After returning to the Federation, Jiang Qin rested at home for two days before she started getting restless. So, she decided to go hang out at the film set.

At this point, *Journey to the West* was almost done filming, so she was just there to review a segment of the footage.

If there were no problems, it would move into post-production for editing and dubbing.

While others didn’t know where Jiang Qin had gone, Mrs. Yin did. Seeing her return safely, a great weight was finally lifted from Mrs. Yin’s heart.

"It’s good that you’re back. You weren’t hurt, were you?" she asked, her eyes filled with concern as she looked Jiang Qin over.

Seeing that she looked no different from the last time they met, she finally relaxed.

Jiang Qin smiled and let her look. "Thank you for your concern. Everything is fine."

"That’s good. You need to be more careful when you go out from now on. Take more people with you. No matter where you go, you can’t be alone again."

"Okay."

’There was nothing I could do.’ She had wanted to bring people with her, but An’an couldn’t go, and partners weren’t allowed into the meeting.

Besides, even if partners did go in, they weren’t necessarily on your side.

This time, quite a few females had been tricked by their partners or by newly acquainted males, led to blind spots on the cruise ship, and taken away. The bodies of these males were later discovered, and all of them tested positive for brain-eating worms.

’So it really was impossible to guard against.’

However, the Federation, the Empire, and the Myriad Races had all recently begun mass-producing the Revealing Potion. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

It might not be so widespread that everyone could have a bottle, but High-level females and High-level Beastmen like them wouldn’t be without it.

After expressing her concern, Mrs. Yin finally got down to business.

"*Journey to the West* should be wrapped up in a few days. I was wondering, Xiao Qing, if you have any new plans?"

"I’m thinking of preparing a film to compete for the year-end charts."

Mrs. Yin nodded. "Do you have any ideas yet?"

"No solid ideas yet. Let’s focus on releasing *Rebirth Night* and *Journey to the West* first."

"Alright. If there’s a chance, I hope we can work together again. I’m very interested in your scripts."

Jiang Qin smiled and agreed. "It would be our honor to have you."

...

Five days later, filming for *Journey to the West* wrapped up. At the same time, *Rebirth Night* was released simultaneously in Federation and Empire theaters.

[Finally, a new work from Qin Bao! *confetti*~~]

[Tsk tsk, that title, that poster... I already know what genre this is.]

[I don’t know, I don’t think ghosts are that scary. Especially characters like Little Xie from *Strange Tales*. Every ghost is really just a person who died.]

[Heh, you just want to say the female ghosts are pretty, don’t you?]

[They are pretty, and not scary at all. After watching, I only had one thought.]

[If a female loved me that much, I’d be willing to become a ghost with her!]

[Maybe this *Rebirth Night* is similar to *Strange Tales*, just set in a different era.]

[Wait, are you guys crazy? It’s showing in so many theaters, so why can’t I get a ticket??]

[Dammit, even the theaters on the smaller planets are sold out.]

[Our Qin Bao has really made a name for herself. Everyone used to doubt her, so who would buy tickets? But now they sell out in a second.]

[I never thought I’d see the day I couldn’t even snag a single movie ticket!]

[Everyone can just wait a few days. It’s playing in a lot of theaters now, and it’s also streaming in online theaters at the same time.]

[So you just need to wait a few days, and it won’t be sold out anymore.]

[Oh... so you’re saying that I, in all my eminence, have to wait until *other people* have seen it?]

...

While those who couldn’t get tickets were still wailing in despair, those who did were already getting ready to enter the theater.

Jiang Qin didn’t go to a physical theater. Instead, she bought a ticket for the online screening, preparing to watch the movie in the Holographic World.

Soon, the movie began with a strange, wordless melody that was creepy enough to make one’s skin crawl just by listening to it.

The first scene showed a man scattering paper money while security guards below formed a circle, ready to catch objects being thrown from a high-rise apartment.

Meanwhile, in the hallway, a young mother and her son were burning paper offerings to her mother-in-law.

They were a family of three, along with the man who was scattering the paper money.

As the security guards began their patrol, the eerie atmosphere inside the building grew thicker.

Someone in the theater whispered, "The ghost hasn’t appeared yet. You think it’s the mother-in-law?"

"I think so too. That old lady’s black-and-white photo looks so creepy."

The film continued, showing the family’s child disappearing, only to be found secretly eating a chicken leg in the kitchen.

"That little cub’s eyes... why do they look so strange?"

"Maybe it’s the director’s camera work? Because it’s dark all around, the whites of his eyes are more obvious?"

In the original movie from Earth, this was when Mr. Xing made his entrance.

He was talking to himself in the hallway, having had a drink. In the end, he walked off coolly, holding a flower pot as paper money drifted down behind him.

This entire scene was witnessed by a young girl.

Next, the little boy disappeared again, and the scene shifted to his mother, who was now home alone.

The room’s light suddenly switched on, the bulb flickered as if from a bad connection, an empty rocking chair swung wildly, and a human voice suddenly emerged from the black-and-white television.

By this point, no one in the theater was speaking. Everyone’s eyes were wide as they stared intently at the holographic screen.

You have to remember, this was a holographic viewing—the immersion was on another level.

Just then, a wave of screams erupted in the theater. "AHHH—"

"HOLY SHIT!!"

"Oh my god, there’s a ghost!!"

The audience’s screams rang out at the same time as the daughter-in-law’s in the film.

On the old black-and-white television, the figure of an old woman had appeared—her face was unmistakably that of the family’s deceased mother-in-law.

Startled by the sudden scene, the crowd’s nerves took a long time to settle.

Suddenly, someone noticed a dark shadow beside them. Terrified, they shot up and ran, yelling, "A ghost! There’s a ghost in the theater!"

"Where? Where??"

"AHHH, I’m so scared, don’t come for me."

"HELP—"

The females trembled, hiding in their partners’ arms, not daring to open their eyes.

The theater was in chaos until someone brave enough to check spoke up, exasperated, "Are you blind? What ghost? That’s a Spiritual Body."

Only then did the trembling people around them dare to open their eyes and look.

As it turned out, what they saw were numerous female Spiritual Bodies trembling in fear throughout the theater.

Some were hiding under the seats, some were lying on the floor covering their eyes, and others had dived straight into people’s arms or inside their clothes.

Everyone: "..."

The most baffling part was that even though these Spiritual Bodies were trembling in fear, they were still emitting Calming Power to soothe everyone’s spiritual power.

’So they had been scared by these Spiritual Bodies?’

Everyone was incredibly embarrassed. One by one, they all pretended nothing had happened and returned to their seats.

"Heh heh, I knew it. How could there be ghosts in the Interstellar age? Heh heh..."

"Yeah, yeah, just a misunderstanding..."

"Actually, I was just shouting that there was a bug. Would you believe me?"