The night was dark and the wind was high.

A cold, bright moon hung in the velvet-like night sky, scattering a chilling brilliance that pierced the heart.

Inside the abandoned campus, several people were running for their lives.

Their faces were filled with terror as if some lethal entity was chasing them from behind.

Crack!

A girl dressed in a tracksuit fell to the ground, clutching her ankle with a face contorted in severe pain, "Ali, help me, I've broken my leg, I don't want to die…"

But the others ahead, who were also fleeing, did not stop for even a moment.

Even the girl's boyfriend, a stocky young man with a crew cut and sportswear, trembled before running even faster.

The girl's voice quickly turned into sobs and then curses, "Ali, you son of a bitch, I curse you, curse you, curse all of you to a bad death, a bad death! The 'Company' will kill you all one by one… Haha, I'll be waiting for you… oooh…"

The girl was so overwhelmed by fear that she couldn't even speak properly anymore.

Behind her, the sound of the wind rose, making her tremble all over.

"Dad, Mom…"

Even though she had once been reckless and thought life was utterly empty, when death approached, she finally realized she wanted to live, to survive!

For this, she was willing to endure pain or even sell her body; she just wanted to live!

Suddenly, a pale and slender hand landed on the girl's shoulder.

She turned her head involuntarily, and her pupils dilated in an instant…

...

"What are you standing there for?"

"Take advantage of the fact that Luo Li has been caught by the 'Gui', it's our chance to escape…"

One of the fleeing young men, in his twenties, stopped in his tracks, seemingly unable to resist looking back.

He was quickly pulled away by a girl in her twenties wearing a white dress, "Brother! Luo Li is already dead… don't get involved."

They ran past building after building, gasping for breath, and went far away from that place, hiding in a classroom.

"What time is it now?"

The girl in the white dress asked.

"11:30 PM, we have half an hour until midnight. If we can make it another half-hour, we can get out and leave this damned place…"

Gui Yi punched the wall furiously.

Then, he glared at Ali with the crew cut, "Luo Li was your girlfriend…"

"Girlfriend? Hah… In a place like the Company, who talks about feelings? It's all about what each can get… Even though Luo Li gave me a good time a few times, and I promised to help her at work, it was only if it was feasible!"

Ali answered with a cold laugh, "Am I supposed to die with her?"

"Guys… talking about this now… won't solve any problems…"

The last guy, who looked like an otaku, spoke with trembling voice, "Is the information true? Why… why was I drafted as a 'temporary worker'?"

He pulled out his phone, and there was a message on it:

[Mr. Han Bingjie, congratulations on becoming a temporary worker for 'Anywhere Express Company'!]

[Your first internship task—Survival!]

[Task requirements: Survive tonight from 10 PM to 12 AM at Mianhai Sixth Middle School! You must not leave the designated area during the task, violators will be eradicated!]

[Upon completion of the task, you may leave!]

...

With a cry in his voice, Han Bingjie said, "Guys, I've never sent a resume…"

"It doesn't need a reason to choose someone. If it chose you, it's just your bad luck!"

Ali snorted coldly.

If it weren't for the fact that having more people meant more targets for the 'Gui', he wouldn't have even wanted to bring this burden along.

"Having passed the test together, we're comrades now... You saw that thing before, didn't you?"

Gui Yi said, "I just finished my internship period and became an official courier. I can only warn you of a few things. First, you absolutely must not defy the Company's orders!"

Han Bingjie shivered and quickly nodded his head.

He never intended to come and thought the message was a prank.

Then, at exactly 10 PM tonight, he appeared at the school gate with a few other newcomers, and met Gui Yi and other veterans.

And then, he saw—Hell!

It was sheer instinctual fear that made him move with the veterans, barely surviving until now for a chance to breathe.

His body was still trembling continuously.

"In this world, there is real terror—the existence of 'Gui'. Take note! They are not the ghosts of folklore because no matter how people die, whether hanging in red clothes, tortured before death, or harboring resentment, none can become a 'Gui'!"

"The reason they are called 'Gui' is to distinguish them from ghosts!"

Gui Yi's voice sounded certain, as if many had already tried, "And these 'Gui', some take human form, some are corpses, and some have no concrete shape at all... The only thing they have in common is that they are completely unkillable, whether by firearms, explosives or other conventional weapons, talisman water peach wood swords, Western holy relics, Buddhist consecration tools, and so on... nothing has any effect on them!"

"'Gui'... are entities beyond human comprehension, bringing absolute despair!"

"Anywhere Express Company is the existence behind us, it might be a god or it might be a demon... No one knows its specific form, just as no one has ever seen what the company's chairman looks like..."

"It only issues tasks through mobile phones for us to deliver to these 'Gui', with some special requirements attached. If not completed, we will be directly eradicated!"

"And after completing a task, there are material rewards. For example, as a temporary worker, completing a task can get you ten thousand in cash. After three internships, you become a regular employee and can receive company housing, with utilities and meals included... Heh heh..."

Gui Yi's voice held a mocking tone, "They say that higher positions like managers and directors have even better benefits, including private villas... However, no one has ever gained supernatural powers through promotion, whether it be telekinesis, qi, mana... and so on, they don't exist."

"Facing the 'Gui', we employees only have perpetual despair!"

"The work will become harder and harder, from ordinary daily tasks to end-of-the-month team building tasks, to the most terrifying annual 'Year-End Meetings'... It's said that the death rate for the large-scale 'Year-End Meeting' tasks exceeds ninety percent!"

"Once you enter the Company, the only hope is to complete a certain number of tasks and be promoted to a director level above the supervisor... Supposedly, that's when you'll find a way to resign permanently..."

...

As Gui Yi said this, Ali and the girl in the white dress did not interrupt, evidently agreeing.

"No... that's not right,"

Han Bingjie's face showed complete despair, "If 'Gui' are so terrifying... why have I never heard of them in reality, and why isn't there any media coverage?"

"If there were 'Gui' in the world, and people were dying frequently, the internet would have been in an uproar!"

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