Global Collapse

Chapter 579 Can I Be a Human Being This Year?
“Oh, right,” the fat man pulled out a novel little gadget from the plastic bag, which looked like a cosmetic that girls used to use before the global game started, “I spent a little more time browsing the makeup section and found that the supermarket actually sells cosmetics that can be brought into the dungeon.”

Gu Mian looked at the thing the fat man was holding in his hand and saw that it was a bottle that looked like foundation.

Then the fat man pulled out what appeared to be eyeshadow, lipstick, and blush brushes.

Before the global game started, Gu Mian had no exposure to the beauty and cosmetics category, and Chu Changge and Fatty had no interest in such things. Therefore, today was the first time they realized that there was a beauty and cosmetics section in the supermarket.

The fat man muttered to himself, "But there isn't a single customer at the cosmetics section. That makes sense, no one would bring a bunch of bottles and jars into a dungeon to do their makeup."

Chu Changge looked at the table full of cosmetics and pushed up her glasses: "It will be available soon."

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian felt a sense of foreboding: "You don't expect me to bring these things into the dungeon and then magically restore my makeup to perfection, do you?"

The fat man's face clearly said, "That's exactly what I was thinking."

“If the circus instance is really in the killing game world, then all the upper class there will know you, Doctor,” he said, waving his mascara excitedly as if he wanted to smear it on Gu Mian’s face right now. “If you are recognized, Doctor, you will be in danger, so you have to disguise yourself. You don’t need to make yourself look good, just different from your usual self.”

At this point, the fat man suddenly had a bold idea: "Doctor, if you smear your face pure white and then use other things to draw your features, could you pretend to be a superior person?"

Gu Mian recalled the person waiting in the killing game world whose skin looked like it was covered in flour: "I'm afraid foundation can't create that effect, and I can't even recognize what you're holding..."

So in the following days, Fatty specially invited Xiao Qiao to help them distinguish the types of cosmetics.

But he didn't take into account Xiao Qiao's intellectual disability.

When Xiao Qiao applied lipstick as eyeshadow to Gu Mian's cheek for the third time, Gu Mian finally couldn't suppress her desire and kicked her out the door.

My attempt to learn about cosmetics ultimately ended in failure.

The day to enter the circus instance was fast approaching.

After making arrangements with 007, Gu Mian carried a bottle of foundation in one hand and a mask over her face in the other.

Although her attempt to learn about cosmetics ultimately failed, Gu Mian was at least able to apply foundation evenly.

After putting on the mask, a game panel appeared in front of me.

[You have triggered the special instance 'Circus of Love and Justice']

[Searching for compatible players, please wait...]

Triggering the "Circus of Love and Justice" instance requires wearing a clown mask, and at this moment, the only people probably wearing clown masks are Gu Mian and 007, so the result is obvious.

[Other players detected; the number of players triggering this instance is now 2]

Sure enough, it was just him and 007.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as 007 being suddenly murdered and robbed, and the curious robbers just happen to put the mask on their own faces...

Just as Gu Mian was lost in thought and about to start mourning 007, a dungeon description appeared on the panel.

It's definitely the same world view as the dungeons in the killing game.

[Background: This is a world with highly developed industry but relatively poor medical conditions...]

The fat man had recently recalled the worldview of the killing game, and it was almost identical to this background.

The background information for this instance is similar to that of the Killing Game instance, roughly depicting an industrially advanced but medically backward society with a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; however, the subsequent background content differs from that of the Killing Game instance.

Gu Mian remembered that the killing game involved throwing players into a restricted area, and the background of that instance mentioned the restricted area.

He remembered the original text was like this: "According to the Convention for the Protection of Superior People, all inferior people who provoke, insult, or ridicule superior people will be detained and sent to the 'forbidden zone' in batches." Unfortunately, he later tore this forbidden zone apart and it became unusable.

But judging from the background information, it seems that the upper class in the killing game world has found a new source of amusement.

The latter half of the dungeon's background introduction goes like this—

According to the Second Edition of the Convention for the Protection of the Upper Classes, all those of the lower class who provoke, insult, or ridicule the upper class will be detained and sent in batches to the 'Circus of Love and Justice'.

"Back in this world again..." Gu Mian looked at the background information in front of her. "It seems that the destruction of the forbidden zone did not cause much harm to the upper class. They're still here watching the circus."

Gu Mian stroked his chin, thinking that the circus instance was probably not much different from a killing game. This instance was simply a place where the lower classes performed, while the upper classes watched and cheered.

It feels somewhat similar to the old-fashioned metamorphosis.

There is more text below the background information.

[Instance Quest: Gain Louis's Approval]

Gu Mian remembered that the killing game dungeon mission led to 'Golden Tiger's Redemption', and the number of players in this dungeon led to 'Louis's Approval'.

As expected of a dungeon in the same world, even the quest format is the same.

Below are the dungeon rewards.

[Dungeon Reward: Grants the player the 'Beastmaster' class upon completion]

This time, the dungeon didn't try to hide anything and directly stated which class it was for. Of course, just by looking at the dungeon name, it's easy to guess which class it is.

[You are about to enter the 'Circus of Love and Justice' instance, please wait...]

After Gu Mian finished reading all the words, the semi-transparent panel gradually dimmed and disappeared in a moment, leaving only a dim gray-black area in front of her.

"tick"

It wasn't until a drop of water landed on Gu Mian's face that he noticed the surrounding environment had changed.

More ticking sounds entered my ears, and upon closer listening, I could also hear a faint rustling sound, like dense raindrops pattering on an obstacle.

The surroundings were dark, but a few strong beams of light pierced through the darkness and shone on the puddles on the ground, reflecting a shimmering light.

The air was filled with the scent of fresh earth.

The cold wind blew frequently, and the air was damp and icy.

Gu Mian looked up and around. Rusty iron railings came into view. All around him were iron railings covered with brownish-red rust, as was the one above his head.

Rainwater lashed against the rusted cage, forming dark red streams that flowed down the iron bars and into the muddy ground beneath their feet.

This is a cage less than 1.5 meters tall, and Gu Mian is sitting inside it.

Dark red water droplets dripping from the iron railings overhead hit his coat, giving his otherwise clean white lab coat a slightly menacing look.

Adults find it difficult to get up from a cage.

Gu Mian looked around through the dense rain curtain and saw only rusty low cages all around, with people huddled together inside, seemingly trying to resist the cold by curling up.

It will definitely end this year! (gu)

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(End of this chapter)