Phantom Detective Ajiu: The Underworld Livestream

Reborn in the summer after the 2008 college entrance exams, I gave up the shortcut to getting rich and registered a livestream account called “Ghost Hunter Ajiu.” My first stop was Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, abandoned for ten years. On camera, I pretended to stay calm as I set up sound effects and traps, but inside, the audience’s frenzied tips stirred a sense of control I hadn’t felt in ages. “Don’t panic. The camera’s still rolling. Let’s keep acting.” But when I replayed the footage, the shadow at the end of the corridor, the one that shouldn’t have been there, was slowly lifting its head…