Global Collapse

Chapter 523 Max-Level Priest Gu Bengbeng

Gu Mian also heard the strange noises from inside the car: "What's wrong with you guys?"

Cang Yue casually turned her gaze away from the car window: "It's nothing."

As she spoke, her eyes kept scanning her body. If Gu Mian hadn't been able to open her player panel, she would have suspected that this person was a ghost in disguise.

Why did passengers jump out of the car and flee in the dead of night? Why did the taxi driver die tragically in the street? Is this a sign of distorted humanity or moral decay...?

The audio started playing automatically in Cang Yue's head, and she felt like she was going crazy.

After seeing the object on the roadside that appeared to belong to the former driver, the car quieted down considerably. Even Xia Jianren, who had been sobbing, fell silent, though his expression seemed even more unpleasant than before.

Slightly slow to react, Zhao Shuang didn't see the driver lying dead on the road. Still sitting absentmindedly between Coco and Cang Yue, she couldn't understand why the dead people would come back and harbor malice towards them.

Wang Chuan's mental state was no better than the others. He seemed to be trying to muster up the courage to ask Gu Mian why the driver had died on the street, but he lost his courage every time his gaze fell on Gu Mian.

The van drove alone on the quiet road and soon stopped in front of an office building.

Gu Mian stepped on the brake and looked at the building next to her: "We're here."

After what just happened, it's now eleven o'clock. The tall office building stands empty and silent in the night, the doors locked, and there's no one alive inside.

Gu Mian opened the car door and stepped out. The others, each with their own thoughts, also got out of the car. The six of them gathered together and looked up at the towering office building. A cold wind blew by from time to time, making them feel uneasy.

"Hopefully we can find some clues here." Cang Yue stood by the car, neither too close nor too far from Gu Mian.

Zhao Shuang didn't quite understand why she had to come to the company. She looked at the people next to her in confusion, but no one explained it to her.

Before anyone could answer, she finally asked, puzzled, "Why did we come here?"

Wang Chuan replied, "Don't you want to know what really happened on October 1st?"

Zhao Shuang paused for a moment and then nodded: "I also want to remember."

For players, Zhao Shuang's lost memories are closely related to the survival path in the dungeon, so everyone wants her to remember what happened that day as soon as possible.

Zhao Shuang herself also hopes that she can remember what happened that day.

Cang Yue took a step forward: "Going to your usual workplace might remind you of something."

Once it's confirmed that Zhao Shuang was responsible for the deaths of those dozens of people, a way out for this instance can be found. Cang Yue thought to herself as she patted her pocket.

“Although coming to a place like this in the middle of the night is indeed a bit creepy,” Wang Chuan also took a few steps forward, “it’s better than doing nothing and waiting to die.”

As he spoke, he strode to the front of the office building. The main door was locked, but the employees had keys.

Cang Yue expertly pulled a bunch of keys from Zhao Shuang's pocket. She remembered that Zhao Shuang had taken the keys and identification with her when she left the staff dormitory.

Xia Jianren didn't dare to get too close to Gu Mian, so he jogged a few steps to the front of the office building and watched Wang Chuan and Cang Yue try out the key.

Seeing that everyone else was gathered in front of the office building, Coco took two steps forward to Gu Mian's side and asked, "Why did you come and join us?"

This was the first time the two had a chance to talk alone after entering the instance.

Coco couldn't understand why Gu Mian would join the other players, since his name was still on the bounty list and he was someone many players dreamed of killing.

Gu Mian, carrying her guitar, looked at the group of people fiddling with keys in front of the door and said, "I think I might need to go through the plot."

Coco didn't understand: "What?"

“I need to understand the contents of the dungeons,” Gu Mian glanced at the scrapes on Coco’s face and began rummaging through her pockets, “because I’ve discovered that some dungeons are connected, in other words, some dungeons might exist in the same world…”

He took out a stack of band-aids, tore one off, and thoughtfully stuck it on Coco's face: "For example, in the world where this instance is located now, it may contain other instances as well."

"For example, Sweet Manor?" Coco asked back. Gu Mian tore off another band-aid and stuck it on her face, aligning it neatly with the previous one: "Your brain works pretty fast."

However, Sweet Manor may not be a dungeon; the name is a station name that Gu Mian heard in the Strange Train Escape dungeon.

"If I'm not mistaken, the green host that Xia Jianren was talking about, who was so meticulous in the crazy word guessing game, is the little green dwarf who was next to you before, right?"

Green dwarfs? Gu Mian paused. If Mr. Green heard Coco describe him like that, he would definitely scratch Coco's face on the spot.

Coco, who didn't care much about her looks, continued, "And that so-called ugly and scary employee, is it Xiao Hong?"

Coco stayed at Liu Ruyan's hotel for a while, and of course she saw the two of them every day. Although she didn't ask any questions, she had some guesses about their identities.

After hearing Xia Jianren say that, she became even more certain, but she never expected that Gu Mian would actually have a ghost by her side all day long.

Even more outrageous is that the NPCs in the dungeon can actually enter the real world.

Gu Mian continued, "Only by understanding the contents of each instance can we obtain more clues, and may even uncover the truth behind this global game..."

Why was this game started? Where did the dungeon come from? And what was the reason for his incredible luck?

Coco stared at the group of people in front of the gate: "That's great. Even if someone like me knew something was wrong with this game, I wouldn't have the energy to investigate. It's already a miracle that I survived."

Gu Mian originally didn't really want to study the dungeon too much, after all, he had no other dreams besides destroying the earth since he was a child, but he always felt that Chu Changge and the others seemed to be hiding something.

These people, originally from the dungeon world, were tasked with protecting Gu Mian, but they didn't know why they had to protect him.

They have secrets, but they won't tell you when asked. Gu Mian felt that if this continued unchecked, they would eventually cause a huge mess.

At this moment, Cang Yue in front had successfully opened the office building door. She turned around and was about to call the people behind her when she saw that Ke Ke had three Band-Aids neatly pasted on her face, covering half of her face.

Meanwhile, Gu Mian stuffed the remaining tools she had used in the crime into her pocket.

Upon seeing this, she felt a sharp pain in her foot and realized that she had just sprained her ankle.

"The door is open, let's go in." Wang Chuan also turned around to look at the two of them.

Gu Mian nodded and walked forward. Xia Jianren squatted in front of the door and looked inside, but it was pitch black inside and he couldn't see anything.

The light switch was easy to find, but the overhead lights still didn't turn on after they pressed it, probably because the security guard turned off the power before leaving.

They didn't know where the electrical box was, so they could only use flashlights for illumination.

The first floor was a spacious hall with four elevators on the left and right sides, but all of them were out of power, so the group had no choice but to climb up the stairs next to them.

The company was on the thirteenth floor. Xia Jianren, panting as he climbed, said, "This dark stairwell, this crowded staircase, this is a perfect place for a haunted house!"

Clearly, they were all afraid that a ghost might jump out from somewhere and kill them. The group huddled together and slowly crawled up the stairs, not even daring to raise the light too high, for fear of being discovered by something.

Gu Mian silently watched the group of people in front of him move like caterpillars from the back. He wasn't sacrificing himself to protect the safety of others by staying behind, but rather he was afraid that someone would suddenly stab him in the back if he walked in front.

Unexpectedly, this group moved even slower than a snail.

As he moved with the group to the third floor, he couldn't help but say, "You guys move slowly, I'll go up and take a look first."

Before anyone else could react, he grabbed his flashlight and strode forward, disappearing into the distance as he darted up the stairs.

Those behind him stared in disbelief in the direction he left.

It was scary when Gu Mian was here, but it's even scarier now that he's gone.

I'm going to play a few games and I'll be right back.
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(End of this chapter)