Chapter 27: An Invitation from Happiness Residential District

"One hundred thousand fear points—not bad! If there are plenty of C-rank specters, killing ten will be enough to reach my million."

"What a pity."

Hearing Xie Yunyun's lament, Xie Yunying suddenly spoke up.

"Host, in an intermediate-level instance, a C-rank specter can already be considered a mini-boss."

"And with your current strength, Host, you can only manage in low-to-intermediate instances."

"So, where would you find so many mini-bosses for you to hunt? Do the other ordinary players need to survive or not?"

"Besides, the higher you level up, the more fear points you will require."

Fearing she might dampen Xie Yunyun's confidence, Xie Yunying added a few more words.

"But it doesn't matter."

"With your current strength, Host, bullying those specters in an intermediate instance is like cutting through vegetables."

"So, just save up slowly; you'll eventually have enough!"

Xie Yunyun: What a wonderful "save up slowly"...

"Yingying, I thank you so much!"

"Host, you two don't need to be so polite!"

Xie Yunyun: ......

Xie Yunyun gave a bitter smile in her heart, but before she could even lift her feet to leave, a prompt from the Main System rang in her mind.

"Ding, congratulations to player Xie Yunyun for receiving an invitation to Happy Residential District."

Immediately after, an orange-red invitation appeared in front of Xie Yunyun.

Before she could clearly see the content on the invitation, the Main System added:

"Note: With this invitation, special player Xie Yunyun can go directly to Happy Residential District."

After waiting for a while, no further prompts followed. Only then did Xie Yunyun begin to read the invitation as she walked. The wounds on her body had already healed automatically while she was talking to the system, Xie Yunying.

At the very top, written in a red liquid, were three large characters: Invitation Letter.

To Director Xie of Chongshan Psychiatric Hospital:

Due to your outstanding professional ability, we at Happy Residential District sincerely invite you to move in.

Additionally, there is a patient who requires your personal diagnosis and treatment.

A deposit of 500 ghost coins is paid in advance; the remaining 4,500 ghost coins will be paid to you after you have successfully treated the patient.

Upon seeing the last sentence, Xie Yunyun opened the envelope. Sure enough, she found five 100-value ghost coin notes inside.

"Yingying, put the invitation and the ghost coins away."

She had been worrying about where to go after this instance was completed, and now the next one had arrived. Hmph! Everything really does come just as one thinks of it.

After Xie Yunying stowed away the invitation and the coins, Xie Yunyun suppressed the excitement in her heart, loosened her limbs, and headed toward the areas thick with ghostly energy.

The immediate priority was to finish off all the specters in this instance. The thought of a massive influx of fear points made her want to burst into laughter, though she ultimately restrained herself. She wasn't that crazy yet.

Working until seven the next morning, Xie Yunyun combed through the entire hospital. In the end, she only found one D-rank specter patient, three E-rank specter patients, and ten F-rank specter patients. The D-rank patient was injured, and without guessing, Xie Yunyun knew it was from the C-rank specter she had dealt with earlier. After searching again and finding no remaining specters, she sighed.

"It seems the others were all devoured by that C-rank specter."

Afraid of frightening her "colleagues" in her current state, Xie Yunyun used a few teleports to return to her office.

Zhang Yurou was startled by Xie Yunyun's sudden appearance. Subconsciously, she prepared to defend herself, but upon sensing a strange, familiar aura, she stifled the impulse.

"D-Director Xie."

After calling out, Zhang Yurou took a step back. There was no helping it; the killing intent and ghostly energy radiating from Xie Yunyun were simply too heavy. Being this close, she felt like she couldn't breathe.

Seeing Zhang Yurou's pale complexion, Xie Yunyun said expressionlessly, "My apologies."

"By the way, let me ask, can you leave the instance directly after the hidden task is completed?"

Zhang Yurou shook her head. "Not really. Our main task is to survive for seven days, so we must stay in the instance for the full duration."

Xie Yunyun raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing. After a long silence, she finally spoke.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Zhang Yurou: The big boss hasn't given the word, so I don't dare to leave!

Seeing Xie Yunyun glance at her again, Zhang Yurou hurried toward the door. Just as her hand touched the handle, Xie Yunyun spoke again.

"Come to my office again tonight. I will tell you the answer to the hidden task."

Hearing this, Zhang Yurou turned around, and after Xie Yunyun finished, she produced the key.

"About the key..."

"You hold onto it for now, and give it to me tonight."

After Xie Yunyun finished speaking, Zhang Yurou nodded and opened the door to leave. Once the door was shut, she leaned against the wall, her legs turning to jelly. The aura Xie Yunyun had just displayed was truly terrifying!

After the door closed, Xie Yunyun peeled off her white coat with a look of disgust. The coat, which had been clean the day before, was now filthy after a night of one-sided slaughter. Fortunately, she couldn't smell anything, or she wouldn't have been able to wear it at all.

"Yingying, how much did I harvest over the night?" Xie Yunyun asked, sitting down on her office chair in exhaustion. She had been killing so much that she hadn't paid much attention to the relentless stream of Main System notifications.

Xie Yunying opened the system panel for her to see:

Horror Game Player: Xie Yunyun
Identity: Corpse Specter (Possesses a suppressing effect on specters of lower rank)
Fear Points: 456,900
Rank: C-rank [Next level requires 1,000,000 fear points]
Title: None
Ghost Items: Blood Doll [B-rank]
Supernatural Props: F-rank spiked club, D-rank scalpel
Ghost Coins: 17,290
Abilities: Super Regeneration, Claw Rend, Illusion Attack, Teleportation.

"Nearly half the fear points, and quite a few ghost coins saved up, too. Not bad at all!"

"Yingying, do you think that once I kill every last specter in this instance, I'll be able to scrape together those one million fear points?"

Just as Xie Yunyun finished speaking, her mind was flooded with a barrage of fear point notifications.

"Ding, fear points from specter Dr. Zhao +1000."
"Ding, fear points from specter Dr. Qi +1000."
"Ding, fear points from specter Nurse Zhao +500."
"Ding, fear points from Zhang Yurou +1000."
"Ding, fear points from Chen Wanchong +2000."
"Ding, from..."

Listening to the endless stream of notifications from the Main System, both Xie Yunyun and the system Xie Yunying were stunned for a moment. Over ten thousand fear points had rolled in within just a few seconds.

The Xie Yunying who had originally intended to say it was unlikely now changed her tune:

"Perhaps, truly... it might be possible?"

Just as Xie Yunying finished speaking, the office door was knocked on four times from the outside. Xie Yunyun had to swallow the words she wanted to say and looked toward the door.

Then, she asked, "Who is it?"