Chapter 805: Chapter 769: "A Man as Bright as He Is Gentle

Chu Changge held the [Blood-stained school badge] in his hand while observing the Upper Class People residential area from the window.

There weren’t many people in that Upper Class People residential area. It took Chu Changge a few minutes to see two Upper Class People walking past the fence.

Probably because not far from the fence was Rathead Alley, so Upper Class People rarely walked from that side of the fence.

As Chu Changge observed the Upper Class People residential area, he quickly glanced at the deserted Rathead Alley outside the window.

Though this was a residential area, it seemed abandoned for a long time, with not a single lower-class person living here.

"It’s almost time." Chu Changge let down the curtain and stopped observing outside, preparing to go downstairs near the Upper Class People residential area to seize the opportunity to infiltrate.

This Rathead Alley was uninhabited, making it easier for him to sneak into the Upper Class People residential area.

The duration of his stay here last time should be about the same as this time, Chu Changge estimated in his mind.

If everything goes smoothly, he can use the [Blood-stained school badge] to infiltrate the Upper Class People residential area to search for clues, and pick up one of those colorful leaflets on the floor.

Chu Changge thought that the leaflets scattered on the ground might be related to the variety show about judging Lu Yi.

But as soon as he went downstairs and stepped onto the dilapidated Rathead Alley, an unexpected event occurred after taking only a few steps.

A gray shadow, as big as a rat, swooshed through the gap between two buildings right in front of Chu Changge, making it impossible for him to pretend not to see it.

The darting rat clearly noticed Chu Changge too.

With a flustered expression, he cautiously peeked out from behind the building he hid in, looking at Chu Changge: "You... it’s you..."

In Crazy Game City, 007 sat near a drink shop called "Sweet Appointment." There was a row of public seats, presumably designed for customers waiting outside for their meals.

However, currently, the customers in this Game City were few and far between, with no lines forming.

was the only person sitting on the row of public seats, while people of rather outrageous appearance occasionally walked past her.

"Gu Mian has already sent Chu Changge to Crazy Game City to join me. He should be here soon." Alone, 007 felt uneasy, needing to be with others to find some peace.

Thinking about Gu Mian, 007 began contemplating the matter he mentioned about the world’s repeated events.

The world had cycled back five times but only rewound one day; 007 found this fishy. She suspected the world wanted to rewind further back but got stuck somehow, unable to achieve it, hence the five attempts.

All five attempts failed.

Repeating the rewind five times, this action seemed urgent.

had owned several gaming consoles before.

She wasn’t very fond of playing games, but her father always thought kids liked these things. So, every birthday or other festive season, when not knowing what gift to buy, her father would meticulously select the most expensive game console from the store.

Once, during the year’s Children’s Day, her birthday, and New Year’s Eve, she consecutively received three identical game consoles from her father.

That New Year’s, when she received the third identical game console of the year, she finally couldn’t hold back and burst into tears.

That day, her dad got a thorough telling-off from her mom and finally stopped buying game consoles for her.

The game consoles piled up in her room, and 007 tried playing them; most of the games had save and load functions.

Whenever 007 died in a game or made a major mistake, she would immediately load the save to restart.

"Did this world have a major failure too?" 007 muttered to herself, "Is that why it’s so urgently repeating the rollback five times?"

Most likely, this major failure had something to do with Gu Mian.

Who knows what Gu Mian did beyond their sight, 007 thought, while opening the group chat, intending to ask Gu Mian about the world rollback issue and conveniently inquire where Chu Changge was.

Upon opening the group chat, she saw that Chu Changge had sent a message a short while ago.

[Chu Changge]: Gu Mian, did I mention I encountered someone last time?

This message was sent five minutes ago, but Gu Mian hadn’t seen it yet and hadn’t replied.

Whom did Chu Changge encounter?

Was it an Upper Class People, NPC, or player?

It shouldn’t be Mr. Green, who came in with them, because if Chu Changge encountered Mr. Green, he could directly say it in the group chat without asking like this.

was somewhat puzzled. If last time Chu Changge managed to join her in Game City, did he bring this person with him?

She tried hard to recall, but couldn’t remember anything before the rollback. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

looked at the wanted notice in her hand. Only Gu Mian could answer Chu Changge’s question, but unfortunately, he was currently unreachable in the group chat.

"Hey, isn’t this Slaughter? How come not seeing me for two minutes means you don’t recognize me?" Meanwhile, Gu Mian was in a wet, dark cave, facing Slaughter and staring at each other.

The two stood at opposite ends of a circular staircase. Listening to Gu Mian’s words, Slaughter’s eyes, already wide, opened even wider, his mouth slightly agape from bewilderment.

Through the circular hollow in the staircase, he scrutinized Gu Mian, finally resting his gaze on his leaf brooch and studying it for several seconds.

Seeing Slaughter’s serious look, Gu Mian realized he’d forgotten to wear his helmet.

"Let’s head upstairs and talk" "Are you Gu Mian?"

Both spoke simultaneously.

Gu Mian understood the more someone tries not to think of something, the easier it becomes to think about it.

Slaughter must not discover he forgot his helmet. Upon realizing this, innumerable forbidden thoughts involuntarily flashed through his mind.

Maybe it might lead to thoughts suitable for disaster films, like meteors striking Paradise, lava engulfing the world, or Gu Mian pulling out a giant chainsaw and slicing the world in two.

But Slaughter’s mind was indeed too quick.

Upon hearing Gu Mian’s words, he immediately realized something.

"Head upstairs and talk?" Why head upstairs to talk? Is it unsuitable here? He said this after seeing me, is there something wrong with me...

In just a few seconds, he reacted, nervously touching his head, discovering his hands easily touched his hair.

A look of terror flashed across his face. In his rush, he’d forgotten his helmet!

Without the helmet that blocks consciousness, every thought now was a wish to the statue.

Don’t think too much, don’t think too much!

Slaughter immediately held his head tightly, attempting to wrap it in his arms, hoping to block his thoughts.

But he knew this was futile.

The statue could still receive his "wishes."

Upon realizing he hadn’t worn his helmet, boundless terrifying thoughts swiftly raced through Slaughter’s mind.

"Don’t think about the staircase falling" "Don’t think about the cave collapsing" "Don’t think about a flood pouring down from above"

In the next second, he realized all these "forbidden thoughts" had surfaced in his mind.

It’s over, this time trouble is truly brewing. He tightly held his head, crouching down.

Gu Mian had already begun sprinting upstairs with the dog.

When he saw Slaughter reaching for his head, he knew something was wrong and immediately scooped up the dog and dashed upstairs.

Slaughter paused for a few seconds, then regretfully crouched down. Gu Mian guessed he must have thought of countless accidents; knowing the statue would soon realize those accidents.

By now, Gu Mian had run beside Slaughter, and he pulled him up to sprint upwards: "Run quickly, don’t just crouch there dumbly."

Slaughter shook his pale face: "It’s useless, the staircase might collapse soon."

Gu Mian was taken aback: "You really think hard."

Despite saying this, Slaughter’s legs truthfully followed Gu Mian in running upwards; he didn’t want to die here either.

"Even if the staircase doesn’t collapse, be cautious of possible earthquakes later, watch out for rocks falling from the side. Even if there’s no earthquake, be careful of a flood above that might drown everything here." Frantically escaping, Slaughter kept warning.

Gu Mian wished he could shove the robot dog into his mouth to stop him from speaking: "Brother, can you stop talking, maybe imagine we suddenly grow wings to fly out instead."