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Chapter 521 is truly a healthy chapter.
"What?" This was the second time Cang Yue had heard Gu Mian mention Sweet Manor since entering the dungeon. "Do you have a grudge against that place? You think about it every day."

She didn't know where Sweet Manor was, nor did she know why Gu Mian was asking about this place in the dungeon.

All she knew was that now was clearly not the time to discuss whether something was sweet or not.

Gu Mian coughed symbolically, and before anyone else could speak, she changed her tune: "Excuse me, go to Yaxin Media on Licang Road."

He hadn't originally planned to enter Sweet Manor directly in the Amnesia scenario; he was just asking the driver since he was already in the car.

Asia New Media is the company of these players. It sounds very prestigious, but it's actually just a small company, occupying only half a floor. It's located on the thirteenth floor of an office building on Licang Road, which is neither too high nor too low. Only half of this thirteenth floor belongs to their company. The other half should be a design company, as large rolls of blueprints are thrown out every day.

The driver didn't say anything, and silently started the accelerator.

Gu Mian looked ahead through the windshield. There weren't many people in this area, and not many cars on the road, which greatly reduced the risk of a car accident.

At this moment, Cang Yue, who was sitting directly behind him, suddenly leaned over and asked, "What kind of place is Sweet Manor?"

It's the name of a site in a quirky dungeon.

Of course, Gu Mian didn't say it directly. He wasn't familiar with Cang Yue, so there was no need to tell her these things. Besides, there were two NPCs in the car.

It was clear that Cang Yue had been curious about this place for a long time. Seeing that Gu Mian didn't answer, she turned to Coco and asked, "Have you heard of the variety shows Crazy Guessing Words and Sweet Lovers?"

Cang Yue heard these names when Gu Mian called her; she herself had no recollection of them.

Coco shook her head, looking puzzled. "No."

Xia Jianren, sitting in the last row, seemed to have thought of something and spoke up: "Crazy word guessing! Isn't that..."

He lowered his voice halfway through his sentence, staring hesitantly at the back of Zhao Shuang's head.

Cang Yue turned to look at him, and seeing his guilty look, she understood: "Could it be..."

"It's a dungeon." Xia Jianren opened his mouth wide and mouthed the words, but no sound came out, afraid that the NPCs would hear him.

After saying the word "duplication," he finally spoke: "This... variety show, I remember there was a little old man in green on it, the host, who was always using the wrong idioms and was incredibly stingy..."

Gu Mian sat in the passenger seat and listened silently.

Based on the description, it is indeed Mr. Green.

Xia Jianren was unaware that this notoriously stingy host had actually become generous in the end, giving Gu Mian his treasured save file, and even taking Gu Mian out of the instance himself. In fact, even the employees in the instance ended up in Gu Mian's hands.

The entire "Crazy Guess the Word" instance came to Earth for a trip thanks to Gu Mian, and it's unclear when it will be able to return.

Xia Jianren continued, "Speaking of which, there was a woman in there... the woman was terrifying! Ugly and frightening!"

He shuddered as he spoke, and it seemed he had been killed by the person he was talking about.

It can be concluded that the woman he was referring to was Xiao Hong.

Fortunately, Xiao Hong isn't here right now, otherwise Xia Jianren might already be in the emergency room.

Cang Yue took a deep breath and looked at Gu Mian. She didn't understand why Gu Mian would call an NPC in one instance to ask about another instance. Could she possibly get clues about another instance from one instance?
Is that even possible? To be able to know about one instance from another, meaning that the instances are connected, and they might even be in the same world!

Is it really?

Cang Yue opened her mouth slightly, eager to ask Gu Mian what the answer was, but considering there were two NPCs in the car, she wisely kept quiet.

As Cang Yue pondered this, she glanced at Zhao Shuang sitting beside her, only to find that Zhao Shuang wasn't listening to anyone else at all. Instead, she was staring blankly at the rearview mirror in front of the windshield.

This reaction was very strange. Cang Yue frowned and moved slightly, then leaned closer to Zhao Shuang to look at the rearview mirror.

From this angle, you can only see the lower half of the driver's face in the mirror.

There's nothing wrong with this half of the face.

Cang Yue still asked cautiously in a low voice, "Zhao Shuang, what's wrong?"

Zhao Shuang replied absentmindedly, "He, the driver, looks familiar? I feel like I've seen him somewhere before."

Cang Yue's heart sank, realizing that something was wrong.

Fortunately, Zhao Shuang's voice wasn't loud, and the driver in the front seat didn't seem to hear her, nor did Gu Mian in the passenger seat react.

Only Ke's expression changed, clearly indicating that she had also heard it.

“I…I saw him on the team building day,” Zhao Shuang tried hard to recall, “He…he seemed to be the bus driver that day!”

There were 39 people, one driver, and 38 passengers at the team building event on October 1st.

Besides Zhao Shuang and the thirty bodies that have already been found, eight other people are still missing, including the bus driver.

However, Zhao Shuang said that the person in front of her was the bus driver from that day.

The television didn't report that the bus driver had been found, so what was in front of her was clearly not human. Cang Yue reached out and gripped the door handle, recalling that the driver seemed expressionless from the beginning, and just now when she looked at the lower half of his face through the rearview mirror, it was also a stiff and rigid half of his face.

A chill ran through her.

Gotta run!

They would all die if they stayed in the car any longer!

She gripped the car door handle tightly, intending to jump out and escape immediately.

Then she glanced at the rearview mirror and saw a pair of eyes staring intently at her.

"Run!" This time she couldn't hold back any longer. After shouting, she forcefully pried open the car door, grabbed Zhao Shuang, and jumped out.

Coco, on the other side, also rushed out of the car and rolled to the ground. Even if the two men in the back seat were stupid, they knew something was wrong. They immediately reacted, opened their respective car doors, and rushed out.

Just as they were rushing out, the two seemed to hear Gu Mian, who was still sitting in the passenger seat, say something.

Due to the immense inertia, Cang Yue was thrown out of the car and rolled several times on the asphalt road before coming to a stop, with abrasions on her hands and face.

After stopping, she ignored the excruciating pain in her ankle and the Zhao Shuang she had pulled down. Without looking back, she sprinted in the opposite direction from the van until the sound of the vehicle disappeared from her ears, at which point she stopped and looked back.

Several other players could be seen in the distance behind her.

Coco seems to have injured her leg and is trying to get up, but she has failed several times.

The two men behind them stumbled and helped each other to their feet, walking unsteadily.

Zhao Shuang, who was pulled off the car by her, remained lying on the ground, seemingly motionless since jumping off.

Looking further into the distance, you can still see the silhouette of that van speeding away, its taillights on as it drove off into the dark night until it disappeared from sight.

The driver did not stop.

Because someone is still in the car.

"Hasn't Gu Mian come down?" Cang Yue looked around, repeatedly confirming that there were only five people here.

She walked a few steps in the direction the van had left, but it was no longer visible.

Coco also sat up and looked in that direction: "Yes, it seems he hasn't come down."

“It’s not just that he seemed to be coming down, he just didn’t,” Xia Jianren raised his voice, trying to make sure Cang Yue could hear him from a distance. “When we jumped down, he was still sitting there happily, and I think he even said something. Wang Chuan, did you hear that? I didn’t hear clearly.”

Wang Chuan's voice rose a little: "I heard it, it sounds like..."

Cang Yue limped toward the two of them, asking, "What does it look like?"

Wang Chuan frowned: "I didn't understand either. The original quote was something like, 'Isn't it natural that six out of seven drivers in Sunshine Taxi are scoundrels?'"

Is it a given?

Xia Jianren twisted his ankle, and every step he took was excruciating. He grimaced and said, "Judging from his words, it seems like he already knew this driver was a ghost!"

Upon hearing this, Cang Yue suddenly remembered something.

She remembered that there was a newspaper in the phone booth where Gu Mian was, and the newspaper had photos of the eight missing people, including the driver! At the time, she only glanced at it and knew that there were photos on it.

But Gu Mian, who had spent a long time in the phone booth, must have read the newspaper carefully, which means he recognized the driver from the very beginning!
Cang Yue said with absolute certainty, "Yes, he knew all along that the driver was a ghost! He had just seen the bus driver's picture in the newspaper not long ago."

"Huh?" Xia Jianren had only been suspicious, but after hearing Cang Yue say this, he was somewhat incredulous.

If they had known the driver was a ghost, would they have dared to get into his car? He didn't even warn them, and ended up rigging the whole group of them.

Knowing the driver was a ghost, yet still so happily sitting in the passenger seat, Xia Jianren and Wang Chuan were somewhat dazed, unsure whether it was because they had hit their heads when jumping out of the car or because Gu Mian's actions were too shocking.

Wang Chuan reached out and rubbed his forehead: "I suddenly understand why he's on the wanted list."

This person is completely insane; living with him would be dangerous for anyone.

Who knows when it might explode and kill everything alive nearby, and destroy the entire instance as well.

Coco had already struggled to her feet and went to help Zhao Shuang, who was lying on the ground. While helping her up, she pretended to ask, "Won't Gu Mian be in danger?"

Xia Jianren rubbed his back: "There's still danger? He ran after a ghost! He's probably dead, there's still danger..."

Wang Chuan asked doubtfully, "But I always felt that he wasn't a reckless person, and he wouldn't do things without being sure of success. Like when he broke away from the group to look for the phone booth at the beginning, we all thought he would get into trouble, but in the end, he was fine, wasn't he?"

Xia Jianren disagreed with Wang Chuan's words: "Hold on? Can a living person hold on to a ghost? A dead person might have a chance to become a ghost and fight the ghost that killed them on the spot. Don't even think about it, living people. Although... although players have special items they can use, they are all used to escape. Have you ever seen anyone pull out a gun and shoot a hole in a ghost's head? Gu Mian has followed the ghost now. I guess he's either dead or trying to escape."

Chapter 520! I never thought my intermittent zombie-like resurrection would have a day like this, hahaha!
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