Chapter 29: Following the Network Cable

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

After nearly ten seconds of eerie silence, a mournful and plaintive female voice came from the other end of the phone:

"I died so miserably..."

"What's your name? How old are you? Have you graduated? If not, are you planning to take a civil service exam or a postgraduate entrance exam, or both? If you've graduated, how's your job hunting going? Do you have social security and housing fund? What about weekends and public holidays?" Zhou Yuan rattled off a barrage of questions.

With the principal beside him, there was nothing to be afraid of.

"I died so miserably..." the female ghost on the phone repeated.

"So, do you have a partner? When are you planning to find one? Listening to your voice, you're not young anymore, it's time to find someone. If you wait any longer, it'll be too late. Should I introduce someone to you? I have quite a few resources here, surely there's someone you'd like."

Zhou Yuan looked out the window where, under the control of the principal and the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree, thousands of fierce ghosts emerged from the Happy Castle and engaged in a chaotic battle, among which were quite a few decent-looking single male ghosts.

"Do you prefer tall or thin? Fat or short? Young or mature? Always single or divorced?

"Ah, I think this young man looks pretty good, well-groomed, and even a half-red apparel level, with a stable job in a world-famous amusement park, truly promising. Would you consider it?"

A series of questions sounded like the soul interrogation by numerous aunts during the New Year, making even the principal unable to bear it: "Why are you playing matchmaker with a female ghost?"

However, faced with such enticing conditions, the ghostly voice on the phone still repeated mournfully:

"I died so miserably..."

It seemed this ghost was not very lucid and unable to communicate... Zhou Yuan could only ask, "How did you die?"

"I died so miserably..."

"Don't just repeat that, are you a looped-recording ghost or what?"

"I died so miserably..."

Zhou Yuan was speechless, I know you died miserably just from your voice, but did you call just to tell me that?

He glanced at the call duration, 1 minute 32 seconds, and soon it could reach the task's time limit.

Something was off, very off. This task obviously had a high risk, how could it be completed so easily.

Just as Zhou Yuan was pondering, a sudden change occurred.

Drops of crimson blood oozed from the speaker, charging port, and every crevice of the opple smartphone, initially flowing slowly but suddenly squirting outwards, and then like a dam bursting, it surged wildly!

The crimson blood gushed, spreading wildly across the floor of the office, and from it, a female figure composed of blood slowly emerged, emitting an earth-shattering resentment and a mournful wail:

"I died so miserably..."

"Come join me..."

The blood was chilling to the bone, causing Zhou Yuan's body to stiffen and ache from just a momentary contact, clearly a super terrifying ghost.

[Ah oh, Ms Blood, who died a dreadful death, has come seeking you via the internet cable. Luckily you were cautious, otherwise you would've melted like a puddle. By the way, if you could awaken Ms Blood's senses, you might gain something unexpected.]

Awaken my arse, is now the time to think about hidden tasks?

"Principal!" Zhou Yuan yelled.

"What the hell!" the principal beside him screamed.

What have you brought into my office?!

This ghost actually ignored the amusement park rules and forced its way in!

The next second, the blood on the floor suddenly disappeared, moved to the battlefield by the principal using the park's power.

"Heh..."

Zhou Yuan gasped as if surfacing from water, hastily clinging to the windowsill to look outside.

The sea of blood had been transferred near the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree. Countless ghosts were slaughtering each other there, the battle gruesomely bloody and dire.

As the sea of blood descended from the sky, everything boiled over completely.

"I died so miserably, come join me..."

The ghosts in the sea of blood weren't very rational, mostly acting on instinct, making everything they saw experience the pain they had endured.

Splash! A pair of hands emerged from the bloody water, reaching for the ghosts in paradise, dragging them into the sea of blood. Within moments, dozens of ghosts sank into the crimson, intensifying the glaring hue.

"I died so miserably..."

The ghost in the sea of blood looked up and sure enough, noticed the most conspicuous existence in paradise—the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree!

"Come join me..."

The sea of blood suddenly erupted, shooting up into a sixty-meter-high tsunami that slammed into the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree.

Boom!

A loud crash roared as waves surged. The Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree shuddered violently under the impact, its trunk bent eerily, cracking open a shocking crevice as if almost severed by the ghostly assault.

Vast amounts of blood poured into the hole previously blasted by Chen Guangxi, dousing the True Dragon's dragon fire, continuously corroding and disintegrating the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree from within, intending to completely dissolve it into the sea of blood!

"What the hell is that?" Chen Guangxi was dumbfounded, quickly distancing himself. Where had this devastating ghost come from?

In the office, Zhou Yuan was so frightened by the ferocious nature of the ghosts in the sea of blood that he was rendered speechless; had he undertaken the mission unprepared, he probably wouldn't have left a complete corpse.

He held his breath, focusing intently on the call time displayed on his phone screen, and hurriedly hung up as soon as the time exceeded three minutes.

However, the ghost in the sea of blood didn't disappear with the hang-up; it had thoroughly arrived inside the Happy Castle!

Ah, I'm so sorry, Park Manager... Zhou Yuan cautiously looked toward the manager. His mascot suit obscured any expression of emotions on his face, but the atmosphere in the office felt almost solidified.

Suddenly, the manager sighed helplessly, "It's actually quite a good idea."

On the battlefield, the ravaging ghost in the sea of blood suddenly vanished, taken away by the manager to some unknown place.

In just a few seconds, the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree had been thoroughly ravaged, its trunk pocked and pitted as if locusts had devoured it.

Seizing this great opportunity, Chen Guangxi immediately threw a massive amount of high explosives at the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree and then exhaled a burst of dragon flame, detonating the explosives.

Boom!

An ear-splitting roar erupted, flames rocketed into the sky, and a terrifying wave of force spread wildly, rampaging through the paradise.

Immense light and heat utterly tore apart the last defenses of the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree, bringing fierce destruction.

The towering tree suddenly collapsed, disintegrating inch by inch in the burning inferno, and finally turned to ash and dispersed.

[The Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree has been defeated — MVP of the game: Ms Blood, who died miserably.]

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During the festive season, fireworks outside have not stopped, and I really don't feel like writing more. Let this be for now.

Wishing everyone a happy new year and all the best!