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During the guild competition, the attention on the Yinhua Guild was unparalleled.
Each member of the guild garnered significant attention, with the doctor receiving even more due to his outstanding performance in the individual competition.
He met up with Xia Ke less than an hour after entering the dungeon.
The gathering of two members from the Yinhua Guild attracted even more viewers.
Both of them were well-known players on the base. Everyone knew they were from the Yinhua Guild, but who was this new player that just appeared?
The two of them accepted him naturally.
In the guild competition, even players with good relationships couldn’t behave this way unless they were from the same guild.
Maintaining vigilance against players from other guilds during the competition was a basic show of loyalty to one’s guild.
[Is this another player from the Yinhua Guild?]
[Ning Su? Why haven’t I heard of him?]
[I think I’ve seen him before. He’s gone through a dungeon with Shi Tianzhu.]
The three of them stayed together, and there was no need to change perspectives initially. Nothing unusual happened until someone posted a barrage message.
[Oh my god! Check out Ning Su’s perspective. This is shocking!]
Guided by this message, some players immediately switched to Ning Su’s perspective, and more messages like this appeared.
Spectating players could freely choose their perspective, as long as the participating players were still alive.
When viewers switched to Ning Su’s perspective, they found themselves in a completely different place.
A long-abandoned hotel, with the LED lights on the billboard long extinguished, and half of the glass on the door shattered. Inside, in the dim light, Ning Su stood next to a high school student with rotten skin.
The environment was completely different.
The same face, the same white T-shirt, only the pants were slightly different.
[I’m completely confused. What’s going on?]
[The system doesn’t lie. If Ning Su’s perspective shows this Ning Su, then this Ning Su is real.]
[Does that mean the one with Yin Qingmo and Xia Ke is fake? This is terrifying!]
[It’s creepy! Did some guild bring in a player with disguise skills?]
[This is terrifying in a guild competition!]
The entire base was focused on this matter.
The audience who had been watching from Ning Su’s perspective was completely bewildered.
However, their confusion was slightly different.
[Doctor Yin Qingmo and Xia Ke immediately called Ning Su over to eat, so... Ning Su is really part of the Yinhua Guild?]
[???]
[......]
Recalling the series of actions this young man had taken since entering the game, they were even more perplexed.
[Why did the Yinhua Guild choose him to participate in the finals?]
[Because he’s good-looking? It seems that Shi Tianzhu is a face-con, and likes good-looking boys.]
[Is there a possibility that he is playing dumb to catch a tiger?]
[...Exciting!]
They looked again at this dirty young man.
He was being scolded.
Guo Xiao glanced at the high school student beside Ning Su, his face showing a clearly disgusted expression.
“Why did you bring her here?”
“Don’t say she’s a player. Even if she is a player, are you sure she is a player from our zombie faction?”
“Hurry up and get rid of her. I won’t take her to find the Vampire.”
[......]
Okay, Guo Xiao.
Now everyone in the base knew that you were a player from the zombie faction of the Yongming Guild, and you mistook a player from the rival Yinhua Guild for one of your own.
Everyone in the base knew that you’re a big fool.
Only you didn’t know.
[I have a new discovery! I’ve tried all the other players’ perspectives and couldn’t locate Ning Su behind the rock, so Ning Su isn’t a disguise by any other player!]
[???]
[Damn, awesome!]
At this moment, the entire base was more excited about watching the dungeon run than they were about watching the brawls between individual big shots.
They knew it, but the players in the dungeon didn’t.
The system would block any cheating-type comments for the players in the dungeon. Cheating-type comments were those that would affect the fairness of the competition or assist players in any way.
While they were having a lively discussion, the players in the dungeon couldn’t see any of it.
This gave the spectators a sort of god-like perspective, enjoying the show.
The players in the dungeon indeed didn’t know. In fact, apart from Ning Su and Ning Changfeng, very few players would even bother looking at the comments in the dungeon.
They were too busy dealing with the dungeon itself.
Faced with Guo Xiao’s questioning, Ning Su didn’t speak.
He had already let go of the high school student’s hand. The high school student’s eyes remained fixed on ‘her’ own hand, then slowly moved to Ning Su’s hand.
That hand, like the young man’s body, was long and thin. When hanging by his side, the bones of his fingers were slightly bent, and a thick yellowish-red liquid gathered at his fingertip, about to drip.
The high school student stared at the drop, waiting for it to fall onto the muddy ground.
“Hurry up and throw her away, and come with me to find the Vampire!” Guo Xiao said impatiently.
Ning Su finally spoke, “If I take ‘her’ with me, will you not allow me to hug your thigh anymore?”
Guo Xiao: “...”
[...]
[Just got here, and I don’t quite understand. Guo Xiao, a fool from the Yongming Guild, is being considered as a ‘golden thigh’ of a scammer from the Yinhua Guild?]
[Hahaha, it works. At least Guo Xiao seems to be stronger than Ning Su.]
[Guo Xiao, think carefully. The last person who refused to let him hold his thigh is already dead!]
Guo Xiao: “Yes, if you don’t drop her, I won’t let you hold my thigh. What’s the point of taking such a disgusting person along?”
Ning Su: “Alright, you can go then.”
Both of them looked at him.
Guo Xiao: “Who? Who should go?”
Ning Su: “You go.”
Guo Xiao: “...”
The atmosphere was silent for two or three seconds.
Guo Xiao: “Fine, fine, you win, I’ll leave!”
“As if I need you right now!”
He stormed upstairs to find the Vampire.
Ning Su burst into laughter. “Perfect timing. It’s mealtime. We don’t have to share with him.”
[...]
Next to the hotel was a milk tea shop. Ning Su took the high school student and two children there to eat.
They pushed two tables together, which were covered with a feast of food from the supermarket.
The two children slowly ate their sausages while watching the high school student across from them.
Gui Sheng swallowed the tasty meat in his mouth, leaned forward slightly, and tilted his head to look at ‘her’. “It’s you.”
Manman pulled him back. “Eat properly.”
Gui Sheng: “Okay!”
Ning Su took a handful of sausages out of the crystal ball and placed them on the table, handing a few to the high school student, along with two packs of crispy noodles and a bottle of water. “Eat up.”
The high school student’s gaze fell on Ning Su’s chest, ‘her’ eyes deep and dark.
Ning Su placed the sausages in ‘her’ hand and turned slightly. “Eat quickly. After we finish, we’ll go find the Vampire.”
Gui Sheng: “Eat! The sausages are delicious!”
The high school student stared at the sausages in ‘her’ hand for a long time, then tore open the packaging.
Ning Su took out a pair of pants and placed them on ‘her’ legs, covering the part of ‘her’ legs exposed by the school skirt, without saying a word.
The high school student, feeling stiff all over, unconsciously ate ‘her’ meal, then took the pants and went to the milk tea shop’s restroom.
The milk tea shop had only one simple restroom, accommodating one person at a time, without gender distinction.
‘She’ locked the door, leaned against it, ‘her’ festering hand tightly gripping the clean, soft beige cotton pants.
As ‘she’ looked at ‘her’ hand, ‘she’ remembered the young man holding it tightly, pulling ‘her’ out of the zombie horde, running all the way.
‘Her’ hand moved slightly, feeling ‘her’ pocket, and ‘she’ pulled out a tube of ointment.
The high school student stared blankly at the tube of ointment, gradually clenching it tighter.
‘She’ pressed ‘her’ curved back forcefully against the door, biting ‘her’ lip tightly, ‘her’ eyes brimming with tears.
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