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

The head chef's voice was extremely loud, so loud that Huo Yunzhi's eardrums hurt.

"I know, but I'm not here to cause trouble."

"As a player, you should know the consequences of breaking the rules!"

"Know."

The head chef, a vengeful ghost, slung the boning knife over his shoulder, his already unsightly smile growing even more cruel.

"Hahahaha! Very well, so, how would you like me to deal with you, human?"

The ghostly waiters, along with the ghosts that had been driven out, laughed shrilly and surrounded Huo Yunzhi.

As the boning knife drew closer, Huo Yunzhi yawned and calmly pulled out her ghost messenger ID.

The moment they saw the ghost messenger's identification, the ghosts' laughter froze on their faces.

The restaurant was completely silent.

Hesitation, shock, and panic flashed rapidly across each of the ghost faces.

"G-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-gcha-sama!"

"My God! Isn't she a player? Why is she pulling out a ghost officer's badge?!"

"Is it too late for me to quit my job now? Waaaaaah!"

The head chef, after the initial shock, immediately returned the boning knife to the kitchen and began directing the vengeful ghosts under his command, speaking so fast it sounded like he was rapping.

"You! Move the cleanest chair in the restaurant! Can't find it? Wash it yourself, okay?! And you! Go find the perfume and spray it all over the place! Run! Run! Hurry up!"

"And you there... go make some tea! What do you mean, 'which kind of tea'? The ghost messenger is coming, so it has to be the best! Go get it from my cabinet, hurry up!"

The booming voices sounded like thunder to Huo Yunzhi's ears.

She frowned slightly: "You're so noisy."

The head chef immediately lowered his voice in a panic: "I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry, Lord Ghost Messenger, my voice was too loud."

After a flurry of activity by the ghostly waiters, a small table appeared in front of Huo Yunzhi a few minutes later, with freshly brewed tea and several plates of snacks on it.

A waiter somehow managed to get a few potted plants and placed them next to her, removing the smell of blood from the air.

Huo Yunzhi leaned back in a gleaming chair, while a row of fierce ghosts stood respectfully.

The head chef himself had changed into a clean and tidy outfit, and stood beside Huo Yunzhi with his back slightly bent, constantly rubbing his hands together, his face full of smiles.

He changed his tone from his previous thunderous and loud voice, and instead spoke softly and flatteringly: "Lord Ghost Messenger, are you hungry? Shall I go and make you something to eat?"

"No rush, let's take care of business first."

Huo Yunzhi lightly touched her brow, and a black, glazed fire lotus burning with raging flames appeared, slowly rotating in her palm.

A terrifying phantom rose from the ground behind them, looking down at the trembling ghosts huddled together below.

"I'm asking you, where is the core area of ​​the contaminated zone around the Lijing Hotel?"

Huo Yunzhi's voice wasn't loud, but every word seemed to strike the hearts of the vengeful ghosts.

The karmic lotus in her palm occasionally released flames, which, even though it no longer had much karmic value, were still enough to intimidate the evil spirits.

But a strange thing soon happened.

The vengeful spirits were intimidated by the judgment skill and directly threatened by the karmic fire lotus, yet none of them responded.

Huo Yunzhi couldn't help but frown.

Could it be that I don't have enough permissions again?

If that's the case, then she really overdid it this time.

At the crucial moment, it was the head chef who spoke up.

"Lord Ghost Messenger, it's not that we don't want to tell you, but we also don't know exactly where the core area of ​​the pollution is!"

"You don't know either?" Huo Yunzhi was surprised by the answer.

After all, Nuannuan had led her directly to the core area before.

Unmanned repair shops rely entirely on self-service, requiring customers to search for information themselves.

It's unexpected that a service area with so many vengeful ghosts would encounter a situation where the ghosts can't find the core area to contaminate.

"Yes, Lord Ghost Messenger, we really know nothing."

"If we had known where the contaminated area was, we would have reported it and waited for the ghost messengers to come and clean it up. The hotel wouldn't be in this state now."

"Lord Ghost Messenger, we really have nothing to hide. We all wish you would come and deal with the pollution. Otherwise, if this continues, we will lose our names sooner or later and become like those faceless ghosts."

Huo Yunzhi was speechless for a moment.

Since none of the restaurant staff knew where the core area of ​​the contamination was, and given their situation, asking the manager or other vengeful spirits would likely yield the same answer.

You still have to find it yourself.

Huo Yunzhi couldn't help but sigh.

"Next question: Has anyone been to room 404?"

"No, none of them." This time the head chef answered quickly: "Lord Ghost Messenger, we don't have room cards. We can only stay in the restaurant 24 hours a day. Unless someone triggers the rules, I can only hunt down the marked person based on their location. Otherwise, even I can't leave the restaurant."

"There are actually such restrictions?" Huo Yunzhi was definitely surprised.

So these ghostly employees also have their own rules to follow.

"What about the other ghosts in the hotel? Has anyone been there?"

As soon as the question was asked, the ghostly waiter who had been beaten up by Huo Yunzhi spoke up.

"My lord, you might want to ask the cleaning lady. Although she doesn't have a room key, she can enter the room during cleaning hours. She might know something about room 404."

"Yes, yes! You can ask her! It's almost time for the cleaning, so you can order her if you need anything."

Huo Yunzhi raised an eyebrow: "Can I enter the room during cleaning hours?"

She quickly realized the importance of the hotel cleaning work permit.

She drank the tea in one gulp and then placed a room key on the table.

"This is... the room key for room 301!" the chef exclaimed in shock.

"Okay, with the room cards, you can rest in your rooms even when you're not cooking. You're the head chef, so take this and arrange for everyone to take turns resting; consider it payment for that intelligence tip."

Huo Yunzhi's words caused a stir among the ghostly waiters.

"Rotational rest! Did I hear that right?! We can finally rest!"

"Lord Ghost Messenger, you are simply our second parent!"

"My lord, may I...may I kowtow to you? Waaaaaah!"

Huo Yunzhi waved her hand, signaling the waiters and ghosts not to be so exaggerated, and then walked towards the restaurant door surrounded by them.

Just then...

"Ring ring—"

A sharp telephone ring echoed through the empty restaurant.

The once bustling restaurant fell silent instantly.

The faces of every waiter and the ghost turned ugly, and even the chef's expression became somewhat distorted under the sharp urging of the bell.