Chapter 27 Familiarity
"Click." Xia Yingnuan gently closed the door of the ward.
When I turned around, I saw the person on the hospital bed looking at me with some resentment.
15 minutes and 26 seconds have passed since Xia Yingnuan left the house. Ning Hanqi has been staring at the clock until now, not missing a single second.
"What did you talk about with her?" Ning Hanqi's voice revealed a hint of caution. She didn't dare to ask more. At least after entering the hospital, Nuannuan was willing to talk to her. She was afraid that if she asked too much, she would return to the state of the hotel.
Xia Yingnuan nodded. It was just a simple matter of giving these ghosts the ability to take revenge themselves.
But it's getting late now, so they need to quickly plan the changes.
The restaurant where Ning Hanqi and Jiang Man get off work always closes after 11:30. Originally, they would get off work together, but when it was almost time to get off work, Jiang Man found a message in the WeChat Moments. The person who sent this message was the girl whom they regarded as the key clue.
It seemed like something happened at that girl's home, and I heard she had to go back in a hurry.
Jiang Man's face changed suddenly after seeing the message. She didn't care about her own injuries. Even though she was in so much pain that she had to walk with the help of the wall, she hurried to find someone. Ning Hanqi's way of leaving was locked on the branch line, and she also had her own plan, so the two parted in the restaurant.
After experiencing the ghost wall incident, it was already past 12 o'clock when they returned to the staff dormitory, and there were only more than two hours left until the agreed time of 3 o'clock in the morning.
She didn't know if it was Ning Hanqi's illusion, but when she passed by the first floor, she heard the sound of rain outside. The rain tonight seemed to be heavier than the previous few nights.
If you want to go out at night, you must bring a raincoat, otherwise you will end up like the guy named Zhu. The three players who were absent from work for a day had their raincoats taken away by the NPC here after they came back and returned them to their respective departments. Since Sun Peng's previous operation eliminated several players at once, the remaining three people not only got a raincoat each, but even had extras.
Ning Hanqi had no time to rest. After returning to the staff dormitory, she put on the raincoat she had taken out in advance, and then sat on the bed, quietly waiting for time to pass.
At the fixed time, the lights in her dormitory were turned off.
Her roommates would occasionally come back to live with her, but they were both civilized and polite, the "three good roommates". After coming back, they would lie quietly in bed and sleep without saying a word. Under the pressure of Xia Yingnuan's authority, they would never comment on any of Ning Hanqi's behavior.
The smell of sulfur in the air outside became stronger and stronger, and now it seemed to have affected the staff dormitory on the underground floor. In the dark night, the hotel was filled with an atmosphere of uneasiness and danger.
This copy may have developed to a dangerous stage, so be careful when walking outside.
I really hope there won't be any accidents tonight...
Ning Hanqi's hands on the bed tapped unconsciously. Her emotions were not as calm as she seemed. She couldn't explain why, but her sixth sense always felt that something bad might happen on the eve of leaving the copy.
Her sixth sense has always been very accurate, and this rainy night seemed to reveal a solemn and murderous atmosphere.
Xia Yingnuan poured a cup of hot water and placed it in Ning Hanqi's hands to warm her hands.
Ning Hanqi changed into a set of clothes that were convenient for movement. Although the clothes were not too thick, it was inevitable that she would feel a little cold wearing them in this weird hotel.
"Don't worry, even if we make a wrong judgment, we still have half a day to adjust the plan." Xia Yingnuan thought that Ning Hanqi was worried about whether the solution they were about to try was correct.
In fact, Ning Hanqi was not worried about this. Not to mention the foreman's hint, they did have plenty of time.
So that wasn't what she was worried about.
"Nuannuan, I always feel that tonight will not go smoothly." Ning Hanqi thought carefully whether he had missed something.
Xia Yingnuan held her slightly cold hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
She generously radiated her power, monitoring all movements around her. Hanqi had said that tonight might not be peaceful... Could there be a ghost causing trouble? No matter who it was, even if it was a dungeon boss, she could fight it out on equal terms. There was nothing to fear.
But Xia Yingnuan never expected that the one who caused this trouble was not the dungeon boss, nor other ghosts, but a human player.
“Boom!”
In the extremely quiet night, the explosion almost lit up the night sky in an instant.
Because Xia Yingnuan was always on guard, when she discovered the abnormal energy fluctuations, she took Ning Hanqi out of the hotel without hesitation.
Just as they came out, a huge explosion suddenly occurred on one floor of the hotel, and the flames instantly illuminated the figures of a man and a ghost.
"The fire started?!" Xia Yingnuan almost blurted out.
The fire engulfed Building 1 of the hotel at an incredible speed. The heavy "rain" did not play any role at this time and may even have fueled the fire. This was normal. After all, it was hard to say what was in the "rain".
A series of huge explosions came from inside the hotel, further accelerating the speed of the destruction of the hotel building. Xia Yingnuan took Ning Hanqi and retreated dozens of meters, almost to the downstairs of Building 2.
Under the illumination of the fire, the hotel was no longer pitch black in the middle of the night. Even the chilly temperature rose rapidly under the burning of the flames. Ning Hanqi and Xia Yingnuan both saw the surprise and solemnity in each other's eyes.
"Why is there a fire? The time doesn't match! Isn't it early morning of the 16th?" Xia Yingnuan looked at the building filled with smoke, and her first reaction was that the copy here had tampered with the time.
Ning Hanqi took out his phone and compared it with his pocket watch. The time was indeed a little after 1:00 AM on the 16th. The rules said that the fire would only occur on the night of the 16th, so it would definitely happen on the night of the 16th, and it would never happen earlier. So now...
"That's a group of ghost soldiers." Xia Yingnuan's voice sounded in the little girl's mind.
The little girl's teeth chattered slightly. She had already guessed the answer, but she was still deceiving herself and didn't want to believe it.
So, are these ghost soldiers our guests tonight? In any other instance, I would have run away long ago, but I never thought that one day I would have to row a boat for them.
"Click, click..." A faint light appeared in the forest. A player heard the noise and looked over there vigilantly.
"Fireflies?" At first, the lights were still a little far away, as if fireflies were hiding in the woods and flickering, with a kind of eerie beauty, but gradually people noticed something was wrong.
"......!!!" Someone cursed in fear, but he only said one word before swallowing back all the rest.
How could these be fireflies? Those flickering in the dark woods were clearly ghostly will-o'-the-wisp lights! And among those will-o'-the-wisp lights were faces shaped like skulls.
They have never heard of ghost soldiers passing through here at night!
The surroundings were extremely quiet; even the breathing sounds were suppressed to the lowest level by the players. The old boatman stood up silently, waiting for tonight's guests just like the players.
Finally, a cold wind blew over the lake, and faint wailing sounds rang in people's ears. If you listen carefully, there are men, women, and children crying together. Their cries are intertwined. Perhaps... they are all souls who died tragically at the hands of these ghost soldiers.
"Clack, clack..." The first one to come out of the woods was a ghost general riding a warhorse. There was a bloody light in its eyes. After looking at all the boatmen, it rode its warhorse to the old boatman, and then commanded its subordinates to start boarding the boat.
At night, because there was no opportunity for communication, the players could not refuse guests from boarding the ship. They could only watch as the ghost soldiers were divided into nine teams and boarded their ship in an orderly manner. It was not until the ship was full of 8 ghost soldiers that the remaining ghosts stopped boarding.
The number of ghost soldiers in this group is about 300. If 9 boats are sailing together, they can be transported in about 4 or 5 trips.
Perhaps because of the intimidation of this team of ghost soldiers, there were no other ghost guests visiting tonight. Ning Hanqi saw that there were no more ghosts on his boat, so he followed him on board. Seeing this, Chang Chujing also hurriedly ran to his boat.
Ning Hanqi checked again the necessary props for his night mission, especially the most crucial incense that could guide him back when he accidentally entered the underworld.
The other players who reacted a little slower also hurriedly climbed onto the boat after being yelled at by the Ghost Soldier General.
Nine boats left the river bank one after another and drifted on the dark and silent river.
The ghost soldiers sat quietly on the boat. They looked like ghosts, but the weight of the boat had obviously increased a lot. It was much more difficult than sending ordinary NPCs in the morning. And just as the rules said, the river surface "became wider" at night.
After going back and forth on the river many times today, Ning Hanqi had a good idea of how wide the river was. If it were daytime, their boat would have already reached the land, but they still couldn't see the other side of the river. The darkness here not only obscured the vision of humans, but also affected Xia Yingnuan's vision.
What she saw was an even darker and deeper darkness, like a passage leading to the souls of the dead.
No, this may not be an influence, but Xia Yingnuan saw the essence of the river at night.
The passengers on the boat were quite well-behaved and did not disturb Ning Hanqi while she was "rowing". After rowing for about two river widths, she finally saw the "shore" vaguely.
There seemed to be many figures surging on the other side of the "shore". After the boat approached the shore, the ghost soldiers walked away on their own accord. When they left, they threw something on the boat. Xia Yingnuan collected it and took a look...
It's ghost money, no wonder they said there's no need for change.
"Nuannuan, is everything going well with Chang Chujing?"
"It went smoothly. These ghost soldiers didn't show any aggressiveness. As long as we don't provoke them, there shouldn't be any problem." Xia Yingnuan kept paying attention to the little girl, so there would be no problem.
After going back and forth several times, most of the night had passed before the players finally sent most of the ghost soldiers away. The last batch of ghosts was small in number. The general sitting motionless on the horse opened his eyes, controlled the horse and walked to the players who had returned from the shore. Unlike ordinary soldiers, it had some undisguised aggressiveness.
It seemed to be thinking and pondering, its gaze sweeping over all the human players again and again. It held a long knife in its hand, and the knife seemed to be stained with dried blood.
Because of its sudden action, the remaining ghost soldiers stopped and did not board the boat, and the atmosphere was extremely stagnant for a while.
Just when this ghost general was out of his mind, an unlucky player happened to come back rowing a boat. He was exhausted and out of breath, but after seeing this situation, he was so shocked that he dared not move.
suddenly!
The ghost general swung his long sword, and the sharp blade touched the face of the player closest to it, or to be more precise, the long strip of cloth.
No one knew how sharp the knife was, or whether it could cut through the cloth. The unlucky player's legs were shaking, but he gritted his teeth and didn't dodge.
The player's judgment was correct. After observing for a while, the Ghost General put down his knife again. He controlled the horse and walked to the old boatman, probably wanting to get on his boat. But seeing that this trouble was about to be thrown to the copy NPC, who would have thought that he would make a comeback and walk to the player, and finally stopped beside Ning Hanqi.
Feeling the gaze from above falling on him for a long time, Ning Hanqi raised his head and looked into those scarlet eyes for a moment. The murderous intent of the ghost general was inadvertently revealed, and all the ghost soldiers' eyes fell on Ning Hanqi.
A depressing sound appeared.
Ning Hanqi's expression instantly darkened. After Xia Yingnuan reacted, she immediately carried the person in her arms back to the bed and took a few steps away. Her face was not very good either. On the one hand, she felt like a beast for almost doing something to the patient, and on the other hand, she had never expected that Ning Hanqi's copy would open so quickly.
Normally, the interval between two copies of a player is between one week and one month, but entering someone else's copy does not count.
She kept saying that she didn't care whether Ning Hanqi lived or died, but when she heard the preview of the copy, Xia Yingnuan subconsciously looked at Ning Hanqi.
Given her current physical condition, can she survive after entering the game?
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