Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Shangguan Mu’s Shock: Are the Specters Afraid of Yun Zhenyue?

Believe it or not!

With the ghost corpse’s help,

lifting him became much easier for the two of them.

It was as if a heavy burden had suddenly been lightened.

"Huh?"

"Why did it suddenly get lighter?"

Yun Zhenyue wondered aloud.

She thought Shangguan Mu had put in more effort.

"Didn’t you just use more strength?"

But Shangguan Mu was just as baffled, thinking it was Yun Zhenyue who had exerted herself.

The two stared at each other in confusion.

Finally, they put down the ghost corpse and took a look.

Only then did they discover that, under the white sheet, the tip of the ghost corpse’s right foot had, at some point, bent down to touch the floor.

When Yun Zhenyue was lifting him, she was holding his legs around the knees.

She hadn’t noticed this subtle change.

To prevent any accidents, like dropping the ghost corpse on the floor,

Yun Zhenyue repositioned his right foot properly and covered it with the white sheet again.

The ghost corpse: "..."

’I’m speechless.’

’My mind is buzzing!’

’Seriously?’

’Lady, are you out of your mind?’

’I’m trying to help you, and you won’t let me?’

’Do you two just think it’s fun to carry me like this?!’

Yun Zhenyue and Shangguan Mu started lifting the corpse again.

Without the ghost corpse’s assistance, their pace slowed down once more!

They even bumped into things from time to time!

The ghost corpse was about to lose its mind!

Unable to bear it any longer, he secretly lowered the tip of his left foot.

He gently pressed it against the ground for support.

"Wait, it feels lighter again!"

Yun Zhenyue murmured.

She lifted the white sheet and found the ghost corpse’s left foot touching the ground.

Just as Yun Zhenyue was about to put this foot back in place as well,

Shangguan Mu couldn’t hold back anymore and interjected, "Hold on, Xiaoyue. Could it be that this corpse has some special ability?"

"As long as its feet touch the ground, its weight decreases?"

Hearing this, Yun Zhenyue had a sudden realization.

It had only just occurred to her that this was a possibility.

’Otherwise, if its feet were touching the ground but its weight didn’t change, there’s no way it would have felt lighter!’

"Forget it, I’ll take the feet..."

Shangguan Mu positioned the tips of both the ghost corpse’s feet so they touched the ground.

Seeing this, the ghost corpse was so moved he was on the verge of tears!

’Yes!’

’That’s it, sister!’

’You should have done this ages ago!’

’If you’d just realized this sooner, I wouldn’t have had to suffer, right?’

With the help of the ghost corpse’s two feet,

the two of them were able to move much faster while carrying the corpse!

In just a few moments, they had nearly carried him to the side of the refrigeration unit.

Suddenly!

TAP...

A faint footstep sounded from outside the morgue.

The sudden sound made both of them tense up.

They quickly put down the ghost corpse.

Yun Zhenyue lowered her voice and said, "Shangguan Mu, you watch the corpse. I’ll go see what’s going on..."

"How about I go? It’s too dangerous, Xiaoyue,"

Shangguan Mu suggested.

’She’s the genius girl of the Dragon Country, after all!’

It was just a shame.

Ever since meeting Yun Zhenyue, her title had begun to feel more and more like "the idiot."

Even her high luck stat, which she took pride in, was nothing compared to Yun Zhenyue’s!

Yun Zhenyue shook her head. "I actually have a trump card, Shangguan Mu."

"Just wait here. It won’t take long."

After saying this,

she walked toward the morgue’s entrance.

Watching Yun Zhenyue’s retreating figure,

Shangguan Mu bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with worry.

She still felt uneasy.

But soon,

she realized something.

’—Why do I have to watch this corpse?’

’Couldn’t we both have just gone together?’

’I’ve been led astray by Yun Zhenyue!’

’There’s no one else coming to the morgue.’

’It’s not like this corpse is going to... run?’

"Wait, what?????"

Shangguan Mu’s eyes widened as she stared at the ghost corpse on the floor.

She remembered it clearly!

The corpse was originally two meters away from the refrigeration unit.

How was it only one meter away now, in the blink of an eye?

’Don’t tell me this corpse can actually run?’

’Did it secretly move while we weren’t looking?’

Shangguan Mu’s eyes went vacant. Her years of experience were utterly useless now; she just felt like her brain had turned to mush.

HISS—

She sucked in a sharp breath.

’Could I have remembered wrong?’

But just as she was reeling in confusion,

the ghost corpse on the floor seemed to levitate!

It slid horizontally half a meter toward the refrigeration unit!

This time, Shangguan Mu was sure she hadn’t seen wrong!

Her expression turned guarded.

Only then did she notice that the corpse was pushing off with its heels! 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

’This thing can actually run!’

"Stop pretending."

"I know you’re conscious."

Shangguan Mu said coldly.

Her words made the ghost corpse, which was about to sneak over to the refrigeration unit, break out in a cold sweat!

"I thought you were all ghosts who had been killed. Turns out you’re not dead at all, just lying here pretending to be corpses."

"What kind of scheme are you plotting?"

Hearing this, the ghost corpse knew it couldn’t hide the truth any longer.

Beads of cold sweat trickled down his temples.

He took a sneaky glance around and saw that Yun Zhenyue had left, and that terrifying panda doll wasn’t here either.

But the ghost corpse didn’t dare make a move on Shangguan Mu.

He stood up, and then, under Shangguan Mu’s shocked and bewildered gaze,

THUD! He dropped to his knees!

He immediately began to plead, "Ma’am, please don’t make things difficult for me. Here’s the Memory Needle for you!"

"I had no intention of harming you two. I only hope you can spare my life and let me get back inside the refrigeration unit."

Shangguan Mu: "?"

’I don’t get it. I don’t get it at all!’

The ghost corpse’s voice sounded incredibly wronged.

It was as if the two of them had committed some unforgivable sin against him.

Shangguan Mu recalled how they had accidentally bumped him around multiple times, and her expression became slightly awkward.

She remained wary of the ghost corpse and didn’t trust him so easily.

’This ghost corpse seems to be a High-level Fierce Ghost, at the very least!’

’Who knows if what he’s saying is true or not?’

But just then!

As if sensing Shangguan Mu’s distrust,

the ghost corpse gritted his teeth and placed the Memory Needle on the ground.

Then, with a WHOOSH, as if leaping a hurdle,

he shot back into the refrigeration unit and lay down.

Finally,

as if worried about being disturbed again, he struggled to pull the unit’s door shut tight!

BANG!

As the refrigeration unit closed completely,

he sealed himself inside!

He had put himself to bed.

That expression of both terror and fear...

...reminded Shangguan Mu of a mouse scurrying into its hole.

"..."

Shangguan Mu was speechless. Her eyelid twitched wildly, as if she’d just seen a ghost!!

’What in the world just happened?’

’Have our roles and the ghost’s been reversed?’

’What kind of ghost is this terrified of players?!’

’Could it be...’

A flash of insight struck Shangguan Mu’s mind!

She thought of Yun Zhenyue.

Specifically, the panda doll on her shoulder.

Just now, she’d kept feeling as if someone was secretly watching her.

But every time she looked around, she couldn’t find anyone.

She had assumed it was just an illusion caused by her anxiety.

Now, it seemed...

’Could it have been because of that doll?’

’Are all these ghosts afraid of It, and that’s why they’re acting so strangely?’

’In that case...’

’...the celebratory cheers I heard on the eighth floor probably weren’t auditory hallucinations either!’

Goosebumps instantly erupted all over Shangguan Mu’s body!

As she connected all the dots,

her eyelashes trembled violently and her pupils constricted. Her lips parted as if to cry out, but not even a whisper escaped, leaving only the sound of her rapid breathing, stark and clear in the silence.

’Just what is Yun Zhenyue’s identity?’

Shangguan Mu was shaken to her core.

During their time together,

she could sense that Yun Zhenyue was clearly just an ordinary person!

She didn’t even seem to know anything about the doll on her own shoulder!

’She probably just thought it was a normal stuffed animal all this time.’

’Who gave her that doll?’

’To be able to casually give away such a terrifying doll—one that could scare the most dangerous ghosts in the SS-rank dungeon, Reincarnation Hospital, into a state of mental collapse and utter terror!’

Shangguan Mu could almost see a blood-red shadow slowly materializing behind Yun Zhenyue, extending a giant hand to toy with the entire Ghost World in its palm.

’No matter what...’

’...the entity that gave her that gift must be powerful beyond my comprehension!’