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Chapter 66 College Entrance Examination

As a doctor, it's reasonable for him to carry an NPC with his bare hands... right?

Gu Mian, who was carrying the NPC with his bare hands, glanced at the time on the panel. It was already January 26th, and there were still about ten days until the Chinese New Year.

"It's time to leave," he said, putting down his chopsticks. "We're going to the Lantern Festival event. I'm going to buy a car tonight. Are you guys coming?"

The fat man was a little confused: "Why go at night? Shouldn't normal players go to the supermarket during the day?"

Chu Changge glanced at him: "Do you think he's like a normal player?"

Would a normal player just run around carrying a dungeon NPC?

Normal players would carry a chainsaw, ready to give the ghost a physical therapy treatment at any time.

The fat man choked for a moment, then shook his head: "Doesn't seem like it..."

Gu Mian stroked her chin: "I plan to buy the things tonight and hit the road directly. You all know it's not good to drive a hearse on the street in broad daylight... even though there aren't many people on the street."

The fat man suddenly realized: "Leaving tonight? Then I'll go pack my blankets first, and bring a pot. Oh, and do we need to buy a few tents?"

They will inevitably have to spend the night outside on the road.

Given the current situation, it's likely that very few hotels are still open.

Even if you happen to find a hotel that's still open, there's no guarantee that the owner won't call out a dozen or so burly men while they're sleeping and then rob them.

Gu Mian shook her head slightly: "That car is quite big. If you lose some weight, Fatty, we should be able to sleep in it."

The fat man's brow twitched. Putting aside the question of whether he was going to lose weight or not, was sleeping in a hearse really okay?
In the end, Fatty packed up all of Gu Mian's quilts and other items.

Gu Mian didn't have much to bring, so he asked Chu Changge to store his only two special items for him.

As Gu Mian watched Chu Changge pack up his items, she wondered if she could turn other players into storage spaces to serve as her own inventory.

Chu Changge felt a little uneasy under the gaze.

Night fell quickly, which was also the time for Gu Mian and her group to make their move.

Gu Mian had already bought the supermarket tickets. The number of supermarket tickets issued each month was limited. Since this was the first month of the game, not many people had bought them yet. Everyone could rely on the food left over from home to survive for a while.

However, he estimated that these supermarket tickets would be snapped up by the beginning of the month, some time after the game started.

The three walked on the dimly lit road.

The streetlights were still working, illuminating the bare tree trunks on both sides.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, Gu Mian rubbed her hands together and exhaled a breath of warm air: "I originally thought that large-scale events would be held during the Lunar New Year. Isn't the Spring Festival actually a bigger festival than the Lantern Festival?"

The fat man chimed in, "I think it's because the game is relatively new, and the Lunar New Year was too rushed; there wasn't enough time to prepare for large-scale events, so it was delayed until the Lantern Festival."

The fat man frowned as he spoke: "With this event being organized like this... I'm actually quite worried that the game will end up having a college entrance exam event..."

The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) is indeed a very important day.

"What if they really turn it into a college entrance exam event..." The fat man hesitated, clearly not wanting to recall the hardships of his own college entrance exam. Just then, Chu Changge suddenly spoke up: "Guess what the proctor who's proctoring Gu Mian will do?"

Gu Mian: "..."

The weather was getting colder, and it looked like it would snow heavily tomorrow. After walking for a while, the group started to feel a bit cold.

Fortunately, the supermarket wasn't far, and the three of them arrived without getting too cold.

It's the same supermarket I visited last time. Last time, a bunch of vibrant green chives greeted them at the door when they left, but I guess there won't be any this time.

Gu Mian stepped onto the stairs.

This time, it wasn't just the three of them in the supermarket. Several groups of people were strolling around, seemingly entering for the first time, and they were carefully examining the merchandise.

Gu Mian ignored the curious children and went straight to the hearse section of the household goods area.

Because it's a car sales area, it's not far from the supermarket exit.

A cold wind blew in, making the place a bit chilly.

But the sales clerk didn't seem to mind at all. He sat on the steps, resting his chin on his hand, still looking as worried as he had last time.

Gu Mian suddenly felt sorry for him.

Seemingly noticing someone arrive, the saleswoman put away her gloomy expression and put on a smile: "You're here again? Still want to look at cars?"

Even knowing that he couldn't sell his car, he still managed to maintain his professional ethics.

Chu Changge and Fatty hadn't been here before, so this was the first time they'd seen a hearse being sold in a supermarket.

"Holy crap!" the fat man exclaimed as he looked at the row of neatly arranged vehicles. "They really are all hearses!"

He originally thought there would be many different car models to choose from, but to his surprise, the entire row of cars were all identical hearses.

These vehicles are about the same size as RVs, all white, with the words "Funeral Services All-in-One" sprayed on the roof, a large loudspeaker on top, and white banners hanging on the front. They are truly genuine funeral vehicles.

"Of course it's a hearse," the salesperson said with a wry smile. "Although this vehicle looks unlucky, it's very useful... it can even be used as a motorhome, if you don't mind."

He shook his head regretfully: "If driver's licenses were still available, there would definitely be plenty of people saving up to buy this, but unfortunately..."

Unfortunately, it seems that the driver's license test copy was corrupted by some damn bastard—Gu Mian remembered that's what he said last time.

Clearly, the salesperson didn't know that Gu Mian was that bastard; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to maintain his professional ethics and might have already gone to the knife section next door to look for a knife.

Gu Mian looked at the salesperson in front of her and carefully organized her words: "Do you have any car tents here, the kind that you attach to the roof of your car, so you can set them up and use them at night?"

The salesperson nodded quickly: "Yes, of course our hearse section sells everything related to hearses. We even have vehicle-mounted tents specifically designed for hearses."

"With this tent, even if four people of this size come, there's enough room for one car to sleep."

Fatty: "..."

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