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.

tried again but still, no answer.

Ophelia had sweet-talked her into signing

her the penalty for breaching the contract was half a million

Eileen went silent.

Ophelia couldn’t get through on the phone.

the director started hurrying

choice but to put away her phone and walk over, saying resignedly,

at her and asked, “You sure

the verge of tears but could

walkie-talkie and called out, “All departments, get

minutes later, Eileen was back in the

backstage was watching the slender figure on the

bad, just a bit too fast.”

swiftly manipulated the infrared jib camera, changing the

Eileen’s calm collected back and long strides to her front.

Eileen’s front appeared on the screen, the set

member thought he was seeing things. He rubbed his eyes and asked in disbelief, “Am

a moment before saying

steps hurried, her

raced from one end of Wicked Woods to the other like a bat

assistant director frowned, clearly unhappy. “Do we need to do another take? She needs to open her eyes

injured crew member still

to the assistant director, “Yeah, let’s do another take, you

turned sour. After a while, she said seriously, “A reshoot is going to cost us. I think this is fine. We

director was speechless.

finally finished

in sweat, as if she had

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

was nightmarishly

dead silent,

started to feel nervous

told herself to stop thinking about

out her phone, planning to send Ophelia a

WhatsApp, she saw 99+ unread messages in her

and saw everyone was

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