My Strange Tale Love Strategy Simulator

As the night passed, Zhang Ying slept soundly and peacefully due to exhaustion, almost instantly closing his eyes until dawn.

I drew back the curtains to see the sky covered with dark clouds and a light drizzle falling.

He stretched lazily, and crackling sounds came from his body.

"That feels good."

After finishing breakfast, he picked up his shoulder bag and umbrella for the trip, went out, walked to the bus stop, and boarded bus number 11, which leads to Qianda Plaza.

On the bus, Zhang Ying was looking up information about the Dacang City Qianda Plaza on his phone.

Next week, Crescent Technology Co., Ltd. will hold a large-scale promotional speech at Qianda Plaza, targeting the public and various media outlets. The presentation will focus on their new product, which is said to be poised to create a global innovation frenzy.

The company is keeping the details of this new product a closely guarded secret, revealing almost nothing. However, based on internal leaks online and expert speculation, the new product is likely a truly immersive VR device unlike anything ever seen before on the market.

Zhang Ying wasn't interested in this kind of information; what interested him were the companies giving promotional speeches.

"New Moon Technology is the core of Okura City's economic competition with other cities, and can almost be considered one of Okura City's representatives. I didn't expect Li Ziqing's father to be a senior executive in this company? He's quite something."

Zhang Ying's purpose was clear: to conduct preliminary reconnaissance before New Moon Company came to Qianda Plaza for promotion, and to test the Ghost Eye.

Qianda Plaza has a large flow of people and is very popular. Even if there are monsters, they would have a hard time detecting them, making it perfect for testing the Ghost Eye.

puff.

The No. 11 bus stopped, and the bus announcement sounded:

"Qianda Plaza has arrived. Please exit from the rear door in order. Please be careful when the door opens and walk carefully when getting off. Next stop: Liangcheng Home Furnishings. Passengers going to Liangcheng Home Furnishings, please prepare to get off in advance and move towards the door."

Stepping off the bus, it was still raining outside. Zhang Ying opened his umbrella and walked into the interior of Qianda Plaza.

It was Sunday, and despite the light rain, Wanda Plaza was still bustling with people. Car after car drove into the underground parking lot, forming a long queue. The rich aroma of bread wafted from the mall entrance, making even Zhang Ying, who had already eaten breakfast, feel a little hungry.

Upon entering the square, Zhang Ying did not immediately scout out the location. Instead, he sat on a chair in the rest area at the busiest intersection, watching the passersby.

"Let me take a good look at the other world described in the introduction of the Mysterious Eye."

With a slight thought, Zhang Ying summoned a cloud of gray mist that gathered before his eyes, causing a slight stinging sensation and discomfort in his eyes. If someone were to stare into his pupils now, they would notice that they had become even darker and deeper.

He was instantly stunned by the scene before him.

The world seemed to be covered by a black and white filter, making the details of pedestrians' movements clearer, and even the movement of a passerby's hair could be seen clearly.

But none of that was enough to shock him. What shocked him was what he saw behind some people!

Among the passersby, some had ghostly blue spirits floating behind them. These spirits were blurry in shape and appeared to be quite benign.

As Zhang Ying stared at him, the simulator panel lit up and gave him a very user-friendly introduction.

Good intentions

The benevolent spirit that forms after a person dies usually attaches itself to family members, benefactors, or good people. It can bring good luck to the person it attaches to and dispel evil thoughts, similar to a guardian spirit.

Behind some people float gray spirits, whose shapes are slightly clearer and whose faces are rather serious and evil.

[Evil Thoughts]

[Evil spirits formed after a person dies typically attach themselves to wicked people, enemies, or bad people, bringing misfortune and nightmares to the possessed individual.]

Some people even had red spirits floating behind them. These spirits were particularly clear in shape, with ferocious faces and larger bodies than ordinary spirits.

[Resentment]

[The spirit that forms from resentment after death usually attaches itself to the person who harbors resentment or has extreme resentment. This can burden the possessing person's body, causing minor illnesses or even serious illness and death.]

Aside from these three types of spirits, Zhang Ying hadn't seen any other spirits. Good thoughts, evil thoughts, and resentful thoughts floated behind him, with good thoughts being the most numerous, followed by evil thoughts, and resentful thoughts the least numerous.

"No wonder there's an old saying that good people are rewarded and evil people are punished by evil people. What kind of person attracts what kind of thoughts? I wonder if there's a thought following me too?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Ying got excited and got up from his seat. Under the pretext of choosing clothes, he went into a clothing store, picked out a piece of clothing at random, and went into the fitting room.

He looked at himself in the mirror with his eerie eyes.

What puzzled him was that there was no spirit behind him, but there was a thread, an extremely thin red thread.

The red thread emitted a faint red glow, extending from his spine, passing through the mall's ceiling, its destination unknown.

"Could this red thread be connecting me and Li Ziqing?" Zhang Ying immediately thought of the things that had happened between him and Li Ziqing.

Li Ziqing entered the simulator's love manual, where a red thread connected the human and the ghost together, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

"Should I call this a mismatched pairing or an unresolved love between a human and a monster? Although I sympathize with Li Ziqing, strategizing to win over a monster and truly falling in love with a monster are completely different things!"

He rubbed his cheeks vigorously, his pupils rolling upwards.

"Does this mean I'm destined to spend my whole life with monsters? I've never experienced the awkwardness of a first love, the sweetness of romance. Who's going to make up for the real love I'm missing?!"

"Sigh." Zhang Ying sighed and walked out of the fitting room, his face full of disappointment. Even the sales assistant who came up to promote his services gave up on trying to sell him anything when she saw his expression, and just smiled apologetically and welcomed him to come again next time.

As Zhang Ying walked out of the clothing store, he had a pretty good idea of ​​the purpose of the Ghost Eye.

Besides being able to see ghosts and monsters, these eyes can also determine whether a person is good or bad by observing the spirits attached to their back. As long as they aren't discovered by the ghosts and monsters, these eyes are quite useful.

Just as he was about to shut down the Evil Eye and prepare to scout out the location where Crescent Technology was promoting its products.

A dark, inky shadow suddenly appeared in his field of vision. A completely different spirit floated behind a man dressed in heavy clothing, wearing a mask and hat, and passed by Zhang Ying's eyes.

Before Zhang Ying could even see what the dark shape was, a sharp pain shot through his eyes. He covered his eyes, gasped, and leaned against the wall for a while before feeling much better.

The Eerie Eye was forcibly shut down, reducing sanity by one.

My brain feels slightly tired, and the Evil Eye cannot be activated again for a short time.

A strong sense of curiosity spread through Zhang Ying's heart. Looking at the back of the man who was wrapped up tightly, he swallowed hard.

What exactly is the shadowy figure following the man?

Is it a ghost? Or a spirit unlike any other?

After thinking for a moment, he quietly followed the man's footsteps, intending to wait for the eerie eye to cool down before investigating further.