Siberian Duck controlled her character and charged forward full speed.
The next moment, without any warning, the maze's map turned dark.
"I... damn! We're doing this for real?!"
Siberian Duck's expression tightened, and her voice also got much quieter.
[I Eat Cats: Damn, who turned off the lights?]
[Ate Ice Cream Today Too: Fright Maze, turn the lights back on! I'm telling you to turn the lights back on!]
[No One Sleeps Tonight: Alright alright alright, I'm already scared! Bro's diapers are already on, come at me!]
The background music turned eerie at this moment, and ethereal, deep, unsettling laughter kept echoing.
But right now Siberian Duck couldn't do anything. She could only keep exploring and walking through the dim, narrow path of the maze.
She explored carefully, not daring to run, feeling as if a lighthearted, fun game suddenly turned into a horror game.
Siberian Duck felt her hands and feet getting cold.
Luckily, this suffocating running section didn't last too long. After turning into a dead end, the game entered a cutscene.
In the scene, a cold wind blew through, making both of them shiver.
Stelle looked tense, turned her head and swung her baseball bat, but didn't hit anything.
Sitting in front of her computer, Siberian Duck rubbed her arms, feeling goosebumps all over.
"It's kind of scary, huh? Good thing little Fish is also here." She said.
The chat all agreed.
[A Dream: I agree with the streamer.]
[Light: Spirits and earth, protect us, Little Fish bless us!]
In the scene, Nero turned around and said, "You won't hit ghosts like that. You'll never hit them that way. Let me teach you!"
The next moment, Nero's expression suddenly changed.
The muscles on his face seemed like they didn't belong to him as they drooped down. His eyes turned vicious, his face twisted into a strange smile, and he suddenly lunged at the camera.
"I'll tell you this, you can only hit me if you kill him first. Can you do that?"
Nero reached out and grabbed Stelle's neck.
The scene shifted, showing Nero pinning Stelle to the ground by the neck. Stelle struggled with all her strength but couldn't break free.
"Holy! Little Fish got possessed!!" Siberian Duck screamed on the spot.
[Pom-pom: It's over it's over, everything's over now!]
[Dark Lord: What do we do?? Even I wouldn't win against Little Fish!]
[Huh: I'm guessing the next plot is that the MC goes berserk, and after Nero wakes up he sacrifices himself to reseal the Stellaron.]
[Raise a Toast: Bro? Who turned you into this?]
Just when things seemed to be spiraling out of control, a tragic wail of someone crying tore apart all the illusions.
The possession plot suddenly vanished. The scene switched to Stelle slowly waking up, while some thing sobbed loudly without stopping. The surrounding maze slowly dissolved and returned to the normal structure of the space station, while Nero stood there, arms crossed, looking absolutely unbeatable.
Stelle asked Nero what had happened. Nero began to answer.
The scene switched to his perspective.
Then they saw the scene where Nero "scolded" the Fright Maze into crying with just three sentences.
"My god! That's how aggressive he is?! Nothing scary on Little Fish's side at all!"
Siberian Duck froze a little, shocked the plot developed this way.
She originally thought Nero would hack the Fright Maze to death with a bunch of heavy attacks, but unexpectedly, he scolded it into crying.
[My Pee Is Yellow: Of course it's not scary! The thing was scolded into crying! From Little Fish's perspective all I feel is that the Fright Maze is so pitiful hahahahaha!]
[Gets Scolded by Little Fish Every Day: I'm from the Xianzhou, and your earlier buildup wasn't bad, but the twist was too sudden. I think you should've built up the middle a bit more. Right now you're just trying to scare people, Xianzhou kids would drop their milk bottle to show you how it should be done!]
[Gets Scolded by Little Fish Every Day: Little Fish didn't say a single curse word, yet somehow critiqued the Fright Maze like a professional, tearing its entire performance apart. Just a few lines and its will completely shattered!]
[Steals Hu Tao's Thigh Meat: And the rating at the end was the funniest part. "Forgive me for being blunt, but your performance score is zero points!" I'm so proud of my sunshine-flavored child.]
[Nero's Mouth: I was there, I can testify, that's exactly what I said. Can't help it, the Xianzhou's little Sword Immortal is just like that!]
[Aha's Messenger: Normal person encounters ghost: terrified, cries, runs away. Skilled person encounters ghost: uses all kinds of methods, beats the ghost until it rolls away. Xianzhou's Little Sword Immortal encounters ghost: scolds it like a schoolteacher until the ghost mentally collapses!]
As the Fright Maze mentally broke down, the atmosphere of the story became cheerful again.
The viewers' emotions returned to a high point, it was like riding a roller coaster.
Later, when the female staff member became shocked by Nero's handling method, everyone burst into laughter again.
[Lady Herta Fan Club: Truly worthy of being a space station employee, even the way they praise people is a pile of weirdness!]
[The Uppers I Follow Didn't Update Today: Shame > everything!]
[Nero Eternal: Unexpected, right? That's exactly the point! We Xianzhou folks handle problems like this.]
Of course, the later part where they beat up the Fright Maze also received universal praise.
In the end, after packing up the Fright Maze, Siberian Duck went back to report to Asta.
The mission ended, 200 Stellar Jade obtained.
As for the special Imaginary Overflow Storage Container that Stelle picked up but never used, it turned into an item placed in their inventory.
Its description mainly talked about how Herta researched it, what its function was, and how to use it.
But the last line was eye-catching, [An item used to recover Curios… It wasn't used this time, but what about next time?]
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[Inside the Game]
After reporting back to Asta, Nero was finally free.
He specifically carried the container holding the Fright Maze to show Asta, using facts to prove that he had fulfilled their agreement.
As for his next plan, he definitely needed to keep increasing his popularity and becoming stronger.
First, he needed the power to ensure he could survive the Jianmu Crisis. Before Phantylia began the battle in the Luofu, he had to become as strong as possible. If he became strong enough by then, pulling a few cool stunts to farm more popularity would be even better.
Set a small goal first, reach 150,000 popularity and get the flying sword the system promised.
This goal shouldn't take long. Honkai: Star Rail had only just launched on Blue Star.
After sorting out his plans, Nero went with Stelle to the platform to find Himeko.
It was also time for Stelle to tell Himeko her choice.
As for Nero, he still needed to rely on the Express crew for more exposure opportunities. And of course, he also needed the Express to send him back to the Xianzhou.
The universe is so big, with so many worlds, it's really easy to get lost.
[System: Look at me! Look at me!! (wiggles its nonexistent body)]
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