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Chapter 463 I Have Photos of You When You Were Little
Gu Mian had no control over the rules of the college entrance examination.

He was quite worried that the two ghosts would be "confiscated" as contraband after they climbed in.

Fortunately, his roar intimidated Xiao Hong. After getting up, Xiao Hong wiped her hands on her red dress and showed an expression of deep shame—let's assume that this expression was shame.

Gu Mian didn't spend much time coming down from the dormitory building. He was standing in front of the two ghosts, looking at them through the fence.

This place is quite remote; it can only be seen from certain dormitories in Dormitory Building 1 and Dormitory Building 4.

Gu Mian reached her left hand through the fence, grabbed Xiao Hong's sleeve, pulled her close, and scolded her, "Didn't I tell you not to come in? You were laughing so happily when you were climbing the fence, and you even encouraged others to join you."

As he spoke, he tried to grab his brother.

But her brother was quite far from the fence, and Gu Mian couldn't reach him through the fence.

At this moment, her brother thoughtfully leaned over, and Gu Mian grabbed his slightly curly hair and began to criticize him harshly.

After giving them a stern lecture, Gu Mian let go of their hands: "Alright, you two should go now, get away from this school, we'll be out soon."

It's already 9:20, and there are still more than two hours until the exam ends.

The school was shrouded in darkness, with only sparse streetlights casting a faint glow. The light from behind Gu Mian illuminated the pale faces of the two ghosts outside the fence, creating a somewhat terrifying scene.

Forget about the older brother, but Xiao Hong's face, with the right lighting, could easily be the main character in a horror movie.

The face that belonged to the protagonist of a horror movie showed no sign of leaving. Little Red stood straight outside the fence, motionless, as if she would climb back in if given another chance, as did her brother next to her.

Gu Mian sighed as he looked at the two pale, ghostly faces in front of him. Standing in the dim light, he touched his pocket and muttered to himself, "I remember putting it here..."

As he spoke, he took out a key and placed it in Xiao Hong's hand: "Go straight ahead from the school gate, turn left after two intersections, and there's an apartment building called 'Rebirth Inn.' I used to live there. You guys go back first."

When Fatty learned that the event was in Lianhua City, he specially dug out this key, which hadn't been used for half a year, from Gu Mian's pile of odds and ends. Now it really came in handy.

Before the two ghosts in front of her could react, Gu Mian pondered for a moment and said, "There are photos of me when I was a child inside. I'll put those photos away when I get back."

Then the older brother snatched the keys from Xiaohong's hand and ran away.

Little Red happily chased after him.

After repeatedly confirming that they had left, Gu Mian tugged at the guitar bag on her back and walked towards Building No. 6.

Unexpectedly, he soon encountered a lone player, and it was a familiar face. Gu Mian had seen this person several times; his nickname was "Hao Laoshi" (Honest Hao).

Gu Mian first met this uncle in a copy of the driving instructor's license. She remembered that he died a rather tragic death.

The second time was in the "Hidden Spirits in the High School Ghost Stories" dungeon. At that time, Gu Mian was with Chu Changge, and Hao Laoshi glanced at them and then turned and ran away as if he had seen a ghost, which was very similar to Mingyue's appearance when she got off the school bus.

It's worth mentioning that this player knew Gu Mian's real name, as Gu Mian hadn't yet obtained the doctor profession when she completed the driver's license dungeon.

The lone middle-aged man's first reaction upon seeing Gu Mian was to turn and run away, but after running a few steps, he turned back to look at Gu Mian twice, and then stopped as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Mian found his reaction somewhat strange.

Before Gu Mian could even ask, Hao Laoshi, who was five meters away, craned his neck and asked, "You're not dead yet?"

It's as if it's some kind of miracle that Gu Mian is still alive.

If someone had spoken to Gu Mian like that before, he would have already cursed the other person's entire family, but now it seems that Hao Laoshi still has something to say.

Gu Mian didn't speak, quietly waiting for him to continue.

Receiving no answer, Hao Laoshi swallowed hard and continued, "I know you're Gu Mian, but I'm naturally timid and don't want to cause any trouble, nor do I care about any bounty..."

He hesitated for a moment, as if considering whether to continue, before making his choice after a few seconds: "But there's something I have to remind you of, that Chu Changge is no good!"

Gu Mian had a feeling that Hao Laoshi would say that, because he always felt that Chu Changge had done something to this poor old man in front of him.

Hao Laoshi continued, "In that driving test scenario, the ghost was originally chasing me and that kid, but just as the ghost was about to catch up, he expressionlessly threw me over! Threw me over!"

So that's how it is... Gu Mian twitched her eyebrows. It turns out that in the "University Ghost Stories" instance, Hao Laoshi was scared away by Chu Changge.

Hao Laoshi seemed to care a lot about this matter, and he deliberately repeated the last four words twice through gritted teeth.

"And he looked so expressionless and calm, as if he thought he was throwing something. This isn't just a matter of character, it's utterly inhuman!" Gu Mian listened to the uncle in front of her cursing angrily.

Hao Laoshi spoke up again: "I originally thought that someone with such a despicable character would have stabbed you to death and taken the reward long ago, but I didn't expect you to still be alive... In short, Chu Changge is not a good person, you have to be careful."

After saying this, Hao Laoshi disappeared in a flash, as if he was worried that Chu Changge would appear next to Gu Mian at any time. It seems that Chu Changge left him with a considerable psychological shadow.

Gu Mian watched Hao Laoshi's departing figure silently. Gu Mian had always felt that Chu Changge had some mental problems, and his values ​​seemed to be different from others.

This problem became even more apparent after the global game began. Gu Mian discovered that Chu Changge seemed to lack a deep understanding of "human beings." In his mind, "human beings" were no different from objects that could be tossed around at will.

Sure enough, someone was carelessly thrown away by him.

Moreover, it wasn't just Chu Changge who had this problem; after several encounters, Gu Mian discovered that Xiao Qiao also had the same issue, but Xiao Qiao's problem was more severe.

To give an example, Chu Changge at least considers people to be valuable objects, and would only throw people away when there is no other choice.
Xiao Qiao is different. She clearly believes that everything is equal, and it doesn't matter what you throw at her. Whether you get thrown out depends on luck, and when she goes crazy, she might even throw herself out.

In comparison, Chu Changge is more humane than Xiao Qiao.

Just as Gu Mian was walking at the bottom of the dormitory building, silently considering who was more reasonable, she suddenly saw a life-sized doll next to the pavilion in the green belt.

A doll of this size looks particularly eerie in the dark, like a person lying on the ground.

Gu Mian didn't find any dead fish, nor did she find any new topics.

Feeling utterly bored, he took two steps into the green belt, squatted down next to the pavilion, and stared at the child.

The doll was covered in blood, a lot of blood, and the color was still very fresh, so it was likely that a player had recently died at its hands.

In the darkness, the doll's lifelike eyes remained motionless, as if staring at him, which was incredibly eerie.

Gu Mian squatted on the damp grass, staring at the eerie doll for a while, and sighed, "It's really ugly."

Then the doll seemed to move slightly. Gu Mian didn't pay attention to whether it moved or not. Just as he was pondering where to go next, he suddenly heard a voice from not far away: "Doctor!"

The drawn-out call was clearly from Fatty; Gu Mian had been called that countless times by him.

He looked up and saw the fat man running towards him with his neatly folded test papers.

Gu Mian had already mentioned the location of his questions in the cheating group, so it seems that Fatty found him based on the information he sent.

"Doctor!" The fat man ran over, dragging out his words, then stopped by the green belt, panting heavily.

“I heard you, I heard you,” Gu Mian stood up. “I’m not deaf.”

The fat man seemed to want to go further in, but stopped when he saw the terrifying doll at Gu Mian's feet. He asked with a pained expression, "Doctor, are you doing a test?"

According to Chu Changge, if Fatty gets involved in Gu Mian's problem now, he'll be doomed.

“No,” Gu Mian stepped out, “I saw this child by the roadside, and he’s quite ugly, so I came over to take a look.”

Fatty didn't quite understand Gu Mian's logic, but he was used to it, so he ignored Gu Mian's words and went straight to the point: "Doctor, I came to see you because I found this thing. It's a special item, but it doesn't seem to have any real use. It's placed in a pretty obvious spot, but I don't know why no other players have found it..."

As he spoke, he took a folded piece of paper out of his pocket and unfolded it in front of Gu Mian: "I had a fill-in-the-blank question about returning a book to the library, and that's when I found this in the library."

Gu Mian reached out and took it, and found that there were only a few lines of text on the paper, which was about 8-size. It seemed to be a page torn from a book, and a story ended on this page. There were only a few lines of text at the top, and the content started from the middle.

[...his death sealed the secrets of Songcheng Academy's underground; every night, people hear malevolent voices emanating from there, voices that seem to curse everyone who hears them.]

Years later, no one visits this place anymore, and the entire college is covered in a thick layer of dust. Only on sunny days does the large door at the bottom of the cup shine brightly in the sunlight.

That secret will never be known again.

Every place has its own stories, but they often go unnoticed.

In addition, there is a page number "13" in the bottom right corner, so this page is the 14th page of the book.

Gu Mian subconsciously thought of the second world. Could this be a page from the second world?
Was this book torn into individual pages?
Gu Mian said to the fat man, "Not long ago I met three ghosts. They were students from Songcheng Academy. You could say that where we are now is Songcheng Academy... I have a guess that the structure of Songcheng Academy in this book is based on Lianhua University, which is why the event is held at Lianhua University."

Moreover, although the general structure is the same, the shops in the cafeteria are completely different from before.

It's likely that Songcheng Academy in this book unknowingly replaced Lianhua University at the start of the event.

As he spoke, he turned the paper over to see what was on the back. He noticed a page number, "14," in the bottom left corner.

Page 14 contains no text, but is a full-page illustration—a huge door.

You can see a keyhole in the middle of the door, which should be the door to the underground.

Gu Mian looked at the picture, then reached into his pocket and pulled out the key that he had always kept in his pocket. It was a prize from the dragon boat event. At the time, Gu Mian didn't know what the key was for, but now he did.

He held the key up to the pattern on the door and gestured with it: "I think it can be inserted, and we can go underground."

The reward for the dragon boat event is this key, which means that only they can open this door. Can it be considered a special reward for the dragon boat event?
The fat man blinked a few times: "So this piece of paper means we can unlock another storyline in the event, about the secret beneath this school. It would be a waste not to use the key... but Doctor, you don't seem to know where the door is."

At this moment, Gu Mian glanced at her exam paper.

He faced a new multiple-choice question.

[Should we go underground?]

[A. Yes] [B. No]

At the same time, Fatty also discovered that his test paper had the same selections as Gu Mian's.

"Since it's the same question, doing it together doesn't count as cheating, right..." the fat man pondered.

Gu Mian glanced at the time again; it was 9:40.

“There’s still time. I know where the door is.” Gu Mian said as she started walking forward along the road.

The fat man quickly followed, saying, "I'll go too, doctor."

Just as the two turned to leave, the doll lying in the damp grass suddenly turned its head and looked at their backs.

Gu Mian suddenly turned around.

The dolls in the grass were the same as the ones he had just seen, unchanged.

The fat man sensed something was wrong: "What's wrong, doctor?"

"It's nothing," Gu Mian said, stroking her chin. "It's just that the ghosts in this event seem a bit strange."

The ghosts in this event don't have a sense of terror. Liu Xuan, whom he encountered before, had his mouth wide open in a frenzy before he died. They will immediately retaliate whenever they have the chance.

His courage is commendable, but he's unlike any ghost I've ever seen before.

Other ghosts at least show some fear, but the ghosts in this event are so crazy that they'll risk their lives to drag people down with them.

The fat guy followed Gu Mian around excitedly: "Speaking of which, Doctor, you stayed in the girls' dormitory for a long time, didn't you run into any proctors?"

“No,” Gu Mian shook her head, “they didn’t have any proctors in the girls’ dormitories, probably because they’re all men.”

Ah, the fat man suddenly looked at Gu Mian with envy, as if he envied Gu Mian for being able to enter the girls' dormitory.

But the fat man immediately got back to the point: "But doctor, do you know where the door mentioned in the book is?"

“It says it’s under the cup. I remember when we entered the school there was a trophy statue that was as tall as a three-story building, right? I think the stone slab under that cup looks a lot like this door.” Gu Mian said, raising her hand to look at the paper in her hand.

The fat man followed Gu Mian's gaze, and just then he suddenly had a strange feeling, as if something was staring at his back.

He turned around and saw that the doll that had been lying in the grass was now only three meters behind them, its eerie face facing them.

It followed us!
(End of this chapter)