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Chapter 335 It's getting dark, the wolf is coming! [Pretending it's 4000 words]

Three players play the role of 'ghosts', and there are twelve people participating in the game.

There were as many as five people present, almost half of the players. It would be unlikely that none of them were playing the 'ghost'.

So, which of these five people is the ghost... or should we use "which" to describe it?

A night breeze blew by, and the fat man felt a chill on his back.

It's impossible to get a 'ghost' to admit that it is a 'ghost'.

The fat man gently nudged Chu Changge beside him, then, under Chu Changge's gaze, grabbed his wrist to check the date displayed on his watch.

The green numbers on the digital watch were somewhat glaring in the darkness.

It is now September 25th, 7:41 PM.

The five people present had already tacitly fallen silent.

Gu Mian saw 007 and seemed to want to say something, but then swallowed it back. She thought it would just be something like "I'm an ordinary citizen," but anyone could say that, and no one would believe it anyway.

At this moment, Coco spoke up: "By the way, my name in this instance is Xu Ke Ke, which is similar to my nickname, so it's easy to remember..."

As she spoke, she tentatively looked at Gu Mian: "You must be Mr. Gu?"

The only name on the wanted list.

Gu Mian's nickname is still "Green Doctor," but this instance directly reveals his real name.

Even if the dungeon gives him a fake name, Coco can still recognize him as "Gu Sanwan" on the wanted list.

She and Gu Mian went through a hide-and-seek scenario together.

After the Hide-and-Seek instance collapsed, there was a list of compensation for the instance. The compensation list always featured the players' real nicknames, and the name "Gu Mian" was prominently displayed on it.

There was no player with the nickname "Gu Mian" in the hide-and-seek instance at that time.

If Coco isn't stupid, she can figure out who "Gu Mian" is on the list by eliminating possibilities.

This topic was somewhat awkward, and Gu Mian considered for the second time whether to kill him to silence him.

But just as he was considering the feasibility of killing him to silence him, he suddenly heard the fat man's voice behind him: "By the way, I have that little..."

However, the fat man's sentence was cut off midway.

what happened?
Gu Mian turned to look at the fat man who had suddenly stopped talking. At this moment, everyone else also looked curiously at the fat man at the back.

Chu Changge had his hand on the fat man's shoulder, as if he had stopped the fat man from speaking earlier.

Coco didn't continue the previous topic. Instead, she nervously bit her lip and looked at the fat man: "What do you have?"

The fat man's expression was a bit strange. He paused for several seconds with a puzzled look before stammering, "I...I need to pee...can anyone come with me?"

Gu Mian: "..."

Girls shouldn't be the ones accompanying boys to the toilet.

Fortunately, the teaching building was not far away, and there was a toilet on each floor of the teaching building. So the fat man dragged Chu Changge to the toilet with him.

Gu Mian and the others waited not far away outside.

It's not even 7:50 yet, so Gu Mian isn't worried even if Fatty goes to the bathroom alone.

007 doesn't seem to have anything to worry about.

Coco, on one side, seemed extremely nervous, as if she had completely forgotten about mentioning Gu Mian's name earlier.

While Fatty and Chu Changge went into the restroom, Coco, still tense, asked Gu Mian, "This game requires all the ghosts to be voted out to win, right? Does anyone have any clues now?"

007 glanced at Coco.

Although Coco's words put her in the civilian camp, only she knows whether she is a ghost or not, and she may be saying this to cover up her true identity.

007 could tell that Coco was a smart person. After realizing that Gu Mian didn't want to hear the name "Gu Mian," she kept quiet. If someone like that wanted to hide their identity, they would definitely hide it very well.

In short, what is out in the open is not very reliable; only personal investigation can reveal the truth.

007 remained silent, but Gu Mian spoke up, stroking his chin and answering a question that seemed unrelated: "You're in the same class as Zhang Pingfan, so you should know about his disappearance, right?"

Coco seemed to pause for a moment.

In the dimly lit corridor, Gu Mian couldn't see her expression clearly, but she heard her remain silent for several seconds before speaking: "Yes... Zhang Pingfan is in my class, but I haven't seen him since I entered the dungeon. The class monitor said he suddenly disappeared yesterday without any warning..."

"The class monitor is still in the office talking to the teacher about this. By the way, our class monitor for Class 9 is Yuan Qinghua. As I mentioned earlier, she also participated in the 'When Darkness Falls' game."

Yuan blue and white porcelain? That's quite a unique name.

Having read many online novels, Gu Mian knew that authors had a naming rule: minor characters would be given random names, while good-looking or important characters would be given more unique names.

According to this naming rule, Yuan blue and white porcelain should be no ordinary piece of porcelain.

Similarly, the Yue woman was no pushover either.

Look at Lin Qi from 007, and Xu Ke from Coco, they're pretty much extras.

Coco then spoke up: "Speaking of Zhang Pingfan, I know that among the twelve people playing the game, there's one named Pan Yue who's on good terms with him. If we ask her, we might be able to get some information out of her. But Pan Yue isn't in our class, and I don't recognize her..."

Pan Yue?

Gu Mian remembered that 007, Yue Nu, Pan Yue, and Li Wentao were all students in Class 23 of Senior High School, so 007 should recognize them.

At this moment, 007 frowned: "Pan Yue is indeed in the same class as me, but we haven't been in the dungeon for very long, so I haven't had much time to talk to her."

"Judging from your game nickname, you must be Lin Qi from the list, right?" Coco gave a shy smile. "You and Li Yibai from our class must be very close, like childhood sweethearts. Don't fail to recognize him when you meet him."

007 knew that Li Yibai was one of the twelve players, but he didn't expect that he and the character he was playing were childhood sweethearts.

Fortunately, I wasn't in the same class as him, otherwise it would have been very easy for me to be exposed.

At this moment, Chu Changge had already come out of the toilet, followed by the fat man.

Gu Mian looked at the two who came out: "Why did it take you so long to go to the toilet?" The fat man said sheepishly: "The dungeon environment was too scary, I had trouble peeing..."

Gu Mian glanced at Chu Changge's watch. It was 7:50 PM. In ten minutes, the 'ghost' would begin its operation, and they still had no clue how to proceed with the game.

“Without suspects or clear clues, we have to do something in these ten minutes,” Gu Mian frowned. “At the very least, we need to create a suspect, because the time when ghosts kill is from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. the next day, and we have to conduct the first round of voting right after the time when ghosts kill. I guess we won’t have time to look for clues during the time when ghosts kill.

Chu Changge nodded slightly.

Gu Mian wasted no time. He looked at 007 and asked, "Do you know where Yue Nu is now?"

Coco, who was standing next to her, asked, "Is Yue Nu also a dungeon player?"

The fat man nodded: "He's in the same class as 007."

Yue Nu and 007 agreed to meet at the classroom and cafeteria entrances respectively to find the players, but Yue Nu mysteriously disappeared.

007 shook his head: "I don't know where she is now. Maybe she went back to class."

“Okay, let’s form a team of five first,” Gu Mian nodded. “Among the twelve people, Zhang Pingfan is the most suspicious for now. We really can’t find any suspicion in the others. Nobody knows where he went. The more serious thing is that he was acting alone without anyone else to restrain him. If he’s a ghost, he can kill people at any time.”

If you follow Zhang Pingfan's lead, you'll find Pan Yue, who is quite close to him.

Pan Yue, from Class 23 of Senior High School, is in the same class as 007.

Gu Mian looked at 007: "Take us to Class 13 to find Pan Yue."

Chu Changge glanced at his watch; it was 7:51 PM.

By now, the teachers have mostly finished their patrols, so even if you run wildly outside the classroom, you won't get caught.

Upon hearing this, 007 immediately started running: "Time is of the essence, there's no room for error."

As she ran ahead, she complained, "If we had known we were in such a tight timeframe, we wouldn't have hidden in that shabby little pavilion for so long."

Gu Mian followed behind and said, "Actually, if Fatty doesn't go to that toilet, he still has enough time."

Fatty: "..."

Gu Mian continued, "It's best if the five of us gather together between 8 PM and 3 AM. If the ghost wants to kill one of us, it will be afraid of exposing its identity and will be hesitant."

At this moment, Coco, who was following closely behind Gu Mian, suddenly asked in a very confused voice: "Are you still afraid that ghosts will kill people?"

Although that's what she said, Gu Mian could tell that what she meant was, "Ghosts shouldn't be afraid of you killing them."

Gu Mian paused slightly. He didn't remember this female student-looking player witnessing his violence against the ghost. Did he find out from someone else?
007, on the other hand, seemed a little puzzled: "Why do you say that?"

In 007's memory, the most brutal thing Gu Mian did was tear off the skin from her arm. Because there were no ghosts in the Fairy Tale City instance, she never got to witness the acrobatic feat of tearing apart a Japanese soldier with her bare hands.

"You'll understand soon enough." At this moment, the fat man at the very end suddenly stuck his head out and explained to 007.

What a strange person...

007 was a little confused for a moment, so he had no choice but to continue leading the large group behind him upstairs.

“I remember our class is on the fifth floor,” 007 said, his physical condition was not very good, and he was already panting heavily. “We’ll be there soon.”

The teaching building has five floors, and in less than two minutes, a group of people quickly climbed up.

But as soon as they climbed up, the others were dumbfounded.

The fifth-floor corridor was completely dark, with not a single light on.

"What's going on?" The fat boy peeked out from the stairwell and peered down the corridor. "They're already done with evening self-study? But I saw the lights on the fourth floor that I just passed were still on."

Gu Mian wasted no time. He looked at 007 and asked, "Where is your class located?"

007 pointed to the right end of the corridor: "Go to the end."

Gu Mian lifted her foot and walked into the dark corridor, with the people behind her following closely behind.

He quickly walked to the end of the corridor, where the fat man had already taken out a flashlight and shone it on the sign above the door.

It wasn't a classroom sign, but a sign that said "Storage Room".

“Not here.” Gu Mian turned to look at 007.

007 looked somewhat dazed: "How could it suddenly change? Is it some kind of maze?"

At this moment, the fat man shone his flashlight in the direction of Gu Mian and 007: "Hey girl, did you get the place wrong? Maybe your class is downstairs?"

At this point, Coco suggested, "Why don't we go downstairs and take a look?"

Staying here wasn't a solution, so Gu Mian headed towards the stairs.

The fat man, carrying a lantern, said in a low voice, "I think we should be able to find some clues between eight o'clock and three o'clock..."

He had just reached the top of the stairs when he suddenly realized that the stairs were different from the ones before.

The lights that were on on the fourth floor were also turned off.

Just then, even the flashlight beam from the fat man behind them disappeared, plunging the surroundings into darkness. Nothing could be seen except for the gasps of the others.

Gu Mian frowned slightly and turned to face the darkness behind him: "Fatty?"

No one answered.

Then, another light suddenly appeared.

It was Chu Changge. He took out his flashlight, and the stark white beam of light shone on his face, which looked somewhat terrifying.

At this moment, Chu Changge raised his hand to look at his watch: "It is now, 8:01."

Night falls.

Rounding up, GuGu wrote 6,000 words today!

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