Gu Mian gazed through the endless night at the building on the cliff for a while, then looked down at the map in his hand.
On the map, the old site of "NPC Street" is almost connected to "Evil Eastern Valley."
"Could that thing be the street from before?" Gu Mian looked at those buildings and the walkways connecting them, finding them dangerous no matter how he looked, "The living environnt is quite poor too."
The location of Secret Forest is above Evil Eastern Valley, but Gu Mian doesn't need to climb up; there's a small path leading to the top of the cliff heading southwest.
Joking, if soone made him climb the cliff, he'd definitely turn around and leave without a second thought.
Not to ntion there's just an Evil God statue up there; even if an entire Evil God were placed there, he'd turn around and leave.
For all he knows, the cliff might collapse while climbing.
Following the map's direction, Gu Mian looked southwest and soon found a winding path leading upward.
This path has long been unused, with many weeds growing on the surface. Gu Mian stuffed the map into his pocket, rode his delivery bike, and headed upward.
One batch of weeds after another was crushed under the wheels, slowly rebounding, swaying gently in the moonlight's caress.
The place was quiet, with only the occasional insect chirps.
Since it wasn't far from Secret Forest, there weren't many monsters around, especially since the forest housed a complete Evil God statue, which Gu Mian felt was stronger than the outside shattered and re-glued statues.
He followed the path forward.
Almost there.
The road skirted the cliffside, with wasteland to the left and a cliff to the right.
The path led to the cliff top at a gentle slope, and a few minutes after reaching the top, one could arrive at the Secret Forest with the Evil God statue.
Looking to the right from the bike, one could see the steep cliff. From this position, he could clearly see the buildings on it.
Indeed, those buildings looked similar to the houses on NPC Street he saw at dusk, with giant flowerpot structures, fish-head buildings, and other bizarre shapes. Everyone seed to stay true to their roots despite relocating.
The wind collided against the lonely cliffside, sounding like its suicide cries.
The weeds under the wheels synchronized with the wind's wails with a rustling sound.
It was quiet here; the robotic dog beside him had earlier barked "Are you happy?" but now eerily fell silent, Gu Mian suspected its battery was low.
The lonely bike continued upward, soon reaching the cliff top.
"It's so quiet." In such a place, Gu Mian suddenly missed Fatty, although his mouth was a bit noisy usually, sotis he could say things that made people laugh.
It would be nice if Fatty could tell a joke now.
"Doctor... Doctor..."
An eerie voice suddenly echoed through the silent night.
"Squeal—" Gu Mian abruptly halted, the piercing brake sound lingered near the cliff edge.
What's happening?
This voice...
Gu Mian reached for the guitar bag beside him, was he hallucinating? Just now, it seed like he heard Fatty's voice?
Could it be that Xiao Qiao's group chat had upgraded so everyone could voice chat?
He quickly glanced at the group chat, noticing the recent ssage was from [Fatty] posted an hour ago: "Why is nobody responding to boohoo"
Scrolling online, Fatty's nonsensical chatter appeared, but the group chat page showed no ntion of voice calls.
"Doctor... Doctor..."
That eerie voice rang out again in the darkness, clearer than before.
It was indeed Fatty's voice.
Encountering ghosts, truly.
Gu Mian grabbed the guitar bag and jumped off the bike, scanning the surroundings.
The path's left side was a vast wasteland, while the right dropped vertically downward. Jumping off this cliff would result in a similar death as jumping off the adjacent one.
Gu Mian glanced towards the left wasteland first, unimpeded in view with no ghostly figures.
He turned to look at the right cliffside.
No ghostly figures there either.
But a person had appeared by the cliffside unbeknownst to him, startling Gu Mian.
There was no one when he passed by earlier.
The person's figure looked quite familiar, and seeing the silhouette, Gu Mian felt a strange sensation rising within.
Was it Fatty?
The person stood by the cliff, back facing him.
A cold wind swept past, sending shivers down Gu Mian's spine.
"Doctor, doctor, co on..." Gu Mian heard him speaking.
He spoke as he slowly turned towards Gu Mian.
Gu Mian watched him closely, feeling increasingly tense.
The turned face looked exactly like Fatty's.
His face wore a beaming smile, eyes squinted into a slit, raising an arm in the dark night, beckoning Gu Mian: "Co, doctor, co..."
"Gu Mian—" At this mont, another person appeared beside 'Fatty', also with his back to Gu Mian, slowly turning around.
Once fully turned, Gu Mian saw his face under the moonlight—it was 'Chu Changge.'
'Chu Changge' stood by the cliff, arms hanging at his sides, expressionlessly staring at him: "Gu Mian, co, Gu Mian, co."
"Doctor, co on..."
"Gu Mian, co over."
Gu Mian dropped the chainsaw, walking slowly over to the two at the cliff's edge.
'Fatty's' smile grew more genuine, waving his hand repeatedly: "Co, co, co..."
Until Gu Mian stood before him.
'Fatty', beaming, extended his hand to reach Gu Mian, but before touching, received a solid kick.
"Down you go!" Gu Mian kicked 'Fatty', sending him staggering backward, tumbling off the cliff while waving.
"Co, Gu Mian, co, Gu Mian." 'Chu Changge' beside him continued uttering.
"You go down too." Gu Mian turned and kicked the chant-making 'Chu Changge' down.
The two fell continually, eventually becoming two small dots, vanishing from sight.
The world was finally quiet.
Gu Mian looked at the spot where they fell, furrowing his brow: "What are these two 'things' about?"
He certainly didn't believe they were the real Fatty and Chu Changge. Not to ntion Fatty hadn't entered Paradise World; even if he were there, he wouldn't be calling out with such a bizarre expression.
This place is truly sinister; he had no idea what those two things were.
How could there be creatures in "Paradise's" forbidden zone that look like Fatty and Chu Changge? Gu Mian couldn't fathom.
Is it a local specialty of the restricted area or sothing else?
This wasn't a place to ponder; he decided to find the Evil God statue first. If he encountered Xu Xingcheng later, he'd certainly ask if he knew anything about this.
At this mont, behind him, the eerie voice ca again, almost touching his neck—
"Doctor..."
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