I started on a rocking horse and relied on watching ads to dominate the highway survival charts.

"It means exactly what it says." Meng Changyi scooped up her homemade beef and shrimp tofu roll. "You don't look like a student; you must have some work experience, right?"

Huo Yunzhi nodded: "I have participated."

"You should know that when a new employee joins the company, the senior employees will take care of them, like squeezing toothpaste for them, having one-on-one heart-to-heart talks, participating in icebreaker games, taking classes and singing together..."

"Wait a minute!" Huo Yunzhi interrupted Meng Changyi as she spoke more and more outrageously, "It sounds like a pyramid scheme."

"Huh? Really?" Meng Changyi asked in surprise.

"It's not that they're almost identical, but they're practically the same."

"Damn it, I've been tricked again. I'll beat him up when I get back." Meng Changyi gritted her teeth, and after noticing that Huo Yunzhi was looking at her, she immediately coughed lightly: "Ahem, anyway, that's the gist of it. On behalf of all the ghost messengers on this highway, I welcome you to join us."

"Thanks."

After confirming Meng Changyi's intentions, Huo Yunzhi was completely relieved.

Moreover, this person seemed to know a lot about this road, so she had many questions to ask her.

"How did this highway come about? Why are you here? How do you get out of here? These are the questions you want to ask me, right?"

Meng Changyi spoke first, before Huo Yunzhi could.

"Yes."

"I can't let you know right now; your rank is too low, and I can't disclose that information within my authority. However, if you were to be promoted, you could discover the truth about this highway for yourself."

How do I get promoted?

"Don't worry, don't worry," Meng Changyi reassured Huo Yunzhi. "That's why I came here today."

She raised her hand and finished the rest of the beer in the bottle: "You should know how many ranks there are among us ghost messengers, right?"

"Heaven and earth are black and yellow, and this should be the distinction."

Upon seeing Meng Changyi's "prefecture-level" rank, Huo Yunzhi was certain that her previous guess about the rank was correct.

"That's right. To upgrade from Yellow Rank to Profound Rank, you need to purify the pollution in three service areas, with at least one of them being heavily polluted. Once you complete this task, you can upgrade on your own and enjoy a base salary of 3000 Survival Coins every month without any responsibility."

You've already cleared two contaminated areas in Nikki's clothing store and the unmanned repair shop; you only need one more heavily contaminated area to upgrade.

"3000..." Huo Yunzhi pondered.

The base salary was more than she had initially expected. With the fees or supplies collected from the Essence 5, if she worked hard, she might be able to earn over 10,000 Survival Coins a month.

"To advance from the Xuan level to the Di level, you need to purify 5 service areas that are 100% polluted. Once completed, you will be automatically promoted and receive a base salary of 50000 survival coins per month without any responsibility."

"This salary gap is too big!" Huo Yunzhi's expression was a little distorted.

"The work is different from what you'd expect. And during the upgrade, only purifications without the participation of other ghost messengers are recorded." Meng Changyi continued to explain to Huo Yunzhi, "Although it's difficult, once you reach the Earth level, you'll be able to touch upon a part of the truth about this highway."

"But with such an unreasonable item, upgrading shouldn't be too difficult." Meng Changyi looked up at the Karmic Fire Red Lotus on the roof of the RV: "You know, many ghost messengers are green with envy when they find out you have this."

Meng Changyi continued eating her hotpot as she spoke.

She seemed to have a particular fondness for lamb rolls, and soon she had devoured all the lamb.

Huo Yunzhi was generous and took out all the remaining items from her backpack.

"Miss Meng, you just mentioned mission objectives from Profound Rank to Earth Rank, so... what about from Earth Rank to Heaven Rank?"

"Heavens?" Meng Changyi bit her chopsticks, a look of confusion appearing in her eyes for the first time. "I don't know either."

do not know?

Huo Yunzhi did not understand.

Logically speaking, shouldn't Meng Changyi, who is already at the Earth level, be striving to advance to the Heaven level?

How could I not know?

"It's been a long time since any Heavenly-level Ghost Messengers have appeared on this highway."

Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of her, Huo Yunzhi changed the subject and talked to her about the heavily polluted service area, from which she obtained a lot of useful information.

After finishing her hotpot meal, Meng Changyi wiped her mouth with satisfaction and put down two 100-yuan survival coins.

"It tastes good. I'll come back again if I want to eat it again."

Huo Yunzhi was about to refuse the survival coins when Meng Changyi raised her hand to stop her: "Although we're all on the same side, you're also a player of the road survival game, so I wouldn't take advantage of you."

Meng Changyi added Huo Yunzhi as a friend.

Huo Yunzhi also realized that NPCs could be added as friends.

"Oh right." Meng Changyi suddenly turned back before leaving the tent: "There's something I almost forgot to give you."

She raised her hand, and several streaks of red light flew from her body, quickly condensing into a pair of scissors and two cards in her palm: "These are for you, consider them a welcome gift for the new ghost messenger. See you next time!"

After Meng Changyi finished speaking, her figure disappeared on the spot.

Huo Yunzhi put the survival coins on the table into her backpack and looked at the scissors and cards hovering in the air.

Congratulations to the player for obtaining the items "Ghost Scissors" and "Special Contaminated Zone Parking Card"!

[Ghost Scissors: Scissors made from vengeful ghosts. After special processing, they are incredibly sharp and can kill high-level vengeful ghosts with a single blow. They can also be used as ordinary scissors to cut off strange things. They are single-use items and disappear automatically after use.]

[Special Contaminated Zone Parking Card: Directs the player to a service area where no ghost messengers are involved in purification. It takes effect one hour after use and automatically parks the player's vehicle near the service area.]

Picking up the ghost scissors, Huo Yunzhi pursed her lips, unable to understand the meaning of the second half of the description.

"Wait!" Huo Yunzhi suddenly remembered Meng Changyi's sudden appearance and disappearance: "Could it be that she possesses some kind of spatial ability?"

Huo Yunzhi didn't have time to continue eating her hot pot.

She armed herself fully, then stood at the edge of the safe zone with scissors in hand, and began cutting the ground around the safe zone.

At the moment the scissors intersected, they disappeared from Huo Yunzhi's hand, and the entire safe zone emitted a red light. Then, the safe zone began to expand, eventually turning into a golden ring that was worn on Huo Yunzhi's wrist.

The safe zone near the vehicle had disappeared, and the ghost, drawn by the scent, headed this way.

Huo Yunzhi quickly put her mind to it and put the safety zone on her wrist back in place, thus keeping the evil spirits outside.

"That's great!" Huo Yunzhi was so happy she almost jumped up. "Now we won't have to worry about the system shrinking the safe zone again."

Just as Huo Yunzhi was happily preparing to return to the RV, the system's sharp alarm went off and reached her ears.

【Aaaaaaah! What did you do now?!】