This is...

Fatty looked left and right, arriving at a conclusion.

"A dog hole?"

"What dog, it's a key," Gu Mian pushed Fatty to the side.

"Huh?" Fatty was a bit dumbfounded. What Gu Mian held in his hand was made of three wooden strips, shaped like a rectangular frame missing one short side.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a dog hole, had nothing to do with a key.

Beside him, the clever Keke had already reached out to touch the frame in Gu Mian's hand. After touching it, she paused for two seconds before speaking, "It's a special item."

Upon hearing this, Fatty also reached out to touch it, and sure enough, a special item prompt panel popped up—

[Key #108 from the Mysterious World (Long Aotian version)]

Gu Mian remembered he had seen this numbered key from the Mysterious World somewhere before; it's likely a series of special items, but what's up with this 'Long Aotian version'?

[Description: A crudely made key rushed into production by someone, looks similar to a dog hole, didn't even have time to engrave the number]

This "someone" was likely referring to the Evil God, Gu Mian speculated that the series of keys from the Mysterious World were all created by the Evil God, tossing special items around haphazardly totally fit his style.

[Usage: Recite the words 'Good, you have successfully provoked my wrath, accept my fury! Haha, your era is over, the next era belongs to me!']

"Haha, you have successfully provoked my wrath..." Not waiting to finish reading, Xiao Qiao next to him was already role-playing by herself.

Keke, quick as a flash, covered her mouth to prevent her from finishing this lengthy line.

"It's okay," Fatty turned to look at Xiao Qiao, who was struggling to breathe under Keke's hand, "she got the line wrong."

As expected from the Long Aotian version; this lengthy line was too embarrassing. Fatty had seen similar lines in many Long Aotian and domineering CEO loves me novels.

He couldn't help but think of the classic line from the domineering CEO—Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention.

Fortunately, it wasn't that line; he couldn't imagine Gu Mian's expression while saying it with a straight face.

He wondered what was in the mind of the person who designed such lines, truly bad. Fatty was starting to look forward to it a bit, already imagining the thrilling scene of Gu Mian using this dog hole in his mind.

Gu Mian didn't express any opinion on this embarrassing line, only thought that this long string was too lengthy, good thing it wasn't a big move or anything.

If he had to give such a lengthy Long Aotian speech before sawing ghosts, the ghost would have run two miles away by the time he finished.

He continued to read downwards.

After explaining the usage, below was the function.

[Function: After reciting the specified line, the key will transport all creatures within a range of five hundred meters into the 'Paradise' world; performing the above actions again in 'Paradise' can transport the creatures back to the original world]

"It can transport us into the Paradise World, a special item," Fatty became excited, "now we don't need to search everywhere for Dungeon Entry Ticket to the Paradise World, but how did the Evil God know we wanted to go there?"

Previously, Gu Mian was worried that by the time they managed to get the Paradise Entry Ticket, Lu Yi's corpse would have cooled down, unexpectedly, the Evil God had already sent them the portal.

It's truly like delivering a pillow when you're sleepy, almost as if he had a visual and audio surveillance camera installed at home.

Hmm, visual and audio surveillance camera...

"Where's Mr. Green?" Gu Mian suddenly looked up and searched around.

Mr. Green wasn't here.

"Probably taken away by Xiao Hong to play around again." Fatty didn't care much, then suddenly remembered something, "Doctor, this thing says it can pull all creatures within five hundred meters into the Paradise World, do you think Mr. Green counts as a creature?"

Evidently, he does.

If Mr. Green was here now, he'd surely be overjoyed, might even immediately find a statue of the Evil God to worship.

"However, there is an additional note saying the destination is uncertain." At this moment Fatty was reading the next line.

[Additional: Since this item is crudely made, it will be scrapped after one round trip to the 'Paradise' world; its destination is random, using by multiple people has a high chance of dispersal]

Using by multiple people is likely to be dispersed?

This means if ten people enter the Paradise World together, they might be dispersed into ten different locations.

Other worlds are alright, but in the Paradise World the survival environment for lower-class people is worse than dogs, and their looks mean they would certainly be lower-class people in the Paradise World, might even get caught and put in a dog cage by upper-class people as soon as they enter.

Fatty pointed out a bigger problem from the side: "What if the doctor, me, and Brother Chu all enter Paradise World together and we disperse once we're inside? If the doctor never finds me and only reunites with Brother Chu to use the dog hole to return to the real world, would I be left there forever?"

Saying this, Fatty genuinely felt emotional, a trace of melancholy appeared in his expression as he looked at Gu Mian.

"That's why we can't take someone as weak as you when teleporting." Gu Mian ignored Fatty's grievance and continued speaking on his own.

Upon hearing this, Fatty's expression became even more despondent, almost sobbing as he was about to leave.

"And the fewer people, the better, and the timing needs to be planned carefully. Right now, Lu Yi hasn't even finished setting up the stage for the variety show; going in too early means we might have to stay in Paradise World until the stage is set and the show starts to see Lu Yi. We might end up staying in Paradise for a long time." Gu Mian pondered, "But if I go into Paradise by myself, it won't matter how long I stay."

Before being kicked out of the instance, Xu Xingcheng had given him another special item—a moustache sticker shaped like the number eight.

[Holy Disguise Item - "Eight Characters" Moustache]

[Usage: Stick it on your face]

[Function: The "Eight Characters" moustache, a magical disguise technique. Just like in most TV dramas, once you put on a fake moustache, everyone suddenly seems to have amnesia and can't recognize you]

After Xu Xingcheng's corpse provided him with key 108 and the "Eight Characters" moustache, it struggled with swollen hands to dig into its pants, as if there was another good item to give him.

Unfortunately, Xu Xingcheng seemed to have smuggled himself into this instance, and before he could grab the third special item, the system promptly reacted and cruelly separated Gu Mian and Xu Xingcheng with the announcement of "system loophole, capturing fugitives".

Thinking about it, Gu Mian took out the "Eight Characters" moustache from his pocket and stuck it on his face to test its effect.

He stuck the moustache on his eyebrows and looked up at Fatty.

Fatty was sitting on the side in grievance. When he noticed Gu Mian looking at him, he turned his head to look back.

Upon seeing the person beside him, he nearly jumped off the sofa: "Who are you? Where's the doctor? He was just sitting here."

Gu Mian took out a mirror from beneath Fatty's bottom, which had been pressed into three pieces—this was Xiao Hong's usual vanity mirror grabbed from Xiao Qiao; not long after, Fatty's weight had crushed it into three segments.

Gu Mian held up the broken mirror and scrutinized his own face in it—no changes, still the same face, yet just by sticking on a moustache, others couldn't recognize him; it truly was magical.

He then tore the moustache off his eyebrows, and Fatty's expression gradually shifted from vigilance to confusion: "Doctor? Was that you earlier? Since when did you learn to disguise yourself?"

"It's a special item given by Xu Xingcheng," Gu Mian put the "Eight Characters" moustache back in his pocket, "Probably considering my face is loved by everyone in Paradise World, it easily attracts crowds, so he prepared a special item that can alter my appearance."

It was quite thoughtful; with this, he could change his image and use a new identity to excel in Paradise World.

Gu Mian wondered when the variety show on Paradise's side would start.

He needed to enter Paradise World before the show started, since the key didn't have a set destination; after entering Paradise, he'd need to find the location for the show's venue himself.

"Where's the Fortune-teller?" Gu Mian began searching for the Fortune-teller's presence, "Have her call Carnival Wharf again to ask when the variety show will start."

"She's on the first floor helping 007 divine the location of Renle Mountain." Keke glanced out the window; it's already late at night, and it's pitch black outside.

After escaping the Match Three instance, several people from Renle Mountain had broken out, and Gu Mian immediately looked all around, planning to catch them before they ran far.

He even summoned "Mom" to help find them, yet by dusk, Renle Mountain's figure was nowhere to be seen.

007 also knew returning them would be difficult now, and staying outside after dark wasn't safe, so she suggested going back to the apartment to have the Fortune-teller help divine if they could find the location of Renle Mountain.

Now, both were still researching on the first floor.

"Speaking of Renle Mountain," Fatty scratched his head, "I still can't figure out how he made those two strangled corpses disappear; he couldn't have conjured a corpse out of thin air, right? Brother Chu, you're smart, explain to us how Renle Mountain did it."

Chu Changge adjusted his glasses, saying nothing.

"Little Saint Qi Tian is missing." In a room on the first floor, the Fortune-teller feebly slumped on the sofa, a bowl of water placed on the table in front.

007 sat next to her, silently staring at the bowl of water.

Just now, the Fortune-teller used her professional skills trying to display Renle Mountain's location for 007 with the water bowl, but her skills weren't proficient, and after a long while only two blurred figures appeared in the water bowl.

It was Renle Mountain and Old Liu of Victory Hardware, but the player called Little Saint Qi Tian wasn't beside them.

They saw the two seem to be in a dark warehouse now, unable to discern its location.

The scene in the water bowl only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing.

After the scene faded, the Fortune-teller's energy was depleted; she lay down on the sofa and spoke wearily: "That's all I could see, nothing else."

007 still stared at the water bowl void of images, recalling the final moment in the instance when suddenly another strangled corpse appeared at Renle Mountain's side completing the three-link elimination.

She roughly understood how Renle Mountain managed to supply the corpse.