Salted Fish Zombie

Ning Su pulled aside the vines and found no cracks on the wall inside.

Ning Su seemed lost in thought.

Meng Jiang and Ji Mingrui were about to come up, and Zhu Shuangshuang lowered her head to speak to her anxious ghost friend, Zhizhi.

“Wait, where is Gui Sheng?” Zhu Shuangshuang glanced at the situation of their ghost friends and asked.

Ning Su also looked down and did not see Gui Sheng. Only the Blood Doll was pulling at his shirt.

“Just now, you asked him to go and complain. Did you call him back?” Zhu Shuangshuang asked.

Ning Su remained silent.

Meng Jiang and Ji Mingrui came up and saw something that looked particularly like a ghost friend, something similar to a mummy doll, at the stairwell from a distance.

How did it get to the stairwell? It shouldn’t be left alone.

Meng Jiang hurriedly ran up two flights of stairs and suddenly saw the white figure of the small doll falling to the ground with a snap, and the bandages seemed to have come off.

Meng Jiang: “!”

This couldn’t happen!

He didn’t know what was wrapped inside the bandages. If the bandages broke, then...

Meng Jiang quickly increased his speed and ran up to the fourth floor. He saw the small mummy doll who had fallen and got up, running forward. He also saw that the thing that had fallen off was not the bandages, but a white silk.

Shi Tianzhu’s long white silk was entwined around Gui Sheng’s body.

“...”

Ning Su and Zhu Shuangshuang were also shocked.

When Ning Su pulled the white silk from the Gui Sheng’s body like a spinning top, he heard a system prompt.

[Player Shi Tianzhu has given Player Ning Su the weapon Heaven-Piercing Silk].

Ning Su’s eyes widened.

Zhu Shuangshuang exclaimed in shock, “Did Shi Tianzhu give you this silk to intimidate the players on the fifth floor because Gui Sheng complained? Isn’t this her skill weapon?”

“Shi Tianzhu has many skill weapons, but this is not her signature skill,” said Meng Jiang, a hint of envy in his voice. “However, the fact that she frequently uses it among her many weapons means it is not an ordinary weapon.”

It was something an ordinary player might never obtain in their lifetime after conquering dozens of dungeons.

Ji Mingrui, standing behind Ning Su, tightened his lips.

Ning Su looked at Gui Sheng with sparkling eyes. “Did you successfully cling to a powerful ally?”

Gui Sheng nodded blankly. “Did I help you?”

Zhu Shuangshuang asked, “What is Shi Tianzhu’s signature skill?”

She was curious about what kind of skill or weapon this top player relied on to achieve her legendary status.

“Summoning,” said Meng Jiang.

“What?” Zhu Shuangshuang was taken aback.

Meng Jiang explained, “Shi Tianzhu’s signature skill is summoning. She has the highest charm value of 100 in the entire base, which allows her to summon ghosts from the dungeons she has cleared for help.”

“That’s why she frequently clears dungeons. The more dungeons she clears, the more ghosts she can summon.”

Zhu Shuangshuang was shocked.

“Of course, there are many limitations to her skill. The cooldown time is long, and each ghost only appears for a short time. Moreover, the ghosts summoned are not of the same level as the ghost master.”

Zhu Shuangshuang sighed and said, “That’s really amazing...”

It was already late, so the group stopped chatting and cleaned the fourth floor before returning to their own rooms.

Tonight, there were only four people left on the fourth floor, making it even more empty and quiet.

At midnight, a message appeared: [Congratulations to players Ning Su, Zhu Shuangshuang, Meng Jiang, and Ji Mingrui for receiving 3 Lucky Points from their ghost friends.]

Surprisingly, they received three Lucky Points at once.

Many players were shocked and opened their eyes in bed, staring at their ghost friends, lost in thought and with new ideas in their minds.

Ning Su rolled over in bed and was so happy that he didn’t fall asleep for two seconds.

Ning Su: “Is 9277 there? Did you see it? You guys didn’t give me a weapon, but someone else did.”

9277: “...”

After venting his frustration to the system, Ning Su fell asleep contentedly.

That night, not only did Blood Doll open her eyes but also under the watchful eyes of the small skeletons, she looked at the two boys on the bed.

In room 403, the paper doll also opened its eyes and stared at Zhu Shuangshuang.

The next morning, Ning Su sat next to Shi Tianzhu with bright eyes and said, “Thank you.”

Shi Tianzhu smiled lightly and looked at his sparkling peach blossom eyes, suddenly wanting to give him more from her backpack.

Players on the sixth floor knew that Shi Tianzhu had given the Heaven-Piercing Silk to Ning Su. At this moment, they were all looking at him thoughtfully.

Ning Su felt a sharp gaze on him and looked up to see the male player, who often followed Shi Tianzhu.

***

“I always thought that Shi Tianzhu was taking Yan Nuo into the dungeon specially, and that Yan Nuo was very special. Now it seems that the one who is truly special is Ning Su.”

“It’s good to see Yan Nuo looking like that after being so conceited. He really thinks he’s someone.”

When Yan Nuo came out of the bathroom, there was a hint of gloom on his face.

He happened to see Ning Su walking towards him and laughed. “The relationship between the floors is so tense now, yet you still sit next to the guild president?”

Ning Su ignored him.

Yan Nuo snorted coldly, “Who do you think you are? You can’t even get into the Yinhua Guild.”

Ning Su blinked, “Do all the members of your Yinhua Guild have the Heaven-Piercing Silk that the president gave them?”

Yan Nuo’s face immediately turned ugly.

He had always thought that he was different. Before he went into this instance, many people in the Yinhua Guild thought the same way.

Ning Su’s existence was a denial of this happy recognition.

Ning Su didn’t care about him at all, went to the kitchen to get something, and then went back to the fourth floor.

As soon as Ning Su arrived on the fourth floor, he walked to the side of Room 407 and crouched in the corner of the wall, saying to the black-shelled soft-bellied worms there, “You better leave now, or I’ll have Gui Sheng string you up.”

“Hmm?” Gui Sheng immediately ran over with his white T-shirt pulled up.

“...”

After all the worms on the fourth floor had quickly fled, Ning Su walked onto the terrace of his room.

He bowed his head and apologized to the surrounding lily vines. “I’m sorry.”

Then he took out the kitchen knife from behind.

Zhu Shuangshuang, Meng Jiang, and Ji Mingrui were discussing how to deal with the monster children tonight in the corridor.

“Shi Tianzhu doesn’t allow us to use fire in the castle. Should we set up a fire net in the small garden outside the first floor of the castle?”

“It’s useless. We can’t leave the castle, we can only block the small garden in front of the first floor. We can’t block the walls on the left and right sides of the castle or the back wall unless we set a fire on the wall, which violates the rule set by Shi Tianzhu not to damage the castle.”

“That’s the only way.” Ji Mingrui said irritably, “Why wouldn’t she let us destroy the castle? Is the place where we stay for a few days more important than human lives?”

The three of them looked serious and silent.

The monster children would have a power outburst when angry, and they had no way to deal with it.

The player who died tonight must have been on the fourth floor, and was one of them.

Most likely, Ji Mingrui knew it was him.

The other three all had skill weapons, but he had nothing when he first entered the game.

So he was so anxious from last night until now.

He already regretted entering a Level 3 dungeon for his first time.

At this moment, Ning Su dragged a long lily vine out of 405 and said, “Use them to block the windows.”

The three of them were stunned.

They were not stupid, and after a moment of shock, they immediately realized what to do and ran to the arched window to lift the lily leaves on the vine.

Last night, the monster children were forced back to the wall by the fire, crazily smashing the wall. They could even bend iron blocks, but the black bricks under the vines had no cracks at all.

A narrow escape.

The few of them were surprised and almost moved to tears.

Especially Ji Mingrui.

The three of them were busy pulling the vines to seal the windows.

Ning Su said, “Use two pieces of wood to clamp them from inside and outside.”

The three of them didn’t even ask why, and immediately followed Ning Su’s instructions.

Three people went to find wooden boards, someone sorted out the rattan, and someone used the wooden boards to clamp the rattan.

Ning Su dragged the vines from the balconies and terraces of each room, used them to seal all the entrances in the room, and covered the vines with curtains and wooden boards.

He pulled and chopped and took breaks. By evening, almost all the rooms were ready, except for Ji Mingrui’s.

Ji Mingrui went into his room with scissors and came out a few minutes later with an ugly expression on his face.

He changed to a machete and came out again in a few minutes.

The atmosphere in the corridor was silent.

Meng Jiang already knew why he had such an ugly expression on his face. He tried to chop the vines, but even as a strongman, he could only leave some marks.

It was understandable, since these were the magical vines that could block the attacks of the monster children.

No one knew how Ning Su did it.

Zhu Shuangshuang also understood why.

Both of them understood, but they didn’t speak.

Ning Su and Gui Sheng were wrapping the Blood Doll in swaddling clothes, and after wrapping her up, they wrapped another layer of lily vines outside.

The lily flowers and the small red flowers on the swaddling clothes complemented each other, and Ning Su looked at it for a while and said, “It looks pretty good.”

Gui Sheng nodded and said, “Yeah! It looks good!”

Ji Mingrui walked up to him and said, “Ning Su, I’m sorry, I...”

Before he could finish his sentence, the boy hung his head and said, “I’m so tired.”

Zhu Shuangshuang looked at the little boy who expressed his refusal and didn’t find it surprising.

He looked like a salted fish all day and wanted to cling to a thigh. It was contradictory to say that he had dignity, but it was indeed the case.

In the previous instance, he shocked everyone for the first time when the black-robed man used the Soul-Locking Rope to tie around his neck.

He said he didn’t like the feeling as if he was a dog. Then he broke the Soul-Locking Rope with his own hands, which had made the players in that instance fearful.

Under his lazy appearance, there was a proud and unyielding backbone. Besides, this was not the first time that Ji Mingrui talked to Ning Su this way. They had a conversation on the way to the castle before.

Ji Mingrui also noticed that the sky was getting darker, and he seemed to hear the children’s song again faintly.

The scene of three players dying on the fourth floor kept replaying in his mind, with fragments, blood mist, and minced meat, as if he had been stained by them again.

More sweat appeared on his forehead, and the increasingly dark sky weighed heavily on his back.

He once again realized clearly that in this horror game, regardless of his previous identity and wealth, everything had to be reshuffled based on strength. The gap was hard to bear, but he had to accept it.

He closed his eyes, clenched his fists, his face turned red and white, and he knelt down in front of Ning Su with a thump.

“Ning Su, please help me this time. If I can survive this instance, I will give you everything I earn from this instance, including points and props.”

“Hmm?”

The two boys turned their heads at the same time.

Ning Su quickly helped Ji Mingrui up and said enthusiastically, “Boss Ji, what are you doing? I’m just tired and need to rest for a while. Your room is not locked, and even monster children can come in. Wait for me, I’ll go now!”

Ji Mingrui: “...”

Zhu Shuang Shuang: “...”

‘It’s rare for you to say such a long sentence, and it’s rare for you to be so proactive.’

Ning Su immediately went to Ji Mingrui’s room and they waited for him to come out. At that moment, children’s songs were playing.

[Mom’s belly is so warm, I want to pull it to accompany me to hell.

When I die, it trembles, but its attachment to me?]

The little monster children came.

The three of them stared nervously at the arched window.

Ning Su had full trust in the lily vines and was not nervous at all. He sat down beside Gui Sheng and the Blood Doll.

On the soft blanket, three “children,” the one in the middle drinking blood from a bottle, while the two boys on either side were drinking milk from milk cartons.

It seemed like they were leisurely waiting to watch a movie.

The three people who turned around and saw this scene: “...”