Chapter 123 Sea Amusement Park (Part 32)
The smell of blood spreading on the seabed aroused the ferocity of the sharks. They began to frequently hit the bottom of the boat, trying to capsize it. The fragile hull gradually could not withstand the attacks of the sharks. The players realized that if they did not want the boat to capsize, they had to work together to deal with the sharks below.
Someone threw a tracking attack item into the sea to test it out, and then found that the giant sharks that seemed to have mutated had thick skin and flesh. The explosion of this power only injured a small piece of the shark's skin. Moreover, although these sharks were huge in size, they were very flexible in the water. The players who originally wanted to blow up their vital points also failed.
The tour guide was still drinking his drink. Seeing the crowd in a panic, he curled his lips. However, as a tour guide, he naturally couldn't just stand there and watch the fun, so he at least stood up and cheered them on.
However, when it saw a suspicious shadow approaching rapidly on the sea, it immediately found a place to hide.
"Bang!"
The first thought that came to Xia Yingnuan's mind was - So Ning Hanqi is like this in private, no wonder he always plays villains, he is just acting in his true colors.
But she wasn't very surprised. In all the games she had played, newcomers would be bullied to some extent and become stepping stones for veteran players.
She is very clear about the principle that the strong prey on the weak and the fittest survive.
Xia Yingnuan looked at Ning Hanqi and smiled, her two little canine teeth were pointed and looked very cute.
She suppressed her anxiety and said, "Don't worry, sister. I will try my best to help you."
Ning Hanqi glanced at her calmly, "Whatever you want."
Xia Yingnuan was not angry, she just smiled obediently.
At this time, Xinna urged: "Ladies, we need to hurry up."
Ning Hanqi walked into the apartment door swiftly and turned back to greet Xia Yingnuan, "Come in."
Xia Yingnuan followed obediently.
In this situation, she absolutely couldn't afford to offend Ning Hanqi. However, being too flattering and attentive would also leave a bad impression. So, she couldn't overdo it. She should just get along normally, and when the right opportunity presented itself, she should perform well and demonstrate her worth.
Sina clearly didn't care why there were two people instead of one. She simply continued to perform her duties as an NPC. She turned sideways and gestured "please" toward the corridor.
The corridor was long and narrow, just wide enough for two people to walk side by side. The light in the middle seemed to be out of place, flickering and causing the figures to sway with it.
Xia Yingnuan noticed that Ning Hanqi's left forearm was wrapped in a black ribbon, extending from wrist to elbow. The ribbon had a fine texture, its surface shimmering and flowing, making it clear at first glance that it was not an ordinary item.
During the interview just now, Ning Hanqi didn't have this thing on his arm...
Xia Yingnuan was muttering to herself when Xinna in front of her stopped at the door of the room at the end of the corridor on the first floor.
Perhaps to save money, there was no light on the ceiling at the end of the corridor, which made it almost shrouded in darkness and impossible to see anything clearly.
Xinna pushed open the door and introduced, "This is the administrator's duty room."
The room was immaculately clean. It wasn't large, but it had its own bathroom. Several spare key trays hung on the wall, each labeled with the room number. A single bed sat by the window, its bedding neatly folded.
Next to the bed was a half-man-high cabinet, somewhat worn in appearance, with four drawers. Hanging on the wall above the cabinet was a dressing mirror with a watermelon-red plastic frame, the most common, cheap style.
On top of the cabinet was a bookshelf filled with a lot of materials, and next to it were a kettle, cups, and other miscellaneous items.
"Everything is in the drawer." Xinna patted the cabinet and pulled out a roster from the bookshelf and handed it to her. "You just arrived, so go and greet every tenant here first. It will make things easier for you later."
The game panel pops up:
[Accept the main quest and greet the tenants in the apartment (0/7).]
Xia Yingnuan glanced at the time on the game panel. It was 8:30 in the evening.
She asked, "Will it disturb everyone's rest?"
She had just observed that the apartment building had seven floors, with many rooms on each floor. It would probably take several hours to greet every household.
Xina said: "No, it's hard to sleep well here at night. Everyone goes to bed late. And..."
She was silent for a moment, then added, "There aren't many people left."
Xia Yingnuan was just pondering the meaning of her words when Xinna opened the top drawer of the cabinet, took out two sets of black and white uniform skirts and matching leather shoes, and handed them to her. "These are the work uniforms of the apartment manager. You can change into them later."
She dug into her pocket and pulled out a key. "The key to the administrator's duty room."
Xia Yingnuan took the clothes and keys. In fact, she still had many questions to ask Xinna, but the other party seemed to be in a hurry and did not give her and Ning Hanqi a chance to speak. She finished what she wanted to say in one breath and then left in a hurry.
After Xinna left, Xia Yingnuan was attracted by the "Work Instructions" posted on the wall.
She removed the plates of keys that were blocking the way and began to peruse them.
A well-maintained apartment building cannot be run without an administrator. Administrators play an important role in the management and maintenance of the apartment building, so please take this seriously. In addition to regular on-duty duties, please note the following points.
First, the duty room can ensure your safety. Please return to the duty room and go to bed before 12 o'clock every night, and put an apple on the bedside.
Second, during your shift, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to leave the apartment.
Third, if your colleague meets with misfortune, please bring her body back to the duty room.
Fourth, be civilized at work and do not use violence against residents in the apartment.
Fifth, there is plenty of food and water in the cabinets in the duty room, please feel free to use them.
Sixth, there are two hidden rules about the corridors of the apartment. Please explore them on your own.
PS: Each tenant currently living in the apartment has a certain number of apples. Please find a way to get them from them. Good luck.
After reading, the system prompt pops up:
[Congratulations on unlocking [Work Instructions]. Please strictly abide by the contents, otherwise you will be punished.]
I don't know what the punishment is, but it's definitely not a good thing.
Xia Yingnuan read it again, committing the entire content to memory. The other rules were easy enough to deal with, but the most pressing matter now was getting an apple from another tenant before bed.
It just so happened that the system assigned them the task of "greeting the tenants", so they could try their luck when saying hello and see if anyone was willing to help them.
Ning Hanqi watched her with interest, "You adapt quickly."
Newcomers often get very emotional when entering a dungeon for the first time. She had seen so many newcomers panic and burst into tears, so she found Xia Yingnuan's composure quite amusing.
Xia Yingnuan said, "There's nothing I can do if I can't adapt. I can't just wait to die."
She has always been open-minded, even a little heartless. She was once described as "like a weed, it can survive anywhere with a little water."
Ning Hanqi chuckled, "Very good."
Xia Yingnuan said, "Sister, let's hurry up... No, why are you taking off your clothes?"
Before she could finish her words, Ning Hanqi appeared in front of her, quickly took off her dress and threw it into the closet.
A large area of skin as delicate as snow was exposed under the light, showing off its exquisite curves, and every detail was just right. Ning Hanqi casually brushed her long hair and calmly took the uniform placed beside her. "Change clothes, didn't the NPC just tell you to?"
Xia Yingnuan:......
It was too sudden, she was not prepared at all!
Ning Hanqi asked her caringly, "Aren't you going to change?"
"Change." Xia Yingnuan gritted her teeth and took off her clothes. Then she quickly put on her uniform and picked up the tenant list that Xinna gave her.
Ning Hanqi also came over and watched with her.
The roster has a total of seven pages, with a few big words printed on the cover - Xinling Apartment, your eternal harbor.
Inside is the list of residents from the first to the seventh floors, with twenty households on each floor.
This seems to be a single apartment, with only one person living in each household.
As Xina said, there are not many tenants left here now.
Most of the spaces behind the room numbers were empty, with only a few names scattered across the paper. Xia Yingnuan counted and discovered that besides her and Ning Hanqi, there was only one tenant on each floor. Including her and Ning Hanqi, there were only eight households.
It’s such a big building, but most of the rooms are empty. It’s really scary to think about it.
There was no more information on the roster, so the two decided to follow Sina's instructions and go greet the residents first and look for Apple.
Before leaving, Xia Yingnuan thought of something else and asked Ning Hanqi, "Sister, you look different now than you do in the real world. Did you do some disguise?"
The system prompt said that she was the 1,078,923rd player from Plane 7. This meant that in their world, over a million people had entered the game.
Ning Hanqi is a public figure. If he is recognized by others in the copy and his personal information is exposed, it will not be a good thing, so it is normal to hide his identity.
But when you think about it, with so many people participating in just one dimension, the total number of players in this game is probably a huge number.
Ning Hanqi said, "The game has a face-shaping function. You can use points to adjust your appearance in the game store, and buy the whole set as a spare face."
The game store should be a feature that she has not unlocked yet. Xia Yingnuan looked at her empty game panel and felt a little regretful.
She looked at Ning Hanqi pitifully and said, "Sister, when I unlock the mall, please teach me how to pinch my face. I'm really worried when I think about who will recognize me."
She was also a rising star, so it was always better to keep a low profile in dungeons. However, there was no need to worry about this dungeon. The system said it was a two-player mode, and besides her and Ning Hanqi, everyone else was an NPC.
Ning Hanqi said: "You must survive first."
Xia Yingnuan: ...This is fucking human language.
The building was quiet, the lights were dim, and it looked a bit desolate.
There was no smell of life in the corridor and every door was closed.
Following the list, the two walked to the only tenant's house on the first floor - Room 103 at the other end of the corridor.
Although the apartment is shabby, the door looks very new, as if it has been newly installed. It is made of metal and looks very sturdy.
Xia Yingnuan raised her hand and knocked, and there was a response from inside the door soon.
It was a sweet female voice: "Who is it?"
Xia Yingnuan said in a clear voice: "Hello, we are the new apartment managers, and we came to say hello to you."
There was a sound of footsteps, followed by rustling sounds.
Xia Yingnuan could feel that the other person was peeping at them through the peephole through the door.
She smiled calmly and read out the name from the list, "Ms. Zhang Wanjing, right?"
Soon, the door was pushed open and a young girl appeared in front of them.
She looks cute, wearing pink cartoon pajamas, and her hair is pinned up with a bow headband.
She said, "Hello, I'm Zhang Wanjing."
Xia Yingnuan said: "Hello, I'm Xia Yingnuan."
He pointed at the person next to him and said, "She is Ning Hanqi."
The game panel immediately displays:
[Complete the main quest and greet the tenants in the apartment (1/7).]
Zhang Wanjing looked at the two of them, then turned to Ning Hanqi, smiling with her eyes narrowed: "This is the first time I've seen such a beautiful administrator like you."
Xia Yingnuan was speechless.
Is this a step to slander? As an NPC, why should I care so much about appearance?
"I don't deserve it." Ning Hanqi seemed to be very pleased and smiled gently, "Miss Zhang, do you have any apples here?"
Zhang Wanjing shook her head and said simply, "No."
Ning Hanqi was not surprised. "Xina said you had apples, so maybe she was mistaken."
Xia Yingnuan's expression paused, and she quickly understood Ning Hanqi's intention.
Ning Hanqi deliberately changed the topic to Xinna, hoping to get more information about the former apartment manager from Zhang Wanjing.
She stared at Zhang Wanjing's face, trying to find some clues from it.
Zhang Wanjing's smile paused for a moment, then slowly disappeared from her face, replaced by a look of faint confusion.
"Xina?" She tilted her head and said dryly, "Who is that?"
The tour guide almost sneered, but then he realized it was the little princess who was asking the question, so he immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "I'll send a distress call to the Sea Whale, and someone will come to pick us up soon."
But when this signal is sent depends on its mood.
Time passed minute by minute, but there was no movement in the direction of the cruise ship in the distance. After the players treated their wounds, they took out the ingredients and kitchen utensils on the ship and started a fire to cook. They took a few pots and prepared some seafood stew and some instant noodles.
They weren't sure when help would arrive, so the most important thing now was to fill their stomachs.
After dinner, Ning Hanqi would look at the cruise ship in the distance from time to time. It seemed that the tour guide did not want them to go back tonight, but the sea was too dangerous at night, so they should use other means to go back.
While she was distracted, Xia Yingnuan had already peeled the meat of various crabs and picked the bones from the fish, and a small mountain of them gradually piled up in Ning Hanqi's bowl.
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