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Chapter 645 I Kidnapped a Keyboard and Made Me Write Day and Night

“According to reliable intelligence, you have entered a world called Ragnarok, where there are no living people, only vengeful ghosts, and no concept of time.” Gu Mian described the scene of the Seventh World to the person in front of her.

007 lowered her head slightly. She knew that Gu Mian was somewhat different from others, so when Gu Mian told her about her death, she believed it without much doubt.

“If there are ghosts everywhere… it’s really hard to survive,” 007 made a fair judgment. “In ordinary dungeons, there are only one or a few ghosts chasing players, but if you enter that world, it’s several players facing ghosts from all over the world.”

Zombies in apocalyptic movies are already terrifying, but ghosts are even more frightening than zombies.

They will appear silently behind a door that is slightly ajar, in a cracked mirror, outside a dark window, or... behind you.

Ghosts are everywhere, impossible to guard against.

And there is no concept of time in that world.

Is there no day or night?

“Every now and then, an alarm will sound in that world, and during the duration of the alarm, the ghosts will become even more terrifying,” Gu Mian said truthfully.

007 frowned, clearly already considering how to survive that dungeon: "From my past experience, no matter how terrifying the dungeon is, there is always a way out for the player. But the world you're talking about... I don't see any possibility of survival."

“So that world didn’t have an open instance. Obviously, Earth doesn’t want its people to step into an unsolvable instance,” Gu Mian said, crossing her arms. “I don’t know how you got in. Maybe it was the influence of a lower-dimensional world, or maybe it was… the will of Earth.”

Earth loves humanity, which was born on its own.

But it doesn't like Gu Mian.

He also doesn't like the people around Gu Mian.

It's always trying to find ways to kill Gu Mian and his friends.

In the future, 007 and the fortune teller step into the realm of absolute death together, which is too obvious.

007 knew very well that Gu Mian was not well-liked by the world.

She frowned in thought: "I remember when this global game started, its purpose was to enhance humanity."

But now, let alone enhancing humans.

The successive harsh winters and plagues caused massive human casualties, and the instance's death protection mechanism was shut down.

The extremely high difficulty of the dungeons made it difficult for players to obtain rewards. In the past six months, not only have humans not been strengthened, but more than half of them have died.

Surviving players have not seen a significant improvement in physical fitness, and attribute points have become the rarest reward in dungeons, with most players having obtained very few attribute points to date.

Fatty was worried that a fantastical scene of "battle qi turning into a horse" would appear in the later stages of the game, fearing that the villainous player would use a move called the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms to defeat Gu Mian, who couldn't add any points.

It seems he won't be able to witness such a fantastical scene.

“Strengthening humanity is Earth’s goal,” Gu Mian said, rubbing her fingers. “Obviously, its goal has been thwarted by the lower-dimensional world. Humanity has become a victim in this game, but most people haven’t realized it yet.”

Earth has already fallen into a disadvantageous position.

For some unknown reason, it began to target the people around Gu Mian.

007 was thinking to himself.

“Do you have any guesses about your identity?” 007 began. “The reason Earth is targeting you, and even those around you, must be because of your special identity.”

“I’m already guessing,” Gu Mian shrugged. “Many NPCs in the dungeon are clueless, and it’s quite awkward to grab someone and ask them, ‘Do you know my background?’”

“I think if Earth wanted to eliminate the people around you, it definitely wouldn’t just drag me and the fortune teller into that world,” 007 analyzed. “There should be many more people… It’s strange, the fortune teller and I have only been close to you, Earth shouldn’t be so heartless as to want to eliminate us, right?”

“Indeed,” Gu Mian nodded. “I don’t quite understand this either. Why you guys? If we’re going to eliminate someone, we should eliminate the fat guy first. If we eliminate the fat guy, wouldn’t I just starve to death naturally?”

The fat man in the living room shed tears of emotion: "This is the doctor's affirmation of me. I must be the most important person in the doctor's heart."

Upon hearing this, 007 remained silent for a moment. She glanced at the fat man outside who was crying his eyes out, and then asked, "Can you predict when the fortune teller and I will enter Ragnarok?"

“It’s difficult,” Gu Mian admitted. “You two only said less than twenty words in total, so I really can’t analyze any information.”

"So, you mean we can't know how far we are from death?" 007 looked out the window not far away.

Gu Mian noticed something was wrong with her: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired." 007 looked away and smiled. "After riding a children's rocking car for three days, I'm feeling a bit sleepy now."

This guy never sleeps much. Gu Mian remembers that before entering the save point instance, 007 hadn't slept for several days.

Gu Mian suddenly remembered Louis's "The Theory of Animal Tamers".

Animal trainers are all bad guys! — That's probably what Louis said.

Thinking of this, Gu Mian earnestly advised, "You must be a good person."

This time, 007 didn't look at her like she was crazy. She nodded and solemnly agreed.

Gu Mian choked. He was prepared to guide the rebellious girl back to the right path, but he didn't expect 007 to agree so readily.

He thought for a moment and then said, "In the future, don't go into dungeons with the fortune teller with your arms around each other's shoulders, and try to avoid contact as much as possible, so that you two don't get targeted by special dungeons together."

007 nodded.

Gu Mian thought for a moment and said, "You can ask Xiao Qiao about Ragnarok; she's more familiar with that place."

"Hmm." 007 was probably really tired, so he didn't say much.

Gu Mian rested her chin on her hand: "It seems there's nothing more to say. You can go now. You can go to the first floor and ask Liu Ruyan to find you a room to sleep in, somewhere far from the fortune teller's room. Xiao Qiao lives with Liu Ruyan, but she should be at the supermarket now. She came here this morning begging for food but didn't get any, so she said she would go to the supermarket to buy it herself." 007 agreed and left.

As she reached the door, Gu Mian suddenly remembered something: "Have you found your parents yet?"

007 stopped and stood with his back to Gu Mian for a long time before finally speaking in a slightly low voice: "Found it."

After saying that, she stepped out the door and left.

Gu Mian looked in the direction of the door and felt that 007 had found a sad ending.

The fortune teller also thought of Xiao Qiao.

Having heard that Xiao Qiao was very familiar with the world of Ragnarok, she went to visit him to ask him about it.

But it was Liu Ruyan who opened the door.

Liu Ruyan told her that Xiao Qiao had gone to the supermarket not long ago and said she wanted to buy something called Xiao Qiao Stewed Mushrooms.

The fortune teller hurriedly ran towards the supermarket.

The nearest supermarket was a few hundred meters away. The fortune teller ran for three or four minutes and saw the supermarket building that was open for business. He also saw the beautiful woman chatting with the sales clerk at the supermarket entrance.

It was Xiao Qiao.

"Miss Qiao!" the fortune teller called out from afar.

But Xiao Qiao didn't seem to hear her; she continued to communicate persistently with the salesperson.

The fortune teller approached with some curiosity and overheard the following conversation.

"I'd like a small stew of mushrooms with 'Little Qiao'."

"What kind of mushroom stew?"

"Xiao Qiao! Xiao Qiao's stewed mushrooms!"

"No...we don't have that kind of thing here."

"Really? I don't believe it."

"..."

The fortune teller, slightly speechless, approached Xiao Qiao and said, "What you're looking for might be chicken stew with mushrooms."

Xiao Qiao then noticed the fortune teller: "Are you also shopping at the supermarket?"

The fortune teller touched the sweat beading on his forehead from running: "I wanted to ask you about the world of Ragnarok. I'll most likely be going there someday, so I wanted to learn more about it beforehand..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

That's terrible, that's exactly the person she least wants to see right now.

007 was also stunned.

She hadn't expected the fortune teller to be there too, also looking for Xiao Qiao.

Upon seeing the fortune teller at the supermarket entrance, 007 abruptly stopped in his tracks.

A strange feeling suddenly arose in her heart.

Since they already know what will happen in the future, they will definitely not enter the dungeon together again. The only way to bring them together again is in a special dungeon.

Special dungeons select players by designating one or more small areas, allowing all players within those areas to enter the dungeon.

In other words, only if she and the fortune teller are in the same small area can the special instance pull both of them into the instance at the same time.

The two women should have avoided each other, but they bumped into each other by chance.

The opportunity came from Xiao Qiao!

They met because they were both looking for Xiao Qiao.

At this moment, 007 felt a chill run down her spine. She finally realized something—the opportunity for her and the fortune teller to enter the place of certain death was probably also due to Xiao Qiao.

Earth is targeting Xiao Qiao and her group. The arrival of the special instance will cause all players in the area to enter the instance together. She and the fortune teller are just innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire!

But it was too late.

She took a step back in a panic and tried to shout something.

But then they saw two male players and a female player walk out of the supermarket, and not far behind them was Chu Changge!
Chu Changge was taken aback when he saw the three of them, then immediately turned around and walked into the supermarket, trying to get away from them!
Seeing Chu Changge turn around and leave immediately, 007 knew that his guess was correct.

Chu Changge probably knew all along that he would enter that world, and he knew that he was also an opportunity.

007 took a deep breath and shouted three words from his open mouth—"Separate quickly!"

But it's still too late.

As soon as she finished speaking, a fierce gust of wind swept across the street.

When the wind stopped, the supermarket entrance was deserted, except for a dumbfounded sales clerk.

The title is obviously misleading; keyboard warriors? Not a chance.
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