Chapter 160 Safe Zone 1 (2) - Offering Incense
Seeing Ning Shu wolfing down her food, Cheng Chuan realized that it must be very difficult for her to do it alone, and finally decided to invite her to join his team.
"Ning Shu, have you joined any organization?" He wanted to confirm this first to avoid any misunderstandings.
Ning Shu shook her head: "No."
She had no chance of joining, and all she could think about was finding them.
Cheng Chuan: "Then, would you like to join our team? Although there are only two of us right now, our ability to clear levels is pretty good."
Ning Shu was overjoyed. Cheng Chuan was so proactive, and she immediately agreed: "Okay, thank you."
Wu Yi felt like the sky was falling; it was truly a case of whatever he didn't want coming to pass!
After the meal, Ning Shu followed Cheng Chuan and the others to visit the place where she used to live.
When Ning Shu saw Li Mengqi, her nose tingled a little. If it were before, she would definitely have rushed over and hugged Li Mengqi, this mature and elegant woman, and acted coquettishly.
But now they are strangers, so she can only pretend to be a complete stranger and greet them.
Li Mengqi already knew that Cheng Chuan was going to bring his new teammates over for a visit, so she didn't react much to Ning Shu's appearance and greeted Ning Shu as if she were a stranger.
Li Mengqi still found Ning Shu's gaze strange; it was the joy of a long-awaited reunion, not the politeness one would show to a stranger.
Moreover, Ning Shu reminded her somewhat of the girl who had inexplicably approached her at the entrance to the safe zone.
Li Mengqi feels like she's been encountering a lot of strange things lately, and she doesn't know if she's just having a bad year.
After Ning Shu and Li Mengqi finished greeting each other, they noticed a small table had been added to one of the walls in the living room.
On the table was a sign with a few words written on it, and in front of the sign were a fruit plate and a small incense burner.
Ning Shu walked over curiously to take a look, then froze. What was that thing she saw?!
The sign read "Strong men don't wash their feet" in large characters, arranged from top to bottom.
Ning Shu shakily stretched out her hand, pointed at the sign, and asked, "What is this?"
Cheng Chuan: "This is our former teammate, and this is her memorial tablet."
Ning Shu was struck by lightning again and again; this was just too outrageous! They actually set up memorial tablets for themselves? But something about these tablets was...
Seeing Ning Shu's shocked expression, Cheng Chuan assumed it was a problem with the memorial tablet and continued to explain:
"This memorial tablet is indeed not formal enough. It's mainly because the graffiti wasn't carved well when it was commissioned, but the points have already been spent, so we'll just use it like this."
Ning Shu stared at Cheng Chuan in shock. Every word he uttered was explosive. Perhaps because her expression was too exaggerated, Cheng Chuan gave a detailed explanation this time.
That day, they lost a teammate in the War World instance, and they were all in a bad mood after they came out. It turned out that there was another companion named Graffiti who was with them.
After the graffiti was done, he felt extremely sorry for Ning Shu, so he took them to Safe Zone 3 and even found someone to carve a memorial tablet.
But since it was his first time doing something like this, and he was trying to save money by hiring a novice, the result was that the carved plaque was neither fish nor fowl, and didn't look like a memorial tablet at all. But at least the name was carved in full.
The three people who received the memorial tablets were completely dumbfounded. They originally wanted to beat up the other party, but the other party pitifully said that this was his first time opening a business and hoped to be given a chance.
In the end, they only gave up because the other party was in tears and looked so pitiful. However, the plaque engraver said that he could give them a memorial tablet for free after he became more skilled.
Upon hearing this, the three fell silent. At that moment, Cheng Chuan and Wu Yi wished they could beat up the guy's graffiti as well.
The story is indeed complicated, and Ning Shu was rendered speechless.
While they were chatting, Wu Yi took out three incense sticks and handed them to Ning Shu: "Here, newcomer, light an incense stick for Sister Foot."
Ning Shu, forced to accept the incense, fell silent again. Was it really okay for her to offer incense to herself?
Finally, under Wu Yi's watchful eye, Ning Shu offered incense to "his former self" and bowed in prayer.
Normally, she should have been touched that her teammates erected a memorial for her after she died, but the problem is that she didn't die, so the feeling of being touched turned into embarrassment.
Whatever, it's just a memorial tablet, she can accept it.
Cheng Chuan showed her around their "luxurious" residence, and then they sat in the living room chatting.
The conversation revolved around their deceased teammates, leaving Ning Shu completely numb. In the end, she was forced to quickly say goodbye and leave.
On the way back, Cheng Chuan saw her off, which was quite gentlemanly, and Ning Shu was overjoyed.
"I've arrived." Ning Shu pointed to her building, a multi-story building without an elevator, where she lived on the third floor.
Cheng Chuan glanced at it and instructed, "Then you should get some rest."
The next day, the three of them agreed to meet at the training camp. Ning Shu's physical fitness had returned to its pre-recovery level, so she needed to continue to strengthen her training.
When it was time to practice riding skills, Cheng Chuan looked at Ning Shu's horse and asked, "Is this your prop?"
Ning Shu knew what he was thinking and smiled slightly: "Yes, I got it in the Dark Paradise dungeon."
Cheng Chuan was taken aback: "You've run this dungeon before?"
Sure enough, she stayed there for quite a while.
Cheng Chuan thought it was a coincidence: "We've also run that dungeon before, and Wu Yi almost chose this horse as a prop."
Ning Shu certainly knew the answer, but feigned ignorance, asking, "Then why didn't you choose it?"
Cheng Chuan was a little embarrassed. He couldn't very well say that Wu Yi didn't choose the item because of the gold coins. He could only say that the other party thought other items were better.
Under the coach's guidance, Ning Shu can now ride a horse slowly, though the speed is not much faster than walking, just less strenuous.
Wu Yi laughed at Ning Shu from the side: "Little Ning, it's the same whether you ride the horse or not, haha."
Ning Shu rolled her eyes at him: "At least I have a horse, what do you have?"
Wu Yi shut up after hearing this. He had no choice; he had wronged himself for not choosing a horse because he wanted the gold coins.
The three of them spent nearly a month in the training camp and finally got to know each other better. They then set off again to run dungeons.
Because Cheng Chuan and his team lost a teammate when they went to safe zone 3 before, they decided to farm in safe zone 1 this time, just to be on the safe side.
The area outside the safe zone where players can run dungeons is called the "buffer zone" by players, and the area beyond the "buffer zone" is called the "unknown area" by players.
The "unknown area" is very large, and most players wouldn't go there.
According to Li Mengqi, the organization she joined has explored for so many years, but has only been to less than one-tenth of the unknown areas.
Ning Shu had doubts about this ratio; how could she know it was such an accurate one-tenth if she hadn't even traveled all the way? But she figured she'd just take whatever others said.
Arguing about this is pointless; all we know is that the unknown area is vast.
Cheng Chuan drove to a lake, and they had to walk the rest of the way themselves because the road was too narrow and difficult to navigate.
The three of them traveled light and walked along the lake, which was bordered by an orchard.
If they can't enter the instance, they can pick some wild fruits to sell and earn points.
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