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Chapter 442 Thank you for your patronage
“Um…” 007’s voice came from the side.

Gu Mian turned her head and saw 007's familiar face. At this moment, she hadn't drawn the lottery yet and was looking at Gu Mian and Fatty with some embarrassment.

When Gu Mian looked at her, she glanced at the bow of 007's ship and saw a row of numbers. 007 probably wasn't in the mood to name her ship.

"Hello," Gu Mian greeted her warmly, "How did it go? Did you find the parents?"

At this moment, the fat man saw a hand emerge from the pocket of Gu Mian's white coat, followed by a head... In the next ten seconds, the fat man witnessed a large man crawl out of Gu Mian's small pocket; it was the family member abandoned by the saintess.

After the older brother came out, he quietly squatted at the bow of the boat, seemingly looking at the line of text that read "Absolutely Beautiful Fan Club".

“No…” 007 also saw his brother crawling out of Gu Mian’s pocket and couldn’t help but swallow.

“No, Doctor,” the fat man tugged at Gu Mian’s sleeve, “Now is not the time to listen to 007’s stories, because I started by swiping backwards, and we’re already way behind everyone else!”

Gu Mian couldn't help but look down at her clothes: "Yeah, the half-hour time limit for changing my clothes with the school badge has already passed."

He used his blood-stained school badge to disguise himself as the saintess's brother a minute before entering the event. Unexpectedly, the event separated them, and Gu Mian was alone for more than half an hour before the fat man pulled her out. By then, the disguise time had already expired.

Fortunately, there is no one around.

At this moment, 007 spoke up: "You guys go first, I'm going to slap my teammates."

007 hadn't started the lottery yet because she was worried that some of her teammates might know Gu Mian... Looking at the spinning wheel in front of her, 007 frowned. Her teammates didn't seem like easy to deal with, but she had finally managed to gather them all together.

"Then we'll be going now." Gu Mian said to 007, and then reached out and pushed her brother, who was squatting at the bow of the boat, into the water.

Caught off guard, the older brother was pushed into the water, splashing a large spray of water that landed all over the fat man's face.

"Is this really a good idea?" The fat man swallowed hard. "Won't we get into a fight with the other ghosts in the water...?"

Fortunately, the older brother did not try to cause trouble, but instead went to the stern and became a propeller.

The fan club account, once the propellers were engaged, surged forward like it had been injected with adrenaline. The fat man, gripping the propeller in his hand, yelled, "Holy crap!"

Just then, a player who was paddling the dragon boat with great effort glanced upwards and saw a dragon boat with a rather peculiar name, lagging behind, rushing forward at an extremely fast speed.

Some players possess strange special items that can temporarily enhance their physical condition and greatly increase their rowing speed; or special parts that can temporarily increase the speed of their vehicles.

So even if some dragon boats have abnormally high speeds, other players can accept it, but the dragon boat that caught up from the back at this moment is just too unreasonable.

It was fast and sustained, showing no sign of stopping... It didn't seem like it used any special equipment, but rather like a skilled shipbuilder had installed an engine on the dragon boat.

At this time, the dragon boats on the river were scattered, and this dragon boat, which seemed to be out of control, quickly attracted the attention of some people.

"What is that? Can this event be cheated?"

"The doctor's...stunning fan club account?"

"Are they using a dragon boat as a speedboat?"

At this moment, the fat man's face was already distorted by the fierce river wind. He struggled to speak in the wind, "Doctor, did Xiao Hong not come this time?" Gu Mian pressed down her hair that was blowing in the wind and nodded, "After all, she is not parasitized in a special item, and she is not a player. It is normal that she could not come in even if she was given a ticket."

I guess Xiao Hong is probably playing happily in the room where Gu Mian and the others are temporarily staying right now.

"Luckily they didn't come," the fat man breathed a sigh of relief in the strong wind, "otherwise, if the two ghosts had been pushing the boat together, they would have pushed it to pieces."

Gu Mian pressed down her flying hair with one hand and symbolically held the oar with the other: "Although I wasn't there when the event started, I know the rules. The first stage has four rounds, and each round gives you a teammate, right?"

The fat man nodded: "But you're free to be a doctor."

Gu Mian: "..."

He continued, "After the first stage comes the second stage, which is minesweeping on the water. Hmm, as long as we run fast enough, the mines won't hit us? Let's not talk about that for now; after the second stage, we can go straight to the finish line... In terms of speed, with the help of the propeller, we should be the champion, right? If there are no other divisions."

Suddenly the dragon boat made a sharp turn, and the fat man, who was about to nod in agreement, almost plunged headfirst into the water.

Gu Mian looked up and saw that the "Doctor's Stunning Fan Club" on the screen above had indeed made a big turn on the river, thoughtfully avoiding the dense area of ​​dragon boats. It was quite intelligent.

The players, who were rowing frantically, saw that the strangely named dragon boat was not only speeding, but also drawing a beautiful S-shaped curve on the river, and then easily overtaking the rear of the main group of vehicles—where the players could not see it.

The fat man was looking up at the semi-transparent screen in the sky. Whether it was his imagination or not, as they passed the rear of the main group of vehicles, some boats on the river slowed down slightly.

He chuckled to himself, “Doctor, look, those ships were stunned when they saw us overtaking them. I know that feeling. It’s like when you’re playing a game and you glance at the TV screen and are captivated by a stunningly beautiful woman.”

But I'm self-aware enough that even though I named the dragon boat 'Exquisite Beauty,' I know I'm still a little bit short of truly exquisite, hehehe.

Gu Mian couldn't help but scrutinize the fat man's face carefully: "It's almost there..."

Just as the two had passed halfway across the dragon boat ahead, a bamboo tube suddenly fell from the sky, landing right where the lottery machine had appeared.

At the same time, Gu Mian saw a warning appear on the water three meters ahead—[Approaching the second challenge: a borrowing competition]

[Please borrow the item drawn from the bamboo tube within five minutes. If you fail to borrow the item within five minutes, you will lose the chance to gain a teammate in this level.]

"Borrow items? This is a trap, isn't it?" the fat man said, his eyes wide. "We have to borrow items from other players."

As he spoke, he glanced up at the live broadcast of the match. The place where they were was sparsely populated, and even if they asked others to lend them money, they might not have any or be able to give it to them.

If you draw something like glasses or a jacket, that's fine, but if you draw an aircraft carrier, then you're doomed.

"Let's draw one first." Gu Mian always believed in his luck. From childhood to adulthood, he had never drawn anything valuable from a lottery box. Rather, he mostly drew "Thank you for your patronage."

Even in lottery boxes labeled "100% chance of winning," Gu Mian has drawn the magical "Thank you for your patronage" message before.

I later heard that the store went out of business due to dishonest practices.

(End of this chapter)