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Chapter 460 Thank you

Gu Mian looked at the sticky soup that had been pushed in front of her.

The bowl, with two chips, was filled with a yellowish, sticky liquid. There wasn't a single piece of meat in it; it looked like the product of someone with a sensitive stomach eating too much fruit.

Gu Mian sniffed it unwillingly, and thought, "Hmm, even the smell is similar to that stuff."

"It doesn't look very appetizing," Gu Mian said, pushing the bowl back in disgust. "This is false marketing."

He soon discovered that his exam paper might have some kind of perverse humor.

Because he saw a new choice appear in the blank space below the multiple-choice question.

The mixed meat soup on the third floor of the restaurant ( )

[A. Delicious] [B. Not delicious]

It's obvious this person won't choose A.

Gu Mian was somewhat embarrassed.

To be fair, the fact that these two options are available suggests that there's a small chance that the mixed meat soup might taste good.

He really didn't want to eat this kind of fecal paste.

Gu Mian looked at the human figure behind the window and suddenly had a clever idea: "You..."

Just as he uttered a single word, he suddenly heard a voice behind him—

"You're here for the mixed meat soup too?"

Gu Mian turned around, shining her flashlight, and saw three boys standing behind her. The one in the lead looked quite handsome and was nicknamed "Liu Xuan".

The two people following behind Liu Xuan were named Feng Zitao and Wang Longxiang.

The three of them stared at Gu Mian together in the dim light.

Just as Liu Xuan was about to say something, Gu Mian suddenly spoke up excitedly: "Great! Why don't we do it together?"

The third floor fell silent for a few seconds.

Then Gu Mian saw Liu Xuan give a strange smile: "Okay."

The four of them immediately took a bowl each and sat together in the dark third floor.

"Glug, glug," Liu Xuan grabbed the bowl and excitedly brought it to his mouth, starting to eat voraciously.

Thick, yellow liquid rushed into his wide-open mouth, flowing down his throat almost without him chewing.

The other two did the same. The three of them wore crazed expressions, swallowing the contents of their bowls as if oblivious to the stench, making strange gurgling sounds in the darkness.

Yellow liquid flowed down Liu Xuan's chin. There was hardly anything left in the bowl, and it was about to be poured down his throat.

Just then, he suddenly heard a soft voice in his ear: "Is it delicious?"

He turned his head and saw a face pressed against his, eyes fixed on him: "Is it good?"

Liu Xuan opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

The face drew closer, and with a hurried, eerie, and strange expression, it repeated itself: "Is it delicious!"

Why didn't I die? Why didn't I die? Why do those ghosts have nicknames? Mingyue kept repeating these questions as she escaped from the fourth floor.

But there was no answer; only Li Xueqi's image kept swirling in her mind.

She didn't get the answer to the question in the end, but thankfully the staircase had stopped looping. Mingyue stood in the dim stairwell, looking at the third-floor sign in front of her: "I'm down, finally down..."

Just then, she suddenly heard what sounded like voices coming from the third floor.

Any players?
She glanced instinctively into the door on the third floor, and was terrified at that single glance—the three ghosts from before were here too!
but……

The ghost that had just brutally murdered Li Xueqi was now being held by the neck and pinned to the table, constantly being interrogated with questions like, "Is it delicious?" "Is it delicious?" "Say it now!"

"My God!" Mingyue instantly recognized the man in the white coat. She stopped breathing for a moment, then immediately turned and ran.

Perverts! They're all perverts!
……

At this moment, Fatty and Xiao Qiao were observing the restaurant in the dark grove.

Gu Mian said in the cheating group that he had arrived at the restaurant. The two of them happened to be not far from the restaurant, so they waited outside for him to come out.

The grove was pitch black at night, with only a sliver of light from the streetlights at the restaurant entrance. Players whose test location wasn't in this area would never come here to join the fun.

Fatty didn't really want to wait for Gu Mian here, since the dark woods at night were always a place where paranormal events occurred.

However, considering that his nickname often appeared together with the name "Gu Mian," and that wandering around in crowded places might attract attention and lead others to find Gu Mian, the fat man hid in the dark grove, trembling.

"Luckily, it's only early June, so there aren't many mosquitoes yet," the fat man said, counting the players he saw entering the restaurant. "But we've been watching here for over ten minutes now, and in that time I've counted more than thirty players going in..."

But none of them came out.

not even one.

The enormous restaurant was like a giant beast crouching in the darkness, a place from which no one could ever return.

Even Gu Mian didn't know what she was doing and hadn't sent them any messages.

"If we don't hear from the doctor in ten minutes," the fat man glanced at the time, it was 7:55, "then shall we go in and check?"

"Okay." Although Xiao Qiao doesn't usually offer any opinions, she's generally very accommodating.

Fatty remembered that a few days ago he couldn't crack a walnut, so he asked Xiao Qiao for help. Without saying a word, Xiao Qiao crushed the walnut in his hand to pieces.

Of course, in the end, it was impossible to eat it...

"But we haven't heard from Brother Chu and Liu Ruyan either." The fat man glanced at the cheating group again.

Chu Changge only said one sentence, and Liu Ruyan didn't utter a single word.

The fat man asked with slight concern, "Where did those two go...?"

After all, the possibility of being caught by the proctor as soon as you leave the exam room is not zero.

Just as the fat man was worried about the safety of Chu Changge and the other person, he suddenly heard a slight rustling sound behind him.

He immediately looked back, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

He was about to say something when Xiao Qiao suddenly spoke up: "Run!"

what?
The fat man subconsciously thought that Xiao Qiao's words were related to the voice coming from behind him, but he found that the person next to him was not paying attention to what was behind him, but was staring intently ahead.

That's the direction of the restaurant building.

At the same time, Fatty suddenly heard a strange, disgusting "clucking" sound coming from afar, as if something was approaching. "Run! Split up!" Xiao Qiao's voice became more urgent, and she pushed Fatty back forcefully, but didn't move herself.

Seeing this, the fat man understood something. He took out the ever-burning lamp and ran away, running out of the dark forest in one breath.

He heard something running out of the woods with him. The fat man glanced back and saw three normal-looking figures behind him, but Xiao Qiao was not with him.

The moment Xiao Qiao uttered the second "Run!", the fat man understood. The eerie, disgusting "giggle" sound coming from ahead was most likely from the proctors roaming the school, and now these shadowy figures following him...

"Has this fat guy spotted us?" Invincible Warrior quickly followed behind the fat guy.

Next to him were two teammates from the dragon boat activity, one named Luo Shao and the other named Liu Qingyu.

They were players who had come on the same school bus as Gu Mian. Knowing that Gu Mian was among the six people in the last row, they secretly memorized their appearances.

This time, they followed the fat man in an attempt to find Gu Mian, whom they hadn't seen at the event.

Unexpectedly, the fat man suddenly turned around and ran away, and then the masked woman also ran away in a different direction. They chose to chase after the fat man who was running slower.

“He must have discovered us, otherwise he wouldn’t have suddenly run away,” Liu Qingyu said as she ran. “Instead of secretly following him, we should just grab him and ask him. He definitely knows where Gu Mian’s exam room is.”

“Yes…” Upon hearing this, the invincible warrior quickened his pace.

You can actually die during the event, so this is a rare and great opportunity.

Suddenly he heard a strange sound behind him. The invincible warrior turned around and was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

Countless white humanoid figures emerged from the woods behind them and rushed toward them, making eerie gurgling sounds from their throats, like a dying old man with a wad of phlegm stuck in his throat.

"Damn, now I know why that fat guy ran away!"

……

When Gu Mian left the restaurant, she had three school badges in her hand. They were all special items, and the names on them were "Liu Xuan," "Feng Zitao," and "Wang Longxiang."

This was the reward he received for treating three classmates to mixed meat soup and having a friendly conversation with them.

"What a hospitable school! I'll definitely come back next time." Gu Mian put the three school badges into her pocket and looked towards the grove.

Fatty told Xiao Qiao to wait for him in the grove.

Gu Mian searched the grove but couldn't find the two of them. After thinking for a while, he turned around and saw that there was no one on the main road next to the restaurant.

"There are quite a few players here to take the exam. Judging by the density, there should be people on this road, unless most of them are already dead, or... the proctor just came by?"

Gu Mian checked the time: 8:15.

He sent a message to ask, but no one answered.

At this moment, the fat man had already turned a corner and run towards Building 9. His exam room was in Building 11, but the proctor was in the direction of Building 11. He couldn't turn around and die, so he could only rush into this building and hide.

As long as we don't get discovered! As long as we hide!

It is worth mentioning that not all teaching buildings have examination rooms. Teaching Building No. 9 is an empty building used for students to take exams.

The fat man rushed through the gate in one go. It was pitch black inside, but he had a lamp in his hand to provide light.

The fat man was dumbfounded when he rushed through the gate. The corridor was bare, without even a large potted plant, and there was nowhere to hide him!

Even the classrooms were locked; there was nowhere to hide!
The three people behind them also rushed in, and less than ten meters behind them were densely packed things wearing biohazard suits—the proctors!
There is nowhere left to retreat.

"Damn!" The fat man immediately rushed upstairs to see if he could find any cover.

Seeing the fat man take off running towards the second floor, Invincible Warrior immediately rushed up as well: "Follow him!"

What if we find a place to hide?

They followed the fat man up to the second-floor corridor, and the proctors behind them also started going up the stairs.

Once they rush up to the second floor, there will be no escape for anyone.

The strange "clucking" sound grew louder and louder. By this time, the fat man had rushed to the middle of the corridor, and the three invincible warriors behind him were also running desperately, glancing back every now and then.

When the invincible warrior looked back one last time, he saw a terrifying bio-mask appear in his line of sight.

Oh no, we've been seen...

Now no matter how you hide it, it will be found.

Nevertheless, he ran forward as fast as he could: "I can still run to another floor via another staircase and hide!"

But before they had run most of the way, the inspectors were already right behind them.

Running at the back, Liu Qingyu felt a chilling malice coming from behind him. Then, a cold hand slipped under his arm and placed on his waist, grabbing him.

"You broke the rules"—these were the last words Liu Qingyu heard.

He immediately saw a line of blood appear on his waist, and he... was separated from his body.

Painful screams instantly filled everyone's ears.

This is real death!
Seeing Liu Qingyu cut off by the languid waist, the invincible warrior's eyes were bloodshot as he desperately ran forward, holding his breath. Immediately, Luo Shao behind him was also swallowed up by the white humanoid figure.

The proctor had already come up behind him.

Oh no, Invincible Brave felt as if something was stuck to his back.

Just then, he saw the fat man in front of him suddenly stop running and squat down in a corner by the window, holding that dark blue lamp in his hand.

Seeing the fat man suddenly stop, the invincible warrior's hope was rekindled, and he rushed past the person squatting to the side in one go.

"Killing takes time, at least his death will give me a few seconds to escape!"

Just as the invincible warrior was thinking this, he was surprised to find that the proctors behind him seemed not to have seen the fat man at all, and directly bypassed him and headed straight for him.

Why! Why! That person is carrying a lantern!

How could I not see him!

Then he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and his head fell off.

The fat man crouched by the window, trembling, his hand tightly clutching the Joker card Gu Mian had given him, which was tucked into his pocket. He watched as the proctors in the hallway left like a tide.

At 8:20, Gu Mian saw a new message from Fatty in the cheating group.

[Apang]: Doctor, thank you so much!

Gu Mian: "?"

(End of this chapter)