Chapter 69

Shi Jian felt she had experienced an incredibly rich range of events in such a short time.

First, she went from being Director Shi Jian to being the accused, and the one complaining about her was her subordinate—Doctor Feng.

Then she suddenly received an important piece of information and 100,000 points.

100,000 points—that was enough to buy another whitening pill, with some left over!

Awesome!

So after getting compensation, Shi Jian’s initial strong dissatisfaction with Doctor Feng quickly turned into a sudden fondness for him.

Shi Jian wanted to dance: “Please keep complaining about her, complain hard, more more!”

Is this the judgment room? This is clearly her happy home.

Doctor Feng was furious but couldn’t open his mouth or move his legs; Shi Jian was driving him crazy.

Shi Jian didn’t gloat for long. This time the executor didn’t remind her again and directly kicked her out of the judgment room.

At the last moment, Shi Jian saw the man stand up. He was very tall, probably about 1.9 meters. When he sat there, his presence was already strong; now the pressure was even more intense, like a sword without a sheath.

Of course, this was ignoring his mosaic-covered face.

With a mosaic head, everything could be ridiculous.

…

Saying she was kicked out wasn’t entirely accurate, because Shi Jian’s body wasn’t harmed. She just suddenly felt dizzy, and when she regained consciousness, she was already in the transfer station, which looked no different from a modern shopping mall.

As soon as Shi Jian appeared in the transfer station, still trying to recover, she was immediately approached by a male streamer asking for her contact information.

“Hey beauty, are you okay? Just came out of the dungeon? Can we be friends?”

Usually, when she had the energy, Shi Jian could politely refuse, but now she was anxious to find Tang Tian. Feeling her phone vibrating wildly, she hurriedly waved off the male streamer and moved to a somewhat secluded spot to check.

Tang Tian had called her many times and sent countless messages, each one more anxious than the last.

Shi Jian immediately called Tang Tian back, and the call connected quickly.

“Tang Tian, where are you? I’m right now—”

Shi Jian’s words were drowned out by Tang Tian’s voice from the other end. It sounded like she was arguing fiercely with the transfer station staff.

Tang Tian said, “You must help me find my friend. I’m sure she cleared the dungeon. She brought us through together. How could she possibly be dead... Don’t give me those excuses! Doesn’t the streamer have any personal safety protection?!”

As a mostly unnoticed corporate worker, Tang Tian was usually slow-paced and rarely in conflict with others.

This was the first time Shi Jian had heard her so emotional. If she wasn’t moved, that would be impossible.

She had been inexplicably dragged into this streaming app world, with no real-life friends or fans, but now at least someone worried about her if something happened.

Shi Jian loudly called again, “Tang Tian!”

This time Tang Tian finally responded, her voice close and filled with surprise, “Shi Jian?”

After confirming, Tang Tian started pouring out her worries.

“Shi Jian, you’re okay? Where are you now? I thought something happened to you. You scared me to death...”Tang Tian’s words were jumbled and illogical, with a slight quiver of crying in her voice.

Shi Jian comforted her, “I’m fine. It’s too much to explain all at once. Where are you now?”

“We’ll meet near the whale sculpture.”

The whale sculpture was where Shi Jian first entered the transfer station and met Zhang Dong. Because of that connection, and since the whale sculpture was easy to find, Shi Jian, Tang Tian, and Zhang Dong basically met there afterward.

…

Tang Tian saw Shi Jian whole and well, and it took her a while to calm down.

After realizing Shi Jian hadn’t appeared at the transfer station for a long time, Tang Tian immediately contacted the staff. But of course, these robot-like staff didn’t give her the answer she wanted.

They just said maybe Shi Jian hadn’t cleared the dungeon successfully.

Meaning Shi Jian had died inside the dungeon.

Tang Tian immediately got furious. How could Shi Jian possibly die inside the dungeon? Didn’t she see Shi Jian had stunned the entire place?

But Tang Tian was curious: “What exactly happened?”

They clearly went through the dungeon at the same time, so why didn’t Shi Jian come out with her?

Shi Jian told Tang Tian everything honestly about the judgment room.

More precisely, she was complained about by Doctor Feng, and then some executor came to handle the complaint.

Tang Tian opened a whole new world but still defended her friend, “Doctor Feng complained about you and took you to some judgment room? That’s so unreasonable!”

Shi Jian added, “Doctor Feng is the sixth NPC in the dungeon to complain about me.”

Tang Tian “...” looked at Shi Jian’s beautiful face, like she was on a different dimension from ordinary people.

Even as Shi Jian’s friend, Tang Tian was shocked by Shi Jian’s astounding complaint rate.

Shi Jian described the entire process: she wasn’t punished inside, but at the time, she wasn’t allowed to contact Tang Tian.

“I also found out that streamers can complain about dungeon ghosts by just shouting ‘I want to complain’ at their phones.”

“Oh, and there’s a compensation of 100,000 points.”

Shi Jian wanted to share some points with Tang Tian, but Tang Tian refused no matter what.

Tang Tian told Shi Jian, “I got a lot of points this time.”

Tang Tian was stunned seeing the points she earned. She knew most of it was thanks to Shi Jian; whenever Shi Jian was around, there were viewers.

In this dungeon run, Tang Tian not only got points but also many bills. She threw all her bills into supporting Shi Jian’s career strongly.

Of course, she later received generous returns.

Other streamers also got a share of the bills, but according to their input, they got less than Tang Tian.

Tang Tian said, “That’s enough.” She was very satisfied.

Shi Jian finished the Benevolent Heart Hospital dungeon and was immediately taken to the judgment room. After coming out, she was anxious to contact Tang Tian and hadn’t checked the points yet; Tang Tian reminded her.

…Shi Jian opened her personal panel.

To her disappointment, the Barbie pink high heels still hadn’t upgraded. Now she understood the importance of items in the dungeon. Shi Jian’s streamer level remained the same—still a low-level streamer.

Shi Jian: “...”

But when she saw the clearance points, she was somewhat uplifted.

This time, Shi Jian still maintained her top 1 score in points for clearing the dungeon, totaling a full 360,000 points. Adding the 100,000 points she got from the judgment room, her account increased by 460,000 points in total.

More dazzling than the points was the amount of bills.

Having invested her entire fortune into the real estate speculation business, Shi Jian could exaggeratedly say she had achieved freedom with bills.

…

Tang Tian wanted to gossip afterward, curious if the executor was handsome.

Tang Tian: Gossip spirit forever in my heart!

Shi Jian didn’t show any face and treated the executor like a faceless man, which killed Tang Tian’s interest.

“Can we buy items in the mall?”

After learning Shi Jian had plenty of points and wanted more survival tools, Tang Tian helped brainstorm ideas.

Shi Jian’s Barbie pink high heels still looked promising.

Though ugly, they were a rare upgradable item and could be used to speed escape or attack ghosts up close.

Shi Jian’s fatal kick to the corpse in the hospital morgue left an indelible impression; that high-heel kick was satisfyingly brutal.

Still, Shi Jian felt something was missing.

The attack power of the Barbie pink high heels was still a bit low. Besides kicking, Shi Jian had developed smashing monsters with the heels.

But smashing monsters with heels meant running barefoot.

So Shi Jian wanted to get some other items for support.

However, when Shi Jian and Tang Tian browsed the mall with the mindset of a rich person, they got discouraged.

Too expensive.

Useful items were not lacking, but the ones Shi Jian liked cost millions or tens of millions.

Other miscellaneous items didn’t appeal to her either.

Shi Jian closed the phone mall app and decisively told Tang Tian, “I’ll just buy a dress!”

Tang Tian: ?

Weren’t you just looking at items? How did the topic shift so fast to buying a dress?

Shi Jian had her own logic: “Anyway, the points aren’t enough to buy suitable items. Keeping the points is useless. Better to buy a dress and earn points later.”

Shi Jian: Points aren’t enough to buy items? Then spend them!

Tang Tian: Although I don’t know why Shi Jian’s thinking is so different from normal people, shouldn’t you hold onto points if you don’t have enough… but life is uncertain, have fun!So Shi Jian got a new pretty dress.

…

Shi Jian didn’t just buy for herself; while browsing, she also discovered a spirit pet shop.

The spirit pet shop was tucked in a corner on the luxury goods floor, decorated luxuriously. Through the glass display window, various products could be seen, and there even seemed to be spirit pets inside the shop.

Previously, Zhang Dong had said that the transit station could satisfy all the needs of streamers—only things you can’t imagine, none you can’t find.

Shi Jian had bought snacks for the Bride Ghost in the mall before; she didn’t expect there to be a place like this in the transit station.

Tang Tian was surprised when she noticed Shi Jian’s steps uncontrollably moving toward the spirit pet shop.

“Are you going to buy something for the Bride Ghost?”

Shi Jian nodded enthusiastically. “Yeah, those spirit pet balls look pretty.”

The spirit pet ball she currently owned was just the most basic kind, which she already thought was beautiful—transparent and glowing, with a red core inside. But just now, glancing at the display window,

she saw spirit pet balls that were much flashier, even with patterns!

Shi Jian: Like it a lot.

Tang Tian sighed, “Isn’t that kind of item non-essential? You’re pretty nice to the Bride Ghost, but she only wants to stab you... Although the Bride Ghost was useful in the cooling phase at Renxin Hospital.”

Shi Jian said, “No, it’s for me. After all, the spirit pet ball is held in my hand.”

Even with spirit pet balls, Shi Jian wanted the prettier ones—it was like a fashion accessory.

Tang Tian requested to temporarily quit the shopping trip; she really had no energy left. She wondered how Shi Jian, who looked so delicate, could still energetically keep buying while wearing high heels.

Tang Tian even felt that Shi Jian seemed more and more spirited as time went on!

Shi Jian could keep shopping on her own, so Tang Tian was left to rest in the lounge area, surrounded by a group of tired male streamers.

There weren’t many people in the spirit pet shop, but everyone looked polished and well-off—after all, streamers who could afford spirit pets had decent skills and finances.

To Shi Jian, the spirit pet shop was somewhat like a pet store in the real world: various styles of spirit pet balls (leashes for dogs and cats), many spirit pet snacks (pet treats) also found in malls...

They even offered grooming and play services.

The spirit pets Shi Jian thought she saw outside were real—they were kept under a large glass dome that looked spacious and comfortable inside.

Shi Jian asked the nearby sales assistant, “Wasn’t it said that the transit station doesn’t allow spirit pets to be released? That releasing them would result in fines?”

The sales assistant patiently and professionally answered the beautiful woman, “This is the only place in the transit station where spirit pets can be released.”

“The glass dome is made of special material that suppresses the spirit pet’s combat power…”

Spirit pets aren’t allowed to be released by streamers in the transit station for fear they might go berserk and harm other streamers, but this special glass dome prevents that problem.

The sales assistant then enthusiastically asked Shi Jian, “Would you like to get a spirit pet arranged?”

Shi Jian didn’t respond immediately but instead looked at other streamers nearby who had spirit pets.

Streamer A’s spirit pet was a skeleton dog—a dog in appearance but made entirely of bones. After being released in the glass dome, the skeleton dog reluctantly barked at its owner through the glass.

Streamer B had a sunny doll bought in the mall. The sunny doll said to her owner, “Master, go rest. Don’t worry about me. I’ll play by myself and take good care of myself.”Streamer C’s spirit pet was especially eye-catching.

It was a three-tailed fox, mostly covered in snow-white fur, but the tips of its tails gradually faded to pink, and it had a streak of pink fur on its forehead forming a flame mark.

It wagged its tail at its owner, as if saying, “I’m off.”

Shi Jian imagined the scene if the Bride Ghost were released—

She was certain there wouldn’t be such a warm farewell; 100% chance the Bride Ghost would be scratching at the glass nonstop.

Shi Jian couldn’t keep imagining and gave a forced smile to the sales assistant, “No, thanks.”

…

“Actually, you could let the spirit pet out more, so it can play with others…”

A gentle voice sounded beside Shi Jian. The speaker was the owner of the three-tailed fox, a young woman.

She had a fresh and delicate appearance, dressed fashionably and elegantly, but most importantly, her demeanor was relaxed and at ease.

This was rare among streamers; even at the transit station, most hadn’t truly relaxed.

In the tense, perilous succession of dungeons, everyone had developed muscle memory because if they relaxed too much, they might die inside the dungeon.

But the three-tailed fox’s owner carried a sense of peaceful years, as if she had never experienced setbacks.

Not many people left a deep impression on Shi Jian, but she was one of them, because this was not their first meeting. The first time they met was when Shi Jian had just entered the transit station; the three-tailed fox’s owner was wearing a beautiful dress.

Later, when Shi Jian earned points, she also got that same dress.

The three-tailed fox’s owner, Zhang Dong, had introduced her as the “canary” of a top-ten high-level streamer on the points leaderboard.

“Hello, you can call me Xuefu,” the three-tailed fox’s owner introduced herself to Shi Jian.

Shi Jian gave her own name in return. When asked why she didn’t release her spirit pet, Shi Jian explained, “My spirit pet has autism.”

Xuefu: ?

Shi Jian wasn’t sure if the Bride Ghost could understand words, but she saw the intense red swirling inside the transparent ball.

…

Shi Jian didn’t interact much more with Xuefu. After finishing shopping, she returned to the hotel with Tang Tian.

In the following days, Shi Jian and Tang Tian actively tried to buy team-up badges, but this time wasted a lot of time without success.

The two had to act separately. Shi Jian had to enter the dungeon first. No matter how popular the entertainer was, they couldn’t be idle too long. Besides, Shi Jian was known in the industry as a hardworking model.

Though the main reason was Shi Jian felt her beauty shouldn’t be wasted—that would be a great loss.

Shi Jian applied again to start a new horror game livestream.

When her mind was still foggy, Shi Jian was guessing what kind of dungeon it would be this time.

The answer was revealed quickly.

Upon entering the new dungeon, Shi Jian felt the chair beneath her shaking nonstop, and in the distance, the whistle of a train sounded.

Train!Shi Jian suddenly opened her eyes.

Rows of seats were neatly arranged, and outside the window, the scenery drifted by slowly like a slideshow. Shi Jian even saw someone who looked like a train attendant pushing a cart, calling out, “Fruits, drinks, mineral water, sir, please put your feet away…”

She really was on a train, an older green train. Shi Jian had almost never ridden a green train before, since now there were much more advanced and faster trains.

While Shi Jian studied her surroundings, her phone screen was flashing.

She looked down to check and saw a picture of a train with the words:

Welcome aboard Train No. 4444. The scenery along Train No. 4444 is very beautiful and is praised as the most beautiful railway route. Every year, many tourists board this train to enjoy the view. Bring your good mood, enjoy the scenery, and arrive at the terminal station happily!

PS: Friendly reminder, no getting off mid-route.

Shi Jian stared at the four fours and already felt a sense of foreboding; this train’s name was definitely unlucky.

Shi Jian extracted the key point: the clearance condition was probably to arrive at the terminal station alive, and no getting off the train during the journey.

But no matter what, even though the train number was 4444, it looked much better than a dungeon like Renxin Hospital, which had a naturally scary atmosphere.

Shi Jian instinctively felt this dungeon should be easier than Renxin Hospital. Even if Tang Tian wasn’t there, she could manage alone, right?

Then—

Ahead was a loud uncle playing a video with the volume turned up extremely high. Shi Jian heard continuous fake laughter—“Ha ha ha ha ha.”

Behind her was a grandmother with a bratty child. The child was shouting to buy a toy, but the grandmother refused, so the child began to wail loudly.

The noise was harsh and piercing.

“I want to buy, I want to buy!”

The bratty child kept kicking the back of Shi Jian’s seat.

To her right front, someone was eating very pungent spicy strips, and the man beside her took off his shoes, revealing dirty socks that probably hadn’t been washed for a week and had hardened…

Shi Jian felt awful all over. Her solar plexus was jumping wildly, stomach acid churning, and her nose was assaulted by a mixture of terrifying smells with deadly intensity.

This time she hadn’t encountered a horrific scene right away, so in theory, Shi Jian should be relieved.

But at this moment, Shi Jian thought: I’d rather have some blood and gore.

This real-life shock was scarier than ghosts and monsters transforming.