The employee's room wasn't rge. Although it wasn't cluttered with trash, it was quite simple and cramped, giving the impression of a pigsty.

  Qin Nuo y down, his whole body rexing into fort, as drowsiness washed over him, urging his eyelids to battle against sleep.

  "I wonder how Liao Shen is doing," Qin Nuo murmured to himself before drifting off to sleep.

  With the Blood-Eyed Ghost around, Qin Nuo could sleep peacefully, unafraid of any ghostly disturbances like sleep paralysis hostly touches.

  He slept until he naturally woke up.

  Though it was said to be natural, he had only slept for a little over two hours.

  The fatigue in the Horror World was reduced several times pared to the real world. Otherwise, during his time at Saint Yasi Asylum, he wouldn't have been able to work as a caregiver by day and a Pyer by night, resting only two hours a day for ten days straight. In real life, he'd either drop dead or end up in a hospital.

  Sitting up, he checked the time.

  There were still more than two hours before his shift started. Qin Nuo got out of bed, put on his employee uniform, auro the store early.

  Ihe shop, the atmosphere remained eerie, yet business was booming, with ghostly figures ing and going, driving up the store's sales.

  Taking advantage of the time, Qin Nuo began to wahrough other areas of the store.

  The sed floor resembled a sughterhouse, with various red meats id out on chopping boards, the sound of chopping incessant. The floor was a vivid red, and the pu smell of blood made Qin Nuo feel slightly suffocated.

  "So this is the true face of the Horror World trading market," Qin Nuo muttered, c his nose and mouth, avoiding p what kind of meat was on the boards.

  A rge influx of goods came in daily, mostly sisting of human body parts.

  Where did they get so many bodies?

  Shaking his head, Qin Nuo desded the stairs and headed towards the innermost corridor.

  The rooms along the corridor were arranged in a circur pattern.

  Qin Nuo sed the es on the doors and quickly found the room he was looking for.

  The store manager's office.

  Just as he was about to step towards the room, a cold voice came from behind, "An employee of the store?"

  Turning around, he saw a ghost wearing a mask, its entire body covered by a bck robe, staring straight at him.

  The mask eculiar, with drooping eyes and an upturned mouth, giving the impression yet smiling, an indescribable eeriness.

  "Stock clerk, why aren't you in the shelving area and instead wandering here?" The masked ghost stared at Qin Nuo's position badge on his chest, its words ced with anding interrogation and a hint of malice.

  Qin Nuo felt a moment of paniternally, but quickly suppressed it, expining, "I'm the night shift stock clerk. After resting enough, I was just walking around the store to get familiar."

  The masked ghost's gaze greer, as sharp as a knife's edge, pierg into one's eyes, making it hard to meet its gaze.

  It tried to detect a hint of panic or avoidan Qin Nuo's eyes.

  But unfortunately, there was none.

  The masked ghost straightes posture and coldly said, "This is not an area you should step into."

  "If there's a ime, I'll erase you directly."

  With that, the masked ghost passed through Qin Nuo, heading towards the back, quickly disappearing around the er.

  "What is this ghost's identity?" Qin Nuo wondered internally.

  Then, he asked the Blood-Eyed Ghost, "If it had attacked just now, could you have ha?"

  The Blood-Eyed Ghost chuckled twice, "Why don't you catch up and find out?"

  Qin Nuo rolled his eyes, said nothing, and walked out.

  Time ticked away.

  Soon, it was six o'clock.

  Qin Nuo arrived punctually at the shelving area he managed.

  The employee he was relieving disappeared as soon as the clock struck.

  There was no dusk outside, only the white mist gradually fading, signaling the arrival of night.

  Qin Nuo began skillfully stog and anizing the shelves, ing them as well.

  For a moment, he felt like he was entering a new instance!

  The darkness began to suppress the store's lighting, obstrug his vision, with some ers pletely engulfed in bess.

  W in su enviro was a real test of one's psychological endurance.

  Qin Nuo handed a ghost the items it hen saw a tall shadow moving along one side of the aisle.

  It was the masked ghost!

  Its body was covered by the bck robe, blending into the darkness, appearing from afar like a white mask floating in the dark.

  Seeing the ghost doll following the masked ghost, Qin Nuo immediately uood.

  This masked ghost was the deputy manager.

  The ghost currently holding the greatest power!

  As it passed through the aisle, the masked ghost g Qin Nuo, and the ghost doll behind it said something.

  The masked ghost the, heading to the shelving area.

  After the masked ghost's iion, Qin Nuo tinued nontly ing the shelves.

  "I still don't get what you're trying to do," the Blood-Eyed Ghost couldn't help but speak up.

  "Going through all this trouble to sneak in, just to work for the enemy?"

  "Don't rush. I've already figured out the store's yout. There'll be a good show tonight."

  "Of course, I'll need your help, my good partner."

  "Bes," the Blood-Eyed Ghost said bluntly.

  "Ohe job's done, you'll get your share."

  With that, Qin Nuo waved the feather duster in his hand, whistling as he went.

  Seeing a er looking fused, Qin Nuo approached them.

  ...

  At ohirty in the m.

  Qin Nuo was mopping the floor, which was covered in vomit.

  Suddenly, a shelf in the er colpsed.

  The products scattered all over, rolling into the aisle.

  Qin Nuo's expression darkened. Could it be anhost c death like the water ghost?

  He picked up the mop and walked over, seeing a skeletal ghost sprawled on the food shelf, grabbing packets of food and stuffing them into its mouth.

  This ghost truly embodied the phrase "skin and bones," with protruding bones, dark skin, sparse hair, resembling a dying old man.

  It was like an addict, frantically grabbing the food with both hands, not g about taste or edibility, shoving everything into its mouth.

  Despite dev so ravenously, its body showed no ge, as if it were a severe anorexic, terrifyingly thin.

  "A starving ghost?" Qin Nuo frowned.

  "er, you eat as much as you like, just pay for it. But could you eat more civilly? You're making a mess, and I'll have to it up."

  The starving ghost didn't heed his words, tinuing to eat while frantically shouting, "Hungry, starving! I'm going to starve to death!"

  "If I do, I'll starve to death!"

  Watg its behavior, Qin Nuo suddenly worried whether this starving ghost could afford to pay for all it was eating.

  "Who let a starving ghost in?"

  "The store has a rule: no starving ghosts allowed. They'll eat everything iore, and most importantly, they have no moo pay!"

  A reprimanding voice came.

  Qin Nuo turo see the ghost doll standing by the shelf, staring ily at him.

  Its tone was filled with scolding and anger.

  But Qin Nuo saw a kind of pathological excitement in its eyes, as if it had finally caught him in a mistake...

  JOSOLUNA