"Yes, yes, yes, Rosemary is right. Oh dear, the City of Ghosts is so big, how can one branch be enough? The more the better, the more the better."
"I heard that humans used to use a skincare product to maintain their skin. Look, mine is all dried out. I wonder if Lord Su Luo has such a product? I'm willing to pay any amount!"
What was supposed to be a meeting to discuss Lord Su Luo's visit to Guiwang City turned into a debate about whose territory to open a branch, and almost escalated into a fight.
"Enough!"
At the far end of the conference room, a voice emerged from behind the black mist, and the room fell silent instantly. "Lord Luo's first branch is located in the center of the Yellow Springs. The rest are up to you to discuss."
The crowd of demons: ? ? ? !!!
Wow, you're interested in ice cream too?
Since that person has spoken, the subordinates naturally comply. There's nothing they can do about the first shop, but there's a second and a third. They'll go back and discuss how to bring their big spender to their territory.
At this moment, Su Luo had no idea what he was about to face. Stepping off the Hell Metro train, a cobblestone path appeared before him.
"This is?"
"This is the Dream Ladder, the only way to reach the City of the Ghost King of the Underworld. From here, you can climb nine hundred and ninety-nine heavenly ladders and arrive at the City of the Ghost King of the Underworld."
Su Luo raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that there was such a setting. Nine hundred and ninety-nine heavenly ladders, and climbing mountains, it can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder Huang Quan and Bian An have been at odds for so long, and neither side has been able to defeat the other. So that's how it is.
“Of course, you are our honored guest, there’s no need for you to come up.” Making the client come up himself would be incredibly rude, wouldn’t it? It would immediately lower his impression score; Zhao Jinlai wouldn’t do something so foolish.
With a gentle clap of his hands, a Chinese-style romantic sedan chair was carried from the end of the alley by twelve strangely dressed handsome men and beautiful women, and stopped beside Su Luo.
"Lord Luo, please take a seat!"
It has to be said that this sedan chair is big enough to fit Su Luo, Zhao Jinlai, and that one-eyed man. It doesn't look like a sedan chair at all; Su Luo would believe you if you told him it was a room.
Leaning against the window, Zhao Jinlai introduced the current situation of Huangquan Ghost King City to Su Luo along the way, including the star rating of the ghosts, the abundance of funds, and the allocation of areas. He was practically handing Huangquan over to someone else and telling them his bank account number for ghost money!
It has to be said that although the Heavenly Ladder is difficult to climb, the scenery outside is quite nice. These monsters may not be good-looking, but they have good taste. At least Su Luo likes this environment.
Half an hour later, the sedan chair carried them all the way to the top, where the huge characters "Yellow Springs" appeared behind the clouds, appearing and disappearing.
"Lord Luo, this is the City of the Ghost King of the Underworld!"
It must be said that the architectural aesthetics of the City of Ghosts in the Underworld are ahead of their time, with a kind of eerie Chinese aesthetic. The main color is red, the buildings climb upwards, and various ghost statues carved from the cliffs look down on the ghosts and humans entering through the city gate. The sense of oppression is full of tension!
Unlike the extravagant palace of the Nine Netherworld Ghost King City, built with blood-red fear, Su Luo preferred the classical atmosphere of the Yellow Springs, which felt like reading a classic text.
'Ding! Host detected entering a royal city inhabited by numerous strange creatures. System upgrade!'
'Ding, system upgrade successful, side quest started.'
'Ding! The human base is inhabited by humans, and the monster base is inhabited by monsters. It possesses monster inhabitants and can construct a monster city belonging to the host.'
'Ding! This task is optional; it's not mandatory for side quests. (Note: Rewards for completing side quests will be doubled.)'
This, this, this...
Su Luo's heart skipped a beat, and her gaze toward Zhao Jinlai became fiery.
Strange creature inhabitants? That doesn't sound like a bad idea.
She's not a murderous maniac or a warmonger; she just wants to live a leisurely life in the apocalypse. What bad intentions could she possibly have?
Although the system says that you don't have to do the side quests, the rewards will be doubled!
We must do it!
Considering the gene serum in the system, the various blueprints, process flowcharts, and even gene banks available in the ninth-level shop, it seems that perfectly replicating the pre-apocalyptic world is not impossible.
"Lord Luo, what is this...?" Suddenly feeling Su Luo's overly intense gaze, Zhao Jinlai had the illusion that he was being targeted.
"It's nothing, I was just a little...too excited."
"Excited?"
"Yeah, I just couldn't contain my excitement about spending money." Su Luo replied casually, but Zhao Jinlai and One-Eyed gasped in shock.
What do you mean by "unable to contain the excitement of spending money"? No wonder you're Lord Luo, your words are astonishing, your wealth is truly impressive!
"Our Yellow Springs is a city of ghosts built from the bottom up. The lower the level of the ghosts, the lower they live. The highest point in the center is where the ghost king of Yellow Springs resides, which is the Yellow Springs Palace."
Su Luo nodded and followed Zhao Jinlai through the crisscrossing, futuristic technology mixed with classical Chinese style in the Ghost King City. It was clearly a fusion, yet it highlighted a unique and strange beauty.
As I passed an intersection, I happened to see a strange creature that looked like a blood-red version of SpongeBob SquarePants, which was both diamond-shaped and square-shaped. It was leading a group of lonely ghosts and spirits who were bound by ropes, walking out of a vermilion alley. Finally, there were a few humans who had signed indentures and seemed to be about to be sold.
Zhao Jinlai, who was initially fine, turned pale with shock when he saw the last few humans. Before Su Luo could ask, he immediately explained, "It's a misunderstanding, this might be a misunderstanding!"
“Lord Luo, you may not know this, but after the fall of the Imperial Capital Base, we in the Yellow Springs generally no longer sign indenture contracts with humans. These are probably from before.”
"Don't explain these things to me," Su Luo said expressionlessly. She had attacked the Nine Netherworld Ghost King City and the Imperial Capital Base, but that didn't mean she was truly fighting for all the surviving humans in this region.
Ultimately, it was Jiuyou and the Imperial Capital Base that crossed her bottom line; otherwise, she wouldn't have made such a high-profile appearance.
The saying "When people push each other too far, they'll be scared to death" probably means this.
"Are they going to be sold?"
Zhao Jinlai thought Su Luo was angry and was even prepared to personally apologize, but the situation took an unexpected turn. It seemed that Su Luo was going to buy them.
"How can we let Lord Luo pay us? These are free!" Zhao Jinlai said, quickly gesturing to the SpongeBob-like figure, "Didn't you hear what Lord Luo said? Release them right now!"
"It's not human, it's a monster!"
"Hey, did you hear that? Hurry up and get rid of the ghost... um?!" Zhao Jinlai, repeating Su Luo's words, slowly came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Su Luo in disbelief.
ah?
Did he hear me correctly?
What did City Lord Su Luoluo say? Release the ghost immediately?
The blood-red SpongeBob, somewhat bewildered, released the group of lonely ghosts and monsters who were doing odd jobs and hard labor, and then ran away with the last few people faster than rabbits.
He was afraid that if he was stopped and sent back the humans who had signed indentures, he would not only not earn a penny but also lose money on this trip!
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