Chapter 950: Chapter 897: Scaring Yourself_2
"Grow again?" Gu Mian looked at him, "So I need to get a pot to plant it, and then water and fertilize it every day?"
If the Paradise World really grows out on Earth, Earth might explode with anger.
"Actually, I don’t know," Evil God spoke matter-of-factly, "just like I said earlier, I’m a person with ideals but can’t accomplish anything, so I can only guide those who can to do this. I only understand a little bit about the world’s will. All I know is that halting the progress of the Paradise World is also its own will, so I went along with it."
Gu Mian understood why the Paradise World wanted to halt its progress.
This world is too influenced by Earth, and later, due to rollbacks, it almost had to develop exactly the way Earth dictated.
Paradise is like a pig waiting to be slaughtered.
Serious pigs aren’t too smart; they don’t know how to resist, they eat, drink, and muddle through each day, until the end comes it’s just a quick slice and they’re gone, without enduring too much hardship for too long.
The Low-Dimensional Worlds are different; they are too wise and have a strong spirit of resistance; they are a group of wise pigs, always worried about when they will die, thinking about how to deal with enemies so they can transcend.
But no matter how wise, they are still pigs, and the outcome for wise pigs and non-wise pigs is pretty much the same, though wise pigs endure more mental torment along the way.
"So you brought me here today just to tell me about your helplessness?" Gu Mian felt Xu Xingcheng had rambled on with nonsense.
Gu Mian thought Xu Xingcheng would rebut, but unexpectedly, he shamelessly nodded, "Seems like it."
Gu Mian felt he must have been hit on the head by a pig to have tried all sorts of tricks to find Xu Xingcheng in the Chessboard instance.
But then Xu Xingcheng continued speaking.
"However, today you got a freebie."
"What freebie?" As soon as Gu Mian asked, he saw Xu Xingcheng on the opposite side rush over and then hang onto him.
Then he felt the chessboard beneath his feet disappear, as if he was starting to fall.
"Of course, the handsome and charming me"—during the fall, Gu Mian heard him say this.
"Bang"
Sitting on the sofa, Hao Laoshi suddenly heard a sound of something falling behind him, then felt the sofa next to him sink a bit as if someone sat down.
He turned his head to look and saw no one next to him, just a guitar case; he continued looking back and saw two people lying on the floor behind the sofa.
The person above patted his clothes and stood up first; Hao Laoshi realized he knew this person.
"Xu Xingcheng?" His face was filled with confusion; he knew Xu Xingcheng from the death shooting instance, where Gu Mian and Chu Changge were also present.
Back then, Hao Laoshi already knew Xu Xingcheng, Gu Mian, and Chu Changge knew each other before, but Xu Xingcheng didn’t live with Gu Mian and the others, only matched by chance in the instance.
Was Xu Xingcheng also in the Chessboard game instance, so he was transported here? He’s neither part of my group nor ours, and all the pieces from the three groups are dead, so could he be from group two? Hao Laoshi pondered with confusion.
The other people in the living room were also caught off guard by Xu Xingcheng’s sudden appearance.
A second ago, they were still discussing when Gu Mian would return.
Xu Xingcheng happily greeted the others in the room: "Everyone’s here, mostly familiar faces, seems I don’t need to introduce myself..."
Before he finished his sentence, Gu Mian, who had climbed up, kicked him aside, putting an end to his incomplete entrance speech.
"The doctor is back!" Seeing Gu Mian standing where Xu Xingcheng was moments ago, Fatty jumped up excitedly. He thought Gu Mian would disappear for several days; unexpectedly, Gu Mian returned less than an hour after the others came out.
"What’s going on with him?" Liu Ruyan pointed to Xu Xingcheng, who was kicked aside by Gu Mian. She naturally knew Xu Xingcheng’s identity, but didn’t expect Xu Xingcheng to come out with Gu Mian.
Xu Xingcheng, having received a kick, naturally took a few steps forward and walked over to the short table by the balcony, plopped down into a chair next to it, and in good spirits, plucked a flower Fatty had painstakingly grown.
Gu Mian had noticed that the living room had two extra people, but he didn’t continue talking about Xu Xingcheng’s identity: "We’ll talk later."
He recognized one person as Hao Laoshi; he knew Hao Laoshi was in the Chessboard instance, but didn’t expect to see him again after coming out.
The other person took Gu Mian a few seconds to recognize as Guigu. His face had a burnt scar and a few missing fingers, making him quite different from before, but the biggest change was his demeanor; he was now very composed, showing no impulsive and agitated traits from before.
"What happened?" Gu Mian asked.
Liu Ruyan shifted her gaze from Xu Xingcheng: "There was a mistake when the instance transferred us out, sent the wrong child to the wrong home. By the way, before you returned, the Chess Player from group three was here, and it wasn’t Renle Mountain."
"It was Anzhi Tianlan, whom you’ve met." The Fortune-teller next to him said to Gu Mian, "I didn’t expect you to match with her in an instance again."
Anzhi Tianlan...
Gu Mian quickly recalled this name in his mind; the old acquaintance from the romance reality show instance, a very clever person.
Mentioning Renle Mountain reminded Gu Mian of 007; he looked around but didn’t see 007: "Where’s 007?"
"Unfortunately, don’t know where they’ve been transported to after coming out;" Liu Ruyan looked at the group chat while speaking, "haven’t replied yet."
Now Hao Laoshi noticed that his previously sent message to his family had a reply. After discovering he was transported here, he immediately informed his family of the situation and assured them he was safe, but his family had been slow to respond, causing him some anxiety.
Now he finally received a reply from Gourd Valley.
The reply was quite long; Hao Laoshi read it carefully. After finishing, his mind went blank for a moment, and his expression became somewhat bewildered.
Hearing Gu Mian inquire about "007," Hao Laoshi quietly responded, "Your friend called 007 is in Gourd Valley."
"Gourd Valley?" Gu Mian heard the name for the first time.
"That’s where Guigu and Hao Laoshi live; they have a big base with dozens of people." Fatty explained.
Guigu was also stunned; he didn’t expect himself to end up at Gu Mian’s place while Gu Mian’s teammate ended up at his place.
Since coming out of the instance, he hadn’t checked his received messages. He knew the people at the base would surely send him messages inquiring about what happened, but he was too afraid to face them.
As Hao Laoshi spoke, he glanced at Guigu, hesitated several times before continuing: "She was transported to our base, and said..."
"What did she say?" Fatty anxiously asked, seeing the wounds on Guigu, it was evident the base isn’t really a place of truth and beauty. Guigu was the backbone for those people, and now their backbone suddenly got replaced by a stranger, the people were sure to feel lost and angry and vent their fury on the person who displaced their backbone, they might even tie the stranger up for accountability!
Consequently, Fatty was very concerned about 007’s safety.
Hao Laoshi mumbled, "She said Mr. Gu is just her defeated opponent, nothing more..."
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