Ming Li nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
"???"
Hearing this, the system looked at Ming Li with surprise and tentatively asked, "Host, are you... okay?"
Ming Li frowned and looked at the system, "What's wrong with me?"
System: "..." Asked it? It didn't know either! But it felt like this host shouldn't be like this. Wait! If not like this, then how should it be?
"Hiss!"
Suddenly, a current flashed through the system's mind, causing it pain and almost making it cry out.
"What's wrong with you?"
"No... it's nothing. Does the host want to start the mission?" Fearing Ming Li would notice something amiss, the system quickly changed the subject.
Ming Li looked at the system, narrowed her eyes, and after a while, nodded, "Start it."
Upon hearing this, the system quickly initiated the dimensional teleportation.
After arriving in the new dimension and opening her eyes, Ming Li immediately sensed something was wrong. Looking down, she saw her feet were three feet off the ground?! Three feet off the ground!
What the heck?! What kind of ghost operation is this??
Just as she was about to ask the system about the situation, a large chunk of plot was transmitted to her, and Ming Li had to focus on receiving the story.
The original host, Shen Zhongli, was an orphan who had been on the streets since childhood. When she was hungry, she rummaged through trash cans; when she was sleepy, she found a bridge to sleep under. One day, while begging, she was mocked and beaten by a group of boys. This scene was witnessed by an old Taoist priest who happened to be passing by. The old Taoist priest chased away the mischievous children and, seeing the pitiful state of the original host, asked if she was willing to go with him. He couldn't give her much, but he could ensure she had enough to eat and wear. The original host was moved and agreed to go with the old Taoist priest.
Thus, the original host found a family in this world, her only family.
Later, the original host followed the old Taoist priest everywhere, through countless seasons, and witnessed many things that couldn't be explained by science, such as the existence of ghosts, and even more so, celestial masters who could capture ghosts.
One day, the original host accidentally discovered that her grandfather, the old Taoist priest who had taken her in, was actually a celestial master! Not just any celestial master, but a powerful one that even fierce ghosts feared. The original host found it novel and begged her grandfather to teach her how to catch ghosts. Her grandfather was initially unwilling but eventually relented due to her persistent pestering. He then discovered her talent and allowed her to pursue it.
Life continued peacefully until the original host turned eighteen, and her nightmare began.
That day, the old Taoist priest went down the mountain to help a family deal with a ghost. When he returned in the evening, he brought a little girl who looked about twelve or thirteen years old and told the original host that he had found her in a pile of trash on his way back and that she would be her sister from now on.
The first time the original host saw the little girl, she sensed something unusual about her but couldn't pinpoint what it was. Thinking she might be mistaken, she didn't say anything.
However, from that day on, the house was frequently plagued by chilling supernatural events. At night, a shadowy figure would mysteriously appear in the mirror, and the lights in the house would flicker erratically. Sometimes, the original host would even see a headless figure carrying a ball walking back and forth in their vegetable garden.
The original host: "..."
The original host knew perfectly well who was responsible for this. So, she told her grandfather what she had seen, but strangely, her grandfather told her he hadn't seen anything.
The original host was confused, but she had indeed seen those things and couldn't be mistaken.
Therefore, to uncover the truth, the original host began to privately investigate various clues.
As the fog of mystery was gradually lifted, just as the original host was about to see the truth clearly, she somehow ended up on a fifty-story building and jumped off.