"A great writer, a great man of letters. He used to be in the sa class as Yuan Qinghua."
The teacher looked with a touch of wistfulness at the boy in the upper left corner of the photo.
Following his gaze, Gu Mian saw a skinny boy wearing glasses. He looked extrely shy; even his smile for the cara was bashful.
"When I was teaching him, I thought he was unremarkable. His grades weren't good, and he had such a timid personality. But unexpectedly, after graduation, one of his books made him famous, and he beca a great writer. He wrote many bestsellers, and his classmates all envied him... His books should still be in the Central Library, but it's a pity the library is closed now..."
"However, he also died later... Writers, well, they're always prone to lancholy. He was later found dead in his own room."
At this, the teacher fell silent, seemingly unwilling to say more.
Even 007 was confused now.
Buildings identical to those in the instance had appeared in the real world, and the NPCs in the instance were people who had once existed in the real world. However, only Yuan Qinghua and Wang Yushu from the photo had truly existed.
There was no record of people like Li Yibai, Guo Jii, and Pan Yue in the files. It was truly puzzling.
At this point, the teacher spoke again, "The people you're looking for are all gone. Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave."
Fatty looked at him curiously. "You're a teacher, right? Why would you co here in the middle of the night?"
The bald-headed teacher waved his hand and said, "We still have so out-of-town students who haven't been picked up by their parents. They're all in the dormitory, and I'm responsible for looking after them... I saw a car approaching from a long way off and thought you were here to pick up students. I didn't expect you to co into the office..."
Gu Mian and the others had no choice but to leave the office and return to the Spirit Car.
By the ti they returned to the Spirit Car, it was already five o'clock. Xiao Hong still had her face pressed against the rear window, prompting 007 to glance at her a few more tis.
Just then, Fatty sneakily pulled a roll of files from his clothes. "Doctor, I swiped it!"
Gu Mian took the files from Fatty. "Great job."
Fatty scratched his head and chuckled.
007 looked at Fatty and saw the corner of a Ghost Card when he pulled out the files.
She certainly recognized it; it was the prize for the ghost faction's victory in the previous instance, a life-saving tool.
But Gu Mian had given it to Fatty.
007 was slightly taken aback, then said, "You two are really close, huh."
Fatty looked over, a little puzzled. "By the way, I don't see anyone with you. Don't you have any friends with you?"
Hearing this, 007 paused for a mont before replying, "No..."
anwhile, Gu Mian had already finished looking through Wang Yushu's file. The student file only contained basic information like na and gender; aside from the ho address, there was nothing particularly noteworthy.
Gu Mian decided to check Wang Yushu's ho address first.
Although Wang Yushu had been dead for a long ti, his house might have been sold, or perhaps his parents were living there.
By now, 007 had also looked over Wang Yushu's information. Her head drooped as she said, "Let's hope we can find so clues related to this Wang Yushu."
Gu Mian glanced back at 007 and saw that she was already drowsy.
"How long has it been since you slept?" Gu Mian asked, puzzled.
Soone strengthened by instances would never get this tired from just one sleepless night.
Hearing Gu Mian's voice, 007 startled awake. She shook her head slightly and said, "More than three days, I think... I wanted to spend more ti traveling, so I could see my parents sooner."
As she spoke, her head drooped again.
Seeing this, Gu Mian asked, "Where's your ho?"
007 kept her head down and spoke softly, "My ho is in Yingchuan... When this ga started, I was working a temporary job away from ho. I've been on the road ever since it began. But because transportation thods were unavailable, I had to walk, which was very slow. Sotis I'd ride a bicycle, but there weren't many unlocked ones by the roadside..."
Her voice was very soft, as if she could fall asleep at any mont.
Walking from here to Yingchuan would probably take several more months.
Gu Mian rubbed his chin. "I'll take you. Driving, even with stops, it should only take about seven days to get there."
"Ah," 007 looked up, suddenly alert. "Won't that delay you guys?"
Fatty ca over and patted her shoulder. "Nope. We were originally just a directionless trio..."
As he said this, his gaze drifted to Xiao Hong at the very back. "...A quartet now."
Xiao Hong was still pressed against the rear glass, seemingly asleep, though everyone knew ghosts didn't need to sleep.
Imdiately after, Gu Mian saw 007 perk up and praise him effusively, "You're such a good person."
Gu Mian: "..."
And just then, a massive library suddenly entered Gu Mian's line of sight.
The cylindrical building stood starkly in the night. On its front, Gu Mian saw five large characters: "Central Library."
At that mont, Gu Mian slamd on the brakes. Fatty, whose head slamd into the back of the driver's seat, clutched his head and looked up. "Doctor, what are you doing?!"
Gu Mian looked at the library right beside them. "Why don't we go in and refine our souls a bit?"
Fatty had a bewildered expression.
Gu Mian, of course, wasn't going in to idly read leisure books because he had nothing better to do.
He raised his chainsaw, sawed open the main entrance of the Central Library, and barged in. "Let's find this Wang Yushu's great work."
The huge library was pitch black inside, making it inconvenient to search for anything.
Fatty fumbled for and found a card slot by the main door, inserted an electricity card, and then flipped the light switch.
The entire library instantly lit up.
Bookshelves lined the walls of the extrely spacious library, and a massive square shelving unit, also laden with nurous books, stood in the center.
007 looked at the brightly lit library and raised her eyebrows. "So this is how you guys use electricity? I'm usually very reluctant to waste even a little."
She was very frugal with her Ga Coins, unwilling to waste even the smallest amount.
Fatty chuckled. "This is also to make things easier for the Doctor..."
007 couldn't bring herself to agree. She took a couple of steps forward and started searching for Wang Yushu's books, beginning near the entrance.
Gu Mian had initially worried that Wang Yushu might have used a pen na or sothing similar, but before long, a book bearing the three characters "Wang Yushu" caught his eye.
The book was placed very high up. Gu Mian had no patience to go drag a ladder from so obscure corner, so he directly had Fatty, who was beside him, give him a boost to get the book.
Soon, Gu Mian had a book about three centiters thick in his hand.
He looked at the cover and saw four large characters written on it: "Second World."
It turned out Gu Mian's luck was always astonishingly good.
Just as he was about to reach out and open the book's cover, the ga panel simultaneously appeared for everyone present.
It was a special instance!
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