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Chapter 650 Do you also want to ride a children's rocking car?
Because of the Wildlife Protection Law, Chu Changge and his companions were no longer attacked by ghosts.

They were walking through an abandoned town.

Not long ago, Chu Changge explained the function of this special item to them and informed the holder of the item.

"The Wildlife Protection Law is in Gu Mian's hands. Since Gu Mian used it on us, it means he knows we've been pulled into the instance, right?" The diviner looked at Chu Changge in front of him.

"They must know." 007 held a powerful flashlight and shone it around. She had a lot of useful tools for dungeons in her inventory, and a flashlight was naturally indispensable. She hadn't dared to take it out before for fear of revealing her location.

Now that Xiao Qiao knows Gu Mian used the Wildlife Protection Law, she even snatched the flashlight and turned it on to maximum power.

The high-powered flashlight illuminated the surroundings as if it were daytime, and the group could even see half a white, reflective face hidden behind a tree.

Ignoring certain supernatural images, 007 pondered, "The higher the user's deterrence level, the longer the protection lasts. I think if an ordinary person used this, they could only protect 'wild animals' for a dozen seconds."

Although it only lasts for a short ten seconds, it is still an extraordinary and special item.

This special item can hold ten names, meaning it can protect ten people from the ghost's attack for a few seconds each.

The special items that can restrain ghosts are extremely rare from dungeons, and they are almost never seen. In a life-or-death situation, every second is precious.

In the chase between humans and ghosts, a mere ten seconds can change a player's life or death.

However, Gu Mian is a cheat code, so it's impossible that she only lasts for a few seconds.

"As for Gu Mian," the diviner said somewhat uneasily, "the duration should be about half an hour? Or an hour?"

007 held the flashlight in his hand, feeling that the conversation seemed to be taking a strange turn.

She coughed a few times to stop the fortune teller's speculation about the "duration of Gu Mian": "The time in reality and the time in the instance are not equal. What happens in reality is often several days in the instance. Gu Mian is using the protection spell outside. I don't know what effect the different flow of time will have on the code."

At this moment, Chu Changge suddenly spoke up: "It's also possible that a protective spell was used here."

007 was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Chu Changge adjusted his glasses and took out a brightly colored coupon from his pocket. The coupon was quite wrinkled. Upon closer inspection, there was a place to fill in one's name, and the name Gu Mian was clearly written there.

Chu Changge said, "He should have been here for a long time."

The fortune teller immediately recognized the stub.

Not long ago, Gu Mian suddenly came to exploit her, making her make a lot of lucky charms.

This is the raw material for one of the lucky charms.

Unexpectedly, this lucky charm fell on Chu Changge.

"A secondary ticket to the dungeon?" Knowing that Gu Mian had unfortunately been dragged into this place, the fortune teller's joy was palpable. "Well done, Chu Changge."

Looking at her happy expression, anyone who didn't know better would think that Chu Changge had dragged her father's killer into this godforsaken place.

"This is truly the most useful lucky charm I've ever made," the fortune teller said happily, offering a reasonable assessment. "It seems my lucky charms aren't entirely useless after all."

007 began looking around: "Although Gu Mian has also entered this place, he doesn't seem to be nearby."

Thanks to Xiao Qiao's actions, the area was illuminated as if it were daytime.

If Gu Mian were nearby, she would have found her way here by following this light long ago.

“And given his personality,” 007 analyzed, “if he wants to find us, he definitely won’t do it in a conventional way. He’ll probably create some noise so that we can just follow the noise and find us.”

007 began to deduce Gu Mian's method of creating the commotion: "Most likely, she'll blow up something to make a loud noise..."

It seems she hasn't recovered from the "audience bombing" incident in the circus episode.

"But Gu Mian wouldn't carry a bomb with him. Depending on his luck, if he did, the bomb might suddenly go out of control and kill him... He might just grab a ghost and force it to make a sound to let us know he's there."

The fortune teller also agreed with 007's assessment: "It really does resemble Gu Mian's style."

But all around was quiet; there wasn't a sound.

The diviner couldn't help but worry that Gu Mian had been teleported to a place hundreds of thousands of miles away.

"Let's follow the road." 007 looked at the path in front of him. "If Gu Mian is looking for someone, he should follow the main road. We might run into him if we follow the road."

At this moment, Chu Changge suddenly spoke up: "If we had a means of transportation, perhaps we could find Gu Mian sooner."

After hearing this, 007 was stunned for several seconds before he reacted: "You don't want to ride my children's rocking car, do you?"

It's rather eerie to see someone riding a children's rocking car around in a place like this.

The children's rocking car can be used in the game.

However, since this thing costs a lot of money to use each time, 007 can't afford to use it many times.

Moreover, she was basically penniless in the dungeon, so she couldn't use her money even if she wanted to.

Every time this thing is used, it plays a loud, idiotic children's song, practically telling ghosts "I'm here." 007 wouldn't dare use it in a dungeon.

But now it's different.

They are now protected by wildlife protection laws.

Although it is unknown how long it will last.

It should take several hours.

So the four of them got on that poor rocking car.

Chu Changge was the first to be hit.

He sat upright in the seat of the children's rocking car, his glasses gleaming eerily under the flashlight.

007 squeezed into a seat, and looked at Chu Changge sitting upright next to her, speechless.

This children's rocking car should only be able to accommodate two children.

Normally, it's quite spacious for 007 to sit alone, but now it's very cramped for two people to sit on it.

The fortune teller and Xiao Qiao had nowhere to sit.

Fortunately, there was a foot pedal at the back of the vehicle.

The two stood on the footrest and held onto the back seat, carefully trying not to fall off.

The fortune teller pointed out a direction through divination.

The group began their eerie journey to the cheerful sound of "Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way." Four people, one children's rocking car.

It's truly a beautiful sight.

If Gu Mian were to pass by right now, she would definitely detain him, confiscate his vehicle, and fine him twelve points.

The fortune teller stood shakily on the footboard, feeling the wind rushing towards him.

Listening to the childish lullaby playing on the rocking car, she asked earnestly, "Is this really a horror instance?"

If Gu Mian were nearby, she would surely be drawn over by this beautiful singing.

Listening to the sound of the rocking car, 007 felt uneasy.

She looked at Chu Changge beside her and said, "Won't this easily attract ghosts? What if the protection law expires and we attract another group of ghosts? Wouldn't we be in even more danger?"

Chu Changge looked at her: "There's no time, we have to find Gu Mian quickly."

No time left?

007's brow twitched. Was Chu Changge in such a hurry because something was about to happen?
Speaking of which...

007 recalled what happened in front of the dense forest: "Back then, in front of the woods, did you discover something?"

Before they could even see the figure of the person who made the footsteps, Chu Changge immediately determined that it was a ghost.

What did he find?
This question was also asked in August, but Chu Changge did not provide an answer.

007 originally thought that Chu Changge would try to brush off the question, but to her surprise, he actually answered it.

His gaze was somewhat vacant: "I saw something familiar."

Something familiar?
Upon seeing the familiar object, they immediately determined that the footsteps were made by a ghost.

The fortune teller listened intently, a guess forming in her mind: "Is it something belonging to the dead?"

"I suppose so," Chu Changge replied.

"Seeing familiar things belonging to the dead here..." the fortune teller pondered, "Could it be that someone from the real world died and became a ghost, coming here?"

Chu Changge did not continue to answer.

007 also fell into deep thought.

Gu Mian had already followed the shadowy figure to a building.

The shadowy figure was incredibly fast; Gu Mian couldn't find it again after following it here.

“That shadow,” Gu Mian said, standing in front of an abandoned photo studio, “really looks like…”

He saw the dark figure disappear into the photo studio entrance.

It didn't seem aggressive; it was just guiding Gu Mian here.

Familiar figures, missing time, rhythmic alarms.

Gu Mian felt as if she had glimpsed the secrets of this world.

"So this is how the world is?" he said, tying the female ghost's hair to the doorknob to prevent her from escaping.

Then I stepped into the photo studio.

The long-abandoned photo studio was covered in dust.

Old, worn-out tripods were everywhere.

Several cameras lay haphazardly on the ground, covered in a thick layer of dust.

There don't seem to be any useful clues here.

Gu Mian wandered around the dusty photo studio a few times before finally arriving at the counter.

This counter is made of glass.

You can see that there are still many photos of customers piled up under the counter. Most of the photos are packed in white paper bags with the customers' names and contact information written on them.

He squatted down in front of the counter and began to look through the photos.

This is a photo studio, not a portrait studio, so most of the photos are one or two-inch headshots, which are pasted on ID cards or documents.

He shamelessly took apart other people's photos and admired them.

Gu Mian looked through the thick stack of photos but couldn't find a single clue.

He was getting impatient and only picked up the ones that looked unusual.

At that moment, a thick, yellowish paper bag at the very bottom caught his attention.

Gu Mian reached out and pulled out the heavy paper bag, tearing open the seal.

Inside was a stack of two-inch headshots.

He pulled out the top shelf and looked down.

Gu Mian paused for a moment when she saw the face in the photo.

For a moment, he thought he was seeing a close-up of his own head.

The person in the photo looks about 60% like him. At first glance, it's easy to mistake him for someone else, but you can tell the difference if you look closely.

Gu Mian then remembered what the ghost in the Deathly Appearance copy had said: "Another Gu Mian in the crematorium."

Could the crematorium that the ghost mentioned be in this world?
He then pulled out the next photograph.

Goodness, the person in this photo looks even more like him, and it's not the same person as the one from before.

Upon seeing this, Gu Mian immediately pulled out all the remaining photos from the bag.

He noticed that the people in each photo looked remarkably like him, and none of them were the same person.

What the hell?

Gu Mian put down the photo in her hand: "My brothers and sisters?"

The sound of pulling the table in the middle of the night was truly eerie; it gave me a fright while I was writing a horror novel.
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