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Chapter 267 Gu Mian, the Little Seller of Nuclear Bombs

One, two, three, four, five, ...

Five tiny figures, only reaching Gu Mian's waist in height.

Yes, they are five dwarfs.

These five dwarfs looked a bit strange; they didn't seem to be actually short, but rather habitually hunched over.

His arms and legs were bent unnaturally, and even his back was arched in a high arc, like the hump of a camel in the desert.

It seems the fairy tale unfolding here is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? But it looks like two are missing…

These little dwarfs were carrying shovels and hoes, jumping and skipping around happily, humming songs as if they had just finished their work and were heading home.

With these hunched-over people singing and dancing like that, Gu Mian almost suspected they might strain their backs from all the jumping.

Gu Mian touched her chin, quickly took two steps forward, wanting to go up and see for herself.

But just then, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes not far away.

Gu Mian quickly turned her head to look in that direction.

A little girl wearing a green cloak and carrying a basket darted out from inside. The cloak had a green hood that was covering her head. She turned her head and looked around, as if searching for something.

This outfit is somewhat similar to Little Red Riding Hood, but the colors are clearly not quite right.

Little Red Riding Hood would never wear such a poisonous color.

So this is...

A little green hat?
This is great.

Instead of Little Red Riding Hood, it's green.

Is this a low-quality, imitation fairy tale dungeon?
The person who made this copy must be colorblind, specifically red-green colorblind.

If Hans Christian Andersen knew that his fairy tales had been pirated like this by people with red-green color blindness, he would definitely be so angry that he would jump out of his coffin.

Little Green Hat looked up, seemingly not having found what it was looking for, then disappeared back into the bushes.

She looked extremely nervous, like a fugitive who had just robbed a bank. Although Gu Mian didn't know much about fairy tales, he had heard the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

This was all thanks to an orphan in the orphanage who loved telling fairy tales. Gu Mian listened to him with great interest a few times, but the storyteller was adopted not long after, and Gu Mian never listened to fairy tales again.

The Little Red Riding Hood in the fairy tale shouldn't have such a panicked expression after committing murder and robbery, so this little green hat and Little Red Riding Hood probably have nothing to do with each other, they just look somewhat similar.

But what was she looking for just now?
very strange.

So far, this instance has not revealed anything strange, yet it is full of oddities.

Just then, several dwarfs seemed to have spotted Gu Mian. They swarmed around him, curiously looking him up and down.

“Sir,” the dwarf carrying a hoe spoke first, “are you also a lost traveler in this forest?”

Although he was short, he had the face of a genuine middle-aged man, with somewhat sagging skin and a bright red nose.

Gu Mian felt a little strange being looked up at by such a face.

Although it was strange to be stared at by a middle-aged man who was just over a meter tall, Gu Mian still managed to extract useful information from his words.

and also?
Have other guests gotten lost in the forest before?
He stroked his chin and asked, "Have you seen any other people lost in this forest?"

The little dwarfs all nodded.

The dwarf holding the wooden shovel spoke up: "There are many. There were many guests dressed strangely like you before, but they all left... Ah, and there was one special one, a beautiful princess who also came here as a guest and stayed for a long time. By the way, her name is Princess Black Sugar."

Upon hearing the words "Brown Sugar Princess," Gu Mian nearly choked on her own saliva.

It's one thing to not be able to distinguish between red and green, but to not be able to distinguish between black and white...

This is very likely not the fairy tale world they know, but a counterfeit fairy tale world later created by some perverse creator.

Gu Mian wasn't fooled by the "Black Sugar Princess" for long, and instead continued to analyze what the hunchbacked dwarf had said earlier.

Those strangely dressed people were the first few batches of players to participate in the dungeon. As we all know, once a dungeon in this global game is completed, the loading bar will not be reset, so if it crashes, it crashes and the data cannot be reset to make it seem like nothing happened.

The little dwarf, wielding a shovel, hopped and skipped: "Lost guest, it's getting late. Why don't you stay at our house for the night, and we'll escort you out when it's light tomorrow?"

The dwarfs were very enthusiastic, as if Gu Mian were a beautiful princess lost in the forest.

Gu Mian looked up and around. The forest was indeed very large. Some trees seemed to reach for the sky, and their lush foliage covered most of the sky, making the forest gloomy and somewhat terrifying.

Wandering alone in the forest at midnight is definitely not a good choice.

However, something is very strange.

Gu Mian remembered seeing dew on the grass just now. Logically, there shouldn't be any dew on the grass if it's almost dark...

strangeness.

To this day, he still hasn't figured out what this instance is supposed to make them do.

How can I escape the "fairytale city"?
How big is the area included in "Fairy Tale City"?
Gu Mian didn't know any of this; she had to contact the NPCs in the instance first.

The players were separated in this instance, and no one knew where the others were or what fairy tales they had encountered. Unable to find the others, Gu Mian had no choice but to leave with the five dwarfs.

The little dwarves, full of enthusiasm, skipped and hopped along, leading Gu Mian through a small patch of jungle, where a slightly low wooden house stood not far away.

The dwarf carrying the hammer excitedly said to Gu Mian, "The beautiful princess who came to visit stayed at our house. She should have already made the soup and is waiting for us. Let's go, let's go!"

Just then, Gu Mian noticed a little girl standing under a tree not far away; it was the same little green-hatted girl who had just emerged from the bushes.

She was also carrying her basket, as if it contained some treasure.

Little Green Hat seemed to notice Gu Mian looking at her, so she gave him a shy smile, then turned around and ran away in a flash.

Several dwarfs also seemed to have spotted the little green hat not far away.

“Ah,” one of the dwarves said, “that’s Little Green Hat who lives nearby. She has an elderly grandfather at home.”

Grandpa? Grandma gender-swapped?

Gu Mian knew that many games liked the gender-swap setting, but she didn't expect this dungeon to be so trendy...

However, they didn't seem very interested in the little green hat and quickly led Gu Mian to the front of their little house.

"What a beautiful house!" the dwarves exclaimed.

Gu Mian thought they probably said the same thing every day when they came back.

Just then, the door of the wooden house creaked open, revealing a beautiful face: "You're back."

This is the princess.

Although this was quite different from the Black Sugar Princess Gu Mian knew, he thought the Black Sugar Princess should be very dark-skinned, with only her two jet-black eyes showing any light on her face, the rest of her face being like charcoal.

However, the woman in front of me wasn't dark-skinned; in fact, she was quite fair-skinned and rather pretty.

Upon seeing the unfamiliar Gu Mian, Princess Black Sugar seemed completely unsurprised. She smiled and said, "It's getting dark, please come in."

Is it getting dark?

Gu Mian looked up at the sky with some curiosity. Sure enough, it was already dusk, and the sun was about to completely sink below the horizon, and night was about to fall.

Because it was too dark in the forest, Gu Mian didn't notice the sky gradually darkening.

Strange, the sky was bright just now, how come the sun is about to set in less than an hour?
It's probably because the darkness of night better suits the atmosphere of a horror game.

Meanwhile, the lucky fat guy had already met other players, including one with the nickname "The Most Flirty Supermodel in History".

It has to be said that this name is incredibly flashy, but this isn't the time to compare whose name is the flashiest.

The fairy tale they encountered was Cinderella... but things don't seem to be like that.

The fat man and the supermodel, who were lost in the forest, met up and were then picked up by a white girl who was collecting dry branches outside. It was said that she had two older sisters and a stepmother. The fat man immediately suspected that this was the famous Cinderella who had suffered all kinds of abuse.

But the girl immediately clarified that this was not the case and stated that her name was Elizabeth.

Her stepmother treated her very well, as did her two older sisters. Since there were no servants in the house at the moment, they would sometimes come out to cut some dry branches to start a fire.

It's completely different from the Cinderella storyline...

The two were taken in by the kind Elizabeth and placed in two adjacent rooms on the second floor. However, the two, who were not happy to be alone, eventually secretly got together.

The supermodel was nervously staring at the sun outside the window: "Nightfall is usually not a good thing. By the way, don't you think something's off about Elizabeth, who brought us here..."

The fat man patted him on the shoulder: "Something is definitely not right, but our mission is to escape Fairy Tale City. Wandering in the forest won't lead to any clues, right? We still need to interact with NPCs."

As he spoke, he pressed his ear against the door and gestured for the supermodel to come closer: "Look, we can now eavesdrop on what Elizabeth and her mother are saying downstairs..."

The fat man pressed his ear against the door, listening to the sounds outside. After a while, he frowned slightly: "Hey, listen, can you hear them talking about us outside?"

The supermodel followed suit, pressing her ear against the door, and then, both of their faces slowly turned pale...

At this moment, Chu Changge was standing on a bustling street.

The sun has set, leaving only a few rays of light on the earth, but the crowds on the streets have not decreased. The weather has turned slightly colder, and everyone is wrapped in thick coats.

Standing in front of Chu Changge was a ragged little girl who shrank back and held up a basket in her hand, trying her best to sell him something: "Sir, buy a lighter."

A little girl selling lighters?

It got dark unusually quickly.

The last rays of the sun were gradually fading away, until not a single ray of light remained. In just a few seconds, the sky, which had been slightly bright, became completely dark, and the ground was barely visible.

Chu Changge walked past the ragged little girl in front of him, paused for a moment, and then tried to continue walking forward.

But just then, the same words came from behind.

But the voice turned cold and venomous: "Sir, buy a lighter."

Gugu suffered greatly at the hands of the censorship army, so the plot was changed...

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(End of this chapter)