Chapter 94: The Three-Man Human Modification Team on the Third Floor, Tenant's Mailbox Unlocked...
To find out what his three tenants were doing, Zhou Fangdong teleported directly to the apartment garden.
When he arrived at the garden planting area, He Yansheng and Ke Yan had already begun filling the pit with soil.
He Yansheng's thin arms had no strength at all; he had to rest after digging a bit of soil. Although he still looked dejected and lifeless, like a salted fish struggling on the beach, his complexion had improved and he didn't look so unhealthy anymore.
Ke Yan, on the other hand, was much more energetic. He used the mechanical left hand to lift the shovel with one hand, operating at full power like a small excavator, swinging the shovel so fast it left afterimages. He did the work of two people, filling more than half of the pit in just a few swift strokes.
Two reliable adult men were concentrating on filling the grave when Xiao Xiaoyu, who was keeping watch, was the first to notice Zhou Fangdong's presence.
Before Zhou Fangdong teleported over, her [Yin-Yang Eyes] had already sensed the overwhelming blood light.
Xiao Xiaoyu wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but the landlord seemed to be getting more and more terrifying to her. Even after she closed her Yin-Yang Eyes in time, her eyeballs still felt a stinging pain.
"Landlord," Xiao Xiaoyu greeted him.
Upon hearing Xiao Xiaoyu's voice, He Yansheng and Ke Yan simultaneously stopped what they were doing and looked over.
Zhou Fangdong walked up to the three of them and asked, "Why are you all farming here too?"
What he really wanted to ask was why Xiao Xiaoyu had come too.
It's normal for Ke Yan and He Yansheng to be together, since Ke Yan lives in the back building and they both have a strong interest in the resurrection ceremony.
It was strange that Xiao Xiaoyu also joined in the demolition, since she had never had any contact with these two people before.
Ke Yan scratched his curly hair and said with a smile, "When I was studying the corpse just now, I suddenly noticed that someone was farming in the apartment garden, so I came out to take a look..." As he spoke, he put his arm around He Yansheng's shoulder, looking like two buddies, "and then I hit it off with this young man at first sight!"
The obsessive scientist had a somewhat fanatical expression, the kind of excitement that comes from finally having his dream recognized—on this lonely path of scientific research, he was no longer alone!
Ke Yan smiled so hard her face twitched up. "I never expected that Xiao He would also be interested in the resurrection ceremony, and even read all my papers."
"Landlord, didn't you ask Xiao He to plant supernatural props in the soil? I was researching what supernatural props to use to replace shadow puppetry. After hearing from Xiao He that the apartment land can change the properties of supernatural props, I came to help in order to make the props' properties even better."
After saying that, he pointed to the corpse with its eyes wide open in the pit: "After all, it's a supernatural prop. I think using a corpse as fertilizer might make the prop grow better. I happen to have a lot of corpses after my experiments failed, so I brought one out to try first."
Zhou Fangdong felt somewhat helpless.
You guys really do use corpses as fertilizer...
He Yansheng rolled his eyes as Ke Yan's arm tightened around him. He struggled a couple of times, broke free from Ke Yan's grasp, and squatted down, panting as he added, "Landlord, you gave me three plots of land. This plot with the corpse is the experimental plot, the middle one is the control group, and both of these plots are planted with the supernatural props you gave me, Landlord."
"We plan to plant three supernatural items from different places on the outermost plot of land. The top one will be the one you took down from the second floor, Mr. Landlord. The middle one will be the supernatural item provided by this young lady, which she supposedly smuggled out of the Main God instance yesterday. The bottom one will be the supernatural item that Ke Yan searched out of the back building... The three of us want to see what differences there will be in the attributes of these supernatural items from different places when they refresh."
Hearing He Yansheng mention her, Xiao Xiaoyu said shyly, "Yesterday's mall instance was so rich. Before teleporting back to the apartment, I habitually took back a lot of small items... They won't affect the apartment tenants; they're all auxiliary items with very weak supernatural power. Mr. Landlord, you know, I don't know how all the items in my storage space disappeared. I wanted to replenish some things to protect myself."
Zhou Fangdong coughed awkwardly, feeling the [life-or-death dice] in his hand getting a little hot.
Xiao Xiaoyu waved the watering can in her hand and continued, "When I came out of my room this morning, my [yin-yang eyes] saw that there were changes in the apartment garden, so I came over out of curiosity and met He Yansheng and Ke Yan."
Zhou Fangdong nodded, indicating that he understood.
It turns out these three are a paranormal prop alliance. Two need paranormal props to conduct resurrection ritual experiments, and one needs props to give himself a sense of security... No wonder the three of them can get together.
Having more labor for farming is good, but this idea of burying corpses as fertilizer is just...
To prevent burying corpses from having any negative impact on the growth of supernatural items, Zhou Fangdong opened the farming interface and took a look.
Then, looking at the new text added to the farming interface, he fell silent again.
On the ground where the body was buried, there was a line of words floating above it.
[Soil fertility increased by 5%, crop growth rate increased by 5%]
It really can be used as fertilizer...
Well, since there are no negative effects, then let's just ignore it.
Zhou Fangdong took out the [life-or-death dice] and handed it to Xiao Xiaoyu.
Without needing Zhou Fangdong's introduction, Xiao Xiaoyu exclaimed with delight as soon as she touched the familiar surface, "Ah, this is my life-or-death dice! Landlord, you found the props for me again? That's great, I can make a scapegoat doll now—Landlord, you're so kind! If there's anything you need me to do in the future, just let me know!"
[Resident Xiao Xiaoyu's favorability rating has reached 100. Please claim your favorability reward in time.]
Zhou Fangdong felt a little guilty about the amount of goodwill he received.
...It felt like I was tricking a child out of their New Year's money and then giving it to her as pocket money.
Remembering what he originally wanted to ask Xiao Xiaoyu for, Zhou Fangdong continued, "The express delivery station in our apartment building is finished. Xiaoyu, would it be convenient for you to work as a sorter at the station?"
Xiao Xiaoyu was stunned when she heard Zhou Fangdong say that.
Who will be the package sorter? Her?
If the landlord asked her to kill ghosts or clear the main god dungeon, she would agree without hesitation.
But when the courier station sorting staff...
Xiao Xiaoyu said tactfully, "Landlord, I really want to help, but I can't see anything normally. Is it really appropriate to have a blind person as a package sorter...?"
Zhou Fangdong understood Xiao Xiaoyu's concerns and explained, "This shouldn't be a problem. The people who deliver packages to our apartment are all ghosts. The package scanners and electronic screens are all made with supernatural power. Both the waybills and the packages themselves are imbued with supernatural power. Your [yin-yang eyes] should be able to see them."
After all, Liwan Apartment is a well-known ghost building, and no normal deliverymen would come here.
Although it's unknown where the system got all the items from the courier station, the system once said that ordinary furniture cannot be stored in an apartment for a long time, so the furniture in the courier station must be supernatural furniture, and Xiao Xiaoyu can most likely work normally at the courier station.
Seeing that Xiao Xiaoyu still looked worried, Zhou Fangdong comforted her, "It's okay if you can't see it. There's another ghost at the courier station who's your colleague. You can give him all your work."
The apartment has few tenants, so the workload at the courier station is not heavy; the ghost postman can handle these packages himself.
In fact, Zhou Fangdong only asked Xiao Xiaoyu to be a sorting courier so that the courier station could officially start operating.
If he really made Xiao Xiaoyu, who wasn't even as tall as his waist, carry and sort packages every day, it would be practically the same as employing child labor, and his conscience wouldn't allow it.
Xiao Xiaoyu nodded vigorously and said earnestly, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
"Do you need me to transplant a pair of eyes for you?" Ke Yan, who had been listening for a while, suddenly interjected. "Although I can't bring a complete corpse back to life right now, I am quite skilled in human modification."
After saying that, he slammed open his zipper and opened his shirt.
Inside his clothes, various human body parts were neatly hung.
Ke Yan, as if rummaging through medals, rummaged through the top row of eyeballs: "The spare parts I made are all very useful. They can be inserted into your eye sockets so you can see normally without affecting your use of [the Yin-Yang Eyes] - what color eyeballs do you like?"
Seeing that Xiao Xiaoyu was actually seriously discussing with Ke Yan which eye color looked better, Zhou Fangdong was at a loss for words.
They acted so naturally that he seemed to be making a fuss over nothing.
No wonder they dared to move into Liwan Apartments, they're really hardcore.
Does Conan always carry around a bunch of parts with him? He can pull out human body parts anytime, anywhere for research, and replace whatever is missing, which fits his character perfectly.
Seeing that Xiao Xiaoyu and Ke Yan were chatting happily, He Yansheng put down his shovel and came over to join the discussion.
Seeing that his three tenants were engrossed in the discussion of the human body modification group again, Zhou Fangdong did not disturb them and silently teleported back to the lobby on the first floor.
"The system has selected tenant Xiao Xiaoyu (105) as a sorting worker at the express station."
[Detected that tenant Xiao Xiaoyu (105) has expressed interest in becoming a sorting worker at the courier station, and an employment contract has been automatically signed.]
[...This human tenant is in the form of a child and requires a guardian to jointly sign an employment contract. The guardian will be automatically identified based on the tenant's bloodline...]
[Both parents of tenant 105 have died. Recovering their bodies failed. Recovering their souls has begun...]
[The spirit of the guardian of tenant 105 has moved into the express delivery station and automatically signed an employment contract.]
[The courier station has been completed, the Ghost Postman has been unlocked, and three courier sorting workers have successfully started work. The Liwan Apartment Courier Station is now officially open for business.]
[The courier station has been detected as operating normally, and the tenant's mailbox has been unlocked.]
Xiao Xiaoyu's parents have actually passed away...
Zhou Fangdong sighed.
She has been looking for her parents since moving into the apartment, and it's hard to imagine how heartbroken she will be when she sees their ghosts at the delivery station.
"System, what is the tenant's mailbox?"
The mailbox is located next to the apartment entrance. Letters or paper items that are closely related to the tenants will automatically appear in the mailbox if the tenant cannot be found.
Zhou Fangdong found the tenant mailboxes next to the apartment entrance. The stainless steel mailboxes, which resembled storage cabinets, reached all the way to the ceiling, and the apartment numbers of every unit on the eighteen floors were clearly displayed there.
Do people still write letters these days? The mailboxes in this apartment complex are full of flyers and advertisements... I doubt anyone would dare to come to Liwan Apartments to hand out flyers. This mailbox feels more like a lost and found; if a tenant has lost their bankbook or diary, they can come here to look for it.
Zhou Fangdong ignored the mailbox and prepared to go up to the third floor of the apartment to continue cleaning the room.
He now possesses many useful supernatural items and powerful attack skills, giving him a strong sense of confidence.
However, just in case, when he teleported to the second floor, he pulled his slime body out of the hidden room and let the slime walk in front of him to avoid encountering anything dangerous or a trap.
However, after walking up the stairs to the third floor, Zhou Fangdong found that his worries were somewhat unnecessary... There was nothing unusual on the third floor.
Compared to the second floor, which was covered in blood and flesh, the third floor was incredibly clean.
Something's not right.
...Not even a ghost could be seen, which is very unusual for Liwan Apartments.
This situation was almost like him walking down the corridor with a kerosene lamp in his hand... Zhou Fangdong thought of something and manipulated the slime's body to retreat back down the stairs.
Even after the slime's body disappeared, no ghosts appeared in the corridor.
So, is the situation on the third floor considered to have stable or unstable yin energy?
After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Fangdong took out his phone, found a furniture purchasing app, and ordered a batch of furniture, noting that it was for room 301 and requesting immediate delivery.
...The order was cancelled, and the furniture will not be delivered, just like the first time it happened on the second floor.
The furniture store manager personally confirmed that there is indeed a serious problem with the negative energy on the third floor.
Zhou Fangdong cautiously walked to the third-floor corridor, ready to take out his kerosene lamp at any time, and headed towards the elevator.
However, he remained on edge until he reached the hallway leading to the tenant's room, and nothing happened.
Since there's nothing wrong with the hallway, the most likely cause of this anomaly is a room on the third floor...
Just as Zhou Fangdong was about to open the door to room 301, a system pop-up appeared:
[Please construct a purification device in the third-floor corridor.]
This purification device is the metal cabinet at the end of the second-floor corridor. It's a prerequisite for using the decoration interface and can detect and eliminate evil spirit pollution, stabilizing the yin energy. The higher the decoration value, the better the purification effect.
"Does the purification device still need the core of an evil god's clone?"
【Yes】
He decided to go to the Bone Inheritance Society to get the supplies later that evening, and cleaned the room first.
Zhou Fangdong stood in front of room 301, took a deep breath, and slowly pushed the door open.
The moment Zhou Fangdong saw the scene inside the door, he doubted his own eyes.
Although he had prepared himself mentally, he was still taken aback by the scene in room 301.
What the hell is this? You call this an apartment room??
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Author's Note: I'm working hard to recover. I'll try to update earlier tomorrow and gradually return to my previous update frequency... I'm a bit weak after being sick, and everything is extremely tiring. I never imagined that one day I'd be struggling to even update three times a day, lol.
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