Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

After seeing Chen Zhiwei and the others off.

Su Ming leaned lazily against the sofa, turned his head to stare at Wen Qi's face, and asked, "School beauty sister, I have a strange feeling."

He looked at his palms and murmured, "I feel like something's missing?"

There was no reason, just intuition.

Wen Qi remained silent.

Even if she asked, Su Ming wouldn't be able to answer.

Just then, the human-skinned ghost, wearing an apron, pushed open the door and cautiously called out, "Your Majesty, dinner is ready."

"Oh." Su Ming patted his head. "Let's eat first."

At the dinner table, the human-skinned ghost pondered for a while and then expressed its feelings at the time.

"Your Majesty."

"I think I've heard the whisper of that deformed humanoid fish statue before."

"I feel there must be some kind of connection between them."

"Because I have heard about flesh hyperplasia before."

"However, I was too scared, so after cutting up that knowledge, I hurriedly ran away."

Su Ming put down his chopsticks and gestured for the human-skinned ghost to begin speaking.

"Your Majesty, that happened seven or eight years ago."

"At the time, I wasn't in Pingjiang City, but was passing through a small fishing village by the sea."

"At that time, this small fishing village was crowded with people."

"I've got my eye on a beautiful girl. Her skin is tanned but looks very healthy, and her figure..."

Su Ming snapped his fingers, signaling the human-skin ghost to stay on topic.

The human-skinned ghost nodded quickly: "I followed this girl to the small fishing village."

"The villagers in the small fishing village are very warm and hospitable, and they are also very simple and honest."

"I didn't notice anything wrong at first."

"So I lived in that small fishing village for half a month."

"Once I had developed feelings for this girl, I planned to make my move on her."

At this point, the human-skinned ghost's voice trembled.

It seems that what happened afterward left a huge psychological scar on him.

That night, the village held some kind of ritual.

"They said this ritual is a sea god ritual, which can bless the villagers with good weather and a bountiful harvest."

"At first I didn't take it seriously, I just thought they were stupid."

"But once the ritual began, the atmosphere of the entire fishing village changed as the villagers danced and called out."

"Everyone seemed to have gone mad, dancing in a way I couldn't understand and shouting in a way I couldn't comprehend."

Then, whispers came from all directions.

"It sounds a lot like the whispering of the deformed humanoid fish statue."

"I only managed to hear a few sentences before I felt like my consciousness was being torn apart."

"So I fought with all my might and paid a heavy price to escape."

"However," the skin-wearing ghost added, "the whispers of the small fishing village are far less egregious than the grotesque humanoid fish statue."

"Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't be able to escape."

Su Ming glanced at Wen Qi, who remained silent, then stroked his chin and asked, "What's the name of that fishing village?"

After thinking for a long time, the human-skinned ghost said, "It seems to be called Houhai Village, near Yanlang City."

Su Ming nodded, picked up his phone, logged into the official website, and began to search.

As a result, there was no information about Houhai Village on the official website.

So he simply made a phone call to Zhou Zhengyang.

"Okay, I got it. I'll get back to you in ten minutes."

"Also, my little darling, if you have any activities planned in the future, please let me know in advance. I'm not getting any younger..."

Before Zhou Zhengyang could finish speaking, Su Ming slammed down the phone.

"Why does the Director-General of the Bureau of Anomalies talk so much!"

Despite his talkative nature, Zhou Zhengyang was extremely efficient.

He sent the message very quickly.

Houhai Village does exist.

However, a tsunami occurred seven years ago, which caused the entire village to be submerged, and no one survived except for the young people who were working outside.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Zhengyang called.

He was very curious as to why Su Ming would be interested in this village that had already suffered a shipwreck.

Su Ming only said one sentence: "I suspect that Houhai Village is related to the deformed humanoid fish statue."

Zhou Zhengyang's tone immediately became extremely solemn.

I will get back to you in a day.

Su Ming nodded in satisfaction.

I have a lot of confidence in the efficiency of government services.

Then Su Ming, grinning, grabbed Wen Qi's hand and said, "School beauty, do you think the mutated humanoid fish statue might only be a part of it?"

All strange objects have fragments of strange objects.

The more powerful the supernatural entity, the more supernatural beings it needs to possess to revive.

The small mirror from before already contained part of a certain catastrophic event.

So.

Do larger amounts of knowledge also require many carriers to support them?

The deformed humanoid fish statue may only be part of the whole.

No wonder he always felt like something was missing.

Wen Qi gave a different answer.

"Perhaps they came from the same place."

Su Ming thought about it and felt that it made a lot of sense.

Because they come from the same place, they have similarities.

For example, mathematics.

Mathematics is a general term.

It has many branches, such as algebra, calculus, geometry, and probability theory.

They are all part of mathematics, yet each is independent.

"Let's talk after Lao Zhou finishes his investigation."

Su Ming moved closer: "Sister School Beauty, see if there's anything you like, it's all free!"

"I'd better find a few more of these sealed artifacts; I've discovered I'm developing a liking for knowledge."

Wen Qi picked up her phone and selected only two forbidden items.

"Sister School Beauty, didn't you find any sealed artifacts you liked?" Su Ming asked, somewhat puzzled.

Logically speaking, Wen Qi should be very happy as long as he learns knowledge.

"Not now."

Wen Qi shook his head.

She gave Su Ming an explanation.

The reason Su Ming was able to receive knowledge about "flesh and blood proliferation" was because she acted as a transfer station.

Otherwise, let alone receiving it, Su Ming wouldn't understand it at all.

Wen Qi, who served as a transit point, also benefited greatly; she needs time to process what she learned.

Even she couldn't withstand being exposed to these things continuously in a short period of time.

"I see."

Su Ming was slightly disappointed, but expressed his understanding.

He tossed the phone to the skin-wearing ghost and the ghost who jumped off the building: "You can choose a few; consider it a gift for you."

The ghost in human skin and the ghost who jumped off the building were incredibly excited, grabbing their phones and starting to browse.

[(The ghost who jumped off a building) Loyalty +5, Current: 79]

[(Human Skin Ghost) Loyalty +5, Current: 75]

Next.

Su Ming is going to increase his favorability with the headless female corpse.

[Scene Selection: Dinner Party]

[Start Interaction]

A door rushed towards him at lightning speed, instantly engulfing him.

Once Su Ming regained his sight, he arrived at the banquet hall.

The headless female corpse stood in the very center of the hall.

Her stunning figure made Su Ming's blood boil.

"Beautiful lady, won't you buy me a drink?"

Su Ming was met with a flood of blood and a rising, bloody hand.

Ten bloody hands slapped, grabbed, smashed, and pulled at Su Ming, like swatting annoying flies, forcing him to hide everywhere.

This time, however, Su Ming was no longer just hiding.

He let out a low shout, and his right arm suddenly swelled up, with flesh and blood growing wildly, and skin tearing and healing, instantly transforming into a ferocious giant arm three meters long and covered with pitch-black fish scales.

The scales were cold and hard, and when they came into contact with blood, they made a hissing sound of corrosion, but they did not melt immediately. Instead, they briefly resisted the erosion of the curse.

In addition, since his arms can continuously regenerate, Su Ming will not melt as long as his body does not come into contact with blood.

[Affection +1, Current: Ignore (11/100)]

[Affection +2, Current: Ignore (13/100)]

Su Ming held on for more than 6 minutes.

For every three minutes you hold on, your favorability rating will increase by one point.

For every point of increase in favorability, the number of Blood Hands will increase by one.

Ninth minute.

[Affection +3, Current: Ignore (16/100)]

Sixteen bloody hands danced in the hall, weaving into an impenetrable web of death.

Su Ming found it increasingly difficult to dodge.

Twelfth minute.

[Affection +4, Current: Ignore (20/100)]

The moment the notification sounded, Su Ming was almost exhausted.

He took a deep breath, mustered the last bit of strength in his body, and poured all his remaining power into that badly damaged giant arm, then swung it up from below.

"Go on."

A furious shout.

A black whirlwind shot up from the ground into the sky.

The strong wind suddenly lifted the hem of the headless female corpse's black dress with a "whoosh".

The strength is good.

Good angle.

Feeling good.

This is Su Ming's reward to himself.

He grinned, his laughter unrestrained and smug.

There's a saying that goes something like that.

To die beneath a peony skirt is to die a romantic death, even as a ghost.

No, it should be "A fair maiden is sought after by a gentleman".

A man's true nature is to stand tall and upright.

Completely exhausted, Su Ming closed his eyes and lay on the ground, contentedly awaiting his death.

However, death did not come as expected.

Instead, the game notification sounded.

[Affection +10, Current: Ignore (30/100)]

(Friendly reminder: Pay attention when you first encounter the headless female corpse; maximize your affinity with her.)

Are you kidding me?

So, all that trouble I went through before was just a battle of wits with thin air.

Only now has the headless female corpse truly noticed her.

Su Ming opened his eyes speechlessly.

What comes into view is a pair of long, slender, and almost translucent white legs.

Her delicate skin shone with a cool, jade-like luster, and her exposed calves had smooth, firm lines.

Her ankles were slender and delicate, and she wore a pair of dark red satin stilettos.

The foot in high heels was pressing down on his chest, not with much force, but enough to immobilize him.

The headless female corpse bent slightly, the smooth cut of her neck facing him, as if she were looking at him for the first time.

Su Ming grinned and reached out to grab the slender ankle that was stepping on his chest.

"Hi, beautiful."

"Did you come to the wrong place?"

"I think we should go down..."

With a soft "pfft".

Su Ming was furious.