Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo fell after his attack wounded the Corpse-Eating Ghost, and the Ghost Baby took the chance to ambush him and launch a prepared assault with Madam Rose’s puppet. The Corpse-Eating Ghost turned the Ghost Domain against the Ghost Baby and sealed its entrance, trapping him in a fight he could no longer escape.

• Lin Luo struck the Corpse-Eating Ghost with a taotie formed from Nine Netherworld Netherfire, then collapsed from the curse that had hit him.
• The Ghost Baby ambushed the injured Corpse-Eating Ghost, bit his neck, and sent in a puppet made from Madam Rose, whose soul he had sealed and refined.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost activated his Ghost Domain, where blood-drenched crows attacked as the Ghost Baby merged with the puppet and fought back.
• The Ghost Baby tore the Corpse-Eating Ghost apart but could not break the still-active Ghost Domain, while Lin Luo warned him not to let his guard down.
• The Ghost Baby pretended to leave, but the Corpse-Eating Ghost sealed the Ghost Domain’s entrance and revealed that he had lured him into a trap.

The Ghost Baby tried to escape the Corpse-Eating Ghost’s absorption, but Lin Luo intervened, killed the Ghost Baby, and earned the Fire Control Technique. The Corpse-Eating Ghost turned his full fury on Lin Luo, whose Nine Netherworld Netherfire burned away the cursed flesh as their battle continued.

• The Ghost Baby detonated Madam Rose’s puppet, damaging the Corpse-Eating Ghost’s Ghost Domain and then preparing to ignite his ghost blood.
• Lin Luo struck the Corpse-Eating Ghost with the Hell Torch, shattering his head and freeing the Ghost Baby from the clinging flesh.
• Lin Luo burned the weakened Ghost Baby to ashes with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and received the Fire Control Technique as a quest reward.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost regenerated his head, unleashed greater ghost power, and sent cursed flesh toward Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo burned away the curse in the attacking flesh with Nine Netherworld Netherfire, showing the Corpse-Eating Ghost that his power could counter the curse.

Lin Luo fought the Corpse-Eating Ghost, whose strength and grotesque true form proved far more dangerous than expected. Lin Luo answered by revealing his own Ghost Domain, leaving the Corpse-Eating Ghost alarmed at the threat he posed.

• The Corpse-Eating Ghost tried to devour Lin Luo, but Lin Luo attacked with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and burned away the ghost's flesh growths.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost ambushed Lin Luo, but Lin Luo unleashed six fire taotie that struck and severely burned him.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost burst the veins across his body, greatly increasing his power and revealing his terrifying true form.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost spat out heat-resistant sticky threads and bounced Lin Luo's flames back at him, but Lin Luo regained control with the Fire Control Technique.
• Lin Luo harmonized his aura with the Drunken Ghost's and summoned his Ghost Domain, whose volcanic heat rivaled the Corpse-Eating Ghost's domain.

Lin Luo defeated the Corpse-Eating Ghost with the Drunken Ghost’s help and was recognized as Mandragora Manor’s master. The Horror Game awarded him an S-rank clearance, drawing widespread attention and jealousy from the high-ranked player Graveyard Disco.

• Lin Luo used his Hell Netherfire Star to critically injure the Corpse-Eating Ghost, but exhausted his Ghost Power in the process.
• The Drunken Ghost attacked the Corpse-Eating Ghost from behind with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and burned him to ash, freeing Mandragora Manor’s Four Great Beauties.
• Mandragora offered Lin Luo control of Mandragora Manor, and he accepted after the others agreed to recognize him as their master.
• The Horror Game awarded Lin Luo 80,000 Ghost Coins and the Netherworld Tier movement technique Phantom Shadow Unfettered, giving him an S-rank rating and announcing his achievement server-wide.
• Graveyard Disco, jealous of Lin Luo’s new fame, posted that Lin Luo was merely lucky and would fail in an S-rank Instance.

After clearing Mandragora Manor, Lin Luo took Chen Yuling’s cursed job application for Green Mountain Clinic and prepared to enter the C-rank instance. As they ate before being transported, Wang Yao confronted Chen Yuling.

• Lin Luo returned from Mandragora Manor, where Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui thanked him for helping them survive, then went home to rest.
• Lin Luo discovered that Chen Yuling had been given a job application for Green Mountain Clinic by Wang Yao, whose curse would weaken by passing the application to someone else.
• Chen Yuling tried to keep Lin Luo from getting involved, but he revealed his strength and took the application, weakening the curse on her.
• With half an hour before the Green Mountain Clinic instance began, Lin Luo took Chen Yuling to a restaurant, where they ate a large meal together.
• Wang Yao arrived and accused Chen Yuling of eating without inviting her, and Chen Yuling angrily said she had already cut ties with her.

Lin Luo and Chen Yuling entered Green Mountain Clinic with Wang Yao and Qian Gui, where they faced a three-day survival quest and an optional investigation into missing patients. After Li Yong tried to assert authority and pressure Chen Yuling, Lin Luo challenged him, and a woman interrupted Li Yong before he could attack.

• Wang Yao tried to take Lin Luo and Chen Yuling's food, and Lin Luo slapped her after she attempted to strike him.
• Qian Gui arrived and threatened Lin Luo, but the Horror Game transported all four of them to Green Mountain Clinic.
• The game assigned the players a three-day survival quest and an optional quest to investigate patient disappearances.
• Li Yong introduced himself as a Silver Player and promised to protect the others if they followed his orders.
• Li Yong propositioned Chen Yuling, who refused and took Lin Luo's arm; Li Yong then threatened Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo dismissed Li Yong, who gathered ghost power to attack before a woman warned him she would stab him.

Players arriving at Green Mountain Clinic encountered a terrifying old ghost whose power suggested the C-tier instance was far more dangerous than it appeared. After he punished two newcomers for breaking the clinic’s rules, Qian Gui urged him to punish another player, leaving Chen Yuling and Little Green Snake furious.

• Li Yong tried to recruit Little Green Snake as his girlfriend, but she insulted him and rejected him.
• An old man arrived, and Lin Luo sensed that the apparently frail figure was a powerful ghost king-tier being.
• After a bronze-tier player mocked him, the old man tore off the player's arm and ate it as punishment.
• The old man ordered Wang Yao to eat her vomit after she dirtied the floor, and she obeyed to save her life.
• Lin Luo warned Chen Yuling to be careful, while Qian Gui asked the old man to punish a player for slacking, angering Chen Yuling and Little Green Snake.

Uncle Fu assigned the players jobs at Green Mountain Clinic and punished Qian Gui for falsely accusing Lin Luo. Lin Luo was sent to work as an intern doctor, where he met Doctor Ghost and watched Wang Tao face a hundred self-inflicted slaps.

• Lin Luo calmly challenged Uncle Fu's accusation, so Uncle Fu turned on Qian Gui and smashed his left hand with a cane for making an unsupported complaint.
• Uncle Fu introduced himself as the clinic's security team captain and assigned jobs to the twenty players, sending Lin Luo to the dangerous intern doctor post.
• Lin Luo asked Little Green Snake to protect Chen Yuling, and she agreed in exchange for a favor.
• Lin Luo and Wang Tao reached the Outpatient Room and met the huge, faceless Doctor Ghost; Lin Luo introduced himself politely while Wang Tao froze in fear.
• Doctor Ghost ordered Wang Tao to slap himself a hundred times and warned that he would take his head if Wang Tao faked it.

Lin Luo faced Doctor Ghost, Wang Tao, and a more powerful Bandage Ghost at the Clinic, refusing to be intimidated or let Wang Tao sacrifice him. While examining Bandage Ghost, Lin Luo secretly read its memories and learned how it had been burned by its wife.

• Wang Tao slapped himself a hundred times at Doctor Ghost’s command, then suggested that Lin Luo should be made to slap himself too.
• Lin Luo rejected Doctor Ghost’s attempts to intimidate him and told Wang Tao he was trash, angering them both.
• Bandage Ghost entered the Clinic, and Doctor Ghost promptly left; Wang Tao pointed at Lin Luo and claimed he was the doctor.
• Lin Luo struck Wang Tao for ordering him around, then calmly asked Bandage Ghost to sit and hold out its hand.
• Lin Luo touched Bandage Ghost and used Crimson Demon Finger to read its memories, discovering that its wife had burned it with gasoline after enduring its abuse.

Lin Luo used Hell Netherfire to make the Bandage Ghost back down, then let him turn on Wang Tao, who had framed him. The Bandage Ghost nearly dragged Wang Tao away, but the Doctor Ghost stopped him by invoking the Clinic Owner’s authority.

• Lin Luo recognized that the Bandage Ghost was cured and had only come to the Clinic to torment players, then scared him off with a flash of Hell Netherfire.
• Lin Luo told the Bandage Ghost that Wang Tao was not a doctor, so the Bandage Ghost attacked Wang Tao after he mocked him with a lighter.
• The Bandage Ghost punched Wang Tao, who begged for mercy, then dragged him toward the exit despite his pleas.
• The Doctor Ghost returned and warned the Bandage Ghost that Wang Tao was a temporary worker under the Clinic Owner’s authority.
• The Bandage Ghost hesitated at the mention of the Clinic Owner and demanded compensation rather than continuing to take Wang Tao away.

Wang Tao accepted a predatory debt agreement from the bandaged ghost, while Lin Luo stood up to the ghost doctor and collected his wages. Lin Luo left the Outpatient Room to inspect the Clinic, but Wang Tao was forced to remain and receive patients.

• Wang Tao offered to pay compensation, then signed an agreement to repay 450 Ghost Coins with 10 Ghost Coins in daily interest.
• The bandaged ghost left after securing Wang Tao's signature, and the ghost doctor canceled Wang Tao's wages for neglecting a patient.
• The ghost doctor tried to withhold Lin Luo's wages, but Lin Luo invoked the Clinic's rules and received 50 Ghost Coins.
• Lin Luo left the Outpatient Room, while the ghost doctor ordered Wang Tao to stay and handle any incoming patients.
• Lin Luo explored the Clinic to learn its layout and avoid mistakes during the next few days of work.

In the infusion hall, Lin Luo intervened when the Nerd Ghost threatened Chen Yuling after she refused his advances. Lin Luo stopped the ghost’s attack and declared that his conduct had cost him his status as a clinic patient, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• The Nerd Ghost harassed Chen Yuling and threatened her after she refused to leave the clinic with him.
• Wang Yao urged Chen Yuling to apologize, then cursed at Lin Luo when he mocked the Nerd Ghost; Lin Luo slapped her and warned her to stay quiet.
• The Nerd Ghost attacked Lin Luo with a bloodstained dagger, but Lin Luo caught it between two fingers.
• The Nerd Ghost threatened to torment Chen Yuling and invoked the Clinic Owner’s authority, but Lin Luo declared that he no longer deserved to be a patient.

Lin Luo killed Nerd Ghost after he caused trouble at Green Mountain Clinic, then confronted Nurse Ghost when she tried to stop him from leaving the infusion room. The chapter ended with Nurse Ghost injured and afraid, but still insisting that the clinic had rules.

• Lin Luo shattered Nerd Ghost's dagger and burned him to nothing with compressed Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• The players were stunned by Lin Luo's strength, while Wang Yao pretended to have fainted to avoid his attention.
• Lin Luo told Chen Yuling that she would ultimately have to rely on herself to survive in the Horror Game.
• As Lin Luo left the infusion room, Nurse Ghost blocked him and demanded ten jin of his flesh as compensation.
• Nurse Ghost attacked with a syringe, but Lin Luo melted it and burned her hand, leaving her fearful and protesting that the clinic had rules.

Lin Luo followed the Nurse Ghost to treat the Ghost Doll, whose power approached the Ghost King Tier, and triggered a hidden task promising a detailed map of Green Mountain Clinic. After the Nurse Ghost attacked him, Lin Luo overpowered her and drove her away, while the Ghost Doll watched without intervening.

• Lin Luo defended his conduct at the infusion hall and accepted the Nurse Ghost's offer to give a patient an infusion, triggering a hidden task to cure the Ghost Doll's chronic ailment.
• The Nurse Ghost brought Lin Luo to the Ghost Doll and called him a toy, but Lin Luo refused to accept that role.
• The Nurse Ghost attacked Lin Luo with her syringe, and he caught it and burned it to ashes with the Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• The Ghost Doll refused to help the Nurse Ghost, and Lin Luo kicked her away and ordered her not to return.

Lin Luo left the infusion hall, and Little Green Snake followed after forcing the Nurse Ghost to let her go. Wang Yao tried to leave too, but the Nurse Ghost punished her by tearing off one of her arms; meanwhile, Little Green Snake caught up with Lin Luo and said she needed to talk.

• Lin Luo left the infusion hall, and Little Green Snake followed him.
• The Nurse Ghost backed down when Little Green Snake revealed her overwhelming ghost power and allowed her to leave.
• Wang Yao assumed the Nurse Ghost was a coward and tried to leave the infusion hall as well.
• The Nurse Ghost attacked Wang Yao, tore off one of her arms, and warned her not to provoke her again.
• Little Green Snake caught up with Lin Luo and told him she needed to talk, surprising him because she could be punished for leaving work.

Lin Luo agreed to cooperate with Little Green Snake to investigate a hidden treasure vault at the Green Mountain Clinic. As evening came, a cafeteria trap killed a player who sat in the wrong seat and tried to flee.

• Little Green Snake asked Lin Luo to help investigate the clinic, and he initially refused.
• Little Green Snake revealed that Ghostfire Street had given her information about a vault containing Netherworld Tier Ghost Artifacts and Cultivation Techniques.
• Lin Luo agreed to work with Little Green Snake, and they planned to get a clinic map from the Security Guard Ghost that night.
• Lin Luo and Little Green Snake went to the cafeteria with the other players and noticed that some clean seats were separated from the filthy ones occupied by Ghost Creatures.
• A male player sat in a clean seat, was told he owed 100 Ghost Coins, and was killed by the Hanged Ghost when he tried to run away.

Li Yong enlisted Wang Tao to set Lin Luo up, but Chen Yuling exposed Wang Tao’s trap and Lin Luo retaliated. The Hanged Ghost used the damaged cafeteria table to demand compensation, and after Lin Luo paid, it threatened to punish him anyway.

• Li Yong paid Wang Tao to help him get rid of Lin Luo by turning the Ghost Creatures against him.
• Wang Tao offered Lin Luo food and directed him toward seats, but Chen Yuling warned that sitting there would incur a huge charge.
• Lin Luo confronted Wang Tao and hurled him onto a dining table, breaking it.
• The Hanged Ghost demanded 500 Ghost Coins from Lin Luo, who paid 1,000.
• The Hanged Ghost demanded further compensation and claimed it could deal with Lin Luo even if he had done nothing wrong.

Lin Luo defeated the Hanged Ghost after the creature attacked him, then faced down Ghost Creatures who tried to intervene. He revealed Ghost King Tier strength, forcing them to back away while the Hanged Ghost was left at his mercy.

• The Hanged Ghost charged Lin Luo, but Lin Luo dodged with Phantom Shadow Unfettered and punched a large hole through him.
• Lin Luo refused to let the injured Hanged Ghost call the fight off, and blocked his attempt to flee with Ghost Shadow Trace.
• The Hanged Ghost invoked the Clinic Owner, his aunt, prompting a Burned-to-Death Ghost and several others to pressure Lin Luo into stopping.
• Lin Luo released Ghost Power at Ghost King Tier, shocking Little Green Snake and intimidating the Ghost Creatures.
• The Burned-to-Death Ghost backed down, the others fled, and the Hanged Ghost was left terrified of Lin Luo.

Lin Luo forced the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost to appear and won her favor, earning promotion to Official Employee at Green Mountain Clinic. After she took him away, the Hanged Ghost turned his anger on Wang Tao, while Li Yong refused to help.

• Lin Luo intimidated the Hanged Ghost until the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost appeared and asked him to let the Hanged Ghost go.
• Lin Luo agreed, and the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost promoted him to Official Employee and took him away from the cafeteria.
• The Hanged Ghost blamed his humiliation on Wang Tao and gouged flesh from his body.
• Wang Tao begged Li Yong to save him, but Li Yong said Wang Tao had to bear the consequences of his actions.
• Wang Tao cursed Li Yong after realizing he had abandoned him.

The Hanged Ghost tried to sell Wang Tao into the human-trafficking black market, but the Sewing Ghost claimed him as a debtor and forced him to pay. Meanwhile, Lin Luo followed the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost to an office, where he asked why she had brought him there.

• The Hanged Ghost urged Wang Tao to kill Li Yong, but Li Yong knocked Wang Tao down without killing him.
• The Hanged Ghost decided to sell Wang Tao, and Wang Tao tried to protect himself by invoking the Clinic Owner.
• The Sewing Ghost intervened, showed the Hanged Ghost Wang Tao's IOU, and paid a hundred Ghost Coins to take Wang Tao away.
• Wang Tao handed over his Ghost Coins and agreed to pay the Sewing Ghost 50 Ghost Coins every day to avoid being sold.
• Lin Luo followed the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost from the Medical Room to her office and asked what she wanted.