Global Collapse

Chapter 709 Bring it to you
Zhao Tiankuo's unusual running posture quickly caught Gu Mian's attention, and he then noticed that there was another person running not far ahead of the old man.

Gu Mian recognized the figure very well; it was Zhao Tiankuo, who had escaped from the school cafeteria.

I never expected to run into him here.

He must have gone to Sunshine Insurance Company to buy insurance.

Her love interest was right in front of her, but Gu Mian had no interest in Zhao Tiankuo. He had already fallen for someone else, and his eyes and heart were only on the old man from the insurance company.

Believe it or not, this old man really had some skills. As he ran, he pulled out something and drank it, and then his speed increased rapidly, and he was about to catch up with Zhao Tiankuo ahead.

Gu Mian roughly knew what he was drinking; it was probably something like a "tube of failed experimental reagent," which could increase movement speed.

It seems he has a lot of good stuff on him; catching him will definitely yield equipment.

But the old man became much faster after taking the medicine, so it's estimated that he wouldn't be able to catch up with him on foot.

Just then, Gu Mian suddenly heard cheerful singing coming from behind her.

"What's the name of dad's dad? Dad's dad is called grandpa..."

He looked back and saw a children's rocking car speeding towards him.

Two people were crammed into the small children's rocking car. Chu Changge sat in the driver's seat, expressionlessly inserting coins into the coin slot, while Coco squeezed in the back and waved to him.

This is a special item belonging to 007: a children's rocking car.

A money-consuming vehicle; you have to put game coins into it, and the more money you put in, the faster it runs.

It seems Coco borrowed the rocking car too; she went into a dungeon and borrowed it from everyone in the apartment building.

As Zhao Tiankuo was running with both hands and feet, he heard the sound of chasing behind him suddenly speed up. In just a few seconds, the sound reached his ears, and he even saw the figure of someone chasing after him out of the corner of his eye.

Oh no! We're going to get caught!

He didn't dare look at the people around him, and just closed his eyes listlessly.

He'll probably be grabbed and tortured into confessing any second now.

But what he expected didn't happen; instead, the person next to him simply ran past him.

What happened? Gu Mian didn't arrest me?
Zhao Tiankuo opened his eyes and looked ahead. He saw that the person who had just passed by him was not Gu Mian, but an old man with a somewhat hunched back.

As he stood there in a daze, he heard a children's song coming from behind him.

Looking back, I saw a children's rocking car speeding towards us.

The three of them were crammed into that pitiful rocking car. The one with glasses sat in the front, with the player named Coco squeezed behind him, while Gu Mian stood on the bumper of the car, her clothes rustling in the wind. She didn't look like she was riding a children's rocking car, but rather like she was commanding a battle from an armored vehicle.

Zhao Tiankuo wanted to lift his foot to continue running away, but the rocking car was too fast and it was behind him in the blink of an eye.

He could only close his eyes once again, squat on the ground, and wait desperately to be caught.

Unexpectedly, the idiotic little car sang a song as it sped past him without a second glance.

Zhao Tiankuo stared blankly at the departing car, unable to grasp the situation. But he wasn't confused for long; after standing there for a few seconds, he immediately turned and fled in the opposite direction from the rocking car.

Even if I don't know what happened, the best thing to do is to run.

As he thought this, he ran forward without looking back and disappeared in a moment.

Although Wang Napao drank the speed-up agent, he still couldn't keep up with Chu Changge's speed in spending money.

The rocking horse caught up with the panting old man in no time. Gu Mian jumped off the horse, and the horse bounced up and down a few times due to the weight of one less person.

"I surrender! I'm not running anymore, I'm not running anymore!" Wang Napao, who had been grabbed by Gu Mian, no longer wanted to struggle and simply raised his hands to face reality.

Gu Mian reached out and touched the guitar case slung over her back, then decided it was best not to put the saw to the other person's neck yet. After all, the other person was the head of an insurance company, and most likely had insurance.

What if I accidentally slam the saw under his head, and he pulls out some insurance policy and kicks me out of the game?

Thinking of this, Gu Mianchong gave Wang Napao a kind smile.

Wang Napao shuddered at the sight of his smile, his lips trembling as he managed to utter, "You... what do you want?"

Without wasting words with him, Gu Mian went straight to the point: "You're the head of the insurance company, you should know a lot about the inside story of this game, right?"

Wang Na shrank back: "I'm just the head of a small branch in this area, I don't know much..."

As he was speaking, he noticed that Gu Mian's smile was becoming more and more amiable, so he quickly added, "But if you have any questions, I will definitely answer them seriously and without reservation."

He had heard that Gu Mian had blown up a branch of a food processing plant, and the branch manager had lost his job and the company, and was now wandering somewhere.

If Gu Mian gets upset and blows up his insurance company, he'll have nowhere to turn and complain.

The insurance company isn't part of the instance and won't be matched with other players. Everyone assumed that since they wouldn't be matched with other players, they wouldn't encounter Gu Mian, and no one thought of insuring the insurance company.

Therefore, there will be no compensation if his company is blown up.

Thinking of this, Wang Napao's expression became even more sincere, looking like a conscientious and dedicated teacher, earnestly preparing to answer the students' questions.

"Is this the world of exile?" Gu Mian began to ask questions.

Wang Napao paused for a moment, then nodded after a few seconds.

He had heard long ago that Gu Mian had entered the Seventh World, and he figured that Gu Mian had probably figured out that this global game was made up of several worlds.

I heard that the Seventh World was already barely holding on, but after Gu Mian went in and caused some trouble, that world completely gave out and is now on the verge of collapse. It's estimated that it won't be long before it completely collapses.

"Do you know that the world is about to collapse?"

Wang Napao was thinking about the Seventh World when he heard the question and subconsciously nodded, but then he realized what he meant: "Don't talk nonsense! It's the Seventh World that's going to collapse, it has nothing to do with our exiled world!"

It seems he was unaware of the curse on the Seventh World. Once the Seventh World completely collapses, the other six worlds will also be dragged down and explode.

Judging from this, the branch manager doesn't know much either. The core issue is that you shouldn't even think about asking him; he'll definitely know nothing. The only thing you can do is try to find out about the existence of higher-level NPCs from him, and maybe even get something from him.

As Gu Mian pondered this, she began to reach out to Wang Na.

"What are you doing?!" Wang Napao covered his chest in shock and fear, while Gu Mian had already taken a folded piece of paper out of his pocket.

This was not a special item. Gu Mian unfolded it and glanced at it, discovering that it was an insurance list, which recorded which copy of the document contained information about which insurance company each person had purchased.

Gu Mian thought this thing might be useful in the future, so she glanced at it and put it in her pocket, along with the work manual she had taken from the programmer.

Wang Napao dared not speak out in anger, and could only stare wide-eyed as Gu Mian took over his client list.

Gu Mian reached for his pocket again, but this time it was empty.

So everything is gone?

Surely that accelerator is the only special item he owns? How can a branch manager be so penniless?
"Where are your special items?" Gu Mian scanned Wang Napao from head to toe, her gaze so intense it seemed she wanted to poke a hole through his clothes.

Wang stretched out his neck and said, "I'm just a small branch manager. I don't have anything on me. You can see I'm clean and penniless..."

"Speaking of which, you should have an inventory, right?" Gu Mian interrupted abruptly before he could finish speaking.

Wang Na choked, about to retort, when he saw Gu Mian's smiling face getting closer and closer, and then she reached out her hand to him: "Give it to me."

That wretched computer of mine! It suddenly crashed halfway through my writing session. My resourceful, brave, and kind auntie spent ages trying to salvage the computer and save my drafts, vowing to make sure the update is finally here tomorrow.
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