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Chapter 429 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Xiao Qiao Follows Behind
At this moment, the fortune teller had already stepped into the elevator, but did not immediately go up.

She watched as the ghost's expression changed drastically and it turned to run away. She never expected that the ghost's escape was so similar to her own.

The ghost in front of them sped off in the direction it had come from, with Gu Mian close behind.

In no time, the person and the ghost disappeared from the shelves full of goods.

"Oh my God..." She clutched her chest as she stood in front of the elevator, the light inside giving her a greater sense of security.

Just then, she suddenly saw a familiar figure appear in front of her.

It is the bright moon.

Gu Mian had already chased after the ghost and left, while Mingyue emerged from the shadows. She was standing next to a clothes rack and looked like a fortune teller, and she took a few steps in her direction.

"What's going on?" the fortune teller heard Mingyue ask. "What happened just now? Did the ghost escape? Who is that doctor?"

The fortune teller looked at the bright moon standing in the darkness ahead, her face showing a mixture of shock and disbelief, as if she were dreaming.

She had no liking for Mingyue, the fortune teller, and didn't intend to answer her, simply ignoring the person in front of her.

Unexpectedly, Mingyue took a few more steps forward, her tone becoming increasingly inquisitive: "Now that I think about it, your running this way was premeditated. You and that doctor must have discussed it beforehand, so you must have known something special about him."

This person isn't being chased by ghosts; that's something every player dreams of.

No, this doctor won't be chased by ghosts; in fact, ghosts will turn away immediately when they see him!

"Does he have any special items?" At this moment, Mingyue was already standing in front of the fortune teller.

Although she knew it was unlikely that any special item could be that powerful, Mingyue still asked with a glimmer of hope.

Out of sight, out of mind. The fortune teller considered taking the elevator to leave this floor, but taking the elevator in a horror game is not something to be encouraged.

She stood at the elevator door and said somewhat impatiently, "I haven't settled the score with you yet, and you dare to ask me all sorts of questions."

Mingyue scoffed, "So what? It's normal to only care about your own survival in a dungeon. Besides, you're fine now, aren't you? Do you think you're so saintly in a dungeon that you'd care about others' survival first and then worry about your own?"

The fortune teller frowned: "But when you pulled me before, it was harmful to both of you, wasn't it? Even if you pulled me along, you couldn't run away now that you couldn't run anymore."

Mingyue answered matter-of-factly, "That's my instinctive reaction. When I'm weak, of course I have to grab onto someone strong next to me. Anyway, if I don't grab on, I'm going to die. If I grab on, what if I survive?"

The fortune teller looked at the person in front of him and asked, "Who are you?"

Mingyue stared at her: "Things in this world are never judged by a person's character."

“Alright,” Mingyue continued, “You professional gamers’ nicknames are all hidden, so I’m sure that doctor’s nickname is also hidden. It seems you should know his original nickname.”

The fortune teller certainly knew the nickname Gu Mian.

She knew that as soon as she uttered the name "Gu Mian," the person in front of her would immediately come up with a whole host of wicked ideas.

The fortune teller didn't speak. She took a step back and entered the elevator completely, intending to leave, but Mingyue blocked the elevator door: "Gu Mian, right?"

The fortune teller in the elevator suddenly looked up at the person in front of her. Mingyue's face was pale under the elevator lights, and her mouth opened and closed: "I read the game announcements every time. There's a fat guy in this dungeon with a very familiar nickname. He often appears in the same announcements as Gu Mian... Oh right, and there's also the female celebrity Xiao Qiao. I remember seeing her name on the compensation list once. She knew Gu Mian back then, right?"

"I noticed that Xiao Qiao is quite familiar with that doctor. It seems like they've known each other for a long time. It looks like she learned from that dungeon that Gu Mian is no ordinary person, so she's sticking with you this time. After all, someone who doesn't know anything can't survive long in a dungeon on their own."

You can't do anything?

The fortune teller sensed that Mingyue's tone was not kind, and she frowned: "You don't like her?"

“I don’t like her,” Mingyue said matter-of-factly. “Actually, I really dislike her, and I see her every time I turn on the TV.”

"Is that so..." The fortune teller suddenly laughed. "That's right, Xiao Qiao has been following us all along, and she's in this mall right now. I've hated her for a long time. Why don't I take you to find her and you beat her up? She really is just like you said, she can't do anything, she only knows how to drag us down all day, and she cries when she's scared. If you hit her, she definitely won't dare to fight back."

The fortune teller had personally witnessed Xiao Qiao throw a three-meter-tall steel shelf aside with her bare hands. If Mingyue were to go and fight Xiao Qiao now, someone would definitely be crying.

Mingyue looked a little strange: "It didn't come to the point of hitting someone, it's just that I find it annoying that she's always on TV."

At this point, she suddenly looked in the direction Gu Mian had left: "Right now, the thing that attracts me the most is Gu Mian himself. You know, he's worth tens of thousands now. But if I want the bonus, I'll have to find out where he is in the real world, you know?"

"I don't know," the fortune teller replied coldly.

"Forget it," Mingyue took a step back and left the elevator door. "I'll go find some clues myself. I won't get anything out of you anyway."

After saying that, she turned and left.

The fortune teller saw Mingyue walk in the direction Gu Mian had left. Looking at Mingyue ahead, the fortune teller took out the knife that she had been keeping in her inventory, wanting to give the person in front of her a righteous backstab. However, she hesitated for a long time, until Mingyue's figure disappeared from sight, before she decided whether to make a move.

"It still doesn't work..." The fortune teller stared at the knife in his hand and said with a sigh, "How can there be such a kind person as me in the world? I can't bring myself to hurt you like this."

As she stared at the fruit knife in her hand and sighed, she suddenly noticed another figure appearing in the darkness ahead.

It was none other than Xiao Qiao, who "couldn't do anything"!

The fortune teller saw Xiao Qiao emerge from the shadows not far away. Xiao Qiao had been hiding for who knows how long, but from that spot, she could hear their conversation perfectly well. It was unknown how much she had overheard!
Her dark eyes stared intently at Mingyue's back for a long time without making a sound.

In that instant, the diviner felt as if he had seen a wolf lurking in the night, intently watching its prey without making any bluffing noises.

A few seconds later, the fortune teller saw Xiao Qiao lift her foot and walk in the direction Mingyue had left, and then her figure disappeared.

"Wait, what was that feeling just now?" The darkness in front of the fortune teller took a few deep breaths. "Although she was a bit strong, she seemed like a very naive person... but the feeling she gave me just now..."

Her professional intuition told the fortune teller that something was about to happen. She paused for a few seconds looking in the direction the two had left, gritted her teeth, and followed them.

This ghost can't pass through walls—this is a conclusion Gu Mian drew from her experience of chasing ghosts.

At this moment, the female ghost who could only walk like a spider had been cornered by Gu Mian for a long time. The two, one human and one ghost, stared at each other, creating a rather strange scene.

If an elderly man with heart disease were to pass by at this moment and see this scene, he would definitely scream and faint.

(End of this chapter)