Turns Out I'm the Boss of a Horror Instance

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Ever since she could remember, Lin Shangyu had run a small inn in the forest.

The inn was small but had everything she needed. Every night, she went out to catch stray pheasants and wild boars, prepared the ingredients, then opened for business promptly at nine the next morning to welcome strange, stingy guests. After cooking in the afternoon, she used the things her guests traded with her to decorate the lovely little inn. Her days were peaceful and cozy.

The only downside was that guests kept mysteriously dying in her inn. Cleaning rooms was exhausting, so Lin Shangyu started thinking about hiring staff.

As soon as she put up the job listing, applicants came one after another.

Applicant No. 1: A handsome eighteen-year-old boy who says he's here for a summer job. His strengths are that he's quick and has a sweet tongue. He loves following her around and calling her "beautiful big sister," and he can even help with messy jobs like butchering pigs. His weakness is that he likes playing tricks on guests and is a bit of a coward. He keeps sneaking into her room at night to sleep.

Applicant No. 2: A handsome, fastidious man in a suit who says he's traveling here to relax. He's capable and efficient, can help arrange guest accommodations and do heavy work, and is eager to learn, often helping her cook. His weakness is that he's so aloof that guests are a little afraid of him.

Applicant No. 3: Apparently a famous celebrity, with striking, bewitching looks, who says he's here to get away from it all. His fame brings in more guests, and, surprisingly, he's thrifty and likes eating her leftovers. His weakness is that he's clumsy and likes singing in the middle of the night. He's got a nice voice, but it's a nuisance, and the guests he brings all flee.

Lin Shangyu is in a great mood and thinks all three are good candidates. They ask for very little pay, saying that a meal is enough. She can afford to keep them.

Until one day, a guest dies right in front of her, and his still-flashing wristband happens to land on her.

[Identity detected: S+ instance, ultimate boss of the Terror Inn.]

[An external invading monster detected in the instance. Would you like to activate special mode?]

Reader's guide:

1. A rules-based horror story, with the female lead as the biggest boss.

2. The male lead has split into three identities. All three are the same person.

3. Every player in the story is a sinner.

Recommended upcoming novel: I Conquered the Interstellar World with Earth's Genes. Three hundred years after the wasteland was rebuilt, human society has developed at an astonishing pace, carrying civilization into the stars.

However, the zombie virus has become embedded in every human's genes. Everyone will suffer one terrible illness in their lifetime, though the age at which it strikes is unpredictable. Those who don't survive lose their minds and become nightmare monsters.

Even more terrifying, nightmare monsters can activate dormant fragments of the virus in other people's genes, contaminating and driving everyone they come into contact with insane.

Statistics show that three out of every ten people die in related incidents each year, making the extermination of these monsters the top priority across the stars.

The moment Fang Baini opens her eyes, she finds herself in this unfamiliar world, with no identity and no money. Luckily, as a natural human, she has two eyes, a nose, and a mouth, all arranged in a delicate, beautiful face. As soon as she appears, the people around her go wild for her, and she's invited to appear on a live variety show.

Sounds great. She happily goes off to earn some money, but that very night, the hotel where the production crew is staying becomes a contaminated zone invaded by a nightmare monster. Unless they find the monster itself, no one will escape.

In this livestream watched in terror by millions, horrific mutations and killings are underway.

[I can feel the effects through the screen. I can't focus on finding the monster at all.]

[The transformation is so despairing.]

[It's over. The monster's level is too high. Everyone on the show is doomed. Is this the first variety show where the cast dies live?]

In an instant, everyone on set and in the audience is plunged into despair. Only Fang Baini still thinks this is all part of the variety show's act.

Inexperienced with life among the stars, she follows the principle that saying less means making fewer mistakes, and does her best to smile. The comments label her [The one with the terrifying smile, who'll be the first to go insane] and [The most suspicious person], among other things. She pays no attention, only becoming more careful with her words and actions, afraid her transmigrator identity will be discovered.

But the show goes on all night, and her coworkers gradually break down, wailing and growing more and more deranged. Even the police team that breaks in to rescue them starts hallucinating. At last, she realizes something is wrong.

Confused, she points at the monster in the corner and asks cautiously, "Are you looking for that?"

After saying it, she wonders if she's mistaken. After all, it's so easy to find. Surely they wouldn't have spent all night searching for it.

But the moment the words leave her mouth, the interstellar trending topics explode!

#TheContaminatedZoneIsClear#

#HolyCrapSheJustCalmlyPointedOutTheAnswer#

#IThoughtSheWasAlreadyInsaneTurnsOutIWasTheOneWhoWasInsane#

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