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[Notice]: To conserve manpower and resources, the local Underworld has adopted the [Ten Yellow Springs Stations] system to replace the Ten Courts of Judgment. If you notice any errors, please report them to the Ten Courts for a new trial.
[Notice]: The System has detected a bug. Please arrange for the relevant staff to investigate and repair it as soon as possible!
Ying Zisheng only dozed off on the subway ride home, but found himself swept into a strange, desolate temple.
The rigid mechanical voice in his ears was so enthusiastic it made him uncomfortable:
[Welcome to the first station: Temple of All Beings!]
[Your mission at this station is to consecrate the seated Buddha in the Great Buddha Hall. You have five days to complete it. Be sure to finish within the allotted time!]
[Visitors must obey the following rules:]
The world inside the station is eerie and gruesome. The slightest slip can lead to death in any number of bizarre ways.
While the other players tremble with fear and strictly follow the rules
Ying Zisheng punches the Vajra statue, kicks in the shop, pets every ghost cat, and kidnaps the Dark Emperor.
When in the underworld, do as the underworlders do. Makes perfect sense.
[First Station: Temple of All Beings] Cleared
“No good people stand before the Mirror of Retribution.”
[Second Station: Good Children Kindergarten] Cleared
“They float in amniotic fluid, crying ‘Mommy’ every day.”
[Third Station: No Heart Restaurant] Cleared
“Great rats, great rats, eat not my millet.”
[Fourth Station: Auspicious Hour Manor] Cleared
“Is it a wedding or a funeral?”
Word around the Underworld is that a wild card has arrived among the ghosts. He doesn't play by the rules, and no matter how terrifying the station, it can't convict him of any sin. If you see him, keep your distance.
But when the famously cold and aloof Great Emperor of Fengdu carries the wild card down from the bridge, the ghosts finally realize he isn't some wild card at all. He's the light of the righteous path.
Ying Zisheng thought the System had malfunctioned. It couldn't even identify his name, much less tell him when he had died.
Only later did he learn that his fate was unusual, making him the System's one and only bug.
[Warm-faced, cold-hearted wild-card protagonist X crazy, love-brained god of the underworld love interest]
[Reader's Guide]:
1. Many original settings. Please don't nitpick for accuracy.
2. The leads are imperfect, and the love interest has little screen time.
[Please add my upcoming novel, Haunted by a Miserable Ghost After Kneeling at the Wrong Grave, to your favorites!]
[Blurb]
After being pinned down by a ghost for three nights in a row and walking into the same ghostly maze for a week, Zhu Yunxin finally thinks to ask whether someone dug up the family grave. His elders berate him and order him to bring offerings and apologize to his ancestors.
Kneeling before a gravestone, Zhu Yunxin pours out wine and mutters, “Ancestors, please protect me from running into any more ghosts...”
He fails to notice that the family grave he's praying at has no name on it.
That night, as he sleeps, a pair of icy hands wraps around his waist.
A man leans against Zhu Yunxin’s neck, gently nibbling at it, his voice lingering and damp as a love confession.
“You finally found me.”
“You made me wait so long. You were naughty... and must be punished.”
When Zhu Yunxin wakes, his whole body aches, and he finds a cinnabar-red mark on the back of his neck.
It looks like a birthmark he was born with.
Male corpses with their stomachs cut open one after another, severed limbs buried at an affiliated elementary school, bloodstained human skin left to dry... all make Zhu Yunxin's acquired birthmark ache with pain.
Even more terrifying, the hands touching the back of his neck feel more and more real.
The Heavenly Prison Bureau oversees the thirty-six heavenly prisons, holding the world's unruly demons and monsters.
By the time it reached Zhu Yunxin's generation, only the Four Directions, Four Heavens, and Great Firmament Heaven remained.
Zhu Yunxin is the last surviving member of the Eastern branch, and supposedly the most useless generation yet.
He is mediocre at divination and hand seals, and can't capture, inspect, or control ghosts.
Zhu Yunxin doesn't care. He pays no mind to the exceptionally gifted, noble-minded ancestor his elders are always talking about.
“If our ancestor was really that powerful, why did he disappear? Why was Mount Luo destroyed?” Zhu Yunxin dares to say.
“Maybe our ancestor never wanted the Heavenly Prison Bureau to survive. Maybe he actually likes unworthy descendants like me.”
No one knows that behind Zhu Yunxin, a tall black shadow bends down with a soft laugh, nuzzling along his spine:
“Mhm, I like you. I love you so much. I only love you...”
[Happy puppy X gloomy old ghost]
Please note:
1. Written to indulge a particular kink. Please don't nitpick for accuracy.
2. Many original settings. References will be cited for the folkloric and metaphysical elements.
3. Not actual ancestors!
Blurb written 2025/3/26
Theme: Cherish life.
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[Advance collection next door is "Being Obsessed by a Damp Ghost after Worshiping the Wrong Grave", please collect it~] Copywriting After three consecutive days of ghosts pressing on the bed and one week of ghosts punching the walls, Zhu Yunxin finally remembered to ask if his ancestor's grave had been dug up. In exchange, the elders in the family gave him a scolding and ordered him to carry the tribute and apologize to his ancestors. Zhu Yunxin knelt in front of the stone tablet, spilling wine and chanting, "My ancestors, please protect me from being a ghost again..." I never noticed that there were no names on the ancestral graves I paid homage to. That night, while sleeping, a pair of cold hands hugged my waist. The man leaned on Zhu Yunxin's neck and nibbled it gently, his voice was lingering and moist like words of love. "You finally found me." "You've made me wait for so long. I'm not good... I should be punished." After waking up, Zhu Yunxin felt sore all over and found a cinnabar-like red mark on the back of his neck. Like an innate birthmark. The male corpses whose stomachs were cut open one after another, the stumps buried in the affiliated elementary school, the blood-stained and dried human skin... All made Zhu Yunxin's acquired birthmark sting. What frightened him even more was that the hands touching the back of his neck were becoming more and more real. The Heavenly Prison Mansion oversees thirty-six heavenly prisons, imprisoning evil spirits who cause chaos in the world. When it was passed down to Zhu Yunxin's generation, only Sifang Sitian and Daluotian were left. Zhu Yunxin is the last generation in the south and the so-called most useless generation. He is not good at fortune-telling and fortune-telling, and he is not good at catching ghosts, examining ghosts, and controlling ghosts. Zhu Yunxin didn't take this seriously, and he didn't care about the talented and glorious ancestor that the elders in the family talked about. "If our ancestors were so powerful, how could they disappear? How could Luoshan be destroyed?" Zhu Yunxin spoke arrogantly and rebelliously. "Maybe our ancestors don't want the Heavenly Prison Mansion to be passed down to us at all. Maybe our ancestors like unworthy descendants like me." No one knew that behind Zhu Yunxin, a tall black figure chuckled and leaned over, rubbing his ears and temples against his spine: "Well, I like you, I like you very much, I only like you..." [Happy puppy x dank old ghost]
What is the answer to the question in the article? I already had a quarrel with my roommate. I handed in my brain after the college entrance examination.
"Standing on the ponytail" is a big thorn in the side of the author~
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Xinxin is so cute, meow meow meow.
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