Chapter 29 Apartment Copy (Part 2)
"We don't need this money, please change it."
When Ning Hanqi was checking out, the elusive Xia Yingnuan suddenly stood behind her. She saw the cashier sandwiching the ghost money between the real banknotes. Once the money was accepted, it could not be returned, and there would be endless trouble in the future.
I have to say that this cashier is very insidious. He hid the paper money for the dead. Players cannot see it when the cashier hands it over. If you are not careful, you will probably get caught.
Xia Yingnuan spoke very politely, but her eyes were extremely fierce. The cashier suddenly felt that she was going to cut him into pieces and eat him with ketchup in the next second!
She tremblingly exchanged the ghost money for real money. The cashier recognized the other party's identity as a ghost. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if Xia Yingnuan has lost most of her strength, she is not someone that a small ghost like the cashier can harm. The only one who can threaten her is the dungeon boss who depends on the dungeon for survival. The only one who can cause her some trouble is at least the small boss of this world.
Although Xia Yingnuan's sudden withdrawal of her hand was not very large, Ning Hanqi still noticed it keenly.
"What happened underwater?"
Xia Yingnuan's expression was not relaxed. She told Ning Hanqi the power she had just sensed.
Considering that there are some NPCs on the ship, their communication is done through special "encrypted channels".
"Is there the power of the underworld? Have you come into contact with it?" Ning Hanqi immediately stepped forward and held Xia Yingnuan's hand that she had just put underwater to check it.
"It's okay, that power was far away and couldn't catch up with me." Xia Yingnuan shook her head. Although it was the power of the underworld, it was only a wisp after all, and it wouldn't hurt her.
Speaking of the entrance to the underworld, a thought suddenly crossed Ning Hanqi's mind. The Sea God's dream was interrupted, and Ning Hanqi felt a suction force pulling his consciousness away, but the Sea God's wrath followed. Even though he was awake for only a moment, Ning Hanqi still struggled to resist the power of the dream with his consciousness.
Fortunately, she woke up from the dream of the sea god and her consciousness gradually returned to her body. Ning Hanqi heard some noise around her, and Xia Yingnuan seemed to be talking to someone anxiously.
However, after her consciousness returned to her body, the feeling of heaviness and difficulty breathing once again bound her soul. This frail human body was indeed a bit of a hindrance.
Ning Hanqi gradually regained control of his body and opened his heavy eyelids.
"Wake up, wake up! Miss Ning is awake!"
Ning Hanqi saw a somewhat dazzling white light and Xia Yingnuan's joyful expression. He seemed to be back in the room. There were three people and a ghost standing beside the bed. Nuannuan was holding a small incense burner in her hand, which looked like a prop.
"It's good that you're awake. It's good that you're awake. Do you feel any discomfort anywhere?" Xia Yingnuan pretended to be calm, but her voice was trembling. Who would have thought that the small problem mentioned by the sea hare would go so wrong. Ning Hanqi was forced to fall asleep and did not wake up until the end of the movie. This was beyond the sea hare's cognitive range, and she could not give an answer.
The cinema was not a safe place. If they stayed any longer, the second movie might start. Xia Yingnuan carried the person out while the tour guide was waiting for a good show. The tour guide originally wanted to take her life while she was sick, but the sea slug went to negotiate with it for a while. No one knew what she said, but the tour guide seemed to postpone the plan.
Xia Yingnuan brought people back to the room. Because the face of the person in her arms became more and more ugly, she suspected that there was something wrong with Ning Hanqi's dream. So after she went back, she thought about how to enter the dream. At this time, Zhuang Meng provided her with a prop.
That was the incense burner that Ning Hanqi saw when she opened her eyes. Gao Yu originally wanted to buy it, but Zhuang Meng was not short of money. What she needed was a favor from Xia Yingnuan, such as the chance for the dungeon boss to save her life in the future.
Xia Yingnuan agreed immediately, but before she could use the props, Ning Hanqi woke up. Zhuang Meng took back his props with some regret.
"No..." Ning Hanqi opened her mouth slightly, and the smell of blood rushed up from her throat. She swallowed the blood with some effort, then smiled comfortingly at Xia Yingnuan and said, "It's okay, I just had a little accident."
But ghosts are very sensitive to blood. Even though Ning Hanqi wanted to hide it, her bloody breath could not be concealed.
Xia Yingnuan hugged her tightly. Since there were outsiders around, she didn't say anything. However, Ning Hanqi still noticed her helplessness from the subtle changes in her movements.
Even though she had considerable strength, she still couldn't retain Ning Hanqi's fading life. It was like a handful of sand. The more she tried to hold it tightly, the more she would lose it.
This looks like a heartwarming scene of a couple hugging each other after escaping death, Zhuang Meng sighed. A few months ago, she would never have dreamed that Miss Xia would have such a gentle expression. The three of them standing here felt brighter than the lights above their heads.
Although Sea Hare is the youngest, she can understand the atmosphere. In addition, she is very afraid of Ning Hanqi. If it weren't for the matter of the Sea God, she would have slipped away long ago.
But now she could only make a concerted effort, carefully pinching Ning Hanqi's sleeve and pulling it slightly. The force was so light that Ning Hanqi almost didn't feel it.
"Ms. Ning, Miss Ning, did something happen to you just now? Are you... feeling unwell? I have a lot of medicines here, of all kinds. Would you like to pick some?" The sea hare stuttered as he finished speaking and then hurriedly took out a bunch of potions from the cross. If you want to ask for help from others, you have to build a good relationship with them first and show your sincerity.
"I'm fine..." Ning Hanqi politely refused, but the little girl got anxious and stuffed everything into her hands.
Ning Hanqi coughed twice, and Xia Yingnuan patted her back gently to help her breathe. "Do you want to rest for a while?"
"Let's finish what happened first." Ning Hanqi looked at the pitiful appearance of the sea hare and couldn't bear to drag it on any longer. "Just now, I had the same dream as Miss Sea Hare told me. It was exactly the same as the plot of the movie. Then I went to the place where I died and was eaten by the monster. Then I heard some strange noises, and then I was taken by that noise to another dream that didn't belong to me."
"I've never encountered such a situation!" The sea slug waved his hands anxiously to show that he definitely did not hide any information.
"Don't worry, I know this is just an accident." Ning Hanqi comforted the little girl.
"It's not your dream? You accidentally entered someone else's dream? No, everyone woke up later and no one was dreaming. You entered the dream of something else?" Xia Yingnuan discovered the key point.
"Yes, I suspect that I accidentally entered the dream of the Sea God just now." Ning Hanqi nodded.
The sea hare suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Lord Poseidon?"
Xia Yingnuan frowned, "No wonder the sea was a little turbulent just now."
"I, I haven't even been to His dream yet..." Sea Hare's whole body was filled with a depressed feeling, but she quickly cheered up. Now was obviously not the time to be depressed. The more critical issue was the message Ning Hanqi asked Zhuang Meng to bring her.
"Ms. Ning, have you communicated with the Sea God in your dream? Can He wake up?"
Ning Hanqi glanced at Xia Yingnuan regarding this question. The latter understood what she meant and shook her head, saying, "He can't wake up. He just tried to wake up, but was instantly suppressed back into sleep. According to the rules, he can only wake up on the last night."
Even someone as powerful as Poseidon is bound by these rules.
The sea slug bit his lower lip. So that's how it is... It was indeed like that. It wasn't that Lord Poseidon didn't want to wake up, but the rules and even the things behind the rules were persecuting him and preventing him from waking up.
The underworld here is separated from the human world by special rules and forces. In this situation, even ghosts and gods may not be able to interfere with human affairs through the surface of the lake. In this case, let's change our thinking direction. Is there something we want under the water?
"Nuannuan, put this coral branch under the water and see, but don't touch the water yourself." Ning Hanqi handed the coral branch to Xia Yingnuan.
"Do you think the water surface here blocks the coral's ability to detect?" It has to be said that this is very likely. Xia Yingnuan immediately put the coral branch under the water. In order to prevent the power of the underworld from making a comeback, she kept watching carefully.
Unfortunately, after soaking in the water for a while, the coral branches still did not react.
"It seems that thing is definitely not here." Xia Yingnuan could not feel any power fluctuations from the coral branches.
Ning Hanqi pondered for a moment and didn't say anything. He just asked Xia Yingnuan to quickly retract the coral branch and not to explore the situation underwater for the time being. They could still live in peace with the situation below the water surface. Too hasty exploration would easily cause backlash.
Afterwards, they sent the three guests on the boat to the other side, collected the copper coins, and stayed here to wait for new NPCs. Because there were towns on both sides of the river, there were many people on both sides who needed to cross the river.
After a while, Chang Chujing came over rowing a boat. She wiped the sweat from her forehead. This season was not very cool, and the sky was cloudless. The sun shone down without reservation. It had to be said that she felt hot and tired.
Before they could take a break, a few more NPCs came from not far away. As time went by, more and more guests came, and their only two boats were their options. The player who mastered the rowing skills the fastest could seize the opportunity and earn more money.
"Can you still row? Do you want to take a break?" Ning Hanqi asked the little girl.
"Not yet. Don't worry. I've been exercising since I entered the game, so rowing a few rounds won't be a problem!" The girl said, "Don't treat me like one of those new players in the dungeon. We've worked together in that dungeon before, and I won't hold you back."
"Okay, but even if we don't want to take a break now, it seems we can't." Ning Hanqi glanced across the river. Her vision was limited, but Xia Yingnuan had been paying attention to the movements over there.
Some people have started to offer sacrifices to the Dragon King. If they set out now, they will most likely encounter the sound of "the Dragon King playing in the water" in the middle of the river.
"Boatman, are you going to sail now?" an NPC put down the sack in his hand and asked.
"You've come at an untimely moment. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while. They're offering sacrifices to the Dragon King over there, and he'll come out to eat the sacrifices soon. We can't let the boat float over the Dragon King's head at this time, otherwise he'll mistake it for a sacrifice and swallow you in one gulp." Ning Hanqi pointed to the other side of the river and explained to the NPC.
"Sacrifice to the Dragon King? I heard that you boatmen would sacrifice to the Dragon King for blessings of safety before setting sail, but they are sacrificing a little late today? Forget it, since it is a sacrifice to the Dragon King, we can only wait." The NPC found a big rock not far away and sat down.
These NPCs were quite reasonable. At least no one came up and insisted that they start the boat now.
Soon, the sacrificial ceremony of an unknown player or players was successful. Suddenly, dark clouds floated over the originally cloudless sky, and the river began to surge.
The NPCs behind Ning Hanqi and the others gathered together, their expressions filled with surprise.
"The Dragon King has appeared!" The NPCs seemed to be seeing such a spectacle for the first time. They knelt down and bowed to the river again and again.
After the noise on the river subsided and the dark clouds above dispersed, Xia Yingnuan saw that no one was moving over there, so she told Ning Hanqi to send the NPC over quickly during this time.
Now that the boat can be sailed, the NPCs are actually very nervous and keep chanting while on the boat, either asking the Dragon King to bless them with good weather or asking the Dragon King to bless their families with safety.
After sending the NPC to the shore again, Ning Hanqi had more than a dozen copper coins in her hand. The other players had completed the sacrificial ceremony one after another using various means and were now adapting to the new ship. After seeing the copper coins in her hand, they all showed a little envy.
In one morning, Ning Hanqi earned dozens of copper coins. Near noon, a merchant driving a donkey called out to them at the riverside.
"Boatmen, what would you like to eat today? I have sesame cakes, steamed buns, dumplings, soy milk... and some dried meat!"
The old boatman walked up to the vendor and said, "Three sesame cakes."
"Okay, three pancakes for three cents. Would you like some dried meat and something to drink? The dried meat is very cheap today, only 10 cents a plate! You do so much physical work every day, you need to eat more good food to have strength." The vendor took out three steaming hot pancakes from the wooden box of the donkey cart and handed them to the old boatman. The old boatman threw three copper coins to the donkey, turned around and went back without saying anything.
"Hey, these are all good stuff." The vendor shook his head, then smiled brightly and asked Ning Hanqi and Chang Chujing, "What would you two girls like?"
Perhaps she was really tired. After taking care of all the precautions, Ning Hanqi leaned back on the sofa. She just wanted to rest, but she accidentally fell asleep.
She could not hide the fatigue between her brows and eyes. For a seriously ill patient, the days of hard work made her body a little unable to bear it.
Xia Yingnuan gently picked up Ning Hanqi and put her on the bed. With her around, she could sleep for a while without causing any trouble.
Perhaps because she felt the most familiar and reassuring breath, Ning Hanqi did not wake up.
However, this moment of peace only lasted a few minutes, as there was suddenly a noise coming from upstairs.
"Bang, bang, bang..." It sounded like someone was chopping bones with a machete.
Xia Yingnuan had a gloomy expression and didn't even have time to cover Ning Hanqi's ears. The person who had been on alert woke up instantly.
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