Chapter 127 Sea Amusement Park (Thirty-Six)
With Xia Yingnuan's help, Ning Hanqi felt much more relaxed. She could take the gold in the box away, and she could concentrate on studying the things left behind by the old captain.
Xia Yingnuan took a thick theology book and flipped through a few pages. The words composed of letters were very difficult to understand, which meant that it was difficult for ordinary people to detect the secrets in these books. If they were not knowledgeable enough, they could only follow the monster's routine.
However, gradually, Xia Yingnuan found that she could gradually understand what was written in the book. Her previous knowledge reserves were awakened as she came into contact with the corresponding content, so Xia Yingnuan sat next to Ning Hanqi and helped her study one of the books.
During this period, Ning Hanqi told Xia Yingnuan the information he had collected in such a short time, including the sacrificial ceremony that needed to be held if they wanted to leave here. Here they needed to prepare three sacrifices, namely gold, flesh and blood, and a believer.
Ning Hanqi had seen the offering of the believer in the booklet in the old captain's trunk. The owner of the other logbook was also unaware of this. Why had the old captain deliberately concealed this from Bud? He'd already disclosed the other two offerings, so why would he conceal the last one? Unless... that last one would endanger Bud's interests? That was hard to say.
Xia Yingnuan felt like vomiting three liters of blood. She flipped through the book again speechlessly and found that in addition to the long lectures, the book also had some exercises at the back.
Question 1: If your boss asks you to work overtime all night, what should you say?
Ning Hanqi: For everything, ask yourself whether you are worthy of it first.
Question 2: A girl who has a crush on you asks you out to the movies, but you don’t have any special feelings for her. How should you politely refuse?
Ning Hanqi: Hello, could you please stop bothering me?
Question 3: At the dinner table, a male customer forcefully demands that you compete with him in drinking, otherwise he will complain to your boss. How should you respond?
Ning Hanqi: Get started.
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What is going on?
At the end, Xia Yingnuan was so amused that she almost forgot what her original purpose was.
She browsed through one with great interest, then looked up at the bookshelf.
There were a few other books on the bookshelf, mostly novels and magazines, which looked like the type that ordinary girls would like to read.
Xia Yingnuan recalled the pink-haired girl's words about "passing the test." Could it be that these were all the things they were testing for? That was too strange.
But in the dungeon world, there is no logic to it.
Just as she was about to reach out for another book, there was a knock on the door.
Xia Yingnuan's eyes changed, she put down the book in her hand, stood up and opened the door.
It was the pink-haired girl from before, who handed over a bottle and said, "Here, dinner."
Xia Yingnuan glanced down. The bottle was transparent, and inside was a dark green paste that looked unpalatable.
She took it and asked, "Anything else?"
"Don't be so cold." The girl looked at her with a smile, "Tomorrow is the last test, you have to do your best."
When Xia Yingnuan heard "the last time", her heart moved slightly.
But she didn't show any expression on the surface, and just said lightly: "I know."
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Xue Lan looked at the two people in front of him and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
As soon as the two administrators entered the room, she dragged them into a fantasy world. They stood motionless before her, as if time had stopped. They both maintained the same calm demeanor they had upon entering, but Xue Lan knew their spirits were now swirling in hell.
Xue Lan's illusions are unique. She can collect the most terrifying or beautiful parts of people's experiences, hidden deep in their hearts, and weave them into independent illusions. And as long as it is an illusion she has collected, she can drag anyone's spirit into it.
She placed Xia Yingnuan and Ning Hanqi into two different illusions.
The shape of her illusion is very similar to that of a human heart, and the color of the heart surface represents the degree of horror of the illusion. The darker the color, the greater the horror for the original owner of the illusion.
Xue Lan knew very well that some administrators had cooperated with Song Yun, so they had anticipated her illusions and would prepare themselves mentally in advance in an attempt to overcome their inner fears and temptations.
But she doesn't play by the rules. For such administrators, she likes to pick out the most terrifying illusion in the inventory and give them a surprise.
The vast majority of administrators are ordinary people and don't seem to have any extraordinary experiences. Most of the hearts are pink, rose red, or dark red. The most terrifying illusion she collected is a black and purple heart.
The methods for breaking the illusion vary and need to be analyzed based on the actual situation. Previous administrators would panic and quickly fail upon entering that black and purple hell.
But after she extracted Ning Hanqi's illusion, she was surprised to find that the color of this heart was even darker, almost pure black.
Moreover, Ning Hanqi seems to have a good mental state. If this illusion is so terrifying for her, it must be even more serious for others.
This made Xue Lan very excited, and he couldn't wait to give it as a gift to Ning Hanqi's little lover.
As for Ning Hanqi's little lover, she was very ordinary, with only a rose-red heart extracted.
So she decided to let Ning Hanqi use the one with the darkest color. After all, Ning Hanqi looked quite cold, and she felt that using beautiful illusions to influence her would not be very effective. It would be better to catch her off guard by using other people's hell.
She couldn't do anything to the poor little mandarin ducks now, because their physical bodies could only be attacked when their spirits were completely devoured by the illusion.
And when their spirits are completely devoured, they will completely lose the ability to resist and can only be slaughtered.
Even if one of them came out, their mental state wouldn't be much better. She had also tampered with the apple before, using the buff to reduce the administrator's attack power.
This was later cracked by the witch, but it doesn't matter. It was just the icing on the cake. Let those idiots be a little happy about this breakthrough.
Now she just had to wait for the two administrators' spirits to be devoured, and then kill them casually. With two bonuses, it would be easy to deal with Song Yun and the others.
The speed of time in the illusion is different from that in the apartment. One day in the illusion only takes one hour in the apartment.
Normally, she only has to wait an hour or two.
Xue Lan sat down leisurely on the sofa, picked up the teapot on the coffee table, and planned to pour a cup of tea and wait slowly.
At this moment, a female voice sounded beside him.
"What are you expecting?"
The voice was a little cold, with undisguised mockery in it. It was like a cold, sharp blade, piercing the most vulnerable part of her heart without mercy.
Xue Lan's hand trembled, and the hot water overflowed from the cup, spreading on the table into an embarrassing shape.
She put down the teapot and slowly turned away.
He met a pair of playful dark golden eyes.
How could it be? How could she wake up so quickly?
And it seems that his spirit has not been affected at all.
Xue Lan's face looked very ugly. If it was just a simple fight, she would not be considered top-notch.
What's more, Ning Hanqi no longer had the helplessness she showed yesterday. The overwhelming aura of a strong man made her realize that she was no match for him.
Ning Hanqi was not in a hurry at all, but just waited quietly for her to speak. It was obvious that she was enjoying the process.
Xue Lan weighed the pros and cons again and again, then pointed at Xia Yingnuan, who lay motionless beside him, and said, "If I die now, she'll never be able to get out."
She was not lying. Her death would cause the illusion to collapse suddenly, causing a devastating blow to the spirits of those trapped within it.
She didn't know what to do next, but as the saying goes, there is always hope. She must buy herself more time to solve the current predicament.
The question now is whether Ning Hanqi will believe what she said...
At this moment, Xue Lan seemed to have thought of something again, and his face suddenly turned pale.
She murmured, "That's right. How could someone like you care about the life and death of others..."
He was able to break the illusion in such a short time, and after coming out, he didn't care about his trapped companions at all, and didn't even look at them. He chose to target her first.
For such a person, she actually expected to use her feelings to tie her down and delay time?
Ning Hanqi looked at Xue Lan's gradually flustered face and suddenly laughed.
The black ribbon on the wrist meandered out like lightning, binding Xue Lan tightly so that he couldn't even move a finger.
Her eyes swept over Xue Lan's embarrassed face, and then she walked over slowly.
What does this person want to do?
He wasn't going to torture her slowly, it would be better for her to just die.
Since she's going to die anyway, she might as well end it herself. Besides, she can drag Xia Yingnuan in the illusion to die with her, so it's not too much of a loss.
Xue Lan's expression changed and he made a secret decision.
Just as she was about to take action, a slender hand suddenly touched her chin.
Then there was a slight "click" sound, followed by a burning pain.
Xue Lan raised his head in panic, his pupils reflecting the dangerous dark golden eyes.
Ning Hanqi looked down at him condescendingly, his thin lips slightly parted, "Did I allow you to die?"
Xue Lan's heart sank suddenly. Ning Hanqi skillfully dislocated her jaw, making it impossible for her teeth to close and for her to bite her tongue to commit suicide.
Ning Hanqi took a few steps back and stared at her for a few seconds, as if admiring a work of art. After a moment, she curled her lips in satisfaction, sat down in the seat Xue Lan had just taken, and leaned back casually.
"There are two things you need to understand."
Ning Hanqi's tone was very cold, and it made people feel like they were rubbing a handful of broken ice in their hearts.
"First, the prey has no right to negotiate with the hunter."
"Second, I'm not killing you now because I'm curious."
She looked at Xue Lan's gloomy face, with a beautiful smile that was almost cruel on her lips.
"What kind of expression will you have on your face after all your carefully prepared plans go to waste?"
"It's going to be... interesting."
"The attack has no effect on them?" Ning Hanqi put down the book and thought of the same thing with Xia Yingnuan. "Looks like we can't take it easy."
Xia Yingnuan nodded. She originally thought of tying up the last sacrifice and throwing it on the altar at 12 o'clock in the evening. This would be convenient and save trouble, and could also effectively prevent emergencies.
"Since we can't tie them up, let's try to lead them to the place where we set up the ceremony." Thinking of how the old captain was lured away by the noise created by Xia Yingnuan, Ning Hanqi felt that perhaps he could turn the passive situation into the active one and let the two believers step into the trap on their own initiative.
This was also Xia Yingnuan's idea, but it was still early, half a day before midnight. She held Ning Hanqi's hand and gave her a little bit of her purer power.
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