Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!

Chapter Ch182.2 - Haunted House

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

Wu Jin was surprised, “The South American Inca civilization!”

After that came sacrificial stone pillars covered with Aztec totems, and patterns depicting Quetzalcoatl and the Sun God could clearly be seen. Wu Jin thought about it and said, “Does it cover the civilizations in both Central and South America? There’s Quetzalcoatl worship, Sun God worship, a civilization with stone tools…”

The two of them walked all the way to the end of the path, and a huge stone building appeared in front of them.

Wu Jin looked at the sign, “An altar of sacrifice to ghosts and gods, blood and living sacrifices.”

This was the ‘haunted house’ for this elimination round.

The two of them bought tickets one after another at three minutes apart, but the time shown was 4:00 for both. It seemed that time on the altar wasn’t moving.

“It’s a closed arena.” Wu Jin no longer hesitated and reached out to push open the door to the instance.

The stone door creaked as it opened.

The haunted house covered a large area in the amusement park. According to Wu Jin’s visual inspection, it was as big as a residential block, and behind the door––

Wu Jin stilled.

The interior was pitch black.

In the next second, the big boss’s rough palm picked him up, and Wu Jin narrowed his eyes as he adapted to the change. Only then did he realize that his surroundings weren’t completely dark.

The ceiling in the enclosed instance gave off a faint light, but it wasn’t obvious. It was like looking up at the sky at 4AM in summer. There were faint sounds off in the distance, but they didn’t seem to be real.

“Sacrifice is for the worship of gods, and the use of living sacrifices has always existed in Maya.” Wu Jin spoke in a whisper to the big boss, “As for ghosts… I remember that South America was also known for its devil worship.”

Wu Jin didn’t know the details of the devil worship, though.

“There’s people.” Wei Shi gestured for Wu Jin to retreat, and the crossbow they’d picked up from the roller coaster was quickly loaded up with an arrow.

“Who?” At this moment, Wu Jin was still practically blind. He could only see a bazaar, stone houses, and the high altar in the distance beneath the weak illumination from the sky. There seemed to be a shadow moving on the altar––

Wu Jin turned to look at the big boss.

Then, something more terrible happened.

Wei Shi slowly, extremely slowly set down the crossbow. His eyes were still as sharp as knives, but there was a little more milky fierceness in his aura. He stopped just short of having the words ‘Where am I, who am I, what am I doing?’ on his face. At this time, a figure flashed by from behind the big boss––

Wu Jin’s expression changed abruptly. He didn’t think before pushing the big boss over, “Careful!”

A spear was hurled over from afar!

Wu Jin finally let out a sigh of relief. The strength behind the spear wasn’t strong, and it seemed to just be a warning against invaders. Looking at the figure from just now, it didn’t seem like a contestant, but more like an NPC in Mayan tribal costume&#k2026;

From the far end of the instance map, a player suddenly screamed out!

There was more than one team in the instance.

Wu Jin reacted instantly. The 16 year old Wei Shi climbed up from the ground and instinctively moved to protect Wu Jin. The scream seemed to sound out from 800 meters away and echoed around the closed map. Wu Jin could only barely make out a shadow shaking on the altar in the distance––

In the dark instance, the sky suddenly lit up!

Wu Jin jumped up with a start.

The haunted house instance had a ceiling that imitated the sky. In only a few seconds, the sky that had originally been fish belly white quickly changed to show a round, rising sun, and the sun rose up majestically, hovering in the east.

Wu Jin looked quickly at the ticket in his hand.

The time inside the Mayan instance moved far beyond anything Wu Jin had imagined.

It was 4:00 when they came in through the entrance just now.

Now… It appeared that it should be between nine and ten o’clock in the morning. The only indicator for the time change was the unknown scream.

In front of him, Little Wei pursed his lips coldly and looked around.

Wu Jin followed his gaze and was surprised by what he saw.

The inside of the instance was a true and complete restoration of a Mayan city-state. Countless buildings were made out of stones that were closely connected together, and it would be difficult to even insert even a dagger into the seams. Around the city-state were scattered sacrificial buildings, and the Sun God and Quetzalcoatl could be seen everywhere. The outer layer was a moat before the rainforest, and inside––

The majestic Mayan trapezoidal pyramid stood there silently.

The Egyptian pyramids were mausoleums, while the pyramids in Maya civilization were altars.

Throughout the entire history of civilization, few ethnic groups were as religious and devoted to their gods as the Mayans. Behind the big altar were many more smaller altars.

Wu Jin took a deep breath.

This was a city that the Mayans had built for their gods, and the people only borrowed this place to live in.

Wu Jin could also see the NPC that had thrown the spear. There was more than one of them. Behind a low wall were more than a dozen Mayan soldiers with totem tattoos on their bodies. They were Crosson AI combat figures, and they held up javelins as they yelled at Wu Jin and Wei Shi, threatening to expel the intruders.

Wu Jin was finally relieved.

It was only javelins and spears. The Mayans probably hadn’t even invented bows and arrows yet!

“It’s fine!” Wu Jin quickly comforted the big boss, “Let’s first go and negotiate.”

In the next second, an arrow burst out and sped through the air!

Wu Jin, who’d been slapped in the face within a single second, “……”

Fortunately, the speed of an arrow wasn’t as fast as a bullet. Somehow, it fell askew and moved as though it was dragging a heavy object. Wu Jin was easily able to avoid it, but unexpectedly, a second arrow followed it and flew out!

The target for the arrow wasn’t Wu Jin, but rather the tail of the first arrow. Wu Jin looked up in horror and could barely make out that the tail of the arrow held a water bomb––

The second arrow popped the water bomb!

Indigo blue dye burst out from the broken water bomb and doused Wu Jin’s head and face.

The blue Wu Jin: “……”

“It’s Jingyi!” Wu Jin didn’t have time to wipe the dye off his face as he quickly lifted up his shotgun. At this time, there were only three bullets left in the gun chamber, but Wu Jin couldn’t worry about that anymore. Only Zuo Botang could shoot two arrows out so accurately, and wherever Zuo Botang was, then the sticky spirit of Ming Yao must also be nearby––

“Don’t, don’t!” Unsurprisingly, Ming Yao jumped out suddenly and made a hip hop gesture, “Love and peace! If we wanted to snipe you, we’d have done it a long time ago. We’re helping you!”

Zuo Botang drew his bow at the same time and smiled slightly at the two of them.

Little Wei wasn’t moved by this at all. He shielded Wu Jin coldly and pulled back his bow to its fullest.

Wu Jin rubbed at his face from behind Wei Shi.

The dark blue Wu Jin was rubbed into a sky blue Wu Jin through his actions.

The sky blue Wu Jin was then rubbed into a light blue Wu Jin.

Wu Jin’s thoughts were turning and shifting as fast as electricity.

Jingyi had obviously been lying in ambush here for a long time. If they wanted to snipe at Wu Jin, they could’ve made their move a long time ago. Based on the big boss’s current state, the Scarf team might have popped out into life-saving capsules and died as sacrifices for the Mayan city-state––

Wu Jin wiped at the indigo dye on his face.

He held down the big boss and waited for Jingyi to begin negotiations.

“We’re here to seek cooperation.” Ming Yao opened his mouth and spoke seriously. He glanced at the broken water bomb, “This is proof of our sincerity. If you don’t believe me, then look”

At the edge of the city walls, a group of Mayan NPCs stared at the blue dyed Wu Jin before smiling one after another. Their large, white teeth glittered beneath the sunlight.

The Mayan soldiers put down their weapons and came forward to embrace Wu Jin. Wu Jin was still blocked by the big boss, and so the soldiers could only stretch out their thumbs and pat their chest to express their respect for Wu Jin.

Wu Jin: “……” Ever since I turned blue, I seem to have become a distinguished noble!

Ming Yao exclaimed, “See, isn’t that the case?”

Then, his expression turned strange, and he said, “This instance is strange. We can’t pass on our own as a team.”

“We’re here to seek cooperation with you.”

Ming Yao set down his weapon and stepped forward slowly, reaching out to Wu Jin.

Wu Jin and Wei Shi looked at each other.

Little Wei’s movements didn’t change, his bow and arrow pointing straight at Ming Yao.

The 16 year old Wei Shi’s presence was cold and frightening.

Wu Jin could even see tiny beads of sweat condensing at the top of Ming Yao’s nose. From nearby, Zuo Botang had his arms crossed over his chest and wasn’t worried at all.

Wu Jin carefully extended his right hand towards Ming Yao.

It was unclear if the two of them were reaching out to shake hands and form an alliance or test each other out.

Before their fingertips touched, Wu Jin waited quietly for an illegal team formation warning from their left wrist watch.

Wu Jin shook hands with Ming Yao.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

The warning didn’t go off.

“……” Wu Jin was shocked silly.

Ming Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief and his expression was happy and carefree, “See? I didn’t cheat you! Tsk, tsk, Little Witch is really too cautious! Forget it, I won’t nitpick about this with you.”

“Little Witch, the Mayan instance should allow for team formation by default.” Zuo Botang spoke calmly, “It’s harder than we expected.”

Juurensha: …huh, do they have to pretend to be gods?

xiin: blue little rabbit spirit~