Global Collapse

Chapter 55 The Long-Distressed Wires

Feng snatched the megaphone from the man's hand and kicked him far away. Only after watching the man slowly walk away did he turn around.

At this moment, Gu Mian had already walked up to him.

"Hey, Xiao Gu?" Feng Dui was surprised to see Gu Mian: "What are you doing here?"

As he spoke, he glanced in the direction Gu Mian had come from and saw a huge ticket booth.

"You didn't just come out of a dungeon, did you...?"

Gu Mian nodded, looking in the direction the person had left: "Captain Feng has it tough, still maintaining order on the street at a time like this."

Feng gave a wry smile: "What do you mean by maintaining order? It's just advising people not to come out and do something reckless at this time."

Gu Mian turned around: "I just heard you say that the police station was bombed?"

Why didn't he hear the sound?

Upon hearing this, Feng Dui gave a complicated look, then nodded: "I don't know which bastard did it, it happened this morning. Fortunately, no one was hurt, because we were separated at the beginning of the game, so we weren't in the police station."

“We can’t get in touch with the higher-ups or the lower-ups, but we do have a bunch of local colleagues we can contact. However, they don’t want to go back to the station right now, which I understand.”

"We managed to gather together with some of the people who were still willing to maintain order, but we didn't know where to start. So we sent two people to write down our game IDs and nicknames and have them send a message to the provincial capital."

"Hopefully this will allow me to contact other people. I know it's not a good method, but it's the only way to get in touch with the higher-ups."

Gu Mian stroked her chin: "Wouldn't that take a lot of time?"

The roads are no longer open to traffic, so the only way to send messages is by walking.

If messages are passed up layer by layer like this, it would probably take a lot of effort.

Team Leader Feng said helplessly, "We still have to send a message. This is a time when humanity is being reshaped and the strength of all countries is being redefined. If we are a step behind and someone else invades, we will be in deep trouble."

In the past, we relied on science and technology to become powerful nations, but now that science and technology have failed, games have emerged that can help humanity evolve.

Even if the government can maintain order at this point, it will never prevent players from entering the instance.

Otherwise, if people in other countries are making progress while people in our own country remain complacent, the consequences are predictable.

Feng continued, "The military should also be reorganized. After all, nowadays, games control people's livelihoods, and it's hard to say how many people are still willing to serve the country..."

The current common currency is game currency, and the government has no control over how game currency is distributed.

Moreover, serving the country at this juncture is quite dangerous; they might just get bombed by rocket launchers. Therefore, a large number of people who are paid by the government will inevitably break away from the control of the state.

Thinking of this, Gu Mian patted Captain Feng: "Captain Feng, you'd better not wander around in your police uniform. Change your clothes, or someone might be watching you."

It's important to know that there are quite a few people who harbor ill will towards the police.

People used to fear the law, but now that order has collapsed and many people have acquired highly lethal weapons, they might just fire a shot at the police.

However, Gu Mian felt that even if Captain Feng changed his clothes, it wouldn't make a difference, because his nickname was "Captain Feng of the Chengdong Police Station in Lianhua City".

It seems that he chose this name so that his colleagues could easily find him.

Team Leader Feng nodded: "You should also be careful. We can't maintain order right now, and the social situation will only get worse in the future. Boys need to learn to protect themselves."

Gu Mian: "..." "Oh right," Feng Dui said as if he remembered something, "It's been a long time since I've seen you. Have you had better luck since the game started?"

Gu Mian was known as a jinx in the East and West Police Stations of the city. His unprecedented luck astonished many police officers.

"I've indeed run into some bad luck lately," Gu Mian said. "I might not be a boy anymore."

After all, there were still three question marks in the gender column, so Gu Mian checked herself carefully and found that everything that should be there was there.

Upon hearing this, the team was stunned. What kind of logic was this?
Gu Mian coughed and then said, "By the way, Captain Feng, I'm going to Hengdian soon to participate in the Lantern Festival event. Could you send me the identification numbers of your police team and the higher-ups? If I run into any government officials, I can give them your contact information so you can stay in touch."

Feng's eyes widened slightly: "You're going to participate in that event? Are you walking there?"

Walking to Hengdian would be absurd.

"No," Gu Mian shook her head slightly, "Don't worry about it, just send me the number."

Feng nodded: "Okay, I'll add you as a friend and send it to you. What's your game ID?"

Gu Mian was silent for a moment, then quietly uttered a number: "1..."

The team leader entered this number in the friend search bar: "What's next?"

"That's it."

"..."

After adding Feng as a friend, the two parted ways. Only then did Gu Mian have time to check her email for compensation.

It's already 12:30 pm. The weather is bad today, very gloomy.

Gu Mian sat on the steps by the roadside, checking her compensation.

The "Fatal Curse" instance is temporarily unavailable due to special circumstances.

[Due to the destruction of the sole source of the curse, the dungeon cannot proceed normally and will undergo a lengthy maintenance and reconstruction.]

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused to our players. Affected players will be recorded as having cleared this dungeon and will receive compensation of 1000 game coins.

Below was a list of those to be compensated, and Gu Mian saw that her name was at the top.

Further down are the compensation and rewards for clearing the dungeon.

通关奖励是游戏币*100、抽奖次数*1、自由分配属性点*2，再加上补偿的1000点，顾眠这次直接得到了1100点游戏币。

Attribute points are useless; you can't add them at all.

Gu Mian knew she had always been unlucky, so she didn't have much hope and used up her lottery chances directly.

The panel started flashing again, occasionally showing some strange things, but they only flashed by quickly. Several more seconds passed before the flashing panel slowly stopped.

Gu Mian stared at the things on the panel, lost in thought.

[The wires were in disrepair]

[It can lift the user and move them in a designated direction, but due to its age and lack of maintenance, it may break at any time. Please use it with caution.]

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