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Chapter 770 "A Man Who Is Bright But Not Dazzling"

Chu Changge held the blood-stained school badge in his hand and observed the upper-class residential area from the window.

There weren't many people in that upper-class residential area. Chu Changge observed for several minutes before he saw two upper-class people walk past the fence.

It's probably because the street with the rat's head is not far from this side of the fence, so the upper class rarely walks through this side of the fence.

While observing the upper-class residential area, Chu Changge also quickly glanced at the Rat Head Street outside the window.

Although this is a residential area, it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, and there is not a single lower-class person living here.

"It's almost time." Chu Changge lowered the curtains and stopped looking outside, preparing to go downstairs to the vicinity of the upper-class residential area to infiltrate.

No one lived on this Rat Head Street, making it easier for him to sneak into the upper-class residential area.

Chu Changge estimated in his mind that the last time he stayed here should have been about the same as this time.

If all goes well, he should be able to use the [bloodstained school badge] to successfully infiltrate the upper-class residential area to find clues, and incidentally pick up one of those colorful flyers from the ground.

Chu Changge thought that the leaflets scattered on the ground might be related to the variety show where Louis was being tried.

But as soon as he stepped off the stairs onto the dilapidated Rat Head Street, an accident occurred.

A gray, rat-like shadow darted through the gap between the two buildings in front of Chu Changge, leaving Chu Changge no choice but to pretend he hadn't seen it.

The large rat that scurried by had obviously also spotted Chu Changge.

With a flustered expression, he peeked out from behind the building where he was hiding, cautiously looking at Chu Changge: "You...it's you..."

Inside the Crazy Game City, 007 sat down near a beverage shop called "Sweet Promise." There was a row of public seats there, presumably designed for customers waiting in line outside for their food.

However, there are very few customers in the arcade right now, and no one is queuing up.

Only 007 was sitting on that row of public seats, and every now and then some rather audacious-looking "people" would pass by her.

"Gu Mian has already asked Chu Changge to come to Crazy Game City to meet me. He should be here soon." Being alone here, 007 felt a little uneasy. He would feel more at ease if he were with other people.

Thinking of Gu Mian007, I started to ponder his talk about the world rewind.

The world rewound five times in a row, but only for one day each time, which 007 found strange. She guessed that the world might be trying to rewind time to an earlier point, but was blocked by something, so it tried five times in a row.

The last five attempts all failed.

Five consecutive rollbacks suggest a sense of urgency.

There were quite a few game consoles before 007.

She doesn't really like playing games, but her dad always thinks that kids like these things. So whenever it's 007's birthday or other holidays, if her dad can't think of a gift, he'll go to the store and carefully select the most expensive game console.

Once, 007 received three identical game consoles from his dad on Children's Day, his birthday, and New Year's Eve in a single year.

When she received the third identical game console of the year during Chinese New Year that year, she finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

That day, Dad got a severe scolding from Mom and finally stopped buying her game consoles.

I also tried playing the 007 game consoles piled up in the room; most of the games had save and load functions.

Whenever 007 dies in the game or makes a major mistake, she immediately reloads the save file and starts over.

"Has this world also made a major mistake?" 007 muttered to himself, "That's why it was in such a hurry to rewind five times in a row."

If nothing unexpected happens, this major mistake should be related to Gu Mian.

007 wondered what Gu Mian had done in places beyond their sight, so she opened the group chat to ask Gu Mian about the world rollback and also to find out where Chu Changge was.

She had just opened the group chat when she saw a message Chu Changge had sent not long ago.

[Chu Changge]: Gu Mian, did I mention anyone I met last time?
This message was sent five minutes ago, but Gu Mian doesn't seem to have seen it and hasn't replied yet.

Who did Chu Changge encounter?

Is it a member of the upper class? An NPC? Or a player?
It shouldn't be Mr. Green who came in with them. If Chu Changge had encountered Mr. Green, he could have just said so in the group chat; there was no need to ask like this.

007 was a little confused. If Chu Changge had successfully come to the game city and met up with her last time, did he bring this person with him? She tried hard to remember, but she couldn't recall anything from before the time rewind.

007 looked at the wanted poster in his hand. Only Gu Mian could answer Chu Changge's question, but unfortunately he was doing something and hadn't seen the message in the group chat.

"Hey, isn't this Killer? How come you don't recognize me after just two minutes?" At this moment, Gu Mian was still facing Killer in the damp and dark cave.

The two stood at opposite ends of the circular staircase. Upon hearing Gu Mian's words, Sha Lu's already wide eyes widened even more, and his mouth opened slightly in confusion.

He peered at Gu Mian through the circular openwork in the middle of the stairs, finally fixing his gaze on Gu Mian's leaf brooch and observing it for several seconds.

Seeing the serious expression on Shalu's face, Gu Mian realized that he had forgotten to wear a helmet.

"Let's go up first and talk about it." "Are you Gu Mian?"

They both spoke at the same time.

Gu Mian knew that the more people tried to stop thinking about something, the more likely they were to actually think about it.

He must have been killed to realize he forgot to wear a helmet. The moment he realized this, countless unthinkable thoughts must have flashed through his mind.

There might be a series of ideas that could be made into a disaster movie, such as a meteorite hitting the amusement park, lava sweeping across the world, or Gu Mian suddenly pulling out a giant chainsaw and splitting the world in two.

But the killing machine's mind works way too fast.

He immediately realized something after hearing Gu Mian's words.

"Let's go up first?" Why should we go up first? Isn't it appropriate to talk here? He only said that after he saw me. Is there something wrong with me...?

After thinking for a few seconds, he realized what was happening and nervously reached out to touch his head. Sure enough, his hands touched his hair without any resistance.

His expression turned terrified in an instant; he had come down in such a hurry that he had forgotten to bring his helmet!

Without a helmet to block out consciousness, every thought I have right now is like making a wish to the statue.

Don't overthink it! Don't overthink it!
Killer immediately covered his head tightly, trying to wrap his head with his arms, attempting to cut off his thoughts.

But he knew it was useless.

The statue can still receive one's "wishes".

The instant he realized he wasn't wearing a helmet, countless terrifying thoughts flashed through Killer's mind.

"Never think about the stairs you're standing on collapsing." "Never think about the cave collapsing." "Never think about floodwaters pouring down from above."

The next second he realized that all those “ideas he absolutely must not have” had already gone through his mind.

"Oh no, this is really going to be a disaster," he thought, crouching down and clutching his head tightly.

Gu Mian had already started running upstairs with the dog in her arms.

The moment he saw Killer reach out to touch his head, he knew something was wrong and immediately grabbed the dog and ran upstairs.

Slaughter paused for a few seconds, clutching his head, before crouching down in regret. Gu Mian guessed that he must have imagined countless scenarios, and if nothing unexpected happened, the statue would soon help him realize those scenarios.

At this moment, Gu Mian had already run to Sha Lu's side with the dog in his arms. He grabbed Sha Lu and rushed upwards, saying, "Run! Don't just squat here like an idiot."

Killer shook his head, his face pale: "It's no use, the stairs will probably collapse soon."

Gu Mian choked for a moment: "You really know how to think."

Despite saying that, Killer's legs still honestly followed Gu Mian upwards; he didn't want to die here either.

"Even if the stairs don't collapse, be careful of an earthquake later. Watch out for falling rocks. Even if there's no earthquake, keep an eye on what's above. There might be a flood up there that could submerge this whole area," Killer warned as he fled.

Gu Mian wished she could shove the robot dog into his mouth to stop him from talking: "Big brother, can you please stop talking? You might as well think about how we can grow wings and fly away from here."

The Writer's Assistant has a new seclusion mode! Once activated, you won't be released until you've written a certain number of words. Let's give GuGu a try! (GuGu is in seclusion)

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