After graduating from college, Lin Xun followed the crowd and took the civil service exam. He made it through one obstacle after another and successfully secured his first-choice position. He thought he was just one step away from becoming a public servant, but on the day of the interview, he discovered that he was the only living person in the entire examination hall. Halfway through the second-choice interview, the other candidate suddenly snapped and tried to eat him.
As he watched his competitor being dragged out of the examination hall, Lin Xun fell into deep thought.
So even the underworld has civil service exams?
After taking up his post, Lin Xun discovered that he had begun to see all kinds of ghosts around him.
White-robed ghosts with little resentment, yellow-page ghosts who died unnatural deaths, red-clad vengeful spirits who were wrongfully killed...
All the ghosts were making their way to Qing County, some deliberately, some not.
The seemingly peaceful little county town was not as gentle as it appeared. The sky overhead was shrouded in resentment, and not a ray of sunlight could get through.
A newly developed tourist attraction became a mass grave overnight, and the developer had thousands upon thousands of tormented, howling ghosts in his grasp.
A new competitive game became popular at a local school, but the students who won met mysterious deaths.
An elderly resident who had celebrated a joyous funeral in the neighborhood turned into a powerful ghost the next time they were seen...
A huge conspiracy was slowly taking shape in some unknown corner.
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No one knows that the viral cooking influencer from a Taoist temple has another imposing identity behind the scenes: assistant to the Eastern Ghost Emperor.
By day, he furiously wields a giant ladle in front of the camera. By night, he carries a soul-catching rope as he solves cases and captures ghosts.
He works two jobs around the clock, only to find 2,500 in his account at the end of the month.
Broke and in tears, Lin Xun burns incense and prays to the temple's God of Wealth. The next second, the incense burner shatters.
The Taoist priests all try to console him. "You may have been born with the fate of a pauper, but at least you never lack work!"
Lin Xun: "..."
Lin Xun has had enough of this miserable life. He swears to Heaven that whoever makes him rich, he will give himself to them.
The entire underworld falls silent in an instant.
His boss, the richest man in the underworld, quietly holds out his hand. "I'll share half my fortune with you."
Lin Xun blinks shyly. "Wouldn't that be a little inappropriate? Darling~"
Half a month later, Lin Xun grips his salary card and grits his teeth. "You'd better explain how my balance ended up at negative 10 billion."
Theme: Provide good service at the grassroots level and build a harmonious underworld together.
