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Chapter 446 How could there be a ghost uglier than Little Red?

"By the way, Brother Chu," the dragon boat slowed down, and the fat man, who had been dizzy, had adjusted. He sat idly in front of Chu Changge, "What do you think of the name I came up with?"

The fat man gestured toward the bow of the boat, where the eight large characters "The Doctor's Stunning Fan Club" gleamed in the sunlight.

Chu Changge glanced at the bow of the ship but still made no comment.

The fat man was a little puzzled: "Brother Chu, you haven't said a word since you came back."

Despite knowing Chu Changge's character, he seemed unusually silent today; thinking of this, the fat man suddenly spoke up: "Brother Chu, are you thinking about 007's teammate? It feels like that person knows you."

Before Chu Changge could speak, Gu Mian's voice came from the side: "What's going on?"

The fat man turned his head and saw that Gu Mian had squatted down next to him and was staring at Chu Changge's face: "Your face is so pale."

Just then, the third level suddenly appeared before them.

[The third level will begin in one minute. One, two, three, freeze!]

Players must work together with the NPC provided in the event to complete the game "Red Light, Green Light, No Talking, No Moving" within five minutes. Failure to complete the game will result in the loss of the right to obtain teammates for this level.

Gu Mian knew the game "One, Two, Three, Wooden Man". It was a game where one person stood in front with their back to everyone else and said "One, Two, Three, Wooden Man". While saying "One, Two, Three", the people behind could run around. When saying "Wooden Man", the person in front would immediately turn around and look behind them. The people behind could not move or speak. If they moved, they were out of the game.

At this moment, Gu Mian saw a white-clad female ghost suddenly appear on the water about two hundred meters ahead, with her back to them. It seems that the NPCs of this event are all ghosts making guest appearances.

The current situation should be that you win as long as you reach the NPC who shouts "One, two, three, freeze!"

At the same time, Gu Mian saw many red dots appear on the map above. Those should be the NPCs sent out by the event. It's not feasible to have all the players participating in the event photograph the same NPC. If that were the case, the NPC would probably object.

"Judging from the number, not every dragon boat is equipped with an NPC who shouts 'Wooden Man.' There must be several dragon boat players who have to film the same NPC," the fat man's voice came. "This place is too remote, and we are the only boat here, so we are the only ones who can film this NPC."

Gu Mian nodded seriously: "It's quite lucky. Other ghosts would have to be slapped several times, and players might hit them too hard and hurt them; but it's different here. It only needs to be slapped once by me."

"Mhm!" the fat man agreed wholeheartedly. "Doctor, one minute is up, I'm ready."

Time flies. Not long after the fat man finished speaking, Gu Mian heard a hoarse, rough voice coming from ahead: "One..."

This ghost's throat sounds like it's been chewed by a dog.

But now is clearly not the time to ask what breed of dog it was chewed on.

Xiao Hong and her brother were fast, but they couldn't reach 200 meters per second. When the female ghost uttered the syllable "two," Gu Mian's dragon boat had only moved forward five meters.

Seemingly intentional, before the last syllable of the word "two" had even finished, Gu Mian heard a rapid-fire, rapid-fire sound coming from ahead—

"three!"

Gu Mian was certain that he hadn't fully heard the "two" he'd just heard.

Immediately afterward, the female ghost in front of her turned around abruptly, revealing a rather apologetic face. Gu Mian began to suspect that the event's use of such a terrifying female ghost as an NPC was also intended to scare players when they turned around. Sure enough, some players fell for it.

The sight of countless female ghosts standing on the river was already quite eerie, but the visual impact created by their turning around...

Even though many players managed to stabilize the dragon boat in time, their hearts still skipped a beat when they first saw the female ghost turn around.

By this time, the players had already experienced many terrifying dungeons, so they wouldn't be so scared that they would jump directly into the water from the boat just because they saw a ghost turning around. The players were shaken and then gasped.

Some people were eliminated simply by swaying their bodies slightly.

Some players chatted while the NPC was counting "one, two, three".

"Five minutes have passed, and this ghost keeps turning back. Can we row behind it?"

"It looks like it's only 200 meters... I think it's doable."

Gu Mian felt that the ghost she had been matched with might have some kind of illness. When it shouted "one, two, three," it was always incredibly fast, but when it shouted "wooden man," it always dragged out the words.

He looked up and observed the other dragon boats on the river. They could row for at least six or seven seconds each time, but when it came to them, they couldn't even move for two seconds each time.

Fortunately, their dragon boat was very stable. Even though the female ghost would turn around unexpectedly every time, the three people on the boat did not move.

Four minutes passed, and some players had already encountered the ghost and passed the third level, while Gu Mian was still twenty meters away.

When they were still twenty meters away, Gu Mian had already raised her hand and was waiting.

When they were still ten meters away, Gu Mian raised her hand a little higher, as if she were about to hit the child.

When they were still half a meter away, Gu Mian was already standing at the bow of the boat, and she reached down to hit the back of the head of the person who was shouting "one".

"Two or three"—these two words were then combined into a single syllable and popped out.

The female ghost turned her head and saw a slap that stopped in front of her just in time.

While it's called a game, no one really takes it seriously.

Many people played the game "Red Light, Green Light" when they were young. Mischievous kids would often try their best to slap the person in front of them.

But now no one puts all their strength into patting the female ghost whose back is to them. Everyone is very careful, gently placing their palms on the female ghost's shoulders, as if brushing away a single hair from her head.

Only on Gu Mian's side, just as the word "one" was called out in the next round, a loud slap echoed throughout the area.

Then the female ghost hugged her head and ran away, whimpering.

(End of this chapter)