Xu Kai didn’t dare ask aloud, and Jiang Ning had no intention of explaining.
His heart was filled with gloom.
I’m really done for this time.
The System was confused by Jiang Ning’s action: [ Ningning, what are you doing? ]
Jiang Ning: “I want to establish a game instance here too.”
The System was surprised. Establishing a game instance wasn’t easy, especially now that Jiang Ning was seriously injured; it was even harder.
It worried: [ This will make you even weaker. ]
In the past, every creation of a dungeon consumed a massive amount of Jiang Ning’s power.
Creating a dungeon wasn’t just a matter of snapping fingers. The establishment of a dungeon required not only space but also NPCs.
If it were before, creating a few NPCs wouldn’t be difficult for Jiang Ning, but now… the System was full of worry.
Jiang Ning, however, said, “Who said I’m going to create NPCs myself?”
Aren’t there ready-made ones here?
The cafeteria lady suddenly felt a chill on her back.
Xu Kai also felt a chill down his spine.
The System was surprised: [ Ningning, are you going to catch a few from outside? ]
That’s not impossible.
NPCs caught from outside might not be very obedient, but otherwise, they have no drawbacks.
The System asked humbly: [ Then Ningning, do you have any ideas? ]
Jiang Ning tilted her head. “No, let’s look around.”
Establishing a dungeon didn’t happen overnight; Jiang Ning wasn’t in a hurry.
Jiang Ning wasn’t in a hurry, but the System was. It eagerly scouted for suitable NPCs and game candidates for Jiang Ning.
[ That girl in the white dress looks pretty good. She should be able to survive for a while in the game. We can invite her. ]
[ The cafeteria lady is too gluttonous, drooling all the time. Pretty scary. She should be a suitable NPC. ]
[ That dark figure on the ground fainted. This one won’t do; he won’t last three seconds in the game. Ningning, don’t pick him. ]
Hearing this, Jiang Ning glanced at the ground.
The person on the ground was Jiang Shu.
Haven’t the people from Ning City found him yet?
The thought flashed through her mind, but Jiang Ning felt no emotional fluctuation. She simply looked away indifferently.
After lunch came the nap time.
Another ghost came to the cafeteria entrance, smiling covetously at everyone.
It saw Jiang Ning, obviously paused for a moment, then looked away and said to the few remaining living people, “Nap time is here. Come with me to nap quickly.”
“No playing around outside during nap time, and no skipping sleep. If anyone disobeys…” The ghost wearing pajamas licked the saliva flowing to the corner of its mouth. “Then I’ll help you sleep forever.”
The humans present were numb. Endless ghosts, one after another. Maybe they would really die here like their predecessors.
It laughed, “Heheh. Don’t try to challenge me.”
After saying this, it asked Jiang Ning, “Dr. Jiang, are you going to take a nap?”
Ghosts in Urban Legends would hibernate to relieve hunger and conserve energy when not eating. The ghosts liked Jiang Ning to go to sleep so she wouldn’t fight them for food.
It hoped Jiang Ning would sleep and not compete for food.
Although it didn’t know Jiang Ning’s specific rank, it vaguely smelled danger from her, so it dared not act rashly.
Jiang Ning thought for a moment and shook her head gently. “I’ll go back to the office to rest.”
She glanced at Xu Kai.
Xu Kai shuddered and provided Jiang Ning with quite a few Heartbeat Points again.
“I-I’ll go peel some fruit for you, if you need it.”
Jiang Ning looked at him with her dark eyes.
“Okay.”
She agreed.
Xu Kai breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze quietly falling on a woman in black clothes.
Jiang Ning left.
The cafeteria ghost’s expression changed immediately. It was about to cause trouble and make people clean up so it could pick faults and eat a snack.
“Auntie, c-can I have someone come with me to peel fruit for Dr. Jiang?”
The cafeteria ghost was furious, glaring viciously at the person who interrupted it, wanting to eat him. But fearing Jiang Ning—it felt the same as the Pajama Ghost, that Jiang Ning was not to be trifled with.
“Fine, but only one.”
Xu Kai chose the woman in black, and the two went to the back kitchen together.
The lighting in the cafeteria’s back kitchen was dim.
The refrigerator was mostly full of vegetables and some meat.
Once inside the kitchen, the expression on Xu Kai’s face disappeared.
Lu Lu secretly observed the situation inside while cleaning.
Intuition told her that Xu Kai must have some information useful to her.
Bai Qianqiu looked at Xu Kai.
As a member of the Ning City Special Guard, she naturally recognized the mayor’s son, though they had never interacted before.
Xu Kai stared blankly at the mark in his palm for a while.
Bai Qianqiu: “Do you have something to tell me?”
This sentence pulled Xu Kai out of his thoughts.
He came back to his senses, shook his head, took out a red box from his pocket, and handed it to Bai Qianqiu. “I’m not getting out. Please give this to my parents or sister.”
Thinking for a moment, he took out another piece of paper. “Give this to my dad.”
Bai Qianqiu unfolded the yellowed paper and found it was a death list.
The people on the list were exactly the doctors of Panshan Hospital, whom the girl in the white dress mentioned were buried underground.
There were over a hundred names on it. This was also the reason Xu Kai entered here, but he didn’t expect to be so unlucky—he just came in to find evidence and got swallowed by the suddenly born Urban Legend.
Bai Qianqiu looked at Xu Kai.
Xu Kai was actually only twenty years old, having just passed his birthday last month. Though he was called the older brother, he and his sister were twins; he was just born five minutes earlier.
She whispered, “I’m sorry.”
The situation of this Urban Legend was too complex. It was hard enough for her to get herself out, let alone Xu Kai, who had been targeted by the suspected strongest BOSS.
She felt powerless.
“If there’s a way, I will definitely take you out.”
Xu Kai shook his head. After following Jiang Ning for so long, his experience this morning was more stimulating than his entire past life. He had long accepted his fate.
Why risk another life to save him, someone who should have died an hour ago?
He called Bai Qianqiu over just to leave something for his family at the end of his life.
“Just help me give the things to my family.”
Xu Kai forced a smile, ignoring the grotesque flesh and blood in the refrigerator, and took out the fruit inside. “Let’s prepare the fruit first, or she’ll get angry.”
Although Xu Kai didn’t know if Jiang Ning would actually get angry, being careful was never wrong.
Bai Qianqiu helped Xu Kai prepare the fruit.
The blood moon outside the window was red, looking eerie and terrifying, constantly oppressing people’s nerves.
A plate of fruit was prepared in no time.
Bai Qianqiu followed the others and the Pajama Ghost to the dormitory building for a nap.
Xu Kai carried the freshly peeled fruit to find Jiang Ning. He even made juice.
I hope Jiang Ning can really be full from these things and eat me later.
He thought with a tiny glimmer of hope.