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Chapter 420

"Alright, you've passed." Without making things difficult for the fortune teller for too long, Gu Mian patted her shoulder and gave up asking about the color of her underwear.

The fortune teller paused for two seconds before realizing that Gu Mian was bluffing her.

She wasn't angry, but looked at Wang Xin's body on the ground and said, "The police will be here soon. What are your plans?"

"Since the mission is to survive for two days, then we should try our best to escape," Gu Mian said, looking towards the door. "If we see a ghost, we should turn around and run. Of course, if we see a policeman, we should also turn around and run. I was a champion in the 1,000-meter race back in the day."

The fat man leaned closer: "But doctor, you didn't react like this when you saw ghosts before..."

"Stop talking and let's run, or we might end up in a police car," Gu Mian said, taking two quick steps to open the door. "Let's find a secluded place to hide first."

The fortune teller followed with a slight sigh: "Based on my previous experience in dungeons, the more remote the place, the faster you die, but this time the situation is a bit special... I'll just follow you."

She had considered leaving with the other three, but then she thought it might be safer to stay with this doctor who seemed a bit abnormal.

At this moment, Gu Mian had already started walking up the stairs.

Several more people poured out of the house. As Chu Changge descended the stairs, he pulled several real estate advertisements from his pocket: "I've studied the map of this city carefully..."

The fat man asked with some surprise, "When did you take their advertising flyer?"

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses, glancing at the few sheets of paper in his hand as he walked downstairs, as if he didn't need to watch his feet: "This city isn't a tourist destination, so it's hard to find maps showing the location of buildings and the density of people. That's why I took a few real estate advertisements from different neighborhoods."

Gu Mian knew that the sales advertisements all had maps and mostly introduced how excellent the location of their community was, such as which schools or supermarkets it was close to.

As Chu Changge spoke, he folded the top advertisement over and began to look at the next one: "If we don't deal with Wang Xin's body, the police might find it here and see the body, driven by the ghost. We might also become suspects, so I suggest we go to a secluded place."

To be honest, this place is a bit remote, but the police will be here soon.

“Through the small maps in these real estate advertisements, I have a general understanding of the population density in some areas. I suggest that we go to Tongying Street in the west of the city first. There are mostly car manufacturers there. Usually, there are not many people except for the shops. If we go there now, the shops will close for the day and leave. That is the place with the fewest people at night.”

By this time, the group had already gone downstairs. The elderly people were still looking at the gruesome corpse, and a beat-up van was parked not far away.

Gu Mian walked past a group of elderly men and women and asked Chu Changge behind her in a low voice, "How far is Tongying Street in the west of the city from here?"

"It takes about an hour and a half to drive there."

"Does anyone have a car?"

Liu Ruyan's voice came from behind: "I did, but we just passed by."

The fat man coughed and said, "We came here in Liu Ruyan's car."

Gu Mian stopped and looked back. There weren't many people around, so there were plenty of parking spaces.

Within sight, only a dilapidated van was parked there. Liu Ruyan raised her hand, a bunch of car keys hanging from her index finger: "That's the beat-up car." Caoyuan, Mingyue, and Xiaotuwan, after coming downstairs, naturally saw the gruesome corpse.

All three felt a chill run down their spines and walked past the corpse without daring to linger.

They had now reached a slightly more crowded street. Little Rabbit looked very worried: "Although I know that staying together in a horror dungeon is basically useless, I still feel safe with the main group. I always feel like only the three of us are in danger."

As he looked around, Caoyuan said, "But you still came out with us, didn't you? You probably thought it would be more dangerous to stay with that group, right?"

The saying "many hands make light work" is completely inapplicable to this damned horror dungeon, a fact that all three of them were well aware of.

At this moment, Mingyue also spoke up: "Did you see the hand that came out of that man's pocket? That's a ghost hand, isn't it? It looks like some kind of special item."

Upon hearing this, the other two remained silent for a moment.

Grassland frowned: "All I've ever done in horror dungeons is run for my life. Even if there are special items, they're never the kind that attack ghosts. I can only run, run, run... That's why I was scared when I saw that hand. Of course, the Ouija board is also a ghost, but that ghostly hand just lightly squeezed the Ouija board and it disappeared. I don't understand how there could be such a special item."

This is illogical.

Mingyue and Xiaotuwan also frowned, clearly encountering this strange situation for the first time.

"Perhaps it's some kind of sacrifice. They probably wouldn't have any special items that can attack demons for free unless they pay some price," Usagi said. "They don't look like a group of people to be trifled with. Two of them have professions, and the other even has a terrifying demon hand..."

“But that female celebrity doesn’t seem to be very useful.” Mingyue suddenly spoke up at this moment.

The grassland gave the bright moon a strange look.

Little Rabbit Maru paused for a moment, then muttered to herself, "But she doesn't seem to care about any horror dungeons..."

As she spoke, she shuddered. She still remembered the scene she saw when she hid in the closet. When Xiao Qiao saw Wang Xin's body, her face showed not fear, but rather a kind of...happiness?
Years of experience in television dramas have taught her that it's rare for any emotion to be revealed on the face of this actress, which shows how happy Xiao Qiao was at the time.

Mingyue seemed not to have heard Little Rabbit's words; instead, she was discussing with the grassland beside her: "Where should we go next? Shouldn't we go somewhere with lots of people?"

“That’s right,” Caoyuan nodded. “We should go into a big shopping mall with lots of people. Ghosts usually don’t kill people in crowded places. We can go into a bar when it’s quiet at night, where there are lots of people.”

Shopping malls with lots of people are not hard to find. This is a city with a fairly large population, so even on non-holidays, the malls are still bustling with people.

The three of them sat on a leather stool in the mall, back to back, warily looking around.

They sat there for so long that even the sales clerks at nearby counters couldn't help but glance over.

Little Rabbit Maru checked the time: "It's 3:30 now. The three of us are still safe. The ghosts don't seem to be making any moves in this dungeon. I wonder how they are doing."

Caoyuan said knowingly, "They outnumber us, so if anyone's going to die, they'll die first."

(End of this chapter)