Global Paranormal Invasion: I Hand the Underworld Over to the State

[No female lead + power scaling + the machinery of the state + humorous commentary + behind-the-scenes scheming]

The supernatural returns, and ghosts roam the night. Shen Yi awakens the Underworld Reconstruction System, which orders him to capture billions of evil spirits and restore the Underworld to its former glory.

Looking at the empty, unfinished Underworld, then at the task list that would take him over nine thousand years to complete, Shen Yi falls into deep thought.

There’s no way he’s taking a job. Not in this lifetime.

So he picks up the phone and calls the police instead.

“Hello, is this emergency services? I’d like to donate an Underworld! And while I’m at it, do you offer government positions? The kind with all the benefits, including social insurance and a housing fund?”

…

From then on, everything takes a sharp turn.

While people in other countries are still being hunted by vengeful ghosts and trembling in fear, things in Huaxia look very different:

A red-clad ghost? Off you go. The Eighteenth Level of Hell’s power plant needs someone to light the furnace.

A thousand-year-old zombie? The Great Wall on the border needs someone to haul bricks. You’re strong, so you’ll do nicely.

The Ghost King descends? Faced with a special unit of ghost soldiers armed with “Gatling Bodhisattvas,” the Ghost King falls into deep thought.

“I just wanted to scare someone. Was there really any need to bring out a nuclear-powered demon-subduing pestle?!”

Shen Yi: Don’t look at me. I’m just a consultant on a fixed salary. The state team did all this.