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Chapter 599, almost 600!
The upper class cheered in the stands, and it was not long before anyone noticed the five children stuck to the ground outside the building.

But nothing is absolute.

If some upper-class person suddenly wanted to get some fresh air, Gu Mian's misdeeds would be discovered immediately.

There was no time to waste. He had already left the rooftop and was now wandering around the circular building.

The children never told him where the circus ringmaster's office was, so Gu Mian had to find it himself.

While searching for Louis's office, he also kept an eye on the stage: "I wonder which program is next, and whether I can make it back to the stage to perform after I finish my business."

On this floor, Gu Mian could vaguely hear cheers, the sounds of the upper-class audience.

The building is circular, somewhat similar to the Bird's Nest.

The circular corridor is very spacious, with doors spaced close together on one side and bright windows on the other.

He turned his head and glanced out the window.

From here you can see the wide grassland outside, and the tall iron fence at the edge of the grassland, which is to prevent monsters from entering the restricted area.

It seems that the destruction of the restricted area barrier has also had a significant impact on the upper class.

If you stick your head out a little further, you can see the ground below.

Like other places, the ground downstairs is covered with a thin layer of grass, but at this moment, five small figures are lying neatly on this grass, and the neat arrangement has a very artistic feel to it.

An unsuspecting passerby might think these privileged kids were doing some kind of performance art.

The great artist Gu Mian glanced at the bottom of the building and then looked away, turning his gaze to the door on the other side of the corridor.

Based on the distance between the doors, he roughly estimated that there were about forty rooms on the first floor, and these rooms only had door numbers on them, without any other information.

There are forty rooms on each floor. This oval building has five floors in total. The first floor is the carnival area, so there are no rooms on it. The remaining four floors have one hundred and sixty rooms.

Gu Mian needs to find Louis in these 160 rooms.

Of course, our circus ringmaster may not be in these hundred-plus rooms; he may be taking a walk in the corridor or somewhere else.

If it's in the hallway, it's still okay; you can still find it.

But if it were somewhere else...

Gu Mian glanced out the window again. Outside the building was a vast lawn that stretched as far as the eye could see.

It's easy to find on the lawn.

But if Louis suddenly decides to drive away, Gu Mian won't be able to find him even if she digs three feet into the ground.

"I hope he doesn't have ADHD."

Gu Mian prayed as she reached out to touch the doorknob of the door next to her.

The door wasn't locked; it opened with a gentle twist.

Any sane upper-class person would go to the lobby on the first floor to participate in the carnival, so Gu Mian wasn't worried that there would be anyone in the room.

The room was small and sparsely furnished, with only two tables placed against the wall, covered in a thick layer of dust.

Dust billowed as the door opened, swirling in the air. Gu Mian strode inside, touched the two tables, and rummaged through the drawers, but found nothing.

After the door was opened, the sounds coming from downstairs became clearer.

He looked out the window. The sound was coming from there.

Gu Mian walked a few steps to the window and gently turned her head to look outside.

The room was inside the circular building, from where he could see the carnival hall below. He saw a sea of ​​upper-class people sitting in the stands, waving coats and colorful little flags.

From this angle, the stage was barely visible. Gu Mian saw a group of lower-class people coming out from backstage and lining up to walk towards the stage.

He glanced around; there was no 007 among them.

The audience below were all focused on the stage and didn't have time to look up, so no one noticed Gu Mian peeping from above.

Gu Mian stood by the window for a few seconds before looking away; he had no time to watch the performance on stage.

It's clear that these floors are usually deserted, with dust accumulating in every room. I guess the lobby downstairs is only lively for one day during carnivals.

Gu Mian entered several rooms, none of which were locked, and they were mostly empty of furniture.

A dozen minutes later, he had searched every room on the floor, but there wasn't a single person, not even a ghost.

Looking at the situation on this floor, Gu Mian began to suspect that Louis's office was not actually on this building.

He patted his white coat, which he had just put on not long ago: "There's not a single human hair here, so it would be nice if a ghost came to liven things up."

If there were other players in the instance at this time, they would definitely think this is an unreasonable request.

Gu Mian has always been an unlucky person, so it's not surprising that he would encounter a ghost while going down the stairs.

After searching the first floor, Gu Mian quickly arrived at the stairwell and prepared to go to the next floor.

Just after he went down a few steps, he suddenly noticed a small red leather shoe lying on the stairs not far below.

The shoes are too small; they're for children.

He remembered that just a few seconds ago the place was clean and empty.

What is happening before our eyes is clearly a paranormal event.

The ghost story of the red shoes in the stairwell is obviously a scary tale.

Normal people would usually turn and run away upon seeing these eerie red shoes, but Gu Mian is not one of those normal people.

He took two steps forward, reached out and picked up the red leather shoe that had fallen on the stairwell, muttering a chilling remark: "Could it be those art kids from earlier coming back?"

He stood in the dimly lit stairwell and thought carefully for a while. He realized that none of the children he had just met seemed to be wearing red shoes.

Speaking of red...

Gu Mian suddenly thought of the little girl in the red dress he had seen not long ago, or more accurately, the little ghost girl in the red dress.

At that time, she was lying on someone's back, her skirt covering her feet, so Gu Mian couldn't see what color shoes she was wearing.

Now that I think about it, the red dress and red leather shoes actually went quite well together.

Could it be her?

As Gu Mian continued walking downhill, she picked up her shoes and kept thinking.

He didn't know why the girl had appeared, nor did he know her identity, but she seemed to be an important figure in this instance.

After two years of hard work, my diligent aunt finally wrote six hundred chapters!
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