Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Taking Office as City Lord, a Global Shock, a World Exclusively for Yun Zhenyue
Dumbfounded!
Yun Zhenyue was completely dumbfounded!
Especially after hearing what this group of officials had to say.
She’d ranked first in both the written and oral exams!
On top of that, the current City Lord wanted to groom a successor, so he made the bold decision to break all precedent and promote her directly to City Lord!
He trusted that she could manage everything in the ghost city!
’This makes no sense!’
She had thought she had no hope of even passing the interview.
But now, out of nowhere...
...this group of officials was telling her she was now the City Lord of Fengdu Ghost City?
This was a super-massive integrated instance!
It had everything: schools, hospitals, shops—you name it!
There were no fewer than a hundred thousand ghosts in the city!
Fierce Ghosts and Crimson-robed Ghosts were everywhere!
And the City Lord was their absolute leader!
A position of supreme, unparalleled status!
Now these ghosts were telling her that you could become the City Lord just by passing an exam?
Yun Zhenyue asked them several times, but finally learned they hadn’t made a mistake.
A city-wide announcement had just been made!
She just hadn’t heard it.
To be promoted from an examinee to the City Lord in the blink of an eye, Yun Zhenyue felt completely out of her depth.
She even felt the urge to run away!
This was so much more prestigious than being a vice principal or a mall owner!
They weren’t even in the same league!
It came with enormous responsibility.
Just then, Yun Zhenyue suddenly remembered something Gu Yuan had said before.
He’d said being the City Lord was no easy task. It was like being an emperor, with too many things to manage.
’Could it be...’
’...related to that Fish Talisman Gu Yuan gave me?’
...
At that moment, the Dragon Country audience was also dumbfounded.
No way?
They had guessed Gu Yuan might have pulled some strings to help Yun Zhenyue.
But they never expected the strings to be *this* strong.
Holy cow!
He actually made the current City Lord give his position to Yun Zhenyue?
A super-massive integrated instance this huge is just hers now?!!
This is worth hundreds of times more than the Fierce Ghost Mall!
Even a hundred SS-rank instances...
...couldn’t compare to this one Fengdu Ghost City!
If Yun Zhenyue really settled into her role, wouldn’t the people of Dragon Country have a true safe haven in the Ghost World? They could strut around the ghost city like they owned the place!
And anyone who knew Yun Zhenyue could brag, "The City Lord is my friend!"
[Am I seeing things? Yun Zhenyue became the... the City Lord?]
[HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT! No joke, were those fireworks for her?]
[My brain just short-circuited. You can become the City Lord by passing an exam?]
[666, Boss Gu Yuan’s network is insane!]
[No wonder the written and oral exams were so easy for her. It was fixed from the start!]
...
Right then, Xiaoying’s eyes, usually as cold and clear as a frozen lake, suddenly contracted.
Her cherry-red lips parted unconsciously, releasing a faint, misty breath.
Her gaze, which was always devoid of emotion like a puppet’s...
...was now staring in a daze at the reality-shattering scene before her.
—Her heart was in turmoil!
’No, it can’t be, right?’
’Becoming City Lord through an exam? What kind of ghost trick is this!’
’I’ve never heard of anything so ridiculous!!’
Even if Yun Zhenyue was a genius who shattered all records, the most she should have gotten was the position of the City Lord’s secretary. That would already mean holding a Silver Fish Talisman and being above tens of thousands!
Even the previous City Lord chose his successor from among his own subordinates!
Letting a human who knows nothing take over as City Lord is just too bold!
’What are the higher-ups of the ghost city thinking?’
’How are they even crazier than the ghosts from Embers?’
Besides.
’I was actually trying to recruit the City Lord into Embers?’
’If my sister finds out, she’ll beat my ass black and blue!’
...
「On the other side.」
Han Sumei and the other chosen ones had also heard the news.
They stood beside the examination hall, watching the fireworks shoot into the sky, and felt as if their entire worldview was shattering.
"Yun Zhenyue... became the City Lord?"
Han Sumei’s jaw dropped, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"No, on what grounds?"
"She got here later than me and didn’t even look at the questions. How could someone like that rank first in both exams and then become City Lord?"
"And my position... is public toilet administrator?"
"You must have made a mistake somewhere! You definitely got it wrong!!"
Facing the official in charge of job assignments, Han Sumei refused to believe it.
We were all at the same starting line this time!
We took the same written and oral exams. My spirit was broken during the written test, and I was terrified during the interview. And after all that, I only got the lowest-ranking job of public toilet administrator.
But what about Yun Zhenyue?
I didn’t see her struggling at all!
And she became the City Lord?
She became their untouchable superior?
"What’s wrong with being a public toilet administrator?" the ghost asked, its expression displeased and its eyes cold.
"Countless people would break their heads fighting for this post, and we gave it to a newcomer like you. You’re complaining instead of being grateful?"
Hearing this, Han Sumei’s face flushed with anger. She lost her composure.
"Not even a dog would do this job!"
"I want to file a complaint! You must have made a mistake!"
The moment she finished speaking!
The ghost’s brow furrowed, its gaze as deep as the nine hells.
"You don’t want to be the toilet administrator?"
"I don’t!" Han Sumei shot back without thinking, her temper flaring. She still thought there was room to negotiate.
’Even being a street sweeper like the other chosen ones would be better than managing a public toilet!’
"Fine. You’re the one who said it..."
The ghost immediately took out a notebook and wrote it down.
"In that case, you can be a manure collector."
Manure collector?
Han Sumei’s eyes widened when she heard this!
She froze on the spot!
’That’s even worse than being a public toilet administrator!’
’Why is it that no matter what instance I’m in, I’m always fated to be around toilets?’
"I... I don’t want it! I don’t want any position!"
"Find someone else! I quit,"
Han Sumei said, gritting her teeth and trying to stand firm.
"Hmph. It’s not that easy," the ghost said with a solemn expression.
"The manure collector position has already been registered in your name. If you want to resign, you need to work for at least one month."
"Those who abandon their posts without permission are considered to be wasting the ghost city’s resources. According to the rules, they must be thrown in prison. You’d better pray for your own good fortune."
After saying this,
he turned and left,
without wasting any more words on Han Sumei.
Leaving Han Sumei to stare blankly at his departing back.
The group of chosen ones also began to whisper amongst themselves.
Now and then, they cast glances of pity or ridicule in her direction.
...
Seeing this, the audience from the Great Cold Country lost their minds!
[Manure collector? Why is it always this kind of low-life job!]
[This is unfair! Yun Zhenyue becomes the City Lord, and they give Miss Sumi such a menial job?]
[Gu Yuan is definitely behind this! That Fish Talisman, yes, it has to be related to that Fish Talisman!]
[Sigh, at least she still has a job. Cecil from Coconut Country was eliminated outright.]
[Now that you mention it... fine, it’s manure collecting, but it’s still a job.]
...
"Xiaoying?"
Yun Zhenyue snapped back to her senses.
She turned her head, only to find that Xiaoying had left at some point.
’Maybe she had something to do?’
Yun Zhenyue slowly calmed down from her shock.
Completely bewildered, she followed the group of ghost city officials to the City Lord’s mansion.
She really wanted to ask that City Lord.
’Just why did he do this?’
But when she arrived beside the City Lord’s golden throne,
Yun Zhenyue didn’t see him anywhere.
Dozens of Crimson-robed Ghost guards stood clad in armor, their faces stern, protecting the dignity of the City Lord’s mansion.
A gentle-looking woman in a cheongsam introduced herself as the secretary and chuckled lightly. "Welcome to the City Lord’s mansion, City Lord."
"Are you looking for the previous City Lord?"
"Yes!" Yun Zhenyue nodded.
"He just left. Said he was too ashamed to meet you..."
Yun Zhenyue: "Meow?"
She was getting more and more confused.
’What does that even mean?’
’He gives me the position of City Lord, and then says he’s too ashamed to see me?’
’He makes it sound like being the City Lord is some kind of burden.’
"Um, you are—"
Yun Zhenyue hesitated.
"My surname is Si. You can just call me Si, City Lord," the secretary said softly.
"I don’t really understand what a City Lord is supposed to do, or what the job entails. Can you teach me?"
Yun Zhenyue said, distressed.
She had truly been pushed into a position she was unprepared for.
She had absolutely no experience!
The secretary, Si, shook her head. "The rules and regulations within the ghost city are quite comprehensive. There are no tasks that require your personal attention."
"I will also assist you with any minor matters."
Hearing this,
Yun Zhenyue breathed a sigh of relief.
’It’s best if there’s nothing to do.’
She had been afraid she would have to deal with all sorts of trivial matters as soon as she arrived.
’But in that case, doesn’t that make me, the City Lord, just a figurehead?’
"So, what can I do?" Yun Zhenyue asked curiously at this thought.
"You..."
Si hesitated for a moment, then said gently, "Can do whatever you want."
"Within the ghost city, the City Lord is supreme and has the power to create rules."
"In other words, this place is your own private world."
’A private world?’
’That sounds way too broad!’
Yun Zhenyue took a soft breath.
"Um, Si..."
Encouraged by Si’s gentle expression,
Yun Zhenyue issued her first command as City Lord.
"What are your orders?" Si nodded with a smile.
"I’m hungry."
Si: "..."
