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Chapter 155 Huge IOU
[Announcement (June 14, 16:49)]

The danger source for the 'Terror Taxi' instance has disappeared; this instance has been permanently locked and matchmaking is unavailable.

[List of players receiving compensation: Yuwen Hao, Meteor Princess]

Gu Mian looked at the compensation list and saw a familiar name.

"Look," the fat man said, not recognizing Yuwen Hao, "our doctor has unlocked a new technique after the ongoing and unexplored instances of Honkai—in instances that Honkai has entered but survived. Truly a world-shaking feat!"

"That's bad," the fat man sighed, "even the surviving dungeons can't escape it."

so horrible.

"Speaking of which, the original purpose of the saver was to help players save their lives, right?" the fat man pondered.

Rewinding when you're about to die restores you to your winning state—it's truly a magical tool.

The fat man paused for a moment, then continued, "But doctor, you've discovered another use for it..."

If this thing is used to scam people, it can really kill them.

Gu Mian tossed the save device aside: "I just wanted to test if this could be used on dungeon characters..."

As he spoke, he seemed to recall something: "I remember this saver was taken from Mr. Green. Do you remember Mr. Green? He's the host of Crazy Guessing Game."

The fat man looked up: "I really can't forget this, after all, you were the one who was forcibly carried out here."

"This saver is his item. At the time, I was wondering if characters in dungeons could also use special items?" Gu Mian stroked his chin. "Now it seems that's indeed the case."

"It's strange, isn't it?" Chu Changge pushed up his glasses. "They seem no different from us."

Gu Mian recalled what the ticket seller had said to Mr. Green when she brought him out of the instance—"Unfortunately, Mr. Green, it seems you landed prematurely."

What does "landing early" mean?
Could it be that a large number of NPCs will descend upon the real world in the distant future?

"Doctor, stop worrying about the future. There's a whole mess to clean up right now. By the way, when are we going to the premium ticket booth to get the event tickets?" The fat man said as he closed the game announcement.

Gu Mian saw that he had opened his email.

By the way, the taxi scenario forcibly threw them out of the game and even gave them compensation. Gu Mian hasn't seen what the compensation is yet.

Seeing the fat man open his email, Gu Mian also opened hers: "Let me see what the compensation is."

The fat man was still muttering, "Please, don't let it be another lottery. Last time I got a huge black pot that attracted a lot of hatred. It's a shame to throw it away, but I don't dare to equip it..."

Fortunately, this wasn't a lottery. Gu Mian was unlucky; last time he drew a kill order, and now there's another assassin waiting to kill him somewhere.

"Hopefully this one's good," he said, glancing at his email inbox.

But then he realized a truth—never have illusions about your luck.

A huge IOU

When Gu Mian saw this name, she felt completely panicked.

"Could it be that we actually drew something that requires us to pay extra?"

[Description: A huge IOU that reads, 'The player holding this IOU owes Nine-Headed Infant 10,000 game coins. This IOU is non-transferable.']

Gu Mian: "..." This special item is indeed spiritual; once you get your hands on it, it becomes non-transferable, and you can't even throw it away.

And what exactly is a Nine-Headed Baby?
[Function: Due to the player's huge debt of game currency, Nine-Headed Infant is very dissatisfied. The player may face Nine-Headed Infant's wrath at any time before the debt is paid off; if the player pays off the debt, he will gain 'Nine-Headed Infant's appreciation'.]

Gu Mian: "..."

So now I'm not only being hunted by assassins, but I also have a loan of 10,000 yuan?

As he pondered this, he opened the wanted list and saw that his name was still hanging above his head, but the amount of money involved had somehow increased from 10,000 game coins to 15,000 game coins.

The price increase is a testament to his abilities.

"I might as well kill myself to pay off the debt," Gu Mian thought to herself.

At this moment, the fat man leaned closer and said, "Hey, doctor, you've drawn an IOU, huh? This nine-headed infant looks like a ghost, right? Does that mean you owe a vengeful ghost 10,000 game coins, and if you don't pay it back, it might come out and cause trouble at any time? But how should you pay it back..."

Gu Mian touched the IOU in her hand: "It seems like we can directly deposit money into this IOU."

The fat man looked surprised: "Is this considered a different kind of pay-to-win strategy?"

Use 10,000 game coins to buy "Nine-Headed Infant's Appreciation".

Who knows what this thing is? It might not even be as powerful as the chainsaw in Gu Mian's hand.

"But doctor, have you noticed lately that the things you get are becoming increasingly unreliable?" the fat man asked.

From the moment that kill order was issued, all the special items Gu Mian obtained were aimed at killing him.

"My life has always been unreliable, I'm used to it," Gu Mian said, turning her head. "Is your compensation also special items?"

The fat man then turned to look at his email.

Yuwen Hao had already emerged from the instance, where he was greeted by the ticket seller's large, bulging eyes. It seemed that the ticket seller also knew that the taxi instance was no longer in operation.

Yuwen Hao stood in the ticket hall for quite a while, still not quite understanding what was happening.

He still hasn't figured out whether the driver who died in front of him was a human or a ghost.

The indistinguishable human from a ghost in the taxi scene is causing him great distress.

"Since the driver is dead and the danger source in the instance has disappeared, he must be a ghost. What danger could a human pose... Luckily, I'm smart and ran fast, otherwise he might have slashed me again!"

Yuwen Hao touched his chest: "But can a ghost die from excessive blood loss?"

Thinking of this, he recalled the female ghost whose head had been sawed off by Gu Mian in front of several dungeons: "Since ghosts can die from losing their heads, they can also die from excessive blood loss, right?"

"Forget it, I'll go home first and talk about it later..." Yuwen felt like his brain was a complete mess.

At this moment, Fatty and Chu Changge also understood their compensation, which consisted of two special items.

[Strange Camera]

[Email from Hell]

Thank you to the reader whose ID ends in 8147 for the donation! (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
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