Global Collapse

Chapter 620: Why did Xiao Qiao's head appear on the bed in the middle of the night?

However, since Lin Xiaowei, who corresponds to the fifth world, and Song Yu, who corresponds to the sixth world, are both dead, they cannot determine which world the escaped world belongs to.

The fat man leaned closer to look at the pages in Gu Mian's hand: "At least we know the names of six of the worlds now."

Although one of the names is unclear whether it belongs to the Fifth or Sixth World.

“Only Miss Qiao’s world is closed to the public; the fifth and sixth worlds are open,” the fat man said. “Then we may have entered the fifth and sixth worlds’ instances before.”

To find out the names of these two worlds, you'll have to go into the instance and ask the high-level NPCs in those two worlds.

Thinking of high-level NPCs, Gu Mian turned her attention to Mr. Green.

Mr. Green flinched under the stare, inwardly cursing his bad luck: "Why...why are you looking at me like that?"

Gu Mian asked directly, "Do you know the names of the Fifth and Sixth Worlds?"

Mr. Green shook his head vigorously: "Of course I don't know anything about such things. They are far away from me! There are the old human world and the paradise you mentioned in between. I have no idea what the names of these five or six worlds are!"

"What about the high-level NPCs?" Gu Mian asked, holding Mr. Green. "Do you know which dungeons contain the high-level NPCs from these two worlds?"

Mr. Green seemed possessed by a rattle drum, shaking his head and shouting "I really don't know" repeatedly, his expression genuine.

He felt like he was the unluckiest NPC ever. He was doing just fine in his own instance, but then he was dragged out by Gu Mian and had to be exploited every day.

Is there any NPC in this world more miserable than me? Mr. Green wanted to roar to the sky.

At that moment, a driving instructor who was doing odd jobs at a courthouse suddenly sneezed.

"Is anyone thinking of me?" He stopped what he was doing and rubbed his nose. "Could it be that my hearses are thinking of me? I need to work hard to earn money to fix them and reopen the dungeon!"

The driving instructor clenched his fist. With dreams in his heart, he felt his life was more fulfilling, and he worked even harder.

“This is troublesome,” Gu Mian put down Mr. Green in her hand. “In that case, we still have to enter the dungeon randomly. Who knows how many times we have to enter the dungeon to be matched with the fifth or sixth world.”

He then looked at the little green dwarf who had just stood firm on the ground: "Do you know which dungeons contain high-level NPCs from other worlds?"

If you can't find a match in the fifth or sixth world, you can still find a match in a dungeon with high-level NPCs from other worlds.

Mr. Green lowered his head, trying to pretend he hadn't heard the question, but before he could pretend for long, the sound of Gu Mian pulling her guitar case reached his ears.

He quickly looked up: "I know, I know!"

Gu Mian stopped what she was doing and looked at him.

Mr. Green hesitated before speaking: "If we're talking about high-level NPCs, Coach Che is one. He's the only NPC in the hearse test instance, so he must have connections with other high-level NPCs!"

Coach Che did tell Gu Mian that there were high-level NPCs in the circus instance, but judging from Mr. Green's words, Coach Che seemed to know about other instances with high-level NPCs, and quite a few at that.

"If you ask him about global games, he can probably answer some questions. I guess... I'm just guessing, I guess he knows a little bit about the inside story of the games." The little green guy was sparing no effort in praising his teammate in front of Gu Mian.

"However, ever since the hearse instance broke down, he's been working in different instances, and now there's no fixed location, so it's hard to find him. If you encounter this guy in any instance in the future, be sure to grab him and ask him as many questions as possible!" Mr. Green was eager to let others experience his unfortunate ordeal as well.

The driving instructor, who was organizing the case files, sneezed again.

“Today’s a bit strange,” he said, wiping the drool that had landed on the cover of the file. “Are so many people thinking about me?”

Listening to Mr. Green's words, Gu Mian fell into deep thought.

If only I could bring my driving instructor to Earth, I could carry him through the Anywhere Door and bring him to Earth.

But ever since the Crazy Word Guessing game, Gu Mian has never seen a door that can trick NPCs again.

Gu Mian expressed her doubts: "Speaking of which, I've only seen that Anywhere Door in your dungeon, and I haven't seen it since. Is it only in your dungeon that there's such a thing?"

Hearing this, Mr. Green forced a stiff smile: "Of course not. When the global game first started, almost all variety show dungeons were equipped with this, mainly for aesthetic purposes, so that players wouldn't leave the dungeon so abruptly. Until I was unfortunately brought here by you through that door, the game discovered the security risks of these doors. In order to protect everyone's safety, all the doors were removed, and in the end, I was the only one who suffered."

"What a tragedy, what a tragedy," Gu Mian said with a sorrowful expression, kicking Mr. Green. "Go on."

Mr. Green, suppressing his grievances, raised his voice: "And that train instance, that bizarre train escape you ruined! An instance that doesn't belong to any world. That train can travel between worlds, and there's a train conductor on board, who's also a very high-level NPC. If you catch him, he can tell you the names of all the worlds! He might even write you a 'Chronicle of the Seven Great Worlds'!"

Oops.

Gu Mian recalled the details of that instance.

He remembered seeing this train conductor before; back then, he had drawn a door on the metal sheet outside the driver's cab in one go and rushed inside.

The train conductor was hiding in a corner, trembling with fear.

But he wasn't attracted by her beauty at all; he just smashed the controller to pieces.

Of course, Gu Mian did have contact with this train conductor—he kidnapped the poor conductor and disgustedly threw him onto the platform.

They never communicated verbally from beginning to end, and now that they think about it, they really lost out. After being ruined by Gu Mian, the instance sadly shut down and hasn't reopened since.

Recalling the train conductor's appearance, Gu Mian kicked Mr. Green again: "Tell me about some instances where the characters aren't quite dead yet."

Mr. Green covered his butt: "Besides these two, I only know one more thing: Death Switch! A dungeon called Death Switch. I heard that a high-level NPC pretends to be a switchboard operator there when he's bored. I don't know which NPC it is, and I don't know which world's dungeon it is. I really don't know anything except the name of the dungeon!"

It's clear he's completely exhausted; his face screams, "I really don't know anything anymore."

Gu Mian then released Mr. Green. Now free, Mr. Green dared not stay in the house any longer and ran out the door like the wind, disappearing into who-knows-which room.

Gu Mian still had one entry ticket for the dungeon.

But this coupon is used to threaten NPCs; once you use it, you won't see those NPCs' disgusting expressions when they're being threatened.

He sighed, "Then let's just randomly enter a dungeon. Maybe we can get a random match with a high-level NPC."

High-level NPCs do indeed know a lot.

Louis told Gu Mian a lot of information and even helped him blow up a place. Hopefully, the next NPC he encounters will be just as understanding.

"Speaking of which, Doctor, Miss 007 just messaged me saying she got the Beastmaster class. Didn't you get it?" Fatty chimed in curiously. "Is it because each player can only have one class, and they're not compatible?"

Gu Mian puffed out her chest: "No, it's the NPC in that dungeon who said the Beastmaster class is too low-level and not good enough for me."

The fat man's expression instantly became suspicious. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I see."

It was already dark when Gu Mian and Chu Changge discussed when to enter the dungeon next time, and also took the fat man to the fortune teller for a divination.

The fortune teller was forcibly pulled up by Gu Mian to have his fortune told while shouting, "I really don't have a single drop left."

The final divination result was that the fat man was experiencing some internal heat recently and should eat more fruit.

"What did this divination say?" Gu Mian said dismissively, leading the fat man away.

When he returned with his men, Xiao Qiao was still sitting in the living room.

Dinner time had long passed, and the dishes had been put away. Xiao Qiao, who had just finished eating, was turning her head to look in one direction.

Gu Mian followed her gaze and saw that the end point of her gaze was the bed in his room. Xiao Hong was crawling around in his quilt, and would occasionally peek out to look in this direction, as if beckoning Gu Mian to come and sleep.

Before Gu Mian could react, Xiao Qiao darted to the bedside and burrowed under the covers, saying, "I want to sleep together too!"

Gu Mian: "..."

The female ghost on the bed was very dissatisfied and kicked Xiao Qiao, who had jumped up.

The human and the ghost then began to wrestle on Gu Mian's bed.

The fat man smiled with satisfaction: "These two women have finally realized they're rivals in love!"

Gu Mian: "..."

In the end, Xiao Hong was thrown off the building by her brother.

Xiao Qiao was personally carried back to Liu Ruyan's room by Gu Mian; the two girls lived in the same dormitory.

"Keep an eye on her, don't let her run away." Gu Mian left these words after putting Xiao Qiao down.

Xiao Qiao squatted on the sofa, watching Gu Mian close the door and leave with reluctance.

After Gu Mian left, Liu Ruyan leaned against the door and turned to look at Xiao Qiao on the sofa: "Did he take you to see a fortune teller today?"

The person on the sofa nodded.

"What did the fortune teller say?"

She said that I shared the same fate as Chu Changge.

Liu Ruyan was silent for a few seconds, then said softly, "Is there anything you want to do now?"

Xiao Qiao nodded vigorously.

"Then go ahead." She took a few steps back, making way for the door behind her.

So when Gu Mian woke up in the middle of the night, she found a small Qiao's head in her arms.

GuGu is on track to reach 10,000 words a day! GuGu updated 9,000 words yesterday, which rounds up to 10,000 words a day!

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