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Chapter 630 The Fat Knight Is Not Afraid of Difficulties

With no other option, the group continued on to their next destination in the middle of the night.

"Next, we're going to the home of the suspect, Yuan Haotian. I remember his home is in Unit 2, Building 13, Dayang Garden, which is five kilometers away from here. Are you all excited?" Gu Mian held a map, stood under the dimly lit streetlights, and spread her arms, looking just like a tour guide.

Actually, you don't need to go.

The surveillance footage clearly shows that Yuan Haotian is the murderer.

Now we can go directly to the court for trial.

Coco didn't know why Gu Mian was going to go to all this trouble. She guessed that Gu Mian might be worried about Chu Changge, or she might feel that there were still some doubts about the case.

She didn't question Gu Mian's decision; she simply followed silently.

When Gu Mian and the others came out of Li Shu's house, it was past midnight, and there were hardly any cars on the street.

Even if they had a car, they wouldn't have any money left.

Previously, all the money for taxi fares was squeezed out of the driving instructor. Now, the driving instructor has been completely drained, so poor that he can't even shake a penny out of his underwear.

The group had no choice but to walk to Ocean Gardens at midnight.

Bai Lu followed closely behind the group. After what had just happened, she was terrified. You see, since the start of the global game, she had hardly ever faced a ghost head-on.

In previous instances, encountering a ghost basically meant death.

When she saw Cao Deren and Zhang Shengli blocking the bedroom door, she really thought she was going to die.

Fortunately, one of my teammates was some kind of powerful being who managed to get the NPCs to get rid of the two ghosts.

But if you get rid of the ghost this time, what about next time?

She didn't think her teammates had the ability to get rid of the ghosts every time, so she needed to make a decision quickly so they could leave the instance.

Thinking of this, the egret moved slightly closer to the driving instructor.

After feeling a little safer, Bailu spoke in the dim light: "What bad luck! I've only been here half a day and I've already run into a ghost. This is the first time I've ever encountered a ghost so quickly."

Upon hearing the word "bad luck," Gu Mian reached out and straightened the hem of her clothes.

Then Bailu got to the point: "Won't Cao Deren and Zhang Shengli kill indiscriminately after they become ghosts? We were the ones who helped them solve cases, but they want to kill us..."

Gu Mian categorized the ghosts she had seen into two types.

One type is ghosts that still possess consciousness. Some of them only seek revenge on their enemies and won't harm others. Some even have a conscience and will lend a hand to living people in danger, like the ghost drivers in the taxi. Others kill entirely based on their mood; they'll kill a few when they're in a bad mood, and nothing will happen when they're in a good mood.

Another type is the utterly inhuman ghost. Commonly known as a vengeful ghost, it will kill anyone it sees, regardless of who you are, having completely lost its mind.

But Cao Deren and Zhang Shengli are not like the second type of ghost.

They didn't tear the coach apart when the driving instructor reached out to push them.

Or do the NPCs in the dungeon have the privilege of not being attacked by ghosts?

Gu Mian walked along the dimly lit road, lost in thought.

Several moths fluttered their wings and circled around the street lamp. The cedar leaves in the green belt swayed slightly in the wind, casting swaying shadows of the trees and the flapping wings of the moths on the ground.

“And that pumpkin jewelry shop…” Egret continued from behind, “maybe we can find some clues there too.”

Gu Mian glanced at the map in her hand.

The pumpkin jewelry store is near Ocean Garden, so you can stop by on your way out of Yuan Haotian's house.

“Actually, we don’t need to go... The surveillance cameras clearly show that Yuan Haotian killed the two victims. We can proceed with the case directly.” Bai Lu hesitated before speaking, unsure of what to do.

She felt that the dungeon was too easy, and she was afraid that it was a trap.

But the video is crystal clear, unless the copyist created a fake surveillance video to mislead them.

Coco also thought of this, and she said softly, "I remember that the surveillance camera in front of Lishu's house is very new, like it was just installed not long ago."

She had mentioned this to Gu Mian when they were in the hallway.

Moreover, the location of the surveillance camera was very strange, facing the door directly. She had never seen anyone install a camera in such a position before.

"Just to be on the safe side, let's go check on Yuan Haotian's house first," Gu Mian waved to the others.

He didn't have a key to Yuan Haotian's house, so he had no choice but to break down the door.

At this moment, Gu Mian noticed that Chu Changge had sent a message in Xiao Qiao's group.

[Chu Changge]: Gu Mian, could you ask Coach Che how many groups of players entered this instance the last few times?

Upon seeing Chu Changge's message, Gu Mian glanced at Bai Lu, then pulled the driving instructor next to her over. Bai Lu wanted to follow, but Coco grabbed her arm, saying, "Sister, I'm so scared. Can you stay with me?"

Why are you coming here instead of sticking to your doctor?! Bai Lu is going crazy.

When Gu Mian pulled him, the driving instructor immediately and cautiously hugged his chest, afraid that Gu Mian would tear off his clothes to look for money.

Gu Mian glanced at the coach who was crossing his arms: "I'm asking you, how many players entered this instance last time, and how many groups were they divided into?"

When the coach saw that he was only asking a trivial question, he lowered his guard: "Eight people, two groups."

"What about the time before that?"

"Twenty-four people, six groups."

What about the time before that?

The driving instructor thought for a moment: "Four people, one group."

"Oh, that's all for you." After getting the answer, Gu Mian tossed the driving instructor aside.

Then he started typing in the chat box.

[Gu Mian (Her chin is really beautiful)]: The cases in our three groups are unrelated.
Wait a minute? Gu Mian looked at the suffix after her nickname. What is this? Who added it?

This group belongs to Xiao Qiao.

Aside from the group members themselves, only the group owner can change their nickname; the answer is obvious.

Gu Mian silently looked at the suffix after her nickname. Xiao Qiao's obsession with her chin is really deep.

He saw Chu Changge's reply a few seconds later.

[Chu Changge]: Okay.

Then the fat guy from the sidelines also got involved.

[The Chubby Knight Is Not Afraid of Difficulties]: Doctor Chu, what are you talking about? Your answers are irrelevant, I don't understand at all.
Gu Mian stared at the eight characters "The chubby knight is not afraid of difficulties" and fell into deep thought.

He must have changed it himself.

Meanwhile, Chu Changge closed the group chat and looked at Wang Youcai, the judge in front of her: "The cases in our groups are completely unrelated."

That's right, the two groups met at school.

Wang Youcai's group consisted of several high school students who were victims of the crime. They were there to investigate the victims' information.

The suspect in Chu Changge's group had previously attended this school, and Chu Changge was there to investigate the suspect's past.

After the two groups met, Wang Youcai recalled his previous meeting with Gu Mian's group and raised a question: "I also ran into another group at the same hospital before. Could there be any connection between our cases?"

This led to the conversation between Chu Changge and Gu Mian in the group chat.

As for why Gu Mian wasn't asked the question directly, one reason is that Coach Che might not know the answer either, and the other is that Coach Che might lie if asked directly.

Only by asking a trivial question can you get the driving instructor to answer without being on guard.

Chu Changge planned to analyze this problem by analyzing the number of players and groups in the first few batches.

If the cases of several groups of players are related in the instance, then the number of players entering the instance each time will most likely be between eight and sixteen, somewhere between two and four groups.

Setting up four or more cases that appear unrelated on the surface but are actually interconnected is extremely difficult and makes it easy for players to spot the clues.

If there is only one group of players, it means that the condition that "the cases of several groups of players in the instance are related" does not hold true.

Chu Changge originally wanted to analyze it himself, but Gu Mian saw through his intention and gave him the answer.

Wang Youcai looked at the person in front of him strangely: "Are you so sure? Who told you that?"

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses but did not answer.

Seeing that the other party did not speak, Wang Youcai did not press the matter further.

He glanced at the moon in the sky: "It's getting late. Let's look for clues around the school first. Which location do you want to go to?"

How outrageous! What kind of talk is this?

Seeing that GuGu isn't putting in the effort to write, shouldn't you guys be encouraging me with knives?

How can I just update once a day without stopping?

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(End of this chapter)