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Chapter 17 Boss, can you even place an order in Heaven with this app?
Li's soul seemed to have its last bit of energy drained away, flickering violently a few times before almost collapsing on the spot.
He looked at Chu Jiang with a look of despair in his eyes, a fear of the "client" that transcended life and death.
"Boss, just kill me." Li's voice was weak. "One day, and it's just an application. Even if I was the graphic designer and tester under the project manager when I was alive, I couldn't have made this."
"Don't be so pessimistic." Chu Jiang patted him on the shoulder, acting like a close buddy. "Our company values humanistic care and never forces overtime."
A glimmer of hope rekindled in Li's eyes.
"Let's have voluntary overtime," Chu Jiang said immediately.
Li the coder's inner flame went out again.
"Here's what I'll do: I'll assign you two assistants." Chu Jiang pointed to the several ghosts beside him who were already dumbfounded. "Those who were illustrators in life will be your UI designers. Those who used to be accountants will be your testers."
He pointed to the river again, where the Soul-Devouring Beast was stretching its mouth wide to its ears.
"Server, that's it. An ancient ferocious beast as a server, this configuration is unique in the entire underworld, enough for you to brag about for hundreds of years."
Li, the coder, is numb.
"As for your salary..." Chu Jiang leaned close to his ear and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Once the project goes live, I guarantee you a place on the payroll of my 'Three Paths Ferry'."
"The holy water of merit is plentiful every day. When you've served for three hundred years and retire, I'll personally send you into reincarnation and arrange a deluxe 'Child of Destiny' package for you, the kind where you're born with three advantages."
Li, the coder, suddenly brightened his dead fish-like eyes.
A chosen one? Born with three cheat codes?
"Boss!" He grabbed Chu Jiang's hand abruptly, his soul solidifying like never before. "Where's the requirements document? Where's the prototype? Tonight, nobody's sleeping!"
He turned around, like a general on steroids, and charged into the group of ghosts applying for jobs, beginning to assign his troops.
"You, the one who drew those erotic pictures, come here and draw me some icons!"
"You, the one who's fastest at calculating, come here and calculate the server's capacity limit!"
"And you, the one with the most ex-girlfriends, come design the user emotional feedback module for me!"
The entire Santu Ferry crossing instantly transformed into a bustling startup hub.
Chu Jiang nodded in satisfaction, keeping his achievements and fame hidden.
He returned to his spirit boat in the underworld, brewed himself a cup of holy water, and leisurely watched the group of "new employees" work hard all night.
……
The next day, just as dawn was breaking.
With dark circles under his eyes even larger than when he was alive, Li, the coder, floated in front of Chu Jiang, holding a "cell phone" made of soul-nourishing wood.
"Boss, I have accomplished my mission." With trembling hands, he handed over the "phone." "'Three Paths Crossing' 1.0 beta version is now online."
Chu Jiang took it and looked at it.
The interface is simple and clear, with only three buttons: [Call a Boat Now], [Reserve a River Crossing], and [VIP Access].
The background image is the Soul Devouring Beast's standard smiling face, which it had practiced all night, and it looks particularly mentally polluting.
"That's great, it really reflects our company's corporate culture," Chu Jiang complimented.
He placed the "phone" on the stone tablet at the ferry crossing.
"Alright, the public beta is now open! The first 100 customers to place an order will get a 50% discount on their tickets!"
With a loud "boom," the ghosts queuing below went crazy, stretching out their hands to poke at the screen.
"Me first! Me first! I was the fastest at grabbing deals in my life, my hand speed was unbeatable!"
"Get lost! I've been single for five hundred years. I'm not clicking on the screen, I'm clicking on loneliness!"
Just as the ghosts were fighting tooth and nail for it.
"Ding-dong—"
A crisp notification sound came from the "phone".
The first order popped up on the screen.
[User: *** (garbled text)]
[Starting point: The Sea of Netherworld Mist]
[Destination: The Gate of Return]
[Payment Method: Heavenly Merit]
Order Amount: 10,000 points
All the ghosts were stunned.
The Sea of Netherworld Mist? Where is that? Does the Underworld have such a place?
Heavenly merit? This thing is far superior to the merit of the underworld; it is said that only immortals who successfully undergo tribulation can obtain it.
10,000 points!
Chu Jiang was also stunned when he saw the order.
He'd been rowing for so long, and even with all his good deeds and critical hits combined, he'd only earned around 100,000. And this one deal only made 10,000?
Where did this rich second-generation heir come from, experiencing life in the underworld?
"I'll take this order myself," Chu Jiang decided immediately.
He put away his "cell phone" and jumped onto the spirit boat to the underworld.
"Bruch, Lee the programmer, watch the house. Business is suspended until I get back."
After saying that, he followed the vague location on the order, rowed the oar, and the Yellow Spring Spirit Boat transformed into a streak of light, instantly disappearing at the end of the ferry and heading towards that unknown waters where no one had ever set foot.
The deeper one goes into the River of the Underworld, the darker the water becomes, and the stronger the resentment grows.
However, the Yellow Spring Spirit Boat radiated a precious light of merit, and wherever it passed, the resentment automatically dissipated.
After paddling for an unknown amount of time, a thick, white fog appeared ahead.
In the fog, time and space became disordered, and even Chu Jiang's Netherworld Eye could not see through it.
Just then, the Soul-Cleansing Lamp at the bow of the ship shone brightly, shooting straight into a certain direction in the thick fog, guiding him on his way.
After passing through the thick fog, the view suddenly opened up before us.
The water here is no longer the black of the River of the Underworld, but a deep, dark blue, with starlight floating on its surface, like a dream.
On a small, lonely islet, a figure stood quietly with his back to him.
It was a woman.
She wore a plain white dress, the hem of which swayed gently in the breeze, her long black hair cascading down like a waterfall, exuding an ethereal and aloof aura.
Just a glimpse of her back is enough to make one feel ashamed and inferior, someone who can only admire her from afar.
Chu Jiang slowly brought the boat to shore.
"Hello, did you place the order through 'Santu Express'?" Chu Jiang asked, breaking the silence of the place.
The woman slowly turned around.
Chu Jiang saw her face clearly.
It was a face beyond words, serene and aloof like the moon, exquisitely beautiful and otherworldly. Yet, in those eyes lay a touch of innocent naiveté, and a hint of…disdain for her surroundings.
"Is this the Netherworld?" the woman asked, her voice clear and melodious like jade beads falling onto a plate, yet her tone was as cold as ice.
"The air here is polluted, the spiritual energy is thin, and the laws are chaotic. How could this be a place for the reincarnation of living beings?"
She frowned slightly, glanced at Chu-Jiang, and then looked at the Yellow Spring Spirit Boat behind him.
"You are the boatman here?"
Chu Jiang nodded, thinking to himself that this fairy sister was quite pretentious.
"Get on the ship, I will take you to the gate of your return."
The woman's face showed obvious resistance.
"This boat may seem ordinary, but it's tainted by too much filth from the souls of mortals. I..."
She hadn't finished speaking.
Chu Jiang was getting impatient.
He jumped off the boat, walked up to the woman, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her back onto the boat.
"Oh dear, my dear lady, you're already here, why are you being so picky? I'm in a hurry, I have a meeting to attend this afternoon."
The woman was clearly taken aback by someone's rudeness and froze.
She tried to break free, but found that this "boatman," who appeared to be only at the Ghost King level, possessed astonishing strength in his hands, and her meager immortal power was simply insufficient to break free.
And so, Chu Jiang half-dragged and half-pulled him onto the Yellow Spring Spirit Boat.
"You! How dare you!" The woman was both ashamed and angry, a blush rising on her cheeks, which added to her stunning beauty.
"Hold on tight."
Chu Jiang was too lazy to waste words with her, so he picked up the oar and gently rowed the boat.
The spirit boat glided smoothly into the water.
He casually took a clean jade cup from the cabin, scooped out a cup of holy water, and handed it over.
"Drink some water to moisten your throat, don't ruin your voice by shouting."
"I don't want to!" The woman turned her head to the side.
Chu Jiang ignored her and started rowing the boat on his own.
The Yellow Springs Spirit Boat sailed on the deep blue water, its hull emitting a soft, precious light that attracted the surrounding starlight, causing specks of light to fall on the boat, creating a dreamlike scene.
Inside the cabin, ethereal and melodious music began to play. It was "The Serenity Song," which Chu Jiang had redeemed with merit points from the system shop.
The woman initially kept a straight face, but gradually, she became attracted by the scene around her.
She could sense that the ship was not as filthy as she had imagined, but rather filled with pure and peaceful power of merit.
Sitting on this boat, she felt the weariness of the mortal world that she had accumulated during her tribulations being washed away little by little, and her immortal body felt indescribably comfortable.
She stole a glance at Chu Jiang and found that he wasn't even looking at her. He was focused on rowing the fancy boat, humming a strange tune that she couldn't understand.
She glanced again at the glass of "water" on the table, which shone with an alluring luster.
After hesitating for a moment, she picked up the cup and carefully took a sip.
The next second, her usually cool and aloof eyes widened instantly.