Zhao Yi returned to his apartment and opened the panel.
[Character: Zhao Yi]
[Level: 4]
[Experience: 75/150]
[Items: Old Liu's Property Deed, Pandora's Box (Fake), Substitute Doll, Crusher (Shotgun), Butcher's Carefully Cooked Soup]
[Life: 25/25]
[Strength: 36]
[Spirit: 101 (100+1)]
[Luck: 0]
[Title: Ghostbane, Sharp Edge, Rule Breaker, Mentor, Deceiver]
[Soul Weapon: Bloodstained Scalpel (Plunder)]
[Points: 36,500]
[Rating Acquisition: S+, SS, S, SS+]
[Domain: Body Strengthening (F-)]
...
What pleased Zhao Yi the most was his points.
They had already reached thirty thousand.
Without a second thought, Zhao Yi spent 20,000 to buy four pages of Lunyu.
Now, he had gathered five pages of Lunyu.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Zhao Yi opened his cultivation system and dragged in the Lunyu.
A vast power surged into Zhao Yi's body.
Vaguely, it seemed as if some unknown chanting, like the toll of a great bell, echoed in Zhao Yi's mind.
He listened carefully for a while and roughly understood the meaning.
"Ren is the technique of dividing a person into two!"
"Confucius said: If you hear the way in the morning, you can die in the evening."
"It means: if you find out the way to your home in the morning, you have to die in the evening."
"Confucius said: A gentleman does not promote a person with words, nor does he discard words because of a person."
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"It means: a gentleman doesn't talk nonsense, he lifts a person up to beat them, and won't say polite words just because he beats them to a pulp."
"Confucius said: Since you have come, then settle here!"
...
After digesting it for a while, Zhao Yi suddenly found that this cultivation method was simply... too suitable for him.
Tailor-made.
Cultivation is not achieved overnight, nor is it like replacing a Fierce Ghost's limb, which can be done in one step.
It requires practical combat.
For example, Iron Shirt requires taking more hits to improve proficiency.
Many have been beaten to death by Fierce Ghosts and players while practicing Iron Shirt.
As for Lunyu, it seems to focus more on offense.
Having equipped the cultivation method, Zhao Yi took out the Fate Chest.
...
[Item: Fate Chest (Blue)]
[Quality: Consumable]
[Description: This is just an ordinary chest, have you played games? Such chests are everywhere in games.]
[Effect: After opening the chest, you may obtain a random item of the following qualities: White item (75%), Green item (15%), Blue item (7%), Purple item (2%), Other (1%)!]
[Note: If you think you're unlucky, you can sell it to other players who like opening chests.]
...
Sell it?
Impossible.
The chest must be opened by himself.
No boy doesn't love opening treasure chests.
What matters is not what you get, but the process.
Without thinking about his luck value of 0, Zhao Yi opened the Fate Chest while doing a backflip.
It's said that boys who can do backflips aren't too unlucky!
[Congratulations on opening the Fate Chest, you have obtained an 'Other' item: Shredder]
...
[Item: Shredder]
[Quality: Other]
[Description: As you can see, this is a piece of black technology invented by a terrifying scientist from the Chaotic Realm, appearing as a worn-out, foul-smelling large iron machine, usually used for shredding corpses, but theoretically, it can shred anything not too hard.]
[Effect: Players and Specters killed by the Shredder cannot be resurrected... including in-game dungeons! (Ineffective against players carrying mandatory resurrection items like Substitute Dolls)]
[Note: After the Shredder kills a player, all substitute items on that player will be cleared at once.]
[Remark: From the moment it was invented, it was destined to meet a pervert to use it!]
...
Holding the Shredder, an eerie excitement appeared on Zhao Yi's face.
This thing... is quite interesting.
In dungeons, when players die, they usually just lose life points, but if a player is killed by the Shredder, and they don't have resurrection items in their inventory, they will die permanently!
And no matter how many resurrection items a player has, as long as they're killed by the Shredder, all those items will be cleared at once!
This thing... is simply a damn tool for murder and arson!
Curious, Zhao Yi put his hand inside and activated the Shredder.
In an instant, his arm turned into a pile of minced meat.
Indeed, it's a good thing!
Looking at the pile of bone fragments and sticky flesh the Shredder spat out, Zhao Yi patted it with satisfaction.
The next day, Zhao Yi went to the abandoned train station, preparing to head to Hanging Valley Town.
His system friends list had gained quite a few NPCs.
Including the Clown, Butcher, Warehouse Ghost, the little ghost girl Xuanxuan, Ghost Security Guard, the Three Fierce Ghost Brothers, and others.
He could observe their geographical locations in detail and even send messages.
Before leaving, the Clown found Zhao Yi, saying it wanted to open a General Store in Hanging Valley Town but was short on funds, with a budget of about 150,000 ghost coins, and wanted Zhao Yi to help find a suitable storefront in Hanging Valley Town.
If Zhao Yi could find a good storefront, it would give Zhao Yi a personal collection.
Ghost coins are the currency used among Specters, and players can also use points to exchange in the mall, with one point equaling one ghost coin.
But it's a one-way exchange; players can only exchange points for ghost coins, not the other way around.
Faced with the Clown's side quest, Zhao Yi certainly didn't refuse.
Waiting at the platform, Zhao Yi headed towards the driver's cabin.
Only Zhao Yi could enter there; other players couldn't.
This was a privilege granted after reaching a certain level of favorability with the train conductor.
After starting the train, the conductor offered Zhao Yi a cigarette.
Zhao Yi didn't refuse.
The two puffed away.
"I've sent many people to Hanging Valley Town."
"It's really dangerous there... many have died."
"Some are high-level, some are low-level."
Faced with the conductor's lament, Zhao Yi wasn't surprised.
His mother's head was hanging in front of the windshield.
Still dripping blood.
Though without a body, at least she wasn't dead, right?
Looking at the conductor's mother's head, Zhao Yi had an urge to throw it into the Shredder.
No... to be precise, Zhao Yi now wanted to throw anything alive into his Shredder.
Whether human or ghost.
"Is it really that dangerous there?"
Zhao Yi averted his gaze.
The conductor took a drag and replied:
"Very dangerous, full of high-level Fierce Ghosts."
"But those two guys without a guild base are impressive."
Zhao Yi was slightly taken aback.
"The Clown and the Butcher?"
"Yes."
After a pause, the conductor kindly advised:
"When you reach Hanging Valley Town, stay on the platform, don't go out. Let the Warehouse Ghost come to pick you up. It has some influence in Hanging Valley Town, so you won't encounter danger..."
Zhao Yi nodded.
"Thanks."
PS: One more chapter to go.