The bright eyes that had received the money sized up Lou Jia for a moment, her body almost imperceptibly shifting backward.

[Ghost! What happened?!]

Startled by Ming Mei's urgent shout, Ghost asked, [What? What happened?]

Ming Mei: [Why didn't I get any merit points when this player bought my boxed lunch?!]

Ghost: [No way? What's going on?]

Ming Mei: [If you don't know, how would I?!]

The two, one human and one AI, secretly discussed Lou Jia while Ming Mei kept her eyes on him. Lou Jia took the boxed lunch but didn't open it.

Finally, under Ming Mei's bright and questioning gaze, he pulled out an Ugly Dollar from his pocket.

Ming Mei: [Case closed! This guy doesn't seem human!]

Ghost: […Host, calm down. Don't be afraid. You're not exactly human either.]

Ming Mei: [??? Is there any comparison? It doesn't matter if I'm human or not, but he really isn't!]

Ghost: [Host, this nesting doll thing is confusing me.]

[Keep pretending.]

Ming Mei ignored Ghost's feigned ignorance for now. She took the Ugly Dollar from Lou Jia, nodded slightly, and then said to Ghost, [He's probably that player!]

[Oh my god!]

Ignoring Ghost's surprise, Ming Mei quickly returned to normal and continued to promote her boxed lunches to the players. Among them, she was particularly enthusiastic about the canned sardine tomato sauce lunch that opened the yin-yang eyes.

Ming Mei didn't know if opening the yin-yang eyes would allow one to see evil spirits, but they should be able to see something else, right?

However, despite Ming Mei's vigorous promotion, only Yuan Fang, who was playing the priest, and Officer Zhen Po bought the tomato sauce sardine lunch.

After that, besides Lou Jia, who might no longer be human and left a deep impression on Ming Mei, Zhen Hu, who was a twin but had taken on a different identity, was also worthy of Ming Mei's attention.

Zhen Hu's bald head, Buddhist beads, and his Southeast Asian-style monk attire were very… difficult to describe.

Ming Mei didn't know how she felt when she saw him at this moment.

His fragrant shoulders were half-exposed, revealing bulging muscles on his arms and shoulders. The expression on his face didn't seem very amiable either, which made Ming Mei immediately shift her gaze after staring for two seconds.

To be honest, she was a little scared.

Ming Mei's impression of monks, or rather, Buddhist cultivators, was that they were elegant, handsome, and always compassionate.

Unfortunately, Zhen Hu didn't fit that at all.

He went for the wrathful Vajra style, as if he would stand in front of you in the next second and say he would immediately chop you to death if you didn't convert to Buddhism.

Besides his appearance, there was also an incense altar on the table next to Zhen Hu, with a pair of "Little Golden Boys" placed behind the altar, which made Ming Mei even more horrified.

Ming Mei's gaze wandered back and forth between Lou Jia and Zhen Hu, wondering if Lou Jia was more terrifying, or if Zhen Hu, who worshipped the "Little Golden Boys," was more terrifying.

While thinking, Ming Mei couldn't help but sigh in admiration at the landlord of this apartment building.

Taoists, priests, Southeast Asian monks, spiritual mediums—it was as if they had invited all kinds of exorcists from the East and West.

And there was even a police officer standing here.

Were they planning to resort to science and physical attacks with righteousness after metaphysics failed to deliver?

Thinking about the current situation, not only was there a strange thing mixed in with the players at the start, but the players themselves didn't seem to be denizens of the Yang realm. Ming Mei didn't plan to stay any longer. She had sold almost all the boxed lunches anyway, so today, she should get off work.

Just as Ming Mei began to pack up, suddenly, "Dong!" The clock hanging on the wall rang.

It was seven o'clock.

Ming Mei looked out the window at the night, which was as dark as ink. Apart from the blurry faces of everyone in the room reflected on the glass, she couldn't see anything else, especially outside.

Ming Mei suddenly felt a sense of foreboding in her heart.

"Whoa, when did this spoon start moving on its own!" Lu Xiaoyao suddenly exclaimed about the changes that had occurred to the equipment she had brought, which had started sometime ago.

"That's a siman…"

Ming Mei saw that Lu Xiaoyao didn't even understand the props she had brought for the role she was playing, so she kindly reminded her, "For your identity, the siman in your hand, besides being able to point directions, should also be able to measure fortune and misfortune, right?"

"Ah? Really?" Lu Xiaoyao heard Ming Mei say this, looked at the siman again, and asked excitedly, "Then… is this also a very powerful ghost-catching treasure?"

The others present: …

Are you kidding me, player? If you don't know, who are you asking?

A group of live-streaming viewers:

[I thought my cub had become smarter this round by buying a boxed lunch at the start…]

[You're thinking too much. It's normal for my cub not to buy a boxed lunch. If she buys a boxed lunch, it's just pure dumb luck. Did you guys see the merchant lady's eyes? I bet she's going to roll her eyes in the next second. My heart has already predicted it in advance!]

Seeing this bullet comment, Ming Mei, who was about to roll her eyes, forcibly suppressed it.

Very good, I saw your prediction!

"Okay, since it's getting late, I should go back too." Ming Mei glanced at the siman that she didn't know if it could actually measure fortune and misfortune, but it was already obvious, wasn't it? It meant that the magnetic field here had changed.

Ming Mei's desire to leave work early and run away was completely exposed now.

After saying that, Ming Mei said goodbye to everyone and hurried downstairs, and then—soon, everyone heard a burst of exclamations from Ming Mei downstairs.

"The door!!! Why is it locked?!!!"

For the first time, Ghost heard Ming Mei actually roar out. Through the thick old glass door, Ming Mei stared wide-eyed at her delivery scooter, which was less than a meter away from her outside the door and not locked yet.

At this moment, her heart was full of resistance!

She thought she could get off work early this time!

"Do you think my scooter will get stolen if I don't go out tonight?" Ming Mei asked a funny question with a hopeless expression.

[Host, this game usually doesn't have NPCs that aren't very useful.]

In other words, Ghost meant that Ming Mei's scooter wasn't worthy of a thief NPC appearing.

The first floor was also completely dark at this time. After preparing herself mentally for this round of accompanying the players until the end, Ming Mei took out her phone, which had no signal long ago, and glanced at it.

Fortunately, it still had power.

So Ming Mei directly turned on the flashlight function and planned to rely on this light to return to Lu Xiaoyao and the others' room.

It's only just turned dark outside, so there shouldn't be anything strange, right?

As she thought this, Ming Mei turned around, and Lou Jia was standing behind Ming Mei without her noticing!

With a bang, Ming Mei retreated and slammed her entire body against the door, causing another series of noises.

"You!" Ming Mei's hand holding the phone suddenly tightened, her eyes locked on the other party, afraid that this guy in front of her would do something bad to her!

"Hearing your shout, I came down to see if you needed any help."

Lou Jia's eyes were full of sincerity when he spoke. Ming Mei frowned slightly, then relaxed a little. She was drumming up courage in her heart, wondering what this guy in front of her meant. And as Lou Jia looked in Ming Mei's direction, a hint of imperceptible fear flashed in his eyes…