49: When we hire new employees, a vengeful spirit in red appears!

"Boss, it's been so long, and they still haven't come out. Nothing bad happened, did it?"

Outside Devils Castle, Fang Xiaolu, who had just seen off the last group of players, looked at the castle with its somewhat eerie aura and asked, a little puzzled.

It had been almost a full day since Song Yang and the others entered the castle. All the players had already come out, and now only their group remained.

"With me here, what could possibly happen?"

Li Zhou shook his head, his tone casual.

His attention was no longer on the castle.

Before him, the fright value on the system panel had once again exceeded one hundred thousand.

"horror employee system"

"host: Li Zhou"

"Current number of horror employees: 2"

"Current fright value: 172389"

"Current Haunted House horror level: 2 (10 million fright value required for upgrade)"

"Current number of employees that can be recruited: 1"

"Note: Tourists scared by the Haunted House can generate a certain amount of fright value. fright value can be used to purchase items from the store, pay employee salaries, and increase the Haunted House's horror level."

"For every level the Haunted House's horror level increases, one additional employee can be recruited."

A day had passed, and the fright value used to upgrade the Haunted House had already been recovered.

It was a pity that Song Yang's livestream room closed too quickly.

Otherwise, the amount would have doubled again.

Although one hundred and seventy thousand was just a drop in the bucket compared to ten million.

But one should know, there was only one Streamer, Song Yang, in the Haunted House right now.

"Darn it, just one level short."

Li Zhou shook his head and sighed.

At first, he thought the items in the beginner store were pretty good, but after hearing that he could recruit horror employees from the store after upgrading, Li Zhou had lost interest in those items.

Although the fright value was enough to buy a new venue, the current Devils Castle was clearly sufficient for now, so there was no rush to add a new one.

The most urgent task was to save up ten million and upgrade the Haunted House again.

"You watch here; I'm going to take care of something."

Closing the system panel, Li Zhou instructed Fang Xiaolu before turning and walking directly towards the depths of the Haunted House.

He hadn't forgotten that he still had one opportunity to recruit a horror employee.

He arrived at the Hundred Ghosts Cemetery with practiced ease. The zombie, who was originally lying in its coffin after work, suddenly sat up.

Just like encountering a boss on a sudden inspection at the company, it quickly greeted him.

"Bo...Boss, hello!"

"Mm, hello. You don't need to mind me; it's after work, so do whatever you want."

Li Zhou smiled, nodded, and waved his hand in dismissal.

"System, recruit employee!"

The zombie suddenly turned its head and looked towards the darkness at the edge of the area.

Under its gaze, a phantom slowly appeared.

At the same time, Li Zhou, who had chosen to recruit an employee, heard the system's notification sound.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully summoning an employee."

"employee: Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit"

"Horror Level: 1.5"

"Monthly salary to be paid: 1500 fright value"

Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit?

A true ghost?

Hearing the system prompt, Li Zhou felt an inexplicable chill run through his body.

Before he could react, the somewhat pale Hundred Ghosts Cemetery was suddenly illuminated by a layer of hazy red light.

From the darkness not far away, a figure clad in red slowly floated out.

"Hello, Boss."

Each of the short four words had a different tone.

Piercing, enchanting, icy, white noise.

A chaotic aura permeated, making one's heart pound.

The Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit was a female.

Her entire body was enveloped by a twisted aura.

It was like the blurry, illusory effect of a white paper scribbled on with an oil pen and then soaked in rain.

Her eyes were two black holes, and so was her mouth; she had no nose.

After she appeared, regardless of whether it was Li Zhou or the zombie not far away, their shadows seemed to be stretched by an invisible force.

Like a distorted painting, it exuded ominousness and strangeness everywhere.

Those black hole-like eye sockets clearly held no light or emotion, but Li Zhou felt an incredibly evil aura.

That's right, it was evil.

A very pure evil, making people shiver, their souls trembling.

The red clothes she wore were embroidered with flowers and birds, lifelike.

Golden threads adorned the edges of her skirt, making it look very beautiful.

But all of this could not hide that pure evil aura.

Even though the Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit had no ill will towards Li Zhou at this moment, Li Zhou still felt as if he was being stared at by the most terrifying thing in the world, and his legs began to involuntarily soften.

On the other side, after the Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit appeared, the zombie involuntarily revealed its true form.

Its fangs grew, its eyes turned crimson, and a chilling yin energy rose from its entire body.

The Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit seemed to sense something, and her gaze, which had been on Li Zhou, suddenly shifted to the zombie.

In an instant, Li Zhou witnessed an incredible scene.

The zombie, whose eyes had been flickering crimson, quickly dimmed.

Its raised arms also involuntarily dropped.

As if it had fallen into an illusion, the zombie's fierce aura completely disappeared, as if it had truly turned into a mere corpse.

However, the zombie was no pushover either.

Don't let its obedience in front of Li Zhou fool you; it was a fierce royal zombie that had once consumed the blood of a Taoist priest.

Furthermore, it held a high position in life and had killed countless people.

In less than a moment, its originally dimmed eyes instantly lit up again.

Raising its arms once more, it let out a low growl towards the Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit.

The originally eerie atmosphere actually began to shift towards a tense standoff.

Seeing a battle between horrors about to erupt, Li Zhou came to his senses and coughed.

"Uh, employees can fight if they want, but not inside the Haunted House."

"If you damage the facilities, your salary will be docked!"

"If you injure someone, you'll be fired directly!"

The word "fired" seemed to possess some magical power.

The two individuals, who had been on the verge of conflict, instantly reined in their auras.

The Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit, floating in the air, landed back on the ground, and the twisted aura enveloping her entire body disappeared.

The black, evil-filled eye sockets actually transformed into a pair of beautiful eyes, and a delicate, straight nose, along with red lips, gradually appeared beneath them.

"I'm sorry, Boss, it won't happen again."

A pitiful, melodious voice rang out.

At this moment, where was the Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit's previous evil and strangeness?

With her facial features manifested and her aura restrained, she had actually transformed into an ancient beauty!

On the other side, after Li Zhou uttered the word "fired," the zombie had already obediently lain back down in its coffin.

It also understood that the formidable individual from just now was its future colleague.

Li Zhou looked at the Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit, whose transformation was so drastic, and raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

The Red-Clothed Vengeful Spirit looked at the inexplicable smile that appeared on Li Zhou's face and instinctively blinked.

How did she feel that the Boss in front of her now seemed even more evil than herself?