Noticing Gu Mian's changing expression, Fatty shrewdly sensed something and leaned in curiously. "Doctor, do you know something?"

Lu Yi was a high-ranking NPC in the Circus Dungeon. The only ones who had ventured into the Circus Dungeon were Gu Mian and 007, so Fatty didn't recognize Lu Yi.

"I suspect the person being tried is an Upper Class Person I know. He killed many Upper Class People with a bomb, and we got along very well." Gu Mian then recalled the members of the audience flying into the sky at the end of the Circus Dungeon.

Fatty's mouth gaped slightly. "And he got along well with you, Doctor?"

Fatty had also previously been in the "Slaughter Game" instance and had seen the host, Teacher Slaughter. His image was deeply rooted in Fatty's mind, causing him to have a stereotyped impression of Upper Class People.

At this moment, he was picturing Gu Mian arm in arm with a dwarf in a pink shirt, brothers in arms.

Gu Mian didn't know what Fatty was picturing. He mulled it over. "It's perfect. I need to go to Paradise World to find Sunshine Insurance Company's headquarters. When the trial happens, I'll go have a look. If it really is Lu Yi, I'll try to grab him from the Upper Class People. It's too bad the train is broken; he can't escape to another world."

If Lu Yi was still in Paradise World, however, the Upper Class People could easily capture him again.

I really need to speed things up. I still haven't figured out a way into Paradise.

Fortunately, it would take the Upper Class People some time to set up their show. I'll have to use this time to figure out a way into Paradise.

Come to think of it, Fatty heard about the trial at the supermarket. It seems that group of NPCs at the store knows a fair amount. If necessary, I could directly rob them. I wonder if the supermarket has any security systems…

"Oh, Doctor," Fatty suddenly remembered something and said, "Miss Xiao Qiao's Big Data Search can search for objects, can't it? We could use it to search for instance exchange tickets in the area."

The Big Data Search was indeed useful. Thanks to the Big Data Search, they had managed to find the clown mask in the garbage dump last time.

With this in mind, Gu Mian made his way to the door, intending to go to the first floor to find Xiao Qiao.

Fatty quickly followed, pulling Chu Changge along as well. "Brother Chu, you haven't been out in a few days. Moving around is good for your body."

Seeing that all three of them had left the room, Xiao Hong, who was sitting by the window playing Snake, suddenly threw her game console down and rushed towards the doorway. Reaching the doorway, she regretted leaving her console behind, ran back into the room to grab it, and then gave chase again.

"Speaking of which, we haven't seen Miss 007 much these days," Fatty mused as they descended the stairs. "The last time I saw her was the day before yesterday, heading towards the room where the captives are kept."

007 has probably been spending these past few days asking Renle Mountain about her parents. I wonder if she's found out anything.

In no time, the three of them arrived at the landing of the fourth floor. Fatty paused there for a few seconds, looking towards the fourth floor for a good while. "Xie Bi'an and a few other players used to live on the fourth floor, but the other players left some time ago. Xie Bi'an still lives here, but he's not often seen."

Chu Changge had stopped tailing Xie Bi'an recently, perhaps because he had lost interest in him.

The three men quickly arrived at Xiao Qiao's room on the first floor. Just as they reached the door, Gu Mian looked back to check on Xiao Hong.

Xiao Hong was furiously jabbing at her game console. She had accidentally shut off her Snake game when she left her room and was now struggling to reopen it, randomly mashing buttons.

I hope she focuses on her game console. Otherwise, if Xiao Qiao comes out and the two of them start fighting, it'll be hard to pull them apart.

However, he soon realized his worries were unnecessary; after knocking for a while, there was still no answer from inside.

Fatty peeped from behind Gu Mian. "Miss Xiao Qiao and Miss Liu Ruyan live together. It looks like neither of them are in."

Just then, the door to an adjacent room suddenly opened, and Keke popped her head out. "Are you guys looking for Xiao Qiao?"

Fatty greeted Keke enthusiastically and began, "We came to borrow Miss Xiao Qiao's Big Data Search, but it seems like neither she nor Miss Liu Ruyan are in."

"I saw them leaving with the Fortune-teller this morning," Keke pondered. "I think the Fortune-teller predicted that something lucky would happen if they went out. Xiao Qiao got curious and dragged Liu Ruyan along with her."

That's very much in line with Xiao Qiao's curious personality…

It looked like they wouldn't be able to borrow the Big Data Search right now. Gu Mian turned to leave, planning to return once more before dinner. Xiao Qiao should be back by then, right?

Gu Mian walked away, lost in thought. Fatty hurriedly followed. "Miss Fortune-teller predicted good luck from a walk outside. Why don't we take a stroll, Doctor? Maybe we could find an instance exchange ticket on the street!"

That's just pure wishful thinking.

It was then that Chu Changge, who was behind them, suddenly spoke up: "Maybe it's not that going out would bring good luck, but that staying here would bring misfortune."

"What misfortune could there be here?" Fatty mused, glancing upward. "Could the misfortune be Xiao Hong stealing all the clothes from the yard?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

As he said this, he immediately turned to glance at Xiao Hong behind him. She was currently locked in combat with her rudimentary game console, apparently still unable to figure out how to restart the Snake game.

Seeing Xiao Hong still obediently following behind, Fatty breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could fully exhale, Xiao Hong's eyes suddenly lit up; she seemed to have found the entrance to the Snake game.

She haphazardly pressed a few buttons on the game console, and a small game appeared on the screen.

Xiao Hong looked delighted, but then a bit puzzled.

The screen is full of colorful blocks, each placed in a grid. The game I remember playing before wasn't like this. That one was a long line that just kept getting longer the more I played.

Even though it's different from before, this looks like fun too.

Xiao Hong started jabbing excitedly at the blocks in the grids again.

But she didn't know how to play with these blocks, so she looked up, wanting someone to show her, just like Gu Mian had taught her how to play Snake.

Only when she looked up did she realize the area around her was empty; the people who had been with her had vanished at some point.

She looked around blankly. The door to the adjacent room was still ajar, but the person who had opened it was also gone.

Where did they go? Xiao Hong wondered, puzzled.

Meanwhile, Fatty, who had suddenly disappeared, was now staring wide-eyed at the game panel that had just popped up in front of him—

[Congratulations on triggering the special instance 'Corpse Match Three']