Of course, in the end, Gu Mian did not accept the proposal of being dragged along by this flirtatious player.

"To be truthful, I have two friends in this instance, but they're not in the same faction as I am," Gu Mian said. "I need to find them first."

What Gu Mian meant by 'finding' them was certainly not capturing them on the spot.

Nine Lives lowered the hand that had been toying with his hair. "That's really a pity. I guess even if you find your two friends, you won't take the opportunity to capture them, right? Such camaraderie is really precious in an instance like this... Well, since that's the case, I hate to meddle in other people's affairs. Let's part ways here. This is the right way to use this idiom, right?"

This flirtatious guy was rather talkative. He seemed worlds apart from the trembling figure hidden in the bushes just now.

Gu Mian saw Nine Lives glance towards the bottom of the building after he finished speaking, as if to confirm whether the spirit had returned.

After confirming that there was nothing downstairs, he turned back to Gu Mian and waved the receipt in his hand. "Do you want this receipt?"

Gu Mian shook his head; he had already memorized its contents, and holding onto it wouldn't serve any other purpose.

Nine Lives walked away very quickly, his legs moving as if on wings. In no time, he was downstairs and then rapidly disappeared from Gu Mian's sight, apparently heading for the Dajiale Supermarket on the receipt.

Gu Mian did not linger either.

He quickly searched the remaining school buildings. After finding nothing, he prepared to head to other locations.

But where to go first was a question worth considering.

In the dark night, Gu Mian stood at the school gate with his guitar on his back, pondering for a while before heading down the street.

Finding five specific people in a small city was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, this city had long been deserted. Lively people had disappeared without a trace, dense weeds grew through the cracked roads, and derelict buildings still stood on this wasteland.

Now, as long as he could detect a hint of a living human, he could trace it to the hiding players.

And at that moment, Gu Mian captured such a hint.

Both sides of this street were lined with small convenience stores, stationery shops, and the like. The doors of these shops looked like they hadn't been repaired in years, but Gu Mian noticed that one of them seemed to have been forcibly broken into.

He quickly searched the stationery shop, which hadn't been patronized for many years. He found that the paper and pens inside had been roughly treated. A notebook, from which pages had been forcibly torn, lay on the ground.

It seemed someone had entered this stationery store not long ago and had handled the stationery here quite roughly.

They only touched the paper and pens. It looks like they wanted to record something, or maybe draw a map of this city? Gu Mian stroked his chin.

It seems other players have also realized there are spirits in this instance.

Do they want to draw a map for an easier escape? Or have they found a clue that requires pen and paper for calculations?

Gu Mian didn't linger in the stationery store. He left immediately, but before going, he also tore a few sheets from a notebook and pocketed a pen.

Since other players had taken some paper and pens, it indicated that these items might have considerable use in this instance.

After taking these items, Gu Mian continued along the dim street. Just then, he suddenly felt a vibration from his pocket.

His phone BUZZED.

The phone provided in this instance had no other use; setting an alarm with it was out of the question. So, this vibration could only mean one thing: the player corresponding to him had called.

Gu Mian took out his phone.

The screen was faintly lit. The three large characters 'Ji Bie Li' were displayed in the center, looking as if they could pop out at any moment.

How strange. The player being hunted actually took the initiative to call the player hunting him?

Gu Mian had tried calling a few times before, but the other party had mercilessly hung up each time, not giving him any chance at all.

But now, this player was acting completely out of character by calling?

This is highly unusual; something must be up. I need to be careful, Gu Mian thought.

As he pondered, he pressed the answer key and accepted this rather peculiar call.

「Meanwhile」

"Safe Life 658" was gasping heavily in a small alley.

He was a member of the Survivors' Faction and had just been hiding in a school when he was nearly caught by another player. If it weren't for the timely appearance of the spirit...

The timely spirit had helped him escape a situation where he was about to be caught by a Hunter. But then the spirit started chasing him. Being chased by a spirit was worse than being caught by another player; if the spirit caught him, his death would likely be rather horrific.

Luckily, the spirit wasn't relentless. Just when he was exhausted and had to stop, he suddenly found that the terrifying presence that had been following him had disappeared.

Because he was too engrossed in escaping, he wasn't sure how the spirit behind him had vanished, as if it had just disappeared into thin air.

"When I was escaping in the school building just now, I saw someone in a white coat... probably from the Hunter's Faction. Why didn't he seem scared of ghosts?" Safe Life 658 panted heavily, propping himself against the wall, and looked up as he murmured to himself.

A gigantic office building stood not far in front of him.

Safe Life 658 looked at the office building, and his face lit up with excitement as if he saw a new glimmer of hope.

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