The moon and stars in the night sky gradually dimmed, the black veil was lifted, revealing the bright sky.
The morning light penetrated the gaps in the curtains and fell into the bedroom filled with a strange atmosphere.
The long eyelashes moved.
When Tang Ning opened his eyes, he was no longer in the state of blankness with white eyes. His red eyes stared blankly at the ceiling for a while.
He didn't have much strength now, and he couldn't be considered tired. He just felt a little exhausted. He didn't even want to move a finger. If he didn't know that he had left the card game, he would have thought that he was affected by his frail body again.
He was now like the Princess and the Pea sleeping on a tiny pea. Even though there were ninety-nine layers of velvet quilts between them, he was tortured to the point of being unable to sleep the entire night, with red marks appearing all over his body.
However, he did not feel too uncomfortable because the pearl given to him by Tang Yun was placed on his body.
"Awake?" The questioning voice beside her interrupted Tang Ning's thoughts.
The man's voice was still deep and pleasant, not affected at all.
Tang Ning's eyelashes trembled and he closed his eyes. He stood still like an ostrich, with a blush on his pretty face, as if enveloped by the sunset.
"What would you like to eat in the morning?" Tang Yun saw that Tang Ning was silent, so he answered himself, "I'll make you something light."
“Meow!”
Kai Xin scratched the door from outside. When the kitten heard the noise from inside, it meowed non-stop. Kai Xin was unable to sleep with Tang Ning last night. The kitten could not stand this grievance. You know, from the time Tang Ning raised Kai Xin until now, he basically slept with the cat every night.
"Meow~ Meow~!" The kitten cried more and more anxiously, and its cry sounded very aggrieved.
Tang Ning originally wanted to continue pretending to be dead, but when he heard Kai Xin's cry so pitifully, he gritted his teeth, opened his eyes, pretended to be calm, and stood up to open the door for Kai Xin.
However, as Tang Ning stood up, a round pearl suddenly fell on the quilt, and the wet pearl emitted a hazy halo.
Tang Ning's breath hitched.
"Meow! Meow~!" The first sound was only the sound of Kai Xin scratching the door vigorously and meowing.
Tang Yun picked up the pearl with his slender fingers. A satisfied look appeared on his handsome face. He smiled slightly and asked softly, "Tomato and beef brisket porridge?"
"… Um."
The breakfast Tang Yun made was delicious. After Tang Ning finished drinking all the porridge, he wanted to get another bowl.
"Did I make you uncomfortable?" Tang Yun suddenly asked.
Tangning shook his head in embarrassment.
It's not that it's bad, it's just that it's done very well.
Tang Yun glanced at the change in Tang Ning's expression with his phoenix eyes, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. He was very tactful and did not mention it again. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "There is good news. The card game will be suspended for the time being."
What
This news surprised Tang Ning so much that he could no longer care about the unspeakable embarrassment he had just felt. He immediately raised his eyes and looked at Tang Yun.
He saw the red marks on Tang Yun's neck.
Tangning's face turned red, and she stammered for a moment, "What, what's going on?"
Tang Yun remained calm and said, "The backup plan I left in the card game has played a role. It will keep the card game busy for a while..."
As he spoke, his slender palm seemed to inadvertently cover his neck, and his fingertips just happened to caress the thin mark on it. But while doing this, Tang Yun's expression was still cold and reserved. If he put on a pair of glasses, his image would be perfect for a press release.
He seemed to use the most ascetic image and the most official tone to analyze the physiology class in detail word by word.
"You doing this... is good..." Tangning didn't know what he was saying. He was nervous and wondered if he was looking at Tang Yun with tinted glasses. Tang Yun was clearly sharing the good news with him seriously, but his mind was filled with all sorts of nonsense.
Tang Yun nodded and said, "I'm hungry."
"Another bowl? I remember there's still some porridge left in the pot..." Tang Ning stopped talking halfway because he suddenly realized that Tang Yun was staring at him.
Tangning: “…?”
Tang Ning felt like he somehow understood Tang Yun's eyes, but he suddenly wanted to pretend that he didn't understand anything.
Those deep phoenix eyes stared at Tangning without blinking, "Xiao Ning, can you give me another chance? I feel like what I did last night wasn't good enough."
"It's already good enough." Tangning said stumblingly.
“It can be better.”
Kai Xin, who had just been sticking to his owner for a short while, was thrown to the door again. The kitten scratched the door and cursed, but after a little smell from inside the door leaked out, Kai Xin ran away in panic.
…
Two weeks later, Tang Ning, who had finally returned to his normal routine, weakly opened the card game forum. Most of the posts in the forum were from players who had been severely pua by the system, and they were posting in fear during the rest period caused by this extremely low probability event.
Many people are concerned about when the game will be played again. Everyone hopes that this crappy game will never be played again in this lifetime, but no one dares to say it out loud, for fear that the card game will read everyone's comments in the forum and secretly hold a grudge against them.
At this time, one post quickly became a hot post and floated to the front page.
I was selected into the beta test of the new version of the card game!!!
Landlord
Help, please kill me! As soon as I turned on my phone today, I received a message that the game will soon be open to some players for closed beta testing! I am such a lucky guy!!!
1st floor
…How miserable.
2nd Floor
Holy shit, has the closed beta started already? Is the game going to be restarted soon? !
3rd Floor
Generally, a copy requires about 6 people. Look at the bright side, maybe there are 5 other unlucky people like you who also become beta test players
…
A closed beta test of a card game
Tang Ning frowned. Tang Yun came closer to him. As Tang Yun got closer, Tang Ning's hands subconsciously began to weaken. Even his wrists trembled slightly, as if his bones were made of water.
"What's wrong? Are you curious about this?" Tang Yun glanced at the content on the forum, "Want to try the beta version?"
Tangning: “?”
Tangning stared at Tang Yun with wide eyes. What a joke! They had tried every possible means to escape from the card game, but now they had to continue struggling to survive in the card game!
Although Tangning didn't say a word, Tang Yun, who knew her very well, understood what she was thinking just by looking into her eyes. He smiled and said, "This time, we're not going in as players."
"It's a loophole in the card game. You can think of it as... we go in as viruses."
Virus
Tang Ning's eyes lit up slightly. Although he didn't understand the specific process, it sounded very interesting and satisfying!
"How do we become a virus?" Tangning asked quickly.
"Just go against the card game. Doesn't it love to trick the players the most?" Tang Yun said, "Then let's go in and help the players."
That sounds even better!
"Is it dangerous?" Tang Ning asked cautiously. When it comes to card games, he is truly afraid of the ropes once bitten.
"There will be certain risks, so we don't need to go in directly. We only need to let a trace of our consciousness enter the card game. Even if the card game finds us in the end, it can only destroy that trace of consciousness." Tang Yun said easily: "If we lose that trace of consciousness, we will probably have a headache for a week, but there will be no other impact."
Tang Yun had planned all of this long ago, including their completion of the card game. The card game app was still stored on their mobile phones, so maybe Tang Yun had a backup plan.
"What are we waiting for?" Tangning said excitedly, "Let's go in!"
"Let me see what copy it is preparing for the internal test this time." Tang Yun opened the card game app on his phone, and his eyebrows raised slightly, "Oh? It's the copy of the ghost baby."
"Single-player version, with 1 player. The setting is very simple, a bus. In addition to the driver and the ghost baby, there are five ghost passengers on the bus." Tang Yun asked, "Which monster do you want to control with your consciousness?"
Tangning leaned on Tang Yun's shoulder and looked at the screen of Tang Yun's phone. It showed seven eerie monsters. Seeing them through the screen was not as scary as facing them directly. Tangning asked curiously, "Are you saying that we can turn into these monsters?"
"right."
"Wow, if I become a monster, will I also have monster abilities?" Tangning kept asking like a child who got a new toy.
"Yes, they are all very basic ghost abilities, such as teleportation, releasing cold air, creating illusions..." Tang Yun briefly reported, "But since we only have a trace of consciousness to reach the game, it is best not to use these skills too much, otherwise it will cause the consciousness to dissipate earlier."
"Okay!" Tang Ning excitedly chose a ghost passenger, and Tang Yun chose another ghost passenger who sat next to Tang Ning.
Soon, they were ready, and with the help of Tang Yun, Tang Ning sent a trace of his consciousness into the card game.
…
The next second, Tang Ning opened his eyes and saw the interior of the bus illuminated by the dim lights!
Dark, silent, and cold.
If Tang Ning had felt a sinking feeling in his heart every time he encountered this kind of bus in the card game in the past, this time he felt unexpectedly calm.
This ghost bus was extremely cold, with a chilling aura seemingly flowing through it. For a normal person, it would be like falling into an icy cave. However, for Tang Ning right now, it was quite comfortable. The body he was controlling now liked places with spooky auras.
Tang Ning turned his stiff neck and looked at Tang Yun who was sitting next to him. Tang Yun was possessed by an ordinary-looking ghost passenger. His skin was pale and covered with corpse spots, which was a bit scary. However, Tang Ning knew that his current appearance was probably not much better.
The bus suddenly stopped.
Tang Ning quickly lowered his head and pretended to be an ordinary monster NPC.
The car door opened automatically, and then there was the sound of footsteps.
It was that unlucky beta player who got on the bus!
The game begins.