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Chapter 702 "I'm so stupid, really"

"There's been no word from Song Meng and Feng Cheng." Gu Mian was standing in front of Yifa Shopping Mall, looking down at her phone.

Chu Changge glanced at the bustling shopping mall, then turned to look at Gu Mian: "Even Ai Zitao couldn't get anything out of them?"

"They said that the wind blowing on my butt was cold and the moon was setting and the crows were crying. They left from here and got to the vicinity of an amusement park. After that, the two ghosts never replied again." Gu Mian flipped through her chat history with Ai Zitao.

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "Perhaps those two ghosts realized something."

Realizing that Gu Mian had entered this instance, and that Ai Zitao had already betrayed her and become a traitor, Ke Ke silently added in her mind.

Gu Mian glanced at the map she had picked up from the roadside: "There is indeed an amusement park if you go west along this area. It's called Ronghua Amusement Park. Those two ghosts lost contact near that amusement park."

"Is it possible that Zhao Tiankuo and Xia Yutong, who escaped, found the remaining two ghosts and told them about your entry into this instance?" Coco asked.

It's possible.

There's nowhere else to go right now, so let's check out the amusement park to the west first.

The information about Song Meng and Feng Cheng was lost in that area; perhaps some useful information can still be found there.

Coco also came over to look at the location of Velvet Flower Paradise on the map: "I went into a dungeon about an amusement park before. It was about us acting as guides for ghosts and recommending the attractions in their park. If we didn't meet the requirements, we would be chased by the ghosts... That's why I think of that dungeon whenever I see an amusement park now."

After hearing what Coco said, Gu Mian felt that this Velvet Flower Paradise might indeed be a dungeon. After all, he had found the food processing plant dungeon in a hide-and-seek dungeon before, and even ran into his old friend Coach Che, and blew up their food processing plant.

I wonder how Coach Che is doing now. I haven't seen him since he came back from the Seventh World.

“If this Velvet Flower Paradise is really a dungeon, there must be NPCs inside,” Gu Mian was already envisioning a bright future. “Let’s go take a look.”

Then we won't need to go through all that trouble to find Zhao Tiankuo.

Without further ado, the three of them immediately set off westward along the main road.

Not long after they started walking, they saw several empty buses coming towards them. The driver of the first bus spotted Gu Mian on the roadside immediately. His expression turned to terror, and he slammed on the brakes in a panic. The speeding bus came to a sudden stop, and the bus behind it was unable to avoid it and rear-ended it.

As Gu Mian was walking, he saw a car accident ahead. He took two steps toward it, wondering if he should go over and offer his help.

Before he even got there, he heard a curse coming from the other side: "What the hell are you doing? Why the hell did you suddenly stop? I crashed the front of my car into the hole!"

It was the driver of the bus behind that was swearing.

The driver got out of the car behind him and walked forward while cursing, seemingly to confront the driver in front.

Gu Mian heard the cursing and swearing getting closer and closer.

"Do you know how much it will cost to repair this car? You have to pay for it, and how am I supposed to go pick up the ghost on 'The Voice of China' with my car like this...?"

The conversation abruptly ended there, because the driver who had walked ahead saw Gu Mian peeking in their direction from a short distance away.

His expression suddenly turned somewhat terrified. He took a few steps back and whispered to the driver in the cab behind him, "What's he doing here? You didn't even tell me he was here!"

After questioning him, he waited for a while but didn't hear a reply from the driver's seat behind him. He turned his head to look back, and sure enough, the driver had long since disappeared. Seeing this, he also turned around to run away, but unexpectedly, he was grabbed by the back of his collar as soon as he turned around.

He steeled himself and turned around, only to see Gu Mian's magnified face appear before him.

The driver's heart skipped a beat, his mind went blank for a moment, and then he pretended to be stupid: "Haha, who are you? Why are you stopping me?"

Gu Mian ignored him and turned to look at Chu Changge and the other person: "The Voice of the Ghost is a dungeon, right? It sounds like there are quite a few judges, singers and audience members. If you throw a brick in, you can hit ten NPCs."

Upon hearing these words, the driver felt as if he wanted to faint on the spot.

Being captured by Gu Mian was bad enough, but now he's being forced to lead him to other dungeons under Gu Mian's coercion. What will other NPCs think of him after this? How will he ever be able to hold his head high again?

I heard that there was a driving instructor NPC who was like a plague god. Gu Mian followed him wherever he went. Everyone suspected that the driving instructor was a spy sent by Gu Mian. Nobody wanted to talk to him. Will I end up like him, hated by everyone?

I was so stupid, really. All I knew was that Gu Mian was in the vicinity, and I even volunteered to drive her to the insurance company. Now look what happened, I've been caught.

Despite his depression, the driver felt a surge of relief; Gu Mian was going to the Ghostly Voice instance, not to his own bus company.

At least his workplace won't be affected, and he won't end up like the driving instructor, destitute and homeless.

Thinking of this, he perked up, forced a smile, and tried to lead Gu Mian the way.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the four-eyed guy next to him, who looked extremely sinister, suddenly spoke up.

“These two buses have the same exterior and interior decoration, so I guess they belong to the same company. There might be a dungeon station nearby.” Chu Changge’s gaze fell on the driver who had been grabbed by Gu Mian. “I think the high-level NPCs in the station must know which dungeons are nearby.”

Those who run train stations need to know the surrounding map well, otherwise they won't be able to pick up and drop off passengers.

“You’re right. If we go directly to the station, we can find a driver to take us to whichever instance we want.” Gu Mian nodded in agreement, then looked enthusiastically at the driver in her hand, “Take us to your place as guests.”

The driver's vision went black, as if he could already see his tragic future. Their station manager was stingy and thought insurance was too expensive, so he had never provided the station with death insurance.

If the station is gone, I will be forced to wander aimlessly, with no hope for the future.

At that moment, a brilliant idea suddenly came to his mind.

“There’s really nothing good in our station. If you’re talking about the place with the most people and the most resources, it’s definitely the insurance branch in this area. There must be a bunch of people buying insurance there right now. You’d definitely like to go there, but even if you go to the station, you’ll end up going there anyway. If you ask me, let’s not waste that effort. I’ll just take you directly to Sunshine Insurance Company.”

Sunshine Insurance?

Gu Mian remembered hearing this name before; he had overheard a ticket seller calling the company to buy insurance.

I suspect that all those "ghost protection" contracts and accidental death insurance policies were signed with this company.

Oh no! It seems I missed updating yesterday! My reputation as a fraud is ruined!

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(End of this chapter)