Chapter 104 God's Trap (Bonus Chapter 36,000) The Lamp Oil Pendant...

"May I ask why the rent is so cheap?" Lu Mingbian asked cautiously, holding the rental contract.

“I’ve heard of Liwan Apartments. It’s the source of the paranormal events.” Lu Mingbian paused, carefully choosing his words, and continued, “Protecting ordinary people from paranormal disturbances in this haunted building must be a very difficult task, right? And you even helped me find my mother… We’re complete strangers. I’m just an ordinary person. I feel that with my worth, I’m not worth you doing so much for me.”

Zhou Fangdong shook his head: "The cause and effect are reversed. I did these things not because of you, but because of your mother."

He looked at the charred corpse ghost that Lu Mingbian was holding in his arms, "My main purpose is to rent out this room 301 and find a roommate for the ghost in your arms. You are her biological daughter, and I feel that you are the most suitable, so I found you. The force protecting you in the apartment is your mother, and she also pays the rent. I am just a landlord who rents out the house, and I didn't have to put in much effort."

"To put it simply, the 30 yuan I charge you is just a formality. You just need to sign the rental contract and let your mother support you."

"Don't you want to live with your family?"

Hearing Zhou Fangdong say this, Lu Mingbian became even more nervous, because she realized something.

"You...you've trapped my mother's soul here?"

It turns out that the landlord was trying to exploit her mother's value, not hers.

Lu Mingbian felt a sharp pain in his heart.

...Could she have become a hostage holding her mother hostage here?

She wanted to save her mother from this place, but she didn't know what price she could pay to get this strange landlord who exploited ghosts to let her mother leave.

Seeing Lu Mingbian's nervous expression, Zhou Fangdong smiled at her in a friendly manner and gently comforted her, "I'm not an unscrupulous capitalist who exploits ghosts and monsters. You can ask your mother if she's willing to leave Liwan Apartments."

The yin energy in the apartment is fatally attractive to ghosts, especially the yin energy in the apartment rooms... Ghosts in the corridor fight to the death for a room.

Even if the charred corpse ghost really wanted to leave, the apartment building wouldn't let her go; the more powerful the ghost, the harder it is for her to leave the Liwan Apartments. Even within the Liwan Apartments, the charred corpse ghost's ghost domain would still spiral out of control, constantly devouring the ghosts in the corridors. If it were allowed to leave, it would be a small-scale, mobile natural disaster.

The charred corpse finally spoke: "Yangyang, sign it. Signing the tenant contract will be good for you. Don't worry about your mother. I'm staying here voluntarily."

Hearing her say that, Lu Mingbian no longer hesitated and obediently signed his name on the tenant contract.

Zhou Fangdong took the contract and cash, handed her the key to room 301, and instructed her not to leave the key behind.

The moment the contract was signed, the charred corpse changed its appearance, transforming from a charred corpse into a woman around thirty years old.

The mother and daughter not only look alike, but they are also very similar in age... Lu Mingbian is thirty years old this year, and her mother passed away at the same age.

Lu Mingbian hugged his mother, feeling a little like crying again.

Having worked at the law firm for so many years, she rarely experienced such significant emotional fluctuations anymore; she felt like she had cried tears she had held back for several years in just one day.

Although the tenant contract has been signed, side quest 15 has not been completed because Zhou Fangdong has not yet cleaned room 301 or purchased furniture.

Zhou Fangdong bought a mid-level fully automatic cleaning tool, used it on the room, and then said to the charred corpse ghost, "The paper figures will be delivering new furniture later, please don't hurt them."

He'll be asking Hou San to deliver the furniture later. Since there's no furniture ghost to help with the moving, Hou San will probably have the little paper figures in the shop help as movers.

This time, Lu Mingbian witnessed firsthand how the strange landlord left the room.

...He simply vanished into thin air.

As he watched the dust and cobwebs in the room gradually disappear, as if time had reversed and the room was becoming clean again, Lu Mingbian felt a strange sense of lingering fear.

What terrifying entity was she just communicating with...? I never imagined that one day I would impulsively get involved in a paranormal event and end up living in the most famous haunted building.

Lu Mingbian glanced at his mother's gentle smiling face and stopped thinking about it.

...As long as I can be with my mother, I don't care what happens.

Home is where my heart finds peace.

However, there was one more thing Lu Mingbian was curious about: "Mom, the landlord said you would help me pay the rent. How much is the rent for this room per month?"

The charred corpse ghost pondered for a moment and said, "Four thousand ghost coins a month."

Lu Mingbian didn't know what the ghost coin was, but he figured it was probably about four thousand yuan.

Although the rent is several times more expensive than in the suburbs, almost as expensive as on the outskirts of the city, the fact that you won't be bothered by the supernatural just by living here makes it well worth the price.

From this perspective, the landlord doesn't seem so heartless after all.

*

After leaving room 301, Zhou Fangdong went directly to the hidden room on the second floor, made a trip to the paper craft shop, and asked Hou San to deliver all the furniture.

Then he added an instruction: when the paper figure went back, it should also take the bodies of the cultists hidden in the second-floor room to the funeral shop to sell.

Then he was teleported back to his room.

Just now in room 301, Zhou Fangdong had been using the [Heavenly Eye] skill. He saw the location of the human traffickers who abducted Lu Mingbian through the causal lines on her body.

Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years... Even after so many supernatural events, more than half of those human traffickers are still alive.

It's getting dark, and he plans to bring all these human traffickers back tonight.

But he has other things to do tonight and doesn't plan to go himself; he's going to send a ghost tenant to help him catch it.

Of the ghost tenants currently under Zhou Fangdong's control, only Mu Yuechan possesses relatively high combat skills and can move freely.

The zombie Taoist priest is in a irrational state at night, the slime's body is unconscious and cannot move freely, the Shadow Demon is an idiot, Ke Yan's fighting ability is not good, he himself admitted that he can't even beat the ghost in front of the apartment building, the ghost bus driver can't leave the bus to drive, and the ghost postman probably has a strong teleportation ability, but it is unclear how strong he is.

So it still has to be Mu Yuechan.

After he catches the human traffickers, he'll have Mu Yuechan kill a few more cult members.

Mu Yuechan now has 100% favorability, so she won't disobey his orders and harm ordinary people. Besides, he's been trapped for so long, it's time to let him go out and get some fresh air.

Speaking of favorability...

While farming during the day, Zhou Fangdong gave the [Life-or-Death Dice] to Xiao Xiaoyu, and Xiao Xiaoyu's favorability rating reached 100.

While you're at it, claim the favorability reward from Xiao Xiaoyu.

I hope the system will have some conscience and stop using the items that little girls have saved up as rewards.

Zhou Fangdong opened the favorability interface and checked the rewards.

The reward for reaching 100% favorability with Xiao Xiaoyu is a special item [Main God Dungeon Map].

Item Description: This item allows you to view the location of the main god dungeon on a regular map. Its usage is the same as the [Linjiang City Map].

[Host detected to possess [Main God Dungeon Map]]

[Detected that the main god's hatred towards the evil god is at its maximum; the crafting recipe for the [Main God Trapper] has been unlocked.]

The [God's Trap] can be crafted at the by-product workbench in the Lamp Oil Manufacturing Base.

Using the [God Trap] in conjunction with the [God Dungeon Map] will likely cause the God to descend into the dungeon at the designated location.

Zhou Fangdong's eyes lit up when he saw the effect of the prop.

He quickly opened the by-product manufacturing page to check the materials needed for this new formula.

To create the [God's Trap], you need either a [supernatural item made from an evil god's clone] or an [evil god's clone core], and two evil god derivatives.

"System, is the evil god's derivative the small slimes that my slime body produces every day in the hidden cell on the second floor? Is it the same material used to repair the kerosene lamp?"

【Yes】

I understand now. It's all related to evil gods. It seems the main god really hates them.

I don't know how those cultists sacrificed a copy of the main god in order to forcibly activate the ritual of reviving the evil god, thus provoking the main god to such a state.

If used properly, this [God-Catching Device] might be able to keep the God-Catching Evil God occupied, thus preventing the Evil God from bothering his apartment.

Zhou Fangdong decided to go to the basement tomorrow to make one and test its effect.

*

The period from dusk to night is the peak viewing time on video platforms.

People are afraid to go out at night and go home early after get off work. Their entertainment at home is basically watching short videos or playing games.

Just tonight, a promotional video that appears to be an advertisement quietly went viral on a popular entertainment live streaming platform frequented by young people.

Xiao Wu noticed this video.

This was posted by his favorite paranormal streamer, [阿郑你来真的啊]. Because the title indicated it was an advertisement video, he didn't watch it when it was first posted.

I never expected that an advertisement video could become a trending topic.

Xiao Wu clicked on it out of curiosity and took a look.

The first thing that catches the eye is the number of comments, which is almost catching up with the number of likes.

The comment section of this streamer's videos is as refined and approachable as ever. Fans and passersby initially expressed their opinions and tried to determine the authenticity of the videos, but then upgraded to exchanging friendly greetings about each other's relatives, friends, and ancestors.

It seems that the large number of comments pushed an ordinary video to the top of the trending list.

However, after watching the video, even though Xiao Wu was a die-hard fan of the streamer, she couldn't help but wonder if her account had been hacked.

I never imagined I'd live to see a paranormal livestreamer certified by the Bureau of Supervision advertising an online store called 'Liwan Apartment'.

Is this online store named Liwan Apartment because it's such an unlucky place and wants to go out of business quickly?

Moreover, this online store actually sells lamp oil pendants that can protect tenants from ghosts and monsters for a long time.

Has this streamer gone mad? Did he start making easy money after becoming famous?

Even the supervisory bureau can't guarantee that the wind chimes they make will keep ghosts away, let alone a small online shop like yours...

Xiao Wu suddenly realized something.

...Wait a minute, this paranormal streamer is certified by the supervisory bureau.

Accounts verified by the supervisory bureau are not that easy to steal, right?

If this online store is actually run by the Bureau of Supervision, and the [lamp oil pendant] is a newly developed protective item by the Bureau, they want to test it out before promoting it because they are unsure of its effectiveness...

Xiao Wu quickly clicked on the link below the video and saw that the purchase conditions only required paying for shipping and writing three user review posts, which further confirmed his suspicions.

He quickly bought one for himself, then picked up the phone and called his friend.

His friend was quite unlucky, getting caught up in two paranormal events in a row, and now no landlord in the city center is willing to rent his house to him.

So he had no choice but to move to the outskirts of the city.

Xiao Wu had originally suggested that he stay at his house, but his friend refused no matter what.

Because his friend also felt unlucky and didn't want to involve Xiao Wu.

Now that there's a [lamp oil pendant] with even better protective effects, Xiao Wu immediately thought of it.

Xiao Wu's friend answered the phone quickly. The two were good friends, and when he heard that Xiao Wu was in such a hurry for him to buy it, he bought one without asking any questions.

Fortunately, he bought them quickly. When Xiao Wu refreshed the page again, he found that the website's stock of one hundred lamp oil pendants had already sold out.

It seems he wasn't the only one who realized this might be a new tool developed by the Bureau of Supervision.

Hopefully, the inspection bureau's courier service can deliver this prop to his friend quickly... I wonder how long those old houses on the outskirts of the city, still covered in protective paint, can keep him safe.

*

When it got completely dark, a system task pop-up appeared.

Side Quest 15 Completed. Rewards: 800 Ghost Coins, 2000 Experience Points, 1 Random Skill Point.

[Tenant Profile [Intermediate Tenant - Top Lawyer] has been unlocked. Please claim the unlock reward in time.]

It seems that Hou San has delivered all the furniture to room 301.

Zhou Fangdong opened the tenant profile and claimed the reward for unlocking Lu Mingbian's profile.

Like other intermediate tenants, Lu Mingbian's reward for unlocking the encyclopedia is also 300 Ghost Coins.

Just as Zhou Fangdong closed the tenant catalog, the e-commerce page popped up automatically again.

[Lamp oil pendant] is sold out. Please restock as soon as possible.

He was stunned when he saw the message.

It seems he only asked Miao Zheng to help him post a promotional video in the afternoon, right? And they were all sold out by evening?

Wow, only a few hours have passed! This streamer truly has the influence of a top streamer.

Luckily, I didn't waste my ghost coins on the system's advertising—how could the system's advertising possibly sell out a hundred units so quickly?

Zhou Fangdong glanced at the logistics information on the e-commerce page. It showed that the addresses of the customers who made the purchases had all been sent to the Ghost Postman. All that was left was for the Ghost Postman to deliver the goods, and all deliveries would be completed by tonight.

There's no rush to restock. Let's see how much reputation this batch of lamp oil pendants can increase first.

After all, his lamp oil didn't come from thin air, and the number of corpses in the basement was limited; he hadn't yet figured out how to increase the number of corpses. If his reputation didn't increase enough, he would have to consider other methods.

After confirming that no new system pop-ups appeared, Zhou Fangdong jumped out of bed and prepared to leave.

He planned to go back to the apartment that night to investigate and find out what the big-headed ghost and what came down from the elevator were.

Now, with the bonus from the [Sandalwood Rosary], I can freely use the [Return] skill while walking around the apartment at night, and I can also maintain contact with the system at all times.

With the system and teleportation, what else is there to fear?

Zhou Fangdong straightened his clothes and swaggered out of the room.

A gentleman takes his revenge, even after ten years. Tonight, he'll show that ghost that came down from the elevator who truly owns the Liwan Apartments.