The concert venue was bustling with excitement.
Ox-Head Ghost Officer looked left and right, but couldn't find Jiang Lin's figure.
According to the concert ticket's seat, Jiang Lin should be near him.
"Where's the ghost?"
Ox-Head Ghost Officer was confused for a moment.
But as soon as the two singers on the lotus stage opened their mouths, the surroundings erupted.
He cast the matter aside.
Listening to the concert was important!
What Ox-Head Ghost Officer couldn't see was...
At the location of Jiang Lin's concert ticket, a small live-streaming ball was happily flying around.
Up and down.
Thoroughly enjoying itself.
...
As for Jiang Lin, he was no longer in the Underworld.
In the human world,
The night was as dark as ink, with brilliant lights below.
Jiang Lin stood quietly in the air. A palm-sized paper effigy and a half-human-tall paper effigy flew out from his sleeve.
They flew off in two different directions.
One was mainly for practicing auxiliary commands, and the other was mainly for practicing combat commands.
The intermediate paper effigy technique focused more on practical application in daily life.
It was said that the graduation exam required the paper effigies to complete a task independently.
The entire process had to be synchronized throughout.
But all actions could only rely on the commands previously left by the ghost master.
No on-site command was allowed.
Jiang Lin chose a comprehensive course.
Both auxiliary and combat capabilities needed to be considered.
Therefore, recently, he attended classes and practiced during the day.
At night, whenever he had time, he would find opportunities to practice.
This way, he could master it faster and identify and optimize any loopholes in time.
As for the concert,
He had no intention of attending from the start.
He accepted the ticket because of the lively scene mentioned by Ox-Head Ghost Officer.
He estimated that the human viewers would be very interested in watching.
...
However, Jiang Lin wasn't completely not listening.
Wasn't the small live-streaming ball there?
He only needed to lift his eyes to see the synchronized live stream and the enthusiastic barrage of comments from the viewers.
The popularity was through the roof.
According to the comments, many celebrities and musicians had 'gone on strike' tonight.
They all rushed to the live stream to watch two era-defining masters sing.
The Underworld culture of various prefectures was quite interesting.
As he was thinking, the system's prompt sounded.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the daily mission: Promoting Underworld Culture - Northern Prefecture Concert! Points +500!"
...
Ghosts in the human world were suppressed by the Underworld.
Under normal circumstances, no major incidents would occur.
However, those hiding in secluded corners were difficult to fully monitor.
Therefore, each Underworld had regular patrol teams in the human world.
—Like the Hellhounds of the Eastern Prefecture, and the Thousand Paper Cranes of the Northern Prefecture.
Any accidental deaths or suspicious occurrences would be reported.
This information was either assigned to ghost officers or sent to the task center.
Because he needed to observe the auxiliary paper effigies on patrol and their reactions to events, Jiang Lin did not directly accept tasks from the task center.
In the past few days of practice, he hadn't encountered many incidents.
They were all resolved by the two paper effigies cooperating.
If they were truly unable to handle it, Jiang Lin would step in to stop it.
Each practical exercise allowed him to discover some shortcomings.
For example, the auxiliary paper effigy's originally assigned command upon discovering an incident was:
First, ensure its own safety, hide, and then contact the combat paper effigy.
The process was correct.
But the real battlefield was ever-changing.
If it was discovered by the opponent from the start, the paper effigy would be a bit slow to react.
Logically, it should hide first,
But if the opponent kept chasing, it couldn't escape.
If it couldn't escape, according to the instructions, it could only wait until it was safe before contacting its combat partner for rescue...
Therefore, it would eventually form a 'vicious cycle' of commands.
There was also the combat paper effigy.
According to the command arrangement, when a fight occurred, it should protect the victim first.
But what if there were two or even more victims?
Which one should it save first?
What kind of reaction should it make?
...
In the intermediate class, the advantages and disadvantages of paper effigies would gradually become apparent.
The advantage was that it could replace all mechanical work.
The disadvantage was that it was never as flexible as real humans or ghosts.
However,
For many things, even humans and ghosts themselves could not make the most appropriate decisions.
So, why demand perfection from paper effigies?
What Jiang Lin and the others could do was to optimize the commands as much as possible.
To make the paper effigies their capable assistants.
...
Jiang Lin was multitasking, simultaneously observing the situations of the two paper effigies.
Suddenly, the auxiliary paper effigy prompted: Discovered something new.
Jiang Lin's gaze swept over.
It was a man-made scenic spot, Puyuan Mountain.
To ascend the mountain, one could take the stone steps or a different main road.
At the summit, there was a temple.
From the foot of the mountain to the summit, lights were on.
From afar, it looked like a starry road.
For some unknown reason, a woman had fallen from the stone steps.
Rolling into the adjacent woods.
There were no lights in the woods, and it was pitch black all around.
Her phone had fallen somewhere, and her body was burning with pain.
Indeed, when people are unlucky, even drinking water can get stuck in their teeth.
Wiping her tears, she shouted loudly, trying to attract the attention of other climbers.
"Is anyone there?"
"Is anyone there—?"
No people, but there were paper effigies.
However, what caught the auxiliary paper effigy's attention was something else.
...
"Is anyone there—"
Chu Liangliang called out, fumbling around to see if she could find her phone.
But after searching, she didn't find her phone, but her hands were covered in something sticky.
She quickly shook her hand, feeling a bit nauseous.
Swish—
Just then, a faint sound reached her ears.
It sounded like something stepping on fallen leaves.
Step by step, it was approaching her.
"Who is it?"
Chu Liangliang's heart began to pound uncontrollably.
She wanted to find a weapon but dared not move rashly.
What if it was some wild animal...
God, she couldn't be this unlucky.
Swish,
Swish,
Just as Chu Liangliang was about to lose her composure, the footsteps stopped about three meters away.
Whoosh!
A faint blue ghost fire lit up.
Illuminating the approaching figure.
...