Global Collapse-Chapter 620 - 588: Sneaky 007_1

Just as the snake-headed man was describing his autobiography to the other Lower Class People, 007 suddenly leaned close to Gu Mian and tugged him towards the edge of the crowd, "Don't you feel like something's off?"

Gu Mian nodded in agreement, "Indeed, the appearance of Lu Yi, as an Upper Class person in this worldview, is quite odd. I suspect there might be something wrong with his mental state..."

Of course, a more pleasant way to say it would be that he suddenly realized the meaning of universal love, adopting world peace and equality for all as the goals in his heart.

007 twitched the corner of her mouth, "That's not what I'm talking about. I mean..."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "Why would an Upper Class person like him go to a garbage dump for no reason?"

Gu Mian stroked his chin, "He certainly didn't go there because he was bored."

"Do you remember why you wanted to go to the Princess and the Seven Little Dwarfs instance?" Since 007 couldn't quite remember the full name of the garbage dump instance, she repeated the name of this instance roughly from memory. After all, Knights and Little Dwarfs weren't that different.

Strangely, Gu Mian actually understood which instance 007 meant despite the mangled name. "Because Mr. Green said that the NPCs of this instance didn't want players to enter, so he bought up high-priced Dungeon Entry Tickets and threw them in the garbage dump."

It was because of this NPC who carelessly discarded Dungeon Entry Tickets that they had gone to the garbage dump instance.

Did Lu Yi go to the garbage dump to throw away a mask? A bold idea popped into Gu Mian's head.

Mr. Green had once said that all trash from all worlds is thrown into the garbage dump instance.

Therefore, it was highly probable that this world first consolidated its trash at its own garbage dump before collectively disposing of it in the garbage dump instance.

So, the clown mask Lu Yi threw away at the garbage dump near No. 49 Block ended up in the garbage dump instance.

But Snake Head Mask met Lu Yi at the garbage dump next to No.19 Block ten years ago. Could Lu Yi have already, with such foresight, planned ahead back then, discarding clown masks to guard against fire, theft, and Gu Mian?

If Lu Yi was really throwing away the clown mask ten years ago, it implies that he knew his world would become an instance as early as ten years prior.

Has this world been plotting for the past ten years?

Thinking of this, Gu Mian felt a slight headache.

Things seemed to be getting complicated.

007 had obviously thought of this too. "It seems the Low-Dimensional World has been scheming for a long time; Dungeon Entry Tickets appeared as early as ten years ago. Do you remember Yuan Qinghua from the Werewolf Killing Dungeon? We actually found traces she left in the real world. Perhaps the Low-Dimensional World established a connection to our world a long time ago."

As she said this, she suddenly frowned as if remembering something.

Gu Mian looked at 007's suddenly strange expression, "What's wrong?"

"Speaking of Yuan Qinghua, I suddenly remembered something."

"What is it?" Gu Mian asked, looking at 007 curiously.

007's brows were tightly furrowed. "There's something I never told you. In the Werewolf Killing Dungeon, before I died, I once saw Chu Changge and Yuan Qinghua talking alone."

"You know my role in that instance was a ghost, so I was always sneaking around and accidentally overheard their conversation..."

Always sneaking around...

007 really knew how to use idioms to describe herself.

Hearing 007 say this, Gu Mian also recalled something.

Before Yuan Qinghua died, she had said one last thing to him.

"You promised me."

To this day, Gu Mian still couldn't figure out what he had promised her. Could it be that Chu Changge had tricked Yuan Qinghua using the school emblem? 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

While thinking, he asked, "When you were creepily eavesdropping on their conversation, did you see Chu Changge's face? Did it look the same as usual?"

007 replied, looking puzzled, "I saw it. It was the same, I think?"

It seems he wasn't using the school emblem to disguise himself at that time.

"What did he say to Yuan Qinghua?"

007 recalled, speaking slowly, "When I got there, I just heard Chu Changge's voice. I remember he said..."

The scene back then was so bizarre that 007 remembered it vividly; she'd even dreamed about it a few times.

She remembered player Chu Changge and NPC Yuan Qinghua discussing something in a shadowy corner; the two seemed quite familiar with each other.

First, it was Chu Changge's deep voice, "You should understand they are different."

Then came Yuan Qinghua's slightly anxious voice, "I know, but I..."

But even though she was being very careful, Chu Changge immediately sensed someone else's presence.

Upon hearing him exclaim, "Who's there?" 007 fled in panic. From beginning to end, she had only heard those three sentences.

"I see." Gu Mian stroked his chin. It seemed there were unspeakable secrets between Chu Changge and Yuan Qinghua.

He wondered who the "they" Chu Changge mentioned were.

He also didn't know if Yuan Qinghua's last words had anything to do with Chu Changge.

Although he was eager to get to the bottom of it, now was not the time to investigate such matters.

"If Lu Yi went to the garbage dump to throw away the clown mask, then he's an insider regarding the instance. In that case, the NPC I'm looking for is him... and he's also our mission target," Gu Mian said, furrowing his brows.

Gu Mian changed the subject so quickly that 007 was momentarily stunned.

She quickly realized that now really wasn't the time to discuss Yuan Qinghua and Chu Changge.

She heard noisy chatter and uneven footsteps from behind the red velvet curtain. Presumably, the Upper Class People had already taken their seats in the audience, which meant their performance was about to begin.

But even now, 007 still didn't know what was on the program for today.

Gu Mian was still muttering to himself, "If Lu Yi is the person I'm searching for, he should have recognized us when he saw the clown mask earlier."

Thinking about it now, Lu Yi's gaze did linger on his face for a few seconds before he left.

He was looking at the clown mask.

The high-level NPC Mr. Green mentioned is most likely him.

"If you've found the NPC you're looking for, then we don't need to go on stage, right?" 007 pricked up her ears, listening to the commotion outside. "Our original plan to go on stage was to use the clown mask to test the audience. Now we can just go find him directly."

The voices from behind the velvet curtain grew louder, and soon, loud music began to play, probably as a warm-up for the upcoming performance.

This sudden music made the other people in the room pause.

Then someone spoke up, "Hey, does anyone know what we're actually here for today?"

"They probably want us to perform on stage, right? The stage is behind the velvet curtain; we can go over directly later."

"But what are we supposed to perform? I don't know anything. I was just brought here today. Before arriving, I didn't even know I was coming to a carnival."

007 was somewhat puzzled, "These people are just like us, completely clueless. Weren't there any rehearsals before the carnival?"

Gu Mian grinned, "That works in our favor."

At this point, everyone else in the room turned their attention to Snake Head Mask. Only those who were originally part of the Circus knew more about the carnival; after all, it was organized by the Circus.