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Chapter 389 A New Chapter of Love [Third Update]

“A great writer, a great literary figure, he used to be in the same class as Yuan Qinghua.”

The teacher looked at the boy in the upper left corner of the photo with a somewhat sentimental expression.

Gu Mian followed his gaze and saw a thin, small boy wearing glasses. He looked very shy, even when he smiled at the camera.

"When I taught him, I thought he was just average, his grades weren't good, and he was quite shy. But I never expected that after graduation he would become a famous author, writing many best-selling books. His classmates were all very envious of him... There should still be some of his books in the central library now, but unfortunately the library is closed..."

"But he died later... Writers are always prone to melancholy and lamenting the passing of spring and autumn. Later, someone found him dead in his room."

The teacher fell silent at this point, seemingly unwilling to say anything more.

Even 007 can't understand it now.

In the real world, buildings identical to those in the instance appeared, and the NPCs in the instance were people who had actually existed in the real world. However, only Yuan Qinghua and Wang Yushu in the photograph were real people.

There is no record of Li Yibai, Guo Jimei, Pan Yue, or others in the archives, which is truly perplexing.

At this point, the teacher continued, "The people you're looking for are all gone. Hurry up and leave."

The fat man looked at him with some curiosity: "You're a teacher, right? Why are you here in the middle of the night?"

The bald teacher waved his hand and said, "We still have some students from out of town who haven't been picked up by their parents yet. They're all in the dorms, and I'm in charge of looking after them... I saw a car coming from afar and thought you were here to pick up the students, but I didn't expect you to go into the office..."

Gu Mian and the others had no choice but to leave the office and return to the hearse.

It was already five o'clock when they got back to the hearse. Xiao Hong was still pressing her face against the rear window, which made 007 take a few more glances at her.

At this moment, the fat man secretly pulled a roll of files out of his clothes: "Doctor, I took this out!"

Gu Mian took the file from the fat man and said, "You're awesome."

The fat man scratched his head and chuckled a few times.

007 looked at the fat man and saw that when he took out the file, a corner of the Joker card was revealed.

She certainly recognized it; it was the prize the Ghosts won in the previous dungeon, a life-saving weapon.

But now Gu Mian has given it to the fat man.

007 was slightly taken aback, then said, "You two have such a good relationship."

The fat man looked over with some curiosity: "By the way, I don't see anyone with you. Don't you have any friends with you?"

Upon hearing this, 007 paused for a moment before speaking: "No..."

By this time, Gu Mian had already read through all of Wang Yushu's information. The student file only contained his name and gender, and there was nothing special about it except for his home address.

Gu Mian decided to go to Wang Yushu's home address first.

Although Wang Yushu has long since died, his home may have been sold or is still occupied by his father and mother.

At this moment, 007 had also looked at Wang Yushu's information. She lowered her head and said, "Hopefully, we can find some clues from this Wang Yushu."

Gu Mian glanced back at 007 and saw that she was already dozing off.

"How long has it been since you slept?" Gu Mian asked curiously.

Someone who has been enhanced by a dungeon would never be this tired after staying up all night.

Hearing Gu Mian's voice, 007 was startled awake. She shook her head before saying, "It's been more than three days... I want more time to travel so I can see my parents sooner."

As she spoke, she lowered her head again.

Seeing this, Gu Mian asked, "Where do you live?"

007 lowered her head and spoke softly: "My home is in Yingchuan... When this game started, I was working outside. After the game started, I was always on the move, but because all the means of transportation were unusable, I could only walk, so it was very slow. Sometimes I would ride a bicycle, but there weren't many unlocked bicycles on the roadside..." Her voice was very soft, as if she was about to fall asleep at any moment.

It would probably take several months to walk from here to Yingchuan.

Gu Mian stroked her chin: "I'll take you there. Driving there with stops and starts should only take about seven days."

"Ah," 007 looked up suddenly, "Won't this keep you in check?"

The fat man came over and patted her on the shoulder: "No, we were originally a trio without a destination..."

As he said this, he glanced at Xiao Hong at the very back: "...the group of four."

At this moment, Xiao Hong was still pressed against the rear window, seemingly asleep, although everyone knew that ghosts didn't need to sleep.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Mian saw 007 perk up and praise him, saying, "You're such a good person."

Gu Mian: "..."

Just then, a huge library suddenly came into Gu Mian's view.

The cylindrical building stood in the darkness, and Gu Mian saw the words "Central Library" written in large characters on its front.

At that moment, Gu Mian slammed on the brakes, and the fat man slammed into the driver's seat. He clutched his head and looked up, asking, "Doctor, what are you doing?"

Gu Mian looked at the library next door and said, "Why don't we go in and elevate our souls first?"

The fat man looked confused.

Gu Mian certainly didn't go in to read idle books out of boredom.

He used a chainsaw to cut open the door of the central library and barged inside: "Let's find this masterpiece by Wang Yushu."

The huge library was so dark that it wasn't convenient to find things.

The fat man found a card slot next to the gate, took out an electricity card, put it in, and then turned on the light switch.

The entire library lit up instantly.

The library, which was very large, was lined with bookshelves along the walls, and there was also a huge square shelf in the middle, which was filled with books.

007 raised an eyebrow at the brightly lit library: "Is this how you guys use electricity? I'm usually very careful about not wasting any."

She was very careful with her game coins, not wanting to waste even a single one.

The fat man chuckled: "This is also to make things easier for the doctors..."

007 disagreed. She took two steps forward and began searching for Wang Yushu's books from the doorway.

Gu Mian was initially worried that Wang Yushu might use a pen name, but after searching for a short while, a book with the three characters "Wang Yushu" on it caught his eye.

The books were stacked very high, and Gu Mian didn't have the patience to drag a ladder from some nook or cranny, so she simply had the fat man next to her carry the books for her.

Immediately, Gu Mian took a book that was about three centimeters thick into her hands.

He looked at the cover and saw four large characters written on it: "Second World".

As it turns out, Gu Mian's luck is always surprisingly good.

Just as he was about to reach out and open the book's cover, everyone's game panel appeared simultaneously.

It's a special copy!
Auntie's up past midnight again. Praise me! [Overconfident]

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