A Core Ship From The Start

Of course, if all else fails, there's always one last trick: stand by and wait for the enemy to reveal its true form before killing it. After all, Duanmu Huai is not an Investigator, not an NPC who can only obediently wait for death when an Evil God appears. If the opponent dares to show up, he'll just give it an "Ora Ora", and won't believe it won't die!

However, by doing this, the entire crew might end up dead... Hmm, for the Judge, that's an acceptable loss.

"Alright! Everyone, get ready!"

At that moment, the director's voice rang out again.

"Begin exploring the West Mansion!"

On a pitch-black night with a torrential downpour, exploring an abandoned Western-style House, which is also a famous Suicide Holy Land, really seems like a ghost story. As an audience member, just seeing those eerie images on the screen would probably already make one feel uneasy.

But in reality, the shooting location isn't that creepy.

Although the two guests walked ahead, portraying an image of acting alone, in fact, just a few meters behind them, crew members carrying cameras were on standby, filming the duo's every move. This was mainly to allow the audience to immerse themselves in a third-party perspective and increase the sense of participation.

So... even though it might appear terrifying on screen, during actual filming, there's a comforting sense of an army behind you.

Not to mention, Duanmu Huai is behind them.

The environment of the West Mansion is similar to that of the East Mansion, with corridors lined with those twisted, bizarre statues full of painful expressions. But having the experience from the East Mansion made everyone much calmer this time, and the two actors regained their poise as guests, earnestly filming the show—though whether fortunately or unfortunately, they still didn't encounter any corpses along the way.

As for those rooms, most were empty, but there were some rooms with human-shaped circles drawn on the floors—what those represent, those who know will understand.

"Professor, what do you think?"

The guests were a bit tired from chatting along the way, so the actress smartly shifted the topic to "why so many people choose to commit suicide here", and then threw the topic to the old professor. The Crosstalk Actor beside her didn't object—he was about to run out of words trying to find topics.

"Hmm..."

Hearing the actress's question, the old professor paused for a moment, then began to speak.

"I think it might be related to the environment here."

"The environment?"

"Exactly, it's these statues, as you've seen, these statues are carved with agonized humans. Moreover, the sculptor's technique is very vivid, to the point where we don't dare to look at them for too long."

Upon hearing the old professor's explanation, the guests nodded. Indeed, these statues were eerie, and while they didn't use a lot of gore and viscera to disgust people like those in Western B-grade horror films, the expressions on these sculpted statues were so horrifying that if one stared at them for too long, it felt as though they were witnessing a living person's painful struggle.

So now everyone avoided looking at these statues as much as possible.

"These kinds of statues are not just one or two, they seem to be placed in every corner of this Western-style House. For those single-mindedly seeking death, the impact of these feelings is massive, and they would be desperate to escape such pain, and their way out... is to end it themselves."

"I see."

Hearing the old professor's theory, the actress nodded. Of course, this sounded a bit magical, but since it's a variety show to be aired on television, it wouldn't do to really promote any supernatural elements, hence taking a scientific approach and directly blaming these frightening statues for the suicides posed no issues.

"Personally, I'd say just demolish this damned place, and there wouldn't be so many problems."

At this point, Duanmu Huai, trailing behind, also communicated via earpiece to Yuko Shionji and Shajuye.

"Ultimately, it's just a matter of not wanting to spend the money. The people who commit suicide have nothing to do with the government; they are choosing to die on their own. After they die, they don't waste government funds, so naturally, those politicians can't be bothered."

Yuko Shionji made a faint remark, and Shajuye let out a dry laugh without saying anything. Indeed, as Yuko Shionji pointed out, although demolishing this Western-style House could eliminate a Suicide Holy Land and might somewhat deter suicides, the problem is the cost would come out of government coffers, and it involves private land, likely entangled with numerous complications, so it's no wonder the government would be disinterested.

Well, it also depends on how the government decides to handle it. Like in South Goryeo, there is a bridge that many people choose as their first suicide spot, so to prevent suicides, the South Goryeo government installed a facility on this bridge. Next to the railings, there are displays that, once someone approaches, show short messages.

Messages like "How was your day?", "You are not alone", "Have you eaten?", "Think about the happy moments in your life", and also play some heartwarming photos and videos of family, friends, and couples.