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Chapter 12 Oh no, we're doomed!

Holding this roll of tissues that could become extraordinary, Gu Mian fell into deep thought.

He didn't think about it for long before reaching out and throwing the roll of tissues into the nearby trash can.

Although the world is not quite normal now, I am still a normal person. What kind of image would it be to run around in the street with a roll of toilet paper?
He glanced at the panel again as he thought about it.

The friend function is now enabled, allowing players to add friends, which means that the number of deaths among players worldwide has reached one billion.

Gu Mian looked at the panel, pondered for a while. Since his phone was unusable, he entered three words on the player search page: Chu Changge.

Do you want to add this player as a friend?

Gu Mian chose yes.

He originally thought he would have to wait a while to get a reply, but to his surprise, the other party accepted the request immediately.

Immediately afterwards, the other party sent a message: "You're out? I'm next to a ticket booth very close to your hospital. Where are you?"

A ticket booth very close to Lianhua Hospital? That should be quite close.

Gu Mian looked up and saw that there were only two ticket booths nearby. One of them had a sign that read "Gu Mian and dogs are not allowed to enter," and he was the only player there.

The other one was packed with people. He looked over there carefully and sure enough, he spotted a familiar pair of glasses in the crowd.

The two brothers, who were in the same boat, finally reunited.

As soon as they met, Chu Changge bluntly asked, "You are indeed quite different in this game. What do you plan to do in the future?"

Gu Mian told Chu Changge in the dungeon that she would actually die. At the time, Chu Changge didn't say anything, probably because he felt that the dungeon wasn't the place to talk.

Now that they're out, he's already asking Gu Mian about her plans.

As someone targeted by the world, Gu Mian is not safe, whether in the instance or in reality.

This global game is practically designed to assassinate Gu Mian, so we must be prepared beforehand.

"I guess everyone in the hospital has gone home by now. I'm planning to go back to my apartment first. What about you?" Gu Mian tugged at her white coat.

The streets are a mess, and it's not realistic to go back to work now.

"I'll go with you," Chu Changge said. "We can discuss what to do next. We can't go back to what we were doing before. Besides, it'll be safer if we go together."

It's definitely safer to gather together right now.

But it also depends on who you're with. If you're with someone like Gu Mian... you might get caught in the crossfire.

However, Chu Changge is quite lucky. Every time he was in an accident with Gu Mian, he survived. The worst accident he ever suffered was just a broken leg.

The two hit it off immediately and were about to head back.

But as soon as Gu Mian turned her head, she caught a glimpse of a fat man suddenly rushing out of the ticket booth next to her.

The fat guy was also at Lianhua Hospital when the game started, so it's not surprising that he was pulled into this ticket booth.

Gu Mian was just curious why he had taken so long to come out after completing the dungeon so early.

It's getting close to dusk, and it's about to get dark.

As the sun set, the fat man gesticulated wildly as he explained, "After the dungeon ended, I... I opened my eyes and found myself surrounded by darkness. I was afraid I hadn't actually left the dungeon, so I didn't dare to move..."

"I couldn't resist anymore, so I reached out and touched around randomly. Then I touched a door. I figured it must be the portal to the dungeon, so I pushed it hard. As soon as I opened the crack, I saw you two just about to leave."

As he spoke, he glanced cautiously at Gu Mian, as if he were looking at a headshot killer.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian touched her chin. She seemed to have appeared directly outside the door after finishing the dungeon. Could it be because the dungeon crashed?
The fat man rubbed his hands together, still slightly hesitant: "I want to go home first. It's in the same direction as you guys. Can we go together?"

Bringing along a fat guy wouldn't be a problem, so Gu Mian nodded in agreement.

Driving is no longer an option.

The roads were full of wrecked cars, and every now and then you could see a few overturned buses.

The surrounding greenery also suffered a terrible fate, swept away by the crashing cars, as if a typhoon had passed through.

Some players were in a hurry to get home, but were blocked by broken trees or cars blocking the road, and had to crawl over them while holding their backs.

On New Year's Day, the weather had already turned cool.

A cold wind blew in from time to time, making the fat man shiver.

The three of them were walking along the messy road.

With nothing else to do, Gu Mian asked Chu Changge beside her, "What was your reward for the last dungeon run?"

"Attribute points, game currency, and lotteries," he answered succinctly.

It seems everyone received the same reward.

Gu Mian became curious again: "So what did you draw?" "A rusty fruit knife." Chu Changge magically produced a small knife from his hand: "But it probably can't be used to peel fruit anymore."

Gu Mian suddenly stopped.

The other two looked at him with suspicion.

Gu Mian looked at the rusty fruit knife that had appeared out of nowhere, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in her heart: "How did you conjure up this knife?"

Chu Changge's glasses flashed: "Don't tell me you don't have an inventory."

"..." No, there really isn't!
How many features did this game devour from me?!

Fortunately, he had experienced various setbacks in life since childhood, so he was used to such unexpected situations.

He was only slightly shocked before accepting reality.

Life always hit him hard in unexpected ways.

The fat man was talkative, rambling on and on, and Gu Mian was quickly drawn to him.

"Honestly, you'll never guess what I drew!"

Gu Mian looked at him with some curiosity.

The streets were deathly still; passersby either fled in panic or were terrified and their faces turned ashen. There were very few people like Fatty who could still chatter on and on.

"A groundhog, alive!"

"The description even says it's edible, which is absolutely outrageous."

As expected, it was a lottery system where anything could be drawn. Gu Mian even suspected that one day she might draw her missing parents from the wheel.

"Speaking of which," the fat man looked at Gu Mian, "Dr. Gu, is your home near Lianhua?"

Gu Mian nodded.

"Are your parents here too?"

"No," Gu Mian shook her head: "To be honest, I don't think I have any parents. Maybe they found out I was born to be the protagonist, so they were scared and abandoned me."

The protagonist's parents were once considered to be among the most dangerous professions in online novels.

A great writer once asserted that if parents who died at the starting line held hands, they could circle the Earth.

Seemingly realizing he had said the wrong thing, the fat man shut his mouth and stopped asking questions about his parents.

Gu Mian lives in an apartment building quite far from Lianhua Hospital.

The name of this apartment isn't very auspicious; it's called the Rebirth Inn, which sounds like the kind of inn that's located underground.

However, its advantage lies in its tranquility.

It took more than half an hour for three people to walk to the apartment.

Gu Mian looked at the fat man next to her, who was panting heavily: "It's one thing for Chu Changge to come along, since he lives not far from here. Why did you come along?"

The fat man said expectantly, "I live a bit far away... it takes almost an hour to drive there..."

Moreover, the road conditions are so bad that it's impossible to drive on it.

Gu Mian had a bit of a headache: "Fine, if you want to stay, then stay."

Anyway, there's more than enough room for three people in my house.

This is an old-fashioned apartment building with seven floors. Although it is old, it is very clean.

Upon entering, there is an antique-style solid wood counter. Usually, the landlord would lazily lie on the rattan chair behind the counter, but today there was no one there.

The landlord is probably in the instance right now.

Gu Mian lived on the sixth floor, and since there was no elevator, the three of them walked up the stairs.

His security door was a bit more high-end than the doors of other residents in the apartment building; Gu Mian paid for it herself.

As soon as he entered, the fat man looked around the room in surprise: "Dr. Gu, your apartment is so big, do you live in a two-bedroom apartment all by yourself?"

He initially had someone to share the apartment with, but that person later ran away.

Gu Mian was too lazy to change places, so she stayed here instead.

The living room is simple, with a gray and black solid wood table in the center and a dark sofa that partially surrounds it.

There was a television set directly opposite the sofa. Gu Mian picked up the remote and turned it on.

Is it possible for this type of novel to be inserted into everyday life, albeit with difficulty?
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