Chapter 606: The Renovation Work of the Temporary Store Manager
Chapter 606: The Renovation Work of the Temporary Store Manager
Qin Muye pushed open the door and entered the Hui Gui Convenience Store. At first glance, he saw a wide array of items on the shelves, ranging from human body parts to incense and paper money, all related to ghosts.
"So, burning incense and paper money for the ghosts in the Ghost Realm actually works???" Qin Muye was taken aback. He had originally thought that these ghosts did not partake in human activities, but it seemed that it was simply because no one had bought these items for them.
The customers for human body parts were ghosts, while the incense and paper money were intended for humans, with a clear distinction.
Of course, although the incense and paper money were bought by humans, the actual users were still the ghosts.
"Did I become the store manager so easily? I haven’t even tried yet, and I thought there would be some kind of test, like a ghost removing one of my arms or gouging out one of my eyes. Is there no warning at all?"
Qin Muye felt something was off, but then he thought it might be the first round of testing. If the test subjects were killed, they would have to keep finding more.
The selection of personnel was also quite random; the first human to enter became the store manager.
Although Qin Muye didn’t look like a proper human, he at least had a human appearance, and the Ghost Realm’s limited abilities couldn’t see through his true nature.
So, all his preparations were useless.
After reaching the cash register, Qin Muye noticed a piece of paper stuck there with blood-red text outlining the conditions.
[Position: Temporary Store Manager, Daily Sales Target: 10 Ghost Coins, Failure to Achieve: Execution, Reward: 1 Ghost Coin]
Upon seeing this task, Qin Muye felt the power of the Ghost Realm acting on him. A store manager’s uniform with a sinister aura appeared on him, and a temporary store manager badge hung from his chest.
If it were a regular person, they wouldn’t have been able to escape, but for Qin Muye, it was just an extra layer of clothing. He didn’t mind it, and it was easy to take off if he wanted to.
However, he didn’t plan to remove it. After becoming the temporary store manager, he also gained the Ghost Realm’s Chosen (Incomplete) talent, making him one of the main characters in the Ghost Realm.
Next, he needed to figure out how to make some money.
He had the container, but he had to wait for the Ghost Realm’s main characters to come to him. Ha, as if those main characters would come. They were all fighting for their lives; no one would just sit around waiting to be exploited. He had to go find them.
"I need to renovate this convenience store. When in a difficult situation, change; when you change, you find a way. How can I possibly turn this convenience store into a thriving business in this area?"
Qin Muye stepped out of the store and looked around. He planned to transform it into a mobile home.
"Tsk, the Ghost Realm’s layout is too small. I can’t even leave the convenience store for 100 meters without being executed," Qin Muye complained. The blood-red warning had appeared when he came out.
But he guessed this rule was to protect the temporary store manager. After all, this was the Ghost Realm, and the Hui Gui Convenience Store offered some protection. Going too far would indeed be dangerous.
From the beginning, the Ghost Realm’s purpose didn’t seem to be purely about killing; it was about making people struggle to survive under the harassment of ghosts. Why, he didn’t know, but there was a way to survive, though it wasn’t easy.
The situation with the Hui Gui Convenience Store was likely similar. He had to protect his life and body parts from the ghosts’ harassment while ensuring sales.
Qin Muye quickly designed the blueprint for the Hui Gui Convenience Store mobile home. All he needed to do now was to carry out the renovation.
Transforming a house into a mobile home was relatively simple for someone as unscientific as Qin Muye. The only difficulty was where to get the materials.
It was impossible for him to provide the materials himself. He was helping to expand sales and build connections, and now he had to pay for it as a temporary store manager? Was there any justice in the world? Was there any law?
So, after looking around, Qin Muye decided to use local materials.
The area around the Hui Gui Convenience Store wasn’t empty; there were residential buildings on both sides, and 100 meters was enough for him to dismantle a significant portion of them.
Besides, if it wasn’t enough, he could dismantle part of the Hui Gui Convenience Store itself. After all, the only restrictions were on sales and not leaving the 100-meter radius; everything else was relatively lenient.
However, it wasn’t impossible that after he dismantled the store, new rules might be added to prevent the destruction of the convenience store. But that was a problem for the future. For now, he didn’t care about the consequences.
If it weren't for the fact that he was still trying to exploit the rules to dig out the main characters of the Ghost Realm to avoid being recycled and losing his talent, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
"Let me see, this thing... Get lost!" Qin Muye found a hammer in the convenience store and was considering where to start hammering when a tall and fat ghost, with layers of flabby flesh, waddled over.
It seemed to want to buy something from the convenience store, but with the ongoing construction, there was no way Qin Muye would let it in.
Moreover, the ghost's size made Qin Muye realize some flaws in his design, such as the need to enhance its load-bearing capacity. It was impressive that a body this big could still move, truly befitting a ghost.
Hearing Qin Muye's unfriendly words, the ghost's face grew even more grotesque, as if it intended to swallow Qin Muye whole.
Qin Muye weighed the hammer in his hand, then looked at the approaching ghost. After calculating the distance, he swung the hammer and smashed the ghost's head, splattering it on the spot.
"Seems like there's no rule against killing customers; this thing still counts as a human." Qin Muye casually dragged the ghost's obese body into the convenience store. After searching it, he found 6 Ghost Coins.
He then identified a Ghost Coin's worth of the ghost's eye at the cash register and stuffed it back into the ghost's body, completing the transaction. Seeing that his daily sales had reached 6 on the paper slip, Qin Muye was amazed by his own ingenuity.
"Damn, this actually works?"
He truly hadn't expected that as long as the transaction was completed, it didn't matter if the customer was dead or alive.
Qin Muye then looked at the eye in the ghost's hand and plucked it out.
"So, this thing is mine now?" Although the eye was of no use to him, it was still a freebie.
"Killing ghosts and looting, with the convenience store providing a safe haven, this is too dark."
As he thought, Qin Muye looked at the ghost's corpse, considering how to make use of it.
"I remember there's a sausage grill in the convenience store." Qin Muye squatted down and quickly found the grill in a corner.
Usually, the grill could be used for anything, but with the ghost's body, he could expand his business to include sausages.
A convenience store couldn't be complete without sausages.
And as a conscientious store manager, he definitely wouldn't use starch sausages; he would use pure meat sausages, even if the meat might be a bit fatty.
"Let's put the sausage business on hold for now. I'll start by converting the convenience store into a mobile home and then make the sausage grilling machine." Qin Muye dragged the ghost's body into the store's warehouse to avoid scaring other customers.
He then picked up the hammer and went out to start working.
"Let's start here. Hand-crafting is a bit challenging, sigh~" Qin Muye sighed. By "hand-crafting," he meant figuring out how to turn these disparate materials into what he needed, which was the real challenge.
After all, hand-crafting these materials was a labor cost. Although Qin Muye didn't have to spend anything, his labor was a cost.
With costs, his profit would be reduced, which was why he was reluctant, making it a challenge.
After all, the mobile home wasn't his; it belonged to the Ghost Realm. Once it was taken over by the World Guardians Organization, it wouldn't end up in his hands.
Unfortunately, he still had to do the work. He started hammering and soon had the left building demolished, with various building materials and parts hauled back to the side of the convenience store.
"Let's use these for now. If it's not enough, we can dismantle the right building or the one across the street." Qin Muye was a content person and wouldn't demolish everything unless he really needed more materials. Whether he genuinely needed more or not was another matter, but as the construction worker, if he said it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough.
Other people's opinions didn't matter much, and in this situation, no one would come to inspect his work. After all, he was building an unauthorized structure from the start, and the Ghost Realm had its own problems to deal with, so they wouldn't bother to pursue him.
(End of Chapter)
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