Chapter 874: Chapter 838: Xiao Hong Learns to Speak
Mr. Green didn’t even have time to retort before Gu Mian lifted him up and threw him out of the apartment building.
When Gu Mian tossed Mr. Green out, he just happened to bump into 007 coming back from the amusement park.
Mingliang, who was accidentally pulled into Paradise World, had previously told them that there were signs of someone living in the amusement park’s electrical room, leading him and 007 to naturally think of Renle Mountain, who vanished after leaving the Match Three instance.
It was too late when they returned from Paradise World yesterday, so 007 didn’t have time to explore the amusement park.
So today, early in the morning, she got up and went to the amusement park to verify Mingliang’s words.
"How did it go?" Gu Mian asked her as 007 had already returned.
looked a bit weary, seemingly not having slept well last night: "There are indeed signs of someone living in the electrical room. On the floor, there are two beddings, indicating at least two people lived there simultaneously."
Two people? That was likely Renle Mountain, as Gu Mian knew that after leaving the Match Three instance, a Fortune-teller had once divined Renle Mountain’s whereabouts for 007.
The result at that time was that one of Renle Mountain’s followers, that person named Little Saint Qi Tian, was missing, leaving only Old Liu from Victory Hardware Store beside him.
Their surroundings were very dark, probably resembling a warehouse place.
Thinking back, the amusement park’s electrical room also resembled the environment the Fortune-teller had divined.
"Xiao Qiao visited the electrical room yesterday and made quite a mess, but I still managed to find some clues inside," 007 said while extending her hand to show Gu Mian what she found, "I found it under one of the beddings."
Gu Mian looked down to see a photograph.
The photo had three people on it, each with a radiant, joyful smile towards the camera.
It was a family photo.
A family photo wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, but Gu Mian recognized one person in it as Old Liu from Victory Hardware, so the family photo likely belonged to him and had been dropped there.
"Something’s off." Gu Mian said as he scrutinized the family photo in 007’s hand, "Renle Mountain and they aren’t locals but seem very familiar with the amusement park."
The electrical room of that amusement park is built very discreetly, hard for anyone to notice.
Gu Ming knew where it was because his entire class had once gone to play at that amusement park when he was a child.
Back then, except for him, all the classmates went on the roller coaster, but when the roller coaster ran to the pivotal moment, the amusement park suddenly had a power outage, causing his friends to hang upside-down and cry wretchedly.
The staff hurriedly went to check the circuit breaker in the electrical room, and Gu Mian, who hadn’t ridden the roller coaster, wanted to do something for his classmates and followed the staff to the electrical room.
That’s how he knew the location of the amusement park’s electrical room.
Xiao Qiao and 007 knew its location because he had taken them there before.
But how did Renle Mountain and Old Liu from Victory Hardware find the electrical room?
Moreover, there were two quilts inside; who gave them the quilts?
"Someone familiar with this place is helping them escape," Gu Mian speculated aloud.
nodded, "I feel the same way."
She smoothed down a corner of the family photo that had been curled up; this corner seemed to have been tightly folded for a long time, which is why it kept curling.
glanced at the photo for a moment then asked, "Do you think the owner of the photo will come back?"
Aside from the folded corner, the photo was well-preserved, indicating its owner valued it highly.
The edges of the photo had faded, showing that Old Liu frequently took the photo out to caress it.
"Coming back for this photo?" Gu Mian pondered.
He wasn’t close with Old Liu from Victory Hardware, so couldn’t be sure if he’d come back for the family photo, but one thing was certain.
"Even if Old Liu from Victory Hardware returns for it, Renle Mountain will likely not come with him."
Everyone knew what happened on Renle Mountain’s two floors in the Match Three instance.
A person who would ruthlessly kill their own companion wouldn’t return for someone else’s family photo.
sighed, understanding her thought was a bit naive.
She retracted her hand and tucked the family photo into her pocket: "When I went to the amusement park’s electrical room, I passed by the jump machine..."
She hesitated, pausing for several seconds before continuing: "Hmm... saw the person on the jump machine."
Was Mr. Slaughter still up there? Xiao Qiao had returned once the power card’s electricity was used up, so when the electricity was exhausted, the jump machine wouldn’t have stopped at the ground.
When the machine halted, it should’ve remained mid-air.
Indeed, 007 continued, "That jump machine was halted halfway, but when I checked, Teacher Slaughter was no longer up there. There was only a unfamiliar-faced Upper Class Person remaining, probably dead, just lying still."
"Hanging on the middle tower of the jump machine were several pieces of torn pink clothing, stained with blood. Judging by the garment color, it was the host named Teacher Slaughter who left them; after Xiao Qiao departed, he likely climbed down by himself."
Unexpectedly, Teacher Slaughter repeatedly looked stunted but climbed down the jump machine quite agilely.
It’s unsurprising though, people often unleash enormous potential when confronting danger.
Moreover, Teacher Slaughter was the only Upper Class Person on stage who hadn’t become acquainted with Gu Mian’s chainsaw yet, so his body was intact, allowing him a chance to climb down.
But climbing down the jump machine isn’t the real skill; surviving in the future is.
This world offers no favors to Upper Class People; he can’t enter instances to earn Game Coins, might starve to death unexpectedly.
"By the way, I saw some weapons on my way back... in Xiao Hong’s hands," 007 gestured, "those Order Guard weapons, but they were all broken into two pieces."
Xiao Hong isn’t always torturing Mr. Green or wandering outside; she probably encountered the Order Guard Upper Class People visiting this world during her wanderings and took a keen interest in their weapons.
Evidently, she seized those weapons as her new toys, forcing them from the Order Guard and played them into ruin, just like how she did with the toy car Gu Mian tried gifting to Coach Che.
It’s hard to imagine what kind of ghostly expression the Order Guard would show upon witnessing Xiao Hong snatching toys empty-handed.
This is quite good too, no longer needing to worry about encountering the Order Guard during their excursions being assassinated by them.
"Where did you encounter Xiao Hong?" Gu Mian queried 007.
He still remembered Lu Yi’s words—grow like a ghost.
Today he specifically asked his brother how the other developed.
But his brother only uttered two words, leading Gu Mian to hear a series of "sister."
Xiao Hong’s communication skill is somewhat better than her brother’s; Gu Mian originally wanted to ask her, but she vanished early in the morning.
Listening to 007’s account, Gu Mian realized Xiao Hong went out to attack the evil Upper Class People.
