Chapter 197 Ferryman's Dungeon (Twenty)
"Is the divine remains still down there?" Xia Yingnuan lowered her head and asked the person in her arms.
Ning Hanqi took out the coral branch, and the light was indeed still guiding the downwards.
"This place is called a pagoda in the game, but each floor has elements corresponding to hell. What we're looking for might be on the 18th floor."
"I understand." Xia Yingnuan picked up Ning Hanqi, as if she was holding a fragile porcelain doll covered in cracks. "I'll carry you downstairs first. The road might be a little bumpy, so I'll try not to touch your wounds..."
If possible, she would have liked to slow down and wait until Ning Hanqi's injuries had mostly recovered before setting off again, but the dungeon boss had already caught up with them, and staying here any longer was not an option.
Xia Yingnuan had a dream, in which she looked extremely miserable.
Her collar was grabbed by someone, who was questioning her at the top of his voice.
"Did you do this? Did you set this up?!"
"Why are you doing this? You like being a dog to others so much? Are you a slut?!"
Then there was another push, and I fell to the ground. It was a heavy fall, but it didn't hurt.
Perhaps because she saw herself being pushed down, the other person paused and seemed a little nervous. After a moment of silence, she squatted beside herself, as if trying to help herself up.
"He is not a good person. He is using you. Can you please wake up?" The mortal enemy who had been competing with her since childhood had never begged anyone for help, but he begged her in such a humble manner.
"Not good." Xia Yingnuan shook her head, then put on a condescending smile that even she found disgusting. There was nothing she could do about it, since the system liked it.
Afterwards, there was endless quarreling in the confused dream, mixed with the sound of the system.
【Host, you did a great job. 】
[Give the assets you have to the hero, so that the villain will never be able to make a comeback.]
[The male protagonist is in trouble, you go and solve it. ]
That sound was like a death warrant from hell!
Xia Yingnuan sat up with a sudden movement, her forehead covered with fine beads of cold sweat.
After you get into trouble, a gentle and beautiful teacher not only doesn't blame you, but also gives you candy and comforts you not to be afraid. How many children can resist such a gentle offensive?
Seeing the eyes of those students gradually become clear, Xia Yingnuan was about to sigh that children are so easy to fool, but suddenly she thought of herself. As a ghost who was also deceived by Ning Hanqi's appearance, she didn't seem to have the right to laugh at others.
"I'm glad you weren't scared. I didn't expect that person to be so mean. Luckily, I got here quickly, so you weren't hurt." Ning Hanqi patted each child's head and said thankfully, "That spicy snack vendor has a grudge against the principal. To get back at the principal, he planned to harm you. If you, silly boy, had fallen from up there and landed on your head, your head would have exploded."
This half-grown child has already developed the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and is even more aware of fear. The fear of falling just now still fills his heart. Children of this age are protected in a greenhouse by their parents and schools, and are unaware of the dangers outside. When they hear that the uncle who often sells spicy strips to them is so bad, they are scared and can't believe it.
But the other party's action of pushing the student off the wall just now could not be faked. Several children saw it. They did not see Ning Hanqi coming over at that time, and did not know that the other party did this because he was afraid of Xia Yingnuan. In addition, teachers have a natural credibility among students, and several children soon believed Ning Hanqi's words.
Those children were worried that other classmates would also be harmed, so they chattered about everything they knew, and it became easy for Ning Hanqi to trick them into talking.
Students in the school are not allowed to bring mobile phones, so they have no means of contacting the outside world. Therefore, after driving away the monster last night, it should not have been possible for it to pass on the news of the change of location and time to the students so quickly, unless someone secretly hid a mobile phone and it became the line of communication between the vendor outside and the students.
The students told her that students from certain classes did come to notify them, because the principal and the dean of studies would patrol every now and then to drive away the vendor. Over time, the vendor also started a guerrilla war with them, so the time and place would often change.
At this time, they had no mobile phones and relied on the student to contact the vendors.
But they don't know which class the student is from, and it is they who take the initiative to convey the news every time there is a change, which is very intriguing.
Ning Hanqi glanced at the time and found that it was enough time for her to take the children to visit the other seven classes, so she immediately asked the students to go with her to the other classes to recognize people.
After hearing about this, the other players also cooperated very well and took those students to identify the student one by one in the class. Unfortunately, after going through seven classes, they still couldn't find the "traitor" student.
As the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Ning Hanqi sent several students back to the classroom. The dean of studies was sitting on the podium with a gloomy and serious expression on his face. The five arrogant students stood at the back like quails, wiping their tears, while the student who hit others with a brick was arranged in the first row.
After seeing Ning Hanqi bring all the students back, its expression eased slightly. "I've already taught those five students a lesson, and they've promised me that they won't bully their classmates again. I'd like to trouble Teacher Ning to look after these students, especially this child. His family situation is a bit complicated, and he needs our teacher's care and attention even more."
The head teacher quietly gestured to the student who had just hit someone with a brick, saying that the kid had a slight IQ problem because his parents were divorced and how could his classmates know about this without knowing about it, so they kept making fun of him.
The child's patience had reached its limit, so he found a brick to hide before coming to the classroom.
"It's my duty." Ning Hanqi exchanged polite words with the dean of studies, then sent it away.
"Do you want me to take those students to continue looking in the next class?" Because Ning Hanqi still had classes after that, Xia Yingnuan suggested that she continue looking with the other students. Since there were no traitor students in the classes of the remaining eight players, they could only go to the class of the faceless student to look.
In the eyes of players, those students have no facial features, but the world in the eyes of students does not seem to be like this. To them, those faceless monsters are ordinary classmates who are no different from normal people.
"I'm afraid things are not that simple. I'm afraid that even if we search all the classrooms, we won't be able to find that student." After knowing that all the students with faces were not the traitor they were looking for, Ning Hanqi had a guess in her mind.
"Remember the bait we encountered last night?" He squatted in the bushes to help the monster lure the player into the trap. The words on the school uniform on his back were only one letter different. If you were not careful late at night, you might read it wrong. I don't know if the player named Fang fell for it.
"You mean... the traitor might not be a student of this school?" The bait disappeared silently last night, and Xia Yingnuan thought it was an illusion, but now she thinks it might not be the case. Since the rules specifically point out that there may be students from other schools in the school, then combined with what happened last night, the monster's bait and the traitor are very likely to be the same person.
And if the traitor is not a student of this school, then there is probably no place for it in the school classroom.
"Then... should we just sit back and wait? Since we've discovered it this time, it should move to a new place, right?" But this approach is too slow, and no one knows where the student from another school will appear from.
"So we have to develop more of our own people among the students." Ning Hanqi looked at the group of lovely students in the classroom with a smile. That monster could use students to tip off people, so they naturally had to learn from him.
After returning to the office, Ning Hanqi had not even had time to drink a sip of water when the dean of studies who had just left suddenly appeared in the player's office again.
The small system complained a lot. Not only did it have a big devil host, but it was also left with such a huge mess by its predecessors. How could such a bad thing fall on it?
[Alas, being too good is also a troublesome thing. ]
The other party hesitated for a moment, then sent a question mark.
[For something this difficult, the Master System would definitely choose the best new generation system to handle it, which is why I was chosen.] A tree that stands out in the forest must be cut down. It's just too good, it's frustrating!
[……] A string of ellipsis came from the other end, followed by another message: [Is it possible that it’s because you’re the dumbest?]
This message was withdrawn within a second of being sent, and the small system didn't even have time to read it clearly.
[You don't have to worry.] The other party immediately sent another message.
[Why?] How could it not be anxious? So many days had passed, and the host had no intention of completing these missions. They were completely hamstrung, apparently hoping to outlast the protagonist and return home.
After a while, a voice message came from the other side: [Xia Yingnuan will agree, she has no choice but to agree.]
This voice seemed somewhat familiar, with a kind of superior indifference and an inexplicable sense of oppression, and the small system shuddered.
After washing up, Xia Yingnuan returned to the dormitory. She glanced around but didn't see the system. That half-finished little guy was always asking for her life, and its absence was just the right time for her to have some peace and quiet.
[Host, it's getting late. You should eat. Aren't you hungry? Being hungry for too long can easily lead to stomach problems...]
That little guy appeared out of nowhere and kept nagging like an old woman.
Xia Yingnuan almost crushed her desk.
[Don’t forget to pack up after dinner, we’re moving today!]
Oh, by the way, she almost forgot that she would be the tutor of Ning Yutian’s daughter in the future!
"No rush." Xia Yingnuan waved her hand, "Let me talk to the original owner first."
[Ah? The original owner? Didn't the original owner already reincarnate?] The small system was very confused.
Xia Yingnuan and the small system looked at each other in surprise.
"You don't want to show the way?" Xia Yingnuan thought that the original owner was a backup plan left by the small system.
[…Should I reflect something?] The small system asked quietly.
"..." Xia Yingnuan held her forehead with her hand. If it wasn't for this little thing's ability to play dumb and deceive herself, then it meant that it hadn't even completed the required courses of the system.
"The original owner usually reincarnates after death, but it's also possible that some consciousness remains due to obsession. The system should help the executor to ascertain this in advance. Didn't you pay attention in class?" Xia Yingnuan's headache was doubled. Babysitting Ning Hanqi's child was fine, after all, she owed her, and Ning Hanqi was generous. Why should she also babysit the main system's child?!
The small system immediately flipped through its textbook and found a line of small print as expected.
Xia Yingnuan picked up the small system that was hugging her thigh and crying and promising that there would not be a next time and put it aside, then sank her consciousness into a corner, where she found the soul of the original owner who was sitting there hugging his legs and sobbing softly.
"Guo Yuzhen?" Xia Yingnuan called her.
Guo Yuzhen looked up suddenly, her tear-stained face full of shock, her mouth wide open enough for an egg to fit in.
The girl did look somewhat like herself, but her cowardice and timidity had dulled the resemblance, making them less similar.
"You, you, you..." Guo Yuzhen almost jumped up like a frightened rabbit.
Xia Yingnuan didn't bother to be polite with her and sat down next to her in this small corner.
"You haven't gone into reincarnation yet. Is there something you can't let go of?" Xia Yingnuan rubbed the little girl's head.
Guo Yuzhen was still in shock, unable to extricate herself. "Song, Song Song Song... Miss Song? It's really you! I thought I was seeing things!"
She'd seen Miss Song's photo! So she was the legendary lover of President Ning, who had passed away ten summers ago?!
Oh my god! Guo Yuzhen's eyes immediately became red again. After the separation of life and death, the dead soul, unable to let go of the living lover, tried every means to return to the human world. What a poignant love story! It's so good that President Ning can actually reunite with his lover one day!
"You know me, I'm sorry to have borrowed your body. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, you can tell me. In return, I will try my best to satisfy you." The system was unreliable, so Xia Yingnuan could only complete the after-sales service work by herself.
"No, no, no, you don't have to feel embarrassed. In fact, I don't have any attachment to the world. You helped me pay off my debts and taught those who bullied me a lesson... I am really grateful!" Guo Yuzhen is a good girl with a kind heart. The last bit of obsession that binds her is not anything else, but the voice of the system that she overheard.
She said she heard a voice saying that after so-and-so died, Ning Hanqi would also not die a good death, so she wanted to ask a kind-hearted person to use his own body to save Ning Hanqi.
Ning Hanqi's good deeds were rewarded, but Xia Yingnuan would never admit that she felt even a little bit relieved.
It's the system! How could such a low-level mistake be made?! A vein popped in her forehead. Did the main system really send her a half-finished product?!
"But I'm not worried anymore." Guo Yuzhen smiled with relief. "You came back for President Ning, right?"
"Uh...yeah." That's not wrong.
Guo Yuzhen's face immediately changed into a silly smile that said "as expected" and "I bumped into something." "That's good, that's good. Mr. Ning, I'll leave it to you to take care of me from now on!"
"...Ah?" Xia Yingnuan felt that there was something wrong with these words.
The road to reincarnation opened up, and the little girl who had withered away in the best of Xia Hua could finally happily move on to her new life. She took a few steps forward, then suddenly turned and ran to Xia Yingnuan, holding her hand and saying, "I almost forgot to say, I wish you and President Ning Baixia a happy marriage! Be sure to be happy!"
Do you want to listen to what kind of vicious words you are saying?
Ning Hanqi raised his head and looked into the tiger's single eye.
Deep in her soul, a wisp of the tiger monster's soul sneaked in silently.
He is just an ordinary human being, but a trace of his soul power is enough to control his mind!
However……
The tiger monster's soul was stunned when it saw the scene in front of it. It subconsciously retreated little by little. Who could tell it why there would be a blood abyss with a huge crack deep in the soul of an ordinary person?
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