Chapter 32

Chapter 32

I Might as Well Have Just Told You the Answer!

Yun Youyou felt like a top-tier honor student desperately pushing her exam paper to the edge of her desk, trying to let the slacker behind her copy the correct answers.

Meanwhile, the slacker behind her had been squinting for ages and hadn’t managed to copy a single correct answer; they had only managed to copy the honor student’s name.

Yun Youyou and Shamate exchanged a glance. Helpless, she stepped forward.

“The two of us are actually ghosts.”

Tao Jinran froze for a moment.

Then, the room erupted into a fit of laughter.

“Hahahaha…”

Tao Jinran clutched her stomach, laughing so hard that tears started to well up.

Wiping the corners of her eyes, she reached out and pulled Yun Youyou into a hug.

“Stop it with your cold jokes. How could you possibly be a ghost? If you were a ghost, then I’d be a total moron for not realizing there was one right beside me for so long.”

Yun Youyou was just too cute!

Tao Jinran couldn’t help but reach out and pinch the soft flesh of Yun Youyou’s cheek. “You really are a cute little dummy.”

Yun Youyou silently allowed her body to become translucent.

Tao Jinran suddenly felt her hand go empty; it had actually passed right through Yun Youyou’s body.

!!!

Tao Jinran’s laughter came to a screeching halt. “Haha… Don’t tell me you really are…”

She looked up in disbelief, her mouth hanging open as she trembled, unable to speak.

*It turns out I really am a total moron.*

The two people behind her were also rooted to the spot.

Shen Qingyu took a step back. “Impossible. This is impossible!”

Yun Youyou reached out and manually closed Tao Jinran’s gaping mouth.

“Alright, stop being so surprised. It’s time for you to leave, and it’s time for me to clock out.”

A true corporate slave would never stay a second past the end of their shift.

Overtime was equivalent to wasting one’s life-it was practically murder for profit!

With the two moles identified, the Game’s voice finally echoed in the Players’ minds.

The Instance had been successfully cleared.

Tao Jinran felt like it was all a dream.

To think a ghost in an Instance could be this cute, even helping Players complete their tasks… What kind of divine Female Ghost was this!

Shen Qingyu also looked at Yun Youyou with a complicated expression, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

“You guys should hurry up and go.”

Yun Youyou waved them off.

Right then, Wang Weiye, who had been silent this whole time, suddenly produced a Peachwood Sword. Taking advantage of everyone’s distraction, he lunged at Yun Youyou.

The distance between them was too short; no one had expected him to make such a move.

Yun Youyou’s pupils shrank. She managed to avoid her vital spots, but she could only watch as the sword plunged toward her shoulder.

It looked like she’d be stuck recovering in bed for several months this time.

Suddenly, a bolt of purple lightning as thick as a man’s arm crashed down from the sky.

“Holy crap!”

Shamate’s hair stood on end.

Wang Weiye, who had been brandishing the Peachwood Sword, was instantly blasted into charred remains. Blackened ash continued to drift down toward the floor.

Yun Youyou gave him a light poke with her finger.

He fell straight over, scattering across the ground.

He was truly roasted crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.

[Players are prohibited from attacking NPCs after an Instance has ended. Violators will face the consequences!]

The Game’s voice boomed throughout the villa.

Wang Weiye probably never imagined, even in death, that he would be struck dead by the Game’s lightning.

Who knows what he was thinking, trying to slash Yun Youyou like that. Even his eyeballs, rolling on the floor, looked like he had died with lingering regrets.

Yun Youyou felt quite innocent herself.

She hadn’t exactly told Wang Weiye, “I’m a high-level boss, come and hit me if you’re a man.”

This was entirely a death of his own making.
After the chaos caused by the Game and Wang Weiye, Tao Jinran finally snapped out of it.

Whether the girl before her was human or a ghost didn’t really matter; as long as she was Yun Youyou, that was enough.

Before leaving, Tao Jinran waved at Yun Youyou reluctantly.

“Goodbye, Youyou! I hope I run into you in the next Instance so you can carry me to another Lie Flat Victory!”

A white light flashed, and both Players vanished.

Even the humanoid charcoal remains lying on the floor disappeared.

[Instance: Villa Life completed.]

Finally, she could clock out.

Yun Youyou rolled her aching neck.

Today was another day of successfully surviving in the Game.

As she turned her head, she happened to lock eyes with Shamate.

“You’re still here?”

“I’m leaving right now!”

The moment the words left his mouth, Shamate vanished.

Yun Youyou was puzzled. Was there really a need to run that fast?

Returning to her small staff lounge, Yun Youyou could finally collapse onto the bed, letting the string of tension in her mind go slack.

[Congratulations to Staff No. 003 for successfully completing the Instance task. You have earned 300 Experience Points and obtained the new title: ‘Hide-and-Seek Expert’.]

[The Game system has completed its upgrade. Game staff may now use their Light Brain to log into their accounts and view experience and skills.]

???

What kind of title was Hide-and-Seek Expert?

And the Game had actually upgraded itself in secret.

What on earth was a Light Brain?

Yun Youyou felt a sudden tightening around her wrist. Looking down, she saw a device that looked like a smartwatch had suddenly appeared.

This thing was the Light Brain?

Yun Youyou tapped it curiously.

The black screen showed no reaction, but a semi-transparent screen suddenly materialized in mid-air.

The light screen scanned Yun Youyou’s face.

*Beep! Facial recognition passed.*

Yun Youyou’s account was successfully logged in. She clicked on “Profile” to check her basic information.

[Account Owner: Staff No. 003, Yun Youyou.]

[Titles Obtained: Lie Flat Victory, Hide-and-Seek Expert.]

[Staff Level: Level 2 (Extra). Experience Points: 300/400]

[Game Items Obtained: One Property Deed (From Instance: Villa Life)]

[Game Skills Obtained: Tentacle Attack.]

[Game Currency: 0]

The game interface looked quite professional, very similar to those online RPGs-the only thing missing was a prompt to spend real money.

“So, this villa is officially under my name now?”

Yun Youyou was still most concerned about her hard-won villa.

[Of course. Future rent will also be deposited directly into your account.]

Yun Youyou’s eyes instantly lit up.

Even the rent belonged to her? What a blissful life this was, being a landlady!

[However, the Ghost Market is not yet open. If you wish to spend Game currency, you must go to the Player Mall.]

Yun Youyou swiped curiously on the light screen.

“But I don’t see the Player Mall here?”

[Naturally, only Players can enter the Player Mall. Ghosts are unable to access it.]

Yun Youyou’s eyes dimmed for a moment, but the spark quickly returned.

It didn’t matter; she could just find a Player to act as a personal shopper!

Thinking of this, Yun Youyou couldn’t help but feel a bit giddy as she continued to happily explore the new functions of the Light Brain.

In the middle of the screen was an app called “Taste.”

Curious, Yun Youyou tapped it.

A slogan appeared.

*Taste: A social networking app for ghosts.*

*Simply shake your Light Brain to randomly find a ghost within five hundred meters of you.*

Yun Youyou felt like this app was pretty much the same as those dating apps like Momo or Tantan.

The only difference was that while others were meeting people, this was for meeting ghosts.