Eighteen Ghost Emperors of my ancestors, how dare you make me live in terror?

[Reward: A-Rank Anti-Demon Ability - Iron Law]

[Iron Law]: When the "Forced Squeezing" effect is applied to a designated target, the person will unconditionally overdraw all of their body's potential until they die from exhaustion of energy, or be "removed".

[Reward: The CEO's Favor.]

[No level requirement, special reward. Effect: Allows free return to the A-level dungeon 'The Ambitious Female CEO'.]

[Award: Group President]

[Title Reward: President of Luying Group, entitled to all future development rights of Luying Group.]

[Reward: President's Seal.]

[Level 5 Ghost Artifact: Grants the ability to gain employee loyalty from the group's suspicious employees; current employee loyalty is 88%.]

A series of sounds flashed through Lu Ye's mind.

At the same time, a small seal appeared in his palm. Unlike the seal that his grandfather, the Ghost Emperor, had stamped on his forehead, this one was more ancient and slightly more modern.

The words "Lu Ye" were engraved beneath the crimson seal.

"Does this mean that once someone stamps the seal, they're considered a company employee and have to remain loyal to me?" Lu Ye pondered, looking at the seal in his hand.

Just then, Chen Chen was standing at the front of the crowd with the Guardians of the Galaxy team. Seeing Lu Yexing walking over, he asked, "Is this thing a ghost artifact?"

Lu Ye casually flicked his wrist, and the seal landed directly on Chen Chen's forehead, leaving behind the two bright red characters "Lu Ye".

"What...does that mean?" Chen Chen looked at Lu Ye in disbelief. "Why do I suddenly have this strange urge to kneel down and kowtow to you?"

"Do you feel any sense of loyalty towards me?" Lu Ye asked.

Chen Chen frowned, hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, I'm very shy."

"Then it seems to be useful for those who control demons as well."

Lu nodded, then glanced at it again, "Ironclad rule."

A beam of black light pierced straight into Chen Chen's forehead, causing him to shudder violently. "What is it this time?"

Lu was about to speak, but Chen Chen suddenly "exploded" the next moment.

His previously calm body suddenly erupted with a hazy ghostly aura, instantly soaring to its peak. His eyes even began to swell with blood, and a huge, ferocious ghostly shadow, more than ten meters tall, appeared behind him. The ghostly shadow seemed to be greatly stimulated as well.

It let out a roar to the sky, with hundreds of hands waving behind it in unison.

The powerful aura caused the students of the surrounding Mountain Ghost Academy to involuntarily retreat.

Only then did they realize that this chubby boy who always liked to cause trouble in the academy was actually the third most powerful S-rank student in the academy.

"I'm so irritable, I'm so angry!"

Chen Chen's voice became hoarse, and the ghostly energy within his body surged uncontrollably, forcing him to unleash his full power.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Before Lu could even speak, Chen Chen had already charged out with a howl, smashing everything in the academy as if anyone who dared to stop him would die.

"What reward did you get?" Lu Ye turned to look at Wang Chao beside him.

A hint of disappointment flashed across Wang Chao's face, but he simply shook his head. "In the end, I still couldn't get an A grade."

He glanced at the strange embroidered pattern that had appeared on Lu Ye's wrist, and his intuition told him that this might be the top reward in the bizarre dungeon.

"But it's enough that I came out alive this time, thank you." Wang Chao turned to leave.

But at that moment, another voice suddenly appeared in everyone's mind.

【Ding! 】

[Due to a major plot twist, the original A-level eerie instance "The Ambitious Female CEO" has shifted its anchor point, unlocking three city maps.]

[The A-level eerie dungeon "The Ambitious Female CEO" has been changed to an A+ level eerie dungeon, "The Advancing Lu Ying Group," due to unforeseen circumstances. Challengers entering the dungeon will begin their storyline from the "Lu Ying Group."]

[The newly unlocked city map is currently being developed. This eerie instance will be temporarily closed, with an estimated reopening time of ten days.]

........

The voice appeared directly in the minds of all the Ghost Masters, and everyone's faces showed astonishment upon hearing it.

"What does this mean? Another bizarre, mutated copy?"

"Huh? Why did I say 'again'?"

"An A+ grade bizarre dungeon. I don't think there was such a grade before."

"The Advancing Lu Ying Group, that name sounds a bit odd?"

"So this means that from now on, when we enter this bizarre instance, we'll have to start from that company called Lu Ying Group, right? How strange."

"Never mind all that. I have to go in and challenge it as soon as the dungeon opens in 10 days. The newly opened eerie dungeon has the best rewards."

The students in the academy had no idea what was happening in the dungeon, but Wang Chao did. After hearing the voice in his head, Wang Chao looked at Lu Ye with a strange expression.

Lu shrugged. "To be honest, I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Good grief, the instance has mutated, and the name has even mutated to "The Advancing Lu Ying Group".

What is Lu Ying Group? It's his conglomerate!

This means that in the future, when the Ghost Masters come to challenge this A+ level eerie dungeon, they will first have to spawn at his company, and then start doing various tasks and participating in the storyline.

The core boss of the dungeon, Jiang Yingqing, is now the CEO of the group. He is one of his people, which means that he controls half of the decision-making power for all the Ghost Masters who want to enter the challenge in the future.

If you're happy, you can get a promotion and a raise; if you're unhappy, you'll be punished by having to clean toilets—a disastrous start to the year.

This is simply unbelievable.

Most importantly, Jiang Yingqing's original instance world only had one city, but now three more large cities have emerged, and the world map has obviously expanded a lot. It seems that the "A+" level is not the limit.

"There has never been a case where a Ghost Master could control a Ghost Dungeon, let alone an A-level Ghost Dungeon." Wang Chao's tone was complicated.

Lu raised an eyebrow: "It can't be that bad, it's just a company."

"Don't be modest. Your weird company is worth at least hundreds of millions of coins, with hundreds of weird employees. It's also in the early stages after the merger. With a weird CEO around, Lu Ying Group will dominate all the weird cities in the dungeon sooner or later."

Wang Chao gave Lu Ye a deep look, then turned and left.

Lu touched his nose, but did not deny it.

It seems like they went too far this time, and something terrible might happen afterward.

But thinking about it from another angle, I've already secured an inheritance for my future son!

Only when he thought of this did Lu Ye's mouth truly break into a wide grin.

"What? The dungeon's over, aren't you guys leaving yet?"

Lu Ye glanced at the crowd and found that everyone was still there, and instead seemed even more eager for something. Wang Chao, who had just left, had also turned back, but he had changed his clothes.

They all looked at him with excitement.

"Stop scattering, the main event is about to begin."

Two figures appeared in front of Lu Ye. The one closest to him was Wu Qing, and the one a little behind him was Principal Li Tianyi. Wu Qing was also holding the hand of a little girl who looked to be only five or six years old.

However, Lu Ye could tell at a glance that this little girl was not a normal person, or rather, not a normal living person.

She had short, silver-white hair that reached her ears, wore black clothes, and had a porcelain doll-like face. She had a lollipop in her mouth, and two large, watery eyes stared at him curiously. One eye was normal, while the other was black.

Even the child's entire body was precisely divided into two states, as if the space between his eyebrows were the dividing line: half of it was human flesh and blood, and the other half was a black body formed from dense, eerie energy.

The moment the little girl appeared, all the students from the surrounding Mountain Ghost Academy instinctively retreated a great distance.

"Fourth realm?" Wu Qing sensed the aura emanating from him.

"Yes, I've reached the fourth realm." Lu Ye nodded. He had already accumulated enough strange energy for advancement that night in the strange dungeon, and broke through to the fourth realm, the "Charm" realm, without any obstacles.

As mentioned before, to enter an S-level bizarre dungeon, one must reach at least the fifth realm. After Wu Qing went to the Central Bureau of Ghostly Affairs, the requirement for Ka Luye's level changed to the fourth realm, which he now meets.

"I've noticed you seem to have a talent." Wu Qing looked at Lu Ye's face, a rare smile on her face.

"What talent?"

"The talent that messed up the bizarre dungeon, the last one [Wedding Dress], and this one [President], all mutated after you came out." As Wu Qing spoke, Principal Li Tianyi nodded in agreement with a look of utmost approval.

However, Wu Qing quickly broke through his defenses with her next words, "If you have any tips or tricks, we can exchange them later. Although I am your manager, this kind of thing seems very interesting."

"No problem, I guarantee you'll learn it." Lu Ye patted his chest loudly. "By the way, what are you all doing gathered here?"

"Have you forgotten? As an S-rank student in the academy, you have an obligation to lead the students of the academy into an S-rank dungeon at least once."

"Now?" Lu was taken aback.

"Well, we don't have much time left," Wu Qing said, placing the little girl's hand in Lu Ye's.

The little girl didn't resist and obediently let him lead her.

"She is the 'key'."

Lu Ye looked down at the half-human, half-ghost little girl beside him. Her little hands were cold. She looked up and gave a sweet smile, but to onlookers, the smile on that half-human, half-ghost face looked terrifying.

"Want some chicken drumsticks?"

"Food."

"Take it."

Lu Ye pulled a roasted chicken leg from his sleeve and tossed it to the little girl. The little girl immediately threw away her lollipop and happily started munching on it.

Lu Ye looked up at Principal Li Tianyi again, "I think I can take a break first, maybe go on a vacation or something, what do you think, Principal?"

"The capable should do more, right? It's not appropriate for everyone to come and then go back. After you lead them through this S-rank dungeon, you can skip classes as much as you want. I'm telling you," Li Tianyi said with a smile.

"It's not about clearing the level; he's just using the key to bring the academy members in for a trial run," Wu Qing corrected. "He has no obligation to clear the level. What's the point of him clearing an S-rank bizarre dungeon with a bunch of burdens?"

Lu Ye gave a thumbs up.

Does this mean he lacks the ability to complete the game and is simply surrounded by a group of people who are holding him back?

He roughly understood this matter. It was that every S-rank student who came to the Mountain Ghost Academy had to bring a group of students into the S-rank eerie dungeon to experience it, because only S-rank students could activate the "key," and the "key" could actively leave the dungeon when encountering danger.

It's not very dangerous, but it's very beneficial to the other students in the academy.

The only thing needed is for Lu to make a selfless contribution as well.

He didn't have any objections to this; after all, it's all the same whether you play or not, and he hadn't even entered an S-level bizarre dungeon yet.

"Alright then, where are my burdens?" Lu also looked around.

"The spots have already been decided."

Principal Li Tianyi clapped his hands, and several figures walked out from the crowd and stood in front of him.

Lu glanced around and chuckled. Several familiar faces were there. "Are you going too?"

Bai Ye, standing gracefully at the front, smiled elegantly. "The academy doesn't have a rule that S-rank characters can't enter dungeons with you. We might have to team up next time, so let's just treat this as an opportunity to get to know each other."

Lu Ye glanced at Wang Chao, who was standing in second place, and said, "So you're clinging to me now, aren't you?"

"It's purely a coincidence." Wang Chao looked a little embarrassed. They had just come out of an A-level dungeon together, and now they were going to enter an S-level dungeon together. It was quite awkward. "The entry slots were decided before you entered the A-level dungeon. I earned the qualification through my own strength, so... it really is a coincidence."

"No need to explain, I didn't say you couldn't stick to me." Lu Ye didn't care at all. He counted and found that there were 8 people in total, including himself, which was an unlucky number.

Fortunately, Li Tianyi remembered something and with a flick of his sleeve, he grabbed someone out of thin air. "Add him to the mix. I didn't see this little fat guy earlier and thought he had run away again."

Lu Ye looked at Chen Chen, who had been forcibly dragged here by the principal and whose eyes were still bloodshot, and this time he didn't say anything.

Chen Chen still possessed the [Iron Law] he had just experimented with, and was currently in a state of full-force explosion, his mind somewhat unclear. He had been running around the academy at full power, and had probably knocked down countless newly built dormitories.

He was still drooling and shouting wildly, "Don't stop me, watch me fuck him to death! Come on, let's fight three hundred rounds and I'll show you my peak!"

Lu also realized that the forced "squeezing effect" of the [Iron Law] could not only squeeze out the full strength of the Demon Hunter, but also squeeze out their spirit.

"How do we solve this?" Li Tianyi was so angry that he had a headache.

"I'll do it."

Lu slapped Chen Chen across the face, "removing" the effect.

If he doesn't "relieve" it, Chen Chen will definitely keep boiling like this until he finally dies from exhaustion.

After being relieved, Chen Chen instantly became listless, feeling as if his body had been hollowed out. He stared blankly at the scene before him for a while before finally realizing what was happening, and his face immediately fell.

"You're going into an S-rank dungeon, right? Can I not go...?"

"If you don't go, you can go back to your little dark room and stay there." Li Tianyi blew his beard and glared. "You're supposed to be an S-rank, look at the mess you've made of yourself."

Chen Chen was limp again, feeling worse than if he had died from exhaustion. Lu Ye patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you can't resist, just enjoy it. You're going to be working for me anyway."

"Please, elder brother, treat me with utmost care." Chen Chen bowed.

"arrange."

There are nine people in total, including three S-rank individuals. If they were all wiped out, the principal would be devastated.

"And then?" Lu looked around blankly. "How do I get to the S-rank bizarre dungeon? Which one?"

Wu Qing gestured with her chin towards the little girl Lu Ye was holding, "She's the 'key,' so she gets to decide which bizarre instance to enter."

So Lu turned around and patted the little girl's head, who was intently gnawing on a chicken leg. "Where to?"

Under everyone's gaze, the little girl gently closed her eyes, and a strange black aura emanated from her body, which condensed into a huge rotating disc in the arena.

Click click click.

The dial spun gently, and the pointer stopped at a certain moment.

When Wu Qing saw the strange S-level dungeon name that the roulette wheel pointer was pointing to, even she was taken aback, and Li Tianyi subconsciously opened his mouth.

"Go to this one, Uncle," the little girl said in a clear, crisp voice, pointing.

"Call me brother." Lu Ye first corrected him with a stern face, and then looked at the name of the instance that the roulette wheel pointer was pointing to.

I was quite surprised when I saw it.

"Which S-rank bizarre dungeon is this?"

"A Ghost Marriage: A Blood-Soaked Sedan Chair of Reincarnation?"

"Isn't this an evolved version of the A-level eerie dungeon 'Ten Miles of Red Makeup'?"

"It seems so... I heard no one has cleared it yet, and the death rate is incredibly high."

"The S-class eerie top scholar inside kills anyone he sees, as if he's always looking for someone."

Listening to the murmurs and discussions.

Only a few people who knew the truth had extremely strange expressions on their faces.