Global Collapse

Chapter 410 007 Finding Mom

The next morning, when Gu Mian opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was a corpse.

A corpse with a bizarre shape and a distorted face.

It was placed at the foot of his bed.

They were neatly arranged at the foot of the bed.

Gu Mian: "..."

He subconsciously touched the chainsaw beside him, and only after realizing that the saw was still there did he turn his head to look to the side.

To the left of the corpse is a fat man with a strange expression. He is holding a camera and standing on the ground, looking down at the corpse, as if he has been frozen in place by some kind of spell.

Opposite the fat man was 007, whose expression was equally strange. She was tightening her clothes and shivering slightly.

Chu Changge was sitting on the sofa directly opposite, holding the book "Second World". There was an open thick atlas next to him. Besides these two books, there seemed to be a few other odds and ends on the table. He didn't seem to care about the corpse on the floor.

Xiao Hong sat on 007's bed, holding a large plastic bag filled with snacks. Gu Mian noticed that a red can of lychee soda took up a small portion of the space, which seemed to be something Chu Changge had bought at the supermarket last night.

At that moment, she didn't care about anything else. She just reached into her shopping bag, took out a can of lychee soda, pulled the tab, and inserted a straw.

Gu Mian tugged at her uncomfortable collar, her voice a little hoarse: "What's the deal with this corpse?"

It doesn't look very human, and it looks somewhat familiar.

“That’s how it is,” the fat man finally made a move. He silently raised his head to look at Gu Mian, “The Holy Maiden’s brother went out last night… and just came back this morning, along with this trophy… let’s just call it a trophy.”

As he spoke, he raised the camera in his hand: "I thought it looked familiar, so I looked through the photos I took of you, doctor, before."

As he spoke, the fat man took a few steps toward them, walked around the corpse on the ground, and came to Gu Mian's side: "Doctor, look, doesn't this thing on the ground look a lot like the assassin I filmed before who was trying to kill you?"

Gu Mian looked at the screen; it did indeed look very similar.

He had previously drawn a strange wanted poster, which meant he would be hunted down by a ghost. However, the ghost seemed to realize that it needed to bide its time and improve its strength, so it never reappeared after meeting them once.

Unexpectedly, Tao died while he was doing this.

That's terrible...

Gu Mian turned her head and looked around again: "Where is he?"

The fat man pointed to the side: "Wash your hands in the toilet...?"

That's really meticulous; they even wash their hands after killing the ghost.

At this moment, Xiao Hong next to her had finished drinking one can of beverage. She was taking out the second can, pulling the tab, and then inserting the straw.

As Gu Mian passed by her, she casually took the lychee soda from her hand, bit the straw, and took a few sips: "It tastes good."

Xiao Hong remained in the same position with her mouth slightly open, looking somewhat bewildered.

Gu Mian approached the corpse and looked down. Its expression was quite extreme, with its mouth wide open, making Gu Mian wonder if two eggs could fit inside. It made one wonder what terrifying things it had experienced while it was still able to move.

"You actually scared the ghost like that..." The fat man subconsciously thought of Gu Mian when he said this.

At this moment, 007 looked up at Gu Mian: "When it was brought... when it was dragged back, some special items were lost along the way..."

"Hmm." Gu Mian nodded. He remembered the description of the assassin: he carried many special items, and if he killed him, he could take them for himself.

007 continued, "But most of them should have fallen outside; we only found these few."

As she spoke, she pointed in Chu Changge's direction.

Gu Mian turned her head and saw that the items on the coffee table were the special items they had found.

There are three items in total.

Rose Teacup

[Description: This is a transparent crystal glass with no artistic value. You might get a small amount of money selling it to a secondhand gift recycler.]

[Function: Always filled with perfectly warm rose tea, an essential item for crossing the desert]

Special items for daily use?
This is indeed very convenient for some players.

Chu Changge stopped flipping through the book in his hand, reached out and grasped the teacup with a few rose petals floating on it, and took a sip.

It looks delicious.

The following two items are not very useful.

Five of Wands

[Description: This is one of the cards in a tarot deck. It depicts five small figures and five sticks. It's basically useless if you can't collect a complete set.]

[Function: Highly accurate Tarot cards, a tool coveted by professional tarot readers]

The other one is also a tarot card, but it depicts a man holding a sword—the King of Swords.

The description and functions are similar to those of the Five of Wands.

Gu Mian knew about Tarot cards; they only worked if you collected a complete set, and a set had dozens of cards, with only two being useless. "These two cards are professional tools," Gu Mian said, picking up the two cards from the coffee table. "I'm not a fortune teller. Is anyone here an expert in divination?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the people next to him. Chu Changge and 007 were both shaking their heads, but the fat man eagerly raised his hand; "I've told fortunes for people under the overpass!"

Gu Mian: "...You've really done everything."

He took a few more sips of lychee soda: "Alright, enough nonsense, let's get going."

We also need to get 007 home as soon as possible.

It's worth mentioning that, in order to prevent her brother from wandering around at night, Gu Mian stuffed the CD into the pocket of her white coat. Fortunately, after the night the suicide hand was killed, he had no intention of going out at night.

The journey was relatively smooth; Gu Mian took 007 back to her hometown without taking any detours.

All the way, Xiao Hong held her lychee soda tightly, completely preventing anyone else from stealing another can. Gu Mian didn't know why a ghost could drink soda.

007 arrived home on April 13th. During their journey, Gu Mian and the others passed by a high-end ticket booth and managed to get event tickets from the ticket seller, who had a deathly pale expression. 007 also grabbed one as well.

Yingchuan city seemed relatively normal. Someone had cleared the cars off the road, and Gu Mian saw bicycles weaving through the narrow, cleared paths.

At this moment, 007 had already gotten out of the car and was looking up to say goodbye to them: "This is enough. You don't need to continue playing the 007 looking for his parents game with me. Driving in would make it too easy for people to keep an eye on us."

Gu Mian looked down at her: "Don't I need to see you inside?"

007 shook his head: "This is my home. I could walk back home with my eyes closed."

As she said this, Gu Mian suddenly saw Xiao Hong come over and reluctantly hand 007 two cans of lychee soda before quickly climbing back to the back of the car.

007 paused for a moment, then laughed: "You all need to be careful too."

“Oh, right,” she suddenly leaned closer to Gu Mian, quickly took something out and stuffed it into his hand, and whispered, “Consider this my ticket payment.”

After saying that, she waved and turned to leave. Gu Mian looked down at the thing in her hand.

It is a [book of prophecy]

The special items that Guo Jimei used in the "Close Your Eyes When It Gets Dark" dungeon can reveal all the identities that person has had since childhood by filling in their name.

This is probably the reward 007 received in that instance.

Looking at the thing in her hand, Gu Mian remembered the identity that Chu Changge had seen before he died in that instance.

At this moment, Chu Changge, who was sitting in the back, suddenly spoke up: "I have studied the three locations of Yanchuan, Houming, and Xile Town. The closest one to here is Yanchuan, then Xile Town, and the furthest is Houming. Our activity location is in Liannu River. I have planned a route..."

Gu Mian saw him take out a small notebook with his left hand while talking, and then take out a pen with his right hand.

It was pink, and the pen cap had a cute bunny dressed in pink attached to it. Chu Changge put the pen cap on the end of the pen and began to write on the notebook. The cute bunny head moved with it, which didn't quite match his temperament.

No need to ask, this is definitely the aesthetic of a fat person.

"The event starts on June 7th. Although the tickets will take us directly there, it's still best to familiarize ourselves with the environment beforehand. It's like getting familiar with the driving course before taking a driving test; being familiar with the environment can be a great help."

"So I devised a route, starting from here to Yanchuan, then Houming, then Xile Town, and finally Liannujiang. Xile Town and Liannujiang are almost next to each other. This route is the shortest route I calculated, and the density of cities along the way is not high."

"However, it might take some time, and it's best not to enter the instance during that time. But we can enter it a few more times after we reach Liannu River. What do you think?"

As she said this, Chu Changge looked up and adjusted her glasses.

Gu Mian nodded: "No problem. If you want to know the connection between the dungeon and the real world, you can only explore these three locations."

Perhaps because of the two ghosts, Little Red and her brother, there were no problems along the way, and even special dungeons didn't appear.

Gu Mian passed through Yan Chuan and Hou Ming smoothly, but didn't find a single thing. She could only pin her hopes on the final town of Xile.

However, her brother's spying on her only intensified, keeping an eye on Gu Mian not only during the day but also at night.

Not to mention, I'm practically going bald from staring at them so much.

Gu Mian has woken up in the middle of the night more than once to see a pale face hovering above her head. Even the fat man sleeping next to her has been shot several times, and the fat man's wails often echoed throughout the hearse.

As for Chu Changge, even if he saw a pale face above him, he wouldn't make a sound; at most, he would just turn over and continue sleeping.

Unable to bear it any longer, Gu Mian would forcibly put her brother back into the CD every time before going to sleep.

However, Fatty still often saw his older brother appear in the middle of the night and gently tuck Gu Mian into bed, just like a mother covering someone with a blanket in the middle of the night.

The strange team of three people and two ghosts finally arrived in Xile Town on May 21st, which was their last hope.

This should have been a good day to send flowers, but nowadays people can't even afford flowers for their ancestors' graves, so they no longer worry about whether their partner will be angry if they don't receive flowers.

Fortunately, Gu Mian and the other two were originally single, so they never needed to consider this kind of problem.

The fat guy, however, somehow got hold of a languid flower and kept trying to give it to Gu Mian.

At this moment, Gu Mian stopped the car because he saw two familiar figures in front of him.

Gu Mian looked ahead through the windshield: "Running into someone I know? Looks like this place is something special."

(End of this chapter)