Chapter 194 Ferryman's Dungeon (Seventeen)
"Boom!" The dungeon boss, who was also furious, didn't care whether Xia Yingnuan had his own minions in his hands or not, and chased after her with a hammer.
"Ahhhhhh!!!" The ghost boy's head made a sharp explosion. If it weren't for the clue of Ning Hanqi left on it, Xia Yingnuan would have thrown it away.
"Stop making noise!"
Xia Yingnuan's voice rang directly in the little ghost boy's head, making its soul buzz, and the ghost boy's screams finally disappeared temporarily.
Xia Yingnuan dodged the attack of the giant hammer and then asked in the ghost boy's mind: "Let me ask you a question, where did this box come from?"
[Host...are you okay?] The system leaned next to Xia Yingnuan and waited for the host's emotions to calm down a little before asking cautiously.
"Not good." Xia Yingnuan said in a very honest voice.
[Then...is there anything I can do to help you?] The system asked cautiously.
Xia Yingnuan glanced down at the system, poking it around and making it roll around. "I want to cure Ning Yutian. Do you have any good ideas?"
[I can collect all the medical knowledge in this world, and I can also ask my predecessors for some medical knowledge from higher-level worlds!] The little system felt that it finally had a place to use its skills!
"Then we learn now?"
"It's not impossible, right? Host, you're so smart, you'll definitely learn it quickly." The little system flattered.
"Heh..." Xia Yingnuan laughed. She looked at the glaring sunlight outside, but her eyes were dark. "I'm not smart, nor do I have any special abilities. I'd better forget about such complex medical knowledge."
[No, no, no, you're being too modest!] You're the big devil who crushed the elders of their system. If you're not smart and capable, how many smart and capable people are there in this world?
Xia Yingnuan wondered what the system was thinking, but did not explain too much. After all, this small system probably could not think about such profound problems.
"I'll do it myself." Xia Yingnuan didn't know medicine, but she knew theology. It didn't matter. As long as she could cure people, that was enough.
After receiving a positive response from the doctor, Nuan quickly arranged the treatment process. At the agreed time, Xia Yingnuan followed Ning Hanqi to Shanluo Sanatorium.
The doctor saw Xia Yingnuan and circled around her in amazement. "She really looks about 70% like Song Qinnuan."
Ning Hanqi glared at him, and the doctor covered his mouth, indicating that he would not talk nonsense anymore.
This doctor looks familiar.
Xia Yingnuan stared at him for a long time, finally glancing at his name tag. He Zhou? Wasn't this his elementary school classmate from this world? As a child, he was a chubby kid, but he was also very cunning, often driving his teachers so mad they'd need to take quick-acting heart pills.
Fortunately, the system refreshed her memory, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to remember it.
"See what I said, this lovely lady is very different from that fierce Song Qinuan~" Dr. He winked at Xia Yingnuan.
Xia Yingnuan's face was expressionless. "Speaking ill of the dead, your merits are gone!" Xia Yingnuan's face darkened, and then she disappeared from the spot. The tiger immediately became alert, scanning all around, but the other party did not appear.
“…” is on it!
The tiger raised his head suddenly, and the bright red figure appeared above him!
It immediately opened its bloody mouth and aimed the dark ghost power that was almost transformed into substance at Xia Yingnuan's head. However, the other party pressed its horn with one hand, and then hammered its head into the ground fiercely, and the ghost power exploded in its own mouth.
A wail emanated from the tiger's throat, and the horn in Xia Yingnuan's hand began to melt. It then melted away half of the skin on the tiger's head, leaving only the bones exposed.
If the tiger had not reacted quickly, using its strength to block the corrosive blood while sacrificing half of its head, its fate would be almost the same as that of the headless ghost general on the negative 5th floor.
"Roar!" The tiger roared angrily, and didn't care about the scattered things in his mind. At this moment, he finally realized that the threat of this invading ghost might be much greater than he imagined. If he knew that this ghost had previously held up his own copy boss, he probably would not have the confidence to stop it here.
The needle-like hair on the tiger's upper body began to be covered by iron armor. Even the skeletal back half was wrapped in iron armor. The bloody blade only left a white mark on the armor. Two clusters of dark green flames glowed in the area where the armor's eyes were. Including the half without the head, there was not a single flaw left on its body...
No, there is still a flaw, which is its eye, the only thing not covered by armor.
Xia Yingnuan trapped it in a blood cage and focused her attacks on its eyes. The tiger had nowhere to retreat and had to use its strength to block the two holes, but as soon as she was distracted, the enemy would be able to break through her power defense.
And the despicable ghost hiding outside the cage appeared in front of it silently and punched itself in the eye!
The tiger was thrown away and then hit the edge of the cage heavily. Blood seeped in through the gaps in its strength and then frantically "gnawed" its flesh and bones inside the armor!
"mean!"
After the tiger was seriously affected, it could no longer attack, and it could not take off its armor, so it was defeated.
So it got confused and called on its minions to stop Xia Yingnuan, but the minions themselves were not strong, and the result of a head-on fight was that Xia Yingnuan killed them one by one without leaving any soul.
After most of the minions were destroyed, the barrier they had previously woven to trap Xia Yingnuan also disappeared. Although the armor on the tiger could not be broken, Xia Yingnuan punched it again and again, and it could only retreat step by step. Then, when it lost its balance, Xia Yingnuan seized the opportunity and kicked it right under a mechanism.
“Boom!”
The stone pillar fell down with a loud bang, and the back half of the tiger's body was crushed into a piece of paper.
"roar!"
It let out a scream, and the next second its whole body flew into the air and fell at the entrance of the corridor leading to the 18th floor.
The two green flames in the tiger's eyes had disappeared, and it struggled to get up. Under the attack of the ghost, it didn't even have the chance to accumulate a big move.
But... this red-clothed ghost is not without weaknesses!
The tiger grinned beneath its armored mouth. Didn't she cherish that human very much? Did she hold back when attacking just now in order not to hurt that human?
If her beloved human being becomes her own accomplice, will she still dare to move forward?
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……
Dr. He wanted to tease the girl some more, but a murderous gaze fell on him. He Zhou looked up and met Ning Hanqi's gaze behind Xia Yingnuan. He was so scared that he immediately took two steps back and drew a clear line between himself and Xia Yingnuan.
"Ignore him, he's just a chatterbox." Ning Hanqi rubbed Xia Yingnuan's head.
Xia Yingnuan almost got furious, but the next second Ning Hanqi took her hand and walked her to her sister's ward.
When did Ning Hanqi start holding her hand so naturally? Xia Yingnuan's attention was focused on Ning Hanqi's soft hands, making her feel uncomfortable all over, as if there were thorns in her clothes.
Ning Yutian had a seizure and wanted to jump out of the window. Because there were iron bars in between, she kept hammering on it. Two nurses immediately stopped her to prevent her from hurting herself.
"Yutian!" Ning Yutian only responded to her sister's voice when she was unconscious. She turned her head and saw three people standing at the door.
Then she did something no one could have expected.
She had calmed down a little, but suddenly pushed the nurse away and ran towards the door. In everyone's shocked gaze, she hugged Xia Yingnuan.
"Sister Song! You finally came to see me!"
Ning Yutian was extremely strong and refused to let go, so Xia Yingnuan almost suffocated.
She struggled to pull one arm out, then placed it on Ning Yutian's head and patted it, imitating the way she used to coax her when she was a child, saying, "Be good..."
Your sister is right next to you, why don’t you let her share your enthusiasm? Ning Hanqi, come and take care of your sister! Xia Yingnuan’s eyes for help met Ning Hanqi’s. Ning Hanqi seemed stunned for a moment, and after coming to her senses, she immediately came over to coax her sister and said, “Yutian, can you please let go?”
But Ning Yutian was not obedient now, and even tightened her arms a little.
Xia Yingnuan turned her head away at the broken sadness in Ning Hanqi's eyes. She couldn't bear to see the look in his eyes now. Really, it would be worse if he chased her for three blocks with a stick like before.
"It's okay, just let her hold it." Xia Yingnuan compromised.
Just consider it as something you owe her.
Ever since Xia Yingnuan came, Ning Yutian no longer cares about her biological sister. As long as Xia Yingnuan appears, she will behave well, which even the doctors are amazed.
"Haha, you've fallen out of favor with your sister!" He Zhou was watching the fun and took out a bag of potato chips from the drawer to eat.
Ning Hanqi warned the talkative Dr. He not to say nonsense to the girl.
"Yes, yes, but to be honest, you and that little girl..." Dr. He looked at her with an ambiguous look.
"...You seem to be too idle." Ning Hanqi glanced at He Zhou with an emotionless look.
"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it. It's not threatening." Dr. He curled his lips and reluctantly gave up the topic.
But he felt that there must be something fishy going on between the two of them! He had a strong intuition that not only was Ning Hanqi looking at the little girl unnaturally gentle, but the little girl's eyes were also strange.
The rich president and the poor female college student who looks very much like her dead white moonlight, what a great couple!
But unfortunately, Ning Hanqi is very busy after all, so Xia Yingnuan comes here alone most of the time. What she needs to do here is very simple, mainly to chat with Ning Yutian and coax her to take medicine.
Occasionally, when Ning Yutian went crazy, he wouldn't recognize her. At this time, Xia Yingnuan would hum an obscure tune for her.
When Ning Yutian was born, the relationship between her parents was already very bad. Her father was having an affair outside every day, her mother was in tears and ignored her little daughter, the nanny was also a person who treated her differently according to her situation, and since the wife didn't care about her little daughter, she often turned a blind eye. So it can be said that Ning Yutian was raised by Ning Hanqi and Xia Yingnuan, who was their neighbor.
Ning Hanqi is a real child but Xia Yingnuan is not. She used the excuse that she couldn't sleep because of the noise made by the child late at night to sneak into her neighbor's house to feed Ning Yutian, change her diaper and coax her to sleep.
The tune that Xia Yingnuan hummed softly had a strange power and rhythm, like waves gently brushing against her fingertips, and it seemed as if warm sunshine was enveloping the audience, making people drowsy.
The screaming patient slowly calmed down, then nodded and fell asleep. Before she fell asleep, a tear rolled down the corner of her eye.
"System, wake up. It's time for us to go back." Xia Yingnuan stretched out two fingers and tapped the system's smooth head.
The system started up with a whoosh, and after being confused for a while, it quickly praised the host.
"If you were a singer in this world, you'd definitely crush those puny humans! You... don't have any mermaid blood, do you?"
"What are you thinking about? I'm just an ordinary person. My singing voice... was originally quite unpleasant, but later a merman blessed me." The three words "quite unpleasant" were the result of Xia Yingnuan beautifying herself. To be more precise, it should be the kind that can make all the ghosts in the underworld cry. In order to get rid of Xia Yingnuan's continued torture of her ears, a mermaid forcibly gave her the blessing.
This tune is a melody passed down from the mermaid tribe since ancient times. It is very effective in healing mental damage, warming the mind and calming the spirit, and is especially useful in lulling children to sleep.
There was not much change in the overall treatment process that Dr. He gave Ning Yutian, but with the blessing of Xia Yingnuan's "theology", Ning Yutian's condition improved greatly. Others did not notice it and naturally just thought that Dr. He's treatment method was effective.
"I'm a genius!"
Xia Yingnuan walked past the door of his office and glanced at the narcissistic doctor inside with disdain.
"Ms. Guo! Come on, come on!" Doctor He put down the mirror in his hand and waved to her. Then he took out a bag of snacks from the drawer and handed it to her. "Thank you for your hard work. Where's Ning Hanqi?"
"Mr. Ning is accompanying his sister." Xia Yingnuan had also become familiar with He Zhou, and took the snacks without any hesitation.
"Okay, okay. Before you came, Ning Yutian had a hard time falling asleep and almost needed medication to fall asleep. After you came, she felt much more relaxed." Doctor He rewarded Xia Yingnuan with another lollipop.
That was a song blessed by the mermaids, and it had the effect of warming the soul. It was indeed her credit, and Xia Yingnuan accepted it without blushing.
Dr. He looked at him with a smile, then observed the corridor outside. After confirming that Ning Hanqi did not appear, he waved to Xia Yingnuan, indicating that she should come closer.
"Let me ask you something." He could always get out some gossip from this young girl who was not very worldly-wise, even though he couldn't get it from Ning Hanqi, right?
He Zhou's idea was very beautiful, but he didn't realize that the little girl he thought was easy to deceive was actually the devil in his memory!
…
Ning Hanqi sat beside her sister's bed and watched her open her eyes in a daze.
"Sister..." Ning Yutian smiled, a rare smile she showed when she was sober.
"Have you rested well?" Ning Hanqi gently touched his sister's head.
"Yeah." She had never felt so relaxed these days. She felt a lightness in her heart, head, and body. Ning Yutian was helped by her sister to sit up, and she leaned on her sister's shoulder as intimately as when she was a child.
"Sister, Sister Song's song...that little girl Yuzhen sings better than you." Ning Yutian's mood seemed to have really improved a little, and she could even make jokes with her sister, but she didn't notice that her sister's hand stroking her hair suddenly stopped.
"It's exactly the same as what I remember Sister Song singing." Ning Hanqi smiled, with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes. "I can feel that the little girl has tried very hard. Please don't make it difficult for her."
"……elder sister?"
Ning Hanqi came back to his senses and replied softly, "I won't make it difficult for her, don't worry."
When his soul was about to be scattered, this was the only thought left in the ghost boy's mind.
After dealing with the restless little ghost, Xia Yingnuan jumped directly from the entrance.
“Hula!”
After she landed, the lamps on the walls on both sides suddenly emitted a faint green light, making the passage even more eerie.
Xia Yingnuan saw a pool of blood on the ground. It was fresh human blood. There were also scratches on the surrounding walls caused by monsters' sharp claws... Her trembling expression was mixed with a hint of panic. Without thinking too much, she immediately followed the direction of the bloodstains, but the bloodstains disappeared at the stairs.
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