Free Web NovelChapter 320: Chapter 312: The Disclosure of the Mist (3)
He could hardly believe it!
"You guys saw the live chat, right? It can’t just be us speculating. I bet the authorities are watching too. What do you think that means?"
An abrupt silence fell.
"Since Doctor Wen’s stream was authorized, we have to pay close attention to every single detail!"
The idle chat during their overtime work ended, with everyone lost in their own thoughts.
Meanwhile, the stream was still blowing up.
Managers from every department were glued to the stream, and all technical staff were dedicated to supporting Doctor Wen’s broadcast.
In the top streamers’ group chat on Shark:
"I’m seriously impressed by this Doctor Wen. Anything she does immediately starts trending! Did she rack up boundless Merit in a past life or something?"
"No kidding, she must be a human lucky charm!"
"Are you guys really okay with this? Why should we have to clear the way just because she’s streaming?"
"What can we do if we’re not? You want to pick a fight with the platform? Let me tell you something you don’t know. Do you have any idea how many people are watching Doctor Wen’s stream? Hundreds of millions! Who do you think the platform is going to back?"
"But her stream’s content is clearly against the rules! I seriously suspect she has powerful backing!"
"Use your brains! You people complain all day! Can’t you look past the surface? Don’t you guys feel like something’s off with this stream?"
"Yeah, it’s not like other people haven’t done horror streams, right? Plenty of people have! But doesn’t Doctor Wen’s horror stream feel... a little too scary? Like it’s actually real?"
"It’s all just streaming. Isn’t everything scripted anyway? She probably just paid a fortune for a really good script, that’s all!"
"But the platform allows it, the government allows it, and you don’t think that’s weird? I’ve also heard a rumor that a lot of people are starting to analyze Doctor Wen’s stream. I have a bad feeling something big is about to happen."
"Can you stop being such a doomsayer? What’s going to happen? It’s just them spending money on publicity! Publicity! Shark only cares about this Doctor Wen, not us. Haven’t you guys thought about jumping ship?"
The moment that phrase was mentioned, the group chat suddenly went silent.
"The platform’s compensation just came in! They’re giving each of us two million-view promotional packages!!!! I’m so excited, ahhh!!"
Suddenly, someone broke the silence.
"Brother Li told us to watch the stream closely, that it’ll be useful later on."
"This ’Mist’... it couldn’t actually be real, could it?"
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Wen Ying watched the discussion unfolding in her chat, her expression remaining calm.
Outside the area illuminated by her streaming lights, everything else remained pitch-black and deathly still.
"I know you’ve all been very curious about where I’m streaming from, and whether this is all scripted."
"It’s not scripted. This is a real place. Perhaps it exists in a pocket dimension."
"This might be hard for many of you to accept, but what I’m telling you now is something you must accept: we are, indeed, inside the Mist."
Silence. The live chat went silent in an instant. Everyone was silent, including the Fireflies.
’So the Mist is real?’
’And is it always this terrifying inside the Mist?’
’The Mist... it won’t start appearing in our daily lives, will it?’
’Doctor Wen never lies.’
[What exactly is the Mist, Doctor Wen?]
[Can you die in the Mist?]
[What does the Mist have to do with us?]
A dense flood of comments filled the screen, all asking about the Mist.
Wen Ying shook her head. "To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what the Mist is, or what patterns govern its appearance. But this time, I’m willing to take you all with me to see it. Some of you might have seen unofficial videos of the Mist online. It is, indeed, terrifying."
Wen Ying smiled. "Not everyone is as capable as I am, so you all need to assess your own abilities. Understand?"
[We get it, Doctor Wen! We won’t overestimate ourselves!]
"The Mist seems to operate on a set of rules. To survive, we have to master the principles of survival here. So, whatever you do, don’t be like me and go around smashing down gates, walls, or any of the other creatures that appear in the Mist with a single punch."
As she spoke, Wen Ying tried the password several more times. "The first time I came here, a light screen would appear. You had to enter a password to get into the mental hospital. The password was the two words, ’Curse you.’"
BANG!
Wen Ying threw a punch. "But it seems the rules are rejecting me. Since the rules won’t play by the rules, then I’ll just have to break them. I’ll show you all what’s really inside this mental hospital."
RUMBLE!
