I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

Although swimming skills are indeed very tempting, Lu Yao is still very rational.

Wuxiang City does not have many rivers or mountains, and it is not a coastal city. If her mission is as she expected, it will only be carried out in Wuxiang City for the time being. This skill will be of little use. If it is just ordinary swimming, she already knows how to do it. There is no need to consume the points she has risked her life for. Her sense of smell is more practical.

An ordinary person's sense of smell can detect hundreds of scents, a perfumer's sense of smell can detect thousands of scents, and her sense of smell is beyond belief.

And sure enough, her guess about the system routine came true after she selected the skills.

The system prompt appears: [Not bad, woman, you are indeed smart, you actually know there will be follow-up supplements. ]

"System, how long has it been since you updated the audio? You use words from the old domineering president novels, don't you think it's greasy?" He kept saying "woman" on the left and "woman" on the right. Lu Yao even regretted choosing this voice.

Can't it learn from Uncle Gu's style of doing things like a real boss, "Lu Yao, are we related?" or "Gu Mingxiao, kneel down, uncle begs you for a favor."

Lu Yao's thoughts were a little divergent, and he was dragged back by the system: [You asked for it. Stop talking nonsense and listen. One employee has been added to your municipal government. You can unlock it by consuming 1 point. ]

"Employees? Now I have my own employees as a worker?" Lu Yao felt that it was worthwhile to lose his swimming skills for this reward.

So when the page appeared again and asked her to choose whether to unlock the employee and officially put the employee into the usage page, Lu Yao clicked "Yes" without hesitation.

With a tap of the finger, an employee column instantly appeared on the control panel.

After clicking on the employee column, a standard black and white photo appeared.

"Is this a portrait?" Not to mention, there are two big white flowers on both sides of the black and white photo frame, which must be something out of the underworld.

As for the person in the frame, she has slightly upturned eyebrows and a pair of phoenix eyes. She is not stunning, but her well-proportioned facial features make her look pretty and somewhat alluring.

Lu Yao carefully identified her for a moment but didn't recognize her. He only felt vaguely that she looked a bit like someone he had met recently, until his eyes fell on this person's name: "!!! Qin Yunlan!!!"

It was the female corpse that was soaked in water and almost unrecognizable!

The corner of Lu Yao's mouth twitched. The memory of fear that the female corpse gave her made her feel a chill on her spine again. It was not a sensation from the game, but a feeling in reality.

She hurriedly looked around, swallowed her saliva, restrained her wildness, and pointed at the portrait: "This... Could it be that she is in there?"

After saying that, the system became aloof again and did not answer her.

However, the person in the portrait curled up the corners of her mouth and answered Lu Yao with her stiff smile, she was indeed in there.

!!!

Lu Yao took a deep breath. Damn, so the employees of the Ghost Market were brought from the underworld?

The female corpse retracted her smile. In the portrait, she stared calmly outside the photo, as if she didn't exist. It was eerily quiet.

A moment later, a row of things resembling resumes appeared under her portrait.

[Name: Qin Yunlan].

【死亡时间：2025年6月21日凌晨3点13分27秒】。

[Attribute: evil spirit].

【Aggressiveness: Three stars】

【Growth potential: four stars】

【Management ability: one star】

【Social skills: two stars】

[Hobbies: drowning people].

[Special skill: Preview reflection (requires special environment to trigger, please research on your own)].

[Note: This evil ghost still has a wish that has not been fulfilled, so he cannot be fully used by the mayor. His help depends entirely on his mood, and the mayor cannot assign tasks. If the evil ghost's wish is fulfilled, the mayor can use him at will].

[Madness level: Good].

Lu Yao probably witnessed the aggression, preferences, and degree of madness during his adventure at the water plant. He is indeed a ghost who can be reasoned with, but not many.

As for her special skills, it is understandable from the trailer, most of them are related to prophecy. Unfortunately, judging from the notes, Lu Yao cannot chat with her casually and act like a close sister.

So, Lu Yao raised his thumb and forced a smile: "Well, you are worthy of being a fierce ghost!"

Give her a big one as soon as she comes!

At this time, the system asked another question: [Mayor, please choose where you want to place Qin Yunlan. You can choose to place her in the city to help manage city affairs and sort out the needs of citizens, so that you can upgrade the city faster; or, you can choose to bring her with you and use her abilities to help you complete the task. ]

"I must..." It undoubtedly takes great courage to bring a fierce ghost with you. However, Lu Yao took the risk and smiled at Qin Yunlan's portrait, "...I must bring him with me. My sister and I are sworn brothers!"

Well, put Qin Yunlan in municipal operations? Didn't you see that her management and social skills are very low?

Don't leave Qin Yunlan in the city. She's causing a lot of trouble. It's better to keep her by your side. Although she can't be used for the time being, you can't kill her again.

Just as he was thinking about it, the person in the portrait seemed to have a barely perceptible light flash in his eyes, as if he was curiously observing Lu Yao from the photo frame.

After that, the system did not provide any substantive content, nothing more than some meaningless game promotions and empty promises.

It is said that when municipal construction, citizen expansion, and fiscal revenue reach a certain level, a small town can be upgraded to a county town, a county town can be upgraded to a prefecture-level city, and a prefecture-level city can be upgraded further...

Of course, more features and “gameplay” will be unlocked after upgrading, encouraging the mayor to risk his life.

Mayor Lu was too lazy to listen to its nonsense. If the knife wasn't at her neck, she would have uninstalled the game, spit on it, and then crushed it under her feet.

Forget it, let’s not talk about it anymore. Mayor Lu still has to build the city.

Soon, Lu Yao extended the original road in the town by another two or three kilometers, branched out into new roads, and laid out residential, commercial, and industrial areas on them.

Most of the industrial areas in Lu Yao are occupied by factories producing steel bars, cement and daily necessities. There is no other way. The town is poor, and if it does not adopt polluting heavy industries and has no foreign trade, it is impossible to guarantee the basic living needs of the citizens.

"Alas, now that we are using polluting industries, we may have to consider environmental protection in the future. It's not easy for Lu Mingsheng either. He is so busy, but he still has time to find a bunch of concubines for me. He really has a lot of energy."

As Lu Yao was planning, he sighed, "Okay, let's stop here for today. I still need to take a comfortable bath and have a good sleep."

Seeing his city flooded with more residents, Lu Yao passed by a door and heard the people inside complaining as they were about to go to work: "There is only water, no electricity. It looks like we are going to die tonight."

"..." Lu Yao paused, a bad premonition coming over him.

A system voice came from the sky, just like last night, but with a boss voice: [Congratulations, Mayor, you have gained the second batch of residents in the town, and the tax revenue has increased. Build civil facilities quickly! Note that if civil facilities are insufficient, your city satisfaction will decline, residents will die, and you will die too. Your power plant is not unlocked, you can only place it after it is unlocked].

[Remember, you too will die! You too will die!]

Knock you! Again!