In the brightly lit Game City, 007 held a [Warrant for the Ugly Mr. Gu]

On it was a picture of Gu Mian baring his teeth and claws, which, well, really looked quite different from usual.

She was planning to diplomatically inform Gu Mian about the warrant, only to find he already knew.

But he surely didn't know what the creator of the warrant looked like...

007 thought as she looked at the plush toy next to her gnashing its teeth, handing out warrants to passersby.

Indeed, the creator, the Doggie Doll, was a plush toy, a live one.

It was about the size of a Chihuahua, green all over except for its belly, with the word "Limited" embroidered in gold thread on its forehead, as expected from a green limited edition.

The little dog's mouth held a stack of warrants, distributing them everywhere. Every time it handed out a drool-covered warrant, the Doggie Doll would gnash its teeth and repeat, "He's a big bad guy, this person is a big baaadd guy."

It looked like it had a vendetta against Gu Mian for some heinous crime.

The dog's final repeated word wasn't an attempt to be cute; 007 had observed that this Doggie Doll sometimes spoke with repetition—probably its factory setting.

The Game City was a circular mall, with the middle of the circle hollowed out, allowing views of the lower floors from the high floor railings.

The ceiling on the topmost floor was entirely made of glass—or maybe it was glass.

It had a peculiar shape, like a giant glass bowl turned upside-down atop the building, so 007 could see the sky when she looked up.

She looked up at the sky, which was a clear, bright blue.

[007]: I can't see any sort of Inverted City from here

As she replied, she thought of the game event called "Inverted City." Keke had mentioned that an upside-down city had appeared in this world—had Gu Mian been transported to the vicinity of that city?

What was the name of that upside-down city Keke mentioned?

Oh, right, the City of Pleasure.

007 pulled her gaze from the ceiling and turned to look at the city map in front of her.

"Gu Mian is on Mantis Tail Street, probably near the City of Pleasure." 007 quickly searched for Mantis Tail Street and Rathead Alley on the map.

She soon found their locations.

[007]: Rathead Alley is directly north of the Game City, very close, really close. Chu Changge's position and mine are almost touching on the map

[007]: But Gu Mian is a bit far, in the northwest direction of the Game City, about... forty kilometers away in a straight line

"Forty kilometers," Gu Mian looked at the message sent by 007.

If there was transportation, forty kilometers was no big deal, but without thinking, you'd know this world surely lacked transportation for lower-class people.

That left only his own feet. If he didn't want to walk, he'd have to break into the Upper Class People's area, steal a vehicle, and then be chased, screaming, by a group with guns. Heroically sacrificing himself even before the game show started.

In the end, Fatty would build a tomb for him, mourning with Chu Changge at the gravestone with Xiao Hong's teeth marks.

"Doctor, how will we live without you!"

Gu Mian shook his head, pushing out Fatty's wailing from his mind.

There were six days until the game show began, killing and stealing a vehicle couldn't be done yet—Gu Mian didn't want to be hunted by Upper Class People for six days.

Better to settle Chu Changge and 007 first.

[Gu Mian]: 007, is the Game City dangerous?

Seeing Gu Mian's message in the group, 007 instinctively shook her head and began typing: "Not dang..."

The third character hadn't even been typed when a tall person with a huge platter on their neck passed by, the gigantic fried egg on the platter slid off, hitting 007 on the head.

"Ah, sorry, sorry!" the platter exclaimed anxiously, hurriedly removing the egg from 007's head, leaving, blushing with embarrassment.

Watching the platter person's back as they left, 007 wiped the oil from her head, silently deleted the two characters she'd typed and rewrote her message.

[007]: There are some bizarre people, but it's not too dangerous

Since the Game City isn't dangerous, Chu Changge and 007 can stay there for six days and then go to the game show together.

Gu Mian immediately instructed Chu Changge to head to the Crazy Game City—he wasn't far, so 007 didn't need to pick him up.

If only he'd taken 007's wobbly car for himself.

Of course, Gu Mian was just thinking—he had no inventory, so he couldn't carry the wobbly car everywhere on his shoulders.

A few minutes later, Chu Changge finally replied with an "Okay" in the group. He seemed busy with something and couldn't respond right away.

Gu Mian wasn't concerned about his safety, having given him the Brother's Disk before entering the instance.

He turned back to the group chat, asking 007 to look for "Jump Jump Stadium."

The Fortune-teller had asked Old Xu at the Carnival Wharf about the game show's location and was told it would be at Jump Jump Stadium near the Game City.

However, the stadium was abandoned for years and was demolished to serve as the game show venue this time.

Soon, 007 sent a message.

[007]Found it, not far, in the northwest from here

If that's the case, he could head directly toward the Game City, meet up with Chu Changge and 007, and then go to the game show together.

Speaking of which, the game show must have a name—he still didn't know what this game show about judging Lu Yi was called.

He previously asked the Fortune-teller to inquire Old Xu, but he said he didn't know, not being interested in Upper Class People's activities.

Anyway, there are still six days—more than enough for him to figure out the situation with this game show.

Gu Mian thought as he asked 007 to describe the map verbally to help him plan a route from here to the Game City, preferably avoiding the Upper Class residential area.

Under 007's sketchy description, Gu Mian crudely drew a city map in his booklet.

He was located on Mantis Tail Street, which was directly connected to Mantis Belly Street and Mantis Head Street to the north.

A complete mantis, indeed.

A bit north of the Mantis Streets was the original City of Pleasure, but now the city had ascended.

007 mentioned that the Upper Class People had sealed off the area around the City of Pleasure, barring entry.

Exiting the Mantis Area heading south would lead them to the Fruit Fly Area.

The Fruit Fly Area had four streets: Eye, Head, Wing, and Foot.

Further south lay another sealed area, heavily restricted, rumored to have monsters roaming.

Gu Mian guessed these were monsters he'd released from the Forbidden Zone—Jin Hu had hoped these monsters would destroy the world, which now seemed an unfounded hope.

To the east of the Fruit Fly Area was the "NPC Small Store Street."

According to 007, this NPC Street didn't belong to Upper Class or lower-class people but was a commercial street built by outsiders, somewhat similar to the Game City.

Passing through this NPC Street and another Spider Area led near to the Crazy Game City.

A tortuous journey indeed, Gu Mian thought, looking down at the booklet in his hand.

He had to pass through three lower-class areas and an NPC area.

The NPC Area ought to have numerous NPCs, which offered Gu Mian some psychological comfort.

Maybe when passing through there, some friendly NPC would give him a vehicle.

Gu Mian pondered and resignedly set out on his journey. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Before setting out, he smeared some wall ash on his face to look dirtier, avoiding repeated episodes of lower-class robbing followed by boasting face-slapping in each new district.

Such scenes were, of course, to be saved for the game show. When he took the stage and confronted Lu Yi, he'd rip off the "Eight Characters" Moustache from his hairline. Gu Mian could almost visualize the Upper Class People's expressions as if they'd eaten dirt upon seeing him again.