The King of Hell breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Yunshi approached the vengeful spirit.
"Xiao Qi, what method can sever her contract with the artifact?"
"To sever it, she can willingly release the contract, but she will be severely injured. However, this vengeful spirit will definitely not agree. The only way now is for her to die, meaning her soul will be scattered." System Xiao Qi explained.
"The lightning in the shop won't destroy this damaged artifact, will it?"
What if the defective artifact was reduced to dust? That would be problematic.
"No, Host, don't worry."
"You think this is enough to capture me? Ridiculous." Zhu Mianmian sneered, her instinct kicking in to use the reincarnation artifact to start over.
At the same time, she thought: If I start over, I won't be so reckless. I'll become stronger first, destroy this shop, then the King of Hell, and finally kill Ji Mu. If the plan still fails, I'll restart again. With the artifact, I have plenty of chances. I'll succeed eventually.
The vengeful spirit's calculations were precise, but the next moment she panicked, full of disbelief, muttering to herself.
"What's happening? Why can't I start again?"
This was impossible! She acted so brazenly precisely because she knew she had many chances to seek revenge with the artifact.
Didn't the opportunity to restart mean her success? Instead, it was making her suffer even more than in her previous life? Heaven is unjust!
If she had known the artifact could only be used once to restart, she would never have rushed so recklessly into the ghost realm.
Luo Yunshi ignored what the vengeful spirit was saying or thinking. After explaining to the King of Hell that this ghost had to be eliminated, she summoned the lightning from the shop and struck the vengeful spirit.
Crack!
Ah!
The vengeful spirit's piercing scream echoed throughout the city. A single bolt of lightning turned her into scattered dust.
Where the vengeful spirit had stood, an ancient, intricately patterned disk appeared. Luo Yunshi took the artifact and handed it to the system.
With a thought, the ghosts who had been affected by "Good Luck Comes" were able to move again.
The ghosts felt their freedom of movement return and breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"This ghost first violated the King of Hell's regulations, then attacked members of the underworld. Furthermore, she acted within Good Luck Comes. Her various evil deeds led to her annihilation. All of you are fine. As long as you don't violate any rules, you will be safe," Wu Wen announced loudly to the gathered ghosts.
"That's right. However, the penalties for violating Good Luck Comes' store rules are quite significant. I hope none of you are thinking of experiencing them." Luo Yunshi smiled.
They knew that the true situation couldn't be revealed to the ghosts, as it would affect the prestige of the underworld.
Luo Yunshi recalled the banana fan. The matter of the vengeful spirit was concluded. After a brief exchange with the King of Hell, they parted ways.
Although the vengeful spirit was eliminated, there were still many post-incident matters to handle.
For example, those injured needed to go to the medical center for treatment. The sealed city gates and ghost gates needed to be reopened. The destroyed buildings in the city had to be repaired, and Ji Mu's soul needed to be returned to his body, along with the arrangements for the ghosts in the underworld, and those destined for reincarnation...
After seeing off the King of Hell, Luo Yunshi returned to the Good Luck Comes villa to check her points.
2.23 billion points.
"Host, you were incredibly powerful this time! The ghost realm opened for just 24 hours, and you earned so much. This is the first time, the first time ever! Haha." System Xiao Qi jumped around excitedly.
Luo Yunshi was also quite happy.
Not only did she earn so many points today, but she also felt a significant increase in her own merit, at least tripling.
"Mm. I didn't expect to earn this much initially. I thought fewer ghosts would come to patronize the store.
It was because of the vengeful spirit that Good Luck Comes attracted so many ghosts. Coupled with the free open-air movie. When people see others eating snacks while watching a movie, they'll naturally want to buy some. Even without Youyou Grass, they could offer a small portion of their skills in exchange for a few hundred points.
With a hundred million guests, even if half of them spent money, and each spent 10 points, that would still be 500 million points. Moreover, there were some who were going to be reincarnated in a few days and were spending their points while they could.
However, earnings won't be this high starting today. The store can't possibly receive 100 million customers every day."
"Mm-hmm, this is already very good. Host, you're amazing."
"You are amazing too. Thanks to Xiao Qi's plot functions, this was resolved with ease. Otherwise, it would have been more complicated, and the store wouldn't have attracted so many customers at once." Luo Yunshi also praised System Xiao Qi appropriately.
"Hehe. Does Host want to proceed with a system upgrade?"
"Mm, let's upgrade."
System Xiao Qi said gleefully, "Okay, Host.
Ding dong! The system has been upgraded from Level 8 to Level 9, deducting 1 billion points, leaving 1.23 billion points.
The 300 million amusement park, 500 million Phase III buildings, 700 million beauty salon, and 900 million internet cafe are all unlocked. To upgrade to Level 10, another 1 billion points are needed.
Yet to be unlocked: 300 million station, 500 million stationery store, 700 million Phase IV buildings, 900 million residential area. Host can check for more updates.
Oh, right. Host, do you want to unlock another level? That way we can unlock other apocalyptic worlds."
"Alright, let's upgrade another level. After upgrading, we won't rush to unlock the next apocalyptic world. We'll go home and take a look first."
"Okay, Host.
Ding dong! The system has been upgraded from Level 9 to Level 10, deducting 1 billion points, leaving 223 million points. The 300 million station, 500 million stationery store, 700 million Phase IV buildings, and 900 million residential area are all unlocked.
Yet to be unlocked: 300 million lingerie store, 600 million pharmacy, 900 million smart bus.
The newly opened apocalyptic world is the Anti-Japanese War era apocalypse. Host can check for more updates.
Upgrading the system to Level 11 requires 1 billion points."
"Anti-Japanese War era apocalypse? Is it the same Anti-Japanese War period as our modern era?"
"It's a spacetime with an experience similar to the modern world Host lives in, but this spacetime is even more tragic. Does Host want to return to modern times now? I'll explain in detail when we get back? Anyway, our return time remains the same, and unlocking the next apocalyptic world will not have any impact."
"Okay. When we return to modern times, which time will we return to? Will it be right after I transmigrated to the apocalyptic world and bound with you, or something else?"
"Based on the time Host first transmigrated, any time after that is possible. Host can choose. The time we spent in the apocalyptic world can be a mere instant in modern times, or a longer duration.
Returning is similar; we can return to the moment we left the apocalyptic world, and then go to the next apocalyptic world.
However, Xiao Qi reminds Host that upon returning to the modern world, the system backpack can still be used, but items from the store and the villa cannot be brought back."
Luo Yunshi nodded.
"Alright. I understand what you mean. I'll take some food back."
Thus, Luo Yunshi began a sweeping raid across all the shops in Good Luck Comes.