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Chapter 133 The Wind Chaser
"Hello, this is Sunshine Taxi. Sunshine Taxi, at your service."

"Ensuring your peace of mind when traveling and returning home, Sunshine Taxi is the best choice for everyone..."

It was the voice of a man in his thirties or forties.

This guy seems to be trying to imitate the tone of a news anchor on CCTV, but he failed and it sounds rather awkward.

"Alright, alright," Gu Mian interrupted him with a hint of disdain, "I need to call a car."

No sooner had he finished speaking than another man's voice came from the other end of the line.

Are there any other passengers?

This must have come from another person sitting in the car. The voice sounded slightly younger than the driver's, probably in his early twenties.

The driver's voice came through, seemingly answering the man's question: "Yes, it's not far from here, I can give him a ride if I'm going the same way..."

"Okay, okay, go and bring it, go and bring it." The young voice sounded somewhat urgent.

Gu Mian asked, "Why is there someone else in your car?"

The driver quickly turned around and said, "It's okay, it's just another passenger. Don't worry, it's not crowded at all."

Is it a matter of whether it's crowded or not? Gu Mian looked at the time on her phone.

It is 1:34 now.

Very few people would take a taxi at this time, so the voice he just heard was most likely from another player.

That wasn't the fat man's voice, nor was it Chu Changge's voice; it was the voice of another unfamiliar male, presumably one of the other players.

There are six players in this instance.

In other words, besides the three of them, there were three other players, and the young man from earlier was very likely one of them.

Gu Mian listened to the wind outside: "There's no rule against two players riding in the same vehicle... so this is feasible."

It's even possible for six players to ride in the same car, but first, the six players must gather together before they can discuss how to flag down a taxi.

Given the current situation, the chances of the six players getting together are extremely low. Ye City is not small, and who knows where the others have been scattered.

As Gu Mian was still thinking, lights came on in the street not far away.

He had seen that light once before; it was the light emitted by car headlights.

Gu Mian looked up and could see the driver in the driver's seat from his angle.

It was the face of a middle-aged man, square-shaped, about forty years old, with slightly dark skin and a rosy complexion from the high altitude.

The wrinkles, neither too deep nor too shallow, were evenly distributed on his face, making him look old and haggard.

"Hello," the car came to a smooth stop in front of Gu Mian. "Did you call this car?"

The driver rolled down the car window, revealing the upper half of his face as he looked at Gu Mian who came out of the phone booth.

Gu Mian nodded to the driver: "Yes."

Just then, the rear window was rolled down, and a young man's face came into Gu Mian's view.

Gu Mian glanced at him and could open this person's player profile panel.

This young man's nickname is "Wind Chaser," a clear-cut gamer. Wind Chaser is obviously also observing Gu Mian's nickname; he's probably already seen the bright green "Doctor" in large letters.

After observing Gu Mian's nickname, he glanced at the driver in front, then looked back at Gu Mian standing by the roadside, and finally reached out to open the back door: "Quick, get in."

Gu Mian answered the call of the Wind Chaser and plopped down inside.

After closing the car door, the driver stepped on the gas and started moving forward: "By the way, where are you going?"

These words were clearly spoken to Gu Mian.

Gu Mian glanced down at the map in her hand: "Rong'an Residential Area."

"Okay, it's on my way anyway."

The car began to accelerate on the road.

At this moment, the young man chasing the wind was swaying slightly next to Gu Mian. He seemed to have countless things he wanted to say to Gu Mian, but the words were swallowed back down.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Mian turned her head slightly to look at the player she was meeting for the first time.

Zhui Feng steadied himself and then hesitated before speaking, "You like green..."

Gu Mian figured it out; this guy clearly wanted to ask, "Why is your nickname 'Green'?" But given that there was a driver in front of him who was either human or ghost, he said it in such a roundabout way.

“I really like green,” Gu Mian patted the chainsaw bag beside her. “I especially like giving green things to others.”

Caught off guard, Zhui Feng choked a few times, letting out a few coughs to cover up his embarrassment. He seemed genuinely afraid that Gu Mian would take out a green thing and put it on him.

He immediately stopped worrying about why Gu Mian's head was green. Zhui Feng leaned closer to Gu Mian and whispered, "Your mission is also to go home, right? Why are you only getting on the car now?"

Gu Mian turned to look at him and saw that the young man was also holding a map, with the same layout as the advertisement on the back.

“I didn’t just get on the bus; in fact, I just got off another bus a few minutes ago,” Gu Mian paused, “and I didn’t pay.”

Zhui Feng frowned: "The thing about not paying... never mind, let's get serious. When you got out of the previous car, you noticed something was wrong with it, right?"

As he spoke, he looked up at the driver in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the driver seemed to be a normal person.

Gu Mian remained silent, his attention actually drawn to the map in the young man's hand.

Zhui Feng seemed unaware of what Gu Mian was looking at, and continued talking to himself: "Actually, I've already taken a taxi once. The driver was a big, burly young man. At first, I thought the driver was a ghost, but he turned out to be no different from a normal person, so I felt relieved... But then I realized that he was actually faking it!"

"He was actually dead! But he was pretending to be alive... His disguise was very good, but I could still detect the differences in the subtle details. He felt that he had fooled me, but I didn't dare to expose him. I just pretended that I hadn't found anything out, and finally made an excuse to get off the bus..."

At this point, the young man who was chasing the wind breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly relaxing a bit.

"Then I called this car again. Not long after I got in, the driver received your call again. I used to be quite scared to travel alone, but now that I have you with me, I feel a little more at ease."

It was still thick darkness outside. The young man glanced out the window and felt a chill run down his spine. Then he turned his gaze back to Gu Mian: "What about you? Why did you get off the last car?"

Gu Mian was still staring at the map in his hand, and when she heard this, she gave a perfunctory answer: "I didn't bring any money, so the driver kicked me out."

"Huh?" The boy chasing the wind made a strange sound.

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