An exclamation mark lit up above Shippo’s head under the sunlight.
The teenager sat down on his knees, “Thanks to the grace of God-sama, this one-of-a-kind wonder has given homeless ghosts a place to live, and has given more citizens the chance to learn from the ghosts’ knowledge and experience.”
The construction of this new wonder in Salt City soon attracted the scattered ghosts.
They gathered in twos and threes and walked into the tower.
As long as they are in the tower, the ghosts will not sink into the Sea of Mirth and will be able to retain themselves for a long time.
According to Lu Yao’s visual estimation, there were about fifty ghosts in Salt City who had stayed in the [Ghost Lighthouse]. In the lighthouse, the ghost’s body became less illusory and its appearance became much clearer. But even so, ordinary people still couldn’t see them.
Unlike humans, ghosts did not require much space per se, but they also had their own preferences.
Some prefer jars, selecting a clay pot to use as a habitat.
Some love books and a particular book is their manor.
Some were fishermen during their lifetime and couldn’t get enough of fishing and loved being attached to a fishing rod.
Some loved beauty and made their homes in fine robes hanging on racks.
……
A forest of items were moved into the lighthouse.
It looked like a huge second-hand grocery shop with a wide variety of items on display.
But in fact, these were the dwellings of the ghosts.
Lu Yao locked his viewpoint on Shibao’s head.
The Teenage Prophet entered the high tower and followed the spiral steps all the way to the top of the tower, where there was a bonfire piled up with stones, only it wasn’t lit.
Shippo faced the stone bonfire and a dialogue box floated above his head.
“O honourable ghosts of Sanilo, I am Shippo, Seer of Salt City.”
“Please, can you hear me?”
Green ghostly flames suddenly rose from the campfire.
Several dialogue boxes popped up inside.
“I hear you, what’s up?”
“Eh? Prophet ah, your voice sounds like a small child, is it really a prophet?”
“Hey, hey, hey? In?”
“I can hear you, I can hear you, can you hear me?”
“Make way, make way. Greetings, Prophet Shippo, I am Chapman, Mayor of Sanilo, and I hear you loud and clear. The Ghost Lighthouse works well, and I welcome the ghosts from your side of the world to come over here as guests and visitors.”
An exclamation mark lit up above Shippo’s head, followed by a smiley face.
Thoughts floated above his head, “Looks like there’s no problem, it’s really smooth. From now on, the connection with Saniro will become very swift, Salt City is ahead of Yao City this time.”
Lu Yao said in his heart, this Yancheng people’s obsession with the lighthouse could indeed be described as obsessive.
The development of Yancheng is also really twisted.
Around and around, lighthouses were built and collapsed. After many years, it became the current Ghost Lighthouse, which instead took a new direction from the ghosts as a group.
As far as the naked eye could see, ghosts from around the area flocked to settle in the lighthouse.
It was difficult to count just how many dead people there were in the Pixel World, but there was no doubt that it would be a very large group. Because the villain will always die one day, many of the dead will become ghosts.
Lu Yao noticed that in just a short period of time, the population of Salt City had increased by 1,200 people.
Yancheng: 33,881
In the population detail, the number of ghosts is 1,273.
On the other hand, the population of Yao City is around 35,000.
The populations of the two cities were already extremely close.
If the current trend continued, it wouldn’t be long before Yancheng’s population would surpass Yao City’s for the first time.
……
The establishment of the [Ghost Lighthouse] has brought many changes to Salt Lake City.
The first was the birth of the Ghost Merchant group.
It must be said that even after death, merchants are obsessed with making a profit. It was no longer a job, but a professional instinct and desire that controlled them.
And since they were ghosts, they didn’t have to eat or drink, and they were better able to cut costs and make more profit.
In the past, when there were no ghosts on a large scale, they hadn’t appeared, but now that the number of Salt Pond ghosts continued to surge, they immediately became active.
Unlike the living, ghosts don’t need a lot of consumables, but they do have a need to consume.
The most common, for example, is replacing habitat items. Just like ordinary citizens, ghosts want to change to better and improved housing if they have the spare capacity.
There were also rare special collections, such as customised urns made by dwarves, underground coffins dug out by sandworms, and various corals and giant conchs found in the sea by fishmen.
Ghosts trade differently than the living, and they are natural sources of information.
Transcendent beings also have a need for learning human languages, and the Spectres are the perfect teachers; they are not easily harmed by transcendent beings, and most have a wealth of human experience.
Due to the secretive manner of their own existence, ghosts can come and go to all sorts of dangerous places with ease, so they know and see much more than ordinary humans do as well.
The Ghost Lighthouse becomes a place similar to a human tavern, where ghosts gather and interact, and their outward professions are usually teachers, information peddlers, and announcers.
Soon, this caused new trouble: there were more spooks, which made ordinary citizens feel uneasy.
The Citizens’ Council of Salt City soon passed a new bill called the Code of Conduct for Spectral Citizens.
Several restrictions were given in it. The first one was that ghosts were strictly prohibited from illegally intruding into other citizens’ residences, harassing and affecting the order of the city, and would be severely punished and arrested upon discovery.
As a secular city, Salt City was the first to bring spectral citizens under its jurisdiction.
Due to the existence of the [Ghost Lighthouse], Salt City was able to maintain close contact with [Saniro]. Saniro had a wealth of experience in managing ghost citizens, and Salt City had learnt a lot from him.
After a brief period of uneasiness, the people of Salt City quickly accepted the existence of the Ghost.
After all, they were usually invisible.
But that wasn’t the main reason.
Several bold pixel villains had comprehended [Psychic], gained knowledge and quests from the ghosts, and made a huge fortune. Two of the scholars had even made a name for themselves, eating up the first wave of dividends.
The people of Salt City had always been pragmatic.
The fact that it was profitable made them immediately active! People often enter on lighthouse open houses to try to meet spooky friends, even if they can’t see them, and it’s good to mix it up and see if they have any luck with psychics.
The arrival of the wandering ghosts from the outside world one after another also further increased the size of the ghosts in the city, which in turn brought more opportunities and information about the outside world to the whole city.
The heat of the [Museum of the Old Days] was quickly overshadowed by the [Ghost Lighthouse], after all, the latter brought much more intuitive benefits.
From Lu Yao’s God’s perspective, it seemed that the establishment of the lighthouse spectacle had brought an important opportunity to the city.
Connection.
Salt Lake City and Thousands of miles away, Sanilo were linked as one.
In simple terms, a special network of ghost radio stations had been set up in Salt City. As long as there were ghost announcers, news transmission became accessible in a flash, and was vital for both trade and communication.
Lu Yao turned his attention to Yao City.
Would Yao Cheng join the Ghost Radio system?
Soon after, a [Ghost Lighthouse] was also built in Yao City to the east.
Prophet Medicine Spoon was as steady and sensible as ever.
Thus, the three cities are further connected and interconnected with each other through the power of the Ghosts.
The source behind this major change is the teenage prophet, Shippo, who has only just emerged.
……
Lu Yao confirmed that the three cities continued to make steady progress before he set his eyes on the overseas islands.
The general environment was relatively stable, and now was the time to breach the first layer of the Abyss.
Lu Yao was very interested in the Curse Worms.
He didn’t know how strong the other side was, but it was said that they were very resistant to facing Miracle Damage.
Lu Yao squeezed his fingers.
Let’s try resisting the 110,000 magnitude Faith Bombardment then.
