The cold system notification sounded in his mind. Tang Ning was like a person sinking into the deep sea. The endless sea water poured into his body and even his soul. He kept falling and sinking.
He heard the secrets in his heart falling, penetrating through his ribs and drifting on the sea with the vast waves.
Mo Yunchu.
Geng Creek.
prince.
He was still falling.
A strong sense of loss, perhaps it was the soul turning upside down, he sank from the mud deep in the seabed into the soft clouds, the blue to black sea water turned into a deep blue sky, the coldness receded like the tide, and warmth enveloped him.
Tang Ning closed her eyes and lay quietly on the big bed at home.
The sunlight shines through the window lattice, onto the young man's pale, almost transparent face, and onto his pale lips. Even though he is trapped in layers of soft bedding, he still looks fragile and about to break at any moment.
The screen of the mobile phone on his chest suddenly lit up. It was a call from Lin Yun.
The phone kept ringing. He opened his eyes, slowly reached out his hand, and answered the call that Lin Yun had opened. "How are you now? Is there anything wrong? Did the snake attack you?!"
Tangning stared at the brilliant golden beam of light in the room. His eyelashes and nose tip were also stained with a little gold from the sunlight. "Lin Yun"
His voice was so soft that it sounded like he was talking in a sleep.
"I'm at Mo Yunchu."
Lin Yun, who was breathing rapidly on the other end of the phone, suddenly became quiet, even holding his breath. No one spoke, and one seemed to hear the sound of dust piling up in the light, spinning and floating.
"It was like a dream. The person reflected by Gengxi in Chichijing was Mo Yunchu."
Lin Yun seemed to be immersed in shock and still didn't speak.
After a while, Tangning asked softly, "Is this true?"
"Wait at home, I'll be there soon!" Lin Yun hung up the phone. Tang Ning was still lying on the bed, motionless. The sunlight was too glaring and tears naturally flowed from the corners of her eyes. At the moment when the pillowcase was about to be wet, Shadow picked up a handkerchief and wiped Tang Ning's face.
The tall shadow blocked out the sunlight that Tang Ning could see with its thick darkness, so that Tang Ning could only see it.
Tang Ning looked up at the dark shadow.
The misty eyes seemed to be lost.
He looked at the shadow for a long time, more tears flowed from his eyes, making his pale face stained with a sickly red. He cried and laughed at the same time, his voice trembling constantly: "Is it you?"
The shadow did not answer. It leaned down and kissed the pale pink lips with its cold lips.
The thick chill once again enveloped him. Tang Ning seemed to have sunk into a new level of coldness. His emotions were frozen, and his body was so cold that he seemed to be sick. Perhaps he was really sick, which was why he was clinging to the darkness that even the sun could not penetrate.
When Lin Yun arrived at Tangning's new home, Tangning was sitting in a hanging chair holding her cat, quietly watching the game on her phone:
Instance Name: Vacation
Copy risk factor: a
Task difficulty coefficient: b
Complete the main mission: Save! Survive for seven days! (80 points)
Complete the advanced task: Save the evil spirits 13! (300 points)
Overall rating: S (S-level mission rating will grant lifetime use of the card "Farmer and Snake" extracted from this instance!)
Dear player, your target deposit is 850 points. You currently have the following items: Princess and the Pea, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid, Farmer and Snake, Suckling, Woodcutter, Mysterious Ring.
『Mysterious Ring』
Rarity: a
Function introduction: A mysterious ring that can enhance the power of Gu. When you wear the ring, the characteristics of the Harmful Gu and the Muyun Gu will be amplified (as time goes by, when the breath of the Gu remaining in the player disappears, the ring will no longer work)
The Farmer and the Snake
Rarity: a
Function introduction: A rare causal card. After equipping this card, you will gain the protection and killing power of the snake.
It was Lin Yun's turn. Tangning raised her head and looked over calmly with eyes that still showed traces of tears. Lin Yun, who had been worried about Tangning's condition, breathed a sigh of relief. He found a chair and sat down. He first greeted Tangning happily, "Meow meow meow~"
Kai Xin glanced lazily at the strange human, then continued to sleep in Tang Ning's arms.
Lin Yun smiled at the shadow who was making tea nearby and said, "You are so polite."
Without even looking at Lin Yun, Yingzi handed the hot tea to Tangning. Tangning looked at Yingzi with wide eyes. Lin Yun quickly said, "No, no, I don't like drinking tea. I like eating."
After saying that, Lin Yun continued to sit on the chair without changing his expression. "After you left, Zeng Yishuang and I buried the body smoothly at first, but at the end, Chen Yan and Qin Jiaqi suddenly lost control."
Tang Ning paused in blowing. He guessed that it was Mu Zhizhou who was going to fight back. He didn't expect that the other party would not only let Du Feng attack them, but also let Chen Yan and Qin Jiaqi attack Lin Yun. Although he knew that Lin Yun was fine now that he could get out of the dungeon safely, Tang Ning was still staring at Lin Yun nervously at this moment.
"I took them both away, and Zeng Yishuang buried the body alone." Lin Yun mysteriously took out a talisman from her pocket and smiled at Tang Ning's surprised look, "Thanks to the red wedding dress you gave me, I saw Zeng Yishuang was almost buried, and at the last moment I used this defensive item to rush back and got this talisman."
"But I only had time to take one." Lin Yun said with a bit of regret.
Tang Ning gave Lin Yun a thumbs up, her eyes full of admiration.
"Okay, tell me about your situation." Lin Yun put away his smile and pretended to listen attentively.
Tang Ning's face also turned stern. He told Lin Yun everything about his experience.
"You said that Gengxi was Mo Yunchu in the Chichijing world, and Dufeng was your boyfriend in the first copy in the well world?" Lin Yun frowned. "This is the first time I've heard of such a connection between NPCs from different worlds."
"Do you have any guesses?" Lin Yun asked.
Tangning took a deep breath and said seriously, "I wonder if the prince who protects me in every world is Mo Yunchu's present?"
Lin Yun raised his eyebrows, "Why do you say that?"
"Except Qi Yun, everyone's cooking is delicious. In Qi Yun's copy, I also tasted a red velvet cake that tasted very similar to Mo Yunchu's." Tang Ning said, "And they were all very nice to me, except Mo Yunchu. I don't understand why someone would be so nice to me."
"Tangning." Lin Yun suddenly called out.
Tang Ning immediately raised her head and looked at Lin Yun intently.
Lin Yun's expression was very serious, as if he had a big discovery to share with Tangning. This made Tangning sit up straight and swallow nervously. He heard Lin Yun say word by word, "There will be many people who treat you well, and the reason they treat you well is not because they are Mo Yunchu."
"It's because you are Tangning."
Tang Ning stared at Lin Yun blankly. Kai Xin, who was in his arms, raised his cat face blankly and licked his owner's palm in confusion.
"Did you understand?"
The hairs on the cat's tongue scratched his fair skin, causing a tingling sensation. Tang Ning felt as if his heart was being licked by such an invisible cat, leaving him with a feeling of happiness. His eyes, which were slightly tearful, were particularly bright in the sun. He looked at Lin Yun seriously and nodded vigorously, "Thank you, Lin Yun, you are such a good person!"
Lin Yun touched his nose and smiled bitterly, "Well, okay, let's get back to talking about your boyfriend—" He glanced at the shadow standing beside Tangning, pausing for a moment before saying politely, "Of course, I think the person who is most compatible with you is this shadow."
Tangning finally realized that Shadow was still beside him. He looked at Shadow's dark face and hesitated for a moment before asking cautiously, "Do you want to go out and check if there are any bad guys near your home?"
As he said this, he stretched out his hand and made a heart shape with his thumb and index finger to Shadow, "I love you~"
The shadow wrapped around Tang Ning's hand in dissatisfaction, took the heart from Tang Ning's hand, but did not leave.
It seems he refuses to leave.
Tangning was a little embarrassed and said to Lin Yun, "Why don't you just say it directly? I think it's all his fault. It shouldn't be jealous of itself, right?"
Lin Yun pondered for a moment, "Mo Yunchu, Qi Yun, Gong Jun, Ji Lianyun, Shao Mingxuan, Gengxi, also known as Xi Yun"
Every time he said a name, the temperature in the air seemed to drop by one degree. At the end, Happy, who had been lazily nestling in Tang Ning's arms, suddenly exploded and jumped out of Tang Ning's arms without hesitation, running forward like a rabbit.
Lin Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, stood up, and said with a dry laugh: "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home."
"Shadow!" Tangning raised her voice and shouted at Shadow who was continuously emitting coldness.
As Shadow turned around, Tangning made a huge heart shape with both hands to Shadow, "Please, please, go check if there are any bad guys there, okay?"
Under Tang Ning's pleading gaze, Shadow walked out reluctantly.
Tangning picked up the tea that had cooled down from the cold and now was just the right temperature and took a sip, "Okay, go on."
This time, it was Lin Yun who looked at Tangning with admiration. He said slowly, "I wonder if you have noticed that these people are just like me."
Tangning: “?”
“They are all as handsome as me.” Lin Yun boasted shamelessly, and then said: “They all have the word ‘Yun’ in their names, just like me.”
Tangning's eyes suddenly widened.
Seems like that’s indeed the case?!
"Maybe it's a coincidence, but this can also be used as a clue to identify the prince. With the distinct characteristics of a prince, you will definitely be a lot easier in the future." At this point, Lin Yun frowned: "But Zhang Yun's name also contains Yun, and this time, Geng Xi didn't use his real name at the beginning."
"It can only be used as a basis for judgment. By the way, what is your mission evaluation this time? Is it S-level?" Lin Yun asked.
Tangning nodded.
"Me too. With S-level, you have the permanent right to use the Farmer and the Snake card. But my personal suggestion is that you'd better not equip the Snake card in the future. This is because the Snake card is less helpful to you than the Princess and the Pea card, and the NPC corresponding to the Snake card will interfere with your judgment of the prince. Using the Snake card again will not be worth the loss." Lin Yun said.
Tang Ning had no objection to this. The pressure from the Snake Card was too great. If it was not necessary, he would not use the Snake Card again.
"There is one more thing." Lin Yun looked at Tangning. He was silent for a moment before he spoke softly, "Tangning, I have already been through too many B-level dungeons and only received relatively high ratings. With the S-level rating this time, my next dungeon should be an A-level dungeon."
A-level copy.
This is the highest-level dungeon that players can access at this stage. Although there is an S-level dungeon above the A-level, so far, the forum has no information about the S-level dungeon, and no one knows the information of players who have cleared the S-level dungeon.
However, most players still have a vague idea of the difficulty of A-level copies, and Tang Ning is no exception.
In his impression, the A-level dungeons were extremely difficult, the difficulty of hell. There were so many different levels of difficulty, and each A-level dungeon had its own merits. Therefore, each A-level dungeon could not be used as a reference for other A-level dungeons. There were often tragic incidents of group annihilation in A-level dungeons, and many players who could still do well in B-level dungeons were taught a lesson by the card game when they entered A-level dungeons.
Many players who have reached level A dungeons will frantically team up with newcomers to reduce the difficulty of the dungeon and go to lower-level dungeons.
However, even so, there is no guarantee that they will enter low-level dungeons every time they team up with newcomers. Players who always escape will cause the newcomers to be implicated and forced to enter level A dungeons.
And having one more pure newcomer in the A-level copy is equivalent to having one more useless teammate. It would be fine if the useless teammate died quietly, but dying by his own will increase the difficulty of the copy and is a nightmare for the entire team.
Therefore, even if players no longer want to enter the A-level dungeon, they will go in and play every once in a while. Instead of forcing newcomers to enter the A-level dungeon together, it is better to find trustworthy senior players to go together.
Lin Yun had clearly reached this level at this moment. He said to Tangning seriously, "Every teammate in an A-level dungeon is very important. If the teammates are capable, it can greatly increase the team's survival rate."
"I have contacted Bai Liang and Jiang Mianmian this time. Their next dungeon is an A-level dungeon, and they are willing to team up with me. I don't want to miss them, because if I miss this time, the chances of them being willing to team up with me next time will be very low."
Tang Ning looked at Lin Yun and already understood what the other party was going to say next. If he continued to team up with Lin Yun, and Lin Yun wanted to team up with Bai Liang, Jiang Mianmian and others, then Tang Ning would most likely be dragged directly into the A-level copy.
If he left Lin Yun and found another teammate, or found a new teammate, then Tang Ning might be able to get through the next dungeon more easily.
After all, Tang Ning now has more information about the card prince and is very confident that she can easily recognize him in the next copy.
Under Tangning's gaze, Lin Yun asked seriously, "Do you still want to team up with me?"