Time in a collapsing world

With Alicia's rank, they easily dealt with Theresa, so the original two-person group became a three-person group. Amethyst checked several times to see if there were any spies of Destiny around just in case, but if she thought about it carefully, if the surroundings were not safe, how could the leader of the Moth organization be willing to show up?

"Next we go to ..."

Just as Zijing was about to head to the next location as originally planned, Alicia interrupted, "If you don't have any plans next, then do you want to come with me?"

"No, I have..."

Alicia completely ignored Zijing's words and deliberately said in a creepy tone, "In a corner of this amusement park, there is a very exciting place. You will definitely like it."

"Somewhere exciting?"

Theresa's curiosity was aroused. In her impression, Houmu Amusement Park was always very warm, so she turned to Amethyst and said, "It sounds interesting. Let's go, Jing."

Zijing hesitated for a moment. Her instinct told her that nothing good would happen if she followed Alicia's pace. But seeing Theresa's excitement, she didn't want to spoil her fun. "Well, if you want to go, let's go and take a look."

Alicia led them through several paths in the amusement park and arrived in front of a gloomy-looking building with a sign that read "Ghost Castle". The decorations and sound effects at the door created a terrifying atmosphere, and screams could be heard from inside from time to time.

"A haunted house...?"

Zijing looked at the decoration at the entrance. There was a long queue outside. They were obviously tourists, but they were dressed in strange clothes. From a distance, they looked like a group of monsters.

"Hmm~ Are you surprised? This is a newly opened haunted house. It is said that the layout and special effects inside are very realistic. It is a hot topic in the amusement park~?"

Alicia's tone was full of temptation, "Since the opening, no one has been able to walk out of here standing~?"

"..."

It sounds terrible.

But if that was the case, then why did the tourists queuing have such excitement and impatience on their faces, without any fear at all?

Theresa asked this question on behalf of Zijing, but the answer she got was, "Those people lining up are actually another part of the haunted house's performance. They are all guests who were scared in the haunted house before. Now they come back, on the one hand to challenge themselves, and on the other hand to add some tension to the new guests."

Zijing and Theresa were both speechless after hearing this explanation. No wonder those people were wearing all kinds of ghost clothes. Zijing asked, "So, they all came back to scare the new guests?"

"That's right. This has become a tradition in the haunted house. These guests will appear at certain stages to give new challengers a 'surprise'."

"It's more like a shock..."

Amethyst shook her head and felt Theresa grabbing her arm, so she asked, "Are you scared?"

"Hmm... Jing, I feel like the way those people look at us is very strange..." Theresa pointed at some tourists queuing at the back of the line. They noticed this side and showed sinister smiles on their faces.

"If you're scared, then don't go in. Let's go somewhere else..."

"Is it not possible~?"

Alicia interrupted, "Now that you're here, how can you just leave? Look at the expectant expressions on the faces of the guests. If you back out like this, they will definitely be very disappointed~?"

"Let them be disappointed. It has nothing to do with us. Anyway, these nasty guys just want to see the frightened expressions on our faces..." Amethyst pouted and was about to leave with Theresa, but Alicia seemed to be prepared and stretched out her hand to the side.

A girl wearing a black eye mask and a top hat appeared out of nowhere, accompanied by colorful ribbons all over the sky, and placed a golden model of Hom in Alicia's hand.

"That's... the limited edition Golden Hom King!"

Theresa, who was originally a little timid under the gazes of so many people, suddenly screamed out, and even ignored her fear. Her eyes were only on the golden Hom model in Alicia's hand.

"That's right, it's a global limited edition. No, it's out of print now due to various accidents, so the one I have is one of the last few~?" Alicia had obviously done her homework early on. She knew the preciousness of this prize and also understood its appeal to Theresa.

Theresa's eyes widened, she could hardly believe her eyes. "Is this true? This model of King Hom is very rare, many people want it but can't get it!"

"Of course, I can let you touch it~?"

"!!!"

"..."

Zijing stared at the girl who appeared beside Alicia. Although she was covered tightly, her identity could still be seen. If I remember correctly, her name was Wei Wei, one of Alicia's friends.

Seeing her appear, Zijing finally understood and had a ridiculous guess, that is, Alicia approached the two of them just to let them play in this haunted house... or to let them come to show their support, because if nothing unexpected happens, these two people will be the owners of this haunted house.

But it was too late to realize it now, because Theresa had been completely attracted, just like a fish that had taken a bite of the hook. It was almost impossible for her to escape under the control of the experienced fisherman.

Sure enough, after touching the golden Hom model more than a dozen times, Theresa had completely lost her IQ. She asked Alicia, "Sister, where did you get this limited edition golden Hom King?"

"It doesn't matter where I got it from. What matters is that I will use this little thing as a prize for clearing the haunted house. If a cute and clever little white-haired girl successfully overcomes her fear and rushes out of the "castle" full of monsters and demons, then she can become the new owner of this rare Golden Hom King. Just think about it, putting it on the bedside table and looking at it every night to fall asleep, or simply holding it in my arms like a lover, how wonderful it would be~?"

Alicia's voice was like a devil coaxing an ignorant girl into signing a contract, and her words were full of irresistible temptation.

Theresa reached out her trembling little hand, as if she had seen the gate to heaven and was completely blinded by the devil.

"Jing, let's go in. We must get through the haunted house!"

"...Really not going to think about it again? Aren't you afraid of ghosts, Theresa?" Zijing wanted to persuade her, but Theresa obviously didn't want to hear anything now.