What malicious intent could NPCs possibly have? C15.2

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Chp15. part2

The man was very obedient to the scale, he would only throw them if the scale said so.

Ning Ge hid silently behind the crowd, like a mushroom sprouting after rain, quietly waiting to grow.

Fortunately, according to the settings of this dungeon, only the body was growing, hair and nails hadn’t grown wildly, otherwise she would have become a monster in no time.

Ning Ge remembered the small Lambda icon.

Now that she was in a dungeon, perhaps she could give it a try.

Ning Ge found it and gently tapped it.

This time it worked. The interface showed two buttons, “On” and “Off.” Ning Ge tapped “On.”

Something new appeared in Ning Ge’s vision, it was as if she had suddenly put on a pair of special smart glasses.

Ning Ge’s gaze swept over the scale in front of her, a small progress bar appeared before her eyes. The green progress bar finished in a few seconds.

A line of small text appeared before her: [Target operating normally.]

Ning Ge glanced again at the man measuring his height, it was another [Target operating normally].

Ning Ge looked at Pei Han again, this time, no progress bar popped up, nothing at all.

Ning Ge understood. This Lambda function seemed to be an error checker, but it checked items and NPCs in the dungeon to see if they were functioning correctly.

This function seemed useless.

Ning Ge sighed, lowered her head, and intended to tap the “close” button on her bracelet.

Her gaze slid over her own arm.

The progress bar reappeared and started moving forward.

Ning Ge was also an NPC, it was automatically detecting her.

This wouldn’t do. Ning Ge immediately looked away.

However, her vision flickered, suddenly becoming chaotic, the lines and colours jerked and twisted together.

An error had occurred.

After a few seconds of chaotic colour blocks, things finally stabilised, and Ning Ge’s vision changed drastically.

It was a feeling completely indescribable.

It was like a Zen master achieving enlightenment, suddenly seeing the true nature of this illusory world.

The void shattered, the earth levelled.

The room was still the same, the people were still the same, but everything was completely different.

It was shocking and terrifying.

Ning Ge clearly felt that this world was indeed virtual, a vast expanse of flowing code, and she was undoubtedly a part of it.

Ning Ge clenched her hands tightly, took deep breaths, and steadied herself for a long time before beginning to adjust to this peculiar situation.

She scanned the room again and suddenly noticed something very peculiar.

It was a small towel hanging on the wall.

Ning Ge could clearly sense its colour, size, and various parameters.

Most importantly, she could modify it.

Everything else was impossible.

For example, the life-or-death scale, the bookshelf, the small metal door, and the man and woman measuring their height—they were all as if sealed off, unable to read or move.

Ning Ge glanced at the small towel again. This bugged function, created by an error, turned out to be quite useful.

She didn’t modify the towel’s parameters. No one knew how long this strange situation would last, if she was going to change anything, she should change something more useful.

The only things that could move in the room were extremely rare. Ning Ge searched around with her eyes, and after a long time, she finally found another one.

It was a small globe, about the size of a fist.

It sat on a table at the other end of the room, an ornament.

Ning Ge could clearly sense that its material was plastic, and it weighed only a dozen grams—very light.

She immediately changed its weight to five kilograms.

However, it didn’t work.

Probably because it was illogical and did not conform to the normal structure of this world.

Ning Ge then changed the material to crystal.

This time it worked.

The flimsy plastic stand couldn’t support the suddenly heavy crystal globe, and it toppled over with a soft thud onto the table.

Fortunately, everyone’s attention was focused on the health check, and no one noticed.

Ning Ge took two steps forward, and the illusion suddenly vanished.

The surroundings returned to normal, as if a hand had pulled Ning Ge back to reality.

Ning Ge looked down at her bracelet, the Lambda function activation button was greyed out and could no longer be pressed.

The man was still grabbing people to weigh on the scale. Ning Ge quietly moved towards the desk.

The scale had height and weight requirements, the child needed to be within the normal range for both. This body was too thin, even if the height was sufficient, the weight was likely below the standard.

She needed to get that small crystal ball. Every little bit of something that could weigh the child was valuable.

The man finished weighing another child, straightened up, and turned his head in this direction.

She couldn’t let him catch her now. A curtain was drawn nearby, and Ning Ge quickly slipped behind it.

Then she discovered something even more effective at increasing her weight hidden behind the curtain, a water dispenser, the bottle still full.

Next to the dispenser were cups. Ning Ge quietly filled one and tasted it, it was indeed water. She quickly gulped it down.

As she drank her second cup, the curtain moved, and another person slipped in.

It was Jiang Jin, the girl with the neat short hair. She had somehow managed to squeeze behind the crowd and discover the treasure.

Jiang Jin’s expression was aloof. She glanced at Ning Ge, said nothing, and also picked up a cup.

She was a little taller than Ning Ge, but also appeared too thin.

Both understood what the other was doing, and neither intended to report the other. They silently continued chugging water.

Like two honest people at a drinking party, they didn’t need anyone to offer a toast, one finished a cup, the other a cup, and after emptying theirs, they refilled their own.

The two women quickly emptied the bucket in a toast, and Ning Ge really couldn’t drink anymore.

She had never drunk so much water in her life.

The water was up to her throat, threatening to overflow with the slightest movement. Her stomach felt like a water-filled bag, sloshing around with a gurgling sound.

When the two women emerged from behind the curtain, the children outside had already finished their tests.

This time, there was no escaping it. The man spotted the two who had slipped through the net as soon as they came out.

“You two! What are you doing, wandering around like that? Come here!”

Jiang Jin glanced at Ning Ge, then stepped in front of her, walking towards the scale first and stepping onto it decisively.

Beep. She passed.

Ning Ge was the last one.

Ning Ge took a deep breath.

The door was right behind her, unlocked. If she didn’t get through, she had to run out immediately before the man grabbed her. Outside was a corridor, and she didn’t know what lay at the end. She had to escape this ordeal first. As Ning Ge stepped onto the scale, Jiang Jin stepped off.

In the instant they brushed past each other, Ning Ge felt Jiang Jin touch her hand.

Ning Ge held something in her hand—cool, heavy, and smooth—a ball.

It resembled the crystal globe Ning Ge had altered its weight on, Jiang Jin had probably taken it from the shelf before drinking water.

For a moment, Ning Ge hesitated over whether to take it.

Would Jiang Jin use this to frame her, accuse her of cheating?

In that split second of hesitation, Jiang Jin had already placed the ball in Ning Ge’s hand and walked past.

Ning Ge slipped the ball into the pocket of her large robe, tucking it away among the folds, and stepped onto the scale.