Global Collapse

Chapter 509 Paradise
“My copy is not within the influence of the old human world,” Mr. Green said with a hint of pride.

Gu Mian tapped the head of the wooden horse a few times with her fingers. The old human world could still affect the instances existing in the old human world.

But... Mr. Green said that some of the instances Gu Mian had entered before had cracked due to the influence of the old human world.

Having learned about the worldview of the old human world before even entering the Metamorphosis, Gu Mian had deduced that none of the instances he had entered before came from the old human world.

But now those instances have cracked along with the old human world.

Incredible.

Gu Mian adjusted her posture and leaned against the rocking horse: "If one world collapses, can it affect a copy in another world?"

Mr. Green glanced at Gu Mian, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. After several seconds of silence, he finally spoke: "As expected, you not only knew that the dungeons came from multiple worlds, but you also analyzed which dungeons belonged to which world."

Mr. Green spoke frankly, without any intention of deceiving Gu Mian.

Gu Mian looked at Mr. Green with great interest: "Then may I ask you, Mr. Green Hat, why can the collapse of the old human world affect the replicas of other worlds?"

Mr. Green sullenly looked up, raising both hands and waving them in the air: "What Mr. Green Hat! Call me Mr. Green!"

But he caught his breath after a few seconds, lowered his head, and began to feel saddened: "Actually, a long time ago, everyone respectfully called me the Green Host..."

"Then, may I ask the host of Green University..." Gu Mian patiently repeated the question she had just asked.

Mr. Green's dim eyes regained some light, and he straightened his chest like a hen that had just laid an egg: "You'll know the answer to this question later, even if I don't tell you."

He paused for a moment, then emphasized with certainty, "You'll find out someday."

But I want to know now. Gu Mian dismounted and tried to grab Mr. Green, but the man seemed to be prepared and suddenly jumped back, shrinking back into the grass, only his upper face showing as he looked at her tremblingly: "If you try to grab me, I'll run away."

If any players who have been to the "Crazy Guess the Word" instance are here, they will surely be amazed, wondering how the eccentric host who used to be so eager to stir up trouble has become such a coward.

But it's highly unlikely that any other players will pass by here.

A few months ago, the harsh winter froze to death a significant portion of the players. The ensuing plague made things even worse for the already impoverished people, who couldn't even afford food, let alone medicine.

The plague has now largely disappeared, and the human population on Earth has decreased by more than half, even assuming that there is no real death in the instance.

Seeing Gu Mian stop, Mr. Green finally mustered the courage to show his entire head: "The old human world almost disappeared this time, and the entire game will be affected. Just wait and see, there will definitely be new changes in the dungeon in fifteen days."

Is the old human world instance really that important?
Gu Mian found it strange. If the entire global game was composed of multiple worlds, then the collapse of one world would have a significant impact, but it shouldn't be enough to shut down the entire global game.

Just as Gu Mian was pondering, the roller coaster not far away had already completed two runs on the track and stopped.

Xiao Hong held the green dog in her arms, her long hair wildly disheveled, with a few strands even draped over her brother's shoulder. Her already ugly face was now completely bloodless, making her look even uglier.

Mr. Green glanced subconsciously at the roller coaster that had arrived at its destination, and immediately spotted Little Red sitting in her seat with her mouth wide open. She was one of his employees from the game.

He stood there stunned for a moment, then jumped out of the bushes and ran anxiously to his former employee, shaking her shoulder: "Are you alright?!"

Although he didn't know how his employee got on the roller coaster, Mr. Green felt that it was related to Gu Mian, and he suspected that Xiao Hong had been abused by Gu Mian for many years.

Xiao Hong looked blankly at the green-clad man next to her and gave him a burp that smelled like lychee soda.

She seemed to have forgotten who the person in front of her was.

Little Red quickly lifted the safety bar, grabbed the dog's head, and flew past Mr. Green to Gu Mian's side. Then she plopped down on the carousel and started spinning around with the horse, showing no sign of being abused.

The older brother, whose hair had been blown back, lifted the safety bar and slowly walked toward the carousel under Mr. Green's sorrowful gaze. To be honest, the hairstyle actually looked quite good on him.

When the older brother walked up to Mr. Green, the host suddenly seemed to realize something: "Wait, this person..."

He then realized that his brother was also a clone.

He had just thought the gray-haired man was just a tourist who had inexplicably boarded the roller coaster.

Gu Mian nodded, guessing what Mr. Green wanted to say: "It's a plate spirit, obtained from a special instance where real death occurs."

He was originally the goddess's brother, but now he's benefited from it, even though Gu Mian doesn't want to take advantage of him at all.

Mr. Green pondered the words "plate spirit," finding the term rather peculiar.

Speaking of the goddess's storyline, Gu Mian suddenly remembered something. He looked at Mr. Green, who was standing not far away next to the roller coaster, and asked, "Do you know about the second world?"

It was because they came into contact with "Second World" in the library that Gu Mian and the others were teleported into the brother's instance.

Now, Gu Mian only knows the two lower-dimensional worlds mentioned in the name: "Second World" and "Old Human World".

Of course, he had also entered instances of other than these two worlds, but he couldn't name the others.

Upon hearing "Second World," Mr. Green tensed up for a moment, but then relaxed, whether intentionally or not, "Of course I know. For certain reasons, the Second World accounts for the largest proportion of instances, which means that if the Second World collapses..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "The impact would be far more severe than it is now."

The collapse of the old world could shut down the global instances, so the consequences of the collapse of the second world are unimaginable.

Unfortunately, although Gu Mian had come across several instances that resembled secondary worlds, she was unable to find the core of the world.

The core of the old world was the legal code, while the second world originally consisted of a book, but now it's unknown what it has become.

Thinking of the underground prison at Lianhua University, Gu Mian spoke again: "Lianhua University seems to have merged with the Second World. We plan to go and take a look again tonight."

Countless players were tricked and killed at Lianhua University during the college entrance examination activities. If the global game hadn't started, this place would definitely have become a haunted holy site.

Gu Mian wanted to see if she could find any clues. Mr. Green was taken aback: "Merged?"

He clearly didn't know about this.

Gu Mian nodded: "Yes, things that only exist in the second world have appeared in Lianhua University. It seems that the second world has begun to encroach on reality."

Mr. Green was clearly taken aback. He stammered, "I didn't expect it to be so fast... But why go to such a awful place at night?"

Didn't expect it to be so fast? Gu Mian mounted another horse. So, this was the plan the low-dimensional world had from the beginning?

Gu Mian had this guess in her mind when Mr. Green was carried out of the instance and the ticket seller said "landing".

The fat man next to him stuck his head out, completely ignoring the first half of Mr. Green's sentence: "It's too unsafe to go during the day."

He thought for a moment as he spoke, then repeated affirmatively, "Yes, it's too unsafe to go during the day; it's better to go at night."

Mr. Green's face scrunched up, as if he couldn't understand what the fat man was saying.

Gu Mian glanced at Mr. Green: "So what did you come to see us for this time? You couldn't have just come to the amusement park and happened to run into us, could you?"

Mr. Green straightened his clothes and said with considerable pride, "Of course I'm here to keep an eye on you. The instance won't reopen for another fifteen days. To prevent you from doing anything rash during these fifteen days, I have to stay by your side at all times. This is, of course, a requirement from the higher-ups."

As an NPC in the instance, Mr. Green was able to maintain contact with other NPCs even after being carried to the real world by Gu Mian, which clearly indicates that he was assigned a task by his superiors.

"Of course, after these fifteen days I will continue to search for a way back into the instance." Mr. Green sighed almost imperceptibly.

Gu Mian thought for a moment and asked, "Your low-dimensional worlds will one day completely invade reality, right? If that's the case, you don't need to rush back. Just wait until the low-dimensional worlds fully descend into reality."

He was completely unaware that his world was being eroded.

Mr. Green did not refute Gu Mian's guess, and replied as if he were admitting it: "You don't understand."

Gu Mian stopped teasing the poor host. The little pony under his butt was happily circling the pillar, singing childish nursery rhymes.

Xiao Hong had already boarded the pirate ship with great anticipation. She seemed to have never seen such novelties before and lingered on the ship, reluctant to leave.

As night fell, the fat man turned on the neon lights in the amusement park.

The park was filled with dappled lights, and the Ferris wheel, covered in colorful lights, turned slowly in the dark like a giant wheel. In the distance, the European-style castle emitted a holy and solemn white light, like a palace of nobles.

The night was quiet; no one came here.

The entire park is like a shimmering glass candy wrapper, dazzling and colorful.

Quiet and enchanting.

In the darkness, only Xiao Hong's cheerful voice could be heard—she was free-falling on the drop tower.

Ordinary players certainly wouldn't have any plans for a "day trip to an amusement park".

Next year, he was lying in bed, covered with a thin sheet, in a dimly lit room.

They didn't have enough money to buy electricity cards, so there was no entertainment after nightfall.

Like most people, they went to bed early to sleep and pass the time.

She fell asleep shortly after lying down.

But perhaps influenced by the one-day trip to Fat Man's Paradise, or perhaps missing the long-lost joy, she had a strange dream today.

In her dream, she also came to an amusement park, where there was a claw machine in front of her.

This claw machine is a bit different; the toys inside are strange. There's a fat man with a big face, a sinister man wearing glasses, a beautiful female celebrity, a charming landlady, a gray-haired foreigner, a faceless woman in a red dress, and a doctor wrapped in a white coat, holding a guitar.

However, all the dolls inside were round and looked exceptionally cute, even the doctor holding the guitar was round, like a bulging pufferfish.

Instinctively, she manipulated the joystick to grab the round, chubby doctor.

The process went surprisingly smoothly, and she successfully grabbed the doll. But just as the chubby doctor was being grabbed, she suddenly realized that something was wrong with the other dolls.

But something felt off. She couldn't quite put her finger on it...

The mechanical claw carried the doctor to the exit, then released her, and the round doctor fell into the hole with a thud. She had successfully caught the first doll.

Just as she was considering whether to continue, she suddenly saw the chubby baby closest to the cave entrance looking very nervous, and then he tumbled into the cave with a thud.

Next was the gray-haired doll, which was bounced off the glass and jumped into the hole, seemingly chasing after something.

Then, a faceless woman and a beautiful female celebrity jumped down one after the other.

Finally, the bespectacled, sinister doll kicked the reluctant landlady down the stairs, then rolled down itself.

So she spent one game coin and got a bunch of dolls.

The following year, I woke up laughing in the middle of the night.

When she woke up, she rubbed her face, which was stiff from smiling, with a blank expression: "I must be crazy."

While Gu Mian and her friends were dreaming of having a game coin and a bunch of dolls the following year, they had already safely slipped into Lianhua University.

This chapter has over three thousand words!

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