Chapter 200

Haunted Chronicles was a mega interactive live reality show produced by VisionStream, with a focus on scientific truth-seeking.

Most shows involving ghosts and spirits were usually pretty bloody and violent and got scrutinized pretty hardcore by the TV regulatory body.

But Haunted Chronicles was a different breed. Sure, it spun tales of ghostly figures, but what it’s really digging at were deeper social issues.

The main tone of the show was science and education, so the content of the program was also uplifting. VisionStream was all in on Haunted Chronicles, throwing a truckload of cash at it.

That’s why the big cheese director had the guts to invest in setting up Satan’s Lair.

Today wasn’t the premiere of the show, just the six guests shooting the trailer.

The trailer was a no-brainer, just each guest taking a stroll through Wicked Woods.

But they never saw it coming. During the shoot with the first guest, all hell broke loose.

The backstage crew had to scramble.

It was a team effort, but they managed to get a hold on Eileen!

They pulled off a daring rescue of a crew member who was on death’s door.

The guy was nearly scared to death, and the rest of the crew got a good fright too.

The director glared at Eileen, barking, “Are you out of your mind? Look at what you’ve done to him!”

The spooky sound effects and lights of Satan’s Lair were switched off, and the lights in the workspace were turned on.

Things were bright and the people around Eileen were just regular crew in regular clothes.

It was then that Eileen finally let out a sigh of relief.

The director stared at Eileen and snapped, “Can you even continue shooting?”

Eileen, trembling, managed to say, “I need to make a call.”

The director scowled and said impatiently, “Make it quick!”

Eileen pulled out her phone and called Ophelia from a corner, but there was no answer.

again but still, no answer.

her into signing onto

they signed the contract, telling her the penalty for breaching

Eileen went silent.

had been played. Ophelia couldn’t get through on the phone.

minutes later, the director

choice but to put away her phone and

at her and asked, “You sure

but could only

up the walkie-talkie and called out, “All departments, get ready, the lights

later, Eileen was back in the

was watching the slender figure on

bad, just a bit too fast.”

the director’s command, the cameraman swiftly manipulated the infrared jib camera, changing

gradually shifted from Eileen’s calm collected back and long

the screen, the set

asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things? Is she

moment before saying slowly, “Yes, she’s walking…with her eyes closed…”

her steps hurried, her body rigid, her face expressionless.

one end of Wicked Woods to the other like a bat out of hell!

do another take?

director thought about the injured crew member still backstage who hadn’t yet recovered.

“Yeah, let’s do another take,

face suddenly turned sour. After a while, she said seriously, “A reshoot is going to cost us. I think this is fine. We can fix her eyes

director was speechless.

finished

as if

the couch

nightmarishly terrifying!

dead silent, the fluorescent light

feel

to stop thinking

she pulled out her phone, planning to send Ophelia a complaining

WhatsApp, she saw 99+ unread messages in her

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