These two chickened out so quickly that Yu Ling hadn't even reacted before two hands were already on her calves. However, they were careful not to grope her; they just looked at Yu Ling with pious expressions, sincerely wanting to cling to her big, thick leg.

"Alright, look at you all, so pathetic!"

Yu Ling kicked them away in disgust. From the player interface, she could see that she had inherited An Yu's progress and was currently on the fourth beginner quest, while they... had already shared their panels with her and were all newbies who had only reached the third beginner quest.

According to Yu Sicai's confession, the two of them were matched together from the first newbie mission. They were not familiar with each other at first, and did not meet in the second mission. They met by chance in this village.

Since they were familiar with each other and both were known for their cautious and cunning ways, they decided to work together.

Yu Sicai and Wang Wei both received 400 points. They didn't complete any other tasks. Aside from buying some food, drinks, money, and life-saving items, they didn't waste their points and saved them all. They even said they wanted to give the points to Yu Ling to ensure their safety, but Yu Ling refused.

His account is prohibited from trading; he cannot buy things, transfer them, or receive payments. Yu Ling wanted to help but was powerless to do so.

"Alright, keep that little bit of money for your own survival. I can take you with me, but you have to listen to me. Also, I'm not the kind of person who saves everyone I see. If you can't accept that I'm ignoring other players, you'd better leave now."

"How could that be? We're not saints, we don't care if they die!" Wang Wei immediately assured them. "Other players are probably just using us as cannon fodder, they might not even be grateful for saving us..."

Seeing that Yu Ling's expression was off, Yu Sicai immediately added, "Of course we wouldn't. We don't have any special skills, we're just pragmatic, whatever you say goes!"

"Boss, we don't even need side quests or hidden quests. Just take us with you when you leave the village, please! We can get the work done!"

Yu Ling didn't answer whether she believed it or not, but she began to explain her plans and the distribution of NPCs to them. Having two players to help her confuse the situation would also help her build a good relationship with the ghost NPC.

When Si Cai and Wang Wei learned that the family they were staying with was actually the village head, they breathed a sigh of relief.

They were just lucky, but Yu Ling came looking for him on her own, so she must be a big shot!

The three "players" stayed at the village chief's house, and the day seemed to pass peacefully. As dusk fell, the old village chief brought two bowls of rice into the house and called Yu Ling out separately, saying that he wanted to have dinner with her in the main room.

If these two ostracized individuals hadn't known that Yu Ling was also a player, they would have really been treated differently by the old village chief and mistaken for Yu Ling's friend.

"Boss... look at this..." They didn't plan to eat the food given by the NPC, but they were afraid the village chief would get angry if they didn't eat it, so they looked at Yu Ling with pleading eyes.

"Eat up," Yu Ling said. "I'll be right back after I finish eating, don't wait for me."

The village chief did not put any drugs in the food, but all the food in the village was contaminated. Yu Ling, being an NPC, was naturally immune to it.

However, these two players will be infected with this ghostly thing as soon as they breathe, and they can't escape it even if they don't eat, so it's better to numb the NPCs.