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Chapter 151 Black Valentine's Day

Gu Mian didn't let the fat man eat for too long before glancing at the panel.

The semi-transparent game panel was still counting down, and the number on the panel had changed from "10" to "8".

They must leave the instance in eight seconds, or they will be kicked out even if they don't want to.

The fat man's voice could still be heard from the side: "This game is too intelligent. It's just that a few dungeons crashed. Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss about launching an anti-crash system? Just call it the anti-sleep system."

Perhaps because he was in a hurry, the fat man spoke very quickly, without even using punctuation, just rattling off a string of words.

Gu Mian swore this was the first time he had ever heard someone speak so fast.

The fat man was still looking down at Chen Beidou in the trunk.

The trunk wasn't very big to begin with; you could fit one person in, but there wasn't much space left.

There are now two people crammed into the trunk: a player's corpse and a dying psychopath.

The pervert truly lives up to his name; he can still laugh even while lying on a cold corpse. Fatty thought that if he were in Chen Beidou's position, he would probably be crying in fear by now.

Chen Beidou was still smiling at this moment.

A strange light shone from his eyes. Despite the torrential rain and the surrounding darkness, his eyes seemed to glow as they remained wide open.

Gu Mian saw his mouth open and close: "I told you long ago I wouldn't die."

The fat man muttered, "I've never encountered this situation before; in TV dramas and novels, the biggest villains are usually unkillable, kept until the very end to build suspense. Could he be...?"

The countdown timer on their character panels was still ticking; they were about to be teleported out of the instance in five seconds.

Chen Beidou's face was always filled with a confident and smug expression, and the light in his eyes was dazzling.

"You can't kill me!"—he repeated this sentence with great confidence.

But when he saw Gu Mian raise the chainsaw again, his smug and confident expression faltered slightly.

It has to be said that the anti-crash mechanism is indeed worthy of its name. Gu Mian rubbed the chainsaw against Chen Beidou's head several times, but it was bounced back each time.

The fat man next to him got so angry that he reached out and pinched her: "If you can't use a weapon, can't you just pinch me with your bare hands?"

But he found that it didn't matter whether he used a weapon or not, and that choking someone was an excessive act.

Chen Beidou's expression grew increasingly smug.

Even though it was pouring rain, the fat man felt like his hair was about to steam from anger, as if the rain couldn't quell the rage in his heart at all.

The dungeon data will not be reset, and the story will continue to progress after the player leaves the dungeon.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Beidou, who was seriously injured, should have died on this rainy night. However, since the game system is taking them out early, it means that Chen Beidou still has a chance to survive.

Perhaps after they leave, the instance will directly restore Chen Beidou's body.

"But I seem to remember the doctor saying that you can't forcibly interfere with the storyline of a dungeon in a game, so treating NPCs definitely shouldn't be done either..."

The fat man was still wondering when the number on the screen had already changed to "3," with three seconds left.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that Gu Mian had put her weapon aside at some point and had taken something from Chu Changge's hand.

The fat man didn't look closely; it looked like a brick.

"Smash him on the head with a brick? That probably won't work," the fat man thought to himself.

But Gu Mian had no intention of knocking Chen Beidou on the head.

The night was dark, and the fat man couldn't see what Gu Mian was holding. He only saw Gu Mian thoughtfully approach Chen Beidou, who was lying in the trunk, and roughly pull up the driver's arm.

Then the fat man saw Gu Mian place Chen Beidou's hand on the brick. The fat man wondered, "Doctor, what are you doing?"

Gu Mian turned her head: "Let's make a bold attempt."

The fat man suddenly realized: "You don't mean you want him to hit himself with a brick, do you? That probably won't work, there's no time..."

He kept his eyes on the game panel as he spoke; their time was precious and they couldn't afford to waste a single moment.

He saw that the moment Gu Mian placed Chen Beidou's hand on the brick, the number on the panel changed to "1".

The fat man spoke hurriedly; he had never felt time was so precious as he did now.

"Time is money"—the ancients were right!
But he couldn't say much in that one second.

Before he could finish speaking, the bright "1" turned into a circle.

The fat man's remaining words were choked back up in his throat.

He saw that Gu Mian was still holding Chen Beidou's hand, trying to make him put his hand on the brick, but he couldn't complete the next step.

He couldn't see Chen Beidou's head explode. After the three of them left, this guy would definitely have a brief moment of lucidity before death, and this instance would continue to exist.

Suddenly, everything went dark, plunging the fat man into complete darkness. He managed to swallow the words that were stuck in his throat, managing only to utter two words—"Damn it!"

Although it had gotten dark, Chen Beidou's smug face seemed to still be flashing before my eyes.

The fat man noticed that Chen Beidou had a smug expression on his face when they left the instance.

[Compensation will be sent to your email address. Please claim it promptly.] — When the three returned to the ticket hall, the fat man saw this message on his screen.

Although the reason was not stated, all three of them knew perfectly well why there would be compensation.

Previously, the compensation was for instance instances crashing; this time, it's more like kicking them out of the instance altogether—it should be compensation for being kicked out.

Today is Valentine's Day.

This is something the fat man suddenly remembered after returning to the ticket booth.

A large number of players gathered near Hengdian, and there was a constant flow of people coming and going at the ticket booth. The ticket seller was very happy to see that the dungeon hadn't crashed after they came out.

But he quickly concealed his feelings and put on a reserved expression.

Players of all kinds moved around the ticket booth. The fat man saw that there were people who were dirty and in a hurry, as well as people who were clean and calm.

Men, women, the elderly, and children all moved about in this small space.

A small group, seemingly having arrived together, filled the entire table and were arguing heatedly about something.

People who didn't know each other hurried by, not caring who was next to them. They would just nod slightly when they greeted each other and then brush past each other.

The air was filled with an unpleasant odor, like the smell of steaming sweat.

The fat man took a deep breath: "This is what the real world tastes like."

Chu Changge's voice came through: "Is the dungeon too realistic?"

The fat man seemed a little dazed. He nodded slightly and said, "Maybe I was taking it too seriously. It was too much like the real world. Those victims, and that pervert... he really makes you angry..."

As the fat man spoke, he lowered his head, seemingly regretting that Chen Beidou had not died.

At that moment, Chu Changge's voice rang out again: "He will die."

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