68. The Town Where the Living Enter and the Dead Depart

As a successor to socialism, although Chen Sheng still had no idea when he would ever take over, he swore to be irreconcilable with the great capitalists!

Especially those who trick people into becoming Reincarnators, only to make them work for free in reality!

Even Huang Shiren would weep at such injustice!

So, Chen Sheng picked up the little ghost girl and headed out.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?" The little ghost girl immediately launched her usual rapid-fire barrage of questions.

"I don't know the way," Chen Sheng glanced at her and spoke truthfully. He had no clue where the place she mentioned was, so of course he needed her to navigate!

Otherwise, who knew how many extra miles he’d have to travel just by asking for directions along the way? That would be such a waste of time!

This so-called healing game wasn't just about healing—there were plenty of pitfalls to trip you up!

"But it’s much faster for me to go from the Netherworld! Besides, I have a lot to take care of there!" The little ghost girl had no desire to stay close to an instrument of execution all day.

"Master, what are you busy with?" Chen Sheng put her down and asked.

"Of course, I’m busy striving!" The little ghost girl answered with a face full of earnestness.

Chen Sheng: "..."

Why not just say you're out to seize land from the wealthy and divide it up!

Yes, dividing land.

And there are two people involved in the division—me, and also me.

Because I've split apart.

Watching the little ghost girl bounce away on her short legs toward the television, Chen Sheng could only turn and look at the headless girl cowering in the corner, pretending to be invisible. "Do you know where the place she mentioned is?"

He didn’t expect her to know, since the little ghost girl hadn’t even given a specific address. He was just about to call the little ghost girl back to leave the address when the headless girl's barely audible voice floated over. "Um... I happen to know..."

"Can you show me the way?" Chen Sheng asked immediately.

"Yes," the headless girl dared not refuse—her timidity had nothing to do with her being merely "unlucky"; it was simply that, in the presence of an execution instrument, all ghosts are equal!

Once they were in the car, Chen Sheng started the engine and stepped on the clutch while asking the headless girl in the passenger seat, "What’s the name of that place? Tell me all the details—the more the better."

Hearing his request, the headless girl thought carefully before answering, "It's also a town, called Jinzi Town, but it's far more prosperous than Ghost Town. Because of its convenient transportation and the presence of large gold mines nearby, many people went there to dig for gold, and then something happened..."

She paused, expecting Chen Sheng to ask about the incident, but he was focused on the road. After giving him directions, she continued, "A lot of people died at the time, but the allure of the gold mine was so great that the matter quickly faded. Yet, people didn't realize that after that incident, the town was no longer the same."

"Anyone alive who enters that town can never leave. Some people think they're traveling for work, but in reality, they're just circling the vicinity of the town. Some go in to deliver goods or for other reasons and think they've left after, but they’re just looping around, only to end up right back in the town. The places they stay in are ghost houses assigned to them by the town itself..."

"There are many such stories, because only the dead can truly leave that town. The entire town, you might say, is shrouded by a terrifying, unfathomable evil."

At this point, Chen Sheng suddenly interjected, "Are you sure you’re not talking about Ghost Town?"

"Yes, it's one of the three great ghost towns, alongside Jinshui Port Town, and they're quite close to each other."

Chen Sheng nodded and signaled for her to continue.

"I remember I used to live in Jinzi Town. One night, after evening study, I was walking home when everything suddenly went dark. When I regained consciousness, I saw my own feet right beside my head."

"I realized I was dead, and someone had cut off my head."

"I don’t know who killed me, but I was so scared that I picked up my head and ran. I don't know how long I ran, but when I finally stopped, I saw a car. I followed it all the way to Shangsanjiang City."

Chen Sheng hadn't expected the headless girl at his side to be the very "ghost in question." No wonder her answer was—"I just happen to know."

It really was just a coincidence.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Sheng offered, "My condolences."

The headless girl: "..."

Why did that sound so much less like comfort than it should have?

"Do you know the name of the ghost masquerading as the Lord God?" Chen Sheng asked again.

"I don't know," the headless girl shook her head so vigorously her head nearly fell off.

Chen Sheng couldn't help but glance at her.

For someone whose head was already off, she really should take better care not to lose it again!

That was the second time it had almost come off.

Being stared at like that made the headless girl nervous, so she hurriedly said, "I really don't know that, but I do know who the Reincarnator is, because I've heard him mention it. I can take you to him—I still remember the way, though I can't be sure if he still lives there."

Hearing this, Chen Sheng's gaze grew peculiar. He scanned the headless girl and said, "I think I know who killed you."

"Who was it?" she asked reflexively.

"The Reincarnator you know."

"Wh... why?" The headless girl was incredulous, but she didn’t dare contradict Chen Sheng and could only ask for the reason.

"As it happens, I know a bit about the rules between the Lord God and Reincarnators. If that ghost was pretending to be the Lord God and copying those rules, then it's certain the Reincarnator you know was the one who killed you. Because one of the rules for Reincarnators is that if they reveal anything about the Lord God to someone outside the Reincarnation Space, they must kill all who know. Otherwise, the Reincarnator who leaked the information will be erased by the Lord God."

As soon as he finished, Chen Sheng noticed the headless girl seemed off. He was about to ask when suddenly he saw a number of police cars appear nearby, moving to cut him off.

"Yan, is this what you meant by 'holding them off for three days'?" Chen Sheng stared wide-eyed, astonished.

He hadn't expected even "NPCs" these days to be so unreliable!

Weren’t villains supposed to be trustworthy?

Feeling thoroughly deceived, Chen Sheng grew indignant. He slammed down the accelerator, the engine roared, and the off-road vehicle shot forward, crashing straight into the police car ahead.

Bang!

The police car spun out of control and crashed into the roadside trees.

Without pausing to check his own car for damage, Chen Sheng sped away even faster, leaving everything behind.