Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Su Ming looked at the slender Li He.

He couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

He had only met him a few times, their interactions were superficial, and he had almost forgotten that such a person even existed.

Unexpectedly, when we met again, it had become a humble and weak grave ghost in Yong'an Cemetery.

All past memories have been lost, and even the names of former companions cannot be recalled.

Then look at the more than five hundred ghosts arranged in neat rows.

Su Ming suddenly felt a little dazed.

In their lifetimes, they were probably all insignificant figures like Li He.

They can't remember themselves, and they can't remember themselves.

A feeling of pity quietly spread through my heart.

True death is never the loss of breath or the cessation of heartbeat.

Instead, they were completely forgotten.

These are the true relics of the past.

How many such relics from the past are there?

How many more people have silently vanished into the past, having come and lived, only to disappear without a trace, unknown and untraceable?

With a sense of nostalgia, the long eight-hour punishment period passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Ming was forcibly kicked out of the game scene.

As he was about to re-enter Yong'an Cemetery, Bai Xinglan suddenly stopped him.

"Your Majesty, something seems amiss with your emotional state."

She was always mindful of Su Ming's inner spirit.

Having learned from past mistakes, and with Su Ming unprepared, Bai Xinglan easily traced his spiritual threads.

Among the various colored spiritual threads, Bai Xinglan picked up a dazzling golden thread.

More than one.

As her fingers danced, Bai Xinglan picked out one golden thread after another.

She gazed at the hundreds of condensed golden threads, then looked up and stared intently at Su Ming.

"Your Majesty, your mental core is very stable."

"This fluctuation is within the normal range."

But Su Ming could clearly see a small knot at the end of these golden threads.

"Don't you need to untie it?"

Bai Xinglan shook her head: "Your Majesty, it doesn't need to be untied."

"It is your mercy."

"Compassion?" Su Ming asked, somewhat surprised. "Compassion can also grow nodules?"

Bai Xinglan explained in an extremely solemn tone: "Your Majesty, compassion is not a part of human nature."

"Human nature itself does not contain compassion."

"Because compassion is a special will that transcends all emotions."

"It was born later in life."

To put it simply...

"Compassion is not human nature; it belongs to divinity."

Su Ming stared in disbelief, instinctively blurting out, "Divinity?"

"Is compassion also a form of divinity?"

Bai Xinglan must correct Su Ming's misconception.

"Your Majesty, compassion is empathy. When you see the suffering of others, you feel the same way and your heart aches with pity. In essence, you and I are no different from all living beings."

"Compassion, on the other hand, is a top-down perspective, like a god examining all living beings."

"The love that humans speak of as God's love for all beings is essentially compassion."

Su Ming suddenly realized, and then looked at the golden knots.

"And what about this knot with the golden threads wrapped around it?"

Bai Xinglan smiled and said, "Your Majesty need not concern yourself with it; it has no real effect."

Su Ming looked doubtful: "No way!"

Divinity, that sounds really awesome.

But Bai Xinglan laughed and said, "Your Majesty, it can't do anything."

"It will dissipate on its own in a few days."

"Humans cannot control divinity."

"If too much pity arises and is forcibly maintained," Bai Xinglan pointed to her head, "a person will break down."

As if she could see through Su Ming's hidden thoughts, she added, "Your Majesty, many things that sound powerful are actually not only useless to humans, but also harmful."

"However, it helped me somewhat."

Su Ming immediately waved his hand generously: "It's yours."

Bai Xinglan didn't mince words; she flicked her fingertip and drew out that small patch of "pity."

Instantly, the grief and heaviness that had been weighing on Su Ming's heart vanished, and he felt a sense of relief throughout his body.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Bai Xinglan carefully put away the strand of golden thread.

Su Ming stretched, then gave a thumbs-up, a confident smile playing on his lips: "Watch closely."

"I'm sure I'll find your tombstone this time."

Stepping into Yong'an Cemetery again.

This time, his gaze was fixed directly on the monument standing in the very center of the cemetery.

It's really dark right now.

Such a magnificent and conspicuous tombstone makes me subconsciously exclude it every time I come in.

It was a stone monument that was over ten meters high.

The monument is covered with the names of the deceased, written from top to bottom.

However, due to years of exposure to the cold wind, many of the names have become mottled and blurred.

As the countdown began

Su Ming suddenly activated his Great Observation Eye.

The inscription, which was originally somewhat blurry, was magnified infinitely in his vision.

One name after another, arranged like a stream of fragmented data, quickly entered my mind.

The brain rapidly refines, repairs, filters, and investigates, eliminating irrelevant names.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

With only 8 seconds left on the countdown, Su Ming picked up his pen and immediately circled a name on the stone tablet.

That's Bai Xinglan's name.

This monument commemorates 239 people.

Its full name is "2016.3.23.LH16 Air Disaster Memorial".

Bai Xinglan was just one of them.

No wonder Su Ming hadn't been able to find her tombstone before.

After circling the name "Bai Xinglan" with the pen, the countdown suddenly stopped.

A series of semi-transparent system pop-ups appeared one after another.

【game over】

[Affection Level Up Quest: Find her tombstone] (Completed)

[Ghostly Female Ghost Affection Level Up: Avoidance → Acceptance (300/300)]

[Unlock Level 2 Scene: Tomb → Yong'an Cemetery]

[Capacity limit increased: 26 → 28]

Backpack capacity increased from 39 to 42.

[If the ghost's affection level reaches the acceptance level, the sixth character slot for development will be unlocked.]

[Detecting the ghostly woman's affection level to be full, unlocking the affection level upgrade quest]

[Affection Level Up Quest: Survive for seven days in the clutches of the ghostly female ghost]

Good guy.

Bai Xinglan's favorability increased without any warning; it went straight to the maximum value.

The sixth character slot for character development has been unlocked.

Su Ming immediately opened the character selection page.

Sure enough, a completely new character appeared.

This is already the eighth character.

The eighth character's scene is a cold morgue.

In the center of the image lies a human-shaped silhouette, completely covered from head to toe by a white cloth.

A wrinkled, thin arm was visible at the edge of the white cloth.

I looked at the name labeled by the system: female corpse in the morgue.

The label is typical of the general public.

Su Ming's lips twitched violently.

"Damn it~"

"This name is so perfunctory."

However, he was not in a hurry to choose.

Instead, he was pondering.

At this point, 8 characters have been unlocked and can be developed.

Based on my own speculation, the Ghost Raising System has a total of 12 characters to raise.

"There's no rush yet."

Su Ming closed the character development page and spent several hours unlocking the entire map of Yong'an Cemetery with Bai Xinglan.

[Ding! Detection indicates that the exploration progress of Yong'an Cemetery has reached 100%]

[Receive exclusive reward: Golden Trophy]

[Exclusive Item: Golden Trophy]

[Exclusive Ability: Descent]

(Friendly reminder: This applies only to Yong'an Cemetery)

After receiving the accompanying Golden Trophy, he left the Yong'an Cemetery and returned to the Abyss Base.

Raise your hand and silently chant, "Descend."

Several iron chains rose from the ground, a gust of cold wind blew by, and Bai Xinglan's figure appeared out of thin air in the room.

She returned to Earth, back to the Abyss Base.

But apart from Su Ming, no one remembered her.

Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu looked Bai Xinglan up and down.

After a brief look, Wen Qi extended his hand and said in a gentle tone, "Welcome back, Bai Xinglan."

Although she didn't remember Bai Xinglan.

But she was certain that she must have known her before.

dong dong dong~

Just then, a knock sounded at the door, and a respectful and composed female voice came from outside: "Your Majesty."

Su Ming raised an eyebrow: "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged woman in her forties walked into the room.

The woman was dressed in a neat medical uniform, with a calm and capable demeanor, and was holding a thick medical examination record book in her hands.

Before she could speak, Su Ming asked with a puzzled look, "Who are you?"

The middle-aged woman bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, I am Chen Hong, the leader of your personal medical team."

Seeing Su Ming's unusual expression, Chen Hong's expression immediately became serious.

"Your Majesty, has your memory become disordered again?"

Su Ming quickly shook his head: "My memory is excellent."

"I know you, I remember now."

"A physical examination and routine questions, right? Come on."

Su Ming was quite cooperative.

After Bai Xinglan disappeared, the world automatically filled the void, and Chen Hong took her place.

Aside from their age and names, the two have almost identical resumes, responsibilities, and roles.

The Chen Hong in front of me looks more like Bai Xinglan in her forties, entering middle age.

This is a silent, seamless world correction.

To be honest, Su Ming found it extremely absurd.

Just as Su Ming's emotions were churning, a deafening roar suddenly came from afar.

The next second, the entire Abyss Base trembled violently, the ground rose and fell, and tables, chairs, and utensils shook wildly.

Wen Qi's expression changed slightly: "They arrived faster than expected."

She immediately looked at Su Ming and stuffed a few things into his hand, speaking very quickly: "Su Ming, go to 2019 first, and we'll merge the scenes when you come back."

"If there's a problem, you can open one and take a look."

Originally, Wen Qi planned to have Su Ming go to 2019 after the scene was fully integrated.

Unexpectedly, plans can't keep up with changes.

Yu Mengnian succumbed to temptation faster than she had imagined.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Ming said to Tang Tang beside him, "Wait for me, see you in 2019."

He then immediately activated the upgrade quest related to Tang Tang's favorability.

The entire world froze for a moment as black mist from deep space surged in from all directions, like a greedy beast, instantly devouring the world.