Chapter 1
As a partner in the underworld in the 906th century, Su Zhenzhen has not closed a single deal in the eight months since she joined the company. Faced with the performance target of 100 wronged souls, she can only participate in a cross-time and space live broadcast to travel through ancient times to search for sales.
When I was teleported here, everything was pitch black.
It felt like a pair of giant hands were gripping my neck, while a barrage of comments exploded in my mind like a machine gun.
[Refund! What does this black screen mean? Refund immediately!]
Knock knock knock!
Something fell down, and I immediately inhaled a mouthful of stale air through my nose.
Su Zhenzhen tried to sit up, but as soon as she stood up, she bumped her head hard.
Thump, it fell back down again.
What kind of place is this?
Tick-tock!
Something is dripping on my face, is it raining?
But when the unknown liquid flowed into her mouth, Su Zhenzhen finally panicked.
My God, this is human blood!
Su Zhenzhen quickly opened the backpack in her mind's eye and found a flashlight.
It was pitch black, and the space was square. It was a coffin!
Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!
The sound above grew louder and louder, and Su Zhenzhen then realized that what had fallen at first was dirt and ash.
Was he buried alive right at the start of the game?
Before she could even save herself, everything suddenly became clear. Su Zhenzhen was so blinded by the light that she couldn't open her eyes for a moment, and all she could hear was a chaotic cacophony.
"How come there's a living person inside? Old man Bai, are you trying to kill us on purpose?"
"We've never seen this woman in our village before. Where did she come from? Could she be a spy for the barbarians?"
There were at least a dozen people gathered around, all talking at once. After Su Zhenzhen's eyes adjusted to the light, she saw an old man with gray hair lying in front of the dug pit, blood still flowing from his wrist.
Everyone else was standing, and the scene was indescribably eerie.
Su Zhenzhen just wanted to get out of the coffin, but as soon as she made a move, the people who were standing around the coffin quickly surrounded her.
"This woman must be in cahoots with Old Man Bai. Didn't she say this was General Huo's tomb? Where is General Huo? If you don't hand over General Huo's remains, don't blame us for offering a human sacrifice!"
The old man, who had been lying on the ground, propped himself up and stood up, accusing the others with great grief and indignation, "General Huo died in battle, and his body was never found! Moreover, he helped us drive away the barbarians, and you all listened to slander and thought that sacrificing his body would win the battle?"
No one paid any attention to the old man's words as the dozen or so men approached with menacing expressions.
Su Zhenzhen was not about to be at someone's mercy, so she quickly put away her flashlight and began to perform hand seals to save herself.
"Use yourself to guide the soul, and may the soul return!"
Suddenly, a cold wind swept through the forest, and dark clouds covered the sky, making it so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
Those who were less daring quickly huddled together, shouting, "It's not that I want to dig up the grave! It's that the Taoist priest said that offering General Huo's remains as a sacrifice will bring victory to the border! General Huo, please don't come looking for me!"
However, after the wind blew for a while, apart from feeling a bit eerie, nothing else changed.
Su Zhenzhen felt a chill run down her spine. Oh no, why are there no ghosts around here?
The villagers were initially a little scared, but seeing that there was only thunder but no rain, they eventually mustered up their courage and fixed their gaze on the bleeding old man.
The leader grabbed the old man by the collar. "Don't try to fool us with some江湖 (jianghu) tricks! Can you stop being so selfish? General Huo is dead. If his remains can bring peace to the border, I believe he would be willing to do so!"
The old man raised his bleeding hand. "I already said that General Huo's body is nowhere to be found. You said you wanted to use my blood as a catalyst, and the blood has been shed. Did you see General Huo again?"
"Hmph, stubborn fool!" The man threw the old man aside. "The Celestial Master said that human sacrifice can quell the war. Since that old man Bai wants to kill us, then we'll sacrifice him, and this woman who's putting on this act with him too!"
The villagers gathered around again, and Su Zhenzhen knew that if she were caught, the consequences would be dire.
He gritted his teeth, took out a strengthening pill from his backpack, and performed the incantation again.
"Use yourself to guide the soul, and may the soul return!"
Finally, amidst the earth-shaking tremors, an ancient voice echoed in everyone's ears.
"What do you want with me?"
Upon seeing the ghostly figure, the villagers scattered like birds and beasts in a frenzy.
Only the old man knelt before the ghostly figure.
"General Huo, I never expected to see you again!"
Su Zhenzhen's throat tightened, and she forcefully suppressed the mouthful of blood that was welling up inside her.
The barrage of comments in my mind was enormous.
[What's wrong with this live stream? Couldn't they have made this ghost look better? Broken arms and legs! I paid for this!]
Su Zhenzhen suppressed her discomfort and turned off the sound in the settings. Although she couldn't block out the comments, it was still better than having all sorts of random noises ringing in her head.
The ghostly figure before them was indeed terrifying, and it was no wonder that it scared away the villagers who were clamoring for human sacrifice.
His hair was disheveled, his body covered in blood, and his right arm, along with half of his body, was torn apart and hung limply to one side.
However, Su Zhenzhen's focus was not on this. The ghost general was covered with causal threads, each thread representing a wrongful grievance.
He was wronged, and wronged beyond measure.
The old man didn't seem afraid at all. He kowtowed several times before finally sobbing.
"General Huo, I'm so sorry!"
The Ghost General's eyes were filled with a sense of vicissitude. "You are... Xiao Sanzi?"
The old man's face was covered in tears. "General, it's me! Back then, when the Hu people broke through the pass, I almost became their food. It was you who saved my life and drove them away."
The Ghost General looked nostalgic. "Back then you were just a boy, and now your hair has turned white."
Suddenly, his tone changed, and his expression became sorrowful. "So I've been dead for decades."
As a general who truly cared for his country, the Ghost General inquired about the current war situation, asking, "Who is leading the troops at the border now? Have the barbarians invaded from the south?"
The old man wiped away his tears. "After you died in battle, the court sent a general, but we lost every year. A while ago, the court sent a Taoist priest, saying that if we offered your body as a sacrifice, we could ensure peace on the border for a hundred years. Those heartless people believed it and forced me to hand over your body, but I searched for it back then and couldn't find it anywhere!"
Su Zhenzhen suddenly realized what was going on; she had been unlucky and hadn't chosen a good place when she transmigrated.
The blood in my throat was about to burst; I had to send this ghost away properly.
"Hey! I see that your soul is full of karma, you must have a great injustice. Tell me quickly, so that I can clear your name and send you to be reincarnated."
The Ghost General's gaze was deep and unfathomable, as if he were recalling something.
Just as Su Zhenzhen was waiting for him to say what kind of ancient injustice he had suffered, he slowly uttered four words.
"I have been wronged."
Um?
Su Zhenzhen was stunned, and all the viewers in the live stream were stunned as well.
[Impossible! If the general of the border town had died of old age, he wouldn't be like this now!]
[Yes, yes, even if someone dies on the battlefield, the imperial court will send people to collect their remains. Judging from his appearance, his body was clearly abandoned on the battlefield, and there wasn't even anyone to collect it.]
Su Zhenzhen was about to say something when a wave of nausea washed over her, so she could only cough lightly twice to calm herself down.
"Are you sure? The fact that I could summon you should tell you what I'm capable of. Are you really not wronged?"
The Ghost General shook his head.
Su Zhenzhen was too lazy to waste words. She really couldn't hold on any longer. Summoning a ghost like the Ghost General, who had benefited the people in his lifetime, would require a huge amount of spiritual power.
"If you really have no grievances, I'll have to take you in. It's no good for a wandering ghost to roam the world."
The old man was even more excited than the Ghost General, and he threw himself at Su Zhenzhen's feet. "Immortal, you can't take him! General Huo is a good man! I've lived most of my life and I've never met such a good person. Please have mercy and send him to be reincarnated."
Su Zhenzhen coughed twice more. "Don't worry, I'm just putting him to sleep temporarily. He can't enter the cycle of reincarnation until the injustice he suffered is resolved."
Open the screen mirroring panel in your mind; there's a main menu next to the settings button.
Clicking on the menu, great, there are 10 storage compartments.
With the advanced technology of Earth, many tools are stored in the sea of consciousness.
The Ghost General had no objection to Su Zhenzhen's arrangements. Even if he did have objections, what could he do?
So, Su Zhenzhen put the Ghost General into her storage compartment.
This storage compartment can hold anything except living people.
Su Zhenzhen is an intern and has only been assigned 10 slots. If she passes the assessment to become a full-time employee, she will be able to have 20 slots.
The dark clouds dispersed, and the sun remained scorching, as if everything that had just happened was nothing but an illusion.
The old man had already wiped away his tears. "Thank you, thank you so much!"
Su Zhenzhen waved her hand, "I'm not some kind of deity, just a messenger from the underworld. Where do you live? I need to rest for a bit."
If I don't take a breath and calm down, I really won't be able to hold back the blood!
The old man took Su Zhenzhen home and revealed his background along the way.
His surname was Bai, he was from Nanzhou, and he was the third child in his family.
During the chaotic end of the previous dynasty, his family fled from the south to the north. Along the way, some died and others scattered, and when they reached the border state, he was left all alone.
At that time, the border regions were not peaceful either, and the Han people were almost like sheep to the Hu people.
General Huo saved him at the critical moment.
Later, when the new dynasty was established, General Huo drove away the Hu people.
The young white old man married a girl who had fled from elsewhere to this place.
The girl had a difficult childbirth, leaving behind a baby boy who was born with an illness and needed medication every day.
“Immortal, my family has always been honest and law-abiding. Digging up the grave today was a last resort. They were pressuring us so hard that I just casually mentioned a place. I didn’t expect there to actually be a grave there. I really didn’t mean to disturb you.”
Old Man Bai looked extremely apprehensive, as if he was afraid that Su Zhenzhen would blame him.
Su Zhenzhen looked at his still bleeding wrist, with a mouthful of blood in his mouth, and took out a bandage from her backpack to bandage it for him.
Old Man Bai was flattered and surprised, "How could I dare to let a deity take action?"
Su Zhenzhen ignored him; if she lost her temper, she would spit out blood.
Old Man Bai's house was at the foot of the mountain, a small thatched hut.
Upon entering the room, a mysterious power surged into his limbs and bones, and the stagnant blood in his mouth dissolved.
Su Zhenzhen looked around curiously, wondering if this was some kind of auspicious place.
As I was looking around, my eyes unexpectedly met those of a pair of beautiful eyes.
My mind exploded with comments.
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