Gu Mian arrived at the foot of the employee apartnt building, drawing on his mory. The complex, built about five or six years ago, was neither old nor new. Due to its poor location, few people lived there, and property prices were sowhat low.
Most of their company’s workers were from out of town. Consequently, the boss had bought dozens of adjacent properties in the complex to serve as employee apartnts, thereby attracting prospective employees.
But even these slightly lower-priced apartnts were far better than the employee dormitories offered by other companies. Most employee dormitories were just that—dorms, with bunk beds or a loft bed over a desk. Having a room to oneself was a luxury.
One could only say that this boss was young and had not yet fully grasped the system of exploitation in contemporary society...
Not dwelling on the young boss, Gu Mian stepped into the building entrance. Everyone lives here. Even though they’re dispersed when entering the instance, they’re still likely to gather here. Moreover, since Zhao Shuang was found, she has been resting in the employee dormitory. The amnesiac they’re referring to must be her... Wiser players will certainly go to Zhao Shuang first.
Considering the high bounty of one hundred thousand Ga Coins on his head, Gu Mian decided to make so preparations before appearing in other players’ sights.
Inside the entrance was an elevator. He stepped in and pressed the button for the fifth floor. Because "Gu Mian" had previously helped Zhao Shuang collect packages, he knew her apartnt number.
The apartnt building had seven floors and a basent parking garage on level negative one, directly accessible by the elevator.
In the cramped elevator, Gu Mian unzipped his guitar bag and pulled out a dangerously sharp chainsaw that glinted coldly.
After all, he was worth a lot. If other players were to attack him on sight, the scene wouldn’t be pretty.
To prevent such a scenario, he decided to first pull out a more intimidating weapon for deterrence.
If any innocent bystander had tried to take the elevator at that mont, the sight inside would have scared them witless.
Fortunately, few people were using the elevator at this ti. Gu Mian ascended safely to the fifth floor. The elevator stopped, and the fifth-floor button light went out.
Then, the elevator doors slid open. Gu Mian looked out onto a dim corridor that exuded an indescribable, eerie feeling.
Ignoring the peculiar corridor, he clutched his terrifyingly large chainsaw and hurried towards Zhao Shuang’s dormitory. This floor had a layout of six apartnts. In no ti, Gu Mian was knocking on the door of Room 504.
Cangyue Shisi and the others were preparing to discuss clues when they heard a knock on the door.
Keke imdiately ran to the door and looked out through the peephole. A couple of seconds later, she turned back to the three others. "I think it’s another player."
The three exchanged uneasy glances.
Gu Mian’s na was infamous. The mont they heard it, they thought of the figure on the wanted list, though they weren’t yet sure if this was *that* Gu Mian.
Wang Chuan doesn’t want candy pondered for a mont before saying, "Let’s open the door. What do you all think?"
Since it might be the person on the wanted list, they had to consider his potential danger.
Keke did not object. "He doesn’t look like a bad person, and he doesn’t seem dangerous."
The others also nodded in agreent.
So Keke turned, gripped the handle, and twisted it down. SQUEAK. The door swung open.
The other three then saw Gu Mian standing outside.
He wore a white lab coat, the type doctors often wear, over a light gray, solid-colored shirt. The shirt fit smoothly, its hem tucked neatly into his trousers.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the enormous, orange-handled chainsaw he held.
So this is what Keke ant by ’not dangerous’? Cang Yue was dumbfounded.
Before they could react, Gu Mian stepped over the threshold, holding the door open with his foot. He wore a pleasant expression. "Ah, everyone’s here. Looks like I’m the last to arrive."
Muttering to himself, he strode into the living room. "It’s all that taxi driver’s fault, going on and on about so story from his mountain climbing trip..."
Cang Yue and the other two instinctively took a step back, wanting to put distance between themselves and the bright orange chainsaw.
"Excuse ... sir..." Cang Yue began, clearly choosing her words carefully, "Are you..."
As she spoke, her eyes kept drifting to the nacing chainsaw in Gu Mian’s hand.
Now that death in the instance was real, although they wanted to make a move on Gu Mian, they had to ensure their own safety first. Judging by this man’s aura, our sches will probably get us killed before we even get started!
Taking a step forward, Gu Mian closed the door. "There are always villains trying to... I an, I’m just unlucky, always running into robbers and the like. A fortune-teller advised to carry a saw. Sure enough, I’ve t fewer robbers since then."
As Gu Mian spoke, he took another step forward. The three people behind Keke simultaneously retreated a large step.
Their dream of obtaining one hundred thousand Ga Coins shattered before it could even begin.
Ultimately, it was Keke who broke the strange silence, "Zhao Shuang is still asleep, and we don’t know when she’ll wake up. We should share any useful clues we have now..."
After witnessing the deadly weapon in Gu Mian’s hands, their aggressive intentions had mostly subsided.
Forget about trying to kill Gu Mian; judging by his stance, they’d be lucky if he didn’t kill them first!
Their dreams of punishing evil and promoting good were shattered. They had no choice but to compose themselves and face the instance. The instance’s death protection chanism had been deactivated, and they now needed to focus with utmost concentration on finding a way to survive.
As the others were lost in these thoughts, Gu Mian glanced sideways at Zhao Shuang, asleep in the bedroom. She’s the protagonist of ’Amnesia,’ and most likely the core of this instance.
Cang Yue and the other two had no objections to Keke’s suggestion. The five players were temporarily in the sa boat, having ford a precarious and shaky alliance.
Since Keke had made the suggestion, she spoke first, "Zhao Shuang is asleep in the room... Actually, before you three arrived, she woke up once."
Her voice was soft, as if afraid of waking Zhao Shuang in the bedroom. "Before you arrived, she woke up with a start. She said... she dreamt her deceased colleagues were resentful towards her. It wasn’t just today; this has been happening for the past few days. She’s been waking up from such nightmares every day."
Xia Jianren and Wang Chuan nodded thoughtfully, deep in thought.
After a while, Xia Jianren also spoke up, "Actually, we found sothing in our rooms too. Wang Chuan and I are roommates. The reason we didn’t go to the team-building event was because we’d had a conflict with Zhao Shuang not long ago and didn’t want to see her and cause more trouble. But we’re still not clear on what the conflict was about."
As he spoke, he took out his phone to show the others; on the screen was the chat history with Zhao Shuang.
Gu Mian scanned it briefly. The chat log contained only a few ssages, all initiated by Zhao Shuang.
Zhao Shuang: Xia Jianren, did you and Wang Chuan know about this all along?
Zhao Shuang: So, you were just hiding it from , weren’t you?
Zhao Shuang: Are you guys sick?
Zhao Shuang: So you don’t dare to talk now, alright then, just wait and see.
There were only these few ssages, and Xia Jianren hadn’t replied to a single one, making it seem as if he indeed had sothing to feel guilty about.
Seeing this, Cang Yue couldn’t help but wonder what Zhao Shuang had been kept in the dark about, and if she still rembered her conflict with Xia Jianren and Wang Chuan.
"This is the only clue we’ve found. We still don’t really know what happened..." Xia Jianren’s voice grew quieter as he spoke. He then glanced at Gu Mian, his expression seeming to say, I’m done, now it’s your turn.
Gu Mian, who was quite good at reading people, understood Xia Jianren’s aning. Gripping the chainsaw handle with one hand and stroking his chin with the other, he said, "When I arrived, I was on a main road next to a mountain. That mountain is Fenshan Mountain, where the accident happened..."
He actually really wanted to complain about the na. Team building on Fenshan Mountain? Wasn’t that like carrying a lantern into a latrine—courting death?
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