Three years ago, an enigmatic calamity descended, causing the collapse of the monetary system and the rampant suppression of this world by rules with extremely low survivability.
Su Luo, in a...
'Ding, system notification: Host, you have two hours remaining until the end of this timed mission, and four hours remaining until the first clear of this dungeon within 24 hours.'
Are there only a few hours left?
Su Luo was somewhat disappointed. As expected, the two-star dungeon was too low-level, with no monsters worth her attention. Perhaps... she should just go find the dungeon's boss?
It's a two-star monster, so it can't be too bad, right?
At the same time.
The strange creature in one of the private dining rooms sneezed unexpectedly.
"Boss, that person is here."
As the subordinate reported, there was a knock on the door of the private room, and a clear, cool human female voice appeared in the room, "Hello, room service."
"Hello, this is the braised tongue you ordered. Please enjoy."
After saying that, Su Luo looked up and saw a diner who looked well-behaved and clever, at most eight or nine years old, yet exuded a hint of devilish, elite, and ascetic aura.
It looks like a person, but...
It cannot be said that no one ever entered or spent money in such restaurants. In the following years, anyone who obtained some ghost money by chance would swagger into places like Delicious Restaurant to spend money.
But the one in front of us is most likely not human.
The innate aura of the strange race made it easy for Su Luo, who had been reborn from the apocalypse three years prior, to distinguish the strange beings when they had just arrived and were not yet familiar with humans.
Compared to those disgusting and bizarre things outside, this one is at least edible, and even better than some celebrity posters.
Perhaps he is the final boss of this restaurant.
As if to confirm what he thought, the system voice rang in Su Luo's mind at the right time.
'Ding! Congratulations, host, you have encountered the final boss of the Delicious Restaurant dungeon.'
Name of the creature: Thousand-Faced Ghost (Note: It's easy to draw a person's skin but hard to draw their heart; it's easy to draw their bones and ghosts but hard to draw their emotions)
Ability: A thousand faces, a thousand ghosts, a thousand expressions; can change appearance at will, can be male or female, sweet or salty, and speak for oneself (Note: This skill has a chance of being detected when facing ghosts of a higher star level.)
Current affinity between the monster and its host: Visible after forming a contract with the monster.
Changing clothes and faces? It can even change gender, which is quite an ability. No wonder it looks no different from a human at first glance.
Although it might be detected when facing higher-level monsters, it doesn't diminish the skill's usefulness against monsters of this level.
While Su Luo was observing the Thousand-Faced Ghost, the other party was also observing her.
Indeed, unlike the other humans in the restaurant, there was no fear, no panic, and it was as if it were just a dish being served.
It was too calm, which was somewhat unusual.
Sitting gracefully and with impeccable manners, she scooped up a spoonful and put it in her mouth. It tasted quite good, but…
"I heard that if you admit this stuff tastes good, you'll pay me?"
"Give them ghost money?"
They've arrived.
Su Luo didn't refute this, but pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Thousand-Faced Ghost. She pretended to be innocent and asked, "Little brother, where did you hear about this? I don't know anything about it."
Before Su Luo could finish speaking, the other person suddenly reddened her eyes, squatted down next to Su Luo with a thud, hugged Su Luo's left calf and burst into tears, "Miss, please have mercy."
“Because of the strange occurrences, only my young sister and I are left in my family now. I heard that someone was distributing ghost money in this restaurant, so I risked coming here, just to try and give my sister a future.”
"Miss, I know you're a good person. These days, ghost money is extremely hard to come by. If you're having trouble finding it, you can tell me where you found it. I can find it myself and I won't trouble you at all!"
Su Luo: ...
If it weren't for the fact that I was in a dungeon and still thinking about forming a contract with you, I would have been instinctively beaten up the moment I pounced on her.
But... can even the most cunning ghosts act this well? If there were an Oscar for the ghost world, he would definitely have a place.
Looking at the Thousand-Faced Ghost, who was crying with tears streaming down her face, if she were really an ordinary person, she would probably have to confess everything in no time and then be swallowed by the Thousand-Faced Ghost who knew all the information.
"Go find the ghost money yourself?"
"Um."
"You absolutely won't bother me?"
"Um."
Seeing the Thousand-Faced Ghost nodding earnestly and sincerely, Su Luo suddenly smiled, a very happy smile.
"Then sign the contract."
"……Uh-huh?"
A contract? What contract? What kind of agreement?
Seeing the Thousand Faces' puzzled expression, Su Luo raised his hand and used his fingertips to lift the other party's disguised, exquisite face, and smiled in a way that was somewhat chilling.
"Didn't you want ghost money? Here you go."
"The condition is that you sell yourself to me, the two-star dungeon boss, Thousand-Faced Demon."
As Su Luo spoke, he casually pulled out a stack of ghost money from his pocket, the smallest denomination being one hundred. Just like a domineering CEO in an idol drama talking to his young wife, he raised his hand and tossed the ghost money down from the sky and onto the ground.
A strange shock, a strange suspicion.
What's going on? This isn't what he expected!
Suddenly breaking free from Su Luo's fingers, just as he was about to respond, there was a knock on the door of the private room. The next second, the gourmet rushed in with his large ladle, only to be terrified by the pile of ghost money scattered on the floor.
I'm fucking rich!
Goodness, this is even more spectacular than the previous ten thousand ghost coins. And looking at that disguised, human-like Thousand-Faced Ghost, I thought to myself, no wonder it's a two-star ghost, the price the boss offered is different.
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