Erotic Survival Game - Chapter 355
Chapter 355: Theme KTV (12)
Ji Ning had been burned too many times by the Survival Game system. She went through the remaining six rooms with her heart in her throat, only to find the difficulty was about the same—at most two real ghosts in any room.
"Cold Palace's Sorrow" had a hanged ghost. The Horse-Face and White Impermanence in "Eighteen Layers of Hell" were real. "Death High School Third-Year" had a Spirit of the Pen, and "Old House in the Deep Mountains" had a zombie. The other two rooms had nothing real.
The remaining four players had no more mishaps. After dealing with the last performance, they rested in the abandoned hospital at the final stop and waited for dawn.
It was already four-fifty in the morning. After a long and exhausting night, all the players were more or less tired.
The playlist was all soothing, relaxing songs that were good for calming the body and mind. But the more you listened, the duller your mind became.
Ji Ning was also drowsy. Even though her eyes were still open, her brain was already a mess.
In her haze, a deep, magnetic singing voice spread through the microphone.
Normally, when people sing, the sound passing through the mic changes, trembling or rough. But this voice, even when listened to and savored in segments, remained flawless.
Past lives cast into the river, washed away by the waves, no longer sought.
Fleeting memories, looking back as distant as twilight.
Yet the bell by the river sounds so near.
Often mistaken, thinking the bird in midair is me.
…
It was a song originally sung by a female vocalist in a fairly high key in Cantonese. Li Xiu lowered it to a bass and gave it a completely different flavor.
Ji Ning was no longer tired. She nestled beside him, watching his tall profile and bobbing Adam's apple as he sang in the dim light.
Li Xiu had been paying attention to her all along. Seeing her watch him, he finished the line "The one far away already has a lover, I'm just a passerby," then took the mic away and asked her quietly, "Aren't you going to sleep, tired as you are?"
How could she possibly sleep with him singing right beside her? Ji Ning even suspected he'd done it on purpose. She shook her head and asked curiously, "Why did you sing that song? Did you have someone you liked before you died?"
The song was called "Lethe," and the line he'd just stopped after was quite ambiguous.
"No. Just a few lines that fit the mood." Li Xiu shook his head, his gaze falling on Ji Ning's upturned face, looking into her eyes. "Do you?"
Ji Ning pursed her lips in a smile and answered frankly, "Before, no. Now, yes."
It was about what he'd guessed. Li Xiu smiled without speaking, waiting for her to go on.
"It's someone I met in the game. Everyone is really wonderful." Ji Ning's smile was very gentle. "You'll meet a lot of good people too. In here, sincere feelings are the most precious and the hardest thing. You have to treasure them."
"Mm. People are good, I've already seen that firsthand." Li Xiu braced one hand beside Ji Ning and leaned in closer to her. "Your 'everyone'—have you considered adding me to it?"
His voice was very soft, so soft he himself was a little unsure.
Actually, at first he'd only had a slight liking for Ji Ning, thought she was an interesting person. But seeing her talk about her "everyone" without any reservations, he felt inexplicably a little jealous.
Ji Ning froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
But Li Xiu quickly spoke again: "If you're tired, lie down and sleep. I'll lie with you. That way it won't violate the rules."
Then he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and lay down with her on the sofa.
Once they were down, the big skirt she hadn't changed out of covered them like a blanket, and Ji Ning's scattered drowsiness came flooding back.
She suddenly remembered something she'd been curious about and asked Li Xiu slowly, "Back in the Werewolf Game, when you were the Knight, why did you lance Number 8? You didn't seem to play Werewolf much, but also seemed to have some experience. Wouldn't most people choose to lance a Seer? At the time I thought you did it because Number 8 targeted you. But now you don't seem like someone impulsive."
"Because I felt Number 8 was a wolf and I was afraid he'd trick the real Guard into revealing themselves." Li Xiu came up with a reason to answer Ji Ning.
Hearing Ji Ning ask that, he gained an even deeper understanding of how sharp she was.
It looked like from now on he'd have to be more careful about hiding things in front of her.
The requirements to qualify as a Survival Game GM were exceedingly rare. As one of those few, Li Xiu's secondary mission was to promote player competition, adjust instance difficulty, and enhance instance watchability. But the more important primary mission was to monitor and correct NPCs, game logic, and hidden identities.
If this kept up, he might not even be able to complete his primary mission in front of Ji Ning.
Although there was the thrill of possibly being discovered, Li Xiu didn't mind. On the contrary, he was satisfied to have met an outstanding female player like Ji Ning.
After this instance ended, he might need to catch up on her video data.
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