Chapter 248: Ghost Marriage Tales (1)
"Hello, Teacher Shen." Since she recognized him, she naturally greeted him. Ji Ning said hello, and to avoid an awkward silence, she added, "I didn't expect you to remember me…"
Shen Yu's gaze was fixed on the game, clearly far more composed than Ji Ning about this teacher-student reunion in the Erotic Survival Game. Or rather, completely indifferent.
He replied curtly, "I remembered your name from helping a colleague grade papers. I'm not a teacher anymore, so no need for formalities."
"Okay." Ji Ning just responded out of habit, but the teacher-student hierarchy ingrained in her bones still made it hard for her to feel at ease.
She sat up straight and stiff, also turning her gaze to the Werewolf Game unfolding before them.
On the second night, three deaths. With the Witch not using her poison, everyone knew that apart from the town-aligned player who took the Wolf Kill, the remaining two were a Pure White and a wolf.
Several players were reasoning that No. 6 Ji Ning was that wolf—a Lesser Wolf who had been wrongly tricked by the Wolf Witch and thus hadn't Self-Destructed—and that the Pure White was probably No. 8. Listening to this, Ji Ning felt like her brain was hemorrhaging.
But actually, she couldn't blame these vanilla villagers, nor herself. Her speech had been quite competent.
The only one to blame was Shen Yu for bluffing too accurately, and even hearing that Ji Ning had a power role.
In this game, the Wolf Witch was still in play and could precisely see roles to edge the town. In the end, the Wolf Team secured victory.
【All players will now be deployed into the Survival Game. The victorious Werewolf Faction receives a clue. The clue will be delivered in-game. Now loading the game Sandbox.】
Hearing the female voice announce that this Werewolf Game's outcome affected clue distribution rather than priority privilege, Ji Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
The previous instances where it affected priority privilege had been very disadvantageous for her. If, without any old acquaintance here, her priority privilege ended up last, it would be tough.
If it's just providing clues, she could still figure out a way to trade for them from other players. After all, there was still the familiar face of Teacher Shen around.
With a small sense of relief, Ji Ning skillfully closed her eyes to endure the blinding teleportation period. It was only when the light before her eyelids dimmed that she opened her eyes and assessed her surroundings.
The dilapidated minibus she was in swayed and jolted along a rugged mountain path.
Looking out the window, she saw that the distant houses were mostly earthen cave dwellings. Such backward housing was rare even in the most impoverished mountain villages of her own time.
Ji Ning rummaged through her bag and pockets, and from her old-fashioned mobile phone and her outdated clothes and purse, she deduced that this instance's time setting was at least a decade before the year she had lived in.
On this trip, she was attending the wedding of a distant relative in her hometown on behalf of her parents. Because the journey was inconvenient, she would also be staying for two days in Yangjia Yao Gou, nestled in Jiyu Mountain.
Once she had the gist of the situation, the system notification arrived right on cue.
【Welcome to the "Erotic Survival Game." This instance is "Ghost Marriage Tales." Instance difficulty: three stars.】
【Player No. 6 Ji Ning, your identity in this instance is "Guest • Virgin".】
【Game Rules: Integrate into the unfolding events and act according to the Clearance Condition. Those who fail to clear will be completely eliminated.】
【Game Taboos: 1. Do not go out of character (OOC). 2. Do not obstruct or alter the course of events. Any violation will result in complete elimination.】
【Clue Hint: The Werewolf Game was not won. No hint available.】
【Clearance Condition: Leave Jiyu Mountain】
【Clearance Reward: Clearers will be rewarded 300 points.】
Another horror instance, and one involving eerie ghost marriages.
Set in a backward mountain region with desolate cave dwellings, the horror element was further layered with a cloak of dark superstition.
But Ji Ning's courage had grown somewhat, and she wasn't as terrified as she had been in the previous few instances. What concerned her most now was her identity. "Guest" aside, why did it come with "Virgin"?
What connection would this designation have with the instance's content?
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