Ning Su ran even faster.
He directly pulled the two short-legged kids up into the air.
They only stopped when they reached the game lobby.
The Yinhua Guild was right across from the game lobby. Before entering the guild, the ten players gathered in front of the game lobby to check the rankings.
On the light screen to the left of the game lobby, the latest rankings were displayed in real-time. The Yinhua Guild had risen to the first place.
The Hongyu Guild was in second place.
The Yongming Guild was in third place.
After the deaths of the Black-clothed Azan and the Gu Witch, the other members of the Yongming Guild also became very difficult to deal with.
Meanwhile, the Hongyu Guild had more remaining members. They were the first to realize that even if Shi Tianzhu and Yin Qingmo died, they still couldn’t beat Yinhua, so they unexpectedly attacked Yongming Guild and took the second place.
This was the first time in three years that the Yongming Guild was ranked third.
Ning Su thought that he, who killed the guild’s strategist and dark card right at the start, must be deeply resented now.
Enjoying the fight was momentary, but the aftermath was a funeral.
Shi Tianzhu said, “Let’s go back.”
When a few people were about to follow her back, they looked in the direction of her gaze and saw the two children Ning Su was holding.
Ning Su looked down and fell into deep silence.
Manman had a flower crown on her head, placed there by someone unknown, which had become lopsided during the wild run.
Several red roses, fresh and vibrant, were stuffed into her upper pocket.
Ning Su: “?”
Who gave his daughter red roses? His daughter was only four years old. Who was so unethical?
Next to him, Gui Sheng had several lipstick marks on his bewildered face.
Ning Su: “...”
Ning Su pushed his head. “What’s going on? Tell me.”
Gui Sheng still seemed to be in a daze. “Huh?”
“They kissed me!”
“They said, ‘Sister, give a hug, and Auntie, give a kiss!’”
Ning Su: “......”
Kissing was fine.
Gui Sheng took out a small handkerchief that Manman had prepared for him from his small pocket and awkwardly wiped the lipstick mark off his face. “Girls shouldn’t kiss boys casually.”
Ning Su: “......”
The “expert” on girls spoke again.
Xia Ke couldn’t help but laugh. “Gui Sheng is right. Boys shouldn’t kiss girls casually either, and of course, boys shouldn’t kiss boys casually.”
Gui Sheng: “Mm!”
After Gui Sheng wiped off the lipstick, Ning Su threw the red roses from Manman’s pocket into the trash can before they entered the Yinhua Guild.
The guild competition dungeon only opened once, so they didn’t need to create a dungeon map and just did a simple review.
Yin Qingmo said, “In this dungeon, each player has two versions of themselves. These two selves are in different factions, with one version being the self that is about to die before entering the infinite game, destined to die from the start.”
“Not only do we have to kill the opposing faction, but we also have to kill the other version of ourselves. It’s too difficult.” He sighed and added, “The president was particularly at a disadvantage, as she was only ten years old when she entered the infinite horror game, and all the guilds were targeting her.”
Ning Su, being realistic, said, “I didn’t do well. When I saw the young Shi Tianzhu in the hospital, maybe keeping her there would have been safer. I took her to the zombie player’s faction, where she was discovered by the Black-clothed Azan.”
Reviewing the dungeon, Ning Su noted that this was where he performed the worst.
Shi Tianzhu said, “If you had left her in the hospital, she might have been killed by the Vampire or taken by another guild, and you would have said the same thing.”
She continued, “There’s no right or wrong in this matter.”
What she wanted to know was something else, “When you saw that the other version of yourself was the Zombie King, did you already plan for our guild to withdraw from the human faction and collaborate with the zombies to drive the other guilds out of the competition?”
Ning Su nodded somewhat embarrassedly.
That was indeed his plan. When he saw that the other version of himself was what they thought was the Zombie King, he knew that the humans in that world, as well as the human faction players, would see him as a primary threat and would want to eliminate him as soon as possible.
Yinhua was also part of the human faction.
And the dungeon’s setup required them to ultimately kill the other version of themselves.
Given the main task of protecting the human home, most people would think that he should first kill his other self. Without the zombie leader, human players united with humans to kill the zombies and zombie players would be easier.
This was what most people would think.
Ning Su, however, thought of giving up the main quest, joining forces with the zombies to fight humans, human faction players, and zombie faction players. If they could kill all the teams and force them out of the competition, they would win, and the game would be over.
But he didn’t know if the others in Yinhua would think the same, as killing the Zombie King was the method most considered the safest.
When the Yongming Guild wanted them to lead zombies to attack the human survivor base, Ning Su was conflicted for a long time.
At that time, he thought of what Shi Tianzhu had said to him before entering the dungeon.
“A perfect team does not rely on mutual obedience and compromise but on each person being able to maximize their own advantages.”
“Once you’re in the dungeon, follow your heart. I believe in you. We all believe in you. Our presence is not to restrain you but to let you fly more boldly without worrying about falling from great heights.”
Ning Su immediately chose this path.
He acted like he was under the threat of the Yongming Guild, bringing zombies to attack the human survivor base and pretending to be unwilling to cooperate. In reality, he intended to fight. Otherwise, the zombies would not have breached the city gates.
When Ning Su learned that Shi Tianzhu and the others had also chosen this path, he was truly happy.
Shi Tianzhu smiled and said, “Good, facing many opponents alone, very bold.”
She was also happy for another reason: “It’s your first time participating in a guild competition, and you truly trusted your teammates.”
Ning Su’s eyes curved with joy; he was very happy too.
After a simple review of the dungeon, they started the celebration banquet.
Ning Su didn’t expect that besides the system rewards for participating in the guild competition, there were also internal rewards from the guild.
Yinhua Guild was wealthy, and Ning Su received 5 million points as a reward, which was higher than the system reward.
Overnight wealth was hard not to get excited about.
After the celebration banquet, Ning Su was still floating on air when he followed Shi Tianzhu to the study.
Shi Tianzhu looked like she wanted to laugh. “Is 5 million enough to make you this happy?”
Ning Su: “5 million is enough for me to lie flat on the base for a lifetime, right?”
“I have almost 8 million in total! That’s enough to lie flat.”
Shi Tianzhu: “...”
“Sit down. I want to talk to you.”
Ning Su immediately sat up straight.
Shi Tianzhu said to him sternly, “From now on, never do anything that violates the system’s rules again, understood?”
Ning Su immediately understood what Shi Tianzhu was thinking.
She also realized that the <Zombie> dungeon was targeting him.
Human faction players wanted to kill Ning Su, the Zombie King.
Zombie faction players wanted to kill him as a member of Yinhua Guild.
Important NPCs in the dungeon world all wanted to kill them.
The system’s intent to kill him was already very clear.
Thanks for the update!!
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