Chapter 92 Main Quest 3 Reward: Divine Artifact Bracelet, Ghost Postman Illustration...
Zhou Fangdong stared intently at the lottery interface.
The roulette wheel spun slower and slower, finally stopping on a name—[Ghost Postman Cai Yizhan]
[Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Ghost Postman. The Ghost Postman has automatically signed a rental agreement and officially moved into room 209.]
[[Ghost Postman - Cai Yizhan] Tenant's profile has been unlocked. Please claim the unlock reward in time.]
[Received 2000 Ghost Coins as an offering from the Ghost Postman]
[The Ghost Postman has checked into room 209. Side quest 14 is now automatically completed. Quest rewards received: 500 Ghost Coins, 2000 Experience Points, and 1 Random Skill Point.]
[Beep—[Ghost Postman] has successfully checked into Liwan Apartment. The function to build a courier station has been unlocked.]
As system pop-ups appeared one after another, a ghostly figure slowly appeared in room 209.
He was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, wearing a dark green cap, with graying temples and dark skin, suggesting he was often out and about, as there were obvious sunburn marks on his face.
He was wearing a faded military green uniform, white knitted gloves stained with ink, and a brown crossbody bag slung over his shoulder.
Although his face looked normal like a living person, his body was very strange—his right side was as flat as a piece of paper, and there was a huge black hole in his left chest, with an unknown black substance slowly flowing inside, as if leading to an unknown void.
As the ghost postman appeared in the room, Room 209 underwent changes.
This was the first time Zhou Fangdong had ever seen how a ghost tenant had modified a room.
Centered on the ghost postman, a new room phantom rapidly spreads outwards like ink wash painting.
The first thing to disappear is the smell in the room.
The lingering musty smell and the strong bloody smell emanating from the Ganoderma lucidum disappeared, replaced by a smell of ink mixed with tobacco.
Immediately afterwards, the child's crying in the room stopped, and was replaced by the creaking sound of the ceiling fan turning.
The damp, chilly temperature, like an icebox, was rapidly rising; the water droplets on the walls were quickly disappearing; and the warm yellow lights were on. Room 209 had transformed from a blood-soaked, cold, unfinished room into a cozy postman's office.
The lower half of the wall, which had been simply plastered white, was painted green, and a huge world map and a propaganda poster with the slogan "Labor is the most glorious" were pasted in the most conspicuous position on the wall.
A row of metal radiators stood against the wall, with several stiff rags and hard shoe insoles on top. In the corner leaned a well-maintained old-fashioned bicycle, with several packages wrapped in kraft paper hanging on its tripod that had not yet been sent out.
A large wooden table with a corner occupies most of the living room. A pile of letters is neatly stacked on the table, and the drawer facing outward is half open, revealing a fountain pen and postmark inside.
The newspaper lay flat on the table, the tea in the enamel mug was still steaming, and the cigarette next to the cigarette holder was half-rolled, with the yellowish tobacco shreds piled on the white paper... It seemed that the room's owner had just left.
There was no trace of malevolent energy left in room 209; there was absolutely no indication that the fleshy spirit mushroom had ever existed there.
The room renovation took less than a minute from start to finish, which made Zhou Fangdong very envious... He wished it could be this convenient if he could clean and renovate his room.
The moment Room 209 was completely renovated, the ghost postman's body solidified and officially appeared before Zhou Fangdong.
When the ghost postman first appeared, his expression was very gloomy. Although he looked honest and simple, his eyes were flashing with a scarlet blood light, and his face was full of unconcealed ferocity and anger. He looked like a demon, as if he wanted to eat people.
The moment he materialized, the first thing he did was to stick his hand into the hole in his left chest, as if trying to pull something out of it.
But upon noticing that Zhou Fangdong was standing opposite him, the ghost postman paused and immediately lowered his hand from his chest.
He looked around, then walked to the desk, touching the mountain of letters, then the cigarette holder, then took a sip of tea from his enamel mug. Then, with an air of nonchalance, he turned around, pretending to have just noticed Zhou Fangdong, and said in a clear, resonant voice, as if reciting poetry:
"Ah~ Isn't this the landlord of Liwan Apartments? Your arrival has made my humble abode so honored. I'm so sorry for not welcoming you properly..."
Although the ghost postman tried very hard to be friendly, his smile was stiff and his polite words were awkward, as if they had been copied from a TV drama.
Zhou Fangdong didn't expose his act, but asked curiously, "Have you turned this room into a parcel station for Liwan Apartments? Can we send and receive packages here in the future?"
The system just said that unlocking the Ghost Postman allows you to build a courier station in the apartment... but now there are no empty rooms in the apartment, so Zhou Fangdong guessed that room 209 might be the courier station.
Hearing his question, the ghost postman paused for a moment, then quickly replied, "This room is where I rest, not the apartment's delivery station. However, if you need to send or receive packages, you can simply hand them to me, and I will handle it for you immediately."
After a pause, he added, "The courier station at Liwan Apartment should be next to the activity room on the first floor. Once you've set up the station, I can start working immediately."
Zhou Fangdong looked enlightened.
It seems there's a hidden room next to the activity room on the first floor that he hasn't found yet.
"Okay, I understand. I'll let you know once the courier station is built. You can rest well in your room."
Just now, the system popped up another notification saying that new tenants had arrived at the apartment door. Zhou Fangdong guessed that it might be Su Wan and Zhu Di who had come over.
The tenants who appeared at the apartment door were indeed Zhu Di and Su Wan.
Neither of them had any obvious external injuries. After being observed at the Supervisory Bureau Hospital for a few days and reaching a point where they were fit to be discharged, they went straight home, packed their bags, and took the ghost bus to Liwan Apartment.
Having experienced so many supernatural events and lost their loved ones, the two girls, driven to desperation by the persecution of the Bone-Succession Society cult members, saw the Liwan Apartment as their last lifeline.
Although they were mentally prepared and knew that Liwan Apartment was a haunted building, Zhu Di and Su Wan were still frightened after seeing it with their own eyes.
Hearing about it is completely different from seeing it with your own eyes. It wasn't until they came to the Liwan Apartment that the two realized that the legendary haunted building was not just a rumor.
Some things can be judged as dangerous just by their appearance, just like how ordinary people would avoid brightly colored, sharp-headed venomous snakes.
Just as the two were hesitating at the apartment door, the door opened automatically, and Zhu Di and Su Wan saw a familiar figure appear inside—it was the person who had saved them at Penghu Home.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they had only met once and hadn't even spoken, both girls had seen Zhou Fangdong effortlessly resolve the issue of the shadow ghost replacing the residents of the community. The sense of security he provided was even stronger than that from the Bureau of Supervision.
Zhu Di and Su Wan mustered their courage and entered the apartment building.
Because they had been 'trained' by Miao Zheng beforehand, the two of them were very familiar with the rental process and how to abide by the rules of X Apartment.
As ordinary people who had little experience with ghosts, the two of them performed admirably. They didn't scream or run around; they simply followed Zhou Fangdong with pale faces, passing through the dense ghostly figures in the corridor until they reached the second floor.
Zhou Fangdong led Zhu Di and Su Wan to room 206.
The ghost in room 206 won't harm anyone randomly; as long as you don't surf the internet in the room, you're safe.
Therefore, the tenant rules for Room 206 are even simpler than those for Room 101, with only basic rules such as not leaving the key with you, paying rent on time, and contacting the landlord if there are any problems.
The two girls signed their names on the tenant rules and handed over thirty yuan in cash along with the contract to Zhou Fangdong.
Zhou Fangdong handed them the key to room 206, and reminded them again that "it is normal to see ghosts in the mirrors or other reflections in the room, don't be afraid" and "don't let the key out of your sight" before teleporting back to his own room.
The reason he was in such a hurry to leave was because the reward pop-up for main quest 3 had appeared, and he wanted to go back and check the quest rewards.
[Detected that all rooms on the second floor are rented out; Main Quest 3 complete.]
[Main Quest 3 Reward ①: Basic Corridor Marble Flooring x2, Standard Corridor Ceiling x2 (Color cannot be customized)]
Upon seeing that the reward was a floor, Zhou Fangdong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly opened the public area beautification interface to take a look.
Fortunately, the shady merchant system wasn't too bad. It didn't just reward one floorboard as I imagined, but a complete set, which could be used to lay all the corridor floors.
When Zhou Fangdong first unlocked the decoration page, he tested it out. It would cost 7,500 Ghost Coins to lay the floor of an entire corridor. The two sets of flooring and two sets of ceiling provided by the system were worth about 30,000 Ghost Coins.
The only drawback is that the colors cannot be customized...
After completing the flooring and ceiling work on both floors in the decoration interface, Zhou Fangdong continued to check the upcoming rewards.
[Main Quest Reward ②: VIP Admission Ticket to the Ghost Market Auction, Ghost Market Auction Schedule]
Auction admission tickets?
Zhou Fangdong didn't even look at it, took it and casually tossed it onto the table.
He had finally saved up over 20,000 yuan, and spending it was out of the question. However, he might try making a free purchase after maxing out his attack skills.
[Main Quest Reward ③: Sandalwood Rosary (Landlord Exclusive Item)]
—As steadfast and immovable as the earth, as profound and secretive as a hidden treasure.
Item Description: A prop exclusive to the landlord, a 108-bead consecrated sandalwood rosary gifted by a Mahasattva who wishes to remain anonymous. It can be worn as a bracelet by wrapping it around the wrist.
Item effects: ① Increases mental strength by 50% and defense by 50%. Equipping this item will also provide bonuses to all landlord-exclusive items.
② It has purification and salvation functions, which can eliminate the ghost-like state of humans and stabilize their spirit.
③ Hidden function, triggered by specific events.
The inlay has a bonus effect... Zhou Fangdong took the rosary and inlaid it in the last inlay slot.
After the inlay was successfully completed, a string of dark prayer beads appeared out of thin air on Zhou Fangdong's left wrist. At the same time, a system pop-up window appeared:
[Rosary Inlay Bonus: Allows you to contact the system at any time while walking around the apartment at night; allows you to use the Landlord Key [Return] skill while walking around the apartment at night; increases the Spirit Power bonus of the Brass Pendant by 25%]
Zhou Fangdong was stunned.
He read it carefully from beginning to end again to make sure he hadn't made a mistake.
Thanks to this anonymous person for the amazing artifact.
With this rosary, you can freely explore the apartment at night, and if you encounter danger, you can teleport back to your room at any time.
With teleportation skills, what does he have to fear? A tiny elevator? Laughable, utterly insignificant.
The reward for the last main quest is also an item: [the key to the hidden room on the first floor].
This should be the key to unlock the room at the courier station.
Remembering the ghost postman who had just moved into room 209, Zhou Fangdong opened the tenant directory and checked the ghost postman's profile.
【The Ghost Postman - Cai Yizhan】
Illustration Description: In life, he was a dutiful postman living in the old town. Because unscrupulous developers were trying to squeeze him out of his compensation money, he refused to agree to the demolition. As a result, his entire family of four was crushed to death by bulldozers hired by the developers. Their bodies and souls became part of the foundation of the back building of the Liwan Apartments.
Traits: Stubborn, straightforward, short-tempered, and prone to overthinking. Because the souls of his wife and children are still trapped in the foundation of the back building, he plans to work hard to improve the landlord's favorability and ask for their help to reunite his family.
After looking at the Ghost Postman's illustrations, Zhou Fangdong sighed.
If possible, he also wanted to help the ghost postman reunite his family.
But the ghost tenant drawn from the lottery is random, and he has no control over the outcome...
He can try his luck with the draws later. There are only so many ghost tenants in the prize pool, and they won't increase. No matter how unlucky he is, he'll eventually get one.
...It shouldn't increase, right? Ghost tenants must be very rare, otherwise there wouldn't be a guaranteed lottery ticket.
The reward for unlocking the Ghost Postman illustration is [Special Item: Brand New Letter Paper].
Zhou Fangdong checked the effects of the props.
[Special Item: Letter Paper]:
Item effect: Write any ghost tenant's name on a piece of paper and burn it. There is a high chance that the ghost tenant will be summoned (the higher the ghost tenant's affection level, the higher the success rate).
This is a very useful tool that perfectly solves the problem of ghost tenants not having mobile phones and being unable to contact them.
After collecting the [Letter of Longing] and putting it into his inventory, Zhou Fangdong continued to check the tenant profiles of Su Wan and Zhu Di to unlock rewards.
Both girls have the same tenant profile name: [Low-level tenant - Unlucky college student].
The rewards for unlocking their illustrations total 60 Ghost Coins.
...At this stage, it seems that the returns would be too low if we were to find lower-end tenants to move in.
Zhou Fangdong closed the tenant guide, received the [key to the hidden room on the first floor] as a reward from the main quest, and then teleported directly to the lobby on the first floor.
He planned to go to the first-floor hallway to unlock the express delivery station at Liwan Apartment.
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