After waking up, perhaps because she had cried in her dream and released all the bad emotions, Tang Ning's body did not feel as uncomfortable as yesterday.
In the following days, Tangning immersed himself in the crew, using acting to relieve his excessive negative emotions. Because he had a lot of things to do, Tangning was so busy that he temporarily forgot about his worries.
Occasionally, in his spare time, he posted a post on the forum with the title "I shouldn't be the one who falls in love with two men at the same time in the game" (the latter one may not be a person
Landlord
I like the bosses in two copies, and after falling in love with the second boss, I feel like I betrayed the first one. Friends, how should I resolve this situation
1st floor
This one is even more heavyweight
2nd Floor
To be honest, I was attracted to a handsome zombie when I went to a doomsday dungeon before, but my friends, the zombie's mouth is really smelly!
3rd Floor
It's normal. Some bosses are really good-looking. I know a big guy has drawn fan art of bosses like Mo Yunchu. If you like it, you can buy it privately and take it home to lick it.
Although he knew that the netizens could not come up with any solutions, after reading everyone's responses, Tang Ning immediately placed an order for Mo Yunchu's fan art and spent 500 survival points to buy a D-level healing card. The main reason was that the Princess and the Pea card was too easy to get hurt. Minor injuries were like countless ants crawling on his body in the dungeon, making him even more discouraged.
Now that he had money, Tang Ning considered buying a healing card. He currently had 570 survival points, which seemed like a lot, but after buying a D-level card, he only had 70 points left.
Congratulations on getting the "Suck it Up Card"
Suck your fingers to restore blood
Suck Suck Card Setting 2: You can be sucked once a day
The biggest advantage of this sucking card is that you can perform simple treatment on your body just by sucking your fingers. It is not only effective for yourself, but also can help others. Except that the treatment method seems a bit stupid, there are basically no other disadvantages.
After making all the necessary preparations, Tangning heard a familiar gaming sound in her mind: "Ding—Countdown for the dungeon ready—"
Tangning, who was putting on makeup on the set, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He took out his phone and clicked on the card draw.
The back of a pure black card appeared in the center of the screen. Tang Ning clicked on the card and the card slowly turned over.
With a dark gold frame, a princess with long hair like a waterfall is sitting in a small attic. Passing through her hair is a pair of horrifyingly ugly hands with rough skin and long pointed nails. The hands are holding a comb that is extremely small compared to the hands and are combing the beautiful princess's long hair.
Congratulations on getting the Rapunzel Card
Rapunzel card setting 1: Close contact with you can benefit certain beings
Rapunzel Card Set 2: Both the Prince and the Witch Want You
Another S card?!
"Card extracted, copy loading." As the system prompt sounded in his mind, everything about the crew in front of him was gradually covered by a new scene. This was an old house with a bumpy ground. The smell of decay and coldness hit him in the face. A pair of swollen and blue feet swayed in front of Tang Ning.
Tang Ning opened his eyes wide and suddenly raised his head. The other person had a pair of terrifying hands. The stiff fingers were placed on both sides of the body. The dark yellow and withered fingers were like the claws of a wild beast, and there were patches of purple and blue spots on them. Tang Ning didn't react at first to what it was, but a voice in his mind subconsciously said: It's corpse spots.
Don’t look at it anymore!
Don’t look at it anymore!
Tang Ning tried desperately to lower his head, but it was too late.
A bit of dark red color caught his eyes. The man hanging on the beam had his mouth wide open, a long tongue hanging from his jaw, and his eyes, which were almost popping out of their sockets, were bloodshot.
He is an old man in his seventies or eighties.
He was skinny, with fresh corpse spots on his loose skin. He was wearing a bright red shroud. His body hung on the beam and swayed slightly, looking like a red lantern.
Tangning's scalp was numb, and she was almost out of breath from the shocking scene. The cold mechanical voice of the system echoed in her mind:
Ding—copy loading completed
During the Qingming Festival, everyone returned to the village to pay homage to their ancestors. Unexpectedly, an old man named Tang Xianheng in the village died. Before his death, he instructed his descendants that he must be buried before the seventh day, otherwise bad things would happen in the village.
You are his eldest grandson. He loved you the most when he was alive and arranged a marriage for you. The other party's name is Ji Lianyun, and her horoscope contains the element "Kuigang Nobleman". You and Ji Lianyun have never met each other before, but in order to fulfill your grandfather's last wish, you decided to marry Ji Lianyun.
Multiplayer: Funeral
Number of players: 6
Difficulty: B
Main quest: bury Tang Xianheng within seven days! Successful burial will be considered as clearing the game!
When Tang Ning heard that the mission difficulty was B level, he thought he might know why he drew an S card again this time. When a newcomer enters a high-difficulty card game, the chance of drawing a high-level card will greatly increase.
The third copy was of level B difficulty, and Tang Ning had no idea how to evaluate his luck.
There was a sound of inhalation behind him. Tang Ning turned around and observed the people around him calmly. There were seven men in total. The oldest of them was no older than 40, and the youngest was in his twenties. They all looked shocked, as if they couldn't believe that the person in front of them had left.
If nothing unexpected happens, these six people should be all the players in this copy.
No, there are seven people in total including him.
The system says there are only six players.
There is one more person here.
Is there an additional NPC to tell them more detailed information
Now, the game begins
“Mr. Tang!” A middle-aged man rushed forward, his face full of disbelief. He touched the stool next to the body and stood on it to move the body down. However, it was difficult for him to completely remove the body with its neck stuck in the rope. He looked at the people below and said anxiously, “What are you guys doing? Hurry up and move the old man down!!!”
Everyone below reacted instantly, and realized their identities from their fear. They took action after hearing what was said. Several of them took off their clothes and put them on backwards, walked forward, hugged the old man's legs, and carefully took him off the hideous rope.
Very heavy.
The weight was not like that of a skinny old man, but like a heavy iron block or something else. They knew it was a sign that the person was dead, and there was a word to describe it well: lifeless.
The moment the old man's body was taken down, it fell forward, dragging several players with it and making them unable to control themselves. Its face was aimed right at Tang Ning, like a ghost that wanted to drag Tang Ning to death. A chill spread from Tang Ning's spine to the top of his head, and Tang Ning was almost unable to move for a moment.
At this time, a strong player quickly caught the old man's body, and slowly and skillfully put the body on the ground.
"Mr. Tang, why are you so pessimistic?" The middle-aged man sighed and stretched out his hand to close the old man's wide-open eyes.
However, every time he closed the old man's eyes, the next second, the eyes opened again on their own, wide open, as if he died with his eyes open.
Moreover, the old man's jaw was also open as if it was dislocated, and his long tongue dropped from the corner of his mouth. Every time someone closed the old man's mouth manually, after a while, the mouth slowly opened again by itself.
To be honest, Tangning felt creepy watching this scene. She couldn't bear it even just watching it.
The middle-aged man said sadly: "Old man! What's wrong with you?! Why are you so depressed?!"
There was a lot of noise in the house, and people came in one after another, men and women, old and young, talking around. Someone suggested looking through the house to see if there was a suicide note left by the old man. Someone said that Tang Xianheng had lived a very hard life. He lost his wife in middle age and his son at night. He finally raised his grandson and arranged a marriage for him before he passed away.
They were all talking about how miserable the old man's life was, but they never mentioned why the old man committed suicide before his grandson's wedding, as if it was a natural thing for the old man to commit suicide after doing all that.
The small house was searched, but no suicide note was found.
The wardrobe was filled with longevity hats, shoes, socks, pillows and quilts, and even the gold that was held in the mouth when buried was prepared.
In the small house next door stood a pinewood coffin that the old man had prepared long ago. It was not surprising that some elderly people in rural areas would prepare coffins for themselves, but it was rare for someone to prepare them as thoroughly as Tang Xianheng.
Many people's eyes fell on Tang Ning. Someone was muttering "poor thing". The whole room was in chaos, and the buzzing sound gave Tang Ning a headache.
In the chaos, a player started a conversation with someone and quickly confirmed the identities of several other players. He then created a group chat and invited everyone to join.
Han Yunian: "I am a distant relative of the deceased, and I came to pay respect to my ancestors during the Qingming Festival."
Lin Guijing: "I am also a distant relative of the deceased."
Lin Yun: "Distant relatives, ancestor worship."
Han Ankang: “+1.”
Ji Ke: "I have a frail cousin who is going to marry the grandson of the deceased. I am here to help my cousin pick him up."
Tangning: "I am the grandson of the deceased. The deceased's last wish was for me to marry Ji Lianyun, who should be Ji Ke's cousin."
After briefly reporting their identity information to each other, all the players looked at Tang Ning. Among all the people, only Tang Ning was a direct relative of the deceased, and was also engaged to an NPC in the dungeon. This meant that Tang Ning at least had a very important identity card.
Han Yunian: "Newcomer? Tang Ning"
Tangning: "Yes, this is my third copy."
Anyone who has completed three copies is considered a newbie, not to mention that the third copy is of level B difficulty.
The fact that newcomers have taken important identity cards will make some players unhappy, because many weirdos come from newcomers, and old players don’t have so many weirdos, and weirdos can’t survive many card games - but there is no way, the dog game has such a protection mechanism.
Several people sensitively realized that this newcomer might have drawn a card above level A, which might be the key countermeasure card for this copy, and they must protect him.
Han Yunian sent a message: "Don't act rashly. If you have any problems, please report them to the group. If you must go out, try to go with everyone else, Tangning."
Tangning: "Okay."
The people in the village were very enthusiastic, and the one who contributed the most was the middle-aged man. Because it was Qingming Festival, many things were easy to buy, and everyone helped to set up the mourning hall. Soon, white wreaths were placed in the small house, a black curtain with the word "甸" written on it was hung, and a pine and cypress coffin containing the body was placed in place.
Tang Ning wore white mourning clothes and a white mourning band on his forehead. As the only direct relative in the whole room, he knelt closest to the coffin.
The other four players, wearing mourning clothes and black veils on their heads, also knelt beside the coffin one by one.
There was another player who was not a relative, so he just stood aside and watched.
People and things are almost ready, the only problem now is the old man's appearance.
People who were hanged were afraid that the corpse could not close its eyes or mouth. Someone told Tang Ning to give it a try. He said, "Ning, your grandfather loved you the most when he was alive. Hurry up and say something nice to your grandfather and make him close his eyes!"
Tang Ning was pushed in front of the coffin. He looked at the old man in front of him with a pale face. He had no idea what to do, but everyone was urging him. Tang Ning stretched out his hand tremblingly and moved closer to the old man's eyes little by little.
"Grandpa," Tangning placed her hand over the old man's wide eyes and tried to keep her voice steady, "Rest in peace soon."
He slid his hand gently down, his eyelashes pricking his palm. When his palm moved to the old man's mouth and nose, the eyes that had been artificially closed suddenly opened, and the pupils were dilated and bloodshot, and the eyes were about to pop out of the eye sockets like marbles.
The trembling feeling of fear spread from his chest to his neck. Tang Ning's throat tightened and he almost screamed. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but everyone around him was staring at him.
Tangning tried his best not to be afraid. He covered the old man's eyes with his hands again. Although his eyes were covered, the long tongue sticking out from the lower half of his face made Tangning's scalp numb. "Grandpa, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, I will help you fulfill them."
The trembling hand slowly moved down, and this time, the old man's eyes miraculously closed.
Tang Ning waited for three seconds, but when he didn't see the eyes open again, his legs became so weak that he almost fell to the ground.
Tangning forced the old man's tongue back into his mouth and repeated the same words as before. This time, the old man also shut his mouth.
Everyone covered the old man's face with a layer of white cloth, but did not seal the coffin. This was because the younger generations could still see the old man's face one more time before the burial.
After finishing these tasks, the villagers basically went back to their homes, leaving six players in the mourning hall, as well as the middle-aged man who had been busy from the beginning.
Ji Ke was not a relative of the deceased. He stood with the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man glanced at Ji Ke and advised, "You are a member of the Ji family, right? Mr. Tang's body is still warm. You should take Ning away after a while, otherwise there will be no one to keep vigil for the old man."
Ji Ke said calmly: "I see you've been busy for so long, but I still don't know your identity. May I ask who you are?"
"I'm Mr. Tang's neighbor. You can just call me Uncle Wang. As the saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. You're all little kids. If I hadn't helped you, you would have been in a mess." Uncle Wang shook his head and sighed softly, "How could such a good person leave just because he couldn't get over it..."
Uncle Wang pulled Ji Ke and prepared to go out. "Come on, go sit in my room. You and I are both outsiders. It's not appropriate for us to stay here any longer."
A message alert sounded from her phone. Tangning opened her phone and saw a new message from Lin Yun in the group chat: "Don't let this Uncle Wang take Ji Ke away. Although he had us do all the correct procedures before and was very skilled, and he seemed to have experience in funerals, he forgot one thing. He didn't tie the hemp rope around the feet of the deceased."
Han Yunian: "The burial customs are different in every place. Maybe this village doesn't have this custom."
Lin Yun: "But there is a hemp rope tied to his feet."
When this sentence appeared in the group, all the players looked up at the middle-aged man at the door.
Tang Ning's right eyelid twitched. He vaguely saw a broken hemp rope in the other person's trouser leg. The hemp rope was reddish brown, as if it had been dyed red by something.
"Ning, what are you looking at?" Uncle Wang asked Tang Ning kindly.
Tangning quickly looked away, "Nothing."
A player stood up near the door, took Ji Ke's hand, and said to Uncle Wang: "Uncle Wang, Ji Ke is leaving soon and doesn't have time to sit at your house."
"Then I'll see him off." Uncle Wang said enthusiastically.
If Ji Ke hadn’t noticed something was wrong by now, he wouldn’t be considered an old player. He refused and said, “No need.”
Although he was rejected, Uncle Wang did not force it. He said goodbye to everyone in the mourning hall and walked away step by step.
Everyone looked at the old man who claimed to be Tang Xianheng's neighbor and did not enter any house near Tang Xianheng's house.
When Uncle Wang's figure completely disappeared from everyone's sight, everyone slowly withdrew their gaze, and everyone had a similar solemn expression on their face.
The mourning hall was not a place for whispering, so everyone took out their cell phones to communicate tacitly.
Han Yunian: "Do we need to tie hemp rope around the deceased's legs?"
Lin Guijing: "We need to find the hemp rope first."
Lin Yun: "The most urgent matter right now is not the hemp rope, but whether Tangning should continue to keep vigil or marry the NPC named Ji Lianyun. Does anyone have more information about Ji Lianyun and this marriage?"
Ji Ke: "What I know is that my cousin is a sickly person who has been bedridden for years. The fortune teller said that only if he and Tang Ning get married can he gradually walk like a normal person. Because he is too weak now, only Tang Ning can go to find him. He can't come by himself. I have a system map of the route to Ji's house. Since the system has given me the map, it means that this place must be visited."
Tangning: "I know he has the horoscope of a noble person. The system said that marrying him was my grandfather's last wish."
Lin Yun: "People with Kuigang nobles in their horoscopes are not afraid of ghosts. Get married, this marriage must be concluded soon! If Ji Lianyun is in really bad health, no one can predict when he will die of illness. We should split into two groups, three of us will guard the mourning hall, and two of us will escort Tang Ning to the Ji family to get married."
Lin Yun: "I, Ji Ke, and Tangning will go to the Ji family together."
Han Yunian: "Okay, it's getting late now, you should go early and come back early."
The veteran players who could reach the B-level round were extremely decisive. After making the decision, Lin Yun immediately set off with Tang Ning and Ji Ke.
Ji Ke came in an electric tricycle. Tang Ning and Lin Yun both sat in the truck bed. The road in the village was bumpy and Tang Ning's butt hurt when the electric tricycle started. The roadside was dusty and Tang Ning regretted for a moment that he did not get a pillow or something like that from the house. However, the car was almost out of the village and Tang Ning was embarrassed to ask Ji Ke to go back.
The tricycle was shaking up and down, and Tang Ning's sight was shaking with it. He saw Uncle Wang's back not far away. Uncle Wang was walking alone on the desolate village road with the hemp rope tied around his ankle.
Ji Ke and Lin Yun also saw each other's backs. Logically speaking, the speed of a tricycle should be faster than that of a person walking, but the strange thing was that after driving for more than a minute, they could only see Uncle Wang's back, and even the distance between them was the same as before.
The man's body was slightly hunched, and he walked step by step on the bumpy dirt road, with a lush locust tree next to him.
Ji Ke gritted his teeth and adjusted the tricycle to the maximum speed. The tires made a bumpy sound on the dirt road. They moved a little closer to Uncle Wang's back and could see the back of each other's head more clearly.
But that’s all.
The distance between the two was narrowing with great difficulty. Obviously one was walking and the other was driving, but it gave people a feeling of a evenly matched contest.
Lin Yun suddenly said, "Let me drive, Ji Ke, tell me how to go next."
Ji Ke stopped and exchanged positions with Lin Yun. He didn't know what Lin Yun's abilities were, but when he drove the tricycle, his already fast speed increased again. He drove the tricycle closer and closer to Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang's hunched figure was still walking on the side of the road as before, seemingly unaware of the movement behind him.
Tang Ning knew that he could not help much, so he sat quietly in the bed of the tricycle, staring at the back of Uncle Wang's head. When the tricycle finally ran at the same level as Uncle Wang, Tang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and then he suddenly froze.
Because at the moment when the tricycle passed Uncle Wang, what he saw was the back of Uncle Wang's head!
The guy walking on the street has no face!!!
Tang Ning was horrified for a moment. He looked at Ji Ke beside him in horror. Ji Ke also noticed this and had a gloomy expression on his face.
The electric tricycle was driving on the rugged mountain road with great noise. Lin Yun's voice came from the front: "Did you find anything wrong?"
Tangning said with difficulty, "The Uncle Wang I saw on the street just now didn't have a straight face."
Lin Yun said calmly: "That's not what I'm talking about."
"Don't you realize that the scenery we are passing through now is exactly the same as before?"
Tang Ning had been staring at Uncle Wang's back and had not paid attention to the surrounding scenery. When Lin Yun mentioned this, Tang Ning looked around blankly and found that the locust trees around him did look familiar.
In particular, a familiar figure appeared again on the road not far away.
Uncle Wang, with half a hemp rope tied around his ankle, walked in front of them again.