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Chapter 845 The Empty-Handed Ghost-Tearing Expo

Theoretically speaking, as long as Gu Mian is there, other dangers are not considered dangers.

However, it seems that Gu Mian didn't bring his best friend today.

As Coco thought about it, she glanced behind Gu Mian, but the guitar case wasn't there.

When the instance was triggered, Gu Mian had just been shaken out of bed by Fatty. He didn't have the habit of sleeping with a chainsaw, so the chainsaw couldn't be brought into the instance.

The fat man noticed this too, but he remained confident: "It's okay, we doctors can tear ghosts apart with our bare hands."

He rested his finger on his chin thoughtfully, saying, "It feels like doctors have become indispensable to everyone. Like at home, when you encounter something you can't do, you yell 'Mom!' But in a dungeon, if you encounter something you can't do, you can yell 'Doctor!'"

At this point, the fat man suddenly remembered that he didn't have a mother, and he fell silent.

It's not just that there aren't any fat guys; it seems like all five people present, except for 007, are orphans.

The fat man awkwardly changed the subject: "Let's discuss how to allocate these five greenhouses first."

Gu Mian had already set her sights on the large car: "I want the hidden model."

The Jinche Chamber is somewhat different from other greenhouses. He doesn't know why the evil god sent him to this instance, so he decides to search the unique Jinche Chamber to see if he can find any clues.

"Okay, actually I also think you probably want those three significantly larger greenhouses, but then we won't be able to share a greenhouse with you." The fat man thought seriously, after all, not everyone can withstand three such significant increases.

"Shall the four of us go to the... changing room together?" the fat man asked the other three.

The other people no longer bothered to correct the fat man's grammatical errors.

007 stared at the door of the de-amplification room: "De-amplification, de-amplification... I think I know why the de-amplification room's enhancements are so good."

"Why?" The fat man looked at 007 curiously, and the others also looked at her.

“Because there is a price to pay,” 007 said. “The spokes of a wheel come off the wheel. The separation of two things that were originally inseparable symbolizes becoming enemies.”

The fat man was shocked: "Does that mean if we go into that changing room, we'll become enemies?"

Gu Mian covered her forehead. In just two minutes, three names had been added to the list of names in the evacuation room.

“No,” 007 shook his head, “they will become enemies before they even go in.”

After leaving the amusement park, she seemed to have gained a lot of insights.

"Just like the contestants in this variety show, who didn't hesitate to eliminate others in order to get a higher ranking, everyone wanted to be number one. And the players entering this instance all wanted the safest and simplest escape room."
"When faced with life-threatening situations, no one will be modest in order to survive. Everyone will use every means possible, and if necessary, they can become enemies. This is the meaning behind the name of the Tuofu Room."

The fat man pondered for a moment: "Under normal circumstances, only one person can enter each greenhouse, and everyone will indeed compete with each other to get into the safest greenhouse."

Then he changed the subject: "Fortunately, the doctor prevented us from becoming enemies. Now, the four of us can sleep on the floor together inside without any problem. Look at that NPC, he doesn't dare to say a word."

Gu Mian never expected that he had this effect; it seems he really did choose the right profession.

At this moment, the "NPC who dared not utter a word" was seething with anger inside, but on the surface, he could only remain calm.

Not knowing what expression to make, he could only awkwardly laugh twice, the laughter sounding more like a duck's burp.

At this point, Coco made another suggestion: "Actually, we don't need to plant any seeds at all. Look at the information boards on those ghost models around us. The easy-to-play but deadly mini-games on them are more dangerous than the last."
"Why don't we just give all the seeds to Gu Mian and let him plant them in his own greenhouse? We can just cheer him on from the sidelines. Anyway, as long as one of us gets 500 points, we can all leave."

“Yeah, you can get rewards without having to work hard to grow vegetables or risk your life. I think it’s a good idea.” The fat man said, looking at 007 and Xie Bi’an. “What do you guys think?” Xie Bi’an threw the seed bag in his hand onto the table next to him: “I don’t care.”

007 agreed with Coco's idea: "Even if the ghost seeds we planted mature, when it comes to the final exhibition, we'll most likely still have to call Gu Mian. We might as well just give the seeds to Gu Mian."

It would be one thing to give them all to others, but the judge on the side really wanted to shout that giving all the seeds to Gu Mian was cheating. He widened his eyes, wanting to righteously stop them and say that this undermined the fairness of the expo, but he gave up before he could even open his mouth.

Even if he tries to stop them, there's nothing he can do if they won't listen.

The judges could only stand by and watch helplessly as the other four handed over their seed bags to Gu Mian.

Before matchmaking was disabled for this instance, some players had come up with this method.

To minimize the number of deaths, someone suggested that one player should plant a ghost seed first. Once the ghost seed matures, it will only attack the person who cultivated it, while others who do not plant ghosts will be safe.

If the first player successfully gets 500 points on the exhibition stand, then everyone is happy and can leave the instance.

If the first player fails, then the second person goes in. By dying one by one, the casualties can be minimized, resulting in more survivors than if a group of people were to plant ghosts together.

The raters called it the "single suicide attack".

This is a special instance. Previously, the trigger condition was to plant a plant. When a plant was planted, the instance would be triggered and people within range would be pulled into this area.

Since the start of the global game, no one has planted plants on the streets or in other public areas anymore. People tend to plant vegetable seeds in their private areas, in places where others cannot reach them.

Therefore, dungeons are mostly triggered in private territories, and the people pulled in at the same time are likely to be acquaintances, some are friends, some are lovers, and some are teammates who have experienced multiple dungeons together.

Most of those pulled in were quite clever; nearly half of them thought of this "single suicide method."

However, while they may have thought about it, very few teams actually put this idea into practice.

Because most people don't want to be the "first".

Being the first one means risking your life in this instance. Even though everyone came in together, only you are in deep danger, while everyone else is safely hiding behind you.

Over time, this feeling of imbalance can drive a person crazy.

People will question, go crazy, and desperately complain about why their friends pushed them out to be the first one.

To be honest, during the period when the dungeon was open, the ratings staff only saw three teams that decided to use the "single suicide method".

Two of the teams' "first-place" members collapsed during the process of cultivating the ghosts, forcing those two teams to abandon the "single-person suicide method."

In the end, both teams were completely wiped out.

In fact, total annihilation is the norm in this dungeon, after all, it is a high-difficulty special dungeon.

What impressed the reviewers the most was the team that successfully used the "single suicide method," which was also the last team to arrive before the dungeon closed.

However, because so much time had passed, the judges could no longer remember the names of that team.

I only remember that the "first one" in that group was something like the East City Captain.

I'm the aunt, and I endorse myself.