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Chapter 508 The Terrifying Intermittent Resurrection of the Dead

Fatty, holding the electricity card, hurried off to the power distribution room. Little Red, seemingly never having been to such a fun place before, was leaning over a nearby claw machine, looking at the toys inside.

Gu Mian wasn't planning to try the claw machine again. She'd tried before, but back then she'd thrown in over two hundred tokens and gotten nothing, even alerting the owner.

But in the end, Gu Mian still received two dolls, a gift from the gloating shop owner.

Xiao Hong really wanted the doll in the glass box, but Gu Mian didn't have any coins, so she could only look on longingly.

Fortunately, the fat man was very considerate, thinking that someone might want to try their luck at the claw machine. When he came back, he was carrying a large basket of game tokens in both hands, which looked to weigh about ten pounds.

The coins clinked together with a crisp sound, and the fat man chuckled as he said, "Doctor, do you want to try your luck at the claw machine? I just grabbed this from the counter."

Xiao Hong snatched the basket of coins in the end, and the group watched as Xiao Hong stood defiantly in front of the claw machine, constantly inserting coins and operating it. After inserting about thirty coins, they still couldn't find a single toy.

Having gained nothing, Xiao Hong returned and tried to drag Gu Mian into the mess.

But Gu Mian remained unmoved, and in the end, Chu Changge was pulled away.

Gu Mian sat on the faded bench, watching the backs of the human and the ghost. Chu Changge was standing in front of the claw machine, looking down at the toys inside. He had one hand on the control lever and the other hand lightly pressing the "start" button, looking very serious.

Xiao Hong tugged at Chu Changge's clothes with one hand and pointed into the glass box with the other, while her telepathic speaker continuously broadcasted, "Catch that one, catch that one, catch that one!"

The fat man ran up to the claw machine and pressed his face against the glass. He exclaimed "Eh!" and then made a cheerful sound: "Doctor, look, this white-clothed doll looks just like you!"

Gu Mian stared at the green-haired dog in white clothes, lost in thought.

Chu Changge scooped the green dog out of the water in one go. Xiao Hong's telepathic speaker finally stopped making noise, and she happily pinched the green dog's neck.

To give Xiao Hong a better experience of life, Gu Mian pressed Xiao Hong, who was holding a green dog, onto a roller coaster seat. Her brother, who was watching the commotion, was also caught off guard and pulled over by Gu Mian and pressed down next to Xiao Hong.

The fat man reached out and pressed the start button on the workbench, and the roller coaster shot off with a "whoosh," the two ghosts flying away in the wind with their hair flying.

Gu Mian left the roller coaster area and plopped down on a gentle, non-stimulating carousel, where the horses were spinning and singing childish nursery rhymes.

Seemingly finding this scene a rare sight, the fat man plopped down on the horse behind Gu Mian and frantically pressed the shutter button with his camera.

Gu Mian leaned against the pole, put her hand on the horse's head, and looked back at the fat man: "You really look like the director of my old orphanage."

The fat man immediately remembered the photo album in Gu Mian's room. It seemed that the entire album was the work of the orphanage director. He asked Gu Mian curiously, "Doctor, does your director often take pictures of you?"

Gu Mian nodded silently: "At first, he was just filming my unlucky moments, but gradually it turned into a TV series..."

The fat man couldn't help but recall a photo of Gu Mian having soup poured over her head by Chu Changge when she was a child.

"But later he found out that he could extort money from me by taking pictures of me, so every time he took me out he would bring a camera and shove it in my face to take pictures."

Can you extort money by filming a doctor? The fat man was a little curious.

Seeing the fat man's confusion, Gu Mian said, "Because I'm unlucky. I found maggots in my food, the hot pot exploded, and the roller coaster stopped halfway through the ride..."

As Gu Mian spoke, she looked up at the speeding roller coaster, where Xiao Hong and her brother were enjoying themselves.

"So the photos he took were all evidence, proving that the restaurant was unhygienic, the hot pot restaurant spontaneously combusted, and the amusement park's safety facilities were inadequate, and then he used this evidence to extort money."

The shop managers were so angry their hair was practically standing on end. When they saw the dean leading Gu Mian to the shop, they simply closed the doors.

After a moment's thought, the fat man realized that someone might have wanted to put up a sign that said "Gu Mian and dogs are not allowed."

Gu Mian remembered that the orphanage was really poor. Even after scraping the big iron pot clean, there wasn't a single piece of meat left. They were dirt poor.

The director's office looked like it would collapse in a gust of wind; the walls were full of cracks, and a rat could scrape off a piece of plaster when it scurried across the base of the wall. When I was a child, there were mostly girls in the compound, and the donated old clothes were mostly little girls' dresses.

The boys didn't have enough clothes, so they also reluctantly put on little skirts, but Gu Mian could tell the boys from the girls! Even though everyone was wearing little skirts, you could tell who was a boy and who was a girl just by looking at how reluctant they were and the unwilling expressions on their faces.

Only Chu Changge remained unfazed when wearing a dress, leading Gu Mian to believe he was a little girl for many years.

Later, the director discovered Gu Mian's value and often took him out to swindle and cheat people. After that, the food in their orphanage improved, the bowls gradually became oily, and the children's thin faces became fuller.

Later, everyone got new clothes, and the boys finally got their own little pants.

After that, the headmaster sent each child to school.

Later, the orphanage closed down.

Because the dean suddenly disappeared one rainy night, and no one has seen him since.

He only left Gu Mian with a radio before he disappeared. The radio was knocked on twice by the fat man shortly after the global game started and then stopped working. It was probably broken.

Just as Gu Mian was reminiscing about the radio that the fat man had smashed, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes nearby.

Chu Changge seemed to have noticed something was wrong over there a long time ago, and had already turned his head to look at that clump of grass.

A constant rustling sound could be heard, as if someone inside was doing something petty or despicable.

Just as Gu Mian was about to get off the rocking horse, a green mushroom suddenly darted out from the grass.

“This is…” Gu Mian’s eyebrows twitched.

He recognized it; it was Mr. Green's hat.

After being carried out of the "Crazy Guess the Word" instance by Gu Mian, this Mr. Green has been wandering ever since. He loves to wear all green, and his bright green hat is the most eye-catching thing about him.

Then the group saw the hat rise up again, revealing half of Mr. Green's face from the grass.

It's been a long time since I've seen this unfortunate host.

Gu Mian pressed her eyebrows and looked at the NPC who had half-revealed his face: "What are you doing?"

Mr. Green then suddenly jumped out of the grass, brushing the fallen leaves off his body: "I suddenly heard yesterday... that you went to the Old World?"

So they've come here to settle scores with Gu Mianqiu?

Gu Mian nodded honestly: "I went there, and I even tore up a copy of the law code."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Green puffed out his cheeks and pursed his lips, looking as if he was about to curse, but then he quickly vented his anger and slumped his head listlessly: "You probably don't know what the situation is like in the dungeon right now."

Gu Mian was indeed unaware of this, and he asked, "What's your condition?"

"Of course we're madly busy! There are leaks here and gaps there, and we can't fix them all no matter what we do. Everyone is in a rush to hold meetings and come up with solutions! The worst part is that some of the dungeons you went into before were almost repaired, but now they're cracked again!" Mr. Green clenched his fist.

Gu Mian looked at Mr. Green's fist and almost laughed: "What happened to your copy of the game again?"

Mr. Green lowered his hand, a hint of smugness on his listless face: "No, not at all."

"Can the gaps even target dungeon cracks?" Gu Mian stroked her chin.

GuGu has decided to update more frequently! [Really!]

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