Abyss Game: I am covered with cheats

Having come this far, Xu Tong would not hesitate any longer and stepped directly onto the stairs leading to the second floor.

Turning from the stairwell, he was met with a long corridor.

The corridor was lined with murals, all depicting people Xu Tong had never seen or heard of.

At the end of the corridor was an office with a sign that read "Director's Office."

The director of Qingcheng Post Office should be in this room.

Xu Tong adjusted himself and gently knocked on the door in front of him.

Tap, tap, tap—

There was no response from behind the door. Xu Tong raised an eyebrow and pushed open the door, which was not too heavy.

The sound of the door opening was like the roar of a beast. When Xu Tong had pushed the door open enough for one person to pass through, he stopped pushing and walked straight into the room.

The room was dimly lit, with only a white candle placed on the desk, emitting a faint glow.

The closer Xu Tong got to the white candle, the more shrill the screams from the ghost doll behind him became, as if it felt a considerable amount of fear towards the candle.

"Either you endure it, or I'll have those dead men's arms grab you into the shadows. Choose for yourself."

Hearing Xu Tong's words, the ghost doll instantly stopped screaming and obediently lay on Xu Tong's back.

"That's more like it."

With that, Xu Tong walked to the desk in the office.

Behind the desk was a chair facing away from him. Before Xu Tong could get close, the chair slowly turned around.

Xu Tong stared at the rotating chair, wanting to see who the director of Qingcheng Post Office really was.

But when the chair was fully turned, what appeared in Xu Tong's sight...

...was just a corpse.

To be precise, a corpse with only a head.

And Xu Tong had already seen this face before.

It was the corpse of the headless ghost!

"Hello," the head, which belonged to the corpse, suddenly opened its mouth and spoke, "I presume you've come here after completing your delivery mission? I commend you. It was such a difficult mission, yet you managed to complete it successfully."

Xu Tong raised an eyebrow. "You can talk?"

The ghost head grinned and replied in fluent human language, "So-so. Although the parts below my head have disappeared, at least my vocal cords were preserved, allowing me to speak normally."

"But none of that matters. What's important is, have you finished the work you had on hand?"

Xu Tong nodded. "Yes, I've finished my delivery work. Here's the cloth bag and employee handbook after delivering the letters."

With that, Xu Tong placed the cloth bag and employee handbook on the desk. "You can check them."

The ghost head replied, "No need. I trust you. Since you were able to come to Qingcheng Post Office, it means you must have completed your work."

"Then congratulations, you have completed the Qingcheng Post Office's test. From now on, you can replace me at any time, inherit my work, and become the new director of Qingcheng Post Office."

Before Xu Tong could react, a blood-stained epaulette suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the desk.

The epaulette reeked of a strong corpse odor. Xu Tong picked it up, and the information on it immediately appeared.

「Name: Qingcheng Post Office Director Epaulette - Xu Tong」

「Type: Special Item (Can be taken out of the instance)」

「Quality: Common」

「Wearing Requirement: Limited to player: Xu Tong」

「Effect: Holding this item allows you to freely enter and exit Qingcheng Post Office, mobilize all the ghost postmen in Qingcheng Post Office to mail letters for you, and no one can harm you when you are in Qingcheng Post Office」

「Evaluation: Only those who overcome difficulties and face death can drive the ghost postmen and become the director of the post office」

The last time Xu Tong saw similar information was in Qingcheng Hospital, when he obtained his attending physician's badge.

But in Qingcheng Hospital, he was just an attending physician. How did he become the director directly when he arrived at Qingcheng Post Office?

"However, before becoming the director, there is one condition you must meet, and that is to answer a question."

The ghost head showed another eerie smile. "You don't have to answer this question now. As long as the answer comes out of your mouth, that's enough."

Xu Tong could guess that the ghost head would definitely not ask him riddles like "What is one plus one?" or "There is a word that everyone mispronounces."

This question must be one that he is currently unable to answer.

The ghost head slowly opened its mouth and asked its question.

"The question is..."

"Who exactly are you, and what is your relationship with me?"

Xu Tong was stunned, thinking he had misheard.

Wasn't this the question he had asked himself before?

Logically speaking, all the houses in this block should be the same house at different timelines.

He could roughly guess an answer for the existence of the headless ghost, the ghost shadow, the ghost doll, the baby, and the ghost woman, but the reason why his corpse would appear in this house remained a mystery.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Tong asked the ghost head, "Is it okay even if I can't give an answer now?"

Although the ghost head couldn't nod, it still gave a definite answer, "As long as you can answer this question, you will officially take over the work of Qingcheng Post Office from me. Frankly speaking...in the main world of the Abyss, Qingcheng Post Office is one of the few existences that can affect all instance worlds. Being able to become the director of Qingcheng Post Office...is an identity that many people dream of."

Xu Tong didn't care about the words before, but the words in the middle made Xu Tong's eyes move.

"What is the relationship between Qingcheng and the main world of the Abyss?"

The ghost head didn't directly answer the question, but gave a rather perfunctory and general reply.

"Maybe it's the kind of relationship you're thinking of right now?"

Xu Tong frowned tightly.

"Could it be...is the main world of the Abyss Qingcheng?"

If the ghost head had a body, it would shrug.

"I didn't say that, nor did I give you a definite answer. All of this is based on the conclusions you drew from your own speculation, so you don't need to ask me."

"But no matter what, the most important thing is still the question I asked earlier."

The ghost head's pale, rotten eyes stared at Xu Tong, their gazes meeting.

"Who exactly are you?"

"And what kind of relationship do you have with me?"

"Why are you hanging in my house?"