Chapter 31 Unlock Attack Skills (Bonus Chapter) Complete the role-playing mission, ...
On the stand-in interface, there is a pixelated figure dressed in a white opera costume, resembling a female opera singer, swaying and twisting with its flowing sleeves.
Below the pixelated figure, there was a sentence written:
[Use this ghost tenant as a stand-in] [Yes][No]
Zhou Fangdong checked the details of the substitute function and found that this substitute function means that the landlord can control the ghost tenant's body and act outside from the ghost tenant's first-person perspective.
Swipe left to access the map exploration function. The map exploration function interface is a miniature version of the Linjiang City map, which is currently empty.
The details page for the map exploration function states: When the landlord uses a substitute to move around outside, or when the ghost tenant moves around outside on their own, the ghost tenant's power can be used to mark locations where supernatural forces are active. The ghost tenant can then teleport directly from Liwan Apartment to these locations.
The dungeon erosion function and the map exploration function share the same interface.
The details page states: "The power of ghost tenants can be used to corrupt the supernatural instances created by the God System, whether they are currently in progress or are in the preparation stage and have not yet started."
In addition, there is a hidden, unreleased method for using the dungeon erosion feature.
After seeing all this, Zhou Fangdong finally understood why the system was so excited after unlocking these features, even putting small fireworks next to his task pop-up... Zhou Fangdong was also very excited and happy.
Before these features were available, Zhou Fangdong couldn't leave his apartment, nor could he leave his room at night; he could only endure the long nights by either toughing it out or playing out roles. But with this stand-in, he no longer needs to be engrossed in role-playing at night—he can leave the apartment and go out to play!
Thinking of this, Zhou Fangdong suddenly felt a little excited.
He originally thought he would be stuck in the Liwan Apartment for a long time, but he was surprised to get a chance to go out for fresh air after only a few days.
However, using this substitute function requires a certain level of affinity. If the affinity level is too low, it may fail due to the ghost tenant's rejection.
Without much hope, Zhou Fangdong clicked on the pixelated figure of the swaying female lead and checked Mu Yuechan's favorability towards him.
After what had just happened, he had already anticipated that Mu Yuechan's favorability towards him would be very low, possibly even zero.
However, Zhou Fangdong was stunned after seeing the favorability rating.
For a fleeting moment, he wondered if the newly unlocked stand-in function was bugged.
So he simply opened the favorability rating interface again, found Mu Yuechan's name on it, and clicked on it.
On the favorability page, Mu Yuechan's favorability rating remains the same.
【70】
It really is 70!!!
Zhou Fangdong was utterly stunned: "System, is there a bug in your program? I just insulted and mocked him like that, and Mu Yuechan's favorability rating towards me is only 70?? Is he alright?"
The 60-80 level of favorability is the range of 'honesty and open communication - absolute trust'. They just had a big fight, and as a result, Mu Yuechan's favorability towards him was almost at the level of absolute trust... Oh my god.
The system program is fine. The ghost tenant in room 103 has a personality trait of admiring strength. If you appear too submissive and weak in front of him, he will look down on you.
[To quickly increase the favorability of Mu Yuechan, the haunted tenant of Room 103, the host can continue to suppress him, preferably by being more severe and ruthless. Once he is completely subdued, the host can...]
Zhou Fangdong's expression twisted for a moment, and he quickly interrupted the system before it could finish speaking: "Okay, I understand, system, stop talking, it's so strange."
This way of getting along is really strange; it's almost like some kind of special play.
Anyway, he doesn't need this stand-in function for the time being, so he'll leave it for now; he has other tasks to complete.
The most important thing now is to finish Xiaodi's role-playing task in Room 108. After the role-playing task is completed, the 1,000 experience points will allow him to level up again and unlock a new skill.
He remembered that Duan Wenyu had just given him a USB drive containing the case files of the murder at Liwan Apartment...
Zhou Fangdong took the USB drive out of his inventory, looked around the room, and suddenly realized something.
He doesn't have a computer, and the USB drive can't be plugged into his phone... So how is he supposed to look up the murder case files inside?
"System, can you read this USB drive?"
The system can read the contents of the USB drive. Please put the USB drive back into your inventory.
The reading would take some time. Zhou Fangdong thought for a moment, then picked up the box of incense he had opened last time from the table, lay down on the bed, and used the [Supporter] skill on it.
The familiar feeling of weakness returned, but this time, because I had gone to bed earlier, I wasn't in the same sorry state as last time.
After recovering slightly, Zhou Fangdong, the wealthy version with 3250 Ghost Coins, used 100 Ghost Coins to replenish his health bar, then took out a bundle of incense and repeated the above operation.
After spending 200 ghost coins, Zhou Fangdong successfully obtained 74 offering incense sticks, which, together with the 14 he had left, made a total of 88 incense sticks.
The number is auspicious, and the quantity should be enough, so let's leave it at that for now.
Zhou Fangdong put the offering incense back into his inventory with satisfaction.
He had 3050 Ghost Coins left... Looking at this four-figure balance, Zhou Fangdong felt better and better, and had an urge to open the system shop and sweep up items.
No, I get carried away spending money; I need to calm down. The Night Raid of a Hundred Ghosts is coming up soon, and I don't even know what this mission is all about yet. There will definitely be many places where I'll need Ghost Coins.
Zhou Fangdong suspected that the ghosts on the upper floor were using the elevator to rush down.
After all, the prerequisite for unlocking the "Night Attack of a Hundred Demons" event is that the elevator is activated.
Mu Yuechan once said that ghosts without rooms will become wild beasts controlled by obsessions, behaving violently and completely without reason.
The yin energy in the first-floor corridor became stable because he rented out the room. The yin energy on the floors above the first floor must still be the same as before, and the state of those ghosts and monsters can be imagined.
If the things in the elevator that night were the same ghosts from the Night of a Hundred Ghosts Attack incident... Zhou Fangdong suddenly panicked, remembering that even the explosion of the kerosene lamp couldn't stop the elevator from opening.
If it's a ghost of this level, he'll need to prepare more advanced exorcism tools for his tenants.
The number of Ghost Coins is still insufficient; I need to work harder on the tasks.
The system read the data quickly, so Zhou Fangdong didn't have to wait too long.
It directly imported the data from the USB drive into the system database, then packaged all the data together into an app, allowing Zhou Fangdong to view it directly on his phone.
Zhou Fangdong opened his phone and immediately saw the extra icon that looked like a folder for an app.
Upon opening, the densely packed murder case files were all arranged with exceptional clarity according to room number.
There have been quite a few murders at Liwan Apartments...
Zhou Fangdong opened the folder in room 108 and found the case records related to Xiao Di.
After reading the materials, Zhou Fangdong felt a sense of awe.
Xiao Di, a pure warrior.
This boy, who had just started junior high school, single-handedly killed six cult members in room 103, as well as his two parents who had also joined the cult.
Eight adults couldn't subdue a child, and he even managed to kill them.
According to the case file, on the day of the incident, Xiao Di and Zhou Fangdong followed the same pattern in their role-playing, and both encountered the bald, greasy man as soon as they left their homes in the morning.
Later, when Xiao Di was a guest at that bald man's house, she must have discovered the secret room and then ran home.
But when he got home, his parents, for some reason, didn't immediately punish Xiaodi; instead, they let him hide in the kitchen.
In the end, Xiaodi poured cooking oil on the floor, sprinkled flour, and turned on the gas valve. As the eight adults burst into the kitchen and slipped, they accidentally ignited the gas.
Natural gas plus flour, a super explosion, but the Liwan Apartments survived the blast, truly a testament to their high quality.
Zhou Fangdong said that when he inspected room 108, the reason why the room looked like a war-damaged ruin was because it had been destroyed by natural gas.
Based on this murder case file, and the information obtained from Mu Yuechan, the six bald men in room 103 and Xiao Di's parents should all be members of the Bone-Slaying Society, a cult that skins people to make human skin hats.
During the role-playing mission, Zhou Fangdong saw a face behind his head in the reflection of the glass when he went out in the morning... He suspected that the face might also be a victim of those cult members.
That face was probably warning him that the bald man was in danger; it was very likely the ghost from room 108.
After learning about Xiaodi's past, the role-playing task became easier. Even if there were mistakes, as long as they practiced a few more times, they would eventually be able to recreate Xiaodi's experience before her death.
After confirming that Mu Yuechan in Room 103 had not made any unusual moves, Zhou Fangdong immediately instructed the system to begin the mission.
Only by experiencing it firsthand can you understand how difficult it was for Xiaodi to perform the actions described in the case file.
Not only did he need to escape the pursuit of those six bald men, but he also had to act as if nothing had happened when he got home and rush into the kitchen as soon as his parents weren't looking.
This requires careful management of physical strength and familiarity with the room layout and kitchen items.
Zhou Fangdong was unable to rush into the kitchen in time on several occasions, and his throat was slit by his father.
During these near-death experiences, Zhou Fangdong finally overheard the entire conversation between his father and the bald men who had come after them.
Xiao Di's parents were indeed followers of a cult called the Bone Inheritance Society. They gave birth to Xiao Di so that they could skin him and offer him to the higher-ups of the Bone Inheritance Society as human skin hats.
In order for Xiao Di to have a suitable birth chart, his mother even chose to have a cesarean section two weeks earlier.
The reason why Xiao Di's father chose to kill his son on this day was because the cultists in room 103 wanted to steal the credit—they wanted to capture Xiao Di first, turn him into human skin, and then offer him as a sacrifice to the higher-ups.
Xiao Di's father was so angry that he wanted to kill his son with a knife.
Cults are truly harmful, corrupting the minds of these people... They completely treated Xiaodi as an object to claim credit for, rather than a living, breathing person.
Moreover, before Xiaodi was born, Xiaodi's parents had another daughter, who was also exposed.
Perhaps the techniques used by these modern cult followers to make human skin were not as sophisticated as those used in the Republic of China era. After Sister Xiaodi was made into a human skin hat, a wisp of her remnant soul escaped from the seal and remained attached to Xiaodi—the same face that Zhou Fangdong saw in the reflection of the corridor window during his role-playing mission.
She was warning Xiaodi that the bald man in room 103 was in danger.
Xiao Di was able to sense that something was wrong with her parents in advance and avoid her father's knife that day, precisely because of her sister's reminder.
After dying and being resurrected more than ten times during his role-playing mission, Zhou Fangdong finally completed everything perfectly. In the end, with an explosion, he successfully killed eight cultists and completed his role-playing mission.
[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have successfully played the role]
[Reward: 1000 experience points, 1 random skill point]
Zhou Fangdong lay exhausted on the bed, not wanting to move at all.
Although he didn't feel much pain this time because he died in the explosion, he still felt a phantom pain in his neck.
In the previous ten or so scenes, he had been the one whose throat was slit by Xiao Di's father, and it seemed as if that pain was branded onto his body.
Because the role-playing task started in the morning, it was only 4 PM when Zhou Fangdong successfully completed his role.
Zhou Fangdong opened the special tenant watchlist, checked again to see if Mu Yuechan had made any unusual moves in the past half day, and then opened his own character attribute interface.
This 1,000 experience points successfully leveled him up and unlocked a new skill.
Zhou Fangdong, without any hope, rolled around on the bed a couple of times, found a comfortable position, and casually activated the newly unlocked skill.
Anyway, it's likely to be another useless support skill. Last time, getting the 'Patron' bloodline was already a mercy from the system. The system can't be this kind every time.
[Skill 5: Strange Shrine]
[Skill Description: Worshipping gods and ghosts is not as good as worshipping yourself]
[How to use: Summon the shrine and offer three sticks of incense to it]
(Note: This skill will continuously deplete your spirit bar. Once your spirit bar is reduced by more than half, the skill will automatically disappear.)
After reading the skill description, Zhou Fangdong sighed.
This skill is so useless; just by looking at the skill description, he doesn't even know if it's an attack skill or a support skill.
Zhou Fangdong complained listlessly, "System, your skill description is too vague. Can you make it clearer? What kind of skill is this?"
The Strange Shrine is an offensive skill that is effective against both humans and ghosts.
Zhou Fangdong, who had been lounging on the bed like Ge You, suddenly sat up with a sit-up: "Attack skill?!"
"System, you're being so generous, you actually unlocked attack skills for me?"
Zhou Fangdong jumped off the bed excitedly. His back and neck no longer ached, and all his fatigue vanished instantly.
"Finally, I've got an attack skill! My skill points that I've been saving up will finally have a use! System, put all three of my skill points into this attack skill!"
[Host, are you sure you want to put all three skill points into the [Strange Shrine] skill?]
"Yes, this is an attack skill that I finally unlocked. Of course I'll put skill points into it. System, feel free to add them."
[Skill points allocated, skill 5 [Strange Shrine] upgraded]
[Skill 5: The Mysterious Shrine]
[Skill Description: Worshipping gods and ghosts is not as good as worshipping yourself; seeking help from heaven and earth is not as good as seeking help from your own heart]
[How to use: Summon the shrine and offer four sticks of incense to it]
(Note: This skill will continuously deplete your spirit bar. Once your spirit bar is reduced by more than half, the skill will automatically disappear.)
After reading the skill description, Zhou Fangdong nodded in satisfaction.
Although I don't know exactly what it means, the skill descriptions are longer after adding points than before, which means they must have become stronger.
Awesome! He had been saving up skill points for this moment, and he would put all his future skill points into this attack skill.
However, this skill requires a rather high spirit bar value...
"System, add the three attribute points I gained after leveling up to my Spirit bar."
[Host, are you sure you want to add all three attribute points to the Spirit bar?]
"Sure."
Okay, I've added three attribute points to the Spirit bar.
After adding the points, Zhou Fangdong left the room in a good mood.
He planned to clean room 108 while it was still daytime, then find the ghost in room 108, figure out the ghost's killing patterns, and rent the room out.
He hasn't used up his honesty flyer's usage limit for today; it would be a waste not to use it.
Zhou Fangdong walked to the door of room 108 and pushed it open.
The room was no longer the '干'-shaped room from the mission; the over 100-square-meter house was filled with broken bricks and tiles, and not a single intact room could be found. All the walls except the load-bearing walls had collapsed, and everything in sight was charred black, as if it had just been bombarded.
After Zhou Fangdong entered room 108, a system pop-up window appeared:
Side Quest 5: Clean and rent out Room 108
[①Clean up construction debris in the room]
[②Painting the walls]
[③Find the ghost hidden in the room and figure out the ghost's killing pattern]
[④ Draft a rental agreement and find tenants to move in]
Zhou Fangdong, familiar with the process, spent 60 ghost coins in the mall to buy two fully automatic cleaning tools, but he did not use them immediately. Instead, he searched around the room.
He wanted to find the ghost in room 108 first.
If he's right, the ghost in room 108 should be Xiao Di, the boy who just started junior high school, or his sister who died young.
However, to Zhou Fangdong's surprise, he was completely wrong.
There were actually two ghosts in room 108.
He stared silently at the two ghosts before him, speechless with emotion.
That familiar height, that familiar figure...
If he wasn't mistaken, the two vengeful ghosts in front of him, their faces blown to pieces and their bodies charred black, must be Xiao Di's parents, who were blown to charcoal.
How dare they stay in this room? Why do they harbor more resentment than the victims? What are these beastly parents complaining about?
Zhou Fangdong was so angry that his blood pressure soared.
He would never leave those two ghosts in his apartment room; they're disgusting.
They must be driven out. This mentally unstable ghost dared to kill its own child in its lifetime to gain credit, and it will surely dare to violate the tenant rules it set and harm its tenants for greater benefits even after death.
Zhou Fangdong didn't care whether the ghosts bound by the apartment rules dared to violate the tenant rules. In any case, these two ghosts had to die. Although his apartment had a lot of trash, he wouldn't accept this kind of humanoid trash.
I might as well use these two ghosts to practice and see how good his newly unlocked exorcism skill is.
Zhou Fangdong took out four incense sticks from his inventory, preparing to use skill 5 [Strange Shrine].
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