Digging a Hole, Digging a Hole, Burying

In the dark night, Gu Mian brought the chainsaw, its engine off, to the neck of the man in his hand.

"Sorry, brother, your subordinates ran too fast, I couldn't catch them, so I could only catch you."

As he spoke, he brought the chainsaw closer to the man's neck with force.

The teeth of the saw were very sharp, easily piercing the skin. The man in his hand flinched in fear, wanting to move but not daring to.

His watermelon knife had already been cut in half by Gu Mian's chainsaw, leaving only the handle in his hand.

"You...what do you want?" he asked weakly.

Gu Mian's demonic voice came from above: "Let's be friends, then I can see how much Game Currency you have."

The intention was obvious.

"You!" the man in his hand struggled upon hearing this.

Gu Mian flicked the engine button with his finger, and the man immediately became obedient.

"I said, the sensible ones give me everything they have, valuable or not. The insensible ones run fast. Why were you so close to me and running so slow?"

Big Brother Zhang, whose neck was held by the chainsaw, was sweating profusely.

He thought that tonight was supposed to be a night of harvest, but unexpectedly, the one he targeted was a wolf in sheep's clothing, turning him from a robber into the robbed.

Now, he only regretted his own blindness, not realizing that this doctor was such a terrifying person.

Fatty next to him was also staring blankly. He quietly asked Chu Changge, "Was Doctor Gu always this aggressive?"

Fatty had initially thought that scaring people away with a chainsaw would be the end of it, but things had far exceeded his expectations.

Chu Changge replied softly, "He's been like this since he was a child. If anyone tried to trick him, he could come up with a hundred different ways to trick them back, and make them feel particularly uncomfortable."

"Don't try to guess his thoughts. After all, he's the kind of person who can cry when watching a horror movie."

Chu Changge said this while looking in Gu Mian's direction again.

He saw that Big Brother Zhang had already succumbed to the intimidating power of the chainsaw and was adding Gu Mian as a friend.

"My Game ID is 1, hurry up."

Big Brother Zhang was slightly stunned but still tremblingly typed "1" into the friend search page and sent Gu Mian a friend request.

Gu Mian immediately accepted.

Friends could see each other's completed Dungeon counts, Game Currency, and some other Attributes.

Gu Mian saw his Game Currency at a glance.

38 points?

He couldn't even afford a supermarket ticket. For a boss, he was quite poor...

But adhering to the principle of "every little bit helps," Gu Mian searched him clean, then deleted him as a friend, and finally kicked him away.

The person who was kicked didn't even bother to get angry. As soon as he was released, he rushed into the darkness without looking back, as if the doctor with the chainsaw behind him was even more terrifying than the night.

Fatty craned his neck to watch the fleeing figure: "Doctor, you just let him go, aren't you afraid he'll come back for revenge?"

Gu Mian patted him: "Have you heard of harvesting leeks? When harvesting leeks, you have to leave a stub, so the next crop can grow and be harvested again."

Even if the leeks came back for revenge, they would still be leeks, only to be harvested.

Fatty had also heard of harvesting leeks, but he never dreamed that one day the fierce robbers would be treated as leeks to be harvested.

Now that the leeks had all run away, the three of them walked on the road unimpeded.

The January night was cool, and a breath could form a cloud of white mist.

It wasn't the coldest time yet; the temperature was still dropping.

The items bought from the supermarket were stored in the item inventory, only the chainsaw was packed by Gu Mian and carried on his back, not seeming to bother him.

Fatty tucked his sleeves and exhaled a puff of hot air: "This weather is getting colder and colder. It didn't seem this cold at this time a few years ago."

Gu Mian also felt it.

"January this year is indeed particularly cold," he looked up at the dark night sky, devoid of stars: "It might also have something to do with this game."

Fatty rubbed his hands: "It's a little over a month until New Year's. If it continues like this, it'll be freezing cold during New Year's, right? I'm afraid we won't even be able to go out."

He sighed as he spoke: "In the past, we had plenty of food and clothing for New Year's, but I'm afraid it won't be the same this year."

Looking up, residential buildings were visible everywhere.

Some residential buildings still had their lights off, and those with lights on had their curtains tightly drawn, with only a faint glow seeping through.

Everyone was staying indoors, but they couldn't hold on for much longer.

Fatty muttered as he walked: "Why did the Earth suddenly go crazy like this? It was fine before. Now with this Evolution Game, people are too scared to go out... I wonder if things will get better by New Year's..."

As they spoke, the few of them had returned to the downstairs of Gu Mian's apartment building.

The lobby was lit, and at a glance, a long-unseen figure was sitting behind the counter.

Fatty had never seen the landlord of this apartment before. At first glance, his eyes almost popped out.

Even from a distance, a hazy allure emanated from her.

A single glance made it feel as if time had traveled back to the riverside brothels of the 1930s, an ancient, textured scent of rouge and powder lingering in the air, surrounded by the bustling mortal world.

As if seeing Gu Mian, she slightly raised her head to glance at the few people, then smiled faintly, saying nothing.

That smile was truly beautiful, stunning Fatty into a daze. He also started smiling foolishly.

Gu Mian's internal alarm bells rang loudly, and he grabbed the stunned Fatty, heading for the stairs.

It had to be said that this landlady was also a very dangerous individual.

Her name was Liu Ruyan, a name as full of charm as the woman herself.

She was very experienced in dealing with people, showing no flaws on the surface, her face always adorned with a smile that could kill, her eyes capable of mesmerizing anyone in an instant.

She just had one problem—too many men were pursuing her.

The open space in front of the apartment was often filled with all sorts of unidentifiable cars, leaving no place for Gu Mian's bicycle. Eventually, his bicycle was stolen because it was left by the roadside.

But he was an upright person and didn't hold any grudges against the landlady because of it.

Until one day, he returned early and saw Liu Ruyan attempting to turn on the valve for the natural gas in his kitchen.

For a moment, he suspected this landlady was a killer sent by life itself to assassinate him.

Fortunately, he had already experienced many strange things, so he didn't panic and move. After all, even if he moved, life's assassination attempts wouldn't stop.

He simply removed his own door in front of the landlady, then installed a new high-end anti-theft door, and even specifically replaced the lock cylinder.

This way, Liu Ruyan couldn't use the spare key to enter his kitchen and turn on the natural gas valve.

Liu Ruyan didn't say anything about this, tacitly accepting it.

From then on, the natural gas valve at Gu Mian's home was never mysteriously turned on again.

At this moment, Fatty, being pulled upstairs by Gu Mian, was still lost in thought. He suddenly leaned close to Gu Mian and whispered mysteriously, "Doctor, I just figured something out about you."

"What?" Gu Mian looked at him, puzzled.

Fatty began:

"Lu Xun once said:

If you have a Fatty surnamed Wang by your side;

A glasses-wearing man with a cold, indifferent face;

A beautiful female celebrity you meet by chance;

A sexy and beautiful landlady;

And mysterious parents who died together;

Then—

You must be the legendary protagonist!"