Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work

Chapter 128

Dreamscape Collector.

A device distributed by Daydream Corporation to its Field Exploration Team employees, designed specifically to collect "dream-like" liquid substances found within ghost stories.

The concentration of the liquid depended on the difficulty level of the ghost story being cleared.

Among the substances I had seen in person, the highest grade was...

“A.”

The anomalous manifestation of The Choir of Sacrifices on the Tuesday Talk Show and In the Black Shadow from Sekwang Industrial High School.

Both liquids were radiant, gleaming with a dazzling golden hue.

But the liquid I was holding now...

“Oh, my.”

In addition, it carried a holographic shimmer, like an oriental pattern floating on its surface.

Previously, ghost stories cataloged by Daydream Corporation were typically graded based on implicit standards:

Danger levels, mystery, ominousness, scale—generally what one might expect when imagining a ghost story.

But for A-grade and above, a higher standard was needed.

Thus, a new condition was established:

“In the darkness, whom do you face?”

A ghost story could only qualify as Abyssal Grade if it transcended the atmosphere of cosmic horror and involved confronting an entity that embodied the essence of cosmic horror itself.

“But does Brown’s Midnight Talk Show really meet that level?”

Sure, I worked there as a staff member for a month before escaping, but that seemed a bit excessive.

Brown came off as an unhinged supernatural talk show host and an incredibly powerful paranormal entity, but calling it cosmic horror? He felt surprisingly approachable, even friendly, to humans.

Maybe the liquid didn’t fill the Dreamscape Collector during the show but was instead just a bonus included with the collectible itself.

“And the reason I got this collectible must be...”

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