Even Evil Spirits Have to Work Every Day [Interstellar]

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Blurb 1:

Lin Qiaoyin arrives in the interstellar era with a dilapidated haunted house she has just inherited.

In this world, ghostly entertainment is all the rage. People use ghosts to get a thrill and increase their mental strength. The more frightened they are, the more their mental strength grows.

That's why horror movies, haunted houses, supernatural horror novels, and other such IPs are incredibly lucrative! The scarier they are, the more money they make!

Unable to find work, struggling to make ends meet, a child laborer, and a psychic master, Lin Qiaoyin looks at the whole family of lazy, greedy evil ghosts and says, "It's time to get you all jobs!"

The evil ghosts: "?"

Not long afterward, a hyper-realistic haunted house themed around being hunted and escaping from evil ghosts goes viral on the Star Network.

People enter full of confidence, only to be carried out horizontally and taken to the hospital.

Without exception, everyone leaves the hospital with a huge boost to their mental strength!

Even while trembling in fear, they insist on trying again!

People who've experienced it all say, "It's so realistic! No current technology could possibly do this. We absolutely refuse to believe the evil ghosts in there are actors in disguise!"

Some people question whether it's all fake marketing, and say that the hyper-realistic ghosts are just a malicious publicity stunt.

That is, until someone catches the haunted house owner sneaking into a haunted mansion at night to violently capture ghosts.

Lin Qiaoyin: "I can't help it. My haunted house is so popular that I'm short on staff, so I have to catch them myself."

That day, the entire interstellar world was in an uproar.

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Blurb 2:

In the interstellar era, only a handful of people know the secret that evil ghosts really exist.

They are filled with resentment, impossible to communicate with, and responsible for countless major disasters. The Federation is powerless against them.

During yet another disaster, they watch helplessly as a squad of S-class combatants lose control of their mechs and are slaughtered by evil ghosts.

Suddenly, a little girl flies into the corner of the screen.

She wears straw sandals, has a head of scraggly hair, and flies into the ghostly realm shrouded in dark energy in a bizarre pose.

Before long, the evil ghosts' incessant, anguished screams ring out.

A voice can just barely be heard muttering to itself: "This one's death looks terrifying, that one's resentment runs deep. They're all great prospects for scaring people. I'll catch every last one and make them work for me!"

The Federation's top officials: "!"

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Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine really is incredibly poor and stingy! She drinks water to stave off hunger, sleeps on a wooden sofa, splits a single candle into two portions to feed the evil ghosts, refuses to spend money printing ads for the haunted house, and makes the ghost employees write flyers in blood. That's how poor and stingy she is.

2. There will be many admirers from the middle of the story onward.

3. She only gives the evil ghosts incense and candles to eat, never wages.

4. The heroine has an eccentric train of thought. She's in a rough spot and rather unlucky early on, but she's the strongest.

5. There is a male lead, but he appears late. The male lead is pure in both body and mind.

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Upcoming novel: The Tragic Romance Heroine Gets a Nation-Building Script

Blurb:

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Severe radiation, terrifying mutant plants, mutated monsters, extreme natural disasters...

Su Ciyu spent ten years in the great cataclysm era chewing on black bread that tasted like cockroaches. Then she transmigrated into an interstellar novel as the tragic romance heroine on a path of love and hatred.

This novel is deeply depressing. The heroine is humiliated by her stepbrother and bullied by the school bully, then falls for the aloof, popular guy who comes to her aid.

Unfortunately, he already has someone he loves, and he is disgusted by the heroine's secret crush.

After her confession is rejected, the heroine gets drunk for the first time, only to be seduced and abandoned by a dissolute prince who's a beast in human clothing.

In despair, the heroine commits suicide. The male leads come to their senses and regret everything, leading to a spiritually victorious ending.

Remembering how the original story ended, Su Ciyu shudders and refuses to follow that script. Instead, she pulls out a plan titled, "The Party Can Rest Assured: I Will Make Our Nation Strong."

The original character's chosen major in pastry arts: No.

Mecha manufacturing, a major the original character didn't choose: Yes.

She also enrolls in Flight and Aircraft, Low-Grade Nutrient Solution Production, Principles of Medical Pod Operation...

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Her stepbrother sneers, "Who's your little brother? You're a rat in the gutter. Do you really think you're a swan?"

Su Ciyu, groggy from staying up all night studying, nods. "All right, rat."

Her stepbrother: ?

The school bully forces her to do his homework, and Su Ciyu, who loves studying, agrees enthusiastically.

Then her work wins first prize in the Empire Mecha Design Competition, and the school bully is brought up to the stage and invited to give an acceptance speech.

The school bully: ?

The top student and popular guy warns her coldly, "Your behavior has already become a nuisance to me. Please stop!"

Su Ciyu, who has secretly been competing with him for first place, thinks he's found out and declares war. "I won't give up. Just you wait!"

The top student and popular guy: ?

The prince smiles gently. "Aci, I've just bought a new anti-gravity hovercraft. Would you like to come over to my place and see it tonight?"

Su Ciyu has long coveted that model but couldn't afford it, so she grabs her tools and heads over at once.

After spending the whole night taking it apart without figuring it out, she remembers that she has an early class and reluctantly says, "I'll come back tonight."

The prince, who spent the whole night trying to seduce her: ...

Later, rumors about Su Ciyu and the chosen sons of heaven fill the air, seriously affecting her studies.

Su Ciyu tells them to clear things up.

That very day, they collectively announce on social media: "It's not a rumor. I'm serious about my older sister / Su Ciyu / Ciyu / Aci."

Su Ciyu: ?

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In her original world, a group of technical experts are eagerly waiting for help.

"Ciyu, look at these extreme weather conditions. We can't do without temperature-control equipment."

"Ciyu, have you figured out the anti-radiation wristband technology we talked about last time?"

"Ciyu, the country is preparing to send a team to explore the deep sea. How's the reconstruction of the particle stealth mecha coming along?"

Su Ciyu, who has to return to her original world every fifteen days to give a study report: There's too much to learn! I'll never finish learning it all! Who's the one falling in love here?!

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Theme: Every field has its own champions.