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Chapter 286: New Hope

Of course, Gu Mian ultimately did not accept the suggestion of being dragged along by this flamboyant player.

“To be honest, I have two friends in this instance, but they’re not in my faction,” Gu Mian said. “I need to find them first.”

Gu Mian's statement about finding them certainly didn't mean catching them on the spot.

Nine Lives lowered his hand that was playing with his hair: "That's a real shame. I bet even if you find your two friends, you won't take the opportunity to grab them, right? Such friendship is truly precious in a dungeon... In that case, I'm too embarrassed to meddle in other people's business. Let's part ways here. That's how the idiom is used, right?"

This flamboyant young man was quite talkative, a stark contrast to his trembling self hiding in the bushes just moments before.

After Jiu Ming finished speaking, Gu Mian peeked out and glanced at the direction of the bottom of the building, seemingly to check if the alien spirit had returned.

After confirming that there was nothing downstairs, he looked at Gu Mian again and waved the receipt in his hand: "Do you want this receipt?"

Gu Mian shook his head. He had already memorized the contents of the document, and he couldn't use it for anything else.

Nine Lives walked very fast, his legs moving as if flying. In no time, he was downstairs and quickly disappeared from Gu Mian's sight, seemingly heading to find the Cafe de Coral supermarket on the receipt.

Gu Mian did not linger there.

He quickly searched the remaining school buildings, found nothing, and then set off to go elsewhere.

However, deciding where to go first is a question worth considering.

In the darkness, Gu Mian stood at the school gate with her guitar on her back for a while, then walked forward along the street.

Finding five specific people in a small city is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, the city had long been deserted, the vibrant people had long since vanished without a trace, and thick weeds sprouted from the cracked roads, while dilapidated buildings still stood on this barren land.

Now, as long as we can catch even the slightest trace of a living person, we can follow the clues to find the players who are hiding.

At that moment, Gu Mian caught a glimpse of a living person.

The street was lined with shops like convenience stores and stationery stores, and the doors of these shops seemed to have been in disrepair for years. However, Gu Mian noticed that one of the shops looked like it had been forcibly broken into.

He quickly searched the stationery store, which hadn't been visited in who knows how many years, and found that the paper and pens were in terrible condition, and notebooks with several pages forcibly torn off were lying on the ground.
It seems that someone entered this stationery store not long ago and did some rather rough things to the stationery.

"They only used paper and pen. It seems like they wanted to record something, or perhaps draw a map of the city?" Gu Mian stroked her chin.

It seems that other players have also realized that there are other spirits in this dungeon.

Perhaps they wanted to draw a map to facilitate their escape? Or perhaps they discovered some clues that required paper and pen for calculations. Gu Mian didn't stay in the stationery store for long; he left immediately, but before leaving, he tore up a few sheets of paper from their notebook and took a pen with him.

Since other players took some paper and pens, it means that paper and pens may be quite useful in this instance.

After taking these items, Gu Mian continued walking along the dimly lit street. Just then, Gu Mian suddenly felt a vibration in her pocket.

His phone rang in his pocket.

The phone given in this instance has no other use; setting an alarm with it is out of the question. So, the only reason the phone is vibrating right now is that the player corresponding to it has called.

Gu Mian took out her phone.

The phone screen had already lit up faintly, with the three large characters "Ji Bieli" squeezed in the middle of the screen, as if they might pop out at any moment.

Amazing! The player being chased actually called the player chasing him.

You should know that Gu Mian had called several times before, but the other party hung up on her without any mercy, not giving her the slightest chance.

But now, this player has unexpectedly called?
Something unusual must be going on. Gu Mian felt she had to be careful.

As he pondered this, he pressed the answer button and took over this somewhat magical call.

At this moment, "一生平安658" was panting heavily in a small alley.

He was a member of the "Survivors" faction, and had just been hiding in a school when he was almost caught by other players on the spot, if it weren't for that alien spirit appearing in time...

The timely appearance of the otherworldly spirit saved him from being caught by the hunters... but then the spirit came after him. Being chased by the spirit was worse than being caught by other players. If he were caught by the spirit, his death would probably be quite gruesome.

Fortunately, the alien spirit did not pursue him relentlessly. Just when he was exhausted and had to stop, he suddenly discovered that the terrifying being that had been following him had disappeared.

Because he was so engrossed in fleeing for his life, he didn't realize how the strange spirit behind him disappeared; it was as if it had vanished suddenly.

"I saw a person in a white coat when I was running away in the school building just now... He should be from the hunter camp. Why does he seem unafraid of ghosts?" Yi Sheng Ping An said to himself as he looked up, panting heavily while leaning against the wall.

A huge office building was located not far in front of him.

Yi Shengping looked at the office building, and then, as if he had seen some new hope, an excited expression appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)