Chapter 54: The Art of Bribery, Invitation to the Underworld

The moment the Ghost Official appeared, the cheerful atmosphere in the dormitory was instantly killed!

Cao Yaxuan and the other two girls' pupils contracted, as if someone was choking their throats, their faces turning somewhat pale.

"Xu Lang..." Tong Qi instinctively moved closer to Xu Lang.

Seeing that chain of people, she was so shocked she could barely speak.

Xu Lang gently pressed Tong Qi's small hand, giving her warmth, then picked up a small blue and white porcelain bowl and stood up.

The Ghost Official was walking toward Dorm 200, his expression grim and terrifying.

And Xu Lang was also walking toward the door to welcome the Ghost Official.

But just then, the Ghost Official's footsteps suddenly halted as he looked at the Ghost Child on the doorplate.

Xu Lang's footsteps also stopped.

However, the reality was completely opposite to what he imagined.

When the Ghost Official saw the Ghost Child, he took a step back and gave a slight bow.

The Ghost Child sitting in the shrine raised its head, even puffing out its little belly a bit higher, but showed no intention of standing up to return the courtesy.

This scene completely stunned Tong Qi and the other two girls.

On the surveillance screen, they saw the Ghost Child wave its hand, seemingly indicating the Ghost Official could leave.

Then the Ghost Official continued forward, dragging the chain of people behind him.

Just as he was about to pass Dorm 200, the Cyan Steel Main Door opened.

Xu Lang stood behind the door and said to the Ghost Official: "Greetings, Ghost Official."

The Ghost Official was startled, looked Xu Lang up and down, then glanced at the completely at-ease Ghost Child, and said with some hesitation: "Are you here to reclaim your companion's corpse? I'm just performing my duties..."

"Ghost Official, you're overthinking it."

"And about the fierce ghost, please don't mention it in front of me, I won't tell you."

"Ghost Official, you're still overthinking it."

The Ghost Official was confused by these words and couldn't help but take two steps forward: "Then what do you want to do?"

He had never seen such a strange human before.

Not afraid of him, and actively approaching.

"Hehe, I have no other intentions. It's just that I recently found some stolen goods and couldn't find a place to turn them in..." Xu Lang said, handing over an exceptionally exquisite and ornate blue and white porcelain bowl.

The Ghost Official quickly took the bowl in his hands, his eyes glowing green: "Where did you get this bowl!?"

"Acquired by chance." Xu Lang smiled.

"This is stolen goods, major stolen goods!" The Ghost Official said excitedly, his body trembling slightly.

"I thought so too, that's why I'm handing it over to you, sir." Xu Lang chuckled.

Hearing this, the Ghost Official's expression became conflicted again: "Do you want something in return?"

Xu Lang kept his hands tucked and smiled, just kept smiling.

Immediately, the Ghost Official's expression became even more conflicted.

He moved closer to Xu Lang and said in a low voice: "About your situation here, I can't say much, but if possible, you should try to collect all ten day bells. As for what the ten day bells are, you should be able to guess."

"That's it?" Xu Lang frowned, feeling somewhat disappointed inside.

"That's all I can say. If you have enemies, I could help you kill... arrest two." The Ghost Official said with yin energy emanating from his mouth.

Xu Lang felt a chill on his neck but maintained his smile: "Then I have nothing else, thank you Ghost Official."

"Don't call me sir." The Ghost Official cupped his hands and took out a blue-black card from his sleeve: "This is my gift to you."

"Thank you." Xu Lang accepted the card and watched the Ghost Official leave.

The chains clattered as the ghost walked and the people followed.

"Xu Lang, you're back. What did you say to the Ghost Official?" Cao Yaxuan's gaze shifted slightly, feeling that Xu Lang had a cold, chilly aura about him.

The surveillance camera had audio recording function.

But just now Xu Lang and the Ghost Official were too close together, their voices were really too soft, so they didn't hear anything.

"Nothing much, just exchanged the bowl for this." Xu Lang showed the blue-black invitation.

The Blue and White Floral Bowl with Intertwining Plum Blossoms was something he obtained by upgrading with 10 Nightmare Coins. Upgrading it again wouldn't be expensive, but he didn't want to take risks - going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

The result was exchanging it for some presumably useful information, and then this level-less item.

Cao Yaxuan said hesitantly: "This thing... Xu Lang, let's not go, okay?"

Tong Qi followed up: "Netherworld, it doesn't sound like a good place just from the name."

Wang Yazhi's eyes narrowed slightly as she speculated: "Maybe that place is full of level 10 monsters like the Ghost Official."

"Anyway, we can't go even if we wanted to, we're not qualified." Xu Lang smiled and casually placed the invitation in a drawer.

After that, the four of them stayed in the dormitory as usual. Some browsed the chat room, some checked the trading network, and if they had nothing to do, they'd snack on some melon seeds.

Xu Lang gave each of the three girls three thousand Copper Coins, telling them to buy any good items they saw, while he himself began meditating.

Time passed quietly.

The Ghost Official's patrol asked almost every room, only leaving when daybreak came.

This time the dormitory broadcast was being reasonable, revealing that the fourth round would be a monster attack, not something like ghost official patrols.

After experiencing this ghost official patrol, many people felt that fighting hard battles would be better, at least not as hopeless as this time.

With the third round of the game over and players confirming their safety, some fell asleep immediately, while others began visiting each other.

That's right, visiting.

After staying up all night, players urgently needed face-to-face communication with others. This was a subconscious anti-isolation method; otherwise, with no human interaction at all, people could easily become psychologically disturbed.

The players from the tenth floor all gathered near Dorm 200 as if by prior agreement.

"Lang Ge, are you home? Come out and chat!"

"Lang Ge, are you the reincarnation of Erlang Shen? You were way too awesome last night, you helped us out with both waves of monsters!"

"Lang Ge..."

"Bro..."

"Xu Lang, with so many girls calling you that, you must be feeling pretty good." Cao Yaxuan said in her unique melancholy tone.

"Long since gotten used to it." Xu Lang shrugged.

Cao Yaxuan felt like Xu Lang was showing off and snorted: "Stop listening, since you're not going to respond anyway. Come, let's go take a bath with me!"

Xu Lang: "..."

Isn't it a bit early for that?