Chapter 156 Fresh tenants prepare to clean room 307, the 'ghost school'...
[Skill successfully used; [Abandoned Elementary School in the Eastern Suburbs] has become a facility near the apartment.]
[Before the ghost tenants were placed in the abandoned primary school in the eastern suburbs, only the host could teleport to this area; apartment tenants could not go there.]
Seeing the system notification that the skill had been successfully used, Zhou Fangdong looked up at his mental bar.
Only one-sixth of my sanity was lost.
Fortunately, this skill doesn't consume too much resources.
Zhou Fangdong casually replenished his mental energy with ghost coins. Just as he was about to teleport to the abandoned elementary school, the system's electronic voice paused for a moment, and then a notification suddenly popped up:
[Congratulations, host, you have successfully invaded a main god instance and have gained 2,000 ghost coins.]
Zhou Fangdong was taken aback when he saw the sudden notification.
Before he could ask, the system proactively explained:
[While the host was using the skill, the God also descended a player selection instance in this area. The players who were teleported to the instance by the God are currently still in elementary school.]
That was a lucky coincidence; we just happened to run into each other.
"System, how many player trainees are there in the abandoned elementary school? Male and female?"
There were three people in total, all of them male.
Zhou Fangdong stopped his teleportation preparations, pondered for a moment, and then asked:
"When I used Mu Yuechan's power to corrupt Yin Yang Town, it seemed I could set up the instance mechanism myself? I haven't managed that town since, but it continues to operate according to the rules I set... This abandoned elementary school has now become an apartment complex. Could I also create rules to restrict the actions of the ghosts and monsters in the elementary school?"
[Yes, host. Open the rental preview interface and click the settings icon in the apartment surrounding facilities section to adjust it.]
"Okay, I'm relieved now."
Zhou Fangdong opened the interface for the facilities around the apartment and quickly set several rules for the abandoned primary school.
He then teleported to the first floor and checked the tenants' mailboxes.
...He wanted to see why Professor Sun had been sent to that abandoned elementary school.
After checking all the tenants' mailboxes, Zhou Fangdong found that only Professor Sun's mailbox contained a job posting.
After using [Tianmu] to identify them, Zhou Fangdong discovered that these leaflets were a curse from a ghost... and it was actually a curse from 5 years ago.
During the years that Professor Sun was protected by the ghostly realm of Room 306, his existence was completely forgotten by the outside world.
Now that he has left the room and the ghostly realm that had the effect of forgetting, the ghost that had cursed him has once again noticed Professor Sun's presence, and the curse that had been dormant for 5 years has taken effect again.
No wonder the old man didn't want Professor Sun to leave the room before he died; it turns out it was because of this.
Following the cause-and-effect line on the job posting, Zhou Fangdong traced the ghost's current location.
...Well, as expected, that guy is in the abandoned elementary school in the eastern suburbs.
"System, can this tenant mailbox be turned off? This thing has only worked twice, and both times it sent my tenants away... Last time, Tang Huili received a ghost letter and was sent to the main god instance, and this time Professor Sun received a recruitment flyer and was sent to an abandoned elementary school."
This tenant mailbox is really dangerous. All letters and paper products related to the tenant, good or bad, will appear in the mailbox indiscriminately, which is a huge security risk.
The tenant mailbox is a byproduct of unlocking the apartment's delivery station and cannot be closed separately.
Zhou Fangdong sighed.
Alright, I guess I'll just have to remind the tenants to be more careful from now on.
After casually destroying the recruitment flyers, Zhou Fangdong teleported to the 3rd floor and arrived at the door of room 307.
[Host, don't you want the tenant in room 306 anymore?]
"Yes, yes, let Professor Sun stay in that elementary school for a while. I've already set up rules so he won't be in any danger. Staying in the elementary school a little longer will also help him get used to this supernatural environment. After all, he's been out of touch with society for so many years in room 306, and he's not as wary of supernatural events as ordinary people in this world... Look, he even dares to take flyers from unknown sources."
As he spoke, Zhou Fangdong opened the door to room 307: "There are three tenants in the abandoned primary school that the God sent to me. I'll clean out a room for these three people to live in first."
He doesn't care about any player reserves; once they're in his hands, they're his tenant reserves.
Just then, Zhou Fangdong suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Tong, could you unlock the main quest on the 4th floor for me first? I've already finished cleaning up room 401, but I haven't been able to rent it out because I haven't triggered the side quest."
This seems a bit against the rules...
"Don't be so rigid. Look, you even made an illustration of the Escape Rift Ghost for me based on my suggestion, and you also made a sweep interface for the back building dungeon. You even unlocked a main quest for me in advance that is much simpler than the other two. It didn't take much effort at all."
In case room 307 cannot accommodate three tenants, there will still be a room upstairs.
[Under systems thinking...]
[Main Quest 8 has been unlocked. Clear all rooms on the 4th floor to make them available for rent and find tenants to move in.]
[Re-entering room 401 will trigger a side quest in room 401.]
"Great job, System, you're getting smarter and smarter."
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When Bai Mingdan found himself in an abandoned classroom, he had a bad feeling.
He was an investigative journalist who once posed as someone with intellectual disabilities and risked his life to infiltrate an illegal coal mine, exposing how it treated people with intellectual disabilities as slaves. He also secretly investigated a doctor at an unlicensed clinic, uncovering a dark and bloody surrogacy industry.
Investigative journalists like them are easily threatened with their lives, but Bai Mingdan never thought of giving up and has stayed in the industry.
Although supernatural forces have resurfaced in society today and ghosts and monsters roam freely, many people with common sense dare not easily commit evil deeds out of fear of ghostly retribution.
However, some mentally unstable villains may go to extremes and learn evil arts to use ghosts and monsters to harm people.
During his investigation of a cult called the Bone Inheritance Society, Bai Mingdan discovered that an entertainment company was suspected of having connections with the cult and using its supernatural items to bewitch people.
Just as he was applying for a photographer job and infiltrating the entertainment company to gather evidence, the company was suddenly shut down by the supervisory bureau, and he and other company staff were taken to the police station for temporary detention.
Since yesterday, all members of the Inspection Bureau have been working overtime to clear out ghosts and monsters from the city, leaving absolutely no time to interrogate them. If it weren't for a law enforcement officer at the police station recognizing him, Bai Mingdan would probably still be locked up now.
Bai Mingdan looked around and sighed with melancholy.
...However, if he had known he would inexplicably end up in this godforsaken place after his release, he might as well have stayed in the police station indefinitely.
Shortly after leaving the police station, Bai Mingdan was waiting for a car on the street, preparing to go home.
When the ride-hailing car arrived, Bai Mingdan had just opened the car door when he felt a blur before his eyes, and then he found himself teleported to an abandoned classroom, with a strange electronic voice in his mind that vanished in an instant.
Bai Mingdan suspected that he was being targeted by a ghost.
Thinking back to what he had done before being transported to this godforsaken place... he guessed that this must be the cult's revenge.
However, Bai Mingdan would not easily give up and wait to die in the same place.
Even if the final outcome is death, he will not give up hope of survival.
Even so, Bai Mingdan did not leave his seat immediately, but first observed the surrounding environment.
It is morning, and the blood-red sky has returned to normal. Sunlight shines through the glassless windows into the classroom, adding a touch of warmth.
This was a very dilapidated classroom, filled with the smell of rotting wood. Wooden desks and chairs were overturned haphazardly, and the walls and blackboard were covered with messy graffiti.
Judging from the height of the tables and chairs, this must be a primary school.
Moreover, Bai Mingdan noticed that besides him, there were two other young people in the room.
The two men looked to be in their early twenties, both with strong physiques and identical appearances, except for their hairstyles and clothing—one had a buzz cut and wore a basketball jersey; the other had a slightly longer, spiky hairstyle, with each spiky tip looking as if it had been carefully sculpted with hair gel, and wore earrings. Their clothes were also carefully coordinated, making them look like trendy male models on a magazine cover.
At the same time that Bai Mingdan saw them, the twins also noticed him.
The PE student in the basketball jersey spoke first: "Hey bro, were you also suddenly teleported here?"
Bai Mingdan nodded. "I was in a daze while waiting for the car, and then I ended up here."
The PE student slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Me too! My brother and I were planning to go out for dinner, but as soon as we opened the car door, we ended up here!"
The trendy guy chimed in, "Brother, do you know where we are? Could we be encountering something supernatural?"
Bai Mingdan sighed. "It must be a paranormal event. Before the ghost finds us, we need to find a way to leave this school as soon as possible. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Bai Mingdan, and I work as a reporter. You can call me Lao Bai or Brother Ming."
The PE student said, "My name is Song Xiaoyang, and this is my younger brother, Song Yaoyang. I'm on the basketball team, and my brother is a contracted model for Wogu Fashion Magazine. People who know us call us Big Song and Little Song. Ming-ge, you can call us that too."
Bai Mingdan took out a device from his pocket. "Do you want to come out with me to find a way out? The supernatural energy fluctuations in this classroom aren't too high; it should be a safe zone. Going out to explore might lead to danger."
The device in his hand was a gift from an acquaintance in the Bureau of Investigation; it could detect fluctuations in paranormal energy. Because it was an old, outdated product, it took a long time to activate, and it had only just been successfully activated.
Da Song and Xiao Song immediately stood up and said in unison, "We'll go with you!"
After deciding on their next move, the three of them stood up from their seats and opened the classroom door.
The corridor was much dimmer than the classroom, as if shrouded in smog. The classroom where the three of them were located was at the end of the corridor, and all the classroom doors in front of them were ajar. The wooden doors creaked slightly without any wind, as if something might leap out of the classroom at any moment.
The three of them walked forward cautiously. After passing two classrooms, Xiao Song, who was walking at the back, suddenly spoke up weakly, "There are three of us, right?"
The two people in front of him stopped at the same time and turned around to look at him.
Xiao Song's Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice trembled slightly: "I think I just heard the footsteps of a fourth person..."
The scariest ghost stories aren't about one person being missing, but about one person being extra.
No one knew when that person appeared or when they started following them.
All three of them were breathing rapidly, and all they could hear was the frantic pounding of their hearts.
The moment they realized someone was following them, the figure of a middle-aged man wearing glasses and with his hair parted in a 3/7 style slowly appeared.
The middle-aged man, who looked scholarly, had a blank expression and was clutching a job posting in his hand.
Upon seeing the three people in front of him, he instinctively asked, "Oh, hello, are you the ones recruiting teachers? Would you mind if applicants had a five-year gap in their employment history?"
Professor Sun is receptive to the changes in the world. Born in the 1980s, he has witnessed many economic transformations and social changes, from the tail end of the era of food ration coupons to the era of self-media and AI, and now to the era of paranormal events.
Since supernatural powers have emerged and ghosts and monsters roam the world, it's quite normal for society to develop to the point where it can utilize supernatural powers to create public facilities.
...For example, receiving a job posting can lead applicants directly to the interview location.
If he acts too dramatically, he might leave a bad impression on the interviewer.
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