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Chapter 653 Surely no one hasn't found a partner after three years?
Moreover, they are moving.

The "Chu Changges" are moving.

“When I first got off the train, all the arrows were pointing this way,” the fat man said, his voice trembling slightly. “Although I don’t know why there were so many arrows, I still came.”

"When we got to this area, I noticed the arrows started to scatter, spreading in all directions." The fat man gripped his cleaver tightly. "Doctor, what does this mean? Why are there so many arrows?"

it is as expected.

Gu Mian stared at the big data search screen for a while before handing it back to the fat man.

The big data search function can only search for this special item once a week. After the fat man entered Chu Changge's name, he could no longer search for other people for a short period of time.

Otherwise, he could try adding 007, Xiao Qiao, and the fortune teller to the search results and see if they are the same as Chu Changge's.

“I think I know why this world has no concept of time.” Gu Mian looked at the big data search in the fat man’s hand.

The fortune teller's prophecy of "both death and rebirth," the disappearance of group chats and friend slots, and the densely packed moving arrows—all these things were explaining the rules of this world to Gu Mian.

The fat man opened his mouth, as if to ask something, but then he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing under a building not far away.

The surrounding environment was dark, and the fat man could only see a general outline, but even though it was just a silhouette, he recognized the other person at a glance.

He opened his eyes wide and tugged at Gu Mian's clothes: "Doctor, look over there, that's not it, that's not it..."

The fat man looked at the figure standing downstairs and instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Gu Mian also turned her gaze in that direction.

A familiar figure was standing in front of a two-story building not far from the roadside.

The figure seemed to sense their gaze and immediately slipped into the two-story building behind them.

The fat man stared in astonishment at the spot where the figure had disappeared: "So fast? Something seems off..."

As he spoke, he involuntarily took two steps forward, but was pulled back by Gu Mian from behind.

Although the fat man had a joker card, Gu Mian still included his name in the Wildlife Protection Law.

After filling in the fat man's name, Gu Mian lifted her foot and walked towards the direction where the figure had been standing.

The fat man followed, looking dazed.

Thinking of the dense array of arrows on the screen, and the familiar, strange figure he had just seen, he had a bad feeling.

The two had arrived in front of the two-story building.

This is a small restaurant. The sign above the entrance is so worn and tattered that the original name is no longer legible.

The two glass doors were also cracked and were now hanging loosely on the door frame, teetering on the verge of collapse.

The doors were wide open, and the main hall inside could be seen at a glance.

Inside, directly opposite the entrance, was a large counter. A lucky cat figurine lay askew on the counter, covered in a thick layer of dust. Behind the counter was a tall shelf, on which several well-packaged bottles of wine were haphazardly arranged.

Gu Mian stepped into the restaurant.

The kitchen was on the right side of the first floor. Gu Mian glanced at it a few times, but there was nothing special about it.

On the left are several crooked tables, indicating that no one has been here for a long time.

You can see everything on the first floor at a glance.

There was no one else here.

Gu Mian thought that the dark figure might have vanished into thin air, just like the dark figure that flashed into the photo studio.

But it could also be hidden on the second floor.

He looked at the stairs leading to the second floor, thought for a while, and finally stepped onto them.

The fat man clung tightly to Gu Mian's clothes, taking difficult steps and hesitant to climb the stairs, afraid that he would see something he didn't want to see on the second floor.

“Doctor,” he looked up at Gu Mian’s retreating figure as she went up the stairs, “you recognized who that was, didn’t you?”

Gu Mian stopped and nodded with her back to the fat man.

The fat man had already guessed what was going on. He stood on the stairs and pursed his lips. "Although I don't know why things turned out this way, I think that person probably didn't want you to see them... Just now, it was only secretly watching us from here, and as soon as it realized it had been discovered, it immediately hid. Doctor, let's not go up..."

Gu Mian did not take the fat man's advice.

He continued walking uphill.

The fat man gritted his teeth and followed.

The two quickly arrived at the second floor.

Like many restaurants on Earth, the second floor consists of private rooms. A corridor leads directly to the stairs, with the somewhat shabby-looking private rooms on both sides of the corridor.

There are five private rooms on the second floor.

Gu Mian walked towards the room closest to her and pushed open the door.

The view inside the door was completely visible—a dimly lit room, a large round dining table, a chair overturned on the floor, a tablecloth torn in half, and a waist-high cupboard of dishes in the corner.

Gu Mian quickly scanned the entire room, looked under the table covered by the tablecloth, and even opened the cabinet to check it.

Nothing at all.

He then went out of the room to check the other rooms.

The four rooms in a row were basically the same, all empty.

The fat man thought to himself with relief, "It's probably already left..."

At this moment, Gu Mian had already pushed open the door to the last private room.

The situation in this private room was similar to that in the other rooms; it was just as messy.

After checking under the table, Gu Mian walked to the cupboard and reached out to pull the handle.

It wasn't pulled open.

It sounded like someone was pulling the cabinet door shut from inside.

The fat man stared at the cabinet door that was being held tightly shut, his expression not very pleasant.

Unlike others, Gu Mian did not use a chainsaw to forcefully break down the door. Instead, he gripped the doorknob again and pulled it outwards.

There are no leverage points inside the cabinet door, making it difficult to resist someone pulling the door from the outside.

Gu Mian won in no time.

With a "bang," the cabinet door was pulled open.

A dark figure darted out and ran out, knocking over the fat man next to the door.

But Gu Mian reached out and grabbed the person who was about to run out the door.

The person being pulled struggled for half a minute before giving up.

By this time, the fat man had already gotten up from the ground. After seeing the figure in front of him, he couldn't help but take a few steps back and lean against the table behind him.

He was right just now.

The fat man stared at the person he was being pulled, his mouth agape in astonishment as he tried to call out the other person's name.

But Gu Mian was one step ahead of him.

Gu Mian looked at the terrifying, completely distorted face in front of her and called out her name.

"Xiao Qiao."

The wildlife protection law is gradually losing its effectiveness.

But at this moment, the fortune teller was no longer in the mood to care about those things.

She was still immersed in the scene she had just witnessed: two charred people standing behind a window in that building.

The intense palpitation she felt at that moment made her immediately recognize one of the people.

It was herself.

"I... am I dead?" The fortune teller's eyes were somewhat vacant as she looked at the person next to her, hoping to get an answer.

But no one answered her.

The fortune teller could only hear the pounding of her own heart, which seemed to be telling her that she was a living person.

At this moment, the fortune teller also thought of the familiar people and things that Chu Changge and 007 had mentioned.

She spoke in a daze, "What you're seeing isn't also your dead self, is it?"

“That’s right,” Chu Changge broke the silence first, “When I first entered this place, I saw a special item belonging to me under a tree. It had been corroded so much that it was hard to tell what it was originally.”

But Chu Changge recognized it at a glance.

"It was still in my inventory then, it shouldn't have been there. That's when I realized I was going to die."

No way, no way, no way, no way, no way!

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