Chapter 32: Xie Yunjin, the Female CEO
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This left Zhang Yurou unable to recover even after boarding the paranormal bus. She nearly missed the time to get off.
Had she truly missed it, there would have been no telling whether the next stop was the real world or some paranormal instance.
Meanwhile, Xie Yunjing tossed the corpse she had been carrying to the F-rank ghost nurse who had come over to watch the excitement.
“Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunjing on successfully killing a human player. You have received one hundred ghost coins.”
“Ding! The Mount Chongshan Psychiatric Hospital instance has ended.”
“Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunjing on successfully clearing the Mount Chongshan Psychiatric Hospital instance. Instance difficulty: three stars.”
“Task One completion rate: ninety-nine percent. System rating: S.”
“Task Two completion rate: one hundred percent. System rating: S+.”
“Overall rating: SS.”
“Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunjing on receiving the clearance reward: fifty thousand fear points.”
“Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunjing on receiving the clearance reward: one thousand ghost coins.”
“Ding! Congratulations to player Xie Yunjing on receiving the clearance reward: B-rank supernatural item—Human-Skin Mask.”
Looking at the featureless human face that had appeared out of nowhere in her hands, Xie Yunjing examined it from side to side.
Immediately afterward, information about the mask’s function appeared before her.
Human-Skin Mask: After putting on the mask, the user can transform into any ghost or human they have seen—or have never seen.
Note: There is no limit to the number of uses. Each use lasts one hour, with a cooldown period of five hours.
When disguising oneself as a ghost or player of A rank or above, the effect lasts only half an hour.
“Hm? This is quite a good item.”
“I’ll try it when I have time.”
After saying this, Xie Yunjing had the system store the Human-Skin Mask away.
Once she had sorted through her rewards, Xie Yunjing noticed that the F-rank ghost nurse was still standing in front of her.
Xie Yunjing: ...?
“Don’t you have anything to do? Why are you standing in front of me?”
After saying this, Xie Yunjing walked around the F-rank ghost nurse and headed upstairs along the corridor.
She immediately began questioning the system, Xie Yunying, in her mind.
“Yunying, the instance is over. Why am I still in the Horror Game?”
“Didn’t all the ordinary players leave? Yunying, did you forget to tell me something?”
“Host...” Xie Yunying said, drawing close to Xie Yunjing and acting coquettishly with an embarrassed air. “I was afraid it would affect your mood, so I didn’t tell you earlier.”
“Special players are not allowed to leave the Horror Game until they reach S rank.”
“So, Host, don’t take it to heart, okay?”
Hearing this, Xie Yunjing nodded. “I’m an adult. I’m not that childish.”
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Xie Yunjing smiled as she answered Xie Yunying through the system, while slowly making her way toward the office upstairs.
“By the way, Host, you have now successfully cleared the instance.”
“Your personal assets have also exceeded ten thousand, so the System Shop can be unlocked.”
When Xie Yunjing entered the office, Xie Yunying projected the System Shop that she had activated for her.
After sitting down, Xie Yunjing immersed her consciousness in the System Shop.
When she saw the scalpel marked B rank, she paid it some attention.
The price was almost exactly what the system had told her: 10,088 ghost coins.
She also saw the price of an F-rank spiked club: 1,052 ghost coins.
By the time she had finished looking around, Xie Yunjing could not help complaining.
“These supernatural items are so expensive. They look like outright robbery.”
“That F-rank supernatural item is useless to us. Put it up for sale.”
“Of course, Host. Do you know why supernatural items are the most expensive?”
Xie Yunjing shook her head and looked toward the system, which was humming a tune as it worked.
“Because among all external sources of power, supernatural items have no side effects—or, more precisely, the fewest side effects.”
“That is why they are naturally so expensive. But even so, they remain very popular among players in the world of the Horror Game.”
“The side effects of cursed objects are severe for human players. Using them essentially consumes their own health and lifespan.”
“That is why cursed objects are somewhat cheaper than the supernatural items in the System Shop.”
“Since the Host is a ghost, those side effects do not matter much to you.”
Xie Yunjing nodded, indicating that she understood.
“Even so, many people still pursue cursed objects eagerly.”
“The System Shop contains more than supernatural items and cursed objects. It also sells cold weapons and firearms from the human world.”
“Oh, and there are daily necessities as well. Those are cheaper than weapons and the like.”
As Xie Yunying spoke, she took out one of the outfits she had previously bought for Xie Yunjing.
“I didn’t know what kind of clothes you liked, Host.”
“So I used the system to determine what would look best on you.”
“See if you like them.”
As she spoke, Xie Yunying handed Xie Yunjing a fitted red-and-white T-shirt, a pair of black high-waisted trousers, a pair of white sneakers, and a brand-new white lab coat, all wrapped in her tentacles.
“Then your assessment was pretty good. I like them.”
Xie Yunjing went to the adjoining room and changed.
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When she came out, Xie Yunying let out an astonished, “Wow!”
“How many clothes did you buy?”
“Not many, not many. After all, I didn’t spend all the ten thousand ghost coins the Host gave me.”
As Xie Yunying spoke, she lifted her chin proudly, her tentacles twisting together in excitement.
“I gave them to you for yourself. Why did you buy a whole pile of things for me?”
After saying this, Xie Yunjing reached out and rubbed the top of Xie Yunying’s head.
Though she was scolding Xie Yunying with her lips, Xie Yunjing’s heart was overflowing with joy.
“If you want to spend the ghost coins in my account, just take them whenever you need them.”
“But if the balance gets too low, tell me.”
“Got it, Host!”
After saying this, Xie Yunying projected the System Shop before Xie Yunjing once more.
Then she began introducing it to her bit by bit, explaining where the weapons section was and where the daily necessities section could be found.
“By the way, Yunying, what is this?”
Seeing where Xie Yunjing was pointing, Xie Yunying explained, “That is the skin section. It is for the system itself and has nothing to do with the Host.”
“The skin section?”
“Of course! Systems like to look beautiful too.”
“So, once we have enough money, we can replace our skin with one we like.”
“But this is my first time leaving the system space to carry out a mission, so I’ll have to save up slowly.”
Looking at the system skins, the cheapest of which cost thirty thousand ghost coins, Xie Yunjing teased her.
“How long will it take you to save up at that rate?”
“Still, I have to admit that the skins in this System Shop are prettier than your default skin.”
“My system has to be the most beautiful system of all.”
“So I’ve decided. I’ll clear several more instances and buy you a beautiful skin, all right?”
Hearing this, Xie Yunying’s eyes widened with excitement.
“Host, you’re so charming! I like you more and more!”
“Host, get some proper rest.”
“Once you’ve recovered, we’ll find a way to enter the next instance.”
Seeing Xie Yunjing nod in agreement, Xie Yunying returned to her system space.
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