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Chapter 529 I'm still the same pigeon I always was, without the slightest change.
Seeing Xia Jianren's discouragement, Wang Chuan turned his attention to the two female players, hoping they could speak out and say something righteous to condemn Gu Mian.

Unexpectedly, one of them was still in shock and didn't want to speak at all, while the other was listening to Gu Mian's words with great interest, so he couldn't be counted on.

If what Gu Mian said is true...

Wang Chuan had seen teammates who lured ghosts towards their own teammates in dungeons before. If he had encountered such a person in the past, he would have abandoned them immediately. If they were so stupid that they could even drag their teammates down while they were alive, Wang Chuan would have even considered getting rid of this burden.

Gu Mian was more formidable than any of the burdens he had ever encountered before.

In the past, his teammates would at most panic and run towards where others were hiding when being chased by ghosts, exposing everyone together; there were even those who deliberately ran towards other people when being chased by ghosts so that their teammates could take the hits. Wang Chuan had a deep memory of such people. He remembered that he had encountered a teammate named Mingyue in a dungeon before, and he was such a person. In the end, he was badly let down by Mingyue.

Leaving those aside for now, let's focus on the present.

Gu Mian's behavior was far more outrageous than that Mingyue's.

While others run to their teammates only when they're being chased by ghosts, he's different. He flags down a car full of ghosts and drives them to his teammates. This is unheard of and unseen before; it could be included in the "Ghostly Teammate Awards for Games".

The behavior was extremely egregious.

But Wang Chuan dared not open his mouth to condemn it.

Thinking of the driver huddled by the roadside and the dark figure brushing past him, he shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Zhao Shuang glanced at Gu Mian in front of her, then looked back at the cubicle where the ghost had been, her expression becoming dazed again.

Perhaps because Gu Mian seemed relatively safe, the group lingered in the restroom without leaving immediately.

Cang Yue didn't press Gu Mian further, but instead looked at Zhao Shuang, who was standing beside her in a daze: "You recognized that ghost from earlier, didn't you?"

Zhao Shuang nodded in a daze: "It's Sun Zihao."

Although his face looked like it was covered in flour, they could still recognize him.

Cang Yue recalled the chilling look the ghost had given them earlier and thought that her guess was probably wrong again. Although Zhao Shuang and Sun Zihao were a couple, Sun Zihao might not necessarily protect Zhao Shuang.

Judging from Sun Zihao's eyes just now, if Gu Mian hadn't peeked out from beside him, the three of them would probably be corpses by now.

Zhao Shuang seemed to have no recollection of her relationship with Sun Zihao, and asked blankly, "Why would our colleague do this..."

Cang Yue guessed that the reason these ghosts were targeting them was likely related to what happened on October 1st.

Unfortunately, the only living person in front of them, Zhao Shuang, has amnesia, so the group cannot learn about what happened that day through her.

But now it seems that stimulating Zhao Shuang to regain her memories and find a way to survive isn't the only way out...

As Cang Yue pondered this, she looked up at Gu Mian.

Several experiences have taught her that she is safe as long as she is near this person, which may seem absurd, but it is true.

Thinking of this, Cang Yue hesitated and asked, "Is your chainsaw some kind of special item? A special item that can kill ghosts?"

It was obviously a question for Gu Mian.

Gu Mian was slightly taken aback, and after thinking about it carefully, she said, "I think it probably doesn't have the function you mentioned."

Cang Yue's face twitched, and she asked again, "Then can you stay with us from now on? Don't leave the team. It's very dangerous to leave the team in a dungeon."

She can't exactly say something like, "We'll be in danger when you're not here."

Gu Mian thought for a moment and then said, "Whether I leave the team or not is not something I can decide. This is a terrifying dungeon. Who knows when the ghost will use a teleportation technique to move you away? You guys must have experienced this in dungeons before, right?"

Indeed, Coco nodded in agreement.

It seems the instance had anticipated Gu Mian's character. If he were matched into the instance himself, he would have no scruples and do whatever he wanted, especially in instances like this one that didn't give specific tasks but only survival time.

If Gu Mian were to enter a dungeon with Chu Changge and Fatty, she might be more restrained and not completely let loose.

Thinking of this, Coco suddenly felt fortunate that Gu Mian had mostly entered dungeons with those two people, which had kept Gu Mian's suspected mental illness under control.

After considering it for a moment, Cang Yue felt that Gu Mian was right.

Although I don't know why this person is like a bug, if there's a bug in the dungeon, it will definitely be fixed.

If we can't fix the bugs, we can only punish the people who exploit them; they'll suffer the consequences.

Who knows when Gu Mian might be moved away by a magic teleportation technique, or perhaps they themselves might be moved away.

"Forget it, let's leave here first," Cang Yue sighed, straightened up, and took a few steps. "Bugs are great, but we dare not use them recklessly."

"What?" Zhao Shuang looked at Cang Yue with some surprise.

“It’s alright,” Cang Yue shook her head. “Let’s go downstairs first and take the stairs.”

Even though the elevator was powered on and Gu Mian was there, she really didn't dare to take it. The reason she wanted to take the elevator to escape was because all the possible routes were blocked, and she wanted to try her luck.

At this moment, Gu Mian suddenly spoke up: "Wait a minute."

what happened?
Cang Yue turned to look at Gu Mian.

Gu Mian pondered for a moment before speaking: "When I arrived in the bus, there were more than thirty people on board."

So?

Everyone else looked at Gu Mian strangely. "But now there's not a single one left."

Cang Yue's expression stiffened. Judging from the tone, it seemed like she was going to find all those people.
Xia Jianren said, his voice choked with emotion, "Before you came, I did hear a large group of people standing at the toilet door."

Coco turned to look at Gu Mian: "After Wang Chuan and I came down the stairs, we only saw one person running out of the toilet."

Wang Chuan's eyebrows twitched. He knew that ghosts sometimes appeared and disappeared without a trace, and sometimes you had to take an elevator to go upstairs, which was very Schrödinger's cat-like.

So it's possible that the ghosts are still on this floor.

Xia Jianren said that the group of ghosts was just at the toilet entrance. He and Keke came down quickly and didn't see any ghosts at the toilet entrance. Apart from the dark shadow, they didn't see anything else leave.

Just as Wang Chuan was pondering, Gu Mian suddenly had a bold idea.

The group watched as he walked into the men's restroom.

As she walked, she said, "They said it was just outside the door, but I didn't see it when I came. It wasn't in the women's restroom either. Could it be hiding inside?"

"Wait...wait a minute!" Wang Chuan raised his arm tremblingly, trying to stop Gu Mian, but Gu Mian was too fast and he couldn't touch her.

Gu Mian walked quickly, reaching the first stall in the men's restroom in just a few seconds and pulling open the door.

Everyone present took a breath.

Cang Yue felt that this scene was very familiar. She had experienced it not long ago, but the role was slightly different.

The group stared, mouths agape, as he led them from the first cubicle to the last, then stared at the innermost cubicle for several seconds before finally concluding: "There's nothing there."

If anything happens, it will be a huge problem!
"Let's hurry up and leave!" Cang Yue, without any moral bottom line, rushed into the men's restroom and grabbed Gu Mian, afraid that he would do something strange again.

Having found nothing, Gu Mian was dragged from the thirteenth floor to the first floor by several people. The bus he had parked downstairs was still there.

The dilapidated bus looked particularly eerie under the streetlights, and only then did Wang Chuan realize just how dilapidated Gu Mian had described it.

Its windows and windshield were almost completely shattered, the metal body was dented in several places, several tires were flat, and the whole car was filthy as if it had rolled in mud.

This looks exactly like a hearse; no normal person would stop such a vehicle in the middle of the night.

"Are you tired? You can go upstairs and rest for a bit," Gu Mian said, looking at the people beside her.

Cang Yue shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum: "That won't be necessary."

At this moment, Zhao Shuang, who was standing next to him, suddenly walked a few steps to the front of the bus and stared blankly at the dilapidated bus.

She stared at the bus for a while, then went to the front of the bus to look at the license plate.

She stared at the license plate for a while before turning to look at Gu Mian and the others: "This...this is the bus we took on October 1st."

Police had already located the wrecked bus at the cemetery. In order to investigate the missing persons, they did not immediately disturb the scene, but they did not expect the bus to drive to this place in the middle of the night.

Cang Yue quickly walked to the front of the car and looked at the license plate: "Did you remember something?"

Zhao Shuang looked up at the shattered windshield and shook her head: "A bit... I remember we were sitting in the car that day... and then it seemed like I had some kind of argument with someone..."

quarrel?

Xia Jianren immediately thought of the chat history on his phone. In the chat, Zhao Shuang questioned him whether he already knew about "that thing". Perhaps she had also argued with someone in the car because of "that thing".

Cang Yue didn't speak, only waiting for Zhao Shuang in front of her to continue recalling.

Unfortunately, she could only remember that one thing and couldn't recall anything else.

So Zhao Shuang stayed at the base halfway up the mountain because she got into an argument with someone and got out of the car in anger?

If Zhao Shuang got out of the car in anger, why didn't her boyfriend Sun Zihao get out with her? Or did Zhao Shuang have an argument with Sun Zihao?

Cang Yue recalled the terrifying look in Sun Zihao's eyes in the restroom earlier, and she felt that the relationship between Zhao Shuang and Sun Zihao might not be very good.

"I told you that to regain your memories, you have to revisit the old places." Gu Mian walked to the car door and patted the dilapidated door, but unfortunately the actors had all run away.

"Let's not talk about revisiting this place. It's already five o'clock, and it's almost dawn. Let's rest for a bit and then talk..." Wang Chuan said as he walked forward.

But then he realized something was wrong.

The people next to the car seemed not to hear him at all; no one gave him a second glance.

Wang Chuan opened his mouth, trying to raise his voice, and raised his hand, trying to get their attention, but just then, he felt a chill on his waist.

He looked down and saw two bloody, mangled hands reach out from behind and grab his waist.

"Help—" He opened his mouth wide to shout, but was suddenly pulled backward and disappeared from the spot.

Coco was the first to notice something was wrong.

"Wait a minute!" she said to Gu Mian and the others, "Someone is missing!"

I'm going to play a few games first...

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