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Chapter 547 Little Dove, when will we truly be happy?
8:30
Gu Mian was in a noodle shop.

He used the money he received as a bonus from the game to buy a beat-up phone.

It's slow to boot up, but it can barely connect to the internet.

He glanced at the advertisement plastered on the wall beside him, his gaze moving down to the bottom, where the words were written in black marker: "Wife Password: 88888888"

Gu Mian quickly typed eight eights in the password field.

Half a minute later, the phone finally managed to connect to the network.

He opened his browser, thought for a moment, and then typed "graveyard rollover case" into the search box.

Sure enough, many entries popped up below the search box.

Gu Mian randomly clicked on one, and it took a full minute for the content to appear on the screen.

"The case of the overturned car at the cemetery has come to an end. Although the bodies of the other missing persons have been found, the only survivor, Zhao Shuang, has mysteriously disappeared..."

"It is understood that five employees of the company who did not participate in the team building activity have also gone missing after the incident..."

This instance is indeed in the same world as Amnesia.

Gu Mian looked at her phone screen.

The worldview of this world is very similar to that of the real world, and Chu Changge guessed that this was a second world.

"But speaking of which..." Gu Mian frowned slightly, "Why are the two consecutive instances after the Old Human World instance both in this world?"

He wasn't sure if it was a coincidence or something else.

Gu Mian knew that the Old Human World instance was the core of the Old Human World, but he had torn this core apart not long ago, which almost caused the entire Old Human World to collapse and all instances to be shut down for half a month.

Could it be that the damage to the old human world spread to other worlds, leaving only this world unaffected?

That's why he was matched with this world twice in a row.

Of course, these are just Gu Mian's guesses.

To verify this, we need to ask the players who recently entered the instance and inquire about the world view of the instance they were matched with.

At that moment, Bai Wu was also holding her phone, staring intently at the screen.

Of course, she wasn't playing Tetris; she was searching for previous cases of disappearances and deaths caused by "a one-person hide-and-seek."

This is a secluded alley with a hidden entrance. Both sides are lined with brick walls, and the ground is a dirt road that can never be swept clean.

This alley is located between two tall buildings. It is dark and damp and usually no one visits it, but the garbage thrown from the buildings always seems to accumulate here.

At the foot of the white wutong tree were several plastic bottles covered in dirt, and further away were plastic bags rustling in the wind.

Outside the alley, there's a shop selling pan-fried buns. There's a loudspeaker at the entrance that occasionally announces, and you can hear the advertising slogan "Yang Family Shop's Pan-Fried Buns are Delicious" from a great distance.

She had no time to complain about the filth; she was focused on the clues she had found.

"The last time this game caused mass deaths and disappearances was a few weeks ago..." she read softly from the screen.

"The known dead include Wang Tiankuo, Zhao Hongqing, Liu Yi, and Zhao Ziyan. The missing include Yuwen Hao, Xia Qing, and Shen Wutang..."

"Those who died must have died in this instance, but those who went missing are not necessarily alive. They may have left the instance, or they may have died somewhere that no one has found them."

She shuddered as she looked at the list of the dead.

In other words, if four players from the previous batch of players who entered the instance die, no one knows whether the remaining three are alive or dead.

This is a horrific death rate.

Will the doll find the player so easily?
It's almost nine o'clock now, and the doll has been searching for her for nearly an hour, but she hasn't shown any signs of being exposed yet.

"It doesn't seem like it'll be that easy to find..."

Just as Bai Wusi was taking the exam seriously, her phone suddenly vibrated, and a call notification appeared at the top of the screen.

She looked at the caller with a puzzled expression.

It was Yu Ji who committed suicide.

The two were teammates who entered the instance together, so it was only natural for them to communicate.

But they had just spoken on the phone not long ago...

After thinking for a while, Bai Wu pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Yu Ji?"

There was no immediate response from the other end. Bai Wu heard a station announcement coming from the other side, as if the other person was on a train.

After the station announcement ended, Yu Ji's voice came through the microphone: "Hey, Bai Wu, how are you now? Are you safe?"

Bai Wu looked at the narrow alley in front of her: "It's relatively safe. The ghost hasn't found any trace of me yet. How about you?"

"I've found some clues and wanted to tell you." "What?"

"It might be hard to explain over the phone, so let's talk face-to-face. Where are you now?"

"I'm on the overpass next to New Century Amusement Park." Bai Wu's hands began to tremble, but her voice remained steady.

The other person is asking for my address.

Bai Wu still remembered Liu Yiji's words: if a player calls to ask about your location, it means that player may no longer be a player.

Yu Ji has most likely been killed by a ghost!
Bai Wu's hands trembled uncontrollably. She gave a fake address, pretending that she hadn't seen through the other party's deception.

The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Okay, I'll come find you right now."

"Okay, I'll hang up now," Bai Wu replied, eager to end the call.

But just then, a loud horn blared from one end of the alley – “Yang Family Shop’s pan-fried buns are delicious!”

The sound was like a death knell.

Bai Wu abruptly pressed the hang-up button.

"It must have heard it!" Bai Wu gripped his phone tightly.

This damn loudspeaker gave away her address, letting the devil know she wasn't on the overpass next to New Century Amusement Park, but near this damn Yang Family Shop's pan-fried buns.

We need to get out of here quickly!
As she thought about it, she strode out of the damp alley and ran towards a direction with more buildings and better concealment.

Before she could run out of the alley for more than a few seconds, she heard a chilling laugh behind her.

There was no one around here just now, so where did the laughter come from?

As Bai Wu ran quickly, she glanced back and saw a huge plush toy lying across the alley entrance, looking right at her.

What should have been eyes has inexplicably turned into two holes, which is extremely terrifying.

Bai Wu's hair stood on end, and she dared not look back any longer. She quickly rushed towards the crowd.

Meanwhile, Gu Mian was still in the noodle shop.

Chu Changge finally managed to glance at the group chat amidst his busy schedule, and Gu Mian was finally able to contact him.

He is currently discussing this instance with Chu Changge.

[Gu Mian]: I found that this instance is in the same world as the amnesia instance I entered last time. It's a bit strange that I entered the same world twice in a row after the Old Human World instance.
[Chu Changge]: Are you suspecting that the damage to the old world has also affected other worlds?

[Gu Mian]: Indeed, that's what I think, but logically speaking, shouldn't lower-dimensional worlds not affect each other?

[Chu Changge]: Theoretically speaking, that's how it is.

That's strange. Could it be a coincidence that you entered the same world twice in a row?

Just as Gu Mian was pondering, a figure suddenly darted past outside the glass door of the noodle shop.

Gu Mian didn't look outside at all, so she didn't notice the figure.

If he saw it, he would definitely recognize it as Bai Wu, who had been in the same room with him not long ago.

Gu Mian continued typing in the group chat.

[Gu Mian]: Aren't you planning to meet up with me?
Gu Mian was slightly worried that Chu Changge was acting alone.

Although Gu Mian knew that he was always ruthless in ruining people and could often find someone to be his scapegoat.

[Chu Changge]: I have something to take care of.

It seems they don't want to reunite.

Gu Mian didn't say much, because a newly popped-up news item caught his attention.

A female corpse was found at the Shibei Railway Station. After identification, the deceased's name has been confirmed as Yu Ji...

Yu Ji?

Gu Mian remembered that there was a player in this instance named Yu Ji who committed suicide.

He swiped down the screen, trying to see if there were any photos below.

At the very bottom, there were indeed photos of the crime scene, showing that Yu Ji's death was extremely gruesome. The entire photo was heavily pixelated.

Gu Mian stared at her phone and said, "One person has already died."

The noodle shop owner happened to be passing by Gu Mian and overheard his ramblings. He immediately looked at him with a strange gaze.

At this moment, Huaixin Zhenyue, who was hiding everywhere, also saw the news and knew that there had been deaths.

I need to save drafts! I need to save drafts! I need to save drafts! I need to save drafts! I need to save drafts!

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(End of this chapter)