The female player's name was Willow not supporting wind. Gu Mian saw her character run over on the screen and stop in front of [Gu Gu] and [Chu Changge].

[Willow not supporting wind: "Ah, so you guys are here. I just saw Wang Panzi and Zi Liang heading towards the lab. Do you guys know what they are up to?"]

[Gu Gu: "Huh? Didn't they go to eat?"]

[Chu Changge: "Why don't we go take a look?"]

Options appeared on the screen:

[Would you like to go to the lab?]

I can actually choose? Gu Mian had thought the character would run straight to the lab.

This should be the equivalent of accepting a mission in an online game.

The difference was that in online games, players appeared in Novice Village. Then, some village chief would ask them to find a missing kitten or puppy, or to kill a few wild boars, or something similar.

If this game only asked people to kill a few wild boars, that would be great.

Unfortunately, it seemed there were no wild boars for them to kill right now.

Gu Mian glanced at Chu Changge next to him. Chu Changge paused for a moment, then selected the [Yes] option.

But his character didn't move and instead continued to speak.

[Chu Changge: "Are you two going to take a look too?"]

Willow not supporting wind, who hadn't even had a chance to exchange a word with the people she had just met, was faced with this choice. She hesitated for a moment, then also selected [Yes].

Immediately after, the two characters on the screen twisted their heads at the same bizarre angle, looking at the character Gu Mian had created. Two dialogue boxes appeared above their heads simultaneously.

[Chu Changge: "Gu Gu, are you going to take a look too?"]

[Willow not supporting wind: "Gu Gu, are you going to take a look too?"]

See what my ass!

Gu Mian glanced at the other two characters on his screen, then decisively chose [No].

Chu Changge looked up at him.

The characters of those who chose [Yes] didn't move at that point. Gu Mian remembered that these game characters usually acted according to the player's movements and only moved on their own in special circumstances. Therefore, the two players who chose [Yes] also had to walk to the lab themselves.

Sunlight poured through the glass onto the hallway, making one's hair feel hot.

Willow not supporting wind touched her hair, then showed an awkward smile to the two people in front of her. "Hello..."

The three of them finally exchanged their first words.

Willow not supporting wind specifically noticed Gu Mian's nickname and seemed somewhat curious about the green "Doctor" title above his head.

But when she saw Chu Changge's name, she had a surprised look on her face. "Chu Changge?"

Her reaction was like a fangirl finally seeing her idol in person. She was a little excited and a little agitated.

She asked, "Are you the one frequently mentioned in the announcements?"

Because of Gu Mian, Chu Changge's name was often posted on the notification board when an instance collapsed. Although Gu Mian was the one causing all the trouble, he conveniently hid his username and brushed it off. So, Chu Changge and Fatty were always the ones recognized and, consequently, the ones who faced trouble.

Willow not supporting wind continued, as if speaking to herself, "You should know Gu Sanwan, right?"

See! Gu Mian thought. This is the charm of money.

Not long ago, the bounty on Gu Mian had been raised to 30,000 Game Coins. People started nicknaming him Gu Sanwan. Hardly anyone called him by his original name anymore, making him out to be like Voldemort.

Gu Sanwan pursed his 30,000-Game-Coin-worth lips. "Alright, let's head to the lab."

Gu Mian successfully diverted Willow not supporting wind's attention from "Gu Sanwan" to the lab. She looked curiously at Gu Mian. "Didn't you decide not to go earlier?"

She was quite curious about this Doctor with the green title.

Gu Mian glanced at the screen. "I did choose not to go, but the character is controlled by us. I just wanted to see what would happen if I chose not to go but went anyway."

Would I run into a ghost or something?

By now, Gu Mian was already heading towards the staircase. "Zi Liang and the others should have left quite a while ago. Let's hurry too."

To avoid any awkwardness with Fatty, Gu Mian specifically mentioned Zi Liang's name.

Just as the three of them started moving, their characters on the screen also began to move.

[Gu Gu: "Let's go down together. We'll part ways once we reach the ground floor."]

[Chu Changge: "Okay."]

Such smart little characters, huh.

By now, Gu Mian was already on the stairs. At that moment, he suddenly saw something lying in the middle of the stairs on the screen.

A line of text appeared at the bottom of the screen: [The stairs ahead seem like they're about to collapse. It's best not to walk on them.]

Gu Mian turned to look at Willow not supporting wind. She had just come up these stairs. She should know what the situation is, right?

Willow not supporting wind nodded. "This thing was already here when I came up, so I jumped over it. I originally wanted to take another staircase, but I'm not familiar with this place. The character moved too fast, and I was afraid of losing it."

What would happen if I stepped on it? Gu Mian wondered. But he didn't plan to put this thought into action. What if it really collapsed when I stepped on it? With my luck, if the stairs collapsed, I would definitely land headfirst.

So, Gu Mian seriously and solemnly planned to leap over this section of steps.

At that moment, Chu Changge suddenly stopped him. "Let's take another staircase."

That works too, Gu Mian thought. The other staircase isn't far anyway.

Gu Mian and the others quickly reached the other staircase. To their astonishment, an object also lay in the middle of this one, though it wasn't an obstacle.

It was a treasure box.

The huge treasure box blocked the entire staircase, seemingly preventing them from going down unless they opened it.

That's when Chu Changge suddenly said, "I've seen two already."

Two? Gu Mian looked at him.

Chu Changge nodded. "There was one in my classroom. When class ended, a dialogue box appeared above the character I created, saying something like, 'It seems like there's something outside the window.' I went straight downstairs and found another treasure box, which you saw from upstairs."

Gu Mian stroked his chin. "What did you get from the treasure box?"

Chu Changge tapped the character on his screen. "It's all school-related stuff, but there are only icons and names; no other pages can be opened."

Gu Mian saw that after Chu Changge clicked on the character, an "Inventory" page appeared on the screen.

Two items were lying in the inventory.

One looked like a school badge or something similar; the other was a school uniform.

Chu Changge clicked on the school uniform, and its name appeared on the screen: [The First Person to Eat's School Uniform].

At the same time, Gu Mian noticed a dialogue box appear above the character Chu Changge had created.

[Chu Changge: "It might change after the game has been cleared."]

The other item was the [Blood-stained school badge].

When he clicked on this item, [Chu Changge] said the same thing.

Gu Mian stroked his chin. "Isn't this subtly implying that these are special items that could be brought out of this game?"

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