I Have a City of Ten Thousand Ghosts

In the future, a "strange recovery" phenomenon suddenly occurs around the world, and various supernatural events occur frequently. The protagonist, Lin Mo, is a bounty hunter who wanders in the gray area. He is burdened with a huge "soul debt" because his family was involved in a "supernatural auction" involving a mysterious organization. In order to repay his debt, he was forced to take over various high-risk supernatural commissions. While dealing with a collective nightmare incident, he accidentally activated the "negative emotion collection system" hidden in his blood. This system can convert other people's emotions, including weird fear, despair, anger, etc., Into energy, which can be used to strengthen oneself, unlock special abilities, and even directly drive some spirits. As his abilities improve and his debts decrease, Lin Mo gradually gets closer to the truth: his family's bloodline is connected to a legendary "City of Ten Thousand Ghosts" built of countless resentments, and every "upgrade" he makes inadvertently strengthens the city and attracts stronger weirdos. Eventually, when the debt is paid off, the City of Ten Thousand Ghosts will come to reality. Lin Mo must make a choice between saving the world and preserving himself, and discovers that behind all this is a ten thousand-year chess game set by a higher being against his bloodline. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.