Global Collapse

Chapter 472 You are such a good person
There are five people in this group, three men and two women.

One of them was someone Gu Mian knew.

It was Xie Bi'an. He was still dressed the same way, his whole body shrouded in a black robe, so that even his eyes could not be seen.

Gu Mian had always doubted how he could see the road.

The other four unconsciously surrounded Xie Bi'an, and at that moment, one of the male players was pointing at the hotel sign as if asking Xie Bi'an.

The whispers below were too quiet for Gu Mian to hear; he only saw Xie Bi'an nod at the male player.

Then, the group of people, in a daze, entered the "Inn of Rebirth" together.

“It seems they formed the team after the event ended,” Chu Changge appeared behind Gu Mian at some point, looking down through the glass window. “They don’t know each other well, and they all seem to be immersed in grief. It’s probably because their former teammates died, and the remaining scattered survivors gathered together.”

“I said…” Gu Mian turned to look at Chu Changge, “You’ve told me such a bizarre thing about coming from a lower-dimensional world, why don’t you also describe what Xie Bi’an looks like? Is it possible that he looks like me, since he’s all covered up?”

Chu Changge and Xie Bi'an were definitely old acquaintances.

However, Chu Changge seemed to believe that Xie Bi'an was already dead.

Chu Changge was silent for a moment: "I know what he was like before, completely different from you."

Based on Gu Mian's years of experience watching TV dramas, people who keep their identities tightly hidden usually reveal their true selves in the finale, and the plot often takes a turn at that point.

Gu Mian could make up a plot on the spot: a masked villain who commits evil deeds from the first episode to the last, until the male protagonist kills him with a sword and removes the mask, only to discover that the man is the father he has been searching for all along.

With a little polishing, add a beautiful female confidante who dies on the eve of the finale, several kind elders killed by the male lead's father, and finally a good brother who becomes a vegetable, and it becomes a complete melodrama.

Even the role of Gu Mian has been assigned.

He himself is the tragic male protagonist, Xiao Hong is the beautiful female confidante, and the fat man, who looks older than his age, plays the role of the master and elder who is kind to the male protagonist but is cruelly murdered, along with his brother. In the end, Chu Changge becomes a vegetable.

This role allocation is absolutely perfect.

Could Xie Bi'an really be her father? This terrifying thought suddenly popped into Gu Mian's head.

But he immediately shook his head to banish the bizarre thought from his mind.

Chu Changge was unaware that he had become a vegetable. He continued, "I know that I am not the only one who came here from a lower-dimensional world. There are also compatible people from other worlds who have come to this world through some means."

Gu Mian already knew this.

If I'm not mistaken, Liu Ruyan and Xiao Qiao also come from a lower-dimensional world, but I don't know if they come from the same world.

The fat man's father also seemed to be a prime suspect, but now that he's dead, there's no way to question him.

“I can’t directly tell which people are from a lower-dimensional world like me. I can only guess by observing their behavior. But Xiao Qiao can directly identify people from lower-dimensional worlds. She can tell them at a glance.”

At this moment, the fat man walked over with a bowl in his hand, and the aroma of meat soup lingered around Gu Mian's nose.

“No wonder she could recognize the imposter Chu Xiaoge at a glance during the dragon boat race,” the fat man said, slurping up a mouthful of soup. “So, Miss Qiao seems to be a tiny bit more capable than Chu Xiaoge.”

Ignoring the fat man holding a soup bowl, Chu Changge continued, "And he also belongs to the lower-dimensional world."

Gu Mian knew that "he" referred to Xie Bi'an.

The five players had already entered the building, and looking out the windows, all they could see was the stone floor reflecting the sunlight.

"However, he had an accident many years ago, and we all thought he was dead."

Although the fat man was somewhat confused, he still asked curiously, "What accident?"

Chu Changge's expression remained unchanged: "We don't know the specifics either. We only know that he died unexpectedly, and his body was cremated and put into a jar. We have a death certificate, ashes, and a burial plot. In every sense, he is a dead man."

But now he stands alive and well in front of them.

The fat man shuddered: "The world is truly full of wonders. I've seen corpses come back to life when I worked at the crematorium, but I never imagined that ashes could come back to life."

Hearing this, Gu Mian reached out and picked up the photo with her own face on it: "I need to confirm, are all of you people on the same mission? Some people's mission is to ensure that this person does not die, while others' mission is to ensure that this person must die."

Although Gu Mian knew very well that the person in the photo was not herself, the two of them looked exactly alike.

Assassinations can also result in friendly fire.

“It’s all the same,” Chu Changge said, looking at the photo in Gu Mian’s hand. “But we can’t rule out that some individuals may have other ideas. Xie Bi’an is obviously uncontrollable.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian sensed something was amiss.

Xie Bi'an, this man who was both dead and alive, would always inexplicably appear right under his nose, but he showed no intention of standing up for him in times of crisis, nor did he seem to have any other intentions.

“I have another question,” the fat man raised his chubby hand, “was this person always called Xie Bi’an?”

Chu Changge shook his head: "Jiang Yang, his name used to be Jiang Yang."

"In short, no matter what his name is, we can't let these people live with us. The doctor's characteristics are too obvious, and it's easy for people to discover his identity. Besides, Xie Bi'an probably knows the doctor's identity. If he tells others, some people will inevitably try to take advantage of him," the fat man began to speak.

These players are all from the college entrance examination event.

They had a high probability of having witnessed Gu Mian crashing a hearse into the examination inspectors; such an operation was extremely rare, so it was only natural that they would remember the person who performed it.

However, compared to Gu Mian, the fat man seems to be a bigger target because his larger size makes him more noticeable.

"Speaking of the characteristics of doctors... if you take off your white coat, probably 80% of people wouldn't recognize you, since it feels like this coat is your true form." The fat man seemed to have completely forgotten about wiping his nose with Gu Mian's true form last night.

At this moment, he was meticulously planning: "Well, Doctor, you should take off your white coat and put on the new black shirt just in case. As for those players... tonight we'll scare them so badly they'll run away with their tails between their legs and never dare to come back, okay?"

There's really no need for that...

Gu Mian thought of her former neighbors, who all left voluntarily after experiencing a series of bizarre events.

Gu Mian remembered that a small business owner had rented a house here specifically to pursue Liu Ruyan. When he had nothing to do, he would take the opportunity to sneak peeks at Liu Ruyan under the pretext of "I'm here to check on my rented house". His rented house was right next to Gu Mian's.

Gu Mian remembered that later the water heater in the next room leaked electricity, and the small business owner was so shocked that he almost had an epileptic seizure.

When the electricity leaked in the next room, Gu Mian was taking a shower in the bathroom. The power tripped as soon as he stepped out of the bathroom.

After that, no one lived next door anymore. At that moment, the fat man looked expectantly at Little Red on the chandelier: "Little Red, how about you climb up to their window and scare them when it's late at night and everyone's asleep?"

Xiao Hong jumped down excitedly.

Gu Mian: "..."

"Look what I've found! A new tenant."

Xingluo Buzhichu and his companions were walking down the fourth-floor corridor looking for a door they could open when they heard a sound coming from ahead.

They looked up and saw a woman leaning against the stairwell ahead, her fingers twirling a key.

Xingluo, who was at the front, paused for a moment and then asked, "Excuse me, are you the landlord here?"

Liu Ruyan looked at the man with some surprise.

Since the start of the global game, most people have been quite casual about checking into hotels, not only not paying, but also not showing any appreciation even if they encounter a hotel with a landlord.

It's completely free.

It's rare to encounter such a polite tenant in this situation, who even uses honorifics.

The people behind him seemed to be quite polite as well.

One of the men and women appeared to be a couple, with nicknames like "Accompany Me Next Year" and "Know My Melancholy Thoughts"; the remaining girl seemed to be a stranger to them, with the nickname "Su Xiaochai".

Of course, the most eye-catching one among them was Xie Bi'an.

Liu Ruyan stared at Xie Bi'an for a while before smiling and answering, "Yes, I am the landlord here. Would you like to move in?"

Xinglu hesitated for a moment.

Before this global game began, he was a prison guard and had seen many psychopaths and murderers.

For some reason, he always felt that this woman had a crazy aura about her.

very dangerous.

Just as he was about to refuse, he suddenly heard a pleasant, gentle voice behind him: "Yes, we plan to stay here."

Xingluo turned around and saw that Xie Bi'an had taken a step forward at some point.

To be honest, as a prison guard who had seen many perverts, he was very wary of these people who wore black robes and covered their faces. Completely concealing oneself was a tactic used by criminals before committing a crime.

But strangely enough, Xie Bi'an always gives people a sense of security. As long as you calm down and talk to him for a few minutes, you will feel that he is definitely not a bad person.

He was a gentle, kind person who had goodwill towards the world.

“Don’t worry,” Xie Bi’an seemed to see through Xing Luo’s thoughts. He chuckled. “I know this landlady. She’s not a bad person.”

“Of course I’m not a bad person,” Liu Ruyan said, taking a small step back. “I suppose you’re here to participate in the college entrance examination activities. I didn’t participate in that activity, but I heard that not many of the players came out alive. Could you tell me roughly what happened inside?”

If Gu Mian were here, she would definitely be amazed by Liu Ruyan's ability to lie through her teeth.

Xingluo lowered her head slightly: "Not long after that event started, my teammates were killed one by one. They were killed without any clue. We didn't know what taboo we had violated, so we could only watch helplessly as the people around us died one by one."

"Later, a man played a broadcast, and I still remember the content clearly... Anyone who participates in someone else's exam questions will surely die... The moment I heard the broadcast, I believed him."

"I was lucky... I hadn't taken anyone else's exam yet, because everyone started with my questions..."

"After listening to the broadcast, I and another person who was still alive wanted to leave the school, but then we encountered the proctor and got separated while escaping. I searched for him for a long time until a group of ghosts suddenly emerged. I turned around and ran, and a few seconds later the ground began to shake... Later, the whole school collapsed, and I could only run desperately outside while being chased. I didn't even hand in my exam paper."

"When I ran out, I thought I might die here. I didn't know if I could leave the school without handing in my paper, but I had to take a gamble because there were deadly ghosts behind me."

"Fortunately, miracles do happen. When I rushed to the school gate, I found that the gate was cracked. I think it must have been broken during the tremors, so I ran out."

Xinglu paused for a full half minute at this point: "But I still wanted to wait for someone, so I waited at the school gate for a very long time, until almost dawn, but the person I was waiting for still didn't appear."

Liu Ruyan took off a key: "That was a dungeon with heavy casualties... Look to the left, the second room is a big room, you can stay in this room."

As she spoke, she tossed the keys in her hand to Xingluo.

Xingluo paused for a moment after receiving the key before quickly thanking him, "Thank you..."

Just as Liu Ruyan was about to say something polite like "No need to be so polite," the people on the fourth floor suddenly heard a loud voice coming from above.

It looks like some naughty kid is jumping around upstairs.

Several players stared blankly up at the ceiling.

“Oh,” Liu Ruyan laughed, “I forgot to mention that there are other tenants here besides you. They live upstairs. By the way, those tenants aren’t good people, so you’d better not go up.”

He's not a good person...

Several players silently pondered the description, feeling a sense of unease.

Night fell quickly.

The fat man on the sixth floor was ready.

Since Gu Mian's family didn't have any cosmetics, the fat man used flour to make Xiao Hong's face look deathly pale, and then smeared strawberry jam on it.

But after covering the most terrifying face with flour, Xiao Hong didn't look so scary anymore.

This was clearly a failed makeup attempt.

The overhead light was on. Gu Mian put on the new black shirt that Fatty had bought for her, nestled on the sofa, hugged a can of food, and scooped out a spoonful of strawberry jam.

Meanwhile, the fat man was cheering Xiao Hong on from the window. Gu Mian heard his rambling voice: "Just climb up to the window with the light on and scare them. If no one sees you, knock on the window and then press your face against the glass, that's it..."

Then Gu Mian noticed a white mark on her window.

Thank you so much for the 50,000 reward from 薄烟s! (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
This chapter has four thousand words! Four thousand words!

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