Global Collapse

Chapter 933 Wild Goose Dance
Before the global game even started, Ren Leshan already admitted that he wasn't a good person.

After the game was released, he could be described as a villain who committed murder and arson.

Sometimes he wonders if he's gone too far.

Previously, this feeling was only vague, but after the apocalypse, this sense of madness was amplified infinitely. But even the madness before couldn't compare to now; now he's gone so far as to use a ghost to shield himself from harm.

He has a children's watch in his inventory.

This is a special item.

[Little Genius Kids Phone Watch]

[Description: This watch is specially designed for spirits. It emits a strange sound when worn, so Mom won't have to worry about me not being able to find ghosts anymore!]

[Function: After being taken out, it will automatically be worn on the wrist of a spirit within ten meters (if there are multiple spirits within ten meters, it will be worn on the wrist of a random spirit within ten meters) and will make a sound.]

[This is a disposable item. The sound will end when the ghost, enraged, tears it off and kills it.]

It is a special item that helps players locate the ghost, making it easier for them to escape.

But today he'll use it as a target for mockery.

Once Gu Mian comes in and begins her examination, I will take out this special item. When the ghost makes a sound, Gu Mian and the fat man's attention will be completely drawn away from it.

Ren Leshan was thinking and making preparations at the same time.

He heard two people talking as they came in.

"Doctor, Miss Liu Ruyan just replied to me in the group chat, saying that the skating rink in the west of the city is still there, it hasn't disappeared."

"Did she really go and check if the skating rink was still there?"

"They said Miss Qiao happened to be there, so she went to bring the person back."

Ice rink?
Ren Leshan listened to the conversation between the two.

He remembered that when he was fleeing in a panic on this floor, he seemed to have passed by an ice rink, but it was probably not the same ice rink that Gu Mian and the other person were talking about.

After all, the fat man said it was the ice rink of "City West Amusement Park," and you can't tell the difference between City West and City East in a shopping mall.

"Squeak-"

Ren Leshan heard the sound of the cubicle door being pulled open.

Gu Mian matched the imagined content that the ghost hadn't matched before, and he started searching from the outermost cubicle one by one, opening the door to each one.

"Doctor, we made quite a commotion. If someone was hiding in the restroom, they should have heard us and jumped out excitedly to join us... But that's not necessarily true. Maybe they're hiding in the men's restroom next door and can't hear what's going on here."

"Strangers are wary of other players. If the person in the toilet is a stranger, even if they hear our voices, they may remain silent and hide until we find them."

Ren Leshan knew that he was by no means a stranger.

He secretly flexed his arms, preparing to take out the [Little Genius Children's Phone Watch] from his inventory.

He wanted to wait for Gu Mian to search a few compartments in this direction before taking it out, so that it wouldn't seem so deliberate.

Unexpectedly, they only conducted a token search of the two outermost rooms, and then they didn't follow the script.

"There's still no movement from inside. I guess someone who just stays silent and waits for someone to come to him must be a loner, and is most likely hiding in the innermost cubicle."

After hearing Gu Mian say the above words, he began to move in this direction.

Ren Leshan's body was soaked with cold sweat, then dried, then soaked again. Seeing Gu Mian getting closer and closer, he finally managed to pull out the [Little Genius Children's Phone Watch] from his inventory just before Gu Mian reached the last row.

The thing existed in his hand for a moment and then disappeared. Immediately afterwards, he heard a deafening sound coming from the opposite cubicle.

"The toilet was as silent as the African savanna in the dark of night, and a male ghost was awakening in a toilet stall..."

For a moment, Ren Leshan even thought someone was watching Animal World in a dungeon.

The tone and voice of the narration were exactly the same as those in an animal documentary.

He hesitated for half a second before realizing that it was the sound coming from the "Little Genius Children's Phone Watch".

So this is what the "wonderful sound" mentioned in the item description refers to.

Then another strange sound came from the toilet alley.

"Doctor, did you hear that? This is a dungeon, who's watching documentaries here?"

Before the other person in the alley could speak, Ren Leshan heard a loud bang coming from the opposite cubicle.

It was a ghost making that noise.

The sound was like a large truck crashing into a toilet. Across the hall, several cubicle walls came crashing to the ground, accompanied by the rustling sound of a vengeful ghost dragging its body, and the fat man's screams from the corridor.

Of course, the documentary narration was also included.

Amidst the chaotic sounds, the uniquely timbre and earnest narration continued—

"As the laborer in this instance, it must grab the doll before it gets caught by the terrifying person..."

At the same time, Gu Mian outside shouted, "Catch it! It's trying to get away!"

The fat man's incredulous voice followed immediately: "Doctor, you're not talking to me, are you?"

All sorts of chaotic sounds were mixed together, and Ren Leshan couldn't tell which sound came from which direction; the noises rose and fell in waves.

Gu Mian and the fat man outside seemed to be jumping around as well.

All the sounds sang together in a harmonious chorus, quite melodious, reminding Renleshan of the orchestral piece Flight of the Bumblebee.

"Unfortunately, this male ghost has been discovered, and now he must muster all his strength to face the cruelty of nature..."

The music ended as the narration faded into the distance, and the footsteps of the two people outside also faded into the distance.

Ren Leshan huddled in the quiet innermost cubicle, taking deep breaths while keeping an eye on the movements outside.

Only after the voices of both ghosts and humans had completely disappeared did he realize that his heart was pounding violently.

He didn't come out immediately, but planned to hide for a few more minutes.

He figured Gu Mian hadn't chased him too far yet, so he figured he'd better wait a while before going out.

After the people outside left, the bright blue light disappeared, and the cubicle was plunged into complete darkness once again.

Ren Leshan calmed his racing heart in the darkness as he thought about what had just happened.

Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, the images and sounds are vivid enough to leap off the page just by listening to them.

It must have been a ghost that broke through the door and fled, knocking over several partitions along the way, before Gu Mian and his henchmen chased after it.

This was extremely dangerous; they were almost face-to-face with Gu Mian, just a few steps away from meeting.

The three people that Gu Mian and the fat man mentioned earlier also made Ren Leshan very concerned.

"Guiguzi, Hao Laoshi, and Anzhitinglan all know Gu Mian?"

His brows were furrowed deeply.

Putting Guiguzi aside, he was chased by a ghost the moment he met Guiguzi, and didn't even have time to exchange words with him.

However, the other two explicitly stated that they did not know Gu Mian and her group.

Hao, to be honest, only recognized the people from the Holy Mother's base on the list, and didn't know anything about the fat guy.

Anzhi Tinglan even said that she entered the dungeon alone, and she didn't know anyone on the list.

Thinking about this made Ren Leshan's teeth itch.

An Zhi Ting Lan is a liar and has a depraved character, yet Gu Mian seems to know her quite well.

He associates with these kinds of shady friends?
In terms of cunning and treacherousness, An Zhitinglan is no less treacherous than Ren Leshan. Since Gu Mian can associate with someone like An Zhitinglan, then Ren Leshan might as well do the same.

The incident involving these three people served as a reminder to him not to easily trust the people in this instance.

Hao Laoshi knows the people at the base, and he also knows Gu Mian. So maybe the people at the base also know Gu Mian?
That "Rat Loves to Eat Cats" did say that he didn't know anyone on the list except for the people at the base. Judging by his stupid appearance, he didn't seem to be faking it…

Ren Leshan wearily rubbed his brow.

In short, you have to be careful whether you encounter people or ghosts from now on.

By this time, Gu Mian and the ghost had been gone for a few minutes, and he had rested enough to be able to go out.

Just as he reached out to push the door open, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

Ren Leshan's hand, which was pushing the door open, suddenly stopped.

what sound?
It wasn't the sound of human footsteps, nor the dragging sound of a ghost.

The buzzing of the wild bees had strained his ears, and he still had some tinnitus, so the thumping sound seemed slightly distorted to him.

Ren Leshan shook his head vigorously to quiet the ringing in his ears. Then he listened intently to the strange noises coming from outside.

The sound seemed to be coming from inside the toilet, right outside the stall...

Do not!
The gradually diminishing tinnitus allowed him to receive external sounds more clearly.

He gritted his teeth, pressed his body against the door, and looked at his only neighbor next door.

It was too dark here, so he could only locate the direction of the next room by sound.

The sound wasn't coming from outside, but from inside the cubicle!
It's the cubicle next to his.

The thumping sound continued to echo in the toilet. With each thump, Ren Leshan felt the partition between his cubicle and the adjacent cubicle vibrate.

It's like someone is banging on this panel next door.

But the slow, heavy sound didn't sound like it was made by tapping with your hand.

Ren Leshan stared at the direction of the vibration for a few seconds, then suddenly realized that the other side might not be hitting with their hands, but rather with something much larger.

Ren Leshan couldn't help but tilt his head back, making a slight sound as it hit the door.

The sound brought him to his senses.

Using the head.

The person next door was banging their head against the partition between them.

This doesn't seem like human behavior.

After realizing this, Ren Leshan felt that the atmosphere around him had become strange.

What, even after Gu Mian's sweep, are there still any survivors here?

I never imagined that such a small toilet could attract so many strange and monstrous people.

Ren Leshan, who was also one of the escapees, questioned the escapees next door and labeled them all as demons and monsters, while also wondering in his heart when the thing next door had gotten in.

The time was definitely before his.

This means that the thing next door knows he's in this cubicle.

Suddenly, the crashing stopped.

Ren Leshan heard the door to the next cubicle creak open, followed by a rustling sound that reached his ears.

It really was a ghost; there was another ghost hiding in the next cubicle.

This is truly a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; today, he has no chance of escaping being trapped in the toilet by a ghost.

Ren Leshan took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for the hard work ahead.

But the ghost next door seemed uninterested in him.

It paused briefly at the door of the cubicle before starting to move again, but it wasn't heading towards Renle Mountain.

Instead, it moved further and further away towards the direction of the toilet door.

Ren Leshan couldn't understand why the ghost wasn't coming to find him but instead was moving away from him.

He continued to listen cautiously to the sounds outside.

The ghost paused for a moment at the entrance of the toilet, perhaps observing its surroundings—to see if Gu Mian had gone far.

After confirming that there was no danger around, Ren Leshan heard the rustling sound and left the toilet, walking further and further away.

It all feels like a dream. They knew he was right next door, so why didn't they come to kill him?

Ren Leshan opened the door to his cubicle a minute after the rustling sound completely disappeared.

This time, no more accidents occurred during the opening of the door.

He first peeked out towards the toilet door, but it was too dark to see anything.

He carefully turned on the lowest brightness setting of his flashlight and shone it in that direction.

The gate was empty; everyone who was supposed to leave had already left.

After confirming that there was no one or a ghost there, Ren Leshan turned his attention to the row of cubicles opposite.

That area can no longer be called a "compartment"; it's more like ruins.

When the ghost on the other side ran away, it knocked down the whole area on the other side. He thought that the ghost might not have run through the door when it ran away. After all, Gu Mian was almost blocking the doorway between him and the two opposite cubicles. If it had tried to escape through the cubicle door, it would have bumped right into Gu Mian.

Turning his gaze away from the ruins across the street, Ren Leshan took two steps forward along the toilet alley and arrived at the door of the next stall.

Ghosts don't have the good habit of closing doors behind them; the door to the next cubicle is still open.

Ren Leshan was very curious as to why the ghost next door didn't come to catch him, so he wanted to observe the cubicle it had stayed in to see if it had left any clues.

He shone his flashlight inside and saw something that looked like it had fallen on the floor in the corner of the cubicle.

Renle Mountain went up and picked up the things.

It turned out to be a pair of sunglasses.

There was no dust on it, so it looked like it had just fallen there recently.

It was dropped by a player who entered this instance.

However, these sunglasses are not special items and are useless in the dungeon. Who would bring a pair of useless sunglasses into a dungeon?
Moreover, the owner of the sunglasses is probably in grave danger.

Ren Leshan recalled the impact sound that had just come from that cubicle.

It's very likely that the ghost captured the owner of the sunglasses and then brought the captured person into this toilet stall. Just now, that was the sound of the captured person's head hitting the partition, and that's when the sunglasses fell off the person.

The ghost in this cubicle shouldn't be the one on the first floor holding the headless corpse.

Ren Leshan remembers that the headless corpse didn't have sunglasses on; it was freshly dead.

Once the sunglasses were discovered, everything made sense.

The ghost had someone in its hands, so there was no need for it to give up the doll it already had to grab the lively ghost. That's why it left so decisively.

If you think about it that way, the ghost on the first floor holding the headless corpse probably didn't intend to catch them; it might just be passing by.

Ghosts holding dolls are safer, Ren Leshan silently noted this in his mind, and then put away his sunglasses.

I wonder who this newly deceased unlucky guy is. I hope he's not someone on the previous list. If someone on the list dies, then no one will know the number of facilities he designated.

Haha, I have another draft saved up! GuGu is amazing, having drafts saved up for two days in a row. Help me up, I can still save more!