A ghost storyteller can lose his life but cannot lose his job

Chapter 33: Shu Shu's Marriage

Zhong Xie's request to "make friends" was not responded to, but he did not care about it anymore. After all, in his opinion, this entry should sell very well.

Black entry.

Forced hard control.

Comes with a detailed tutorial.

Only selling it for “999” points, and you can negotiate for 900 points. How can it not be sold?

But it didn’t sell.

It’s not that Zhong Xie misjudged the quality of the entry, but that there is something wrong with his identity.

When selling ghost story capsules containing strategy guides, the identity of the seller is very important.

The strategy proposed by a novice is naturally different from that proposed by an expert. Sometimes, even if you know that your strategy is correct, it will still be questioned by many people.

For example, now, Zhong Xie is only a reserve ghost story master, and the guides and ghost story capsules he sells...

It's hard to convince people.

Of course, buyers cannot see Zhong Xie’s reserve status from his homepage, but normally merchants willing to sell guides will add a “gradient certification” mark.

For example, T3T4, although not necessarily very high, can make people feel a little more at ease.

In contrast, Zhong Xie’s homepage is blank, with no blue gradient authentication, 1 transaction record, hidden speech records, and the follow-up section is set to private.

It is difficult to review this kind of seller, as they are like a personal computer.

What makes people more suspicious is that the ghost story capsules sold by the seller only have one chance to be used.

Hey, I understand!

There must be some newbie who bought a black entry without a guide (or with a rough guide), and ended up wasting several chances. Now there is only one chance left, so he wrote a guide and posted it to see if there are any fools who would like to take it.

This is the customer’s mental journey.

But this is not the only difficulty. Uncertified merchants like Zhong Xie also need to pay expensive "insurance".

For example, the price of the Ghost Talk Capsule is 999 points. After selling it, Zhong Xie can only get 500 points. The remaining 499 points will not be transferred to Zhong Xie's account until some time has passed and the buyer has not confirmed the "failure".

If the confirmation fails, the 499 points will be returned to the buyer.

However, it is not that easy to confirm failure. It is not a verbal confirmation. It requires a dedicated person to verify and record it. Those who cheat will bear legal responsibility.

Like this black entry capsule, the penalty for failure is sleeping for 7 days, and the ghost story on the body falls into a frozen state.

The penalty for failure cannot be faked, and there is no point in committing insurance fraud. After all, only merchants like Zhong Xie who have no credit limit at all will have insurance benefits of up to 50% of the transaction amount.

High-quality merchants do not need to pay so much insurance premium. Too many failed transactions will seriously affect their credibility. For them, credibility is more important than a small number of points.

Therefore, two hours passed, and the process of selling the capsules was not smooth. There was not even a decent bargaining. It was either a butcher's knife or a joke, until the "wholesaler" friend sent a message again.

Since the two people have just sent messages to each other, they can enter the normal private chat page.

The other party asked, "You finished the capsule I sold you so quickly? And you got an extra achievement entry?"

"give me money."

Zhong Xie is very straightforward with his friends.

"I'll buy it for 999. I'll give priority to the entries you obtain by conquering ghost stories in the future." The other party revealed his true purpose. "If you don't have a T2 level or higher ghost story master certification on your homepage, I'm afraid you won't be able to sell black level entries."

So Zhong Xie clicked on the other party’s homepage, whose nickname was “Honest Merchant Master Wang”. It not only had a T2-level certification mark, but also showed thousands of successful entry transaction records.

There are not many merchants of this level on the forum. Judging from the transaction volume and credibility, the other party is not a simple wholesaler.

Zhong Xie had no objection to this proposal, but added one more thing: "Okay, one more thing. Whenever you have ghost story capsules in stock, please let me have a look first. If I like any of them, I will have the priority to bid."

It is indeed very troublesome to sell this kind of weird story capsules by oneself. Just now, Zhong Xie has already witnessed the level of materialism of these hateful weird story makers on the forum.

It would be good if there was such an honest merchant to purchase it, and the other party would have high-quality sources of goods. Cooperation would also help him find the entries or strange events he likes.

"Well, this... you may have to be fourth, because there are three people before you who have signed relevant contracts with me." The other party was a little embarrassed, so he added, "I'll give you a 20% discount. The first three people are 95%, 10%, and 15% respectively. How about that?"

Seeing that his discount was greater, Zhong Xie accepted it. After all, everything is based on first come first served.

Moreover, he couldn't see what entries the first three people had picked, so he just took the approach of out of sight, out of mind.

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you. I've only found five people as talented as you." The other party sent a smiley face.

Then a message popped up on Zhong Xie’s page: “Your product has been purchased. Please go to your local Ghost Story Bureau or Ghost Story Branch within 24 hours to coordinate delivery.”

Zhong Xie was curious: "What about the other one? Didn't he cooperate with you?"

"The other one is me." The other party sent another smiley face, "Stay online at 8pm every Tuesday night, pick the goods first, and don't wait after that time."

After sending this message, the other party went offline. Zhong Xie was going to entrust the Northwest Hammer King to help him deliver the goods. There was a ghost story branch in the school, but if he went there himself, the procedures would be very cumbersome.

But if Hammer King goes, strictly speaking, this is a matter related to the "ghost story incident". The contract clearly states that Hammer King has to listen to him on these matters.

Hey.

After dealing with these things, Zhong Xie finally got up from the bed and looked at the time. It was already afternoon.

He stayed in the ghost story for more than a week. Fortunately, the flow of time in the sea of consciousness was slow, allowing him to have fun without restraint.

He exited the forum and checked WeChat. Lin Youlan had gone to the training hall. He asked him if he wanted to go to training after getting up. Zhang Zita posted a screenshot of himself being included in the list of the most influential people in Tieba. Jiang Shuran said to him, "Lunch is in the rice cooker. You can eat it if you want."

Zhong Xie got out of bed, washed up again, and checked Kuster's level in his sea of consciousness.

Level 12.

"Another ghost story case has been solved, but why did you only level up? Why is the second-best ghost storyteller staying in the rookie level of level 10 every day?" Zhong Xie opened fire at Chong Kuster as usual.

Kuster was once again full of questions: "No, huh? Do I have a role to play? Shushu, am I not a delivery man? I just gave you a portion of mouse ear sashimi, so I have nothing to do with it?"

It would have been fine if Zhong Xie hadn't mentioned it. Once he did, he became even more speechless.

Zhong Xie has already participated in three ghost story incidents while possessing the ghost story power. How can a ghost story master play like this?
In the three strange incidents, his cumulative number of attacks was 0. If Zhong Xie hadn't needed his help to hold the situation at the last moment in "Crime and Punishment", I'm afraid he wouldn't even have risen to level 1.

Normally, I am thrown into the capsule projector to AFK to level up, and in the ghost story incident, I am still asked to AFK. Then, hasn’t my leveling been in vain?
"Okay, try to get the four activation items later. Your level should be about right now." Zhong Xie assigned the task, "But your giant battle is too boring, can you do something fancy?"

After this capsule that only has projections of ghost creatures is activated, the ghost user will enter the sea of consciousness and can only summon one ghost to fight with it. If successful, experience points and entries will be obtained, which is basically the same as an idle game.

The only difference is that this process cannot be left idle, and Zhong Xie must be present as the guardian.

Although he didn't care about anything, it was basically just watching Kuster fighting monsters and crickets. I thought it was interesting at first, it felt like a 4D version of a Hollywood monster movie, but it got boring after watching it for a while.

The battles between giants are the most boring. At the beginning, both sides are frantically absorbing the power of the monsters without disturbing each other.

Just like the two Metapods were getting harder like crazy.

When the complete form is released, they will start to release waves in one round after another, to see who has a thicker health bar and who has higher energy wave damage.

What about the game? What about my favorite game?
Why was I assigned such a boring horror story?
"Nonsense! Our giant-type battles are obviously very detailed!"

Kuster started talking nonsense (that's what Zhong Xie sounded like).

"My level is lower than the opponent, but I can always reach the full state faster than the opponent because I am very good at finding areas with strong weirdness, fast, ruthless and accurate;"

"I have adjusted my attack rhythm very well. It may not be noticeable after one or two attacks, but after fifteen attacks, I can launch one more energy wave than the opponent. Do you know how this is an insurmountable gap for ordinary giants?"

"My release timing is better. I always charge first and release later. The opponent always wastes more energy and the effect is not as good as mine."

Zhong Xie was too lazy to pay attention. He didn't want to listen to such boring details.

The second-best weirdo is bullying a level 10 rookie giant and even exchanging ideas.

Zhong Xie went downstairs and found the rice cooker that Jiang Shuran mentioned. There was enough rice for three people in it. He didn't hesitate to pick up the inner pot of the rice cooker and poured four or five dishes, including fried pork with peppers, stir-fried lettuce and stir-fried chicken, which were still warm, into the pot and mixed them with the rice.

The mixture looked a lot like pig food, but it was really tasty.

After finishing the food in no time, Zhong Xie summoned Kuster again and led him to the sink. He squeezed some detergent on Kuster's furry paws and pointed at the dirty dishes and the inner pot of the rice cooker in the sink.

Kuster looked at the detergent on his paw, then looked at the sink, and spread his paw, indicating that he couldn't wash it.

"Bullshit, isn't it the black goat who usually cooks and you wash the dishes at home?" Zhong Xie immediately exposed Kuster with disdain, "Hurry up, don't tell me that you can wash dishes with your broken lizard claws, but you can't wash dishes with your noble mouse claws now."

"Damn, how do you know this too? Don't you mice have jobs? I remember Black Goat raised a cat, why didn't he kill you mice?" Kuster cursed and could only turn around helplessly and go back to wash the dishes.

Zhong Xie was not really idle though. As a trainer, he still had a very important responsibility to fulfill -

Match a marriage for your own rat.

It was his parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Kuster has no father or mother, and now Zhong Xie is his only guardian, so naturally he has to take on this responsibility.

Originally, he didn't think that Kuster would be able to use [Wife's Loss] so soon, because the triggering conditions of [Wife's Loss] were too harsh, but now it's different.

With [Equal Treatment], triggering [Wife's Death] becomes much easier.

All you need to do is prepare a "wife" for Kuster in advance, and then you can select up to three targets so that they can share the result of death.

If you select three, each target will bear 25% of the deaths; if you select one, each target will bear 50% of the deaths.

Zhong Xie has not yet experimented with this, so he does not know what this incomplete death means, but it is at least a 50% reduction, so the effect must be powerful.

Since he couldn't find any entry to simplify the process, it was also a good idea to use the "incomplete death" rule as a transition. He enjoyed the feeling of gradually strengthening Kuster, which was very interesting.

As for the [Death Redemption Certificate], Zhong Xie felt it was necessary to give it a try.

25% death is also death. According to the understanding of the entry, it should be able to trigger the effect. In some cases, the seal keyword entry is more effective than incomplete death.

So now the question is, how to help Kuster get married?
Zhong Xie, the guardian, has already prepared a marriage partner for Kuster, who arrived in the morning along with the ghost story capsule.

It was a chubby, colorful female hamster, who had just entered the marriageable and reproductive age of two months. She was young, beautiful, and just beginning to fall in love. When she walked down the street, there was no telling how many rodents would whistle at her.

At least Zhong Xie couldn't help but whistle twice when he reserved this hamster. From his aesthetic point of view, this is the most suitable daughter-in-law in the entire pet shop.

To be honest, I was reluctant to give it to Kuster. It would have been nice to put it in the bedroom.

Wait, even if Kuster marries it, he can put it in the bedroom for me to enjoy the view. What does it matter? I am your trainer!
Thinking of this, Zhong Xie no longer had any psychological burden and began to study how to get Kuster to marry him.

wedding.

One of the five rites of life, its significance is to gain recognition and blessings from society.

Zhong Xie brought Kuster, who was holding Xiaohua (the name Zhong Xie gave to the colorful female hamster), to visit Jiang Shuran and Zhang Zita in turn, and also went to the training hall to find Lin Youlan, and finally went to the teaching building to find Qin Mian.

The reason is simple. Kuster does not have many interpersonal relationships in society. According to the definition of a wedding, getting the recognition and blessings of these people is considered a marriage.

During the whole process, Zhong Xie was in high spirits while Kuster looked ashen, making the trainer seem like the one getting married.

Unfortunately, it was not successful, and Xiaohua is still not a legitimate target of the [Wife's Death] entry.

In the following time, Zhong Xie forced Kuster to try out the ancient wedding ceremony in a church, the Western wedding ceremony presided over by a priest, etc., and even helped Kuster pay for the bride price.

If the size difference between Kuster and Xiaohua wasn't so huge, Zhong Xie would have wanted them to try it on the spot.

Anyway, it was the first time that Kuster was glad that his current giant form was a mouse.

If he still looked like the original lizard man, he suspected that with Zhong Xie's mental state and ability to act, he would most likely go to the zoo to steal a female monitor lizard and force them to mate.

You guys, mate, quick!
I'm going to return it shortly, so hurry up, Kuster!

If Kuster was slow, Zhong Xie would probably come up and help push his butt.

There is no doubt that this is definitely something this guy could do.

Fortunately, fortunately.

"It's a bit of a bad thing. It looks like I have to strictly follow the requirements of [Wife's Funeral]."

Zhong Xie stroked his chin and thought.

[Gold·Wife Lost]: After entering into a legal marriage with a female creature, that creature will die in an accident.

"Legal", it seems that this is in line with the "Marriage Law of X Chinese XXX Country".

I have to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau and, given Kuster's situation, I have to ask if I can get a monthly pass.

Well, let's go now.

So Zhong Xie called Lin Youlan and said simply, "Come on, come with me to the Civil Affairs Bureau."

Lin Youlan on the other end of the phone was extremely smart and guessed the truth without hesitation: "The woman you slept with after the ghost story incident yesterday is here to force you to get married?"

Without waiting for Zhong Xie's response, Lin Youlan made a promise: "Emotions are a taboo for ghost story masters. If you think she is troublesome, just let me handle it. Don't worry, you can focus on training ghost stories. Give me an address."

Zhong Xie: “…”

There are not many people who can make him speechless, and Lin Youlan is one of them.

　Ah, the crucial week is here, so please read the book and stand up! The current situation is that if the reading rate is high, the book can be quickly uploaded and updated, but if it is low, you may have to wait for another round before it can be uploaded. It's so sad QAQ
　　
　
(End of this chapter)