A blunt knife cutting into flesh was truly painful.

Fatty, tormented by Chu Changge for quite some time, eventually resolved to let Xiao Qiao do it.

Xiao Qiao took advantage of his distracted state and with one swift pull, forcefully ripped the wolf skin that had grown on Fatty's body.

Since she did it when Fatty wasn't expecting it, his shriek of pain was particularly loud.

Chu Changge bent down and used his coat to cover Fatty's wound.

"It won't hurt," Xiao Qiao held him down tightly, her expression excessively tender, "Just blow on it and it won't hurt."

The night wind was rather obedient.

As soon as she finished speaking, a gust of wind blew by, making Fatty's wound hurt even more.

With tears streaming down his face, Fatty lifted his head to look at the actress, whose acting was universally criticized.

No one could really blame her for her shoddy acting.

Even when she was off-camera, she still wore an unnatural expression, looking like she was struggling to control her facial muscles.

It was as if she had peeled this overly stunning face off someone else and plastered it onto her own.

Thinking back to Xiao Qiao's earlier skin-peeling action, Fatty couldn't help but shudder violently.

At that moment, Chu Changge, who was nearby, suddenly straightened up and turned to look in the direction from which the wind had blown.

The strong wind pulled his hair back and made his clothes flutter wildly.

Chu Changge seemed indifferent, his brows furrowing as he stared in the direction the wind was coming from.

Over there, a large expanse of branches and leaves swayed, and the shadows of the trees danced and quivered on the ground.

A gigantic moon hung quietly over the rustling forest, shining with a silvery glow.

Fatty swore that he had never seen such a large moon in his life, but it was quite beautiful…

Xiao Qiao also straightened up, looking in the same direction as Chu Changge. "Someone's here," she stated.

Fatty, trembling as he lay on the ground, muttered, "Are you guys dogs? How can you smell someone from just a gust of wind?"

Gu Mian, walking against the wind, happened to overhear Fatty's comment about dogs.

Carrying 007 on his back, he glanced at Chu Changge, whose back was to him, then at the long-haired woman beside Chu Changge, who also had her back to him. He couldn't help but wonder, "What are you all looking at?"

Chu Changge was the first to turn around.

He immediately noticed 007 on Gu Mian's back but didn't ask any questions. Instead, he said, "Nothing."

At this point, Xiao Qiao also turned around.

Upon seeing Xiao Qiao, 007, on Gu Mian's back, widened her eyes slightly. "It's you..."

It was the woman who had tricked the witch out of her shovel and then casually tossed it aside. She occasionally wore a blank expression, as if relaxing. 007 had only seen her profile at the time and found her somewhat familiar. It wasn't until now, seeing her full face, that 007 remembered this person frequently appeared on television.

Xiao Qiao flashed a friendly smile at 007, albeit a somewhat eerie one. "You recognize me, too."

Apparently, she thought 007 was one of her fans.

Gu Mian was a little puzzled. He hadn't expected to be randomly matched with this universally cyberbullied celebrity twice. He had to admit, it was a strange kind of fate. Or perhaps, on the flip side, it was because he shared her infamy?

As though he had sensed Gu Mian's confusion over their fate, Chu Changge shook his head. "I'm afraid it's not a random pairing this time."

Not a random pairing?

This instance was dangerously different, unlike any they had encountered before!

The players selected for this instance were particularly special, and it seemed there were many acquaintances among them...

Even before Gu Mian could ask, Chu Changge continued, "We should prepare ourselves. Some of the instances have undergone mutations. This particular instance is one of them."

It would consume the players that entered it, just like the previous event. Theoretically, such an instance should not exist.

Hearing Chu Changge's words, 007 stared at him, slightly stunned.

Gu Mian remembered that this global game was originally intended for human evolution.

But now, with natural disasters occurring worldwide, resources virtually depleted, and supplies scarce, Earth was being ruthlessly harsh.

Even if it wanted to force humanity to evolve, it shouldn't have been so brutal.

And now, there were instances that consumed players...

Chu Changge continued, "If I'm not mistaken, going forward, there will be more and more mutated instances, and the players within them..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present understood what he meant. In the future, players in mutated instances were likely to die for real.

Previously, they had speculated that the global game might have two Organizers: one aimed at evolving humans through instances, while the other considered humans as fertilizer to feed the instances.

This mutated instance was probably dominated by the latter Organizer, the one intent on causing humanity's extinction.

However, the prospect of dying for real in instances didn't faze Gu Mian.

He always faced real death every time he entered an instance anyway.

Gu Mian felt 007 stiffen slightly on his back. Then, her voice came from beside his ear, "So, in the future, we'll be matched into instances with real death?"

Just like today?

Facing actual death?

Chu Changge glanced at 007, then nodded slightly. "The Organizer is eliminating humans. You'd better prepare yourself mentally."

007 suddenly seemed anxious.

Gu Mian didn't know what she was worried about.

Fatty was still lying on the ground.

Seeing Fatty there, Gu Mian put down 007, walked over to him, and roughly yanked open the blood-soaked cloth that Chu Changge had carefully bandaged.

Two wounds.

Then, Gu Mian took out two tubes of reagents. "Let's stop the bleeding first."

He then inserted the needles beside the wounds.

Fatty, who had already suffered so much, was pricked twice more by Gu Mian's needles and couldn't help but groan.

After groaning, he asked seriously, "So, this game has two Organizers now? One righteous and the other evil?"

Chu Changge suddenly spoke, "Which one do you refer to as 'evil'?"

Fatty replied, as if it were obvious, "Of course, the one that takes players' lives."

"No," Chu Changge shook his head. "There is no absolute good or evil in this world..."

He continued, "What you consider 'evil' may be beneficial to others."

Fatty was somewhat perplexed. They're taking lives, what benefit could there possibly be?

Chu Changge was about to speak but glanced at 007, who was leaning against a tree not far away. He avoided calling Gu Mian by name in front of others, using his professional title—Doctor—instead. "What you consider 'evil' is beneficial for Doctors."

Fatty's mind seemed to explode.

Right!

Due to his initial impressions, he had naturally assumed the Organizer that wanted to kill players was evil. But on further consideration…

Previously, only Doctors truly died in these instances. But once the other Organizer came into play, it directly caused instances to mutate, making all players potentially face real death within them.

Moreover, once instances that led to certain death began to appear, the Doctor profession would be in high demand. And currently, the world's only Doctor is Gu Mian!

Gu Mian's name was still on the wanted list. But once instances involving certain death appeared, even if his identity was exposed, many people would protect the world's only Doctor.

Although the methods were a bit crude... this was clearly an Organizer that completely favored Doctors!

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