Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo asked Drunkard Ghost to become his Companion Ghost and accepted the challenge of finding two rare nether wines. Back at the Staff Dormitory, he was attacked by Transparent Ghost and closed his eyes after recalling the strategy guide’s advice.

• Lin Luo asked Drunkard Ghost to become his Companion Ghost, and Drunkard Ghost agreed if Lin Luo brought him Earth-Burial Wine and Yellow Springs Wine.
• The security ghost told Lin Luo that Earth-Burial Wine belonged to Director Ghost and Yellow Springs Wine was kept in the hospital director’s private cellar.
• The security ghost escorted Lin Luo to the Staff Dormitory, where Lin Luo found the corridors dark and Grandpa Ghost gone.
• Transparent Ghost ambushed Lin Luo, wounded him, and used blood mist and taunts to disrupt his defenses.
• Lin Luo recalled that players in the Dormitory Building would be safe at night if they kept their eyes closed, so he shut his eyes and stood still.

Lin Luo resisted the Transparent Ghost’s illusions and torment until the Director Ghost intervened, then killed the weakened Transparent Ghost with the Blood Rope. He finished the night recovering from his ordeal while the Faucet Ghost silently attended him.

• Lin Luo kept his eyes shut and resisted the Transparent Ghost’s threats and attempts to lure him with Liu Yanyan’s voice.
• The Transparent Ghost flooded the hallway with blood and noise, but Lin Luo endured and mocked him by pretending to be deaf.
• The Director Ghost arrived, stopped the disturbances, and sent Lin Luo flying back to his room.
• The Transparent Ghost attacked Lin Luo after he opened his eyes, but Lin Luo struck him with the Blood Rope and reduced him to ashes.
• The Blood Rope absorbed the Transparent Ghost’s Nether Power, and Lin Luo took a warm bath with the Faucet Ghost attending him.

Lin Luo was assigned to treat the dangerous Mummy Ghost in Yellow Springs Hospital, but used his Crimson Demon Finger to uncover the truth behind the ghost’s supposed injuries. He told the Mummy Ghost that his wife had never betrayed him, leaving the ghost emotionally shaken.

• The Director Ghost assigned Lin Luo to treat the Mummy Ghost in Ward 103 while Liu Yanyan and the other players were sent elsewhere.
• The Fat Ghost defended Lin Luo, warning the Mummy Ghost that Lin Luo had cured the Security Guard Ghost’s eye condition.
• The Mummy Ghost hid his medical chart and demanded treatment, while Lin Luo remained calm and used his Crimson Demon Finger to examine his memories.
• Lin Luo discovered that the Mummy Ghost had no physical illness and that his bandages were a Ghost Artifact.
• Lin Luo told the Mummy Ghost that his wife had never betrayed him, causing the ghost to lose control of his emotions.

Lin Luo calmed the Mummy Ghost by revealing that his wife had not betrayed him, earning a positive review and rewards that included the Binding Bandages and the Ghost-Raising Art. After eating with the Chef Ghosts, Lin Luo cultivated until he had generated ten points of ghost power, and three other players arrived at the cafeteria.

• Lin Luo told the Mummy Ghost that his wife had hanged herself after his funeral and had been searching for him, then punched him to break through his rage.
• The Mummy Ghost accepted Lin Luo’s explanation, asked where his wife was, and left to search for her after promising Lin Luo a glowing review.
• Lin Luo received the Binding Bandages and the Ghost-Raising Art, checked his status, and left Ward 103 while the Fat Ghost called him a miracle worker.
• Lin Luo brushed off Zhang Zhihao’s disbelief and went to the cafeteria, where the two Chef Ghosts welcomed him with a feast.
• Lin Luo cultivated the Ghost-Raising Art in the cafeteria and generated ten points of ghost power before three other players arrived.

Lin Luo received a reward from the Director Ghost for earning the Mummy Ghost’s positive review, while Zhang Zhihao volunteered to take on a dangerous patient in room 103. Lin Luo continued cultivating in the cafeteria until the Director Ghost returned and threw a blood-soaked Zhang Zhihao onto the floor.

• The Director Ghost gave Lin Luo a stack of Ghost Coins and explained that he had earned a positive review from the Mummy Ghost.
• When Lin Luo hesitated to take the fourth patient in room 103, Zhang Zhihao volunteered for the assignment and left with the Director Ghost.
• Lin Luo sold Liu Yanyan and Zhang Xiaoli the food on his table for ten Ghost Coins, then resumed cultivating the Ghost-Raising Art.
• Zhang Xiaoli urged Liu Yanyan to seduce Lin Luo for protection, but Lin Luo heard them and remained focused on cultivation.
• The Director Ghost returned to the kitchen and hurled a blood-soaked Zhang Zhihao onto the floor.

After Zhang Zhihao was critically injured, Lin Luo agreed to treat the fourth patient in Ward 103 in exchange for Zhang Xiaoli and Liu Yanyan’s Ghost Coins. He discovered the patient was Perverted Ghost, a powerful and depraved ghost who wanted new kidneys, and began using Emotion Stitching on him.

• Director Ghost condemned Zhang Zhihao and demanded that one of the three classmates treat the fourth patient in Ward 103.
• Zhang Xiaoli asked Liu Yanyan to take her place, but Lin Luo offered to go in exchange for their Ghost Coins, and both women agreed.
• Director Ghost escorted Lin Luo to Ward 103, where he met the impatient Perverted Ghost.
• Lin Luo examined Perverted Ghost with Crimson Demon Finger and learned that he had died of kidney cancer after a life of abusing women and later gained the backing of a Ghost King.
• Lin Luo promised to replace Perverted Ghost’s kidneys and asked Director Ghost to fetch four kidneys from male dogs.
• Lin Luo pressed his thumb against Perverted Ghost and used Emotion Stitching.

Lin Luo operated on Perverted Ghost, earning a black card for the Nightfall Hotel and the promised Earth-Burial Wine. He bonded with Director Ghost over underworld wine and gained a chance to meet the Hospital Director, then used his Crimson Demon Finger to access Director Ghost's memories.

• Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to make Perverted Ghost enthusiastic about the operation, and Director Ghost brought four dog kidneys for the procedure.
• Lin Luo replaced Perverted Ghost's necrotic kidneys with the four dog kidneys, satisfying him and earning a black card granting access to the Nightfall Hotel.
• Director Ghost gave Lin Luo the promised Earth-Burial Wine, which he produced from his mouth.
• Lin Luo praised underworld wine and asked about the Hospital Director's Yellow Springs Wine, prompting Director Ghost to offer to recommend him the next day.
• Lin Luo touched Director Ghost with his Crimson Demon Finger and managed to access his memories.

Lin Luo earned Director Ghost’s approval, returned to the dormitory, and cultivated the Ghost-Raising Art. The next morning, Zhang Zhihao appeared as a half-ghost and confronted Lin Luo, whose ghost power overwhelmed him as the ghost inside Zhang Zhihao began to take control.

• Lin Luo praised Director Ghost’s eloquence and appreciation of liquor, winning the director’s approval before leaving for the dormitory.
• Lin Luo encountered Liu Yanyan, Zhang Xiaoli, and the gravely wounded Zhang Zhihao; after Lin Luo walked away, ghosts attacked Zhang Zhihao and his screams stopped.
• Lin Luo returned to his room, bathed, and practiced the Ghost-Raising Art, gaining five points of ghost power overnight.
• At breakfast, Zhang Zhihao grabbed Zhang Xiaoli by the throat before releasing her and confronting Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo identified Zhang Zhihao as a half-ghost and overwhelmed him with ghost power, while two Chef Ghosts offered to help Lin Luo.
• Zhang Zhihao coughed up black blood as a ghost’s face appeared on his body, and his fading self-control allowed the ghost within him to gain influence.

Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to calm the Starving Ghost in the VIP ward and learned about its history of anorexia and starvation. He offered to make it congee, while the other players struggled with their assigned patients.

• The Director Ghost assigned Lin Luo, Zhang Zhihao, Zhang Xiaoli, and Liu Yanyan to treat patients in the VIP ward, while promising Lin Luo a meeting with the Hospital Director.
• Lin Luo chose to treat the Starving Ghost in bed one, and the Director Ghost left after assigning the other players their patients.
• Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to change the Starving Ghost's attitude, while Zhang Zhihao watched in disbelief and the other players faced trouble with their patients.
• Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to uncover the Starving Ghost's history of picky eating, anorexia, and starvation.
• Lin Luo offered to make the Starving Ghost congee, but the ghost remained fixated on eating human flesh.

Lin Luo earned the Starving Ghost’s praise by serving it intensely spicy porridge and received the Soul-Burying Armor. Meanwhile, Zhang Xiaoli was killed and eaten, Liu Yanyan was left traumatized, and Zhang Zhihao earned a positive review from a zombie after it drank his blood.

• Lin Luo made chili-filled porridge for the Starving Ghost, which devoured it and promised him a glowing review.
• Lin Luo received the defensive Ghost Artifact Soul-Burying Armor as a reward.
• A Faceless Ghost gouged off Zhang Xiaoli’s face, killed her, and used her face to imitate her.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost ate Zhang Xiaoli’s remains while Liu Yanyan watched in horror.
• The zombie bit Zhang Zhihao and drank his blood, then gave him a positive review after its toothache disappeared.

Lin Luo sought Director Ghost’s help in meeting the Hospital Director, but first agreed to treat Nurse Ghost’s festering skin. After learning her history and deciding she needed replacement skin, he went to the cafeteria and discovered the Chef Ghosts had none.

• Lin Luo told Liu Yanyan to stop giving up on life, then went to Director Ghost’s office to request a meeting with the Hospital Director.
• Director Ghost agreed to take Lin Luo to the Hospital Director after Lin Luo offered to help treat Nurse Ghost’s itchy skin.
• Nurse Ghost threatened Lin Luo, but he examined her with the Crimson Demon Finger and learned about her past and persistent skin disease.
• Lin Luo told Nurse Ghost he could cure her but needed time to prepare, then decided to replace her damaged skin.
• Lin Luo asked the two Chef Ghosts for intact human skin, but they said they had none.

Lin Luo cured Nurse Ghost’s skin ulcers by grafting on Demon-Tusk Boar hide, earning her praise and Director Ghost’s favor. Using his newly unlocked Enchantment skill caused Nurse Ghost to become infatuated with him, and Director Ghost offered to help him with anything he needed.

• Fat Chef Ghost brought Lin Luo a Demon-Tusk Boar hide, which Lin Luo took to Nurse Ghost for a skin graft.
• Lin Luo operated on Nurse Ghost and cured her skin ulcers with the exotic beast hide.
• Nurse Ghost offered to marry Lin Luo, but he refused and received her positive review, unlocking the Enchantment skill in his Ring Finger.
• Lin Luo used Enchantment on Nurse Ghost, who became infatuated with him and offered him a Ghost Artifact dudou, which he declined.
• Director Ghost mistook Lin Luo’s haste for a failed treatment, but Nurse Ghost confirmed the cure and praised him, prompting Director Ghost to offer his help.

Lin Luo visited the Hospital Director with the Director Ghost and used Emotion Stitching to change the vampire’s attitude toward him. He ended the meeting by asking to check the Hospital Director’s pulse, leaving the Director Ghost stunned.

• Lin Luo asked the Director Ghost to take him to the Hospital Director, and the Director Ghost led him to the third floor.
• The Hospital Director recognized that Lin Luo had developed Ghost Power and offered him a cup of blood disguised as tea.
• The Director Ghost tried to intervene, but the Hospital Director transformed and pressured Lin Luo to accept the drink.
• Lin Luo clinked cups with the Hospital Director while touching him with his thumb, using Emotion Stitching to make the vampire feel close to him.
• Lin Luo asked the Hospital Director if he could check his pulse, and the Director Ghost was shocked by his audacity.

Lin Luo discovered that the Hospital Director Ghost suffered from scurvy and severe anemia, then agreed to cure him. When Wang Lei and Liu Xueru attacked Lin Luo, the Director Ghost defended him and offered to destroy them, but Lin Luo chose to keep them alive for now.

• Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to examine the Hospital Director Ghost’s memories and learned that scurvy had led to his blood-drinking habit.
• Lin Luo told the Hospital Director Ghost that he had scurvy and severe anemia, and agreed to treat him.
• Lin Luo left the office with the Director Ghost and assured him that he could cure the Hospital Director Ghost.
• Wang Lei and Liu Xueru confronted Lin Luo and tried to attack him.
• The Director Ghost drove Wang Lei and Liu Xueru back and asked Lin Luo whether he should destroy their souls.
• Lin Luo told the Director Ghost to spare Wang Lei and Liu Xueru because they could be useful.

Lin Luo drew ghost blood from Wang Lei and Liu Xueru, then used it to perform a blood exchange that cured the Hospital Director Ghost’s scurvy. After receiving the movement technique Ghost Shadow Trace as a reward, Lin Luo asked the Hospital Director Ghost for a bottle of Yellow Springs Wine.

• Lin Luo drew blood from Wang Lei and Liu Xueru while the Director Ghost kept them from resisting.
• Lin Luo and the Director Ghost returned to the Hospital Director Ghost’s office with the collected ghost blood.
• Lin Luo performed a blood exchange on the Hospital Director Ghost, whose ghost power became even more terrifying afterward.
• The Hospital Director Ghost praised Lin Luo and rewarded him with the movement technique Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Lin Luo asked the Hospital Director Ghost for a bottle of Yellow Springs Wine.

Lin Luo obtained Yellow Springs Wine and work clothes, then headed to the Abandoned Building to fulfill the Drunkard Ghost’s requests. There, Liu Yanyan claimed Zhang Xiaoli’s spirit was covering her body and begged to enter the building.

• The Hospital Director Ghost gave Lin Luo a flask of Yellow Springs Wine and invited him to drink in the cafeteria that night.
• On his way to the Abandoned Building, Lin Luo found Zhang Zhihao arguing with the Flaying Ghost, accepted work clothes from the Flaying Ghost, and sold a set to Zhang Zhihao for 600 Ghost Coins.
• After Lin Luo left, Zhang Zhihao secretly vowed to make him regret crossing him, while the Flaying Ghost considered killing Zhang Zhihao to gain Lin Luo’s favor.
• At the Abandoned Building entrance, Lin Luo warned Liu Yanyan to leave, but she said Zhang Xiaoli’s spirit was covering her body and showed him a face-shaped tattoo on her arm.

Lin Luo freed Liu Yanyan from Zhang Xiaoli’s control and entered the Abandoned Building, where the Elevator Ghost’s trap injured him. As a female ghost attacked, Lin Luo prepared to fight back despite his injury.

• Lin Luo agreed to help Liu Yanyan if she followed his instructions, then used his ghost power to force Zhang Xiaoli out of her body.
• Zhang Xiaoli fled into the Abandoned Building, and Lin Luo sent Liu Yanyan back to the dormitory before following her alone.
• A ghost trapped Lin Luo in a ghost wall, which he broke through with the Blood Rope, triggering the Elevator Ghost’s explosive restriction and curse.
• A female ghost lunged at Lin Luo, who dodged her attack with Ghost Shadow Trace and declared that he could still defeat her.

Lin Luo defeated the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost’s rule-based attack, then was cornered by her and several ghosts while searching the Abandoned Building for the Drunkard Ghost. The Security Guard Ghost intervened, and Lin Luo learned that the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost was Liu Xueru’s younger sister before asking about her connection to the Elevator Ghost.

• Lin Luo mocked the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost’s beauty question, weakened her rules, and gravely wounded her.
• Lin Luo searched the Abandoned Building for the Drunkard Ghost but found no trace of him.
• The Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost returned with several ghosts and surrounded Lin Luo, who prepared to escape.
• The Security Guard Ghost arrived and severely wounded or destroyed several of the attacking ghosts.
• Lin Luo told the Security Guard Ghost that he had obtained Earth-Burial and Yellow Springs Wine, then asked the Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost about Liu Xueru.
• The Disheveled-Hair Female Ghost admitted Liu Xueru was her older sister, and Lin Luo asked about her relationship with the Elevator Ghost.

Lin Luo recruited the female ghost, Wang Lei, and Liu Xueru to help lure Elevator Ghost to the Abandoned Building, where the female ghost could take revenge on him. He left the cafeteria with Security Guard Ghost and prepared to set the trap.

• The female ghost told Lin Luo that Elevator Ghost had tortured her to death and offered to become his Ghost Slave if he helped her kill him.
• Lin Luo learned that Elevator Ghost was stronger in the elevator and that the female ghost could only leave the Abandoned Building if he lured Elevator Ghost there.
• Lin Luo left with Security Guard Ghost, declined his offer of help, and invited him to share a meal in the cafeteria.
• Lin Luo encountered Wang Lei and Liu Xueru, who feared he would drain their ghost blood again, and told them he wanted to help kill Elevator Ghost.
• Wang Lei and Liu Xueru agreed to help Lin Luo lure Elevator Ghost to the Abandoned Building.

Lin Luo forced the Elevator Ghost to remove the curse on his arm by threatening to summon the Director Ghost. Wang Lei and Liu Xueru escaped while the Elevator Ghost was weakened, and Lin Luo left him to pursue them.

• The Security Guard Ghost intimidated Wang Lei and Liu Xueru into entering the elevator with Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo confronted the Elevator Ghost, who shut the elevator doors and prepared to attack Wang Lei and Liu Xueru.
• Lin Luo threatened to bring the Director Ghost if the Elevator Ghost refused to remove his curse.
• The Elevator Ghost absorbed the curse from Lin Luo, weakening himself in the process.
• Wang Lei and Liu Xueru smashed through the elevator doors and fled, and Lin Luo refused to help the Elevator Ghost catch them.
• The Elevator Ghost rushed after Wang Lei and Liu Xueru, revealing that he could leave the elevator all along.