Fatty jogged towards Gu Mian's direction and said, "Brother Chu, even if we go over now, the Doctor won't be able to see us."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Since the Doctor went in through the door you mentioned, why don't we also go through that door to find him... But will we die if we go in?"

Chu Changge glanced at him. "Drop the 'will we'."

Fatty was speechless.

At this moment, Zi Liang was panting as he followed Chu Changge and Fatty. "To be honest, I still don't quite understand what's happened. How did everyone else die? Why is this Doctor worth thirty thousand Game Coins? And why can he run around chasing people with a chainsaw..."

He remembered that he was the one being chased and screaming as he fled just a moment ago.

Just then, Fatty patted his shoulder. "Theoretically, you could also run around chasing people with a chainsaw, but how many steps you could manage wouldn't be up to you."

Zi Liang flinched. Did that mean he'd be killed by a ghost after chasing for just a couple of steps?

Still, daring to follow a ghost for even a few steps was pretty awesome.

Just then, Zi Liang suddenly saw something appear on his phone screen. Looking closely, it was a menacing chainsaw. Looking even closer, there was a small figure carrying the chainsaw.

Above the small figure's head were the brightly shining words 'Gu Mian,' seemingly boasting, "Kill me and get thirty thousand Game Coins!"

Of course, Zi Liang didn't have the guts to kill anyone. Even if he did, he wouldn't know how.

He couldn't possibly rush into the phone screen and drag out this chainsaw-wielding Doctor.

At that moment, Fatty noticed a line of text suddenly appear at the bottom of the phone screen.

Because this was a silent game, sounds within it were presented as subtitles. When there was a 'THUD' sound in the game, the subtitle 'THUD' would naturally appear at the bottom of the screen.

And right then, the subtitle 'THUD' appeared at the bottom of the screen.

[A strange 'THUD' sound is coming from the corridor ahead]

People outside the game could only discern in-game sounds through subtitles, but Gu Mian, who was inside the game, genuinely heard a sound coming from the corridor ahead in this crappy little game.

He touched the chainsaw in his hand and walked towards the corridor from which the 'THUD' sound originated.

Zi Liang watched the phone screen and couldn't help but shiver.

You see, the real world and the game world were synchronized. Since the corridor ahead in the game was producing the 'THUD' sound, it meant the real-world corridor ahead must also be making that sound; they just couldn't hear it...

And this sound was just like the one made by the upside-down female ghost they'd heard in the laboratory before!

Thinking of this, Zi Liang shivered violently and then grabbed Fatty's sleeve. "Wait a minute!"

To know there's a tiger on the mountain yet still choose to venture forth—that's either heroism or idiocy! And what lay ahead was far more terrifying than a tiger; it was a ghost.

Just as Zi Liang hesitated, wanting to tactfully say something like, "Maybe we should observe from here for a bit," he felt Fatty suddenly grab his wrist. "Stop dawdling like a sissy! Hurry up and keep pace."

The moment he heard this, Zi Liang was dragged forward by Fatty like a dead pig.

Because Gu Mian on the phone screen had already rushed ahead.

Zi Liang wasn't as strong as Fatty and didn't dare to act alone, so he was half-reluctantly dragged forward by Fatty.

As he was being dragged, his mind was filled with thoughts like, 'It's over, I'm going to die.'

After being dragged for a while longer, Zi Liang suddenly felt a sense of resignation. Oh well, everyone's together. Dying together might be a little warmer...

Fatty, who was rushing forward while staring intently at the phone screen, didn't hear Zi Liang clearly and turned his head to ask, "What?"

Zi Liang quickly shook his head. "Nothing..."

Just then, Chu Changge, who was beside them, suddenly spoke, "Gu Mian seems to be looking for a way to leave this game. It looks like he can't get out through that door."

Because Chu Changge rarely spoke, Zi Liang always listened very carefully whenever he opened his mouth.

After listening intently, Zi Liang subconsciously glanced at the phone in Fatty's hand and then saw an astonishing sight.

[Gu Mian: From the sound, it should be a ghost that's banging its head on the ground. But I've been walking for so long, where's the ghost?]

Where's the ghost? Is that something a human would say?

Meanwhile, the text at the bottom of the phone screen continued to update.

[The strange 'THUD' sound seems to be getting farther away]

This isn't right! Zi Liang stared at the screen, frantically shaking his head. This was different from the script they were expecting.

Last time, in the science building, when this sound appeared, they had to flee for their lives, running so desperately they didn't even dare to glance back.

Why was the script different now?

And Fatty, the person in question, was still earnestly pulling him forward, as if he'd completely forgotten how he was fleeing in utter disarray, scared out of his wits, not long ago.

What on earth was going on? For a moment, Zi Liang's mind went blank.

Chu Changge continued, "I guess Gu Mian can't return to this world through that door, so he thought of another method. He probably doesn't want to be a paper person for too long."

Once Chu Changge said this, Fatty immediately understood.

If this instance disappeared, wouldn't Gu Mian be able to get out? And he wouldn't even need to return to the world they were in; he'd go directly from this crappy game back to the real world.

Zi Liang, next to him, was still confused. "What's wrong? That Doctor thought of another way to leave the game? True, being a paper person all the time must be pretty uncomfortable... But can we please not keep going forward? I remember the two ghosts that were following us ran this way!"

"Don't be such a coward," Fatty said, pulling Zi Liang. "Relax, nothing will happen."

Zi Liang didn't understand why Fatty would suddenly become so confident, and so seriously confident at that.

Like now, how could he so earnestly say 'nothing will happen'? Zi Liang blurted out, "Where do you get this confidence from?!"

Fatty finally turned his head to glance at Zi Liang. "Speaking of which, you seem really timid."

Zi Liang ducked his head. "Duh! Anyone would become timid if they encountered terrifying ghosts. Even though I used to be a great supernatural writer..."

While hurriedly following Gu Mian's movements on the phone, Fatty asked, "So, you entered this game to train your courage?"

Train my courage? My ass!

Zi Liang ultimately didn't voice those harsh words. Instead, he paused before saying, "Right now, the situation in the real world is power outages and no food. If I don't enter an instance, am I supposed to just wait to starve to death?!"

Even if he didn't starve, just the lack of electricity was unbearable enough.

Not lingering on this topic, Fatty looked at his phone again. "Man, you've got it rough."

Zi Liang was speechless.

That didn't sound like something a player suffering from hunger and power outages would say at all. This Fatty seemed loaded!

Just then, Zi Liang noticed that Gu Mian on the phone screen had stopped. He was standing at the door of a classroom, seemingly the one at the very end of the corridor.

[Gu Mian: The sound is getting fainter and fainter, then it disappeared. I didn't hear any sound of going downstairs. The ghost must be in here!]

Zi Liang stared wide-eyed at the screen as Gu Mian's small hand, after hesitating over where to place it, finally landed on the classroom doorknob, poised to act. He then looked up at the classroom door at the end of the corridor right in front of them. "Holy crap! What are you doing?!"

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