Chapter 245: Ghost Lord Gu Yuan? Maxed-out Loyalty, What’s Your Relationship with the Ghost Lord?
’67?’
This loyalty score was also numerical.
Yun Zhenyue was reminded of favorability ratings.
’Aren’t they basically the same thing?’
’67 should be considered pretty high.’
Anything below 60 was considered 1-star, bottom-tier.
was passing, which represented loyalty.
After all, a favorability rating of 70 meant you were utterly devoted.
It was indeed difficult.
If she wasn’t mistaken...
The ghosts in the factory had most likely never even met this "Ghost Lord."
’To brainwash yourself and boost your own loyalty score like this... that’s unbelievably hard.’
Yun Zhenyue soon saw that Huang Ting had also finished her assessment.
A loyalty score of 69!
’Just one point shy.’
Huang Ting said with regret, "What a shame. If I’d known, I would have waited longer to take the assessment."
After saying this, seeing Yun Zhenyue’s thoughtful expression, Huang Ting added, "From the look on your face, you’ve probably figured it out. For loyalty scores below 90, every 5 points is a threshold. Above 90, it’s every 3 points..."
Yun Zhenyue nodded.
’It wasn’t actually that complicated.’
Assuming you had the corresponding contribution points,
a score of 65 got you promoted to 2-star, 70 to 3-star, and so on.
Above 90, every 3 points was a new threshold.
This also meant that all the 7-star executives in the factory had loyalty scores above 90!
According to Huang Ting,
the legendary president of the factory only had a loyalty score of 99!
A score of 100 had never been seen before!
Yun Zhenyue could understand.
’Whether it’s favorability or loyalty...’
’It’s hard to reach a perfect score, even for yourself, right?’
’After all, sometimes people get sick of themselves...’
Just then!
The examiner let out a sound of surprise and said to the female ghost with the red bow, "Your loyalty score is now 77. That’s enough for you to be promoted to a 4-star Section Chief."
"However, you don’t have enough contribution points yet. Still, congratulations in advance."
"It seems you are sufficiently loyal to the organization and to the Ghost Lord!"
"Don’t leave just yet. I need to report your situation to my superiors so they can arrange a mission for you quickly."
The female ghost nodded gently upon hearing this.
The other ghosts in the room all showed looks of envy.
Huang Ting whispered, "This Li Ruxue is really something. She’s only been in the factory for a year, but she’s completed numerous dangerous missions. And she came here voluntarily."
"I heard the factory executives are planning to groom her as a model for new recruits."
’Li Ruxue?’
’Voluntarily joined the factory?’
Yun Zhenyue committed the name to memory.
Just then, the examiner picked up a stack of forms, counted them, and then furrowed his brow, muttering, "It’s not enough. I’m still short one person."
"I haven’t met today’s quota. I can’t clock out yet."
But all the employees in the room had finished their assessments.
The only one left was Yun Zhenyue, who had just come to watch the show.
Seeing this, the examiner cleared his throat and looked at Yun Zhenyue. "You, the newcomer, could you come and help me out?"
"I’m one short of my quota for today. Help me meet it, will you?"
"Don’t worry, I won’t say anything even if your loyalty score is low. Next time you come for an assessment, I’ll let you cut the line."
Yun Zhenyue: "Me?"
She walked over, bewildered.
’I’m just a newcomer.’
’Plus, after being deliberately hassled by that Ghost Section Chief, I’m bound to subconsciously dislike the Ghost Lord.’
’I’d be lucky to even get a 50!’
’There’s no point in testing me at all.’
’Oh, well.’
’At least I’ll get a favor out of it.’
Huang Ting didn’t stop her.
After all, there was no danger in a loyalty test.
It just sometimes left you feeling mentally drained.
This was because, in the Illusion Realm, the subconscious mind doesn’t lie. Sometimes, when you tried to force your subconscious to believe in the Ghost Lord, the facade would be mercilessly torn down. Fighting your own subconscious was mentally exhausting.
「...」
Seeing this,
the Dragon Country audience grew quite interested.
[This testing method seems pretty reliable.]
[Yeah, with loyalty quantified into data, you can’t fool the machine.]
[Isn’t this just a straight-up cult?]
[That Ghost Lord must be a Great Evil at the very least!]
[If only the Ghost Lord was Gu Yuan, then Yun Zhenyue’s loyalty score would definitely be high!]
[In your dreams! Gu Yuan would never let his subordinates get away with this kind of evil stuff.]
「...」
"Hooo..."
As Yun Zhenyue lay down in the testing machine,
she felt a little nervous.
The mere thought of seeing that Ghost Lord filled her with a subconscious dislike.
HUM!
When the machine activated,
she was instantly pulled into an Illusion Realm.
Relying only on her subconscious to make choices.
But Yun Zhenyue didn’t resist these illusions at all.
Because—
the Ghost Lord’s appearance...
was identical to Gu Yuan’s!
The Illusion Realm began!
Yun Zhenyue saw that the Ghost Lord was in danger. A ghost holding a sharp blade was about to kill him!
Without a shred of hesitation!
"Don’t you touch him!"
Yun Zhenyue immediately threw herself in front of the Ghost Lord.
SHNK!!
Seeing the blade pierce her chest, feeling a pain more excruciating than anything she had ever experienced, she saw that the Ghost Lord was unharmed. Yun Zhenyue breathed a sigh of relief, unafraid even if the price was her own life.
Soon, a new illusion began!
Yun Zhenyue had painstakingly completed many missions for the Ghost Lord.
But the Ghost Lord paid her no mind, instead giving her the cold shoulder.
Yun Zhenyue didn’t care.
’Everything she had was given to her by Gu Yuan anyway.’
’As long as she could be by his side, she would be happy even living in a thatched hut.’
Then, the Ghost Lord placed a bottle of poison before her.
He demanded that Yun Zhenyue kill herself!
Yun Zhenyue didn’t hesitate for a second.
GLUG GLUG GLUG!
She picked up the poison and chugged it down as if it were a carton of milk.
Within the Illusion Realm...
Yun Zhenyue faced countless trials related to the Ghost Lord.
Her subconscious and conscious minds were in perfect alignment.
She never had to force her subconscious to act against its will.
Of course,
if it had been anyone else,
Yun Zhenyue would have been completely unwilling!
—but who could say no to Gu Yuan!
’He was her husband!!’
Yun Zhenyue’s subconscious didn’t question the logic or reason behind these actions.
Nor did she care whether the real Gu Yuan would ever say such hurtful things.
No matter what, she would choose him from beginning to end!
And so,
after countless illusions,
the machine stopped running.
It even started emitting puffs of white smoke!
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
The error system began blaring, a red alarm sounding continuously. It was as if this had never happened before; even the testing machine couldn’t believe someone would go to such lengths for another person!
It wasn’t scientific!
Meanwhile, Yun Zhenyue felt like it had ended too soon.
She just thought she’d had a wonderful dream.
After all, any dream with Gu Yuan in it was a wonderful dream!
When she sat up,
all the memories flooded her mind, and she realized something was wrong.
"The Ghost Lord..."
’Why did he look exactly like Gu Yuan?!!’
Yun Zhenyue was completely baffled.
She didn’t understand, but she was shaken.
’Could it be that this factory worships Gu Yuan?’
’It made no sense at all!’
Gu Yuan was a world apart from the Ghost Lord she had imagined!
’Other than both being powerful, they had nothing in common!’
"Um~"
Yun Zhenyue was still dazed.
She was just about to ask Ting what was going on.
But as her gaze swept across the room,
she found that the entire room had gone silent!
Silent!!
It was as if someone had hit the pause button.
The whole place was dead silent!
The only thing moving was the incredulous stares directed at her.
Because Yun Zhenyue’s loyalty score...
—was a perfect 100!
A score never seen before!
Surpassing even the factory’s president!
No, that wasn’t right!
It might have even exceeded 100!
The testing machine had actually broken down!
Huang Ting was dumbfounded.
Only one question remained in her mind.
’Just what is your relationship with the Ghost Lord?’