, you can exchange it for the weird tale I gave you, or create your own" "

Although I don't recommend you to do this right now, it's a very extravagant waste to create..."

"Of course, we need to choose a place to start anyway, do you have any plans?"

"To get started, let's choose Dongying, which can be said to be the birthplace of Asian horror films, and I've been a little disgusted and prejudiced against them lately."

"Very well, you have chosen a very suitable soil where fear and strange talk will grow!"

The scene in the space changed, and a room full of blood stains like an operating room appeared in front of Chen Yan.

"This is the Strange Tales Exchange Room, you can browse and select the Strange Tales that can be redeemed now!"

"Although that's all there is for now, in the future, you can even directly choose a set of weird worlds, such as the Moon Station, the Dark Laying Train, and even the Night Taboo Mirror all exist here..."

It still works, right? "

That's right, if you think it can continue to sow fear for you, then you can use

it" "

I'm very happy with its shape, especially its teeth, as long as it is displayed in front of humans, it can bring panic..."

Chen Yan's face showed a smile that could not be concealed, with a bit of obsession and madness.

"Then next, you also need to choose a human as the beginning of spreading fear..."Chen

Yan switched the scene to the watchtower, and the surrounding environment instantly changed to the streets of Dongying, with people coming and going.