The information conveyed by this painting is as follows—the ghost controlled a drunk truck driver, who ran over and killed Ethan Clark.

So the result of Ethan Clark's failed transaction was death in a car accident.

For Ethan Clark, who is in the same profession, this painting, aside from being complete in information, is truly unbearable to look at, utterly lacking in aesthetic value, and is simply a desecration of something as grand as death.

Moreover, the designed method of death is extremely mediocre—a car accident is just so-so. The previous disaster designs, like being crushed by a chandelier or bitten to death by a mad dog, make Ethan Clark feel a lump in his throat just thinking about them.

Ethan Clark expressionlessly closed the painting.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The black text finally continued—

[Actors can earn points to fulfill their wishes by surviving in real horror movies, exploring the plot, and entertaining the "audience." Detailed rules will be sent to your app backend shortly. Please check for them. If you have further questions, you may consult your agent.]

Survive in a horror movie, explore the plot? And there's even an agent?

...Interesting.

Ethan Clark smiled, not missing the fact that the word "audience" was put in quotation marks in that sentence.

[Random agent assignment complete. Your agent has been automatically added as a friend.]

[Please note: From now on, do not attempt to deliberately damage your phone. The consequences will be the same as the painting just sent to you by the death designer.]

[Now, please tap the screen to draw your beginner mandatory horror movie. If you do not tap within thirty seconds, one will be drawn automatically.]

Three identical black card packs appeared on the screen.

Ethan Clark casually tapped one. The card pack flipped open, revealing a green card with the words "Red-Clad Vengeful Spirit" written on it.

The accompanying image had a pitch-black background, with a red dress suspended in midair at the center, and directly beneath the dress was a neatly placed pair of red high heels.

[Congratulations! You have drawn the "shoddy" quality puzzle-type horror film "Red-Clad Vengeful Spirit."]

Puzzle-type horror film? Ethan Clark was taken aback.

Because of his profession, Ethan Clark watches horror movies to gather material, so he has a decent understanding of horror movie classifications.

Puzzle-type corresponds, of course, to the unsolvable type. "Ju-On" is a classic unsolvable horror film—the ghost doesn't care about cause and effect, kills whoever it wants, with no discernible pattern, and nothing people do makes a difference.

But in puzzle-type horror films, generally, the ghost's origin has a reason.

For example, a female student is bullied at school, commits suicide by jumping off a building, and her resentment turns her into a ghost.

In puzzle-type horror films, the ghost's victims also usually have something in common.

As the saying goes, "every injustice has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor"—whoever harmed the ghost in life, the ghost will seek revenge on them after death. Of course, bystanders may also be affected, but this is fundamentally different from unsolvable horror films.

Another point: in puzzle-type horror films, as long as you find the source of the ghost's origin, you can correspondingly find a way to resolve its resentment and survive.

In unsolvable horror films, everyone usually dies, because the curse is unsolvable and eternal—even if you find the ghost's origin, it doesn't help; those who are doomed to die will still die.

So, "Red-Clad Vengeful Spirit" is a puzzle-type horror film. That's good news—it means there's a way to survive this movie.

And since the quality is "shoddy," the difficulty shouldn't be too high, making it suitable for beginners.

Ethan Clark glanced at the other two flipped-open card packs; both were green as well. One was a shoddy haunted house supernatural film, and the other was a shoddy death loop film.

All are currently popular genres in the film market.

The app loaded for a moment, then popped up the introduction for the horror film "Red-Clad Vengeful Spirit"—

[In the suburbs of City B, there is a large company. Every year, as the Ghost Festival (the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month) approaches, the boss gives all employees a seven-day holiday, then offers sky-high wages to hire a few temporary workers to keep the company running. But in the end, without exception, all those temps... die tragically. Another Ghost Festival has arrived, and a new batch of temps has joined...]

[You will play one of the newly hired temps, exploring the company's hidden secrets.]

[Transmitting now, please wait.]

The scene before Ethan Clark's eyes began to twist and fade.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in front of a grand and luxurious company building.

Author's note:

Logan Clark: Cohabiting relationship.

Henry Foster, who completely didn't get it.

Story has started, plot-driven power fantasy, level-up flow.

The protagonist is sly and mischievous, and his golden finger is his boyfriend.

Chapter 2: Red-Clad Vengeful Spirit (1)

In such a remote suburb, surrounded by low, self-built houses, the building before him looked even taller and stranger.

There were four or five people standing in front of the building's revolving door, chatting—they were probably the actors participating with Ethan Clark.

Ethan Clark wasn't in a hurry to go over. He took out his phone and tried it, discovering that except for the horror movie actor app, all other functions were disabled.

The detailed rules had already been sent over. Ethan Clark quickly skimmed through them and memorized a few key points.

First, all horror movies under the app are live-broadcast horror films, with "audiences" watching from start to finish.

During the viewing process, "audiences" can choose to follow an actor and become their fan, based on the actor's performance and their own preferences.

After a horror movie ends, the number of new fans an actor gains can be converted into points at a certain ratio.

Points can not only be used to fulfill wishes, but also determine the actor's title.