WTNL Chapter 85.1

Fantasy Amusement Park
Chapter 85.1: Falling into Abyss-themed Roller Coaster

In the “Integrity First” live broadcast room:

[Hahahahahahahaha I’m dying of laughter, let bygones be bygones my ass!]

[Truly turning the tables, you’re so wicked!]

[Laughing to death, the Dog Scammer Victims Alliance strongly condemns this!]

…Let bygones be bygones?

Let bygones be bygones!!??

Wen Ya’s eyes spat fire, her teeth grinding audibly.

If it weren’t for her teammates stopping her, she would have rolled up her sleeves and rushed up to fight this shameless dog scammer.

“Sister, he’s not wrong. The minimum player limit for all attractions in this zone is five people.”

Lilith had also run back from the entrance of the Thrill Zone at this moment and said in a low voice.

Chuanze frowned slightly:

“In that case, a temporary cooperation is probably the best choice.”

That streamer just now was right. The rules of this Thrill Zone required streamers to form groups to challenge the attractions. If they opposed each other at this critical juncture, not only would it senselessly deplete their own strength, but it would also waste a valuable opportunity in vain.

“…”

Hearing this, Wen Ya gradually calmed down.

She raised her eyes and looked at the other party.

The young man she had only met twice stood tall and slender. Behind him were blue skies, white clouds, and colorful balloons. Amidst the cheerful music of the amusement park, he gazed at her with those soft amber eyes.

Compared to that previous instance, this scammer’s aura had undergone an earth-shattering change. She still remembered that in the Fukang Hospital instance, he wore a blood-stained white coat, narrow gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and a chilling ghostly aura hidden in his dark eyes. Even a simple eye contact was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

If she didn’t have such a deep impression of this black faction captain, it would be almost impossible to connect the young man in front of her, with his clean smile and handsome features, to the doctor BOSS of the last instance.

…Truly not simple.

Wen Ya took a deep breath: “…Then we’ll cooperate.”

She turned her head to look at her teammates and said fiercely through gritted teeth: “But after entering the attraction, we must be careful of this guy. His tier is too high; he’s absolutely not someone we can easily trust, understood?”

Chuanze and Lilith nodded: “Of course!”

After learning what happened to Wen Ya in the previous instance, they maintained a hundred and twenty percent vigilance towards this black faction captain in front of them, who could play the entire instance in the palm of his hand. Even though they were forced by the situation to temporarily cooperate with him in the next attraction, it was impossible for them to let their guard down.

Soon, the three reached an agreement.

Yun Bilan: “Decided?”

Wen Ya took a deep breath: “Naturally.”

She stepped forward and held out her hand to Yun Bilan: “Happy cooperation.”

After brief self-introductions, the group of seven walked towards the roller coaster.

“The taboos of this roller coaster attraction are very clear, and the area is relatively restricted,” Yun Bilan said as they walked. “But no one knows what’s inside or what might happen…”

Lilith said bluntly: “But didn’t the sign outside just give a hint? When passing through the tunnel, don’t open your eyes and look around; don’t silently count the loops or whatever—”

Yun Bilan stopped walking and turned to look at Lilith: “Do you really think the attractions here will be that simple?”

Lilith choked slightly: “But…”

“Did you forget what my teammate just said? As long as a streamer clears an attraction, it will close and become inaccessible.” Yun Bilan narrowed her eyes and turned to look at the entrance of the roller coaster, where cheerful music was playing. She said slowly, “Before we entered the haunted house, a team of seven streamers entered the roller coaster attraction. After we left the haunted house, the roller coaster reopened. Why do you think that is?”

At that moment, a chill crept up the spines of the others.

This could only mean…

That team of streamers had been wiped out.

Seven people, and no survivors.

Seeing someone approaching, the green-haired clown sitting at the entrance jumped up: “Welcome, everyone, to Fantasy Amusement Park to experience our themed roller coaster attraction!”

He pointed to the sign next to him: “Tickets are 10 prize tickets each!”

Yun Bilan pointed behind her: “Seven people.”

The streamers took out prize tickets from their pockets and handed them over. The clown took the tickets and pulled out admission tickets from his baggy trouser pockets:

“Alright, have a good time!”

Wen Jianyan looked down at the colorful ticket in his hand. The front read “Fantasy Amusement Park Themed Roller Coaster.” He flipped the ticket over.

Unexpectedly, the back of the ticket was also printed with exceedingly clear bold text:

[Journey Through the Jungle Themed Roller Coaster Rules]

1. Pregnant women, the elderly, and those suffering from cardiovascular or mental illnesses are prohibited from entering.

2. Children under 1.4 meters in height are prohibited from entering.

3. The themed roller coaster consists of three tunnels and fifteen loops. When passing through a tunnel, please do not open your eyes and look around, do not silently count the loops in your heart, and do not look back.

4. There is no possibility of this attraction malfunctioning. If the ride stops operating, please sit quietly in your seat and wait for it to restart.

5. Please do not damage the decorations on the coaster, especially the humanoid wooden decorations.

6. Please ensure that the number of passengers on the coaster is neither 6 nor a multiple of 6. If the number of people on the coaster is 6 or a multiple of 6, please do not board that ride.

7. The music on the ride will not stop for no reason. If the music stops playing while the ride is moving, please contact a staff member immediately and leave the track and its surrounding area as quickly as possible.

Wen Jianyan raised his eyes and looked at the green-haired clown standing at the entrance.

The other party’s face was painted with a thick layer of white paint, and the red corners of his mouth were turned up high, appearing to be smiling happily at all times.

He looked almost no different from an ordinary person wearing clown makeup, and his skin didn’t look sticky at all. It was completely impossible to distinguish from his appearance whether he was a frog or not.

Actually, the clown at the entrance of the haunted house had been the same.

In fact, before Wen Jianyan realized the other party might be problematic, he had never noticed any difference between its skin and an ordinary human’s. It was only when he saw the notes left by the previous clown employee on the receipt—and connected it with his previous speculation about mental pollution—that he guessed that in this instance, unless the instance judged that the streamer had found concrete evidence that the employee was a frog, it would be impossible to distinguish them from ordinary employees based on appearance.

Based on the usage instructions for the clown doll on the receipt, it was highly likely that the clown at the roller coaster entrance was also a frog.

But…

Unlike the one at the haunted house, this one didn’t demand they follow the rules, didn’t omit crucial rule information on the tickets handed to them, nor did he repeat the park rules in his own words.

It was as if he had no intention of misleading the tourists at all.

Wen Jianyan frowned and tucked the ticket into his pocket.

After checking the tickets, the group walked towards the [Entrance].

After entering the tunnel, the light suddenly dimmed. A stale, damp, woody smell permeated the air, and the footsteps of the seven people echoed in the darkness.

Soon, they arrived next to the track.

A roller coaster was quietly parked on the long track. Its body was painted with colorful ink, depicting various green plants. There were enough seats for a full thirty people, but half of the seats were occupied by exquisitely crafted wooden dolls. They wore bright smiles and mechanically waved at the incoming people, powered by clockwork mechanisms.

A green-haired clown walked out from the control room next to it: “Everyone can choose your own seats. After sitting down, pull down the safety restraints, and we can set off!”

“…”

The streamers exchanged glances and walked onto the roller coaster.

Everyone carefully avoided the seats next to the wooden dolls and sat in empty ones.

Wen Jianyan chose to sit behind a red-nosed wooden doll. After checking that there was no unknown substance on the safety restraint next to him and nothing suspicious, he buckled the restraint as instructed.

Accompanied by a burst of melodious clinking music, the roller coaster beneath them slowly began to move.

“La la la, la la la…”

A cute child’s voice sang a cheerful tune. The speed of the roller coaster gradually began to increase. A patch of sky in the distance slowly drew closer, and the light gradually became brighter.

“Bzz… Bzz…”

For some reason, there was a faint, strange sound of static mixed into the tune.

The next second, a rich, deep male voice rang out over the cheerful background music:

“Ho ho ho! Welcome, everyone, to the Plunge into the Abyss Themed Roller Coaster! I am your captain, and next, I will lead everyone on a brand new fantasy journey!”

Wen Jianyan jolted, raising his eyes in astonishment.

What?

He remembered very clearly that the ticket said [Journey Through the Jungle Themed Roller Coaster].

…Not Plunge into the Abyss.

What’s going on?

The other streamers also noticed this and began conversing in surprise: “What’s going on? Why did the theme of the roller coaster change?”

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t the rules on the back of the ticket earlier be invalid?”

“What do we do? Then do we still need to follow…”

As everyone discussed amongst themselves, the roller coaster began its slow climb. The cars tilted bit by bit, climbing higher and higher—

The icy, howling wind whistled past their ears. The entire roller coaster was vibrating, emitting a mechanical roar.

Under the powerful wind pressure, Wen Jianyan struggled to lean out and look down past the car.

Unexpectedly, what lay beyond the roller coaster was not the amusement park they had seen before entering. On the contrary, what leapt into view was an unfathomably deep, pitch-black abyss. The dense darkness was completely impenetrable by sight, giving a bizarre sensation that was almost dizzying.

In the feeling of weightlessness, as if his entire person was being dragged down, Wen Jianyan felt his heart begin to pound wildly.

He withdrew his gaze and looked up.

The steel track beneath the roller coaster extended upwards, and at the top of that cold steel was a sudden, plunging drop. The drop fell straight into the bottomless darkness, exactly as that voice had just said—

[Plunge into the Abyss Themed Roller Coaster]

Braving the wind pressure that threatened to crush him, Wen Jianyan’s mind raced, searching for any way to extricate himself from this situation.

The rules at the entrance were useless.

He had no doubt that if they couldn’t find a solution by the time the roller coaster reached the top, long before they went through any tunnels or loops, everyone on the coaster would die a gruesome death.

Then, the only thing left to reference was the rules for the [Journey Through the Jungle] themed roller coaster on the ticket.

…The number of people.

Could it be related to the number of people?

Before getting on the ride, Wen Jianyan had counted carefully. There were ten wooden dolls on the car in total, and their team had exactly seven people. Even if the wooden dolls were counted as people, their total number was neither 6 nor a multiple of 6.

Or was it…

The attraction they were currently playing was Plunge into the Abyss, not Journey Through the Jungle, so the number of people should be kept at 6?

“Crack.” A faint sound came from in front of him.

Wen Jianyan froze slightly and looked towards the source of the sound.

He saw that the red-nosed wooden doll sitting in the seat in front of him seemed to have been damaged by the strong wind pressure. Its head was slightly bent to one side, and beneath the brownish-yellow wood paint, soft human skin was faintly visible.

This is…

Wen Jianyan widened his eyes slightly.

Under the pressure of his safety restraint, he struggled to reach out and grope the wooden doll’s head.

“Riiip—”

Wen Jianyan yanked a thick wooden shell off the wooden doll’s face, revealing a deathly pale, terrified human face to his eyes.

The face of the corpse was stiff and contorted, its mouth wide open, its dull eyes staring wide, looking as if it had experienced something extremely terrifying. Even after death, it seemed to still be screaming at the top of its lungs.

Even though he had anticipated it, Wen Jianyan’s pupils still shrank involuntarily.

He recognized the person’s features.

This was one of the streamers from the team that had entered the roller coaster before them.