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Chapter 387 Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty
Gu Mian never expected to run into 007 on this joyous day.

And it was in a very strange place—in front of two gray-black buildings.

This eerie place looked very familiar; Gu Mian spotted it from a great distance.

Chu Changge also noticed this.

The fat guy, however, couldn't see anything familiar about the two buildings. It wasn't until Gu Mian had parked the hearse downstairs that he belatedly asked, "Doctor, are we going to spend the night here?"

We can't blame him.

Fatty had indeed never seen the exterior of these two buildings, because he was the first to die in the "Darkness Falls" instance.

That's right.

At this moment, the two buildings in front of the hearse eerily overlapped with the two buildings in Gu Mian's memory that she remembered as the ones in the movie "When Darkness Falls, Please Close Your Eyes".

Almost exactly the same.

Even the people standing in front of the building seemed strangely familiar.

It was nighttime, and Gu Mian saw a tiny figure standing under the enormous moon, gazing motionlessly at something.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be 007.

007 had obviously noticed the arrival of the hearse. Gu Mian and the others hadn't paid much attention to disguising the hearse, so anyone who had seen a hearse before could tell what kind of vehicle it was.

She clearly recognized it; 007 took a few steps back, seemingly wanting to get away from the eerie hearse that appeared on the night of Qingming Festival.

But then it seemed as if he saw Gu Mian in the car, and he stopped.

At this moment, Gu Mian had already stopped the car and came to the ground with the saw.

As Gu Mian came down, 007 stared at them blankly for a few seconds before stepping forward and saying, "What a coincidence, we've run into you again."

Gu Mian also looked down at 007: "This is the third time we've met, although the second time was not long ago."

This was, in fact, the first time he had ever met 007 in the real world, and the occasion was so perfect.

He looked up at the two buildings in front of him. The two gray-black buildings looked extremely oppressive in the darkness, with an electric fence separating the two buildings.

This familiar scene, and these familiar faces—isn't this the very place they were on the first night in the "Close Your Eyes When It Gets Dark" instance?

Gu Mian almost suspected that she had traveled back to the "Close Your Eyes When It Gets Dark" scenario.

What exactly is going on?

At this moment, Chu Changge and Fatty also got off the hearse. Chu Changge was looking up at the two buildings in front of him.

The fat man frowned and said, "Why does this place feel so scary... It looks like I could die at any moment."

The fat man has a very accurate sense of things; he died here last time.

007 is clearly not good at small talk, especially on this joyous Qingming Festival. He can't very well ask, "Are your ancestors well?"

She didn't say anything else, but went straight to the point: "I didn't expect to run into you here."

Gu Mian wasn't very good at small talk, so he didn't waste any words with this eccentric woman who would peel the skin off her own arm: "Have you been standing here for a long time?"

007 frowned: "Actually, I was in a hurry to get home and see my parents as soon as possible..."

Just then, the fat man next to him remembered that it was a holiday and suddenly blurted out something inappropriate: "Should we buy two bundles of paper money to take back?"

007 choked: "No...they're still here..."

Upon hearing this, the fat man was taken aback, then awkwardly withdrew his head: "I'm sorry."

007 shook his head slightly: "It's nothing. I was on my way, but I happened to pass by this place in the afternoon; it looked so familiar that I couldn't help but notice it."

At this moment, Chu Changge, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke up: "That's right, exactly the same."

The fat man was puzzled: "What do you mean, exactly the same?"

Gu Mian turned on her flashlight and shone it on one of the buildings: "Fatty, you died young, so you probably don't know where we were on the first night of the last dungeon. Now I'll tell you, it was in this building." Hearing this, Fatty's scalp tingled: "What? How is that possible?"

Gu Mian shone her flashlight into the building in the darkness: "I didn't expect there to be a building here that's exactly the same as the one in the dungeon... 007, have you been inside?"

007 nodded slightly: "I went in and took a look this afternoon, and the layout is almost identical to ours in the instance."

As she spoke, she glanced at the fat man: "But there's no body."

At this moment, the fat man felt a chill run down his spine and his body go cold: "Since you all say so... could it be that our instance is being held in the real world?"

Chu Changge looked at the two buildings in front of him and shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid not. The terrain around these two buildings is slightly different from that in the dungeon. Besides, if you die in the real world, you shouldn't be able to revive."

Gu Mian agreed with Chu Changge's opinion: "Moreover, the worldviews of some dungeons are completely inconsistent with the real world."

For example, a killing game instance.

For example, the Fairy Tale City instance.

007 sighed: "Ever since the Fairy Tale City instance, I've felt that this place is a bit unusual, and now I've seen a building that's exactly the same as the one in the instance."

Why do buildings from the game appear in the real world?

Is this global game based on the real world?
Gu Mian also reached out and touched her chin: "I think if we investigate further, we might be able to find even more similarities."

For example, the school not far from these two buildings.

At this moment, the fat man behind Gu Mian suddenly spoke up: "I have an idea, Doctor. Do you think the dungeons in this game are all adapted from real-life events? If that's the case, we've experienced a few dungeons that are very similar to real-life events before."

There are indeed several very down-to-earth instances.

However, there are also quite a few instances that are completely impossible in this worldview.

At this moment, Chu Changge turned around and said, "We can go and take a look around, especially to see if there are any schools nearby."

That's right. Gu Mian turned around. In the previous instance, they spent most of their time at school.

There seem to be quite a few mysteries in the basement of that school.

Upon hearing this, 007 immediately grabbed the fat guy closest to him, his expression tense: "We can't go. I checked the map before, there is indeed a school nearby..."

Gu Mian looked at the fat man who had been grabbed by 007.

She continued, "But the area around the school is very densely populated, and the infection is very serious now, especially in crowded places. If you go in, there might be an accident."

Gu Mian wasn't afraid of that.

There's antiviral air freshener in the hearse, so driving in shouldn't be a problem. Besides, they can wear protective masks inside the vehicle.

At this moment, the fat man symbolically patted 007 on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we have a doctor! Have you forgotten who severed your nerves in the dungeon last time?"

007: "..." The memory is still fresh.

Before leaving, Gu Mian turned back and asked 007, "Aren't you coming with us? We might find unprecedented secrets about the dungeon."

007 is indeed someone who can't resist temptation.

She was eagerly lured into the car by Gu Mian.

It wasn't until the hearse arrived at the school that 007 realized his mistake.

Gu Mian heard her repeatedly muttering in the back seat, "I'm so stupid, really..."

Ignoring 007's mutterings, Gu Mian used the car headlights to look at the school gate, where four large characters were carved: "Wen Song Academy".

Gu Mian remembered that the school in the dungeon was called "Songwen Academy," which must have been modified.

Immediately afterwards, in the scene from 007's "I'm So Stupid," he drove his car into the school.

Gugu is stuck on a writing block!

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