Global Collapse-Chapter 457 - 432: Gu Mian’s Chuni Soul_1

"Speaking of that 'Deathly Visage' instance..." Fatty suddenly looked at Gu Mian curiously, "Doctor, was Mingyue murdered by a ghost?"

Fatty remembered that the ghost had completely targeted the Fortune-teller.

Gu Mian thought for a short while, "When I encountered it, it was constantly chasing the Fortune-teller. As far as I remember, didn't Mingyue fall behind the ghost and the Fortune-teller?"

It was impossible for the ghost to turn around and kill her.

"Oh," Fatty recalled, "but when Brother Chu and I returned to the mall, we saw Mingyue's corpse. Wasn't she killed by the ghost?"

While saying this, Fatty subconsciously looked towards Xiao Qiao and Liu Ruyan, who were nearby, "Do you know how Mingyue died?"

Xiao Qiao resolutely shook her head, "I don't know."

Liu Ruyan gave the same answer.

Fatty found it strange, "This is really bizarre..."

Chu Changge, at the side, adjusted his glasses, "Never mind this for now. We have two events before us: the Dragon Boat Festival on June seventh, and the college entrance exam on the eighth. Only players who rank in the top twenty percent during the Dragon Boat Festival event will be qualified to enter the college entrance exam event. We should think about these two events first.

"The Dragon Boat Festival event will take place on the Liannu River. We're almost at the river now. The event begins at seven in the morning on the seventh and continues until midnight. Five players need to form a team to compete with other players. There are Evil Ghosts in the waters, and players can interfere with each other.

"I need to emphasize here again: death during the event is real death."

The details and rules of the college entrance exam event had not been announced yet.

Gu Mian guessed they probably wouldn't know the exam rules until they entered the exam site.

"Let's make a plan for the dragon boat race for now," Chu Changge adjusted his glasses and looked at Xiao Qiao and Liu Ruyan, "You two don't mind teaming up with us, do you?"

Xiao Qiao quite sincerely shook her head, "I don't mind."

Liu Ruyan also had no objections.

Chu Changge glanced at Liu Ruyan before continuing, "The rules of the dragon boat event do not provide a start or end point, so it's quite probable that these will only be marked once the event starts. And the length of this event's duration..."

Gu Mian noticed it as well.

The dragon boat event would start at seven in the morning and last until midnight.

A full seventeen hours.

Although the game had been running for nearly half a year and many players had strengthened their physiques, it was impossible to row a dragon boat for more than ten hours straight.

Gu Mian rubbed his chin, "This could mean some players might take over ten hours to reach the finish line."

They didn't know how long the race route was either.

Fatty spoke softly, "I think it's highly likely that players will capsize within an hour of starting the race..."

But he still remembered Chu Changge's words: the game organizers seemed to harbor goodwill towards Gu Mian. He quietly said, "However, we shouldn't capsize within an hour, right?"

"That depends on the difficulty of the event," Chu Changge softly replied. "I mentioned earlier that there are two hosts in the game constraining each other. So even if the event organizers want to go easy on us, they can't be too lenient; someone will obstruct them... I think the ghosts in this dragon boat event will be difficult to deal with, and we'll be at a significant disadvantage on the boat. If it capsizes, we'll immediately become prey for the Evil Ghosts."

"Ah," Fatty grimaced, "this event is quite dangerous." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Hearing this, Gu Mian looked thoughtfully at Xiao Hong, who was sipping lychee soda at the back of the car, "Can you swim?"

Xiao Hong: "..."

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

Gu Mian picked a clear and sunny day and, in a park, tossed Xiao Hong into the water with a PLOP.

Xiao Hong, dressed in red, struggled violently in the water. After flailing for a few minutes, she stopped and slowly sank. GLUG, GLUG. A few bubbles rose from the water's surface, as if the ghost that had sunk had really died.

Gu Mian stared at the bubbles, considering whether to go in and save her, when he saw an ugly head float up from the water, silently looking at him.

The human and the ghost simply stared at each other.

Fatty twitched an eyebrow at Xiao Hong, "You're good at playing dead."

The breeze here was a bit strong, causing ripples to form on the water's surface.

Gu Mian stared at Xiao Hong in the water for a while, then casually pushed the brother, who had been standing obediently nearby, into the water.

And so, two ghosts were floating on the water.

"It seems neither of you is afraid of water," Gu Mian squatted down to look at the two heads poking out from the water and asked gently, "When we're rowing in a few days, would you mind pushing from underneath?"

The rules stipulated that five players form a team, but they didn't say you couldn't bring other things.

"You're cheating, Doctor," Fatty said, though his expression was quite joyful, "but I like it."

No one could have imagined a team of players having two ghosts pushing their boat from underneath with all their might. The mere thought of such a scene was quite terrifying.

The brother soaking in the water smiled, but he only kept calling for his sister. Gu Mian took that as his agreement.

As for Xiao Hong, who was nearby... Gu Mian saw her looking at him gloomily. Then she turned away, presenting him with the pitch-black back of her head. For some reason, that back of her head looked a bit wronged.

At this moment, Chu Changge spoke up, "Ignoring the event itself, this event will attract players from all over. Gu Mian, you need to be careful about your identity."

Although he had the protection of the "Doctor" nickname, quite a few players in the game knew he was Gu Mian.

This was because Gu Mian had participated in the previous few instances using his real name.

Xiao Qiao and Liu Ruyan had also joined this "tossing Xiao Hong" activity, but neither was interested in Xiao Hong at all. Not far away, Xiao Qiao was plucking willow twigs and fiddling with them in her hands.

Liu Ruyan sat on a nearby bench, uninterested in who they threw into the water.

Fatty glanced at the willow tree suffering from Xiao Qiao's plucking, "By the way, Doctor, aren't you curious about what the ghost said in the previous instance?"

It said that there was another Gu Mian in the instance.

Normal people might be shocked to hear this, or perhaps indulge in some wild fantasies.

However, Gu Mian had accepted this very calmly and didn't seem to care much.