I, the screenwriter, have experienced a resurgence of inspiration.

At six o'clock in the morning, the alleys of the old town were already full of the lively atmosphere of daily life.

The market was packed with people; looking down from above, it was a sea of ​​heads, which inexplicably reminded Song Mo of the water ghosts in the artificial lake.

"Cao zi gao, cao gao! Brown sugar steamed buns—"

Small vendors were pushing tricycles and hawking their wares downstairs.

Song Mo, who had just returned from collecting materials, looked on with envy and slowly went downstairs to buy a large bag of steamed buns and steamed rice cakes.

Passing by Liu Laosan's house, it was quiet inside, without a sound.

……

Song Mo only ate one bite of the food he bought before putting it down.

I couldn't taste anything; the sweet and soft steamed bun felt like melted wax in my mouth.

But Ah Yan—at the end of the Song Dynasty, a candle was stuck in the steamed rice cake, and she happily ate it with relish.

"Oh! It's cakes! My brother and I used to always see old men carrying loads of cakes selling them outside the Shen residence."

The nanny who was in charge of us said that the food sold outside was not clean and wouldn't let us eat it. Turns out it was sweet.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, they simply put a whole bag of candles in it and placed it on the table—it looked rather eerie from a distance.

After completing the "High School Ghost Stories" instance, the information has been synchronized.

The ink-wash style text curled up and appeared in mid-air.

First, the rewards for players who cleared the dungeon were announced, then the dungeon-related information was released, and finally the rewards for writing the dungeon were presented.

It was an absolute bumper harvest.

Song Mo's gaze swept over the "Player Rewards" section, and his fingertips lightly tapped the desktop.

Player Weng Yang (Regular Player)

award:……

Player Liu Guilan (Special Player - Clay Sculptor)

award:……

Player Fu Qinqin (Regular Player)

award:……

Player's Comments on Jasmine (Regular Player)

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Player Ding Feifan (Ordinary Player)

Reward: [Red and Green Toilet Paper (Red toilet paper can cause burn damage to low-level spirits, while green toilet paper can temporarily shield one's aura for five minutes.) *1]

[One-page student handbook (This will temporarily grant one "rule exemption" to offset one minor violation penalty. Only applicable to copies of the rules.)]

1 gold ingots.

Player Deng Ziwen (Regular Player)

Reward: [An endless supply of toilet paper (rolls of paper that never run out, soft and gentle on the skin)]

Portable Toilet (Can summon a clean toilet at any time, isolating odors and negative energy; must not be disturbed during use; lasts for one minute; limited to once per day)

【A cup of cold soy milk (consumable)】, Gold ingot x1.

Player Zhao Weilai (Special Player - Butcher)

Reward: [Red and green toilet paper (...)]

[5 Bound Storage Slots (First kill reward for dungeons, maximum storage per slot 50, cannot be transferred, cannot be bought or sold)]

[A thousand miles without hunger (…)]

[Pig-slaughtering knife (iron): Legend has it that it was left behind by a female butcher surnamed Nan during the Song Dynasty. The knife is imbued with murderous aura and deals a 5% damage bonus to supernatural monsters.]

10 gold ingots.

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When Song Mo saw Deng Ziwen's entry, he couldn't hold back any longer.

How could such a small instance possibly gather so many geniuses?

Zhao Weilai, a brave warrior, was bold and meticulous throughout the entire process. In the end, he even managed to block the skinned ghost into the sewer while crying, successfully securing the first kill.

In a Western fantasy novel, he would be at least a paladin.

The legendary Chow Sang Sang, known for his incredible resilience, can survive even when reduced to half a person while acting alone, and even after death, he can be transformed into a skinned ghost.

Deng Ziwen, the invincible lucky king, not only won without lifting a finger, but Zhao Weilai also outwitted and outmaneuvered the illusion, while Ding Feifan was face-to-face with the skin-peeling ghost...

He has diarrhea.

Even the props they finally obtained were hilarious.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, there was even a misconception that "the copy is alive".

Perhaps it's not just my imagination.

She wrote the script, only providing specific plot details, such as wandering around bus route 404 on a full moon night, and having to complete the task of cleaning tombstones before leaving Taiping Cemetery.

As for the players who enter the instance, the instance rewards, and the players' encounters within the instance, everything is random.

For example, in the "University Ghost Stories" dungeon, Song Mo only wrote the check-in rules for three ghost stories, which are like the skeleton of the dungeon.

As for the prerequisites for entering the instance and the penalties for violating the rules, they seem more like "flesh and blood" that the instance itself "grows".

This feeling is wonderful.

……

The ghost from the late Song Dynasty unfolded the map and used his hand to fill in the light spot representing the Jiangcheng University instance:

"To add to that, the trigger rule for 'High School Ghost Stories' is that noise is emitted after the lights are turned off. If the number of people who meet this condition is greater than the ten people allowed to enter, the instance will be randomly selected."

Conversely, if there are insufficient players, or if the instance is full, then you will need to wait for it to open.

"As for Zhao Weilai taking the first kill reward, it was within expectations."

Song Mo was very satisfied with this result, saying, "Beginner dungeons can bring out the professional potential of players, which greatly increases the playability."

The ink-wash text continued scrolling down, and then the section on dungeon drops appeared.

[Copy: High School Ghost Stories]

Status: Closed (Pending)

[Materials obtainable from the dungeon: Rouge Mud, Waterweed, Shady Moss, Gold Ingots, Real Money, Low-level Materials, Green-tier Job Cards, Items...]

Number of ghosts in the current instance: 5 (jumping ghost, water ghost, toilet ghost...)

Two new permanent NPCs have been added:

1. Skinning Ghost Luo Yiming (Low-level Evil Spirit): Attached to the toilet of an old school building, skilled in bewitching and skinning, can be upgraded by providing materials.

2. Water Ghost Fang Wei (Low-level Evil Spirit): Attached to an artificial lake, skilled in dragging and illusion, can be upgraded by adding materials.

Note: The low-level NPC Ghost Skin Chow Sang Sang's remnant soul has been killed by the player. Do you want to replenish similar materials to reset it?

After a moment's thought, Song Mo said, "No need to make up for it. The difficulty of the beginner dungeons based on rules doesn't need to be too high."

Keeping Luo Yiming and Fang Wei is enough; they correspond perfectly to the two photo spots: the restroom and the artificial lake.

As for the bottom of the panel, that's what she cares about most—personal earnings.

The joyful expression of a simple, honest old farmer upon learning of a bountiful harvest was revealed at the end of the Song Dynasty.

[First clear of the "High School Ghost Stories" instance is complete; all rewards for this scenario are being tallied...]

[Settlement complete! Massive rewards have been sent to your system inventory. Scriptwriters, please check your accounts!]

Basic Rewards:

1. 100 gold ingots, 50000 RMB.

2. 100 paper coins (low-level item, can be used for trading materials within the instance).

3. 100 white candles (carrier of yin energy, can be used to trigger low-level paranormal scenarios).

4. Rouge Clay x10 (can be used to make medicine for wounds, create ghost makeup, and imbue clay sculptures with spirits).

5. Red and green toilet paper x5 (item obtained from dungeons).

6. Five Thousand Miles Without Hunger Pills.

7. Waterweed x5 (Highly poisonous plant, can be used to make poison bait and generate water ghost-type monsters).

8. 300 low-level spirit materials (shadows that roam the human world, which can generate low-level NPCs and set up low-level dungeons; each piece is worth 0.5 script points).

9. Advanced Spirit Material: Hungry Ghost; Intermediate Spirit Material: Hanged Ghost; Intermediate Spirit Material: Night-Crying Girl; Intermediate Spirit Material: Night-Crying Boy.

10. Random Occupation Card (Green Card) x4, Occupation Identity Card - Fruit Farmer (Green) x1, Occupation Identity Card - Suona Performer (Green) x1

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[Script Rating Rewards:]

The quality of this script: B++ (Complete plot, self-consistent rules, first-kill player, increased attention.)

1700 Scriptwriting Points Gained (Current Remaining Scriptwriting Points: 1710)

Lifespan gained: 360 days (Current remaining lifespan: 473 days, 15 hours, and 36 minutes...)

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Special Audience Rewards:

Special audience members Liu Guilan and Zhao Weilai have been detected to have successfully awakened their professions [Clay Sculptor (Beginner)] and [Butcher]. The scriptwriter has randomly acquired two talent skills.

1. Skill Name: Clay Sculpting with Spirit (Beginner)

Skill effect: Imbues the clay sculpture with a low level of intelligence. The higher the accuracy of the clay sculpture, the higher the success rate of imbuing it with intelligence.

Enchantment can execute simple commands and consumes scriptwriting points to maintain its existence.

2. Skill Name: Butcher (Cannot be upgraded)

Skill effect: When attacking spirit/corpse-type targets, there is a 20% chance to trigger a weakness check, causing massive damage.

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Currently possessed skills: Rooster Crows and Ghostly Concealment, Building a High-Rise from Flat Ground, Imbuing Clay Sculpture with Spirit, and Butcher.

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She spoke too soon. This isn't a bumper harvest; it's like gold falling from the sky.

Farm owner Song Mo was naturally overjoyed, and even somewhat greedily coveted Chen Xi's [Constable] profession:

"With four random job green cards, plus the [Healer], [Fruit Farmer], and [Suona Performer] cards I have, Chen Xi's [Constable] skill can draw at least nine skills."

"Fruit farmers can quickly accelerate fruit production... Suona performers can use the suona to appease ghosts and spirits; both seem like very practical identity cards."

Song Mo stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "No rush, we can wait until the next new dungeon opens to randomly select the destined person."

She put her career card into her backpack and checked the screenwriter's points again.

This time, a total of 1,700 script points were gained.

It was several times more than the one at Taiping Cemetery.

"The rewards from beginner-level dungeons are limited."

Song Mo sighed softly, "There are too few people, the script isn't exciting enough, and the authorities closed the school quickly this time, evacuating all the students, so there aren't many people watching—"

A script is written for the audience to read.

The authorities directly reduced the number of viewers and blocked information from the source, which put her in a difficult position.

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Before the end of the Song Dynasty, I asked the vengeful ghost siblings what those ubiquitous "shadows" were.

Azhu answered quickly:

"My lord, humans are the most intelligent of all beings, with three souls and seven spirits within their bodies. Therefore, in our daily lives, whether walking, sitting, lying down, or experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, we will unconsciously dissipate some of our life force or death energy."

These energies, accumulated over time, eventually become a 'shadow'.

"This thing is different from the soul. It has no consciousness or memory. It is like the leaves that fall from the tree or the petals that fall after the flowers have withered. It is the 'residue' that has fallen from the human body."

If a person's soul leaves their body, then they are dead; but a shadow is like a person's fingernails or hair—it doesn't matter how many fall.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, someone seemed to be pondering something and put forward a new conjecture:

"Therefore, the more people there are, the more shadows there are; the stronger the obsession, the more 'nourishment' the shadows have—"

No wonder.

Taiping Cemetery, Bus Route 404, and Jiangcheng University are all places steeped in shadow.

Perhaps even without her, these places would still have seen the emergence of duplicates.

"Shadows are nutrients...and copies are things that grow from shadows."

Song Mo repeated it in a low voice.

That makes sense.

Ah Yan held the little devil in her hand, constantly tearing it apart and putting it back together, her expression innocent and naive.

"Therefore, hospitals, private schools, and cemeteries are the places most prone to accumulating yin energy and breeding ghosts—"

With more shadows, people's delusions will grow, and slowly, something can be nurtured.

For some reason, this place was very clean, with no ghosts or demons to be seen, probably because the government was in good order.

Oh, by the way, a few days ago when I was catching shadows for my master, I also saw a giant rat that was almost intelligent!

"A giant rat? A mouse? Isn't that a monster, a monster in real life?"

Song Mo suddenly became interested.