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

Huo Yunzhi's eyes widened in shock when she received the blueprints.

"You actually have blueprints for waterproof coating!"

"Shen Chilie and I made it in the lab," Wen Zhaoye said with a hint of pride.

"Have you made it and tried it out? How was the result?"

Huo Yunzhi's question made Wen Zhaoye's lips twitch slightly: "It's not finished yet."

"Huh?" Huo Yunzhi thought she had misheard.

"It's not finished yet; some of the necessary materials for its production are in a special service area."

"What dungeon?"

Wen Zhaoye pursed his lips, a rare look of embarrassment flashing in his eyes.

After taking several deep breaths, he finally calmed himself down and said, "In a service area where the survival rate is almost at the level of the Qiao family's old residence."

"So it's not like we can't go?" Huo Yunzhi didn't understand why Wen Zhaoye, who had already cleared the Qiao Family Mansion, had this expression.

"We don't have the docking card for that instance right now, and this time, only you and Shen Chilie can go to the service area."

Why?

"This service area has too many restrictions. Players with auxiliary skills are not allowed to enter, players with spatial skills will have their skills banned, and players with healing skills will be directly assimilated into NPCs."

"Huh?" Huo Yunzhi thought she had misheard. "What kind of dungeon is this? It's so bizarre."

"Ghost Theater"

Huo Yunzhi had never even heard of this service area.

Last night, while having hot pot with three high-ranking ghost messengers, they shared a lot of information about dangerous service areas, and even generously shared the survival rules for completely contaminated service areas under their command.

But this place called Ghost Theater has never actually appeared.

This could mean that the service area is under the control of other ghost messengers.

Or it means... this is a service area that hasn't been cleaned up by ghost messengers!

A powerful tool for upgrading Earth-level Ghost Messengers!

"How can I get the parking items for this service area?" Huo Yunzhi asked, her voice full of eagerness.

"I don't know." Wen Zhaoye shook his head: "If I try to use the system, I'll only get an answer that requires special channels to obtain."

"Special channels..." Huo Yunzhi seemed to suddenly remember something: "I have an idea that might allow me to obtain it!"

She opened the system screen and clicked around, seemingly performing some kind of operation.

A moment later, a dark parking device appeared in her hand: "Wait here for me, I'll go see if I can get the parking card for Ghost Theater."

After Huo Yunzhi finished speaking, she left Qin Yuanshan's highway.

Back in her ditch, Huo Yunzhi crushed the parking card.

A sinister-looking service area suddenly appeared in the distance, amidst the white mist.

After Huo Yunzhi lit the Immortal's Guiding Light to dispel the Faceless Ghost, she walked towards it without hesitation.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance, she saw the service area information displayed in front of her.

Server: Mountain God Temple.

Service Area Ranking: NO.279

Pollution level: Moderate.

Just as Huo Yunzhi was about to enter the service area, she saw two fierce ghosts emerge from inside.

They were dragging a corpse.

The corpse looked like a middle-aged man, with all ten fingers severed, a completely missing, black hole in his mouth, and his body covered in scratches and teeth marks from some kind of small animal. He looked bloody and gruesome.

The two vengeful ghosts each dragged one of his legs, walking all the way to the outside of the service area, where they unhesitatingly threw the body onto the highway.

Soon, a large group of faceless ghosts surged in from all directions.

They lay on the corpse, tearing at it like hyenas.

In less than a minute, they had devoured the corpse completely.

The two vengeful ghosts watched the whole thing with great interest. One of them laughed and said, "What did I tell you? This bastard won't survive. You lose 1 survival coin to me, and you can't go back on your word."

"No problem, no problem. I'll give it to you when the Mountain God boss pays his salary."

"When did the Mountain God boss ever pay wages? Are you trying to renege on your debt?"

"Grandpa, I'm just going to renege on my promise! Give me back the 2 survival coins you owe me from last month!"

The two vengeful ghosts were arguing, and Huo Yunzhi impatiently picked at her ears before slowly walking up to them.

"Feed".

Huo Yunzhi's aura was well concealed with the help of the immortal's guidance, and the two vengeful ghosts screamed as if they had seen her before.

After realizing Huo Yunzhi's player identity, they couldn't help but complain.

"Why do you walk so silently? You sound like a ghost, even more so than me!"

"Personal habit." Huo Yunzhi looked into the mountain god temple: "Is your service area closed?"

"What's with all this talk about proofing...?"

Before one of the vengeful ghosts could finish speaking, the vengeful ghost next to it tugged hard at its sleeve.

After exchanging glances, the two ghosts immediately adopted a serious expression.

"It is indeed closed, and according to the rules, you players are not allowed to enter. However... the highway is currently in extreme cold mode, and many players want to enter the service area, dear. We ghosts can understand that."

I understand.

Huo Yunzhi curled her lips into a smile; these two vengeful ghosts were asking her for something in return.

"Just tell me how many survival coins you want."

"You're on the right track! We like players like you, we don't need many..."

The vengeful ghost raised three fingers, then hesitated for a moment before putting one away.

"Two survival coins are enough."

Huo Yunzhi felt a wave of speechlessness wash over her.

I thought I'd be ripped off big, but it turned out... they only asked for a small amount.

Huo Yunzhi wasn't going to care about the two survival coins now; she took out two physical survival coins from her bag and handed them over.

The two ghosts happily accepted the package and began to diligently explain the service area rules to Huo Yunzhi.

"The rules of our Mountain God Temple service area are very simple. The first rule is called 'you have to give to receive.' Players can make wishes, but they must pay a price."

"The second rule is to have reverence in your heart. When making a prayer, you must kneel and kowtow three times and nine times with reverence in your heart."

After the two vengeful ghosts finished speaking, they stopped after the second statement.

"What about the third one?" Huo Yunzhi waited for a long time but didn't hear about the third one, so she asked.

"There is no third one," a vengeful ghost replied. "These are the only two things listed in our service area."

Huo Yunzhi frowned.

The service area with moderate pollution only had two rules.

There are even three service areas with slight pollution.

Something's not right with this service area.

Huo Yunzhi recalled the mountain spirit she had encountered on the highway that day.

However... for her, who was hired to clean up the pollution, even if something was wrong, it wasn't a big problem.

As her thoughts raced, Huo Yunzhi was already being led into the temple by two vengeful ghosts.

Huo Yunzhi looked at the temple in front of her, which had not been repaired for a long time.

In the very center is a tall statue of a god, his face painted with oil paint.

Fruits and snacks were laid out on the altar in front of the statue.

A gentle breeze blew by, causing the candlelight on both sides to flicker, and the remaining incense ash fell into the burner, revealing specks of red light.

The statue's eyes were closed as it slowly opened its mouth, its voice low and solemn.

"Who are you...please state your name!"