Investigating Xu Yuan

[Memory Ghost]:

The mission is complete.

After your corpse underwent Corpse Transformation, it was impaled by the Ghost Transformation Spear and shattered into pieces once more.

[Living Person Apartment]:

Thank you.

Keep that Ghost Transformation Spear for yourself. Consider it your reward for this mission.

Although it's useless to living people, it's quite useful for us ghosts.

Whichever living person you find pleasing to the eye, kill them with the spear. That way, they'll directly become a ghost and join you down here.

Hahaha.

Xu Yuan's words sent shivers down Gao Tian's spine.

These guys truly didn't care about human lives at all.

That made sense. They had been ghosts for many years, a completely different species from humans. Even if they were once human.

It was hard to imagine that the Vengeful Ghost in the group chat now was the Little Boy who swore to expel all ghosts from this world over twenty years ago.

[Memory Ghost]:

There's one more thing.

Your corpse had no head, but a young Woman's Head grew and parasitized your body.

That woman is also a recently popular Female Star...

[Living Person Apartment]:

That Female Star is a ghost. I knew it when I was alive.

Now she appears more and more on various Big Screens, and her face has been deeply etched into many people's minds.

I don't know what this fellow is planning either. Although she appears harmless for now, she's also struggling to suppress her urge to kill.

After all, a ghost is a ghost. Ghosts cannot help but kill.

This ghost, with a beautiful and moving face, must be setting up some terrifying grand scheme. When she makes her move, who knows how much power she'll unleash.

[Memory Ghost]:

Your head, at Sapphire Mall, how did you lose it?

Was it taken by other Vengeful Ghosts?

After Gao Tian typed this, he originally thought that, given Xu Yuan's personality and his status in the chat group, he would say something like, "I'll get it back once I recover my strength."

Unexpectedly, Living Person Apartment replied with this a moment later.

[Living Person Apartment]:

If it fell into the hands of that kind of guy, I'm afraid I'll never get it back.

With my strength at the time, very few Vengeful Ghosts in this world could kill me, yet it was one of them.

That thing, its name can't even be mentioned. Don't talk about it in the group anymore.

After ending the chat, Gao Tian lay in the Private Bedroom of Living Person Apartment.

It had been three days since the second Green Text Mission ended. Boss Jin was generous, paying him two hundred thousand yuan as a reward for his contribution during the Green Text Mission. Both veterans like Jiangyang and newcomers like Su Jiu praised Gao Tian's performance during his first mission, and they really hoped to partner with Gao Tian again on the next mission.

The third Green Text Mission would arrive in about three weeks. During this period, his hand injury healed quickly, and he also made some new friends in the apartment.

To be honest, if this Peaceful Apartment didn't require undertaking missions, it would truly be an ideal Paradise. No need to work or study every day. Gao Tian felt he could live here for a lifetime.

The only strange thing was that ever since that call with Cao Hua last time, the other party hadn't contacted him. Gao Tian tried sending messages on WeChat, but Cao Hua's avatar never replied.

Based on Gao Tian's understanding of him, Cao Hua wasn't like this. He readily agreed and then forgot about it. Since he promised to investigate the matter of the post for Gao Tian, he would definitely complete it.

He could only explain it as Cao Hua possibly participating in some competition these past few days and being too busy. He might have inadvertently put Gao Tian's matter aside and would only remember it after some time.

Tap, tap.

From upstairs, the sound of marbles rolling could be heard.

Gao Tian lay on his bed, gazing towards the Ceiling.

He hadn't forgotten one thing: he had voluntarily chosen the apartment on the Third Floor. And above the Third Floor of Living Person Apartment were not places for living residents, but for ghosts.

Gao Tian had been tricked once by the Little Girl in the photo, who modified his memory to go upstairs and reunite with his "Parents." It was an unpleasant memory. Even though Gao Tian had luckily escaped and obtained the crucial item, the Black Card, he had no intention of going upstairs again anytime soon.

The marbles on the fourth floor began to roll back and forth in the same spot, emitting an unbearable grinding sound. There were also sounds of bare feet running back and forth, interspersed with the bell-like laughter of a child and unintelligible babbling.

Fortunately, these sounds did not last long. They would appear for about three to five minutes each day and disappear quickly.

These past few days, sometimes when Gao Tian was asleep, he would be suddenly woken by the woman's screams and the baby's cries piercing his eardrums from the fourth floor. But when Gao Tian opened his eyes, he only saw the void of the ceiling above, and the shrieks from the fourth floor would quickly disappear.

For residents with average psychological resilience, knowing that the people living upstairs were all ghosts, they would probably go crazy from these chaotic noises.

But since Gao Tian's goal was to uncover the secret of the Living Person Apartment and leave here alive, strengthening his psychological fortitude and gradually adapting to the presence of ghosts, accepting them as part of his daily life, was also a necessary training.

After the sound of marbles rolling upstairs stopped, Gao Tian closed his eyes and continued to sleep soundly.

In the afternoon, Gao Tian put on his running shoes and sweatpants, preparing to leave the Living Person Apartment for a five-kilometer endurance run.

After all, in supernatural events, abundant physical strength was also an important factor. Some apartment residents could survive seemingly impossible missions simply because they had better stamina than other participants.

Screech--

Fierce car brakes.

A Porsche Cayenne suddenly rushed out from the corner of the intersection. The car window rolled down, and a Blond Youth wearing sunglasses poked his head out, yelling curses in Gao Tian's direction:

"Are you in such a hurry to reincarnate, you bastard?

"Don't donate your eyes to those in need, you son of a bitch."

Gao Tian, who was almost hit, glanced at the traffic light. It was green, and according to the rules, turning vehicles should yield to pedestrians going straight. In any case, the Cayenne's Car Owner was in the wrong.

A normal person would definitely not swallow this insult. Gao Tian looked up, preparing to activate the Memory Ghost's ability to punish the other party. Upon seeing the appearance of the Blond Youth in the Cayenne, both of them couldn't help but freeze:

"Zhao Qiang?"

Zhao Qiang was a student from Gao Tian's year, a rich second-generation delinquent.

Logically speaking, with Zhao Qiang's combined score in six subjects not exceeding three digits, he wouldn't have qualified to attend the same high school as Gao Tian. However, his family was not only wealthy but also had astonishing connections. Through operations like being a borrowed student, they managed to get this delinquent into a key city high school. During these three years, he skipped classes, got into fights, and dated, yet he was never expelled, which showed how deep his family's connections ran.

Of course, during the national college entrance examination, no matter how influential Zhao Qiang's father was, he couldn't pull strings. This kid reportedly couldn't even get into a vocational college. Of course, this didn't stop him from continuing to live a life of debauchery and pleasure after graduating from high school.

Upon seeing his classmate Gao Tian, Zhao Qiang generously waved his hand, indicating he wouldn't bother with him:

"So it's you. Forget it, forget it. For the sake of our classmate relationship, I can't be bothered to argue with you. Hurry up and get out of the way.

"Keep your eyes open when you walk next time. You're not always this lucky."

He prepared to roll up the car window and leave. Looking at Zhao Qiang's profile, Gao Tian couldn't help but smile:

"Oh, so according to you, I should really thank you for your generosity."

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Qiang's temper flared up again. He rolled down the car window, took off his sunglasses, and stuck his head out, revealing a pair of sinister triangular eyes:

"What?

"You motherfucker, I let you off the hook because we sat in the same classroom for three years, and now you're pushing your luck?"

In the passenger seat, a beautiful girl in revealing clothing said impatiently:

"Brother Qiang, why waste time here? Next time we meet someone like this, just run them over like a speed bump."

Gao Tian wasn't angry at these two scoundrels. On the contrary, he was somewhat pleased; he happened to have a use for Zhao Qiang.

Gao Tian took a small transparent bag from his pocket. Inside was half a yellowed fingernail. He held it directly under Zhao Qiang's nose:

"Alright, I can't be bothered to waste words with scum like you. Even a pile of shit or a basin of urine can have its value if placed in the right spot.

"This is a fingernail from a corpse. I want you to use your connections to find this deceased person's DNA and all their information from when they were alive. Try to give it to me within a week. I need everything: the deceased's growth trajectory, their Teacher, family, all of it."

The fingernail Gao Tian offered was naturally taken from Xu Yuan.

There were quite a few rich people in the Living Person Apartment, like Boss Jin. But for this kind of investigation, it was best to find an outsider unrelated to the Living Person Apartment.

Hearing Gao Tian's commanding tone, Zhao Qiang almost thought he'd misheard. Veins bulged on his neck:

"Are you saying, you little shit, that you're refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit? Believe it or not, I'll find someone to bury you alive tonight..."

Gao Tian knew the temper of this punk and didn't expect him to obey willingly. He immediately activated the Memory Ghost ability on the two in the car:

"Hey, Zhao Qiang, you seem to have forgotten the leverage I had over you in high school.

"Don't you remember that night you accidentally beat your ex-girlfriend to death? And how you desperately begged me to help you dig a hole in the back mountain?

"You made such great promises back then, saying if I kept this matter buried, we'd be brothers for life. Now, I just ask you to do a simple favor, and you're turning your back on me like this?"