Gu Mian immediately decided to check out this insurance company, hoping to find some high-level NPCs.

"Are there any high-ranking personnel in the insurance company?" He had already decided to go, but he felt it was better to inquire about the situation there first.

The driver hesitated, then shook his head. "Our station head is so stingy he didn't even buy us insurance. I have no idea what the insurance company even looks like…"

As he spoke, a look of grievance crossed his face.

Gu Mian saw his expression change from restrained fear to barely suppressed sorrow.

"Bosses from other instances, hearing you're here, are all organizing their employees to get insurance at Sunshine Insurance Company. Only our station head is a cheapskate! Even at a time like this, he won't buy insurance for us. Instead, to make money, he sends us out driving buses to take people from other instances to the insurance company!"

The driver, getting emotional, blurted out, "And as a result, we had the rotten luck to run into…"

Halfway through his sentence, he remembered Gu Mian was right beside him. He snapped his mouth shut and surreptitiously glanced at Gu Mian's expression. Seeing that Gu Mian didn't look like he was about to grab his guitar case, he finally relaxed.

"Let's go to Sunshine Insurance Company quickly. I'll take you guys there! It's not far; we'll reach there in no time!" The driver, afraid that any further delay would lead to more trouble, eagerly invited Gu Mian and the others to "visit" the insurance company.

His bus had broken down from the earlier rear-ending, so Gu Mian and his group had no choice but to walk.

"Did your station dispatch many buses to pick people up from the instances?" Gu Mian asked the driver while walking ahead with him.

The driver was initially hesitant, wondering if it was a good idea to reveal so much information to Gu Mian. But then he thought, I'm already leading them to take down the insurance company, so being coy now would just be pretentious.

"Yes. All the instances in this area went into a frenzy when they heard you'd arrived… Ahem, I mean, they all eagerly wanted to buy insurance. They called the station head to charter buses to take their staff to the insurance company. We dispatched over a dozen buses to pick them up."

So, he would see people from over a dozen buses at the insurance company soon? Just thinking about it made Gu Mian feel happy.

Walking on, the four of them soon saw Paradise not far ahead.

From a good distance away, Gu Mian spotted roller coaster tracks and a tall Ferris Wheel. However, all the rides inside were currently shut down.

"Is that also an instance?" Gu Mian asked the driver leading the way.

The driver faltered, then nodded. "Yes, the park manager also called us, saying to charter a bus to take the employees there for insurance. These officials, honestly! They're usually too cheap to buy insurance, but then they panic when it's crunch time. Going to buy insurance now, they'll definitely have to wait in a long queue…"

As he spoke, they had already reached the entrance of Paradise.

The Paradise gates were closed, and a sign hung on the ticket booth window: "Closed Today."

Inside Paradise, only silent, stationary rides could be seen, and not a soul was around. Wait, there was one person.

A tall, thin man in a suit was struggling out, dragging a rather battered suitcase.

As he reached the main gate, he tripped on a warped floorboard, stumbled forward a few steps, and his suitcase fell to the ground.

After regaining his balance, he immediately spun around and hurled a few curses at the offending floorboard, then turned back to retrieve his fallen suitcase.

He carefully brushed the dust off his suitcase and then, wincing slightly, used his sleeve to try and rub off a fresh scratch. When he saw it wouldn't come off, he sighed, straightened up, picked up the suitcase, and prepared to continue on his way.

However, just as he straightened up, he saw several people standing at the entrance of Paradise. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

When he clearly saw the face of the person leading the group, his suitcase once again fell to the ground with a THUD.

"You… you… you… you… you… you… you…" Coach Che stared at the person before him, sputtering out a string of "you's," too agitated to form a complete sentence.

Gu Mian was somewhat puzzled.

He and Coach Che really were fated to meet. Ever since Coach Che's instance was gone, it seemed Gu Mian ran into him almost everywhere he went.

As he thought this, he offered Coach Che a smile. "Long time no see, Coach Che. Been working here lately?"

The driver standing with Gu Mian instinctively recoiled upon seeing Coach Che, as if he were the plague itself. He'd long heard of Coach Che's notorious reputation: wherever Coach Che appeared, Gu Mian was sure to follow. Seeing it now, it was indeed true.

Coach Che didn't cry, but his expression was worse than if he were.

He seemed to want to speak, his facial muscles twitching, but he failed.

It took him a good while to compose himself. He silently picked up the suitcase lying beside him, not even bothering to brush off the dust clinging to it. "I'm not working here anymore," he said. "The park manager heard you were matched nearby and immediately took everyone to buy insurance. He left me behind to pack my things and clear out."

His battered suitcase had acquired another dent from the fall just now. It looked as if it had been salvaged from a garbage dump.

The driver, watching from the side, secretly clicked his tongue in sympathy. This Coach Che once directly managed a special instance, a position coveted by everyone. To think he's fallen to such a state today… truly pitiful.

At this moment, Coach Che noticed the driver beside Gu Mian and recognized he wasn't a player.

Coach Che hesitated before asking Gu Mian, "You… captured an NPC?"

Hearing himself mentioned, the driver managed a strained smile.

"His bus broke down on the way, and then he ran into me. He was so enthusiastic about inviting us to visit Sunshine Insurance Company for some fun," Gu Mian stated righteously.

The driver's smile nearly froze on his face. Great. Not only am I a traitor, but now it's being broadcasted everywhere. I'll never be able to show my face again.

"Sunshine Insurance Company?" Coach Che's eyes widened. "You're going to Sunshine Insurance Company?"

Everyone from the nearby instances is rushing to the insurance company now that they've heard Gu Mian is here. If he goes there, isn't he going to wipe them all out in one go? Besides, if the insurance company here is gone, none of the instances in this area will get any compensation if something goes wrong in the future!

At this thought, Coach Che grew agitated. He wanted to stop Gu Mian, but then he remembered how all his previous, exhausting efforts to stop him had been utterly useless, only leading to his current sorry state where everyone wanted him gone.

With this realization, he completely gave up and plopped down on the steps at the Paradise entrance. "Go on then," he said dejectedly. "I didn't buy insurance anyway, so I'm not expecting that company to compensate me for anything."

Gu Mian hauled Coach Che, who was sitting on the steps, to his feet and enthusiastically dragged him towards the insurance company. "You used to work in a special instance," Gu Mian said. "Your position wasn't low, so you must know a lot of people. When we get to Sunshine Insurance Company, you have to point out the high-level NPCs there for me."

Hearing this, Coach Che's heart plummeted. This is terrible! He flailed a couple of times, trying to escape, but Gu Mian had a death grip on him, dragging him forward like a dead pig.