Chapter 3: Opening at the Peak...
After seeing the ghost off, Zhong Wan felt as if she had just woken from a dream, feeling wistful and lost.
I was filled with trepidation and anticipation for the arrival of the new ghost, but I never expected that the opening day would be such a resounding success...
On the first day, she looked towards the door frequently, both fearful and expectant.
"System, where's the ghost?"
No results detected.
"oh."
The next day, Zhong Wan's fear had vanished, leaving only anticipation of the ghost.
I've already paid off my car loan this month, and I've also paid my car insurance for this year.
At that moment, in her mind, ghosts and money became synonymous.
But to my surprise, I still didn't get to see it.
On the third day, Zhong Wan's patience was slowly wearing thin.
Zhong Wan sat bored on the front desk chair, still feeling a sense of unreality as she looked at the balance on her phone.
She held up her phone and counted the numbers one by one: 20264.32. That's right.
Aside from grocery shopping, meals, car loan payments, and insurance, her biggest expense over these three days was installing the signboard.
On the morning she earned her first pot of gold, Zhong Wan still couldn't resist spending 100 yuan to call an installation technician to come to her home and insist on getting back the 1,000 yuan that the system had deducted.
But we can't just sit around and do nothing.
On the fourth day, Zhong Wan sighed as she leaned on the counter, then looked at the empty streets outside. She felt a little melancholy.
"System, where's the ghost? It's been days! How come we haven't seen a single ghost?"
[I passed by, and they just left.]
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Wan sat up straight instantly and asked in surprise, "How did it leave? How can it move around so freely?"
【Yes. 】
"Then what am I supposed to do?! What am I supposed to draw if there are no ghosts? How am I supposed to make money?!"
Why don't they come into the store?
"Isn't this the location you carefully selected as a good spot for gathering yin energy? Where's the ghost? Why don't you come in when you pass by?"
She glanced disdainfully at the old-fashioned general store, even after it had been tidied up, and couldn't help but complain, "You saw this store, it's more than just ghostly, there's not a soul in sight."
【Yes. 】
The cold, mechanical voice kept spouting infuriating things. Zhong Wan rolled her eyes speechlessly and retorted without any politeness, "Aren't you a system? Can't you attract some ghosts?!"
"Or tell me the exact location, and I'll go there."
No, this service is not currently available.
"What the heck?!"
Zhong Wan slammed her hand on the table angrily and said, "Then tell me, what use are you?!"
"Look at those other systems, each one is incredibly powerful. Some have their own space, some can take their hosts through time, and some can buy all sorts of amazing things from different dimensions. What about you? What do you have?"
"A cold mouth that only knows how to say no?!"
"I don't even need to criticize you. You're not as capable as others, and you don't even have a newbie gift pack. You're going to die poor."
[Sob (╥╯^╰╥), the system is so poor...]
Zhong Wan paused upon hearing this, and surprisingly, she could even detect a hint of grievance in its words!
Zhong Wan pouted and waved her hand dismissively, saying, "Forget it, I won't talk about you anymore."
"How can you get those? By upgrading?"
[Yes, the system absorbs Yin energy by drawing, and thus levels up.]
When will the upgrade be available?
[...]
Zhong Wan rubbed her forehead, feeling a bit weak, and asked, "How much of that ghost from that day did you absorb?"
Three percent...
The usually cold, mechanical voice spoke hesitantly.
As expected, Zhong Wan was speechless upon hearing this, and couldn't help but retort sarcastically, "Only three percent?!"
"You're so useless..."
【Wowo(╥﹏╥)o……】
The cold, mechanical voice suddenly burst into tears again.
Zhong Wan, however, only felt a headache coming on, her head buzzing.
She rolled her eyes, speechless, and said, "Stop crying!"
Zhong Wan, bored, casually doodled with a pen: "How can I summon a ghost?"
"Are there any talismans, paintings, or the legendary soul-summoning banners that can attract ghosts?"
You can give it a try.
Zhong Wan's eyes lit up upon hearing this. She looked at the large characters she had just written, then tossed them aside.
She diligently searched online for various talismans and folk remedies to summon ghosts, and after writing them down, she curiously got up and hung them up one by one. Standing at the door, Zhong Wan looked out while muttering to herself with anticipation in her eyes:
"A ghost?"
"Ghost, come in quickly!"
"Where's the ghost? There's not even a trace of it!"
As Zhong Wan read it aloud, she clicked her tongue, glanced at the still empty street, and casually tore it off and threw it on the counter: "It's completely useless!"
Zhong Wan glanced at the time on her phone and then said, "Never mind, I'm going to clean. What else can you do besides cry?"
I can even help you upgrade your shop's operations! You can draw a little character, and I'll control it.
"You can do that?"
Yeah, how about that? I'm pretty useful, right?
"hehe."
Zhong Wan smiled but remained silent. Then she sat down, picked up a paintbrush, and asked curiously, "Can I paint anything?"
【Yes. 】
With a few quick flicks, she created a simple stick figure holding a broom, complete with a crying face drawn on it...
The system was speechless for a moment.
Seeing her skillfully pull out the brazier hidden under the front desk, the system sighed.
Oh well, it was blind to choose this host, so I'll just have to make do.
Anyway, we can't untie it...
Achoo...
Zhong Wan's nose itched, and she couldn't help but sneeze.
She raised her hand to rub her nose and asked teasingly, "Are you talking bad about me?"
No! Don't falsely accuse the president!!!
Hearing the intense, fluctuating static in her mind, Zhong Wan chuckled: "Feeling guilty?"
【No! ! ! ! ! 】
As Zhong Wan listened to its words, she found them increasingly interesting.
She raised an eyebrow slightly, amused, and asked, "So what are you thinking about?"
[Thinking about how to untie us...]
The system answered smoothly, but before it could even finish its sentence, it sensed something was wrong and quickly added, "[Thinking about how to upgrade!]"
[There's no way to untie this bond anymore, ┭┮﹏┭┮ I'll never be able to untie it in this lifetime...]
Zhong Wan was taken aback by his words, then couldn't help but laugh and said, "Didn't you say that if you didn't open a shop, the account would be automatically unbound? Why can't it be unbound now?"
【Wow o(╥﹏╥)o, you made a mistake, you bad woman!】
[The system shouldn't be reporting this so proactively!]
But you can't complete the task if you don't report it...
Zhong Wan gleaned the key point from its words and asked jokingly, "So you've already reported it? And then you can't untie it?"
【Yes. 】
"What if I don't open the shop?"
"Then you'll see even less of the ghost's obsession. This location was carefully selected; it's a perfect spot for attracting spirits..."
Zhong Wan was speechless and rolled her eyes in disgust.
A carefully selected, desirable location? Not only is the location so remote, but it's also halfway up a mountain.
What's even more unbelievable is that as you walk along this road into the mountains, there are vast cemeteries...
This place looks so "nice"! But there wasn't a soul in sight.
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