Ghost Matchmaking: Ghost Emperor Husband and Campus Queen Wife

"No, this can’t be right..."

’She’s a newcomer who just joined the factory, so how is her loyalty this high...’

Huang Ting’s eyes were filled with utter disbelief.

Even those fanatical zealots who speak of the Ghost Lord day in and day out have never shown such a high loyalty score!

When facing life and death, the subconscious makes a choice!

Few people are willing to sacrifice their lives for another, not even for their own immediate family!

This is ridiculous!

She actually broke the testing machine!!

’If the factory president saw this, he’d have to call her the one true believer!’

A strange thought popped into Huang Ting’s head.

’...Could she be the Ghost Lord’s illegitimate daughter?’

A cold sweat broke out on Scarface Ghost’s forehead.

HISS... He couldn’t stop sucking in sharp breaths.

’Such a high loyalty score!’

’It was obvious the factory would invest heavily in training her.’

’After all, the factory doesn’t lack powerful members, but it does lack people with absolute, unwavering loyalty!’

’A maxed-out loyalty score.’

’In other words, as long as she has enough contribution points, her path to promotion will be completely unobstructed!’

’She’ll definitely advance faster than a lowly 2-star supervisor like him!’

’Before he knows it, she might just become his direct superior!’

’No!’

’Maybe she’ll become a 3-star or 4-star in no time!’

’Or even a mid-level manager above that!’

’A big shot like that...’

’...is not someone an insignificant being like him can afford to provoke.’

’Good thing Huang Ting stopped me after just one lewd comment.’

’Otherwise, I’d be in real trouble!’

Even Li Ruxue, the one wearing the red bow, was now staring at Yun Zhenyue with an incredulous gaze.

She didn’t utter a single word, but her eyelashes trembled, her breathing grew ragged, and her knuckles turned white from clenching her fists. She looked cold on the outside, but beneath her placid surface, a tempest was raging in her heart.

She came from a minor realm.

It was a place the factory hadn’t infiltrated.

But one day, her parents were killed by a powerful Evil Star. To get revenge, she tried everything she could think of, but she was powerless. At last, after hearing about the factory, she came here, clinging to her last hope.

For the past year,

she had prayed fervently, seeing the Ghost Lord as her salvation!

To become strong enough for revenge,

Li Ruxue had willingly brainwashed herself!

But even after all that, her loyalty score was only 77!

’How could I score lower than a brand-new recruit?!!’

After all,

sometimes, loyalty was even more crucial than contribution!

The factory president himself was a zealot of the highest order!

What he valued most was his employees’ devotion to the Ghost Lord!

In the factory, an employee could be mediocre, but they could not be disloyal!

The moment any malicious thought toward the Ghost Lord arose,

what awaited them would be a nightmare from which they could never escape.

...

Seeing this,

the people of Dragon Country didn’t know Yun Zhenyue’s history.

They could only stare blankly at her maxed-out loyalty score.

A peculiar thought surfaced in their minds.

’Yun Zhenyue hasn’t cheated, has she?’

’But that’s impossible!’

’They’d watched this entire bizarre marriage arrangement from start to finish!’

’Other than the children at the orphanage,’

’Yun Zhenyue hasn’t had contact with any other male!’

’And with those kids, she only occasionally patted their heads.’

[This loyalty score is basically an affection meter, right?]

[So you’re saying Yun Zhenyue has max affection for that Ghost Lord?]

[The machine has to be broken.]

[Unless Gu Yuan is the Ghost Lord, I can’t think of any other reason for Yun Zhenyue’s loyalty to be this high.]

[Seriously, this has to be a mistake, right?]

...

At that moment,

all the ghosts present fell silent for a long moment.

It was as if their composure had been shattered.

A short while later, as the testing machine fell completely silent,

people began to whisper among themselves.

"Am I dreaming? Can anyone’s loyalty really be that high?"

"Let’s be honest, my loyalty to my own parents couldn’t even reach 100."

"Is she some zealot the president dug up from somewhere? More loyal to the Ghost Lord than to herself?"

"Could the machine be broken?"

When someone questioned the machine,

the examiner’s expression immediately turned grim. "The machine does not make mistakes!"

"This is a Ghost Artifact created by the President himself. Its results are absolutely real and accurate!"

"Whatever loyalty score it shows is what it is. There won’t be any problems with it!"

At this,

no matter how unbelievable it seemed, they had no choice but to believe it.

This machine was, after all, the foundation of promotion within the factory.

Its authority could not be questioned!

In truth, the examiner had his own doubts.

He had originally expected Yun Zhenyue’s loyalty score to be below 60!

Even a score of 30 to 40 would have been pretty good.

Most new recruits were in that range.

Some even had loyalty scores that dipped below 10!

After all, the relatives of many newcomers had been killed by factory employees, and they themselves had been dragged here by force. It was enough that they weren’t consumed by hatred, let alone be loyal to the Ghost Lord.

Even an idiot would know that’s impossible!

But here she was, in what could only be called a villainous and utterly inhumane organization, and her loyalty was maxed out? So maxed out that she broke the testing machine?

It was truly unbelievable.

Even those who had joined the factory voluntarily, who agreed with its ideology! Thugs who couldn’t sleep unless they killed someone every day. Or lunatics with inherent personality defects who loved to slaughter the innocent. Even for them, a loyalty score in the 70s would be considered excellent.

’Could this young woman be an ultimate evil, deliberately disguised as a normal person?’

"I have a few questions, if you would be so kind as to enlighten me," the examiner asked the still-dazed Yun Zhenyue.

"Go ahead..."

Yun Zhenyue replied subconsciously, not yet having fully processed the situation.

"In the Illusion Realm, what exactly did you see, and what did you do?"

"Hmm?"

Yun Zhenyue blinked.

’It wasn’t anything that special, was it?’

She answered truthfully. "There were a few Illusion Realms. For example, Gu... the Ghost Lord was in danger, so I protected him."

"There was also the one Ting mentioned earlier, where the Ghost Lord gives you a bottle of poison, and so on..."

The examiner nodded. "The Illusion Realm wasn’t mistaken, then. Those are the usual scenarios."

"They’re designed to test an employee’s loyalty to the Ghost Lord from every angle, in both ordinary and extreme situations."

"So what did you do for your loyalty score to be—so high?"

Yun Zhenyue looked puzzled. "I didn’t do anything special. Since it was what the Ghost Lord asked, I just agreed to everything."

"Isn’t that what all of you did?"

The examiner: "..."

The corner of his eye twitched. He couldn’t hold back any longer. "Are you saying you just naturally took a blade for the Ghost Lord, and when he told you to drink poison, you drank it willingly?"

"And in the other Illusion Realms, you didn’t feel even a hint of hesitation or resentment?"

Yun Zhenyue instinctively retorted, "Didn’t you?"

Everyone: "..."

’We really didn’t!’

Yun Zhenyue’s words left every ghost in the room speechless.

’My god, what a saint!’

’Joining this factory is really beneath you.’

’How could anyone possibly go to such lengths?!’

The Illusion Realms set up by this machine were a bit too extreme!

Take the poison one, for example!

Even if it were their own parents telling them to do it, most people wouldn’t be willing.

Let alone for a complete stranger they’d never even met!

In that Illusion Realm, their subconscious minds all rejected it.

They were lucky they didn’t turn on him and become enemies.

’Do you really think the Ghost Lord is your husband?’

’He tells you to drink, and you just drink!’

"That’s enough. You don’t need to say any more."

"I think I finally understand why your loyalty score is so high," the examiner said, rubbing his throbbing temples.

"I will report this to my superiors. Do you have any questions for me?"

"..."

Yun Zhenyue looked like she wanted to say something, but held her tongue.

In the end, she didn’t ask her question.

She had a guess she was more than 99% sure about.

’That Ghost Lord... it really seems to be Gu Yuan!’

’But in all likelihood, Gu Yuan himself has no idea he’s being worshipped by this group of ghosts.’

’If I told him now, he’d get really annoyed, wouldn’t he?’

’After all, anyone would be upset to find out someone was using their name to do bad things.’

Yun Zhenyue took a deep breath.

’So, I have to destroy this organization from the inside!’

As for how to do it,

that would require some long-term planning.