On the other side, after Ding Yun returned to her own body, she went straight into the washroom and spoke to the mirror:
"Cui Ling, right? Come out for a moment."
As soon as the words fell, Cui Ling, who had been sealed into the mirror by Ding Yun earlier, manifested in the washroom mirror with the image of a drowned water ghost. He rolled his eyes helplessly and grumbled indignantly:
"Have you ever considered our feelings as ghosts?
You can't just do whatever you want because you're strong. Do you know how stifling it is to stay in a mirror?
For a moment, I even felt like I was back to the days when I was sealed in a confined container and tortured by Li Anna, and the space in this mirror is even smaller than the container she used to seal and torture me in.
Can you let me out now!"
"No rush, I'm not going to seal you in the mirror forever. Li Anna and Bai Yueguang have already been apprehended and handed over to the employees of the Special Incident Management Department, so you should be free now.
I came here to ask you one thing.
What do you plan to do next?
In a couple of days, I'll be going to the headquarters of the Special Incident Management Department in the Imperial Capital. Do you want to come with me to see how they plan to arrange for you, or do you want to become a wandering lonely ghost, or should I help you reincarnate?"
Ding Yun had no intention of keeping any ghosts, so she naturally had to deal with Cui Ling. However, she kindly asked for her own thoughts on how she should be handled.
"What will happen if I'm reincarnated, and what will happen if I become a wandering lonely ghost? Can you tell me?"
Cui Ling had turned into a fierce ghost not long after dying and lost her self-awareness, so she truly didn't know what the consequences of the situations Ding Yun mentioned would be.
Without knowing the consequences, how could she make a choice?
"Reincarnation naturally leads to the cycle of rebirth, but there is no more reincarnation in this era of declining Dharma. After everyone dies, if they don't become special beings like ghosts and monsters, they will be automatically decomposed by heaven and earth into the most primitive soul factors.
Then, different soul factors gather within an infant embryo, gradually forming a brand new soul.
Becoming a wandering lonely ghost offers relative freedom, but it's hard to say what dangers you might encounter. You might be devoured by other lonely ghosts, or you might be taken in by someone from the Xuanmen. Moreover, without cultivation, a ghost's soul can only persist for three to five years longer than a mortal's soul before eventually transforming into soul factors. This is almost without exception. Consider it yourself."
By searching the souls of Li Anna and Bai Yueguang, Ding Yun had gained a clear understanding of many situations in this world, making it easy to answer Cui Ling's doubts.
"Um, is there any way not to become soul factors? I haven't lived enough yet. Even if I can't be a human and have to be a ghost, I still want to live a few more years. Oh, and if I'm handed over to the Special Incident Management Department, what will be the outcome? Can I join the workforce?
As long as I can keep living.
I'm willing to be a corporate slave even if it means working myself to death!
And I'm a ghost, so even if I work twenty-four hours a day without rest, I won't die from overwork. So I can accept overtime. Um, great one, do you have a way?"
Let alone this world having no reincarnation, even if there were reincarnation, Cui Ling would not have been willing to give up and be reborn. Because if she had no memories in her next life, what would be the difference from utter annihilation? She would rather strive to seize the present.
Even as a ghost, she had to seize the present.
"You really are considerate of your superiors. Forget it, I'll help you ask later and see if they need a twenty-four-hour non-stop employee.
However, in your current state, even if they need a twenty-four-hour non-stop employee, you won't be able to last long. I'll teach you a cultivation technique.
Spend the next few days diligently cultivating."
Since the other party was willing to work twenty-four hours a day without rest just to survive, Ding Yun naturally had to fulfill her dream of being a corporate slave. After saying that, she chose a cultivation technique from her memory that could absorb moonlight.
She directly transmitted it to Cui Ling in the mirror.
Then, she released Cui Ling from the mirror and resealed her into her own mobile phone. She then placed the phone on the balcony to absorb moonlight, making it convenient for her to cultivate.
As for Ding Yun herself, she slept, of course.
Her mental power could not perceive fatigue, but her body still needed normal rest, especially after completing something that had been weighing on her mind. Ding Yun slept exceptionally well that night and only woke up at ten o'clock the next morning.
Even after waking up, she didn't rush to register.
Instead, she continued to explore the Imperial Capital for a few more days.
Only then did she find the Imperial Capital branch office of the Special Incident Management Department based on the address and related information left by Zhong Qi. She successfully completed the registration, signed the employment contract for a patron, and went through a series of other procedures. Even Cui Ling, upon Ding Yun's recommendation, joined the workforce as a receiver.
Completing this job was simple. Her soul was sealed into a special phone, and with the inscription of a few arrays and talismans, she could be transformed into a telephone ghost-like existence, capable of answering any incoming call at any time.
Although they both joined the workforce, Ding Yun had much more freedom and a lighter workload than Cui Ling. Because after registering, she could leave.
The Special Incident Management Department simply had her download a software, register, and log in. If she only wanted the basic salary, she just needed to sign in and clock in every day. If she wanted to earn extra money, she could check the tasks above, accept and complete them to receive rewards.
In short, it was quite modern and intelligent.
However, Ding Yun didn't have time to earn extra money for the moment. After leaving the Special Incident Management Department, she immediately found a real estate agency, rented an apartment, and that same evening, she reopened the Perfect Idol System, which she hadn't accessed for a long time, wanting to try using it a little.
To complete the test of the golden finger.
Then, she would quickly proceed to do things that would increase her influence.
But Ding Yun soon discovered that the internal data of the Perfect Idol System had changed considerably compared to when she first bound it, for example, the number of fans had increased.
From zero at the beginning, it became thirty-eight.
And these thirty-eight were categorized: thirty-six were ordinary fans, and two were anti-fans.
Looking at the fan details, the names of the two anti-fans were extremely familiar: they were Li Anna and Bai Yueguang. Among the ordinary fans were Zhong Qi and Cui Ling, and the other unfamiliar names were likely employees of the Special Incident Management Department.
Perhaps Zhong Qi had said something to them.
Making them develop a sense of reverence for her.
It was only after seeing this that Ding Yun finally completely understood the specific meaning of this Perfect Idol System:
"So, I was too narrow-minded, only thinking of idols in the entertainment industry. Therefore, this system doesn't necessarily have to cultivate entertainment idols. There can be idols in all walks of life, that's probably what it means.
In that case.
There are many more choices and room for operation."