Daoist Priest, You’re Not Using Real Ghosts in a Horror Movie, Are You?

Supernatural thrills + absurd workplace comedy + unconventional Taoist priest + eerie power progression

I was conned into joining a short-video company to film an “exploration video” at an abandoned house in a deserted village. The director said the ghosts were extras and the screams were background music. Even after a red-clad vengeful ghost really floated out, my coworkers were still hamming it up for the camera. Terrified, I pulled out Grandpa’s Ghostbusting: Five Years of Theory, Three Years of Practice. On the first page, it said: “If you encounter a ghost, don’t panic. Scan the QR code to follow the official account and claim a talisman.” Only later did I learn that the underworld had KPIs these days, and even ghosts had quotas to meet. And I, a mere corporate wage slave, had somehow become the only temporary “stability maintenance officer” in all three realms.