Chapter 54 New Tenant Profile (Bonus Chapter 12,000 words) Item Lottery...

When Zhou Fangdong saw that a new tenant had been added, his eyes lit up.

The Corruption God instance was so awesome! Putting aside the two thousand ghost coins, the system even used its extra power to clean up a room for him and gave him a new tenant!

Moreover, she is a human tenant with a half-ghost physique like Xiao Xiaoyu, and is the type who can move into the apartment directly without signing the tenant rules.

Zhou Fangdong checked the newly unlocked tenant profile.

[Special Tenant: The Negative Philosopher-Doctor]

Illustrated description: He sacrificed his most precious possession, only to end up with nothing—his attempt to revive his wife resulted in the resurrection of a terrifying monster, and he himself was captured by cultists and used as a medicinal catalyst. He is currently the only medicinal catalyst created by the Bone Inheritance Society that can maintain consciousness; his blood can, to some extent, dispel ghost curses. He possesses a half-ghost constitution, granting him immunity to low-level ghost attacks.

Traits: Negative, negative, and more negative. When negative emotions arise, she becomes very talkative. "Live if you can, die if you can't." After abandoning medicine for literature, she became obsessed with philosophy. She doesn't care about getting a refund or not, and is fine living anywhere.

Note: This tenant is highly likely to attract the attention of cult members outside the apartment, which may trigger an arrest by the cult members. Try not to let him leave the apartment alone.

Looking at this note, Zhou Fangdong stroked his chin.

To what extent will this 'attract the attention of cultists'? Does it mean that cultists will sense his presence simply by him standing outside the apartment? Or does it mean that he needs to stay outside for a period of time to attract cultists?

Regardless, this tenant is very useful.

If you urgently need to farm cult members to earn ghost coins, you can choose a secluded location to drop off the tenant and then wait for the cult members to come.

After all, the map exploration function only allows one teleportation per night, making map exploration quite troublesome.

Zhou Fangdong opened the rental page and took a look at the tenant.

This is his first tenant on the second floor. In the preview interface of room 202, a pixelated figure with the words "[He Yansheng]" above his head, wearing glasses and a hospital gown, is lying sprawled on the sofa.

Compared to the other pixelated characters, He Yansheng is noticeably thinner, and he uses fewer pixels on his body than the others.

He lay relaxed on the living room sofa, looking content, without any fear or discomfort, as if he had lived in the room for a long time.

Pink flowers kept floating out from the top of the pixelated figure's head, making it seem like it was in a good mood, completely unlike the negative traits described in the tenant profile.

Directly opposite the sofa where he was lying, a bloody, mangled shadow floated—this must be the ghost from room 202.

Zhou Fangdong had never been inside room 202 before, so he didn't know what the ghost inside was, or whether He Yansheng's face-to-face confrontation with it would trigger the ghost's killing conditions.

The system didn't mention that He Yansheng needed the tenant guidelines, so there shouldn't be any problems.

However, just in case, Zhou Fangdong spent another 100 ghost coins to open an empty slot in the special attention list and put him in.

In this way, if He Yansheng encounters a life-threatening situation later, the system will provide a notification.

Zhou Fangdong closed the rental interface with peace of mind and continued to check the new tenant profile to unlock rewards.

Encyclopedia Unlock Reward: [A Free Set of Refurbished Second-hand Ghostly Furniture]

Item Description: A decorating item. Using it will grant you a set of somewhat worn-out but sturdy and durable eerie furniture. (Delivery available)

Note: All of these are haunted furniture items of dubious origin. The seller has forgotten where they stole them from, and these pieces of furniture are likely connected to other haunted locations, and may very well attract ghosts from time to time.

Zhou Fangdong directly used this set of second-hand refurbished eerie furniture that could be delivered to his door.

[Use successful. The furniture vendor has been notified and will deliver the furniture to the apartment door as quickly as possible.]

The props arrived just in time. We can use this set of furniture to renovate room 201 and then have Hong Zhongxuan select four team members to move in.

The fact that ghosts emerge from the furniture is a minor problem; the sick ghost in room 201 is very powerful and can devour one by one.

The ghost that the sick ghost doesn't have time to deal with can be dealt with by the room tenants, after all, they are all experienced veteran investigators.

With the furniture issue for room 201 that had been weighing on his mind resolved, Zhou Fangdong felt much more at ease.

Is it possible that he's had a stroke of good luck in renting out two second-floor rooms today?

Looking at the newly acquired [Guaranteed Lottery Ticket (Guaranteed to draw at least three items)], Zhou Fangdong rubbed his hands together, eager to try his luck.

He opened the lottery interface for the first time.

This lottery feature was unlocked after Xiao Xiaoyu moved in. Because the previous guaranteed lottery ticket would definitely draw a ghost tenant from the back building of the apartment, and the system even warned that the ghost tenant drawn was very dangerous, he simply left it untouched after unlocking this feature and never checked it.

This lottery ticket guarantees at least three items, and Zhou Fangdong thought he could give it a try.

Drawing items is definitely safer than drawing ghost tenants. Even if it's a cursed item, it's fine as long as you don't use it, there won't be any side effects.

The lottery interface was rather rudimentary, with two dark buildings in the background and a large, illegible disc placed on top of them.

Zhou Fangdong used the guaranteed lottery ticket directly, and the large disc began to spin rapidly.

After the disk stopped rotating, three system pop-ups appeared one after another:

[Congratulations, host, you have drawn the [Cursed Item: Voodoo Doll]]

[Congratulations, host, you have drawn the [Consumable Item - Substitute Doll]]

[Congratulations, host, you have drawn the [Cursed Item: Blood and Tears Last Will]]

Zhou Fangdong fell silent upon seeing the three pop-up windows.

I shouldn't have thought 'it's okay to draw a cursed item,' now look what happened, my wish came true.

Zhou Fangdong sighed and checked the item description of the [Witchcraft Puppet].

【Cursed Item: Voodoo Doll】

Prop description: A strange doll; it may be alive.

Instructions for use: The more of the user's own body they feed to the witchcraft doll, the stronger the doll's curse power becomes. It will be effective regardless of whether the target is a human or a ghost.

What a terrifying way to use this! It's like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own... No wonder it's a cursed item; it's practically made on the same assembly line as those dice that let you gamble your life on ghosts.

Thinking of this, Zhou Fangdong suddenly remembered the way Xiao Xiaoyu used the Soul-Binding Lock when he watched the system's live broadcast.

She needs to cut off her left leg to remove the Soul-Binding Chains from it. The severed leg won't disappear; a broken leg will heal on its own…

I feel that Xiao Xiaoyu is very suitable for this witchcraft puppet. After all, it would be a waste to throw away the severed leg. It would be better to feed it to the witchcraft puppet to increase its combat power.

Let's give her this item later. We'll need this tenant to trigger the God Dungeon and get gold coins later. We can also prepare some more life-saving items for her to ensure her safety during the loading screen of the Erosion Dungeon.

I've already used the [Scapegoat Doll] myself, so there's no need to look at it in detail.

What is a "last letter written in blood and tears"?

Zhou Fangdong checked the effects of the props.

【Cursed Item: Blood and Tears Last Will】

Item Description: The owner of this suicide note does not want others to see its contents. Opening this suicide note may attract terrifying ghosts.

Instructions for use: You can unfold the suicide note for the enemy to see, and a vengeful ghost will rush out to kill the enemy for you... This is an indiscriminate attack. After the vengeful ghost kills the enemy, it will then kill the user.

(Note: This is also an exclusive favorability item. Giving it to a specific person will increase the favorability of that ghost or person.)

I couldn't think of anyone to give the will to, and the side effects of this item were really exaggerated. It was like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own, so I decided not to claim it for now.

Zhou Fangdong only claimed the witchcraft doll and the substitute doll, leaving his blood-and-tears suicide note on the lottery interface.

He stood up, intending to first deliver the props to Xiao Xiaoyu, then go upstairs to collect the fragments of the Meat Spirit Mushroom, and also visit the new tenant in room 202.

*

Not long ago, after the guillotine-wielding ghost disappeared, Xiao Xiaoyu felt the room key getting slightly hot.

Having experienced teleportation once before, she was very sensitive to the feeling of impending teleportation, so she rushed to the bespectacled man's bedside and grabbed him.

This pessimistic, artsy, bespectacled man once said that if he were alone in the ward, he might choose to die... We can't leave him here alone.

Clearly, Hong Zhong had the same idea as her.

Xiao Xiaoyu and Hong Zhong each grabbed one of He Yansheng's arms, and under the horrified gaze of the bespectacled man, the three of them were teleported back to the apartment.

After returning to the apartment, the three parted ways and went back to their respective rooms.

Hong Zhong and Xiao Xiaoyu came out of the room at the same time.

They were neighbors, one in room 106 and the other in room 105. After discovering that the man with glasses was not in the other's room, the two began to worry.

Just then, Zhou Fangdong also came out of room 105.

Just as he teleported to room 105, Xiao Xiaoyu stepped out of the room.

The 360-degree panoramic view of the [Yin-Yang Eyes] allowed Xiao Xiaoyu to see the terrifying crimson color appear behind her, and she immediately reflexively deactivated the skill.

Xiao Xiaoyu felt that if she had to point out any flaws in Liwan Apartments, it would be the elusive landlord.

It was so unpredictable that she was almost afraid to use her psychic abilities in the apartment.

Upon noticing Hong Zhong and Xiao Xiaoyu standing outside the door, Zhou Fangdong asked curiously, "What are you doing standing at the door? You just came out of the dungeon, shouldn't you rest in your room for a while?"

Xiao Xiaoyu said, "Landlord, I remember we brought back a bespectacled man from the dungeon. Have you seen him?"

"The guy with glasses? Is that He Yansheng who left the instance with you? He's also a tenant at Liwan Apartments now, currently living in room 202."

Hong Zhong was somewhat surprised: "Our apartment building has a second floor? No, I mean, people can actually live on the second floor of our apartment building?"

He had heard about the incident on the second floor of the Liwan Apartment building at the bureau. It was said that a terrifying paranormal event had occurred, with all the tenants on the second floor dying in a single day. A strange curse occupied the entire second-floor corridor, making it difficult for investigators from the Bureau of Supervision to go up.

Zhou Fangdong nodded and said casually, "Yes, we just finished cleaning the second floor today. But non-tenants should try not to go upstairs. If there's anything, wait for He Yansheng to come down and ask him."

Hong Zhong was completely stunned... He was so shocked that he didn't know how to react for a moment.

Even the most difficult problems are probably as simple as brushing off a speck of dust in front of this landlord.

However, after learning that He Yansheng was alright, Hong Zhong was relieved: "Then I'll leave first. I still need to lead a team to the abandoned hospital in the northern suburbs. There are still some survivors there, and I need to bring them all out."

Zhou Fangdong instructed, "Take more people with you. There are still cult members' corpses on the top floor of the hospital. Could you please bring back a few for me?"

Although those cult members were strung up like candied hawthorns, their skins incomplete and unsellable, they could still be fed to the stairwell... We must be thrifty and make good use of every resource.

Hong Zhong was already used to it and readily agreed.

After Hong Zhong left, Zhou Fangdong took out the [Witchcraft Doll], thought for a moment, and then took out the [Substitute Doll] as well, handing them both to Xiao Xiaoyu.

"This is..." Before Zhou Fangdong could finish his introduction, Xiao Xiaoyu's surprised voice rang out: "Isn't this my [Voodoo Doll] and [Scapegoat Doll]?! That's great, I thought I had lost them. Did you find these at the hospital? Thank you, Mr. Landlord! You still remembered to bring these props back for me despite your busy schedule!"

"But there's only one scapegoat left... Sigh, if only the death dice were still around, I could keep making scapegoats."

Seeing Xiao Xiaoyu's happy expression of having regained what she had lost, Zhou Fangdong was drenched in sweat.

I never expected that all the items I drew were Xiao Xiaoyu's. Could it be that the system stole all the items she had accumulated over the years while processing her points?

Zhou Fangdong coughed lightly, somewhat awkwardly: "Ahem, you should go back to your room and rest first. Don't worry about the props being gone; I'll find some more suitable props for you later."

"Thank you so much! Please feel free to ask me for help in the future, I'd be happy to assist you!" Xiao Xiaoyu thanked Zhou Fangdong while holding the two dolls, and then skipped back into the room, her two braids bouncing as she did so.

[Xiao Xiaoyu, the tenant of Room 105, has reached a favorability level of 80. Please claim your favorability reward in time.]

Zhou Fangdong himself felt a little guilty about how much goodwill he had gained.

After leaving room 105, Zhou Fangdong originally planned to go upstairs to see his new tenant, but just as he reached the entrance of the apartment building, he received a system notification.

The furniture peddler who delivers furniture to your door arrived with his secondhand furniture.

The apartment door opened automatically, and Zhou Fangdong saw a somewhat dilapidated van parked in front of the apartment. Then the driver's side door was pushed open, and a small, agile figure jumped out.

He was a man in his early twenties, about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a slightly loose suit. Because he was too thin, his face looked a bit pointed and monkey-like. But because he always had a smile on his face, he didn't look bad; he seemed like a very smooth and kind businessman.

As soon as he got out of the car, the man saw Zhou Fangdong standing at the door and greeted him warmly: "Hey, boss! I feel so close to this delivery address. I never expected that the person who ordered the furniture would actually be the landlord of Liwan Apartments!"

That familiar accent… Zhou Fangdong paused for a moment. Wasn’t this the faceless vendor who sold toilets at the ghost market last night? Was he human?

"I've heard so much about you!" The vendor walked into the apartment and instinctively reached out to shake hands with Zhou Fangdong, but then suddenly remembered something and abruptly withdrew his hand.

"I'm sorry, I'm used to shaking hands with other business owners. Please don't mind, I didn't mean to offend you." The vendor nervously wiped his hands on his clothes.

Zhou Fangdong noticed that there seemed to be two hands hidden under his loose suit.

...This doesn't even look like a human anymore.

"Last night, when I was selling things at the ghost market, I ran into one of your tenants. The shop owner said, 'Sir, you're planning to rent out a room soon, and this furniture must be for that room. Do you need any tenants?'"

Before Zhou Fangdong could say anything, the vendor changed the subject: "Haha, I was just mentioning it casually. I'm not actually in a hurry to move in, but if you need tenants, please let me know and I'll be there right away!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, and as if by magic, a small cloth bag appeared out of thin air in his hand, which he handed to Zhou Fangdong: "This is the haunted furniture you ordered, boss. When you get to the room, just open the bag and pour it out. I picked the best from my stock and brought it over. I guarantee you'll be satisfied! If you're not satisfied, we can even provide after-sales service. Whatever you need, we'll steal... procure it for you!"

Zhou Fangdong took the cloth bag and nodded.

"Alright! We'll be going now if there's nothing else! Contact me if you need anything!" With that, the vendor didn't linger, but jogged back to his van and drove off.

He came and went in a hurry, as if some unknown force was chasing him.

Remembering the business card the vendor had given him the night before, Zhou Fangdong took it out of his inventory and glanced at it.

So his name is Hou San... His contact information is quite interesting too; he actually contacts you by burning yellow paper.

It seems like the apartments at Liwan Apartments are becoming increasingly popular; there are even tenants queuing up so enthusiastically. I feel strangely gratified about it.

After arranging the furniture in room 201 upstairs, I'll go and tidy up room 203 so that this enthusiastic furniture vendor can move in as soon as possible.