Chapter 125 Sea Amusement Park (Thirty-four)
Ning Hanqi soon discovered something unusual.
The blood on the ground has not dried yet. You have to know that the date on the Navigation Day personnel record starts with 19, which is a hundred years ago. How could the blood on the ground be wet?
What's even more strange is that Ning Hanqi can't feel the ghost's evil spirit from the blood. No, the time dimension here may be distorted.
“Crunch, crunch…”
In an instant, Xia Yingnuan felt cold all over.
At this moment, there was something in the open space beside the bed.
Perhaps it was observing her carefully with its eyes wide open, face close to hers, and planning how to eat her until nothing was left of her.
Xia Yingnuan was so frightened by this thought that she almost cried. She dared not move or make a sound. She bit her lip hard and forced herself to calm down.
She could feel the breathing getting closer, even a cold breath hitting her face. It seemed that the thing had noticed her fear and was waiting excitedly and cruelly for her to collapse.
A heavy feeling of oppression came over her, and just when Xia Yingnuan felt that she was about to be unable to bear it, Ning Hanqi, who was sleeping next to her, suddenly moved closer to her and put his arm around her waist.
Xia Yingnuan's body stiffened.
Ning Hanqi's body was soft and warm, pressed tightly against her, perhaps treating her as a pillow or quilt.
It’s strange to say, but the moment Ning Hanqi approached, that strange feeling of oppression disappeared without a trace, and the strange breathing sound also became much lighter.
The thing seemed to be afraid and moved away a little automatically.
Could Ning Hanqi be a ward off evil spirits? Xia Yingnuan didn't care about anything else. She quickly turned around and buried her face in Ning Hanqi's collarbone, her arms even more aggressively wrapping around him. The two of them embraced each other in an intimate posture, just like a couple in love often do.
She could even feel Ning Hanqi's heartbeat, which was very steady and not at all chaotic, which made her calm down a lot.
At this time, a crisp "crunching" sound rang in my ears again, like someone chewing something.
It is eating an apple.
Xia Yingnuan quickly realized it and felt annoyed.
Damn it, if she had known that apples were for eating, she would have stayed away from apples!
Fortunately, there was an apple, otherwise, she might have been the one eaten.
The thing quickly finished eating the apple, and the world returned to silence.
Ning Hanqi's even breathing was in her ears, and the other person's scent lingered on her nose. Xia Yingnuan felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and soon she fell asleep.
She slept soundly and woke up at half past seven.
Ning Hanqi had already gotten up and was rummaging through the cabinet with his back to her.
Xia Yingnuan rubbed her eyes, got out of bed, walked over, and asked, "Sister, what are you doing?"
Ning Hanqi pointed to the open drawer and said, "Find something to eat."
Since they entered the dungeon last night, the two of them had been so busy running around that they hadn't had a single drop of water. Hearing her words, Xia Yingnuan suddenly felt hungry.
She looked into the drawer and saw a lot of instant food, including instant noodles, bread, sausage, mineral water, milk, etc. There were also some fruits, but no apples.
This amount of food was enough for them to eat for three days. Xia Yingnuan calmed down, boiled some water, took out two boxes of instant noodles, opened them, and added the seasonings one by one. After making the instant noodles, she went to the bathroom to wash up briefly.
Ning Hanqi sat on the edge of the bed, flipping through the small notebook he had taken from Xina yesterday.
She read very quickly, the thin paper fluttering, and she soon reached the end.
Xia Yingnuan had nothing to do, so she plucked up her courage, bent down and looked under the bed.
There was nothing under the bed; Xina's body was gone. Perhaps the ghost that arrived last night wasn't satisfied with the apple and had a second meal. It was truly terrifying to contemplate.
Xia Yingnuan shook her head and forced herself not to think too much about it.
By the time the instant noodles were ready, Ning Hanqi had already finished reading the entire book. She casually placed the notebook on the table, grabbed a bucket of instant noodles, and started eating.
Xia Yingnuan discovered when they were on the crew before that Ning Hanqi loved to eat and was not picky about food. No matter what was given to her, she would eat it all without leaving any.
Moreover, Ning Hanqi's eating style is very elegant. Although he eats very quickly, he gives people a pleasing feeling. Sometimes Xia Yingnuan even thinks that Ning Hanqi is more suitable to be a food broadcaster than playing a villain.
Xia Yingnuan grabbed another bucket of instant noodles and ate while reading the notebook. She was very concerned about the "hidden rules" Wang Meng mentioned in her notes yesterday and wanted to see if anyone else had recorded something similar.
She soon discovered that Wang Meng was relatively lucky compared to the others. Some people only wrote a few words on the first and second days, and then the record was quietly cut off, most likely not making it to the third day.
Xia Yingnuan paid special attention to the previous administrators' comments on the current tenants. There was not much content, but it was consistent with the information they currently had, and there were no new clues.
Regarding Xue Lan, two people specifically praised her, saying she had generously helped them on the first day and given them apples. However, these two people seemed to have poor mental health, and the rest of their records were just descriptions of their fears, which was completely useless.
A few pages had been torn from the back of the notebook, missing exactly the part Xinna had recorded. Thinking of Xinna's tragic death, Xia Yingnuan suspected that Xinna had discovered some important clues and was being deliberately retaliated against.
Five minutes later, Ning Hanqi had already finished the entire bucket, not even leaving any soup. She wiped the corners of her lips with a tissue, then took a bag of bread and a carton of milk from the drawer and slowly tore open the packaging.
Xia Yingnuan was shocked: "You're still eating?"
She knew that Ning Hanqi had a big appetite, but she never expected that under such extreme conditions, his appetite would not be affected at all.
"It's delicious." Ning Hanqi seemed to be in a good mood. She bit the bread and pointed at the small notebook in her hand. "I've finished reading it. The two hidden rules of the corridor are very clear."
"The first rule is, if you hear someone behind you calling for help in the hallway, don't answer immediately. Take three steps back before you turn around."
"Second, if a body or part of a body suddenly appears in sight in the hallway, it's their leftovers. Pretend you didn't see it, don't say a word, and leave the floor. After a while, the body will disappear on its own."
These contents were also mentioned in the part Xia Yingnuan had just read, but to be cautious, she still read through the notebook again to make sure there was nothing wrong.
Holding the notebook, she asked Ning Hanqi, "What do you think these 'they' mentioned several times here are?"
Ning Hanqi was uninterested. "Just like last night, just an ordinary ghost bound by rules."
Xia Yingnuan: ...What are you regretting?
After dinner, the two of them sorted out the floor information again.
The apartment has seven floors, with one family on each floor.
Living on the first floor is Zhang Wanjing, a sweet and lovely but a little crazy girl.
On the second floor is Ren Qiu, a gentle woman who has puppets at home and is unwilling to talk to them.
On the third floor is Liu Zhou, a middle-aged man who is obsessed with sex and is also an alcoholic.
On the fourth floor is Lu Jun, a seemingly harmless socially anxious man who also refuses to communicate.
The fifth floor is home to Mo Shu, the most mysterious one. Her door is covered with runes. She never speaks and never shows her face.
On the sixth floor is Song Yun, a timid little girl who doesn't dare to open the door.
On the seventh floor is Xue Lan, a dangerous woman who carries a life on her shoulders, but she does not show any aggression towards them, instead she offers apples as a help.
Xia Yingnuan had a good memory. After sorting it out, she memorized everyone's information.
At this time, the game panel popped up again.
[Accept the main quest and clean the apartment corridor within three hours (0/1).]
[Please note that the corridors on each floor need to be cleaned. ]
Xia Yingnuan looked at the game panel and said, "Huh?" She pointed to the upper right corner of the panel and said, "Sister, there's an extra buff here."
Then she remembered that the panel was only visible to her, so she tried to adjust it so that Ning Hanqi could see her game panel.
She asked Ning Hanqi, "Sister, did you see it?"
Ning Hanqi glanced at her panel and said, "I see." Then he said, "I also have this buff, probably because of the apple."
Xia Yingnuan clicked on the buff, and the buff description popped up next to it.
[Xue Lan’s Help]: This is a sign that Xue Lan has helped you. It can be stacked up to three layers, the current one is the first layer.
Xia Yingnuan quickly realized that this was because they had used the apples Xue Lan had given them last night to escape the ghosts' invasion. There were three apples, and if they used one, they would be multiplied.
Although there was no more detailed description, she inexplicably felt that this was not a good thing. She even suspected that Xue Lan's purpose in helping them was to stack buffs.
"Let's go do the task first." Ning Hanqi stood up, "Look for the torn pages of records, and by the way, see if there is anything that can replace the apple."
Xia Yingnuan thought the same as she did, so the two decided to go out and clean up.
Before leaving, Xia Yingnuan searched the room thoroughly, trying to find some weapons to defend herself. Finally, she found a household hammer at the bottom of a drawer, about the length of her forearm.
Although she doesn't know how to use it very well, it's better than nothing, so Xia Yingnuan still chooses to take it with her.
There is a trash can at the entrance of each corridor, and you just need to dump the swept garbage in. However, the two soon discovered that the corridor was very clean. Apart from a little dust, there was no other garbage at all.
When passing by the door of Zhang Wanjing's room on the first floor, Xia Yingnuan hesitated and said, "Should I talk to her again?"
She really wanted to dig out some clues from Zhang Wanjing, but she also felt that since they had just talked last night, disturbing her again in the morning would only make her more resistant.
"Don't think too much." Ning Hanqi was obviously more open-minded than her. She raised her hand and knocked on the door. "She didn't have a good impression of you anyway."
Xia Yingnuan: "...That's right."
It made so much sense that she couldn't refute it.
Zhang Wanjing's house was very quiet. She didn't know if it was because no one was there or if they hadn't gotten up yet. Seeing no one around, Xia Yingnuan turned the doorknob and found that it was locked.
I had originally wanted to go in and look around while the NPC was away to see if I could find any clues. Xia Yingnuan had just sighed when she saw Ning Hanqi slowly pulling out a small set of keys from his pocket. These were the spare keys to the seven tenants' rooms that had been hanging on the wall.
Xia Yingnuan was immediately delighted. She picked out Zhang Wanjing's key according to the room number on the key and asked casually, "When did you take it down? I didn't even see it."
Ning Hanqi said, "While you sleep." She put the other keys into her pocket and said, "Learn."
Xia Yingnuan felt that the other party omitted the second half of the sentence, which was "Don't hold me back."
"I know, I know." Xia Yingnuan was flexible and put the key into the keyhole, but at this moment, the system prompt suddenly popped up.
[Since the tenant [Zhang Wanjing] is still alive, you are not allowed to enter her room without permission.]
Xia Yingnuan stared at the words for two seconds, then turned to seek Ning Hanqi's opinion, "Sister, this..."
This hint clearly means that they can only enter and leave Zhang Wanjing's room freely after she dies.
Ning Hanqi had obviously also received the system prompt and decisively gave up the idea of entering Zhang Wanjing's room. "Let's go."
Xia Yingnuan quickly followed her footsteps: "What should we do now?"
"Check on others first." Ning Hanqi went straight up to the second floor, walked all the way to the end of the corridor, and started cleaning. Seeing Xia Yingnuan's unwilling face, she said, "There are still six people. What if someone else died?"
Xia Yingnuan laughed: "Sister, you are too mean..."
At this moment, I suddenly felt a furry touch on the exposed instep.
Xia Yingnuan was stunned and looked down at her feet. What caught her eye was a bunch of fluffy gray hair.
Through the gaps in her hair, a bloodshot eyeball could be vaguely seen. The irregular, gnawed wound, the glaring red mixed with the white, had a profound visual impact on her.
Suddenly, half a human head appeared out of thin air next to her broom.
It’s from Liuzhou.
Unfortunately, not long after, the old captain's angry scolding was heard outside the door, accompanied by the sound of the other party drawing a sword. The "young people" in the room panicked for a moment, but they also had weapons in their hands, and in desperation they raised their axes and chopped at the old captain.
Ning Hanqi could only see the messy footsteps of those "people" while lying under the bed. One punch was no match for four hands, let alone the old captain and five young crew members. Soon the old captain was defeated.
The crew, who were blood-thirsty, swung their axes and directly chopped off the old captain's neck.
"Bang!" The old captain's head fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and then with the shaking of the ship, his head rolled "gurgling" to the side of the bed, and his eyes, which were still open in death, were looking at Ning Hanqi.
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