Zhong Ping'an, originally named Zhong Xiaoshu, had inexplicably changed his own name.
Later, people said he had changed his name to Zhong Ping'an for peace of mind because he had recently started working at a funeral home.
Whenever he heard remarks like that, Zhong Ping'an looked as though his parents had died.
It was true that he wanted peace of mind, but it wasn't because he worked at a funeral home. Rather... a terrifying game had latched onto him not long ago, and every so often, he had to visit some extremely terrifying places to play games that were bizarre in the extreme.
In that game, his code name was Zhong Xiaoshu. He had at least muddled through a few games by following other players, but he still wanted to get out as soon as possible and return to the normal world.
To that end, he had tried plenty of things. Temples, Taoist sanctuaries, churches-he had tried every place he could visit and every god he could worship. Nothing worked.
Then he had gone to a fortune-teller and changed his name.
After all that, the game was still the same game, but his money was gone.
Zhong Ping'an had become unemployed after graduating from university. He had previously worked in sales, but after the game selected him, he couldn't keep doing sales, nor was he in the mood for it. As for other industries, nobody wanted someone who disappeared every few days. Just as he was fretting over this, he saw a recruitment ad for a funeral home.
He had seen real ghosts in that game. How could he still be afraid of dead people?
He went there right away.
After that, he became a regular employee of the funeral home.
Because of the unusual nature of the work, the