Chapter 180 Ferryman Dungeon (Part 3)
"Someone is coming." Xia Yingnuan noticed several figures coming from a distance.
From this point on, the player's work can officially begin, but some people have not even completed the sacrificial ceremony, so they naturally cannot open their business. Therefore, the sooner the player masters the sacrificial ceremony and rowing techniques, the faster the income will be. And the speed must not be slow, because the money earned on the first day is needed to buy sacrifices for the second day. The player himself can go without food and drink, but the Dragon King cannot go without food.
"Which boatmen are sailing today?" asked an ordinary NPC who came over carrying cargo.
Their boats aren't very big, their passenger capacity is limited, and most of the people traveling are carrying heavy objects, so players can't actually transport too many people in one trip.
"Those two little girls are fine." The old boatman pointed at Ning Hanqi and Chang Chujing.
As for the old boatman, NPCs all assume that he can definitely drive a boat.
Not far away, a sea hare jumped down from the carousel. Zhuang Meng's face was unusually gloomy, while Gao Yu cried like a dog, holding onto the pole of the carousel for a long time and refusing to get down.
Everyone has a fragile part in their heart. This carousel undoubtedly touches the most painful part of the players' hearts and also weaves the most irresistible illusion for them.
There was a player lying on the carousel for a long time without moving. The person next to him noticed something was wrong and hurried forward to call him. However, the player just touched him lightly and he fell off the carousel.
Although the man supported his body in time, he also noticed something strange. The man who fell down had tears on his face, but a happy smile on his lips.
The player was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously reached out to feel the other person's breath... Sure enough, this person was dead, and he remained in that dream forever.
He sighed and put the body down.
Anyone who dies here will be swallowed up by the carousel, whether they are taken with them or not.
Ning Hanqi also calmed down a little. Although her eyes were slightly red, she did not stand out among all the players who were in a low mood.
But in some ways, she may be luckier than these people, because her happiness is within her reach. Although the road ahead is bumpy, at least she can see hope.
But the illusion just now still had an impact on her. Ning Hanqi held Xia Yingnuan's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that Nuannuan would disappear if she was not paying attention.
Sensing Ning Hanqi's uneasiness, Xia Yingnuan did not return to the puppet doll and stayed with her all the time.
The players who left this place were exceptionally silent. The fence slowly closed after they left. People watched the man's body disappear into the carousel with mixed emotions. For the first time, some people didn't feel grateful for having survived. How should I put it...
They even envied the stupidity of the dead a little bit. If they were destined not to leave the game alive, this would be a good way to die.
Of course, this thought only flashed through their mind, and they still wanted to live.
"Where's the tour guide?" The sea slug looked left and right, only to find that the "person" who should have been there to greet him was gone. The vast starry sky was inherently beautiful, mysterious, and tranquil.
It was just war that dyed the starry sky with fire and blood.
[Warning! The mecha's damage level has reached 80%!]
[Warning! The mecha's damage level has reached 80%!]
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The defeated mecha slid down from the starry sky like a flaming meteor.
The mecha was about to be scrapped, and the last remaining energy activated the passive defense system, allowing the woman who was struggling to survive in the high temperature of the burning mecha to move.
She took a deep breath and looked up at the operating table of the mecha. Her pale face was bloodless. She was beautiful, but also fragile, as if a touch would make her break like a thin piece of white paper.
She was in a desperate situation, but she actually let go of her hands and gave up operating the mecha.
She leaned back in her chair, seemingly giving up the struggle, allowing herself to be enveloped in a sea of fire and fall into the starry sky.
[No. s863! Now is not the time to be idle! If we don't take any remedial measures, we will fail again! This is our last chance!]
An inappropriate mechanical sound broke the tranquility of the mirror and water.
"We've failed. Sorry, system. It seems like we can only be destroyed together~" The woman called S863 raised a strange smile, and the feeling of vulnerability just now disappeared. It seemed that what was about to greet her was not the ruthless annihilation by the main system, but a vacation she had never enjoyed before.
This kind of person is generally called a mental patient or a lunatic by the system.
【Waste! 】
[We haven't completely failed yet, the hero and heroine haven't yet...]
Before the system could finish its words, it received an alarm.
[The hero is about to die! Attention! The hero is about to die! ]
"Puchi...Hahaha! You're such a jinx~" The woman laughed, not giving the system any face at all.
[It's still not too late to kill the villain now. Wait, the villain is approaching! ]
The smile on the woman's face froze for a moment, and she immediately projected the situation outside and accurately located the mecha that was rushing towards her.
The silver-white mecha streaked across the sky like a dazzling meteor. The woman called S863 was slightly startled, and then her smile was filled with a barely perceptible bitterness. However, this slight hint of emotion was fleeting, and the next second she put on a heartless expression again.
"Don't worry, Goudan. I will complete the mission no matter what I say this time!" The woman suddenly sat up straight, entered a password, and a red button appeared on the console. She punched the self-destruct button with her fist. In order to prevent soldiers from being captured, the empire installed a self-destruct system on everyone's mecha.
She moved so fast that her hands were shaking.
[Idiot!!! You hit me too early! ]
The last thing the woman heard was the hysterical roar of the system and the roar of the mecha exploding.
However, in the place where the artillery fire did not reach, a shrill and desperate cry could not reach the woman's ears through the deafening explosion.
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The feeling of being blown to death was really painful. In order to retaliate against her, the system did not adjust her pain value. When she returned to the system space in a mess, she fell directly to the ground, hugging her arms and shaking uncontrollably.
"Ha..." The woman suddenly burst into laughter. Even though her body was still trembling, it couldn't stop her good mood.
it's over.
Even if the system discovers something in the end, it is powerless to reverse the situation and can only die with itself.
Her body was still shaking, and her legs were too weak to stand up. She struggled several times but failed, so she just sat on the ground.
"I'm sorry, main system. Did I accidentally create the record for the most failures in the history of executors?" The woman raised her head and looked innocently at the "light ball" main system that had descended at any time with her misty peach blossom eyes.
Unfortunately, the main system did not notice her little movements, or did not take her actions seriously.
[System S-232 has reached its maximum failure limit... System S-232's reported violations in worlds like C319 have been verified. System penalties are being generated... Generation complete: Immediate destruction.]
As soon as the trial results came out, they were immediately synchronized to all systems by the main system so that they could learn from them.
[Executor s863 has reached the upper limit of failures. Penalty generation is in progress... beep beep...]
[Beep, beep, beep… beep—] The main system suddenly made a strange sound, like a stuck tape. It beeped for a long time before it said: [Generation Completed: Executor S863 immediately takes the new system to the failed mission world. The mission policy has been changed. Beep—Require S863 to influence the abnormal characters and change the small world's collapse...]
The woman's smile suddenly froze. She thought she had misheard, "Is your main system infected with a virus?"
She had ruined so many small world missions, and the system had already sentenced her to death. How could the main system let her go? And what had the other party just said? Probation?
Her mission was to kill the villains by any means necessary, so that the villains with weaker strength could not harm the hero and heroine. Although the mission failed, she still received the death and grudges she deserved.
The main system repeated its decision again.
The smile on the woman's face gradually disappeared.
"I refuse." Her voice grew colder, and she looked towards the main system with a chilling expression. "Even ordinary executors have the right to choose. I want to apply..."
Before she could finish her words, the main system forced her to shut up.
【System re-matching...matching successful.】
[The mission world has begun adjusting... The adjustment has been successful.]
[The mission begins...]
Without giving the woman any chance to speak or protest, the main system opened the channel to the mission world and threw the woman in.
Duoxia's depressing mission life has worn away the good temper that is rare among women. She never thought of getting out of here alive, so she racked her brains to attack the main system with dirty words she searched from various worlds, until the main system forced her into hibernation.
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In the darkness, the woman had a long-awaited dream.
"Yingnuan, Yingnuan..."
Who is speaking?
"Xia Xia Sui Sui, Ying Nuan Ping Nuan, what a nice name." It was a very gentle voice, unfamiliar, but it made people want to cry. "Even if I'm not by your side in the future, you must be peaceful and warm..."
No!
Xia Yingnuan suddenly sat up from the bed, but the next second she felt pain and dizziness in her head.
The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and the pale environment told her that this should be a hospital. She had been sent to the mission world by the main system.
She struggled all her life and outlasted her own system, but she still couldn't defy the will of the main system.
How sad.
She supported her head and touched the gauze wrapped around her head, and... her face was covered with tears.
She looked at the water marks on her hands and was a little dazed.
Summer... Ying, warmth...
She pronounced the name word by word.
Oh yes, that's her real name.
The woman's name was Xia Yingnuan. After she died in an accident, she was selected by the system and began her long years of working for the system.
In this system space, her code name is s863. In the mission world, she replaces the names of supporting characters, and even she herself almost forgets her original name.
Strange, who else would recognize her name?
Is it the person in...that forgotten memory?
Um... "You're welcome." Xia Yingnuan said to the shadow in the room.
There was another loud bang, and the thing inside slammed the door shut.
Turning around, she glanced at Ning Hanqi and sighed at the other's confused gaze.
"What's wrong?" Why are you looking at yourself and sighing?
Xia Yingnuan raised her hand and pinched Ning Hanqi's soft yet deceptive face. Looking at her innocent expression, she couldn't help but sigh, "I wonder why people always think you're so naive and gullible?"
As soon as Xia Yingnuan saw Sun Peng's expression, she knew what he was thinking. The same went for the crazy NPC. They all thought Ning Hanqi was easy to deceive. Perhaps because of this reason, even though she had hidden her special soul, she was still easily targeted. But she... was actually full of bad intentions!
What? So I had the same idea as them at the beginning?
That's okay.
It was expected that Sun Peng would be retaliated against, but the sisters acted a little faster than they had imagined. Sun Peng was not an easy person to deal with, and it would be difficult to catch him. It must have been the other two old players who took action.
This was just right, as it saved him from having to guard against a poisonous snake. Xia Yingnuan glanced at the door that had just been closed, and then handed Sun Peng over to the evil spirits here, hoping that they would fight hard enough to hold this guy back until the countdown was over.
But Xia Yingnuan underestimated the vitality of the cockroaches in the gutter. Even if they seemed to be flattened by a slipper, as long as they had a breath of air, they could still hide secretly and then pounce on your face out of the blue.
Although it is harmless, it is good at disgusting people.
Finally, when Ning Hanqi was about to get off work, she received a message from the madman.
"I recalculated the time and found that 3:00 a.m. tomorrow isn't bad either. It's settled. Meet me downstairs at Building 2 before 3 a.m. tomorrow!" The madman typed these words tremblingly in his room. The ghost seemed to have left, but he knew it wouldn't let him go easily and would come back.
He made up so many lies about gods and ghosts, but he didn't expect that he would eventually encounter a ghost after walking on the road at night for too long. No, no, if ghosts really existed in this world, he would have done so many evil things, and sooner or later they would come to find him!
The madman was hiding beside the half-burned bed and shivering. He was almost burned to death just now. Fortunately, there was water in the hotel room, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!
His WeChat chat page showed the chat history with his supplier. He begged and pleaded with the other party to agree to come and pick up the goods immediately, but the other party was still in another city. Even if he drove day and night, he would not be able to arrive here until about 3 a.m.
If the ruthless buyer wasn't also in a hurry to get the goods, he wouldn't have driven here overnight.
The madman took out all the "magic tools" for exorcising ghosts and evil spirits that he had brought from various Taoist temples and placed them in the room. After all, he felt guilty about what he had done, so many of the things were so-called blessed.
"It's useful, it's useful... I must hold on until they come and get the goods, then my debt will be paid, and then I will go to the temple to hide..." The madman thought that it was his treasure that drove away the ghosts. He muttered to himself as if he had survived a disaster. The ghosts wandering outside were indeed scary, but if he didn't hand over the goods to those people, its fate might be worse than being killed by ghosts.
As long as I think about it too deeply, my head will hurt! Xia Yingnuan's forehead was covered with cold sweat. After a moment of rest, she turned her head to look at the empty bedside.
"Get out of here."
Hello!
A trembling and cowardly sound was heard, and a miniature ball of light slowly emerged from under the bed.
[I, I, I am system number a-3379. I am honored to be able to serve you.]
"A? I remember this system at the beginning... It's from the Redemption Department, 3379... You're not a new system that just came out of the factory, are you?" Xia Yingnuan paused, then reached out and grabbed its head.
The system shuddered. Damn it! This big devil had seen through me in just the first encounter! What should I do now that everything my predecessors had taught me was no longer effective?
"Are you afraid of me?"
[Fear… No, no, no, that’s not it. It’s respect! Yes, respect!] Respect for this great devil who killed my predecessor and could also kill me… wuwuwu…
The main system's style of operation is very strict. It is not uncommon for systems to be destroyed for making serious mistakes or failing to complete all tasks in a timely manner. The destruction of system S-232 did not cause them panic until a system that knew the inside story accidentally told the truth, which made the truth about the destruction of system S-232 surface.
The reason why system S-232 was destroyed was entirely due to the scheme of this woman!
I heard this person absolutely hates systems, and will try to "kill" any system she sees. She's a complete demon! Anyone who matches up with her will be doomed. On top of that, the usually wise main system must have gone haywire this time. Instead of executing this person immediately, they've let her out on missions to harm other systems!
Woo woo woo…
The unlucky system is myself!
"Hello."
When it went out this time, its companions sent it off with a funeral-like atmosphere, but it didn't want to go to the destruction site! It was still young, it had just been created...
"Hello!"
【Ah!】The system screamed in fear.
Perhaps when people are unlucky, seeing things that are more unlucky than themselves can balance their mentality. At least the stupidity of the new system makes Xia Yingnuan not so resistant to it.
"You're so unlucky."
【ah? 】
"A system with little experience is placed next to someone like me. The main system is treating you as a pawn." Xia Yingnuan leaned against the hospital bed and coaxed the small system like a wolf grandmother.
The QAQ symbol appeared on the small ball of light.
「I, I, I, I, I……」
"I hate useless and chatty systems."
The symbol on the system's face turned into QxQ.
This little thing is much cuter than the previous one.
"Let me ask you, if another system deletes or tampers with the executor's memory, can you restore it?"
this……
The small system immediately called up its own database, checked it carefully, and finally came to a conclusion.
【cannot. 】
After receiving the answer she didn't want, Xia Yingnuan's smile turned into a look of disgust in an instant, "Then what use is there for you."
[I, I can't do it, but Master System can. Please, please don't send me to the destruction site!] The little system was already frightened and crying. It was useless and kept nagging. Didn't this just step on the big devil's sore spot?
Main system?
[I'm dying! Let go!] The system suddenly felt the hands holding it tighten. The strength was terrifying, and it had no idea how the other party did it. It was impossible to break free from her grip!
It turns out to be a big devil, so scary QAQ!
"Haha..." Xia Yingnuan suddenly laughed with a gloomy face, and relaxed the strength in her hands, allowing the system to escape.
Let her reform the villain, huh? Okay, Master System, don't regret it.
The ball of light that escaped from the sky was shaking even more violently. This big devil was too moody. He had a gloomy face just now, but now he was laughing to himself. She, she... couldn't she really have some mental problems?
"Da, da, da..." Footsteps were heard coming from far away outside. Someone was coming.
"Well, well, someone is coming. I will send you the details now!" The big devil has not reacted until now. Seeing that the natives of the small world are about to come, the system boldly stuffed the plot into Xia Yingnuan's mind, and immediately disappeared on the spot.
"Hmm..." The complicated content made Xia Yingnuan's already concussed head even worse, and her expression twisted slightly.
“Click…”
The door opened and two people walked in. Seeing that Xia Yingnuan seemed to be in some pain, the secretary immediately called a doctor.
Xia Yingnuan was examined from head to toe, and after confirming that she was fine, the secretary accompanied the doctor out of the ward, leaving the noble and cold woman alone to stare at the frail Xia Yingnuan lying on the bed.
Past memories surged up like a tide. No matter how much time had passed, the person's appearance, which should have been blurry, became miraculously clear. It seemed that the separation from the girl Dang Xia had only happened a few days ago.
The girl who was a little childish at the beginning has become much more mature with the passage of time. She is also more beautiful than before, with a colder and more reserved look, and no longer has the sharp edge of Shao Xia in the past.
The rage in her heart that wanted to destroy the world seemed to have subsided a lot.
Xia Yingnuan opened her mouth and wanted to say: Long time no see.
But after so many confrontations with Xia, even if Xia Yingnuan admired him in her heart, the words she spoke subconsciously changed their tone...
"Have you been busy lately?"
Ning Hanqi was stunned. There were only two classes in the afternoon. After the first, Xiao Yang and her roommate said they would help keep an eye on her students and would message Ning Hanqi immediately if anything happened.
"Don't count on them. They can't even take care of these two injured students. I have marked all your students. If anything really happens, I will be able to sense it." Xia Yingnuan said in the puppet doll.
"Thank you." Ning Hanqi held up the puppet after leaving the teaching building and said, "Do you need a thank you gift?"
"...No, no need!" Xia Yingnuan could now understand what she meant in seconds. She thought she could refuse decisively, but in the end, her words came out stumbling and without any momentum.
"What a pity." Ning Hanqi sighed softly.
"..." If you want to kiss me, just kiss me directly. If someone doesn't know, they would think that you asked for my consent before you kissed me secretly.
Xia Yingnuan was stunned for a moment, then hugged her head in the puppet. Why did she have such a strange thought now?!
Hearing that the puppet doll made no more sound, Ning Hanqi poked its little head and was about to tease Nuannuan a few more times when a voice came from the front of her.
"Teacher Ning, this way!" The old player who had been waiting downstairs in advance waved to Ning Hanqi.
The old player's surname is Fan. He looks the oldest among the players in this dungeon, around 40 years old. He is steady and rather mysterious, and it can be seen that he must have a lot of hidden cards.
"Sorry, Teacher Fan, you've been waiting for a long time." Ning Hanqi took a few quick steps and came to him.
"I didn't wait long. I just came down. Have you arranged everything in class?" asked Teacher Fan.
"Everything has been arranged. Nothing should happen in the teaching building, but we still have no solution to our problem." Ning Hanqi invited him as they walked.
"Indeed, it's impossible for the two of us to patrol such a big school." Teacher Fan smiled happily, and then accidentally pulled the wound on his face.
"Hiss... That monster is so annoying. Doesn't he know not to hit someone in the face?" He touched his wound and fortunately there was no bleeding.
"But I have a little prop here that might be able to help us." Teacher Fan took out a small mirror. "This is a knock-off of the Queen's magic mirror from the Dark Fairy Tale dungeon. This mirror has a tracking function, so maybe I can directly find out the monster's location. It's a bit inconsistent, though, so let's give it a try."
Then Teacher Fan held up the mirror and chanted a spell: "Magic mirror, magic mirror..."
Unfortunately, the magic mirror seemed to be dead and ignored him.
The girl is a college student that he sponsors. She is usually timid and dares not speak loudly to him. Now that she has been in a car accident, why has she become a little braver?
President Ning is very busy, and the only reason she could take time out of her busy schedule to come is that the girl's face resembles someone else's.
Although they look about 50% similar, that person would not look at him with such a timid expression. She is so proud that she would never bow to him even if she died.
But at this moment, she suddenly felt a little bit like...
Ning Hanqi clenched her fists unconsciously. She pursed her lips and was about to say "not bad" when she heard the other party say another sentence.
"You feel a lot older."
Xia Yingnuan watched her former nemesis slam the door and leave, tilting her head slightly in confusion.
That guy has always been sinister, venomous and deep, when did he become so irritable and angry?
The system hiding under the bed desperately stretched out its nonexistent little hand... Character setting! Please respect the character setting!
While they were having lunch, other players came over one after another, and the vendors also started selling them dried meat. The other players did not dare to try it, except for the player wearing the scarf.
The aroma of meat gradually drifted around as he chewed. Ning Hanqi felt that the bun in his mouth gradually lost its taste, as if he was chewing a sponge.
"There is resentment wrapped around those dried meats. I didn't even notice it just now. It seems that these resentments are suppressed by the special 'ingredients'. It's also the 'aroma' you smell. Don't sit here, go to the boat and eat." Xia Yingnuan raised a gust of cold wind to blow away the fragrance. This smell is extremely attractive to humans or ghosts. Even she herself wanted to taste the flavor of the dried meat for a moment.
Human players who eat the jerky will unknowingly transform into a humanoid "cancer" storing resentment, polluting the environment upon death. Don't tell her that scarf item can even break this! If it could, she'd be eager to study it.
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