Tang Ning's heart trembled, and his mind was filled with Su Anyun's suppressed cries of pain.
It was his brother who was calling him not to leave.
Is my brother now a ghost? Why did my brother become a ghost
The voice was very weak due to the pain. The old Taoist priest who was walking in front of him plucked a tone: "It cannot be seen, it cannot be heard, it encompasses the heaven and earth, and nurtures all living things..."
Lin Yun, who was walking beside Tang Ning, pushed Tang Ning. Jiang Mianmian, who was walking in front of Tang Ning, even though she didn't look back, she still grabbed Tang Ning's hand accurately as if she had eyes on her back and pulled Tang Ning forward.
Tang Ning felt like he was surrounded by a group of people walking in the darkness. Even though he had no strength and couldn't make a decision immediately, the people around him were pushing him forward. It was not completely dark inside. The old Taoist priest in front of him was emitting a golden glow.
Under the golden color, many demons and monsters appeared. Tang Ning saw faint green lights emerging from the corners like ghost lights. As the old Taoist priest approached the green lights, the lights dimmed and many figures walking on tiptoe appeared.
Xiaoyu, Lu Yuhua, Zeng Yishuang, Bai Yingxue, Bai Liang
The old Taoist priest was chanting while looking around them without looking around. He was walking down the stairs. The stairs were very narrow and the steps were relatively steep. It was easy to fall if you couldn't see anything in a hurry. The light from the old Taoist priest could barely illuminate a few steps.
A chilly air filled the narrow staircase. Tangning heard Xiaoyu's voice, "Mom, can you stay with Xiaoyu?"
The little girl in the ragged plaid skirt pleaded: "Little Fish has been sitting on the swing for a long, long time."
Tang Ning did not respond as he walked down the stairs step by step. However, Jiang Mianmian, who was walking in front of Tang Ning, stopped walking as if attracted by some sound. The hand that Jiang Mianmian was holding Tang Ning's was also shaking slightly.
…Is it Bai Liang calling Jiang Mianmian
Tang Ning hesitated for a moment, then pinched Jiang Mianmian with his fingernails.
After a while, Jiang Mianmian started moving again. The old Taoist priest continued to chant. Tang Ning heard various voices calling him. These voices seemed to contain great magical power. Even though Tang Ning was not familiar with some of them, he felt that the one calling his name in the cold and gloomy place was the closest person to him.
"Xiao Ning." That familiar gentle voice rang out from Tangning's body, "Come inside me."
Tang Ning stopped walking down the stairs.
"Xiao Ning, didn't we agree to grow old together?" Su Anyun called Tang Ning gently.
It was a voice that was gentle enough to bewitch people.
"Xiao Ning, have you forgotten the agreement between us?"
No, he had not forgotten. He remembered clearly the beautiful future that Su Anyun had told him about...
"We will be together forever. You, me, and your aunt. The three of us will be together forever. We will also have a kitten. The kitten's name is Happy."
Yes
They clearly said
A hand grabbed Tang Ning forcefully. It was Lin Yun.
The pain woke Tang Ning up for a moment. He heard the old Taoist priest chanting incantations. His aged voice seemed to be resisting the temptation in Su Anyun's voice.
The gentle and affectionate voice suddenly changed, filled with cold resentment: "Are you going to abandon me again?"
These simple words pierced Tang Ning's heart directly, like a sharp knife with blood still dripping from the tip.
No
Tangning frowned in pain and stood stiffly in place.
"Tangning! Don't let your mother's efforts go to waste!!!" Zhou Kang suddenly shouted, "Have you forgotten your cat?!"
Zhou Kang's words confused Tangning. He covered his aching head. Various fragments of pictures appeared in his mind, and he remembered his mother saying to Zhou Kang, "Our Ningning really likes cats..."
The familiar feeling of strangeness came up again.
When Tang Ning heard what his mother said earlier, he felt something was wrong.
Our Ningning likes cats very much
How did you know
In reality, Tang Ning suddenly fell in love with cats when she met Kai Xin in a pet shop after her mother passed away. Before that, Tang Ning did not show any special interest in cats. In the dungeon world, there was no sign of a cat at home. According to Tang Ning's life trajectory set in the dungeon, unless "Tang Ning" also went to a pet shop in grief and met "Kai Xin", "Tang Ning" would not show much love for cats.
Whether it was the mother in real life or the mother in the dungeon, neither of them should have known that Tang Ning particularly liked cats.
Tangning thought back to when he apologized to his mother in the kitchen today. In the replica, his mother did not get into a car accident and was not confused by what Tangning said.
From the beginning to the end, Tang Ning did not get any accurate evidence to prove that the mother in the copy was his real mother.
The only thing he trusted was his feelings.
Why did the mother in the copy let him run
Why did mom have to wait until today to tell him to run away
Why did the mother's attitude seem to be that she was determined that as long as he could run away, he could completely escape from his brother
A bold and almost crazy guess came up. Tangning asked in her mind: System, did you let my mother's soul enter the game?! You told me that I had a cat?! You told me that I would leave the game completely today?!
The system is still playing dumb.
This attitude has been taken for granted.
Tang Ning was so uneasy that he almost fell down the stairs.
Su Anyun's call continued, full of bewitching power. At the same time, another terrifying voice that was about to break rang out: "Ningning!"
"Run! Don't look back!!!"
The voice that is neither male nor female, neither human nor ghost is my mother's voice.
Tang Ning was like a wandering ghost. He walked down aimlessly. The stairs were so long, steep and narrow. It might be difficult for others to walk up these stairs, but for Tang Ning, they were the stairs he had walked for more than ten years.
Such a strange and terrifying mother might be difficult for others to recognize, but Tang Ning knew that she was his mother.
What did my mother sacrifice in the game? How can I make the old Taoist priest join the same camp
Su Anyun's voice gradually became louder and louder, turning into the roar of an evil ghost. The two terrifying voices made the whole corridor tremble.
One was asking him to stay, the other was telling him to leave.
His mother asked him to go.
Then he left.
Because this might be the last and only time in his life that his mother would ask him for something.
Tang Ning was running on the long and cold stairs. Ghosts with green light were shouting everywhere around him. The old Taoist priest kept chanting spells. Suddenly, the old Taoist priest stopped and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The golden light on the old Taoist priest gradually dimmed. He stood there weakly and said to Tang Ning and the others, "Run as far as you can. I'm not sure if we can stop him."
Tang Ning was carried on Lin Yun's back again. In the darkness, Tang Ning held the talisman that the Taoist priest had given him in his hand. He could not see anything. All he could hear were the roars of ghosts, the sound of Jiang Mianmian's gunfire, and occasionally Zhou Kang's tiger roar.
Suddenly, Lin Yun was also knocked to the ground by a ghost that jumped out from the side. Tang Ning had Lin Yun as a human cushion and was not injured. Lin Yun just groaned and quickly ran away carrying Tang Ning on his back.
"Don't worry! I'm wearing Jiang Mianmian's stepfather's clothes!" Lin Yun said without turning his head.
Tang Ning wanted to ask more questions when the blinding sunlight suddenly shone in. It turned out that Lin Yunzhong had rushed out carrying Tang Ning on his back.
Following closely behind were Jiang Mianmian and Zhou Kang. The bright sunshine outside the house dispelled the cold air. Lin Yun asked Jiang Mianmian anxiously, "Where should we run now?!"
"The Taoist priest told me a location before. Let's drive now. Come in quickly!" Jiang Mianmian ran to the front of the car quickly.
"I'll drive!" Lin Yun sat in the driver's seat, Tang Ning sat in the passenger seat, Jiang Mianmian and Zhou Kang sat in the front seat, and the car started quickly.
As the wind blew in from the car window, Tangning still felt a little unreal. After Jiang Mianmian reported her location to Lin Yun, she shouted to the stunned Tangning, "Hurry up and open the things Su Anyun and your mother sent you and take a look!"
Jiang Mianmian urged, "Open Su Anyun's first. I feel like it's a very powerful prop!"
Tang Ning opened the bag Su Anyun gave him, and took a look inside, only to find a porcelain doll with a blank face.
"It seems..." Jiang Mianmian stared at the porcelain doll so hard that not only were her eyes bloodshot, but blood even flowed out of her eye sockets: "Is it a prop with restrictive power?"
Lin Yun, who was driving, took a look at the porcelain doll and shouted, "I know! The porcelain doll is not used to seal the malice?!"
Tangning stared at the porcelain in his finger. If Lin Yun was right, then he didn't quite understand what Su Anyun meant...
Why give him the item that can weaken himself
"Seal the evil intention?" Jiang Mianmian didn't quite understand what Lin Yun meant. Tangning had not told Jiang Mianmian about his experience in the orphanage before, and now was not the right time to explain. Lin Yun stepped on the accelerator and drove at the highest speed: "Tangning! If you are really in danger and are caught up, you just take the porcelain doll—"
Lin Yun glanced at the rearview mirror while driving. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he stopped what he was about to say.
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment, then he looked over. The chilly wind blew through the car window onto his face, and the chill seemed to penetrate his skin and into his bones, causing him to shiver uncontrollably. His eyelashes trembled slightly as if they couldn't bear it anymore, and his trembling eyes fell on the mirror.
It was the bright midday sun, but the mirror was shrouded in a cold blue light.
Tang Ning's pale face appeared in the mirror. In addition to Tang Ning, another handsome face was reflected in the mirror.
It was a face that Tangning was familiar with, but at this moment, a sinister look appeared on his face that Tangning had never seen before.
The wanton malice made Tang Ning's heart beat violently, like a weak animal in a dead place, unable to even move.
"Xiao Ning." The evil ghost smiled affectionately and gently. His dark pupils were like a mysterious whirlpool, dragging people's consciousness into it and sinking together.
Pale, slender fingers grasped the edge of the car window, and the evil ghost slowly reached into the car. The temperature in the car dropped rapidly at an alarming rate, and the car mirrors reflected the same fear of everyone.
Tang Ning stared blankly at the evil ghost. Su Anyun leaned down and almost kissed him on the face. The cold breath lingered on Tang Ning's slender neck. Tang Ning endured everything stiffly. He felt that his neck was about to be bitten at any time. It was those dark and deep eyes that looked into his eyes. Tang Ning's heartbeat like a drum suddenly skipped a beat, not only because of fear, but also because of unspeakable expectation.
He expected a kiss instead of a bite.
"Hurry up and throw it out!!!" Lin Yun shouted at Tang Ning.
Tang Ning grabbed the porcelain in his hand, but the evil spirit Su Anyun did not give him a chance to attack.
The chilly air engulfed every inch of Tang Ning's skin, nearly freezing him into an ice sculpture, making him unable to even move a finger.
Not only Tang Ning was unable to move, the other players in the car also fell into a negative state. Lin Yun was even horrified to find that although he was now motionless and maintained the posture of stepping on the accelerator, the sound of the tires rubbing against the ground and the sound of the engine had not stopped, but the surrounding scenery had not changed at all, as if a strange force was blocking the movement of the car.
"do not leave Me."
Su Anyun's nose touched Tang Ning's nose. His dark eyes were filled with a deep, paranoid affection that made one's scalp tingle. He lowered his head and kissed Tang Ning's Adam's apple.
Life force and temperature were rapidly draining away, faster than when Tangning touched her mother. Another strange feeling overcame her fear. Like two magnets attracting each other, Tangning and Su Anyun felt a strong sense of satisfaction when they were close.
In fact, he should have stayed to accompany the other person a long time ago.
He has always been willing.
Tang Ning looked up at Su Anyun. There was no fear in his eyes, only deep affection for his lover.
Under Tang Ning's moist and gentle eyes, the malicious expression on Su Anyun's face froze. He stared at Tang Ning, his fingertips getting closer and closer to the porcelain in Tang Ning's hand, but he was hesitant to grab the porcelain in Tang Ning's hand, as if he was struggling with something.
"Roar!!!" Another gust of cold air rushed over, and a woman who looked completely disfigured came out of the car window. Her hands covered with corpse spots snatched the porcelain from Tang Ning's hand like a pair of iron pliers and slammed it to the ground.
"Crash!" Along with the sound of porcelain breaking, Su Anyun showed a painful expression. The vehicle that had been moving in place suddenly started moving, as if it had broken through a strange space and directly threw Su Anyun into the car.
It's mom! It's mom!
How are Mom and Su Anyun doing now?! Did they fight?!
Tangning wanted to turn around, but Jiang Mianmian held his head down, "Calm down, no matter what happens, don't turn back!"
No, he felt that Su Anyun was more powerful than his mother. Even though the porcelain weakened Su Anyun's strength, Su Anyun still had a lot of power over his mother. No matter which of them got hurt, Tang Ning could not accept it!
"Calm down, Tangning! If you're worried about your mother, open her gift now and take a look. Maybe there are props in there that can help us!!!" Jiang Mianmian shouted at Tangning.
Yes! He hasn’t opened the gift his mother gave him yet!
Amid the chaos, Tang Ning found his heart. He quickly opened the package and saw a dozen envelopes. It was a very thick pile of letters, probably nearly a hundred in total.
What is it
Tangning was stunned for a moment. Jiang Mianmian pushed up his glasses and did not give any explanation. "I can't tell what's inside. It doesn't look threatening. Can you open it and take a look?"
Tang Ning picked up the first letter. On the envelope was written “Opened on Ningning’s 18th birthday”.
Tangning opened the envelope and took out a thin piece of paper. It was covered with her mother's beautiful handwriting:
"Dear Ningning, today is your 18th birthday. It is said that there is a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 18. Mom is very happy to accompany you to this coming-of-age ceremony. Do you know what the most important sign of growing up is? Even if mom is gone, Ningning will be her own parent, take care of herself, wipe her own tears, reflect on her own mistakes, and praise herself for her achievements. Mom believes that Ningning can do it, right
Ningning, you have to remember that you are still young and have a long way to go in life. The difficulties you are facing now may seem great, but in fact, when you really overcome them and look back, they are not a big deal. If you are really tired, think of your mother. She will always love you. "
Tang Ning stared blankly at the letter. Suddenly, the image of his mother writing at the dressing table appeared in his mind.
Even when he was injured, he still insisted on writing letters
Tang Ning tightly grasped the thin paper, put the letter back into the paper with great care, and began to search for other envelopes in the bag with trembling hands.
The next letter read, “Opened on Ningning’s 19th birthday.”
Tangning quickly opened the envelope and read the contents on the letter:
"Dear Ningning, today is your 19th birthday. Did you buy new clothes? Did you buy a birthday cake? Did you celebrate your birthday happily with your friends? Mom hopes you will treat yourself well on this day. Don't be reluctant to spend money, and don't work hard to save money to buy a bracelet for mom. For mom, it is not important whether there is a bracelet or not. Mom hopes to see Ningning's four years in college are happy and fulfilling, to meet more friends, meet good teachers, and exercise her strength... Even if you don't achieve anything, doing the things that should be done at the most youthful age is the best gift you can give to yourself and mom."
bracelet.
The mother in the copy will not know that he works part-time to buy bracelets in real life. She is his mother, his mother.
Tang Ning quickly opened the third letter.
"Dear Ningning, today is your 20th birthday. Are you happy today?"
"Dear Ningning, today is your 44th birthday. Now you are the same age as mom. I believe that you have more experience than mom. Have you lived a good life in these years, Ningning? Have you traveled all over the country and met all kinds of people? Are you working on a career that you love and are willing to fight for all your life? When writing this, mom is so happy. It would be great if there was Ningning's movie in the cinema in heaven. Then mom will sit in the cinema and tell everyone that the best-looking person in the movie is my Ningning."
"Dear Ningning, today is your 100th birthday. You are older than mom now. Do you think the letter mom wrote is childish? I really want to see what Ningning will look like in the future. Mom tried to imagine it herself. Just as she came up with a rough outline, her tears fell. Mom is reluctant to let Ningning grow old. In her heart, Ningning will always be her baby. Ningning, are you healthy now? Are your teeth okay? Don't you like the dishes you don't like... By the way, Ningning, when you look back on your life now, do you feel that the things you experienced when you were young are nothing? You see, mom didn't lie to you.
Ningning baby, happy birthday, mommy loves you. Giving birth to you is the happiest thing in my life. "
After Tang Ning finished reading one letter, he subconsciously reached into his bag to look for new letter paper. However, the bag was empty. Tang Ning had read all the letters from the age of 18 to 100 in one go. Not a single one was left.
"It's gone?" Tangning turned the bag over in confusion, "How could it be gone?"
He hadn't seen enough, hadn't seen enough of what his mother said to him, hadn't seen the love between the lines.
A gust of wind suddenly blew in, almost blowing the letter paper out of Tang Ning's hand. Tang Ning hurriedly hugged the arms full of letters. Each letter expressed expectations for Tang Ning at different stages of her life. Tang Ning hugged the thick stack of letters tightly, as if she was hugging her whole world.
"Great!" Lin Yun looked at the time on his watch and said excitedly, "It will be over soon!"
"Better be cautious." Jiang Mianmian held up her glasses and looked outside. While Tang Ning was reading the letter, Lin Yun had been driving away. Fortunately, no monster caught up with him.
Zhou Kang looked at Tang Ning.
Tang Ning, with tears all over her face, was staring blankly at the strange world in front of her.
The sun is shining and the grass is lush.
System. Tangning asked vaguely in her mind: Since the spirit has penetrated reality, will it come to me
The system didn't speak.
Crystal clear tears fell from Tang Ning's eyes and splashed onto the white letter paper.
Please, tell me
After a while, when Tang Ning had given up hope, the system suddenly asked: Do you want to come
Do I hope to come
The car sped towards the brilliant horizon. Tang Ning watched everything without blinking. Would it always be painful to live in a supernatural form
meeting
…
If I don't come, will I be able to reincarnate smoothly, go to a good family, and live a good life
meeting
…
Then don't let him come again.
Drop after drop of tears fell on the letters in her arms. Tang Ning's whole body was shaking, and every letter was shaking with it.
I hope there is an afterlife.
A happy afterlife.
Ding—The player has survived safely for seven days and completed at least three guest missions! Congratulations to the player for successfully clearing the dungeon "Ghost House"!