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

The head chef glanced at Huo Yunzhi, then at the direction of the phone, and finally gritted his teeth and ran towards the phone.

He answered the phone with great displeasure: "What is it?!...What? So fast? Okay, okay, I understand."

The head chef hung up the phone and rushed to Huo Yunzhi's side: "Wait! Lord Ghost Messenger, you can't go out now."

Why?

"I just got a call from the lobby. The Lijing Hotel has been upgraded to complete contamination, and an eighth rule has been introduced."

"What rules?"

"Players who have checked in, please proceed to your rooms immediately and do not linger in the company area. Otherwise, hotel security will escort you back to your rooms."

The head chef emphasized the pronunciation of the word "please".

Has anyone died at the hands of this security guard?

Huo Yunzhi remembered that when she left, there were still a few people sitting on the sofa in the hall.

"Four players have already been hanged by this security guard. It's too dangerous for you to go out now."

Huo Yunzhi opened her electronic screen and saw that the number of online viewers on the world channel had indeed decreased by 4.

"How could it become completely corrupted?... No, now is not the time to think about that. Four players have been hanged, and now Yukimura only has eleven players left... The vengeful ghost of Rule Four is about to emerge!"

Huo Yunzhi pursed her lips, her expression serious, while her mind raced.

The ghost in room 404 is a guest; the security guards are responsible for hotel security and escorting players "back to their rooms"...

If two ghosts meet when the player is not present, will the game crash due to the conflict of mechanics?

What if...

Does that mean I can take care of both vengeful ghosts in one go?

Huo Yunzhi now feels that getting this information made her trip to her restaurant truly worthwhile.

However, she certainly couldn't do so many things by herself.

She needs to find Xu Xiu and Qin Yuanshan first.

As soon as she opened her private chat channel, she found that both Qin Yuanshan and Xu Xiu's profile pictures were black.

The head chef saw Huo Yunzhi fiddle with things in mid-air for a while before stopping.

He thought for a moment and leaned closer: "Lord Ghost Messenger, are you looking for your teammates? Once this hotel is completely contaminated, it will block all communication with the system."

Huo Yunzhi regretted not asking Qin Yuanshan and the others for their room number.

Suddenly, she looked at the head chef and had an idea.

"Who called you just now?"

"Hotel Manager."

"The one at the front desk?"

"But, Lord Ghost Messenger, do you have something to discuss with her?"

"Yes! Get me to the lobby immediately."

"Alright!" The head chef ran over quickly and returned a moment later carrying a landline phone with a long telephone cord.

The lobby manager answered the phone very quickly.

Huo Yunzhi cut to the chase and asked the lobby manager to tell her Qin Yuanshan and Xu Xiu's room numbers.

There was a noticeable hesitation on the other end of the phone for a few seconds before the person on the other end told Huo Yunzhi that the hotel had a rule against disclosing guests' information.

The head chef standing nearby got angry when he heard this.

He asked Huo Yunzhi respectfully and softly, "Lord Ghost Messenger, could you please give me the phone? I need to have a proper talk with the manager."

Huo Yunzhi handed over the microphone as instructed: "Oh, then I'll leave it to you."

The chef took the phone with a smile, but as soon as the receiver was pressed to his ear, his expression changed drastically and he began to curse.

"You must have had your brain squeezed by the glass door of the lobby! You dare to evade the questions of the Ghost Messenger! If you anger the Ghost Messenger and he refuses to clean up the pollution in the service area, turning everyone into faceless ghosts, I'll defy the rules and punish you to expose your past!"

He berated Cen Zhong relentlessly for three minutes without repeating himself, then respectfully handed the microphone back to Huo Yunzhi.

"My lord, the manager has already realized his mistake. You may ask him anything you wish to know."

Huo Yunzhi observed the head chef with great interest.

Despite the harsh words he just said, he was actually helping the manager.

"You two seem to have a good relationship."

"So-so," the chef said with a forced smile, scratching his head.

Fortunately, with the chef's involvement, it became very easy for Huo Yunzhi to obtain a room number.

In addition, she also learned another hidden rule from the manager.

"Can the room owner invite a certain number of players based on the room's specifications?"

"Yes...yes." The lobby manager's voice was tinged with fear: "For example, a single room can only accommodate one player, a standard room can accommodate two people, an executive suite can accommodate four people, and so on."

"How many people can I enter from my presidential suite?"

"Eight people... Sir, is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

"That's all, that's fine."

Huo Yunzhi hung up the phone and turned to the head chef beside her: "I'd like to make two more calls, is that convenient?"

"Convenient! Convenient!"

Huo Yunzhi dialed the phone number for Qin Yuanshan's room using the contact information the manager had given her.

But even after the call automatically ended, Qin Yuanshan still didn't pick it up.

Huo Yunzhi had no choice but to call Xu Xiu again.

This time the call connected, but it wasn't Xu Xiu who answered.

"Sister Huo! We're still figuring out how to contact you!"

"What are you doing in Xu Xiu's room? Did you encounter danger just now?"

"No, no, I just used my skill and ran to Miss Xu Xiu's room. I caught a cleaning ghost with two other girls."

Qin Yuanshan quickly recounted to Huo Yunzhi how he passed through the wall to Xu Xiu's room and how they worked together to capture the cleaning ghost, before finally remembering to ask a question.

"Sister Huo, what do you need us for?"

"Can your wall-clipping ability be used to carry people?"

"Yes, you can."

Huo Yunzhi was initially worried about how to get them to her suite.

Upon hearing that Qin Yuanshan's ability to pass through walls could bring people along, she immediately told them the location of her room.

"I've already written your names on the invitation list. Just take the two of them through the wall and I'll wait for you in that room."

"What about you, Sister Huo? Shall I come pick you up?"

Although using long-distance wall-penetrating techniques twice in a row would severely damage Qin Yuanshan's mental strength, he still waited for Huo Yunzhi to say "okay".

"No need." Huo Yunzhi took out the "Immortal's Guidance" item from her backpack: "I have a tool to go back. You can wait for me inside."

"Okay, then Sister Huo, please be careful in everything you do."

Huo Yunzhi hummed in agreement, then hung up the phone and prepared to turn and leave.

As she reached the door, she suddenly turned back to look at the head chef who had been quietly following her.

"One last question: if it's mealtime and I'm the last one to enter, will you mark me and hunt me down?"