Inserting the videotape into the television, the screen flashes, and players find themselves transported into the recording, becoming Clancy, the cameraman of that "paranormal investigation team."

Theoretically speaking, people who make these kinds of programs don't believe in ghosts or supernatural beings at all.

But this time, things were different.

After the three-person team entered this haunted house, the host's assistant Andre mysteriously disappeared.

So, the remaining two began searching while calling out for Andre.

Inside the room's fireplace, the host accidentally touched a mechanism lever.

A gentle pull, and the hidden door opened.

Then, after descending through a broken wooden ladder into the house's sewer system, the team finally found the mysteriously missing Andre—

A broken water pipe was shoved into his mouth.

Amid the chaos, footsteps wearing work pants and rubber boots approached the lens.

Then, the screen blurred and lost signal.

"Oh—so there was a pull ring here—"

Exiting the recording, Pure Black let out a sigh of relief.

Although Andre falling on "him" wasn't particularly terrifying, having that face bleeding from all seven orifices pressed right against him was indeed enough to send chills down anyone's spine.

However.

Just as he turned off the TV, Pure Black froze:

"Huh?"

Following Pure Black's puzzled voice, his gaze fell upon a note that had inexplicably appeared beside the television—

[I will dash you against the rocks]

Hiss—

In an instant, Pure Black couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.

The tension that had just begun to ease surged back immediately!

Why was there an extra note here? Who left it? It definitely wasn't here before I watched the recording, right?

Which means...

While I was watching the recording just now, someone else also entered the room, even stared at me for a long time while I was completely focused, and left a note?

Thinking of this!

Pure Black couldn't help but shiver, a cold chill running down his spine.

This place is too damn creepy.

So creepy it almost doesn't feel like Resident Evil anymore.

If I don't get out of here soon, I'm afraid it'll really be like the viewers said—Lisa will make her dazzling appearance again.

Click—rumble rumble—

As the lever in the fireplace was pulled down, faint mechanical sounds could be heard, and the hidden door on the wall swung open.

Pure Black took a deep breath, crouched down, and entered through the low door.

Just as he entered!

Something shiny caught his eye near the broken hole—

[Back Door Key]

"Holy shit! The key! The back door key!"

Pure Black instantly got excited:

"Let's go! Let's go! Quick, quick! I'm outta here I'm outta here I'm outta here..."

Grabbing the key, Pure Black scrambled out of the hidden door and sprinted toward the back door!

At this point, he didn't care about quiet footsteps anymore. Damn it, I've got the key now, whatever you are, I'm not staying in this shitty place for another minute!

Thump thump thump!

With hurried steps, Pure Black fled to the back door like his life depended on it, stepped over the rotten cow carcass, pulled out the key and inserted it into the back door lock:

"I'm out! I'm out! Woohoo! I escaped..."

However!

As the back door opened and a precious ray of sunlight shone through, before his cheers could even land!

Suddenly.

He felt a hand land on his shoulder from behind.

"Hey, what the—?!"

With a short, sharp scream!

Tremendous force struck, and Pure Black felt himself being violently yanked back!

Turning to look, he saw a robust old man wearing a yellow shirt, work pants, rubber boots, and glasses, raising a fist the size of a sandbag and smashing it fiercely toward his face!

"Welcome home, son."

Buzz—

!!!

"Huff—huff—huff—"

Rapid breathing sounds filled the air.

The videotape footage was full of blurry lines and noise.

The host was currently struggling to cut through the bindings on Clancy's wrists.

Slip!

"Ah! Fuck!"

The binding slipped, and the blade cut the host's finger.

A curse rang out as blood from the host's finger dripped onto the ground.

However, the two didn't give up, instead speeding up their efforts.

Crunch crunch crunch...

Squeak squeak squeak...

The sound of the blade sawing through the bindings was relentless.

Clancy, wearing the camera helmet, was breathing heavily: "Hurry, hurry, quick..."

But!

Before he could finish.

Clancy's voice caught in his throat.

Because now, in the shadows behind the host, a figure had somehow appeared.

This figure didn't seem particularly tall, and its face was unclear, but the sharp knife in its hand gleamed under the faint light.

"No—"

Clancy wanted to warn them!

But the next second!

"Grrraaaah—!!!"

A brutal, zombie-like scream erupted!

With a sickening squelch!

A bloodstained knife tip suddenly pierced through the host's body, entering from his back and emerging from his chest!

Immediately after, the "corpse's" roars grew louder as a blurred, twisted face lunged forward!

[Doot—]

[We await you]

[Golden Wind]

"What the fu—"

With Pure Black's trembling exclamation!

The livestream chat erupted into chaos—

"Amazing! They only revealed the theme at the end! The zombies are here!"

"Huh? That's it? What about my Miles? Did he just get punched to death?"

"Yeah, did Miles never actually escape?"

"Seems a bit clearer now—the old man killed Andre and punched Miles, then the host was stabbed to death by a zombie, Clancy's fate unknown."

"So what about my Miles? He didn't die, right?"

"Old Thief, you can't do this, can you? I understand you're not human, but isn't it too much to just kill off Miles like that?"

"I can't accept this at all."

For a moment, protests flooded the livestream!

And the next moment!

As the Golden Wind logo faded, Pure Black opened his eyes again, finding himself back in the same room.

"Am I...? Huh? Did it restart?"

Pure Black was confused.

But before his words could fully land, Miles' voice echoed in his mind again: [Sss—my head hurts so much, what just happened?]

Hearing this!

Pure Black paused briefly, then exclaimed in amazement:

"Oh—! Holy shit—! New Game Plus?!"

Clearly!

This opening line from Miles was completely different from when the game first started!

If the game had truly restarted, this situation would never occur!

Thinking of this!

Pure Black immediately pushed himself up from the ground, stumbled somewhat unsteadily to the fireplace, reached inside and felt around!

Click! Rumble rumble—

This time, he didn't go looking for the videotape, but still triggered the hidden door mechanism!

And what surprised him even more was that this time, what was hidden behind the secret door wasn't the back door key, but—

"A! FUSE! GODDAMMIT!!!"

Pure Black felt his scalp go numb the moment he picked up this thing!

A fucking fuse again!

He vividly remembered being chased through eighteen streets at Mountain Mental Hospital because of a fuse!

Seems like Old Thief has some kind of obsession with these damn fuses!

While complaining, Pure Black stood up and installed the fuse into the house's fuse box.

Then.

With a loud clunk!

From directly above the house came the sound of mechanical operation.

New Game Plus: the second-floor attic of the house was now accessible!

—!!!

Players were shocked! Media was stunned!

You have to understand, the demo released at E3 was just a small sample of Resident Evil 7!

Who the hell makes multiple playthroughs for a demo?

"Huh? There's really a New Game Plus?"

"Woohoo! My Miles! Super resurrection!"

"Ah? Big bro, is this really necessary? This is just a small demo!"

"What kind of talk is that! Even if it's a demo, it's a demo starring my brother Miles! Have you forgotten what his last demo was?"

"Ah, that's true... after all, PT was just a demo back then..."

"If any other company's demo had New Game Plus, I might be surprised, but for Old Thief's games? I'd say it's normal, that's just how we Golden Wind roll."

"Miles is alive! Miles is alive!"

"Holy shit this is so awesome, I mean if they've even added New Game Plus, could this little demo possibly have multiple endings?"

......

Yes! It could! Everything could!

Just as players speculated!

The demo currently available at E3 not only had New Game Plus, but even in the second playthrough, there were multiple endings!

Once players obtained the fuse and unlocked the second floor, they could enter the attic.

In the attic, players would find a locked skylight—another potential exit from the house.

Using a key found in the attic, players could enter the basement to search for and collect the skylight key.

And in the basement, players would encounter Resident Evil 7's zombies—the Molded.

At this point, the second playthrough branching endings appeared!

First: [Infected]

After encountering the Molded, panicked players would be severely wounded by them and become infected with the virus.

Later, while climbing through the skylight, the virus would activate, and Miles would die.

Second: [Escape]

After encountering the Molded, clever players could use Emperor Qin pillar-dodge tactics to avoid the Molded's attacks and avoid infection.

Afterward, Miles could successfully open the skylight and escape.

The game's epilogue would then note: After escaping, Miles reported the incident, but strangely, his report was suppressed by an extremely powerful force and didn't cause any ripple. Sensing the smell of a massive conspiracy, Miles would continue his journey, conducting deeper investigations into the matter...

Of course, players didn't uncover all this in a single day.

After all, using Emperor Qin pillar-dodge tactics against zombies without any firearms was no easy task...

First playthrough: one ending. Second playthrough: two endings.

A simple little demo once again allowed Golden Wind to work their magic!

Just as that reporter said—

[When Komera struggled desperately thinking they'd finally caught up with Gu Sheng's footsteps, they suddenly discovered this bastard had invented a motorcycle, kicked up the clutch, twisted the throttle, charged forward like ghost fire, and left them in the dust!]

Instantly! Discussions about "Resident Evil 7" flooded the gaming community!

Some were media analyses and brief reviews, some were ending discussions, and even careful players claimed they saw a fleeting glimpse of Lisa in the videotape section, suspecting it was an Easter egg intentionally planted by Old Thief!

When the news spread, forget about Komera and Seiichi Nakamura!

Even Gu Sheng found it somewhat laughable and cried fake tears of crocodile sympathy!

To be honest.

Komera's "Silent Hill 2: Reboot" was really quite good this time—Gu Sheng had tried it himself.

He even saw shadows of the previous life's "Silent Hill 4: The Room" in this work, which was a masterpiece that could rival the second game.

Though just shadows—the game's tone setting and suspense building were far from reaching "The Room's" level.

But in this world, for Nakamurai to imitate its form was, in Gu Sheng's view, already quite remarkable.

Alas.

Your "Room" is a fake "Room," but my "RE7" is the real "RE7."

Quite a pity.

But then again.

You Komera folks are wealthy and powerful, finally grabbing onto this slightly promising horror game—you'll definitely pour resources into promotion.

That's something we can't match.

So, whether you're a donkey or a horse, we'll see when the games are released and we take them out for a walk!

After all!

With Resident Evil 7's reputation exploding at E3, the overall situation is already set.

I have more urgent matters to handle back home.

Yes.

More urgent matters—

Referring to the "Yiyou Mini Game Festival."

That's right!

Even though E3, one of the world's four major game expos, is in full swing with global gaming attention and unparalleled spotlight,

Regional game festivals still need to be held.

From "Vampire Survivors" to "Overcooked" to "Plants vs. Zombies."

Gu Sheng's "Supernova" title was born here (though hardly anyone mentions it now given his current fame).

Since the first year, Gu Sheng has participated in every mini game festival through various coincidences.

The following year's Overcooked was his initiative, making him a special guest outside the rankings.

The third year's mini game festival was Yan Sheng's invitation, hoping to leverage Golden Wind's reputation to boost the Mini Game Overseas Expansion Plan.

And now, the fourth year's mini game festival has arrived.

After last year's Mini Game Overseas Expansion Plan achieved great success, Yan Sheng naturally hopes to strike while the iron is hot and continue last year's glorious performance.

So naturally, Gu Sheng is duty-bound.

Actually, this whole situation is quite amusing.

From coincidences to mutual understanding.

The tacit understanding between Golden Wind and Yiyou seems to be growing more effortless.

And this time!

Gu Sheng has long prepared the theme for participating in the mini game festival!

Third day of E3! Second day after Gu Sheng returned to China!

The members of the Golden Experience production team, who had been busy for most of the year, could finally breathe a sigh of relief and relax a little!

This mini game festival project would be handled by them!

And at the early morning project kickoff meeting, Gu Sheng had already projected a relaxed, cartoonish pixel-style game cover onto the conference room's projection screen—

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com