Chapter 280 I'm a good person and want to make friends with you
12 month 13 day.

noon.

"..."

Snow fell continuously from the lead-gray clouds.

"Clap."

Su Ming put away his pocket watch, feeling extremely cold.

Theoretically, even if you run naked on the Antarctic glacier, you won't feel much coldness after enjoying the bonus, but the coldness in this place doesn't seem to be caused by the weather.

I was lucky enough to step on the skull of some unknown creature. There were horn-like bones extending from the side of the skull...

There is no living thing.

If you stick your hand into the soil, you will find that the ground is slightly moist. If there is moisture, even black soil should grow something, right? But nothing happens, and now there is not even a dead tree.

The city wall in front of me was covered with dust and unknown objects.

The gate, which was at least seven or eight meters high, symbolized that this city must have been very prosperous in the past. Su Ming walked further in and took a deep breath.

"..."

The air was so badly stagnant that a peculiar stench permeated the airless building. The corridors were filled with dust and were unpleasant.

"anyone there?"

The small pebbles crunched under Su Ming's feet.

Very strange.

In such a dilapidated place, the stones underfoot looked like they were placed there just for fun.

The inside of the city gate was no different from what Su Ming had seen from a high altitude before, just a street with no one living on it. The windows of many houses were deformed or even fell off due to years of disrepair.

Too quiet.

The only sound that lingered in Su Ming's ears was the sound of the wind. He was reminded of a similar movie...Silent Hill. It was an uninhabited village during the day and a spooky village at night.

"I treat everyone equally, male or female. Phew..."

Su Ming clenched the knife in his hand and continued to move forward.

Since the quest says the witch is here, we can only keep looking. The only good news is that this target doesn't seem to be dying easily. She should just be isolated from the normal world, right?

12 month 13 day.

in the afternoon.

Su Ming saw something strange again.

A shop that may have sold jewelry in the past. There is a low table and stool on the roof, which are wiped clean. There is also a book on the table.

【Meow Meow Three Thousand Questions】

The pages are creased, showing signs of being used.

A page is folded. Bookmark?
[The academy is an educational department proposed by Grand Secretary Victor. It was originally used to enlighten people, and now it is used to cultivate talents in various industries...]

Someone must have been here before, right?
12 month 13 day.

Night.

Su Ming had finished his dry food. He had thought that in such a big city, he would slowly look for food after finding his target.

But now I realize that there is really nothing to eat. Not even a blade of grass.

"Gulu gulu..."

There was only half a bottle of water left.

Where is it?

12 month 14 day.

early morning.

Su Ming was awakened by choking.

The nose was full of fishy smell. I subconsciously raised my hand to wipe it away.

"Blood?"

My throat was so dry that it was smoking. I drank the remaining water but it didn't relieve the thirst at all.

I feel very weak.

Now Su Ming was completely clear. The immune system must have been working. There was some kind of curse in the air... or in this place. Those people in the tavern were not exaggerating. Ordinary people might not even be able to walk to the city gate.

"?"

Su Ming wiped the blood from his mouth and was about to get up when he suddenly noticed a bag of something in the corner of the room.

Has anyone been here?
The stuff in the bag looked a bit like chocolate. But when you really put it in your mouth, you could smell a rotten smell. If you crushed the surface, you could easily see something like hay inside.

12 month 15 day.

Night.

Su Ming couldn't hold on, and his nose bled profusely. He could only withdraw first.

The moment I left the city gate, my nosebleed slowed down. The farther I got from the city gate, the less severe the symptoms became, and my physical fatigue also improved.

Witch...

She was the one who left food for herself?
If this is the case, at least it proves that she is not the evil person that the outside world says she is. Maybe she is surprisingly easy to talk to.

12 month 17 day.

It was impossible to go back for more, it was too far. Su Ming ran to a forest far away from the dead city where there were animals and found some dried meat. He also replenished enough water and had a good sleep.

12 month 19 day.

Su Ming returned to the city gate.

Take the prepared note and leave a message in the area where there are signs of her activities.

The book I saw last time is still there. It seems that the pages have been turned back a dozen pages. There is a note tucked in here.

[I am a good person. I want to be friends with you]

cough.

This shouldn't be a scam, right?
12 month 22 day.

Su Ming couldn't stay in the city for long, so he could only choose to spend the night outside and go back when it was almost time.

Glance at the status bar again.

An Shiyao is healthy and is still doing her first task... If she encounters a situation that she is unsure of, she should be able to do it seriously after she comes to her senses, right?
Ok……

After all, she was forced into a corner and did something like using a gun without the safety on. She was also willing to use the baby cafeteria to tame herself while she was still a zombie. A precious video of early humans taming zombies, right?
Two-player mode doesn't mean completing tasks together...

It's okay, she didn't have any bonuses... I might die if I came to a place like this. She would probably cry if she saw me bleeding from the nose, but now I have to give her an injection while I have a nosebleed?

12 month 24 day.

After Su Ming's condition had almost recovered, he returned to the city again.

There is a reply.

I don't, my friend.

Is this considered a rejection?

Even the tables, chairs, benches and books were taken away, leaving only the note pressed by stones. Below the content written by Su Ming, there was a crooked handwriting.

Grass.

Playing hide and seek, huh?

12 month 24 day.

Night.

Su Ming looked around but couldn't find any trace of any living creature.

I don’t know where she is hiding or where she sleeps.

[I am really a good person, and I don’t have any friends either]

[Don’t look at Meow Meow Sanqian’s questions, look at me]

【…】

Will it be helpful to leave another message?

Instead of waiting for the witch's curiosity, why not play hide-and-seek? Let's see who is better at hiding. A nosebleed won't kill you immediately... can't you just plug it up?
12 month 25 day.

early morning.

"Crack."

Su Ming hid under the rotten bed in the room, enduring the musty smell for who knows how long. Finally, he heard some noise outside.

"..."

Hesitate a moment longer.

The sound of charcoal scratching the ground was heard again, which should be a response to what Su Ming left.

Su Ming moved out as quietly as possible.

Looking through the door frame of the second-floor balcony, you can only see hair... black hair that is so long that it drags on the ground, emitting a slight luster under the moonlight.

Kneeling barefoot? Pressing the drum on the ankle, writing while lying prone.

"..."

Then, she might finally realize that Su Ming was behind her.

Turn your sight back.

Just as Su Ming imagined, her face was dirty. Her clothes were tattered and could only be described as warm clothing. She held the charcoal left by Su Ming in fear.

"……you."

Su Ming was about to speak when he suddenly couldn't breathe.

The cloth stuffed in my nose didn't help. I felt dizzy.

12 month 25 day.

early.

When Su Ming opened his eyes again, there was grass beneath him.

The surroundings... are not inside the city. There won't be any dead trees inside the city.

A small bag was placed next to him, which contained food wrapped in grass.

My shirt was completely soaked with blood and sweat, which was very uncomfortable.

"..."

Su Ming tried to get up, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

If she was the culprit that caused her nosebleed, being so close to the 'virus' and hiding there for a long time in advance, causing her immune system to fail, it would make sense that the symptoms suddenly became more severe.

What to do?
Is the task completed or not?

Before, if he stayed near the target, the task would be completed automatically after one day. Now, Su Ming could only judge that one day had not passed by the feeling of hunger and the blood on his clothes that looked fresh.

Regardless of whether or not I need to stay by your side to complete the mission, we still have to continue meeting each other afterwards, right? This is the first mission.

12 month 25 day.

early.

I, Cetis Skylark, went to a house not too far from the wine cellar as usual, where the second floor could get some sun.

The Dead City rarely has such good weather.

"..."

It’s the same as always, but also a little different.

On the attic floor, a little further outside... there are words left by someone.

[I am really a good person, and I don’t have any friends either]

[Don’t look at Meow Meow Sanqian’s questions, look at me]

The book in my hand has been flipped through by other humans.

Friends, as the book says, are people with whom you can talk. Everyone has friends.

But I am not human.

I've been here since I can remember, and everyone who comes here wants to kill me. They say I'm a plague. They say I turned a perfectly good city into this... But how long has it been since the last time someone came here?

I can't remember.

All I could do was stay here alone, eat something from the cellar when I was hungry, sleep most of the time, and read when I woke up.

Ok……

It’s not like I don’t know why others dislike me and why I have to stay here.

Sometimes I have dreams, some very real dreams. For example, I killed a lot of people. My hands are covered in blood. "..."

The city was very prosperous at first. But now, it has become like this because of me. The little flower I just saw withered before I could touch it.

I am... the plague mentioned in the book.

Why did you come to me?

With so much blood flowing, is he still alive now?
I actually wanted to watch him a little longer, but then I felt... maybe he would suddenly lose his life just like that little flower and that forest.

He was hiding under the bed and suddenly ran out, which really scared me.

"Be friends?"

"..."

I couldn't concentrate on reading. It was the first time someone came to the city and wrote to me and chatted with me.

If only I could write every day.

Forget it.

If that happens, just staying in the same place with me will wither sooner or later. The blood will be the proof. It's better for me to stay here, sleep, read. When I can't stop dreaming anymore... maybe someone will come and kill me.

After what happened yesterday, if he could wake up... he would definitely be scared and run away. That would be good.

"Hey, are you still reading?"

"?"

I turned my head stiffly and he was standing there.

"Don't even think about running away. Isn't that enough of hide-and-seek?"

"..."

My shoulders were grabbed. I couldn't move.

Sure enough, they are not friends.

Do you want to kill me, get rid of the plague, and restore this city to its original state?
I can die anytime.

But...can I go back and take a look at Xiaobai?
wrong.

Can I die two days later? I want to finish reading this book...

You won't allow it, right? If you insist on killing me now, it must be because I'm in so much pain.

"?"

"Why do you have an attitude that you don't care what I do?"

"..."

"I just wanted to come and take a look, but I didn't expect it to be here. Is this book for children? It's written in a very childish way."

"..."

I don't understand.

He didn't seem to intend to kill me now, but instead picked up my book and started reading it.

"And this one, the unicorn bites the unicorn's tail, the unicorn bites the tabby cat's tail... and the cat meows. Let's all turn together. It's hard to imagine that one person can read advanced magic theory and a children's book like this at the same time."

"..."

I'm not a child.

I just like the animals drawn in this book. So I read it often.

"You're not going to talk? I really don't mean any harm. Ah...thank you for the food. It's a little unpalatable though."

"Would you like to try this? It's fresh, it's the unicorn rabbit in this book."

"..."

Killed the rabbit?
A rabbit like Xiaobai, and food composed of the same... ingredients as Xiaobai?

"Aww."

good to eat.

"No words are spoken, but food must be eaten."

"..."

I took the food and moved away from him, picked up the charcoal and drew on the ground.

[You want to, kill me? ]

"Why would I kill you? I'm just a businessman passing by. I came to take a look out of curiosity."

"..."

His clothes are still covered in blood. Don't you know it's my fault?

【Thanks】

【If you leave, you will die here. 】

I felt a little disappointed for some reason. But I was actually very happy that he opened the book I was reading and left a message.

But just like that lovely little flower it once was.

I would be sad if it withered just because I wanted to get closer and take a longer look.

"I know."

"I can't stay long. As you can see, I can only stay in the city for two days at a time. Three days is the limit."

"So, I came over to take a look. Make sure you don't play hide and seek next time."

"Well, can you let me stay for one night?"

"..."

This person is weird.

He was bleeding from the nose again, and he knew it was because of me, but he had no intention of leaving.

"Your hair is so long, won't it trip you?"

"By the way, how long have you not washed your hair? Can I help you wash your hair?"

"..."

The book says that water is precious, so I rarely use it, except to take a shower and wash my hair on rainy days.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."

"If I have a nosebleed again and can't walk, you'll have to help me get out and recover."

"..."

12 month 25 day.

Night.

Following her to the cellar, Su Ming finally understood why he couldn't find her.

If you don't look carefully, who would have known that there is such a large space under the bed?
There were books everywhere. Some were newer, while others looked like they had been read countless times. Su Ming picked up a few older books and found that they all had black and white illustrations... Do you prefer books with pictures over simple text?
"..."

After being in a daze for a short while, she took out a small bag from somewhere. She was eating food that was no different from grass. There seemed to be clean water in the jar.

【one day】

He brushed aside the book and wrote these two crooked little words on the ground.

Do you mean you can only stay for one day?

That's fine. We've come this far. One day will turn into two days, and two days will turn into two months. The beginning, which is always difficult, has been completed.

"Screw rustle..."

Wait a moment.

She just took off her clothes like that?

Oh.

It turns out there is more inside.

Although a little dirty, the facial features are very regular and delicate. I always look listless and have dark circles under my eyes... I feel like my eyes can't focus all the time, and I have a kind of innocence. This is not bad.

The baby cafeteria, which was only covered with a thin piece of cloth, showed its weight in front of Su Ming. This must be comparable to An Shiyao, right?
It's cold now, but she's wearing this. If she were wearing something brighter, it would look transparent. Her hair is slightly curled.

Anyway, after Xue'er, the targets I met had better and better figures. If I compare Xiaoye to her... she would only be a branch.

"Going to bed?"

Su Ming sat on the ground. There was no bed or bench here, just books and clothes.

"..."

She didn't answer and just closed her eyes.

12 month 25 day.

late at night.

Su Ming couldn't stand it. It wasn't that he had any thoughts about the baby canteen that was covered with only a thin piece of cloth, and one could even see the millet grains if one looked closely. It was that his nosebleed couldn't be suppressed again.

Being too close to her can really make the symptoms worse.

[Just go, everything will be fine]

She was very frugal with words and was willing to use carbon paper to write again at this time.

But those eyes that were always unable to focus seemed to finally be able to focus at this moment... He watched Su Ming's nosebleed flow down the cloth that was stuffing his nose to his collar.

"..."

Su Ming tore off another strip of cloth from the hem of his clothes and stuffed it in.

"Small problem. I'll be fine if you put your clothes on."

"?"

"..."

She didn't seem to understand the joke.

"It's okay. After all, it was me who said we wanted to be friends. Just stay until I reach my limit."

Maybe you can only spend a day or even half a day together face to face.

Thinking in a positive direction, doesn't this mean that it is impossible to be with her? Now I can guarantee that I can face the people of Jiangdong with dignity. I won't cheat on my wife while dying. What kind of new birth is that?
Just like that, endure for a day for the mission. Run out as soon as you get a prompt.

[You are not here to kill me]

"of course not."

Just as Su Ming was about to speak again, his hand was suddenly grabbed. A strange force pulled him up and walked out.

"Wait a minute, I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry."

"I'm just testing how long I can stay here. I'll tell you when I can't hold on any longer."

"Don't you want to talk to anyone?"

"Reading so many books but without a teacher, you must be confused, right?"

"Besides, it's night time now. If you send me to the woods, I'll be dead if I encounter a monster in this state."

"..."

She let go, curled up again, and sat down in the corner farthest from Su Ming, hugging her knees.

"Don't worry, I can't die."

Can you drink this blood and pretend it never happened?
Su Ming didn't have the energy to talk to her anymore. If he hadn't used words to solve the problem just now, he would have been unable to stay there. What on earth is she? I really should let Xue'er see what a vampire is. She doesn't need to suck blood at all. She will bleed automatically when she sees it.

12 month 26 day.

early.

When he saw the sun, Su Ming reached his limit.

【mission completed】

[Returning...Results will be calculated later]

Su Ming was so weak that he couldn't speak at all, so he could only raise his hand and ask her to help him send it out.

“@#.”

Did she speak? She looked a little sad.

I didn't hear what you said.

Su Ming's consciousness gradually sank, and in the end he only saw her approaching and trying to help him up.

-

When I came to my senses, I was no longer in the cellar. Behind me was something soft... not a sofa? Why was I lying facing Yao's chest?

Su Ming saw a conspicuous note on the table, pressed down by the remote control.

Ok?
When did Yao come back?
(End of this chapter)