Horror Game Developer: My games aren't that scary! novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43 - Live Stream [5]

The darkness threatened to swallow me whole the moment the trapdoor slammed shut above. For a second, I stood suspended in nothing.

But then...

It all turned blue.

The Spectral Glasses flickered softly to life, and the underground tunnel emerged around me. Stone walls pressed in from all sides, arm's length in width. The air was dense, and each breath felt clustered.

I could still see.

That was the good news.

The bad news...

The temperature had dropped even further.

I could see my breath curling in front of me, fogging the lenses with each breath. The cold was deeper here, and I was practically shivering at this point.

'W-why is it so cold?' 

"Whe... W-where is this?"

Jamie's voice reached me from nearby, and I turned to see him standing not far from me, his selfie-stick held in front alongside his flashlight, which was currently turned off.

I thought for a moment before removing the glasses.

Only then did the darkness truly swallow me.

But at the same time, the cold faded, and I finally felt like I could breathe again.

"...I don't know." My voice echoed quietly. We were in some sort of tunnel, but I had no clue where it led.

But if there was one thing I was sure about, it was that this place gave me the creeps.

"How does this place make sense? Chat, are you seeing this?"

Jamie moved the selfie-stick around, finally turning on the flashlight and waving it across the surroundings.

Despite the situation we were in, his streamer mode was in full swing.

"...This makes no sense at all. Where are we? How come nobody discovered this place before? Did you all... notice the statue? It was fake. But I'm sure it wasn't like this before. There's something... sinister about the situation. And... And..."

His face paled after he recalled something. However, he quickly shut his mouth as his head flicked up.

My head similarly flicked up.

Rattle~

Both of us felt it.

...The subtle rattling that was coming from above.

I immediately felt my skin crawl as I paused for a moment.

Then—

'Run!' 

Jamie was the first to rush, moving deeper into the strange tunnel as I followed from behind.

Whoever the people from above were, they were clearly the ones responsible for this tunnel. They were also not some other group that happened to be exploring the same place at the same time.

...The screams from before.

I felt the sheer terror and horror in them.

But who were they?

'Could they be related to the little girl in some way?' 

I didn't know. But I wasn't sticking around to find out. The only goal right now was to reach the end of the tunnel and find the exit.

Our footsteps echoed loudly through the tunnel, Jamie's flashlight bouncing ahead.

Thump! Thump! Thump! 

The footsteps from behind returned, and I slowed down. I couldn't afford to make any noise anymore.

Jamie also understood this as he slowed down as well. Thinking the same thing, we both removed our shoes.

I held my breath and looked behind at the same time.

Darkness.

'Let's go.'

Jamie was the first one to move, and I followed closely behind.

We no longer made any noise as we ran, and as we ran forward, something soon caught our eye.

"....!?"

A faint orange light.

I immediately grew alarmed, and the same was true for Jamie as his steps slowed, but as the steps behind us drew nearer, we had no other choice but to continue.

Thump! Thump! 

'Stop...' 

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!