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Chapter 393 The Untold Relationship Between Gu Mian and the Dog

Just as the fat man contemplated this terrifying possibility, he suddenly heard another familiar voice coming from the microphone—

"Hello, I'm here to return a book."

That sound again!

In that instant, the fat man suddenly understood why the dungeon didn't just copy the game content directly, but instead went through the trouble of putting it into the video game.

Because some players are playing this game on their computers!
The three of them are save points, so the only one playing the game right now is Gu Mian!

The fat man heard that familiar voice coming from the microphone, so that strange woman was actually the doctor?
Thinking about this, the fat man suddenly felt that the terrifying woman in his mind seemed a little more kind and approachable.

Chu Changge looked towards the doorway.

The thin woman stood at the doorway, her withered hand reaching out to hand over a book with a black cover.

Just like the previous times, he walked over and took the book without hesitation.

Including the previous four books, this is the fifth book.

This time, the woman at the door did not leave immediately.

Save successful

Gu Mian paused for a moment, staring at the four words on the screen.

He had just escaped from that bizarre monster and immediately went to the nearest save point to save his game.

Because he has always been very unlucky, he often gets disconnected as soon as he gets a certain item while playing games, which has made him develop the good habit of saving his game frequently.

"This save point is full. Saving again will require overwriting one of the save files."

"So far, we've only found three save points. It seems there are only these three save points in this game..."

Gu Mian was currently at a save point located next to a crossroads.

So far, he has found three save points: one is right in front of him, one is on a dirty street, and the last one is next to a large area of ​​dilapidated houses.

These save points all look exactly the same; they are all very small shops with an entrance that is only about two meters wide, and it is pitch black inside so you can't see anything.

“But then again,” Gu Mian said, still looking at the words ‘Save Successfully’ on the screen, “these three save points are all quite unique.”

The save process in front of me has always been incredibly smooth, without any lag. Clicking save will save the game in less than two seconds, just like an obedient puppy.

Gu Mian especially liked to save her game here, so this save point quickly filled up with five saves.

The save screen on the street was laggy from the start, often taking several seconds or even more than ten seconds to save successfully. Gu Mian had to click frantically several times to succeed, but at least it eventually worked.

The last save point next to the residence was absolutely outrageous. Gu Mian tried to save her game the first time but failed. She had to click more than ten times before she finally managed to save a game. It was like a courtesan who refused to serve customers. This save point was truly outrageous.

Just then, Gu Mian suddenly saw another line of text appear on the computer screen.

This save point has reached its maximum capacity of five save slots and cannot be used to save further. You will be able to obtain five new save slots after using a lighter to destroy all data at this save point.

[Will you use a lighter?]

At this moment, Chu Changge saw the woman at the door suddenly raise her hand, clutching a lighter.

There was a "click".

The fat man seemed to hear a sound from the microphone that resembled a lighter being lit.

Holding the microphone, he asked in confusion, "Brother Chu, is the doctor over there? He's carrying a lighter?"

No one answered him; silence fell over the other end of the phone. If it weren't for the whistling wind that could still be heard, the fat man would have almost thought that Chu Changge had hung up.

The eerie silence lasted for a long time, with only the sound of the wind leaking from the microphone. The fat man called out a few more times, but no one answered.

A sudden, overwhelming fear surged from his feet to his head. The fat man gripped the microphone tightly and anxiously asked, "Brother Chu, Brother Chu? Are you still there?"

After a long silence, a voice finally came through the microphone again: "Still here."

Hearing that familiar voice, the fat man immediately breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed: "I was worried something had happened since you hadn't said anything. What happened to you just now?"

Chu Changge paused for a moment before speaking: "I think our danger comes only from Gu Mian."

Gu Mian had already left the save point at the crossroads. He held the lighter in his hand: "I still need this thing for lighting. Without a lighter, how much will the visibility in this game drop? It's amazing that a game with such low visibility could come up with such a clever way to destroy save points using lighting."

However, this was the first time Gu Mian had ever seen a game completely destroy an entire save point.

Other games either have a single save point with countless save files, or they allow you to overwrite save files at will.

This game is ridiculous; it just destroys the player directly, which is a very unreasonable design.

It was as if they wished the entire save point would be destroyed. Thinking of this, Gu Mian frowned. What good would destroying the entire save point do for the game?

Gu Mian muttered to herself as she thought of Chu Changge and the others.

The time in the upper right corner of the screen is 7:50 PM.

He's been in this game for almost two hours now.

He explored almost the entire game map in two hours, but still couldn't find any trace of the three of them.

Not only did they not find the three of them, they also found a monster wearing anklets.

Given that the character he was controlling might not be good at fighting, Gu Mian could only run away. However, he was still grazed by the monster, and his health bar in the upper left corner decreased slightly.

"This is really strange," Gu Mian said, controlling her character as she walked through the ruins. "Not to mention where Chu Changge and the others went, I've already searched the entire map, but there's been no plot progress, and I haven't found any secret rooms or exits. Have I not checked carefully enough?"

The only unique feature of this game is its three distinctive save points.

As Gu Mian was thinking, she noticed the save point next to the house.

This is the one that's the hardest to save.

Upon seeing this save point, Gu Mian suddenly thought of something and moved his character forward to save.

Surprisingly, this save point saved the game quite easily, as if it had suddenly changed its nature.

At this moment, 007 had already taken the book from the woman in front of him.

The fat man had just learned about the current situation through a phone call, and the woman in front of him was most likely a game character controlled by Gu Mian.

Moreover, it seems that Gu Mian can destroy them directly.

007 stared at the woman in front of him, a number of thoughts flashing through his mind, but he had no way of telling Gu Mian and the other two that they had become save points.

How exactly can 007 communicate with Gu Mian? Just as 007 was struggling with this question, the woman at the door had already left.

At this moment, Gu Mian was on her way to the next save point.

"I'm playing a game, and three of my teammates have disappeared and I can't find them anywhere. This game has three save points, and each of these three save points has its own personality..."

Gu Mian muttered to herself, "If these save points were created by them, then this is truly outrageous."

(End of this chapter)