Global Collapse

Chapter 76 The Killing Game (Part 6) [Thanks to NightlyThirds for the generous reward of 10,000 RMB for "Revise Thoroughly"]

"The mining city was founded in 1305 AD..."

The timeline here is clearly different from the timeline of Gu Mian's world.

"This place is home to the world's largest coal mining base, requiring an enormous workforce, and was once a city that the lower classes vied to enter."

"Here, the lower classes can receive substantial pay and relatively good medical care; they can even co-own factories or marry into the upper classes..."

Upon reading this, Gu Mian stroked her chin and said, "I wonder what era we are in now. I feel that during the time period described in this book, the situation between the upper and lower classes was not as severe as it is now."

“Yeah,” the fat man chimed in, “you can even get married and stuff like that.”

Gu Mian continued reading.

Although the lower classes were somewhat dissatisfied with the upper classes controlling the economic lifeline, apart from a few heated verbal battles, everything remained relatively peaceful.

Back then, the two sides could still engage in verbal battles...

"The mine manager, Sean, is a humorous and witty leader, and also extremely responsible. He regularly sends his employees to the central hospital for checkups, knowing that coal miners have a very high probability of health problems."

"If any tourists wish to visit the city, they must take a look at the coal mining base..."

Gu Mian had read through the rest of the content, which praised the coal mine's facilities, sanitation, and human resources.

She also praised the factory manager, Sean, to the skies, making Gu Mian almost suspect that Sean had sponsored the printing of the travel brochure.

The last page of the tourist brochure contains a detailed map of the city.

Gu Mian no longer needs to recall the map from memory.

At this moment, Mr. Killing was staring intently at the screen: "They don't even know the history of our Forbidden Zone. It seems these two are not only inferior people, but also illegal immigrants."

“As we all know,” he said, looking at the camera in front of him, “every year, countless illegal immigrants land in our world. They come from other worlds, crossing through the cracks in our world, and we still haven’t found a way to seal those cracks.”

"These two are clearly illegal immigrants. Come to think of it, there seem to have been illegal immigrants who infiltrated this game in previous episodes as well..."

Inside the library, Gu Mian stuffed a travel brochure into her pocket.

He thought for a moment, then reached out and pulled out two more travel brochures, handing them to the fat man.

The fat man took the question somewhat blankly: "Doctor... what are we going to do next?"

The fat man isn't stupid, but he's not smart either. If you ask him to do something, he might come up with countless ways to accomplish it.

But if you don't set specific goals for him and just leave him there, he'll be confused.

The fat man was completely bewildered, waiting for Gu Mian to give him a specific order, like a rookie soldier on the battlefield.

Gu Mian stretched out her hand: "First, we need to figure out why this city became a restricted area. From this tourist brochure, we can see that at least a long time ago, the relationship between the upper class and the lower class was quite good."

Although they couldn't achieve true harmony, they could still maintain a semblance of peace.

"I suspect that the city becoming a restricted area may be related to the rift between the upper and lower classes. Something must have happened in this city to cause such a deterioration in their relationship."

"So what exactly happened back then?" "Now we have two options to explore the story of this city's past..."

Gu Mian counted on one finger: "First, capture a native of this world and question them about what happened back then."

"two……"

Needless to say, Fatty knew what Gu Mian was going to say next: "Second, is it to catch a talking ghost and torture it to force it to reveal what happened back then?"

Gu Mian looked at the fat man in surprise: "You've gotten smarter!"

Fatty: "Hehehe..."

"Of course, we have a third option, which is also the least efficient. If we can't catch the natives or the ghosts, then we can only explore on our own."

After saying that, Gu Mian glanced at the library entrance.

He hasn't encountered any other players besides the fat guy yet.

Actually, this is quite normal. If a hundred people are put into such a big city, it would be strange if they kept bumping into each other.

The fat man, shining a flashlight, said, "It seems we'll have to explore on our own first."

“Okay,” Gu Mian patted her clothes and stood up. “Let me look at the map. Our first destination is… the coal mine base.”

It is located in the upper right corner of the map, which is the coal mining base in the northeast corner of the city.

As Gu Mian spoke, she lifted her leg and walked towards the door.

The fat man asked curiously, "Why a coal mining base?"

"Leaving aside the fact that this city is famous for its thriving coal mining industry, think about it: if a conflict breaks out between the upper and lower classes, and that conflict can quickly spread throughout the world, what do you think the conditions for their conflict would be?"

The fat man racked his brains for a moment: "Profit?"

"Hmm," Gu Mian nodded, "The coal mining base in this city has a mixed population, with upper and lower classes mixed together, making it the easiest place for disputes to occur."

"Moreover, the world has a highly developed heavy industry, which may be the lifeblood of the world, and coal mines are the energy source to sustain this lifeblood. If the world's largest coal mining base is destroyed by the lower classes, one can imagine the anger of some people."

The coal mine is located in the northeasternmost corner of the city, making it impractical to walk there.

Gu Mian glanced at the tricycle that had crashed into the wall on the street. The white humanoid figure was still stuck to the front of the vehicle. He thought that the thing might come back to life and escape.

"Let me see if this broken car can still be driven," Gu Mian said as she picked up the car.

The fat man hesitated for a moment: "Isn't this brake broken?"

Gu Mian paused slightly, then proposed a reasonable solution: "How about this, if you're scared, I'll drive in front and you can run behind, okay?"

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