Chapter 130
Chapter 130
Normally, if someone ended up in a situation like this with absolutely no clues to go on, an ordinary person really could be kept trapped there the whole time.
But fortunately, Ning Shuo had a fragment of the Water Moon Mirror.
The Water Moon Mirror could carve out a private space, and when Ning Shuo was surrounded earlier, he had used that fragment.
The fragment was small, but it and the original came from the same source.
At first, he had only wanted to see whether that private space could do more than act as a shield, whether it could keep those things out entirely.
But the moment he tapped to confirm its use, it was as if the world had resonated with that tiny shard. A flash of white light burst out, and when Ning Shuo opened his eyes again, he was already lying on a bed.
He glanced around.
It was a very ordinary room. On the bed beside him lay Ning Wang, whose limited-time Sea King card had already expired.
Ning Shuo opened his Backpack. The complete Water Moon Mirror was already inside.
…The Main God must have been convinced that Ning Shuo might not use the Water Moon Mirror lightly, since using it too many times could easily cause it to crack, so it had simply thrown him straight into the Water Moon Mirror’s world.
He had just sat up when the door to the room opened.
An NPC carrying a basin walked in. The instant he saw Ning Shuo awake, he immediately turned to look at Ning Wang in the next bed.
When he saw that Ning Wang still hadn’t woken up, Ning Shuo thought he saw him frown.
But it lasted only a moment. The NPC set down the basin, then ran out and shouted, “Ning Banxian is awake!”
That shout woke up the Number One Swordsman in the World in the next bed too.
The Swordsman immediately looked toward Ning Banxian. After confirming that he was fine, he swung himself out of bed at once. “Come on, let’s go find the Captain!”
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Back under the sea, Ning Wang had always felt a sense of unreality.
That included using so-called Merfolk Spell, and even the feeling the Script itself gave him.
He had also kept hearing bizarre snippets of conversation, things like observations about someone’s physical condition, and that Willow and the others had run into zombies.
On the way to find Rao Lin, the two of them exchanged everything they knew, and only then did Ning Wang understand what had happened.
Compared with Ning Shuo, who had been born from the Water Moon Mirror, Ning Wang had never originally belonged to the Water Moon Mirror world, so his perception of the outside world was naturally sharper than Ning Shuo’s.
And along the way, from the looks of delight on the faces of the other NPCs and their cries of “They’re finally awake,” it was easy to guess that in this setting, the two of them were supposed to be heavily injured espers who had been unconscious.
Once they got into the car heading to Rao Lin, they opened the Virtual Screen.
Sure enough, the background information had already changed.
[Player Ning Banxian, welcome to the Script “Zombie Crisis”]
[Next, the Script background will be introduced to you: This is a world overrun by zombies. Infected humans undergo certain mutations, allowing them to resonate with nature and gain special abilities. During humanity’s struggle against the zombies, people discovered that as the zombies evolve, their numbers are also decreasing dramatically. The end of the apocalypse may already be in sight.]
[Your Script identity: a weak member of an esper squad, and someone who is deeply infatuated with your Captain, Number One Swordsman in the World.]
[Your hidden identity: Murderer.]
[Your condition for killing: as long as you are together with your companion. Remember, you absolutely must be together.]
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[Player Number One Swordsman in the World, welcome to the Script “Zombie Crisis”]
…
[Your Script identity: the powerful Captain of an esper squad, and someone who deeply detests that useless teammate of yours, Ning Banxian, who shamelessly forced his way into the team.]
[Your hidden identity: Murderer.]
[Your condition for killing: Complete it alone.]
Ning Wang: “…”
You garbage System.
You’re the one who’s useless.
You’re the one who hates Ning Shuo.
Damn you.
Ning Shuo tilted his head to look at him. “Your character setting is wha-”
Their System permissions had always been open to each other. With a swish, Ning Wang put away the Virtual Screen, looking perfectly calm on the surface. “I’m the Captain of our squad. On the surface, I loathe you, but in reality, I like you a lot.”
He paused, then added, “And I enjoy your adoration immensely.”
At this point, the two of them were completely incapable of successfully deceiving each other. Ning Shuo dragged out the last syllable. “My… adoration?”
Ning Wang pretended to drive with utter seriousness and answered absentmindedly.
After a long silence, Ning Shuo pointed at their destination. “Then let’s head back. I’ll make sure to shower Ningning with proper adoration.”
Their destination was where Rao Lin and the others had been surrounded and attacked by zombies.
While Ning Wang was “heavily injured and unconscious,” he heard an NPC sigh. “Captain still hasn’t woken up. Vice-Captain and the others were all driven out to look for supplies.”
“Going out for supplies would be normal enough, but they only gave Vice-Captain and the others a few knives, not even any guns.”
“And that’s not even mentioning that it’s a supermarket. There was a sale there when the apocalypse broke out, so there are a ton of zombies. Vice-Captain and the others only have three people.”
Ning Wang had only caught bits and pieces of the conversation, but put together, he could more or less understand what it meant.
He hadn’t been sure at first whether those “three people” meant Willow and the others, but when he went out to ask for a car and chatted with a few people, he more or less confirmed it.
Seeing that Ning Wang was awake, the base guiltily said they could assign a few more people to them, at the very least send someone to drive.
Ning Wang put on a show and coughed twice, one hand hooked around Ning Shuo as he said, “For driving, he’s enough. Since you already drove my team out to feed the zombies, you don’t need to put on this hypocritical act now.”
After getting the car and making sure there was no one around, Ning Wang, who had just said Ning Shuo would drive, silently took the driver’s seat himself.
Ning Shuo sat in the passenger seat, giving directions with the map.
There weren’t many zombies near the base, but the farther they drove toward the outskirts, the more they saw zombies blocking the road.
After dealing with a few zombies in their way, Ning Shuo leaned forward and pointed into the distance. “…Over there. Be careful. There’s a lot of commotion, which means a lot of zombies.”
After finding a place to park, Ning Wang handed him a machete. “Brother, time to start killing. If your skills have gotten rusty, remember to fall back behind me.”
Ning Shuo just followed behind him lazily. “All right, Knight. Charge ahead, then. This King will graciously clean up after you.”
They advanced smoothly. Ning Wang’s skills hadn’t dulled in the slightest over the years. Even if it wasn’t a sword, he wielded a machete just as masterfully. A single swing backed by inner force could mow down a whole swath. And Ning Shuo’s “cleaning up after him” was done beautifully too. Ning Wang killed in front, Ning Shuo dealt with whatever was left behind him, and Ning Wang had absolutely nothing to worry about.
The two of them carved a path all the way to the supermarket entrance. There, they saw corpses raining down from the top floor one after another, and faintly heard Rao Lin shouting, “Nan-ge! If you don’t have a gun, then use the knife!”
Qin Genan’s voice sounded close to breaking down too. “My knife’s already gone dull! Willow, did you find a car yet?!”
The instant the words fell, Ning Wang wrapped an arm around Ning Shuo’s waist and flew up to the supermarket rooftop. Ning Shuo’s voice was as invigorating as ever as he called out, “Soldiers! Your King has arrived with his Knight to save you!”