I Play the Horror World as a Simulation Game-Chapter 240

The air carried a dampness that made everything around feel chilly, like the white mist and morning dew in the mountains, causing an uncontrollable shiver.

Ding-dong, ding-dong.

A bus approached from a distance, stopping in front of Qin Nuo. The door opened, and a large amount of water dripped from the bus onto the edge of the concrete road.

A water ghost stepped off the bus, its swollen face peering from under wet hair, staring at Qin Nuo.

Qin Nuo glanced at it and simply smiled.

The water ghost's bulging eyes shifted, showing a hint of wariness, then it turned and dragged its wet trail away. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"After a few instances, my Ghost Power has reached a new height. As long as it's not a Horror Level ghost, I can handle it."

Qin Nuo mused as the ghost bus closed its doors and slowly drove away.

He stood up and walked into the distant white mist.

Passing through the mist, he soon saw a distant glow.

Standing before a white fence, Qin Nuo turned his head to look at the vague outline of a large supermarket in the distance. It seemed lively there, with many ghostly figures moving through the mist, all heading in that direction.

"Looks like business is booming."

Qin Nuo withdrew his gaze, focusing on the much smaller Red Moon Convenience Store in front of him.

This was the main store. Although it had annexed a larger branch, he instinctively returned here.

A few ghostly figures lingered at the store entrance. After more than half a month, not much had changed, but business had improved significantly.

Those ghostly figures, upon seeing a human enter the store, initially showed greed, but upon sensing a heart-palpitating Ghost Aura, they displayed wary expressions and stepped aside.

Ding-dong!!

The bell on the store door was still crisp as Qin Nuo pushed the door open and entered, noticing quite a few ghostly figures lingering inside.

A Hanged Ghost with an unusually long neck, its head touching the ceiling and face a ghastly green, said eerily, "Excuse me."

In its hands, it held several paper-wrapped items that looked like doll packaging, but the hair falling out, the faintly visible dark red scabs, and the blood-stained scalp-like items were unsettling.

Qin Nuo stepped aside, and after it crawled out, he said, "Welcome back next time!"

The Hanged Ghost gave Qin Nuo a strange look but didn't think much of it and disappeared into the white mist.

Li Tongtong was leaning on the cashier counter, scanning items with one hand, looking lazy, as if even moving that hand was exhausting.

"Your store's drinks taste off, they're expired."

A ghost with a severely deformed face spoke, its eye sockets full of bloody mess, addressing Li Tongtong while holding a bottle of dark drink.

Its tone was cold, clearly demanding an explanation.

Faced with that face that could ruin an appetite, Li Tongtong perked up a bit and asked, "How could that be? Everything in our store is newly stocked, the freshest."

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"I said the taste is off, it's expired, compensate me." The customer's twisted face oozed fresh blood, making it look even more terrifying.

Qin Nuo watched this scene unfold without intervening, sitting quietly at a nearby table.

"Little girl, don't play dumb with me. I have a bad temper. If there's no explanation, I'll twist your little head off and put it in my shopping bag." The ghost customer stared intently at Li Tongtong, the strong smell of blood permeating the air, making it quite pungent.

Li Tongtong showed a fearful expression, "Big brother, please don't make it difficult for me, I'm just an employee."

Seeing her demeanor, the ghost customer appeared even more pleased, "You should have plenty of Ghost Currency in your drawer, hand it all over."

"Did you drink the beverage?" Li Tongtong asked softly.

"How would I know there's a problem if I didn't drink it?"

"Can you show it to me? Let me smell it. If there's an issue, I'll definitely compensate you." Li Tongtong looked on the verge of tears, her lips pouting in extreme grievance.

She reached out and took the drink, not to drink it, but as if it disappeared like a magic trick.

The ghost customer asked coldly, "What are you doing?"

Li Tongtong clapped her hands, her face instantly shifting from grievance to ease, looking at the ghost customer and asking, "Is there anything else, sir?"

The ghost customer squinted, letting out a sinister laugh, "You little brat, playing tricks on me? Be careful I..."

"Sir, our store has a rule, no violence inside. Our store is very civilized." Li Tongtong said with a cheerful smile.

"What if I insist on using violence?"

The ghost customer suddenly extended a ghostly hand, crudely reaching for Li Tongtong.

Swoosh!

But before it could touch Li Tongtong, the ghostly hand fell with a thud onto the cashier counter.

Li Tongtong held a fruit knife in her hand, smiling at him, "Sir, would you like me to trim your nails?"

"Coming here without reason claiming our products have issues, without evidence, you'd better not cause trouble here. Our boss is very influential."

"See that supermarket across the street? They used to oppose us, and our boss dealt with them effortlessly, annexing them."

"If you don't want to disappear, you'd better leave quickly!"

"Or perhaps, you'd like me to trim your scalp?"

The ghost customer wanted to get angry, but seeing the fruit knife, hesitated and held back.

Picking up the severed arm, it grimaced and left.

Li Tongtong took out the bottle of drink, sniffed it with her delicate nose, and showed a disgusted expression, "It really is expired, so gross!"

She tossed it into the trash and pulled out a steaming bowl of snail noodles from under the table, smiling with satisfaction, "This is much better."

Yuan Shan emerged from the shelves and said to Li Tongtong, "Save me some."

Just as he finished speaking, he noticed Qin Nuo at the table, suddenly standing up straight, "Boss, when did you arrive?"

At the mention of the word "boss," Li Tongtong reflexively stood up, wiping the oil from the corner of her mouth, "Boss, this snail noodle is expired!"

After saying that, she went to find Qin Nuo's figure.

Qin Nuo poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Feel free to eat the snail noodles."

"About that customer just now..."

"I know, I was wrong."

Li Tongtong lowered her head, looking very ashamed.

"No, that behavior was absolutely correct, and I highly recommend it."

"I'm very pleased that you found such an efficient way to solve customer problems. After all, our store's motto is to serve customers above all else!"

"Keep it up. Loving snail noodles is fine, but you should also eat something nutritious. My employees can't be too skinny."

Qin Nuo patted Li Tongtong on the shoulder, leaving her with a bewildered expression.

Did the boss win the lottery today?

"Boss, I've been doing quite well recently too," Yuan Shan said.

"It's time to give you all a raise, after all, you're my long-time employees."

Qin Nuo first gave them a wave of candy bombs, then asked, "Where's Liao Shen? He should be back by now, right?"

"He's back, he's really impressive. As soon as he returned, he had all the store's products replaced with new ones, all the expired ones were recycled."

Li Tongtong said excitedly.

"A masked ghost came from the supermarket across the street, bringing in people to help."

"They even renovated our store's environment," Yuan Shan added.

"I know, I mentioned it to you before."

"Have Liao Shen come over, I have some questions for him."

Qin Nuo said casually.

Yuan Shan quickly nodded and ran out of the store.

Li Tongtong went to the side, brewed a fresh pot of tea, and brought it over with a cheerful smile, "Boss, have some tea, it's the freshest."

"How much has business improved?" Qin Nuo took a sip, already knowing the answer but habitually asking.

"Improved isn't the right word, it's unprecedentedly booming. The branch across the street implemented many marketing strategies, and we benefited from it. Now, the foot traffic in this area is almost monopolized by us. The daily revenue is, how much is it? Anyway, lots of zeros..." Once she started talking about this, Li Tongtong became unstoppable, recounting almost everything that happened in the past half month.

Qin Nuo pretended to listen while communicating with the Blood-Eyed Ghost.

"Can the fourth eye be opened now?"

"Almost, after consuming the next ingredient, it should be able to open," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said, having digested for so long, the fourth eye could indeed be opened.

"I'll have Liao Shen make a trip to the Nether Springs Restaurant. They have the ingredients, money shouldn't be an issue," Qin Nuo said.

"The fourth eye's ingredient isn't available at that restaurant," the Blood-Eyed Ghost replied.

"Not available?"

"Not available."

The Blood-Eyed Ghost confirmed, "That restaurant is too low-level to obtain the ingredient I want."

Qin Nuo was a bit surprised.

The Nether Springs Restaurant is considered low-level?

Not to mention the constant flow of business, the guests on the second floor are all unfathomable.

To this day, he still doesn't know who the boss of the Nether Springs Restaurant is, but undoubtedly, their status in the Horror World should be high.

"You're limited to this region, of course, you think the Nether Springs Restaurant is high-level."

"Sometimes, visiting other regions will broaden your horizons."

"Where I used to stay, the ingredients numbered one to eight considered rare by the Nether Springs Restaurant were just normal home-cooked dishes there," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said casually.

"Why do I feel like you're exaggerating again?" Qin Nuo said.

"Kid, there's a saying that fits you well, 'frog in a well.'"

Qin Nuo touched his nose, "What's the name of the ingredient you need?"

"Calamity," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said, offering a single word.

"Just one word?" Qin Nuo was slightly taken aback.

"That's the name, well-informed ghosts might have heard of it."

"If this is hard to obtain, the ingredients needed for the subsequent eyes might be impossible," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said.

Qin Nuo scratched his head, "I'll think of a way."

"Boss, are you listening to me?" Li Tongtong waved her hand in front of Qin Nuo's eyes, pouting, "I've been talking so much, and you're daydreaming."

"I'm listening, a customer just entered, go attend to them."

Qin Nuo gestured towards the store entrance, and Li Tongtong responded with an "oh" before returning to the cashier area.

After sitting for a while longer, Liao Shen arrived. He was still in his immaculate suit, meticulously dressed. Although his temples were graying, he still exuded an elder oppa charm. Following him was the masked ghost.

"Boss, you seem very busy. I haven't seen you for about a month," Liao Shen said with a faint smile.

"Not too bad, please have a seat, both of you." Qin Nuo gestured.

Liao Shen and the masked ghost exchanged a glance before sitting down.

As soon as they sat, the masked ghost handed over a thick ledger, "This is this month's revenue catalog, income and expenses, all the detailed data is in there, please take a look."

Clearly, they assumed Qin Nuo urgently called them over to review the financial records.

Qin Nuo took it, pretending to scrutinize it for a while. In reality, he was clueless about many things in the Horror World, like the string of ghostly numbers before him.

Leaving the final management to Liao Shen and the masked ghost was just so he could sit back and collect money, occasionally pretending to conduct surprise inspections, fulfilling his role as the big boss.

He wasn't really focused on the business, his mind was mostly on the instances.

After examining it for a while, Qin Nuo placed the ledger on the table and nodded, "I took a rough look, it's very good. It wasn't in vain that I entrusted most of the authority to you."

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to manage such a large business alone. Although I've been absent for a month, I haven't been idle, mostly running around for business matters."

Qin Nuo rubbed his temples, his tone carrying a hint of laziness, appearing quite fatigued.

Liao Shen and the masked ghost both showed a touch of emotion on their faces.

"By the way, you both have broad knowledge. I wanted to ask if you're familiar with rare ingredients?"

Liao Shen simply said, "Just tell us."

"The ingredient 'Calamity,' have you heard of it?"

"Calamity?" The masked ghost's eyes flickered, and he shook his head.

Liao Shen first pondered, then seemed to recall something, his expression showing some surprise, "Boss, is it that pure ingredient?"

Blood-Eyed Ghost: "Tell him it is."

Qin Nuo nodded, "That's right, do you know it?"

Liao Shen's face showed some confusion, "I've only heard of this ingredient. Why does the boss need such an ingredient?"

"A friend of mine needs it," Qin Nuo coughed lightly.

Liao Shen's eyes widened in surprise, and after a moment, he said, "It seems your friend is quite extraordinary, at least beyond my reach."

Qin Nuo thought to himself, isn't Liao Shen usually not very talkative? Why is he asking so many questions about this ingredient now?

"So do you know where to buy it?"

"I do, but that place, the boss should seriously consider whether to go," Liao Shen said.

"Why?"

"It's a place beyond human reach."