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Chapter 233 An Indecent Game

The class went by very quickly.

When Gu Mian finished class, she ran into Chu Changge, who was blocking the classroom door.

As soon as he approached the classroom door, a wave of heat hit him. Chu Changge had obviously been waiting for a long time, and now a light sheen of sweat was beading on his forehead.

By this time, the other students had all left the classroom to have lunch. They all looked particularly relaxed, probably because they were going to rest in the afternoon.

Chu Changge blocked the drumhead, glanced at the empty classroom behind him, and then spoke: "You saw me just now, didn't you?"

Gu Mian nodded and said, "You saw me, and you saw me too, right?"

Chu Changge admitted, "Yes."

He paused here, then looked at the classroom behind Gu Mian: "Didn't you see anything except me just now?"

Hearing this, Gu Mian turned around and glanced back: "You're the only one downstairs."

I wasn't talking about downstairs.

Gu Mian frowned: "You mean this classroom?"

Chu Changge nodded slightly: "It's right in front of your seat."

Speaking of the seats in front of him... Gu Mian's seat was in front of that guy with the sour face at the table, but he had already disappeared, probably in a hurry to get his food.

Are the ghosts in this instance invisible?
Speaking of invisibility, the strange camera in Fatty's hand can actually capture the true appearance of those ghosts. Although the results aren't as good as selfies, Gu Mian thinks the ghosts probably won't care about that.

Gu Mian thought to herself as she looked away: "If the ghost is invisible, it won't show itself even if we stare at it until we make a hole. Let's go find Fatty and get the camera."

As he spoke, he lifted his foot and walked towards the stairs.

Chu Changge followed: "Have you met before?"

"Yes," Gu Mian nodded, "He's in the classroom in the middle downstairs."

The corridor of the teaching building was not long. The two quickly went downstairs and arrived at the classroom in the middle of the corridor.

Gu Mian looked up at the sign on the classroom door—[Grade 11, Class 18]

"It should be here."

Because high school students don't have a long lunch break, they usually arrive at the classroom early in the afternoon, so the doors are generally not locked.

Although this afternoon is a break time, it's fine for studious students to come back and study, so the lock is open.

Gu Mian touched her chin: "But something's a little strange."

Logically speaking, even if the fat guy didn't have time to go upstairs to find him, he should be waiting at the classroom door by now.

It's unlikely that he waited in the classroom because it was too hot in the hallway.
Gu Mian pushed the door open while thinking about it.

The students had already left the classroom, so the central air conditioning supply was immediately cut off. With a creaking sound as the door was pushed open, the last wisp of cool air in the classroom rushed towards the doorway, instantly evaporating upon encountering the heat from the corridor. Two seconds after the door opened, the last trace of coolness in the classroom vanished.

Gu Mian stood at the door and glanced at the empty classroom: "Nobody's here."

Let alone a 200-pound fat guy, even a thin and weak little girl would have nowhere to hide in this classroom.

This is the middle classroom in this corridor, but the fat man isn't in it.

Perhaps it's nearby?

Gu Mian acted quickly, and the two classes next door were searched in no time, but there was still no sign of the fat man.

How strange. Although she didn't find the fat man, Gu Mian discovered something else.

Having probably heard their commotion, a classroom door at the end of the corridor suddenly opened, and a person sneaked out furtively.

Given the fat man's unusual physique—he remained as fat as ever even after becoming younger—Gu Mian immediately recognized that the thin figure was not the missing fat man, but another familiar face.

Gu Mian remembered the face, but couldn't quite recall the name.

He remembered that the face belonged to a player who had participated in the same instance with him before. Although the player was much younger, Gu Mian had a good memory and still recognized the person, even though he had forgotten the nickname.

Gu Mian still remembered that the name of that instance was something like "Hearse Driver Examination Center," but she didn't know if that instance had been fixed yet.

The person who emerged from the classroom clearly recognized Gu Mian. He paused slightly, seemingly wanting to come over.

But then he stared at Gu Mian's back as if he had seen something terrifying, and then suddenly took a few steps back, his mouth slightly open in horror.

Before Gu Mian could do anything, he suddenly turned around, staggered towards the stairs not far behind him, and ran away without looking back.

what happened?

Gu Mian also looked behind her in confusion.

Chu Changge was standing not far behind him, his face expressionless.

At this moment, Chu Changge seemed to have adapted to the hot weather. Even when his whole body was exposed to the sun, his forehead was no longer sweating, and he looked very refreshed.

Gu Mian looked at Chu Changge behind her: "Was there something behind me just now?"

How did you manage to scare someone like that?

Chu Changge paused slightly: "No."

Then he added, "They probably saw something outside the window."

But he wasn't looking out the window just now.

"Speaking of which," Gu Mian took a step into the shadows of the corridor, "Do you remember that person? He was a player who participated in the Hearse instance with us."

Chu Changge nodded: "I remember his nickname is Hao Laoshi."

That's right, that's the name. It's quite unique, and Gu Mian remembered it as soon as Chu Changge mentioned it.

But why did Hao Laoshi show such a panicked expression and run away just now?
Gu Mian glanced at the corridor behind him. The corridor was already empty, with only him and Chu Changge standing there all alone.

"Let's find someone first," Gu Mian said, taking out her phone to look at it. "Fatty came to see me this morning and gave me an important clue. I'm short on time, so I won't go into details. Basically, it's that other people had downloaded this game before, but they all mysteriously disappeared. A missing senior left us with valuable experience—our registered characters sometimes move on their own, and if we don't follow them, we'll die."

The fat man knew about this in the morning, and his absence now was probably due to his underlings making moves, so he had no choice but to chase after him.

Just then, Gu Mian suddenly noticed that another little figure had entered the screen, coming up the stairs where Hao Laoshi had just left.

This little person has long hair; it's obviously a woman.

But the game's creators were probably worried that wearing short skirts would be indecent and get censored, so they put pants on the female characters.

The little figure had three words above its head: "A frail willow cannot withstand the wind."

Liu Ruyan?
Immediately afterwards, Gu Mian heard a thumping sound coming from the stairs ahead, like the sound of people rushing up the stairs. It was clear that the player was chasing the little figure.

He had never seen the usually lazy Liu Ruyan rush upstairs like this before.

It turned out that the voice did not come from Liu Ruyan, but from another female player.

Thank you to Changyuyi, Lingxiaoye, and Lili for the generous donations! (>_<)
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