Chapter 191: Tycoon Town (7)
After the two "fell in love," according to the rules, all items Qin Yanshu obtained became Ji Ning's property.
The darts he got here, a talisman paper from the previous grid, and something he had just placed on the ground that he could no longer pick up—only Ji Ning could lift it.
The restriction was so absolute, Ji Ning could only accept it with a wry smile.
After picking up his items, she thought for a moment and then handed them back to Qin Yanshu to see if she could re-gift them.
The result: once the items were in Qin Yanshu's hands, they turned into two ordinary stones. When Ji Ning took them back, they returned to normal.
Both of them were equally shocked. It seemed that in this Tycoon game, the only way to acquire another player's private items was through "Love or Kill."
Before they parted ways, Ji Ning quickly shared her intel: "Yanshu, the first time I rolled a 1, it was a puzzle type—looking for a numerical pattern. The answer was 4. What about you?"
Qin Yanshu had been about to tell her the same thing and continued naturally, "My first roll was a 5. Inside was a field, crawling with snakes."
The first grid was a puzzle, the fifth was survival, and the eleventh was also survival. With too little known information, they couldn't yet deduce the pattern of the board's distribution.
Qin Yanshu added, "Number 8 rolled a 6 his first time and PK'd with Number 3 very quickly. I analyzed that the sixth grid is likely also survival. Because his weapon had an advantage; breaking through a survival grid is faster than a puzzle grid. We heard the rules only after we finished killing the wolf pack together, which means after Number 3 entered the sixth grid, Number 8 had already passed his trial."
Ji Ning nodded, her thoughts exactly mirroring his.
For the few people with overwhelmingly powerful weapons, getting through a survival grid was indeed much faster than solving a puzzle grid.
As they spoke, the indicator light next to the twelve-sided die placed in this corner of the forest lit up. It was time for Qin Yanshu's third dice roll to jump grids.
He led Ji Ning by the hand to stand before the die, unwilling to let go.
This grid-jumping game was full of immense variables. Even with these items, the fog-shrouded path ahead was still riddled with crises. He found it hard to leave her with any peace of mind.
Besides, there was still the "Love or Kill" trial when two players met. If an unfamiliar male player encountered a female player, the likelihood of choosing "Kill" was far higher.
Ji Ning felt the chill passing through his fingertips. Seeing his ink-wash delicate features clouded with worry, she moved to stand face-to-face right in front of him. One hand wrapped around his waist, tugging at his clothes, while the other hand raised the magic wand before him. She lifted a smiling face, her eyes curving like crescent moons, and said sweetly, "Don't worry about me. I'm an invincible magical girl now! I have the most overpowered weapon—there won't be any problems at all!"
Her smile was so bright it was dazzling, but Qin Yanshu didn't dare look any longer.
He hugged her tightly, their necks intertwined, until the indicator light emitted a sharp, piercing sound. Only then did he release her, turning to cast the die without looking back.
11 points. The twenty-second grid.
Ji Ning watched Qin Yanshu's retreating back. Beneath her lifted smile, her heart was tightly clenched.
Before he disappeared, Ji Ning acted coquettishly: "Yanshu, Qin Yanshu, look at me... don't just leave like this."
If this was their final meeting, she wanted the atmosphere to be a happy one.
Qin Yanshu turned his head back at her words. Amidst a blinding white light, a faint smile finally broke through his heavy expression.
Ji Ning waved at him, secretly praying that everyone must survive.
During the waiting interval, she stuffed the talisman paper and glass bead into the pocket of her dress, keeping the darts in her hand to handle any sudden accidents.
After another wait, the indicator light came on again.
Ji Ning felt empty inside, no longer praying for any specific number to come up. Because she didn't know the rules of this Tycoon game, she wasn't sure if frequent collisions between pieces would affect clearing the instance.
More than meeting them for an easy pass, she hoped she could exert her full effort to crack a grid's content on her own.
This time, Ji Ning rolled a 10, just 1 point different from Qin Yanshu. He was on the twenty-second grid; she was on the twenty-first.
After the grid-jump teleportation, Ji Ning found herself once again in an old, cramped room, just like the first time.
Only this time, there was a tall, broad-shouldered figure in front of the desk, his long legs particularly eye-catching.
She crept silently behind him and suddenly threw her arms around his waist: "Jiang Ting!"
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