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It seems that search engines aren't omnipotent; he'll have to rely on himself to handle the main quest.

That very night, Gu Mian updated the main quest and secretly led fifty lower-class people to the outskirts of Paradise Island.

Although this upper-class residential area is called "Paradise Island", it is not a real island. It is just that the terrain is slightly higher than the surrounding area, and it is easy to see the distant scenery from the outer wall of Paradise Island.

To the west of Paradise Island, there was a large orchard. Gu Mian and his group hid in the orchard, observing the situation of Paradise Island from a distance.

At this point in time, the upper class had not yet completely ruled the world, and there were occasional frictions between them and the lower class. Therefore, the upper class's residential areas were mostly surrounded by long walls.

Gu Mian saw a few figures flashing across the wall occasionally, clearly indicating that there were people on it.

"You, go ahead and secretly check how many people are guarding the walls of Paradise Island, and then check how many people are at the main gate," Gu Mian said to the thinnest and weakest member of the lower class in the crowd.

This person is the smallest in stature, making him ideal for investigative work.

"Yes, warrior!" The lower-ranking man, who had been assigned a reconnaissance mission by Gu Mian, answered loudly and rushed out.

and many more……

Was it necessary to shout so loudly? Their mission tonight is a surprise attack, after all.

Gu Mian suspected that these lowly people hadn't listened to her instructions at all. She saw them rush out without any attempt to hide it, and then brazenly start running along the outer wall of Paradise Island.

He made quite a racket running, and because of his thin physique, he was out of breath and panting heavily. His heavy breathing could be clearly heard even by Gu Mian, who was far away in the orchard, let alone by the upper-class people on the wall.

At this moment, Gu Mian saw a figure above approaching the wall, seemingly looking down after hearing something.

Just when Gu Mian thought the lowly people who went out to scout were about to be discovered, the figure above, near the wall, suddenly spat out of the wall and then pulled his head back in.

It turns out he didn't look down because he heard a noise; he just wanted to spit out some phlegm.

Can't you hear such a loud noise down there?
Seeing this, Gu Mian became even more convinced that the upper class here had also turned into robots.

At this moment, the lowly person who had been sent out by Gu Mian to carry out a reconnaissance mission returned after running a lap around the wall and reporting the results of the investigation.

"Warrior, we have detected a total of 1,869 superior beings on Bliss Island, of whom 1,552 are already resting. Of those who are awake, 23 are guarding the walls, and 10 are guarding the main gate of Bliss Island."

So you can get so much information just by running around the outside of the city wall, right?

They even knew exactly how many of the upper class had already rested. Even if Sun Wukong with his fiery eyes came, he might not be able to do things this efficiently.

Gu Mian strongly suspected that this data was already in his head, and that he only ran around Paradise Island to make the investigation seem more convincing.

The gate to Paradise Island is to the south, and Gu Mian can see it from her location in the distance.

He glanced towards the brightly lit gate to the south, then turned to look at the lower-class men who had just returned from a reconnaissance mission.

If I'm not mistaken, this lowly person swaggered past the gate, while the ten upper-class guards there seemed to be blind to his presence.

"You, go and take down the ten upper-class men at the main gate." Gu Mian gave him a new task, wanting to see just how far he could go.

"Good warrior!" the lower-class man before him answered excitedly, his tone seemingly full of anticipation, but the expression on his face did not match his expectant tone.

His face was deathly pale, and his eyes revealed terror, showing a deep fear of the task assigned to him by Gu Mian.

Despite being terrified, his body involuntarily turned to face the gate of Paradise Island, and his legs lifted uncontrollably as he ran towards it.

"Evil superiors, I'm coming to defeat you!" he shouted an inspiring slogan as he ran.

The slogan was quite loud, so loud that several leaves fell from the branches above Gu Mian's head.

But the people at the gate seemed not to hear, standing neatly with their backs to the inferiors, their orderly arrangement almost eerily so.

"Aaaaaah! I can't take it anymore! What happened? Why did I find myself standing guard at this dilapidated gate?"

"Did you see that lowlife running past us just now? It's unbelievable! How dare a lowlife run like that near our upper-class residential area and ignore us like that? I wanted to grab him, but I couldn't move."

“The residential area has suddenly become like this, and we can’t even control our own bodies. There are even lowly people running around arrogantly in front of us. I just noticed that there seems to be a large group of lowly people hiding in the orchard to the west. Can someone report this to the order guards so they can arrest them? I can’t move at all.”

"West? Didn't you notice that our bodies involuntarily turned to the east? We can't see anything happening in the west, not even if those lowly people came over."

Just then, the upper-class people at the door heard arrogant slogans coming from behind them—

"Evil superiors, watch how I ambush you!" Hearing the voice from behind, the superiors tried to turn around to defend themselves, but their bodies were completely immobilized.

One of them even unconsciously looked up at the eastern sky and said insincerely, "Look, the moon is so big tonight."

"Yes, yes, the moon is really big tonight."

"Ah, what a beautiful view! Let's enjoy it a little longer."

Everyone echoed this sentiment, looking up at the sky, captivated by the beautiful moon.

Seeing that the upper-class guards hadn't noticed him, the lower-class guards looked around, then grabbed a handful of pebbles and threw them at the backs of the upper-class guards one by one: "Behold my weapon!"

A pebble the size of a QQ candy hit one of the upper-class people on the shoulder, and the upper-class person immediately cried out in pain: "Someone attacked me!"

Then he clutched his shoulder, trembling as if he had suffered a fatal wound, and collapsed...

The other upper-class people then turned around as if to realize what was happening: "It's the lower-class people, it's the lower-class people! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

But these upper-class people were no match for the QQ candy; they were all hit and collapsed to the ground, convulsing.

Oh shit.

Looking at this dramatic scene in the distance, Gu Mian couldn't help but curse. There were no words to describe the rich inner thoughts he was experiencing at that moment.

At this moment, the valiant lower-class contestant trotted back: "Warrior, I have successfully defeated ten upper-class gatekeepers."

His expression was no longer as fearful as when he left; instead, he looked somewhat dizzy, as if he couldn't believe what he had just done.

“Okay, let’s sneak in now.” Gu Mian mechanically said, her lips twitching slightly.

He's too lazy to even make any extra facial expressions.

Gu Mian walked at the front without expression, leading a group of lower-class people behind her. The expressions of these lower-class people had changed from initial fear to confusion and disbelief.

They all witnessed what had just happened, seeing the lower-class person who rushed out defeat ten upper-class people guarding the gates of Paradise Island with just a few pebbles.

This was something the lower classes never dared to even dream of before. They wouldn't even dare to look the upper classes in the eye, let alone throw stones at them.

At this moment, Gu Mian had already led a large group of lower-class people to the entrance of Bliss Island. The upper-class people standing on the wall seemed to be blind and did not see such a large group of lower-class people approaching.

As Gu Mian approached the door, she immediately saw that the gate to Paradise Island was wide open, and she could see the bright lights inside.

Through the gate, one could occasionally see a few figures walking inside, but they ignored the dark mass of people outside, focusing on doing their own thing.

"Warrior, we have breached the gate! Now we can rush in and capture those evil upper-class men inside!" A lower-class man stepped forward and said to Gu Mian with great enthusiasm.

But just then, a discordant voice suddenly broke in.

"Number Nine! You are... Number Nine!" It was the voice of the upper class who had been beaten to the ground.

Gu Mian looked in the direction of the voice and saw one of the upper-class people struggling to raise his head to look at her.

He stared intently at Gu Mian, his eyes filled with rage: "You killed the guards in the restricted area, blew up the circus audience seats, and ruined the variety show 'Trial and Crown' a while ago!"

Huh? I've been recognized.

It seems that the upper class here still has some control over their own bodies.

"Damn Number Nine, what the hell are you doing? Are we... Ah, it's the terrifying lower-class warrior Gu Mian!" The upper-class man originally wanted to continue roaring at Gu Mian, but he changed his tone abruptly as if a duck had its neck stepped on.

"Gu Mian, the warrior of the lower class, is truly too valiant... He defeated all ten of us with ease. It seems... it seems that we, the upper class, are destined to perish at his hands." This upper class man spoke these words intermittently, as if his soul had been stolen. After saying these words, he finally collapsed to the ground as if he had completed his mission.

These lines made Gu Mian feel a little embarrassed. He quickly walked towards Paradise Island, wanting to get away from this awkward place.

After entering Paradise Island, they encountered no obstacles along the way.

The upper-class people passing by would turn their heads to look at the beautiful moon in the sky just before their eyes were about to meet theirs.

"Warrior! We've hidden ourselves very well; no superior has discovered us yet!" A lower-class person stood beside a superior who was admiring the moon and loudly reported to Gu Mian. (End of Chapter)