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Chapter 581 Gu Bengbeng Uproots the Willow Tree

Gu Mian confided her worries to 007, who gave her a strange look: "Is there really such a good thing?"

"I didn't come into this instance for the Beastmaster class, I'm here to find an NPC," Gu Mian and the other person were now close to a tent. "Based on the characteristics of the previous instances, I think there's a good chance that Louis will fall for my stunning good looks. Once the quest is complete, we'll have to leave the instance, and I won't have to think about finding the person I'm looking for."

After thinking about it carefully, 007 realized that Gu Mian's words made sense.

Gu Mian's astonishing destructive power has caused many instances to weep and shed tears, and now that he has entered this instance, this instance must be eager to throw Louis right in front of them.

Thinking of this, 007 became serious: "Then we need to be careful. If we see someone named Louis, we should grab him and beat him up first. We absolutely cannot let him develop a liking for us."

If there were other players here, they would probably think these two were crazy.

Fortunately, there were only Gu Mian and 007 in the instance, so their unbridled outbursts of illness would not attract the questioning gazes of others.

"So who are you looking for?" 007 stepped on the soft mud from the rain, leaving footprints in them. She was a little worried that the footprints would give away their whereabouts.

Gu Mian replied earnestly, "I don't know."

Mr. Green had only heard that there were important NPCs in the circus instance, but he knew nothing about their names, characteristics, or identities.

“I guess it’s some kind of NPC, like a circus ringmaster,” Gu Mian said, stroking her chin. “The important, high-level NPCs in the game can’t be these lowly people…”

007 pulled out a notebook from behind, flipped it open, and began to plan while holding a ballpoint pen: "So, are we going to kidnap the circus executives one by one and interrogate them?"

Perhaps influenced by Gu Mian, when she enters a dungeon with Gu Mian, she unconsciously acts according to Gu Mian's thought process.

“Doing it this way is too time-consuming, I have another way.” In front of Gu Mian was a red and yellow circus tent.

The sound of writing came from 007's notebook. He glanced at the notebook and saw that although it was raining, the words on the notebook were not blurred by the rain.

007 drew three circles in three directions on a piece of paper, presumably drawing a map of the area, with the circles representing tents.

However, the contents of the page next to it caught Gu Mian's attention even more.

"Are you keeping accounts?" Gu Mian asked, glancing at the page next to the map.

只见那页上都是密密麻麻的数字和算式，最下方的两行是“128+1000=1128”“1128-1100=28”

A few days ago, when Fatty asked her if she would like to enter the circus instance, she revealed that she was out of money, but 007 just received 1000 game coins as compensation in the junkyard instance.

These two lines of calculations should represent the most recent accounts.

He received 1000 game coins as compensation from the Junkyard instance, and then spent another 1100, leaving poor 007 with only 28 left.

007 looked a little embarrassed: "I'm keeping accounts."

Gu Mian was very curious about what luxury items she had bought that cost her over a thousand game coins.

She explained, "You know I haven't found my parents yet, and there aren't any fast vehicles in the real world to use. The only hearse driver's license I have is also broken... But thankfully, the dungeon still produces special vehicle-type items..."

Vehicles can be obtained from dungeons? Gu Mian had never heard of that before.

"Another player obtained a special vehicle-type item in the dungeon, and I traded all my possessions for it..."

"So you bought a car with 1,100 game coins?"

"No... I changed the car before. I only used the thousand-plus game coins to buy fuel."

Gu Mian asked curiously, "Fuel? What kind of vehicle has such expensive fuel?" Moreover, the vehicles produced in the dungeon are most likely hearses, which shouldn't be able to be driven without a driver's license.

At this point, 007's expression became even more embarrassed: "Actually, that can't really be considered a car."

She lowered her voice as she said this: "You should see that thing often. It's available in shopping malls and you can often see it on the street... It's a children's rocking car. You put money in and it goes. It runs really fast, faster than a car. It's just a money pit."

Gu Mian: "..."

This thing is common, of course. It's a favorite toy for kids. You can put in a dollar and it will swing and sing "This Heavenly Cultivation Hammer Causes Heaven and Earth to Collapse".

It seems 007 used those thousand-plus game coins to reminisce about his childhood.

Although Gu Mian really wanted to listen to music, he didn't make unreasonable demands for 007 to bring out the stroller for him to sit in.

“Well, let’s discuss the current matter first,” Gu Mian forced the topic back on track. “I want to find an NPC who knows the inside story of this game. I need to know not only who the person is, but also where they are. This circus is so big, if we tie them up and ask them one by one, we probably won’t finish tying them up until next year.”

Gu Mian was mainly afraid that before she could finish tying up the person, Louis would suddenly appear and marvel at his stunningly beautiful appearance.

"And the NPCs in this world don't seem to know they're in a dungeon." Gu Mian remembered that Teacher Killer had no awareness of being in a dungeon world. The NPCs in this world are different from Mr. Green and Coach Car.

Ordinary NPCs are unaware that they are in a dungeon world, but high-level NPCs certainly are.

This can be used to identify who the high-ranking official is.

Gu Mian touched the mask on her face. "Mr. Green once said that there are NPCs in this instance who buy clown masks at high prices and then throw them into the recycling station. The clown mask is the only way to enter the circus instance. Obviously, this person knows about the instance. The person I am looking for is probably him."

007 paused writing: "The person you're looking for will definitely react when they see the clown masks on our faces, but at the same time, we will also expose our player identities."

"In short, the only way now is to wear the clown mask around and show it to others, and observe their reactions." Gu Mian touched the mask on her face.

007 looked at the cage behind him with a troubled expression: "But as performers, as lower-class people, we probably don't have much opportunity to wander around aimlessly, do we?"

Gu Mian pondered, "So we need to perform on stage. The circus is a very popular variety show in this world, and the higher-ups will definitely watch it; but before that, we'd better find out the situation here first."

As he spoke, he looked toward the circus tent in front of him.

The two were standing on the side of the tent, where the entrance could be vaguely seen and lights were on inside.

There are three of these tents around the perimeter, and further out you can see huge trucks and white buildings in the distance. In the distance, there is a three-story gray-white low building that looks somewhat like a circus office.

"Want to go take a look over there?" 007 whispered.

As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of footsteps reached their ears.

The lower-class people here had no desire to move around; the footsteps were coming from other people.

Gu Mian recognized the sound coming from the tent entrance. He turned sideways and hid behind, and 007 next to him also disappeared into the darkness.

The footsteps grew clearer, and Gu Mian heard two people emerge from the tent.

Then came a familiar voice: "Oh, this damn rainy day. I remember the night the accident happened in the restricted area was also a rainy day. It was a really unpleasant day."

I vaguely remember writing a side story a month ago. Didn't any of you see it?

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