Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo angered the Fat Ghost while accompanying the Maid Ghost, then performed surgery to transplant her legs. The operation restored her legs and greatly increased her ghost power, leaving her stronger than an ordinary ghost general.

• The Fat Ghost tried to attack Lin Luo for holding the Maid Ghost's hand, but she stepped in to protect him.
• Lin Luo insulted the Fat Ghost, who threatened to kill him before backing down and leaving.
• The Maid Ghost warned Lin Luo that the Fat Ghost was the butler's son and that the butler was extremely powerful.
• The Maid Ghost took Lin Luo to her room, where he successfully sewed her legs back onto her body.
• The Maid Ghost's ghost power surged after the surgery, making her far stronger than an ordinary ghost general.

After Lin Luo stayed in the Maid Ghost’s room to evade the Fat Ghost’s ambush, the Fat Ghost invited him to a dangerous banquet, and Lin Luo accepted. At work, the Maid Ghost defended Lin Luo from Luo Tong and asked him what task he wanted.

• The Maid Ghost offered to deal with the Fat Ghost, but Lin Luo warned that attacking him would count as employee infighting and get her executed.
• The Maid Ghost urged Lin Luo to stay in her room overnight, and the Fat Ghost’s four hired Ghost General Tier fiends waited in vain for him to leave.
• The next day, the Fat Ghost confronted Lin Luo with four thug ghosts and invited him to a banquet, which Lin Luo agreed to attend despite the Maid Ghost’s concern.
• Luo Tong complained that Lin Luo had arrived late, so the Maid Ghost tore off Luo Tong’s left arm and warned him not to do it again.
• The Maid Ghost asked Lin Luo what work he wanted to do, leaving the other players astonished by her changed attitude toward him.

The Maid Ghost assigned Lin Luo and Luo Yujuan to clean, while Luo Tong was left to face the dangerous Driver job. At the restrooms, a Cleaner Ghost bullied Luo Yujuan and threatened Lin Luo, but backed down after he revealed his overwhelming Ghost Power.

• The Maid Ghost assigned Lin Luo and Luo Yujuan to cleaning duty, Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui to gardening, and Luo Tong to driving for Poppy.
• Luo Tong begged Lin Luo and then Luo Yujuan to switch jobs with him, but both refused and walked away.
• Luo Yujuan followed Lin Luo and tried to gain his favor as they headed to clean the public restrooms.
• A Cleaner Ghost called Sister Chen slapped Luo Yujuan and reached to touch Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo released powerful Ghost Power that intimidated Sister Chen, then warned her not to repeat her threat.

Lin Luo was assigned to clean the dangerous Men’s Restroom, where he uncovered and fought the Black-Haired Ghost. The ghost trapped him with corrosive black oil, but Lin Luo’s Hellfire surged back as the battle continued.

• The Cleaner Ghost assigned Lin Luo to the Men’s Restroom and Luo Yujuan to the Women's Toilet, hoping Lin Luo would be killed by the danger there.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Power to reveal the restroom’s filth and found a mass of black hair hiding in a stall.
• The Black-Haired Ghost attacked Lin Luo, but he burned its strands with Hellfire and fought it with the Hell Torch.
• The Black-Haired Ghost released corrosive black oil, bound Lin Luo’s limbs, and launched another assault.
• Lin Luo’s Hellfire formed the Hellhound Pattern and burned the attacking hair to ash, but the Black-Haired Ghost kept up its relentless attack.

Lin Luo fought the black-haired ghost by targeting its mask, then resumed cleaning after the ghost escaped. Meanwhile, Luo Yujuan investigated a strange presence in a restroom stall and was horrified when her Companion Ghost turned toward her.

• Lin Luo used the Hell Torch to crack the black-haired ghost’s mask and weaken it, then split the mask in two with a Hellhound Pattern.
• The black-haired ghost survived by rejoining the halves of its mask and escaped after sending black-oil-soaked hair at Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo stopped pursuing the ghost and returned to cleaning, while Luo Yujuan assumed he had been killed and hurried to finish her work.
• Luo Yujuan sensed a chilling presence in the innermost stall and sent her Drowned Ghost to investigate.
• When the Drowned Ghost failed to return, Luo Yujuan opened the stall and found it standing with its back to her.
• The Drowned Ghost suddenly turned its head, leaving Luo Yujuan pale with fright.

The Black-Haired Ghost possessed Luo Yujuan to use her as a vessel for revenge against Lin Luo. After finishing his cleaning shift, Lin Luo faced a group of thug ghosts in the Men’s Restroom and easily injured their attacker.

• The Black-Haired Ghost trapped Luo Yujuan in the restroom and forced the sinister mask onto her, taking control of her body.
• Lin Luo finished cleaning the Men’s Restroom and waited for his shift to end.
• Several thug ghosts dirtied the restroom and threatened Lin Luo, with the Tattooed-Arm Ghost lunging at him.
• Lin Luo’s defenses injured the Tattooed-Arm Ghost, and a single kick left him gravely wounded.
• The other thug ghosts eyed the injured Tattooed-Arm Ghost greedily as he pleaded with the Green-Haired Ghost to avenge him.

Lin Luo subdued the thug ghosts and forced them to clean the men’s restroom. After someone threw swill inside, Green-Hair Ghost rushed out to confront the culprit while Lin Luo ordered Skinny-Monkey Ghost to keep cleaning.

• Green-Hair Ghost killed the badly wounded Tattooed-Arm Ghost and ate his corpse while Skinny-Monkey Ghost waited for a share.
• Lin Luo swiftly knocked Skinny-Monkey Ghost down, then dodged Green-Hair Ghost’s dagger and struck him with the Hell Torch.
• Lin Luo spared Green-Hair Ghost and ordered him and Skinny-Monkey Ghost to clean the restroom within ten minutes.
• The two ghosts cleaned the restroom until it looked brand-new, and Lin Luo judged their work barely acceptable.
• Someone threw a bucket of swill into the restroom, so Green-Hair Ghost charged outside while Lin Luo ordered Skinny-Monkey Ghost to clean up.

Lin Luo subdued the Starving Ghost and learned that Luo Tong had hired him to cause trouble in the Men’s Restroom. After destroying the Starving Ghost, Lin Luo returned with the Green-Haired Ghost and found the Skinny-Monkey Ghost had finished cleaning.

• Lin Luo found the Green-Haired Ghost fighting the Starving Ghost and stopped the Green-Haired Ghost from striking him.
• The Starving Ghost tried to deceive Lin Luo, then grabbed his collar and threatened the Green-Haired Ghost.
• Lin Luo immobilized the Starving Ghost with his ghost power, forcing him to confess that Luo Tong had hired him.
• Lin Luo destroyed the Starving Ghost and told the Green-Haired Ghost to come with him for a task.
• Lin Luo returned to the Men’s Restroom and praised the Skinny-Monkey Ghost for cleaning it well.

Lin Luo sent Green-Haired Ghost and Skinny-Monkey Ghost to gather basic information about powerful beings at Mandragora Manor, tempting them with Monkey Wine. Cleaner Ghost then brought White-Haired Jiangshi to confront Lin Luo over his work, and the chapter ended with White-Haired Jiangshi declaring that the rules no longer protected Lin Luo and threatening to kill him.

• Lin Luo ordered Green-Haired Ghost and Skinny-Monkey Ghost to investigate beings above Ghost General Tier at Mandragora Manor and offered them Monkey Wine for basic information.
• Cleaner Ghost entered the Men’s Restroom with White-Haired Jiangshi and tried to find fault with Lin Luo’s cleaning.
• Lin Luo challenged Cleaner Ghost for entering the Men’s Restroom and attacked her with the Hell Torch when she could not justify it.
• White-Haired Jiangshi blocked Lin Luo’s attack and accused him of assaulting his superior.
• White-Haired Jiangshi claimed the Horror Game’s rules would not punish him for killing Lin Luo and threatened to slaughter him.

Lin Luo fought off the White-Haired Jiangshi and forced the Cleaning Ghost to pay for provoking him. He spared her after she revealed that the Ghost Butler was looking to take on an apprentice.

• The White-Haired Jiangshi attacked Lin Luo, but Lin Luo endured the blow and burned him with the Hell Torch.
• Lin Luo overwhelmed the White-Haired Jiangshi with Hellfire until the badly scorched manager agreed to stop fighting.
• The Cleaning Ghost urged the White-Haired Jiangshi to kill Lin Luo, so he slapped her and walked away.
• Lin Luo stopped the fleeing Cleaning Ghost and demanded compensation for her actions.
• The Cleaning Ghost offered her Ghost Coins and promised to stay out of Lin Luo's way, then revealed that the Ghost Butler was seeking an apprentice.

Lin Luo learned that the Ghost Butler was seeking a final disciple and planned to approach him with Monkey Wine. Meanwhile, Poppy intervened when a Pig-Headed Demon attacked her driver, Luo Tong, and the chapter ended as Luo Tong noticed a Cleaning Ghost watching him.

• The Cleaning Ghost told Lin Luo that the Ghost Butler was accepting a final disciple and loved collecting fine wine, so Lin Luo planned to use his Monkey Wine to build a connection.
• Lin Luo spared the Cleaning Ghost and assigned her a task.
• Luo Tong frightenedly apologized after a Pig-Headed Demon crashed into Poppy's car and demanded his organs as payment.
• Poppy stopped the Pig-Headed Demon, ordered him to sever one of his arms, and sent him away.
• Luo Tong mistook Poppy's intervention for personal support and noticed a Cleaning Ghost furtively watching him.

Luo Tong tried to use Poppy’s status to bully Cleaning Ghost into retaliating against Lin Luo, but Poppy revealed that Lin Luo was her friend and condemned Luo Tong for misusing her reputation. Poppy left after stripping Luo Tong of his driver assignment, leaving him terrified of Cleaning Ghost.

• Luo Tong threatened Cleaning Ghost by invoking Poppy’s status, then demanded to know who had sent her.
• Cleaning Ghost admitted that Lin Luo had sent her, and Luo Tong ordered her to kill him.
• Cleaning Ghost said she was no match for Lin Luo, so Luo Tong begged Poppy to deal with him instead.
• Poppy told Luo Tong that Lin Luo was her friend and rebuked him for using her name to bully others.
• Luo Tong begged Poppy for another chance, but she drove away after saying she would have him removed as her driver.

Lin Luo returned from cleaning and noticed that Luo Yujuan had changed, unaware that a ghost mask had possessed her. After the Maid Ghost settled the players’ pay, Lin Luo asked to drive Miss Yu the next day, while Luo Tong’s failures left him desperate and resentful.

• The Cleaner Ghost attacked Luo Tong for having offended her, and he fled back to the mansion badly injured and missing an arm.
• Lin Luo noticed that Luo Yujuan seemed different, while the ghost mask controlling her grew wary of his sharp senses.
• The Maid Ghost returned with her ghost power at the peak of the Ghost General Tier and announced that someone else had died.
• The Maid Ghost paid Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui 50 Ghost Coins each, rewarded Lin Luo and Luo Yujuan with 200 additional Ghost Coins, and canceled Luo Tong’s pay for poor performance.
• Lin Luo asked to drive Miss Yu the next day, and the Maid Ghost agreed, deepening Luo Tong’s resentment.

Luo Tong borrowed 50 Ghost Coins from Luo Yujuan, while Lin Luo went to the staff cafeteria and provoked a Burned-to-Death Ghost by refusing to pay protection money. The Chef Ghost intervened on Lin Luo’s behalf, severing the Burned-to-Death Ghost’s hand and revealing that Lin Luo was his brother.

• Luo Yujuan lent Luo Tong 50 Ghost Coins, and he accepted while secretly feeling no gratitude toward her or the other players.
• Lin Luo and the other players went to the staff cafeteria as night approached, where a Burned-to-Death Ghost demanded protection money.
• Lin Luo ignored the Burned-to-Death Ghost and warned him that attacking before night would bring the rules’ backlash; the ghost threatened to attack him after dark.
• The Chef Ghost arrived carrying his Meat-Cleaver and chopped off the Burned-to-Death Ghost’s hand after the ghost asked whether he planned to deal with Lin Luo.
• The Chef Ghost told the Burned-to-Death Ghost that targeting his brother had brought the injury upon him, leaving the ghost stunned.

Lin Luo forced the Burned-to-Death Ghost to surrender Firelighting Wood after the Chef Ghost intervened, then shared a meal with his companions. As Lin Luo left with Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui, Luo Yujuan revealed she wanted Luo Tong as a teammate, while her eerie gaze suggested she might have a hidden agenda.

• The Burned-to-Death Ghost tried to apologize to Lin Luo, but the Chef Ghost threatened him until he handed over his valuable Firelighting Wood.
• The Chef Ghost treated Lin Luo to a lavish meal, while Luo Tong struggled to eat cheap, charcoal-black buns.
• Lin Luo shared the remaining food with Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui, and Luo Yujuan paid for a table of leftovers for Luo Tong.
• Luo Tong mistook Luo Yujuan's help for romantic interest, while Lin Luo noticed her unsettling behavior and resolved to stay wary of her.
• After Lin Luo, Liu Yanyan, and Wen Hui left, Luo Yujuan told Luo Tong she wanted a reliable teammate and pointed out that the others had already formed a group.

Luo Yujuan persuaded Luo Tong to sacrifice his soul in exchange for Ghost Power and revenge on Lin Luo, while Lin Luo learned that Ghost Mask possessed Luo Yujuan and began preparing for Alcoholic Ghost’s arrival. The next morning, Luo Tong showed off his unstable new strength as Luo Yujuan watched for a chance to turn him into a powerful Puppet.

• Luo Tong agreed to sacrifice his soul after Luo Yujuan promised him more Ghost Power and a chance to take revenge on Lin Luo, then marked the scroll with his blood.
• Drunken Ghost warned Lin Luo that Ghost Mask was probably possessing Luo Yujuan and carried an aura connected to Alcoholic Ghost, so Lin Luo resolved to deal with her.
• Lin Luo planned for Alcoholic Ghost’s likely arrival within two days and went to sleep after preparing for the next day.
• Luo Tong approached Lin Luo the next morning with newly gained but unstable Ghost Power, and Lin Luo dismissed his attempt at friendly conversation.
• Maid Ghost assigned Lin Luo to drive Miss Yu, Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui to clean, and Luo Yujuan and Luo Tong to garden, then took Lin Luo aside.
• Luo Yujuan watched Luo Tong’s resentment destabilize his Ghost Power and planned to seize his soul and make him a powerful Puppet.

Lin Luo recruited the Maid Ghost to help him fight the Alcoholic Ghost and delivered Healing Nectar to Poppy in exchange for a promised reward. After claiming the Paper-Binding Technique scroll, he checked his status and considered the new ability.

• The Maid Ghost warned Lin Luo that the Alcoholic Ghost had targeted him, and Lin Luo asked her to join his allies against the threat.
• Lin Luo promised the Maid Ghost skin-whitening ointment, and she agreed to help him fight the Alcoholic Ghost the next day.
• Lin Luo met Poppy and gave her the Healing Nectar, refusing an equal-value exchange because her increased strength would help their alliance.
• Lin Luo received a Netherworld Tier Paper-Binding Technique scroll as his task reward and checked his personal information panel.

Lin Luo accompanied Poppy to meet Mandragora, but her Gambling Ghost subordinate made him wager for entry. After losing the first round, Lin Luo questioned the Gambling Ghost’s confidence as the wager continued.

• Poppy brought Lin Luo to the Listening Rain Bamboo Grove and told him that Mandragora, her strongest sister, might help him deal with the Alcoholic Ghost.
• At the pavilion, the Gambling Ghost stopped Lin Luo from entering Mandragora’s private seating area and demanded a wager for passage.
• Poppy warned the Gambling Ghost not to hurt Lin Luo, then went upstairs after Lin Luo agreed to play.
• The Gambling Ghost rolled all sixes, while Lin Luo failed to control the dice with Ghost Power and lost the first round.
• The Gambling Ghost threatened to take Lin Luo’s arm if he lost again, and Lin Luo challenged its boast that nobody could beat it at gambling.

Lin Luo won a dice wager against the Gambling Ghost by making the lower roll the winner, then prepared to kill him after the Gambling Ghost attacked and suffered backlash from the Horror Game's rules. Mandragora intervened just as Lin Luo was about to strike.

• Lin Luo challenged the Gambling Ghost to a wager where the lower dice roll won, and the Gambling Ghost accepted after Lin Luo taunted him.
• The Gambling Ghost rolled triple sixes twice, while Lin Luo rolled lower numbers and won the wager.
• The Gambling Ghost refused to accept defeat and attacked Lin Luo, triggering backlash from the Horror Game's rules that left him gravely weakened.
• Lin Luo chased down the fleeing Gambling Ghost with Ghost Shadow Trace and prepared to smash his head with the Hell Torch.
• Mandragora appeared through a powerful wave of Ghost Power and asked Lin Luo to spare the Gambling Ghost.

Lin Luo met Mandragora after defeating Gambling Ghost and tried to persuade her to help him deal with Alcoholic Ghost. Mandragora recognized Lin Luo’s cleverness but grew angry when he warned that Alcoholic Ghost might threaten her authority.

• Mandragora intervened to stop Lin Luo from killing Gambling Ghost, then invited Lin Luo upstairs.
• Poppy introduced Lin Luo to Mandragora, who tested him by serving tea that appeared to be blood and flesh.
• Lin Luo drank the tea, explained that he knew it was an illusion, and earned Mandragora’s approval.
• Mandragora asked why Lin Luo had provoked Alcoholic Ghost, and Lin Luo pointed to the coming player hunt and Yu’s curse.
• Mandragora rejected helping for Yu’s sake, but Lin Luo warned that Alcoholic Ghost might target her too.
• Mandragora grew angry and released powerful Ghost Power as she insisted she could keep Alcoholic Ghost under control.