"These bad habits are all caused by the human world's sole focus on money. So, in the underworld, besides money, there's another thing: contribution. To put it bluntly, it's how much a ghost contributes to the underworld. For example, paying all the social security and housing fund contributions for a month is the most basic contribution..."
"Even if you, as a ghost, do two jobs, you're still making an extra contribution to the underworld. Whether you're upstairs or downstairs, the contribution is calculated the same way—it's absolutely fair. Contribution is a threshold; for example, if you want to go upstairs, you must reach a certain contribution value. The same applies if you want to participate in the reincarnation auction..."
"In short, the harder you work in the underworld, the more contributions you will gain. Moreover, contributions cannot be bought or sold. Deceiving and cheating will do no good. You can only earn them through hard work and dedication. They will always be recorded in your ghost identity information, reflecting your importance in the underworld."
“But unless you’re climbing stairs or something big happens, you don’t need to worry about that…” The bespectacled ghost’s tone changed again at this point.
"Because only the group leader has the authority to allocate the group's contributions, it's not very beneficial for you to pay too much attention to this stuff. Just remember one thing: work hard, work harder, and work even harder. When the group leader has accumulated enough contributions, they will eventually leave the underworld. As long as you stay in the underworld long enough, it will be your turn to be the group leader..."
"So, generally speaking, if you want to climb the stairs or get a spot in the next life, you have to become a team leader to have a chance to increase your contribution, understand? But being a team leader isn't easy either. How to motivate team members to contribute is a real art."
So far, all Lin Yazhi has done is kowtow. Wang Yao guesses that the amount of information in the words is too much for Lin Yazhi to process and understand. However, Wang Yao himself understands it.
There's only one way to be a ghost in the underworld: work like crazy. You can only fight for a slim hope and a future away from terror by working like crazy. He began to understand why Ma Fan was so busy and why ghosts in the underworld were so focused on efficiency. The pressure was immense!
"In short, everything I've mentioned will actually be taught to you during your training. I'm just giving you a brief overview here to prepare you mentally. Once you're there, you must study hard; there will be exams. Also..."
At this point, the bespectacled man glanced down at the computer screen in front of him, as if searching for something, before looking up and continuing to speak to Lin Yazhi.
"...There's one last thing. You'll understand once you've worked there for a while. The job the shelter introduces you to is only one, and it can only guarantee you the basic five social insurances and one housing fund. I estimate that even those might not be enough after you go down to the fifth floor, so you'll have to remember to find part-time work..."
"In the underworld, it's normal for a ghost to have four or five part-time jobs. How to reasonably arrange your work time is a great skill. Some of this will be mentioned in the training. You must pay attention, otherwise if you have fewer part-time jobs, you really won't have a chance to come up from the fifth floor below."
"Alright, that's all. Get up, sit in this chair..." The bespectacled man let out a long sigh, finally having finished explaining everything he needed to. He then gestured for Lin Yazhi to sit in a chair next to him, leaning closer to the computer and muttering to himself, "Down...to the fifth floor..."
The bespectacled ghost stared at the computer screen for a long time, his fingers just about to type on the keyboard, when he suddenly turned his head and saw that Lin Yazhi was still kneeling on the ground, not sitting down in the chair at all, still kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.
"You devil, which floor we go to was decided long ago. How could I dare to be biased? What do you mean by begging me so urgently? Hurry up and get on the chair, I'll take you down to the fifth floor," the bespectacled devil shouted.
"You're lucky. Last time, a reincarnated tiger bit someone to death and was punished by being sent to the sixth floor. If you don't behave, I'll arrest you..."
"Let me tell you, if you keep dawdling like this, you won't have a good ending in the underworld. Look at all those ghosts outside, how busy they are! Who will pity them? Who has the time to pity you? Come, come, the sins have been committed, it's too late to regret. Sit down and go downstairs!"
The bespectacled ghost started shouting as if he were singing.
Lin Yazhi knew she had no choice but to listen to the bespectacled ghost, so she stood up and bowed to Wang Yao again with tears in her eyes. Although she felt that the underworld was terrifying after listening to the bespectacled ghost's description, it was still much better than her being stuck in the ruins of the haunted building, living in constant fear.
"Work hard after you go down there. Didn't they say that you'll have a chance to come back up and start anew?" Wang Yao comforted her, but he knew in his heart that it would be a long time before Lin Yazhi could start anew, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Actually, if Lin Yazhi hadn't been affected by that strange aura, it would have been clear from her behavior as a ghost that she wasn't a bad person. Love between men and women is a natural human emotion, but unfortunately, she met the wrong person, first entrusting herself to the wrong person, and then being misled by a scumbag.
If she had acted faster, she probably would have only been able to take revenge on Xu Xiaoyou for deceiving her feelings. She might have ended up on the first floor, or even not gone down at all. But she was unlucky enough to be turned into a vengeful ghost by that mysterious aura and killed several people. It's truly a sad and lamentable situation.
"Don't worry, I'll burn more money for you when we get back to the human world," Wang Yao comforted Lin Yazhi as she sat down. Lin Yazhi tried to stand up to bow to Wang Yao, but the bespectacled man had already pressed a finger on the computer keyboard.
With a loud crash, blinding red light suddenly burst forth from the chair Lin Yazhi was sitting on. The door opposite the chair swung open, and Lin Yazhi screamed. Before the chair could even move, she had vanished without a trace.
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