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

sweet-talked her

when they signed the contract, telling her

Eileen went silent.

felt like she had been played. Ophelia

the director started

no choice but to put away her

glanced at her and asked, “You sure you’re okay

was on the verge of tears but could only nod and say, “I’m fine…”

walkie-talkie and called out, “All departments, get ready, the lights and music are connected.”

was back in the bone-chilling Satan’s Lair.

was watching the slender figure on the monitor with satisfaction, nodding approvingly.

a bit

swiftly manipulated the infrared jib camera, changing the camera angle.

gradually shifted from Eileen’s calm collected back and long strides to

Eileen’s front appeared on the screen,

his eyes and asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things? Is she walking with

for a moment before saying

closed, her steps hurried, her body

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

we need to do another take? She needs to

member still backstage who hadn’t yet

“Yeah, let’s do

said seriously, “A reshoot is going to

director was

finally finished the

as if she had just been fished out of the

a tissue and sat down on the couch across the room, still haunted by

was nightmarishly terrifying!

dead silent, the

to feel

told herself to stop

her phone, planning to send Ophelia a

when she opened WhatsApp, she saw 99+ unread messages in

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