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Chapter 751 Look! It's the third update!
"Pretty boy, new here?" The two low-class men with mops on their heads stood up and staggered to Gu Mian's side, blocking his way.

The two men sized Gu Mian up and down, their expressions unsettling. Seemingly certain that the person before them lacked fighting ability, the slightly taller one held out his hand to Gu Mian: "Give me some."

The meaning is obvious: they're going to rob us.

Moreover, their tone brooked no refusal; as they spoke, their dark eyes stared unblinkingly at Gu Mian, as if threatening her, as if saying, "You're dead if you don't give it to me."

At this moment, a few people gathered around.

There wasn't a soul in this alley just now.

Perhaps seeing a weak and vulnerable prey, or perhaps recognizing the one who had taken the lead, those eager to get a piece of the pie emerged from the darkness, quietly observing Gu Mian in the shadows cast by the buildings.

People were peeking out from behind doors, in corners, and next to piles of garbage.

Even the boy who had just stolen the hard bread emerged from the shadows, standing not far away and staring intently at Gu Mian. With breadcrumbs still on his lips, he couldn't wait to choose his next prey.

Gu Mian looked down at the hand the man opposite her was reaching out to. His hands were covered with thick calluses, and two scars ran across his palms, leaving deep marks. Black grime covered his entire hand, as if it had been etched into his palm lines.

The person in front of her was waiting for Gu Mian to offer him something in return.

The people behind him were also waiting.

Everyone here is waiting.

Just like an antelope darting into a pack of wolves, if it shows weakness and gets a piece of its flesh bitten off, the blood will instantly ignite the other wolves' animalistic instincts, and they will swarm it, leaving the antelope with only a broken skeleton.

Unfortunately, Gu Mian is not an antelope, and these people are not necessarily a pack of wolves.

Gu Mian raised her head, gave the person in front of her a kind smile, then reached out and grasped the other person's outstretched hand, pulling it upwards.

Before the person on the other end could react, they heard a "click".

Then he felt that the outstretched hand seemed to be out of his control. He looked down in confusion and saw that the hand was dangling down at a strange angle. Only then did the excruciating pain enter his brain.

Before he could even cry out in pain, he saw the person in front of him smilingly reach out and take his other hand. Before he could even pull his hand away, he heard a "snap" sound.

His other hand also drooped down.

The double pain made his screams exceptionally loud.

Gu Mian was delighted to see the alleyway return to its previous emptiness, with the lower-class people who had witnessed everything leaving in a panic, fearing that she would be the next to suffer.

The man, whose two arms had been broken, screamed a few times before staggering away and quickly fled, without even leaving behind any boastful words like "You just wait and see."

There is no legal system here. The weak are bullied at will, and the disabled are at the bottom of the food chain. Once injured, it is difficult for them to win in the fight for food, and in the end, they can only walk step by step toward death.

No one wants to get hurt, and no one wants to offend someone who can hurt them.

The alley was even emptier than before. The people who had been bedding on the ground had disappeared along with their bedding. It seemed that they hadn't forgotten to take their possessions with them when they fled.

Gu Mian originally thought that the upper class here were all quite ruthless, but she didn't expect that the lower class were just as bad. It's true that birds of a feather flock together.

He lifted his foot and continued walking forward.

He had entered Paradise World twice before, once as part of a killing game and the other time as part of a circus. Both times he was directly dropped to his destination. This time, however, it was the first time he had seen the place where the lower classes lived.

The ground here is extremely dirty. The lower-class residential area has no drainage system, and sewage and excrement are everywhere. You will step on them every few steps.

The buildings on both sides also fit the character of this place. They are all houses built with inferior materials. There are not many building materials available here, so people often build with whatever they have on hand. This results in different floors of the same building often being built with different materials.

For example, the one next to Gu Mian, the bottom layer is usually built with bricks. It seems that half of the bricks were used up, and the other half was built with stones. Looking up, the second layer doesn't even have stones anymore; it's just mud and sand. The third layer is thatched, and the fourth layer is a few lonely wooden planks.

Oh, the fourth floor isn't finished yet. Most of the houses here are tall, almost none are less than four stories high.

The mix of building materials made this place look like a junkyard. Gu Mian tried hard to find something like a road sign to determine her location.

But he soon gave up.

It's estimated that there wouldn't be anything as superfluous as road signs in the residential areas of the lower classes.

But Chu Changge was also teleported to the lower-class residential area. How did he know that he was in Rat Head Alley?
Gu Mian soon found out.

The alley wasn't long; he reached its end in just a few minutes.

At the end of the street stands a house built of sand, with the words "Mantis Tail Street" painted in blue on its walls.

Surely the residential areas of the lower classes aren't all named after snakes, insects, rats, and ants?

Gu Mian saw two wanted posters of himself pasted below the words "Mantis". He went up and tore them off, but no special item panel appeared after he tore them off. It seemed that only the first wanted poster could be used as a special item.

Gu Mian threw down the two wanted posters with her ugly photos on them. Just as she was about to speak in the group chat, she noticed a row of two-story villas in the distance.

He had reached the end of Mantis Tail Street; beyond that was a large, open area.

It's strange that such a large open space hasn't been used by those lowly people who love illegal construction.

Looking across this open land, you can see a row of two-story villas across the way.

Gu Mian could vaguely see several fair-skinned people walking past the small Western-style building, which was clearly a place where the upper class lived.

A low wall separates the small villa from this side.

Gu Mian gestured, indicating that the low wall was only waist-high and could be easily climbed over.

It would be easy for the lower classes here to get over.

Gu Mian surveyed her surroundings again. There were no snipers or anything like that around, so she didn't have to worry about being shot while sneaking over.

But none of the lower classes here went over there. If only they had used the same ferocity they had shown when robbing him to rob the upper classes.

Gu Mian didn't plan to sneak into the upper-class area right away. If he were discovered, he would probably be chased around with submachine guns and would die gloriously before he could rescue Louis.

Let's gather everyone together first.

Gu Mian opened the group chat.

007 and Chu Changge had been chatting inside for a while, and he glanced at their previous chat history.

It's said that 007 had a city map in the game center, and she found Chu Changge's location in Rat Head Alley on the map, saying that Rat Head Alley was just north of the game center, not far from her.

Interspersed throughout their conversation were some of the fat man's ramblings; he kept asking around, "Why isn't the doctor talking?"

Gu Mian started speaking in the group.

[Gu Mian]: I'm on Mantis Tail Street, 007. Take a look at the city map to see roughly where I am and how far I am from you.

There are definitely no maps available for him in the lower-class area, so now he can only ask 007 to help him pinpoint the location.

He thought for a moment and then added two more sentences.

[Gu Mian]: By the way, if you two see my wanted poster, you can tear off a piece; it's a special item. Also, can you see an upside-down city in the sky from where you two are?

This year, GuGu will be selected as one of the Top Ten GuGu that Moved Pigeons. On stage, he will recount his heroic story of how he turned over a new leaf and became a GuGu again. Everyone is welcome to come and watch.
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