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Frankly, though Gu Mian was loaded up like a Christmas tree, there wasn't much of any use on him. Because everything his cursed hands opened turned out to be junk. For instance, there was a "Regular Neon Charging Lamp," a "Watermelon Knife Covered in Cream," and a "Meat Floss Rice Ball"—stuff like that with no real use. So, other than for display, they didn't really have any other function, though some were edible.

However, among them, a "Mini Notebook" showed some usefulness.

"Mini Notebook"

"Description: A small notebook used to document daily life."

"Function: Fill in a time period and a character, and the notebook will automatically generate actions that the character carried out during that period."

"Tips: Can only be used once a week. The larger the date range filled in, the more simplified the generated character actions will be. Can only generate actions that have already happened."

This meant if the time entered was only an hour, the notebook might generate very detailed actions, right down to the exact second they started eating, what they ate, how it tasted, even the color of their poop. But if the filled-in time frame was a year, then the character's actions generated by the notebook might be extremely brief, something along the lines of "Nothing extraordinary happened that year."

「By this time, the group had returned to the Spirit Car.」

Because this was a special instance, they were returned to where they had started. The wind was still howling outside the car, and the temperature was extremely low.

Fatty, having regained consciousness, was still in a daze. Chu Changge seemed to be pondering something.

Liu Ruyan glanced at Gu Mian, then turned her head away, appearing rather disinterested. Come to think of it, Gu Mian hadn't seen her in the previous instance.

But now was not the time to think about these issues.

Gu Mian nudged Fatty, who was closest to him, "Got a pen?"

Only then did Fatty snap out of it. He fumbled awkwardly in his pocket, seemingly still lost in the frightening sound they had just heard.

Next, Gu Mian saw Fatty pulling out a nearly dried-out pen refill from his pocket.

Oh, well, a refill can still be used.

Gu Mian took the refill from the dazed Fatty, thinking it would suffice, and looked at the "Mini Notebook" in his hand.

The design of this thing was very simple: just a plain white cover with a few words printed at the bottom.

[Time: ]

[Character: ]

These labels had blank spaces after them for Gu Mian to fill in.

Gu Mian looked at the cover for a while, then turned to Fatty. "I want to peek into your past."

It was unclear whether Fatty heard him or not, but he nodded his head anyway.

So, Gu Mian filled in "Fat Kid Surnamed Wang." This was Fatty's game nickname.

He wanted to see if he could use a player's game nickname to generate their events.

Out of everyone present, except for Fatty, everyone else used their real names as their game nicknames, so for now, he could only input Fatty's.

Then Gu Mian casually filled in the date "March 13th, 2016, entire day."

It turned out the notebook could indeed use a player's nickname to retrieve information from before this global game had even begun.

Gu Mian flipped open the notebook and read:

"[March 13th, 2016, 00:13...]"

00:13? Could it be documenting Fatty sleep-talking?

"[March 13th, 2016, 00:13. Puts down the folder, picks up the framed photo of himself and his father from the table. Fat Kid Surnamed Wang: 'I found it...']"

Just then, Fatty, who was nearby, suddenly leaned over and glanced at the content in the notebook.

His face instantly turned red, and he promptly snatched the notebook away.

Gu Mian looked at him, puzzled. "What's wrong?"

Fatty looked nervous, stuttering for a moment before finally blurting out, "What if... what if you find out something like me soliciting prostitutes and getting caught?"

Gu Mian: "..."

He hadn't known, but now he did. Really shot himself in the foot. But... had Fatty really been caught by the vice squad?

Gu Mian was about to say something more when Chu Changge suddenly approached, holding out his hand as if to show Gu Mian what he was holding.

Gu Mian glanced at Fatty one more time before shifting his gaze to what Chu Changge was holding.

It was a school badge.

Gu Mian remembered that Chu Changge's little figure had received two items from the chest. One was the "Number One Cafeteria Goer's School Uniform," and the other was the "Blood-stained School Badge."

But it looked like the "Number One Cafeteria Goer's School Uniform" was not in Chu Changge's possession now.

Sure enough, Chu Changge continued, "My evaluation for the instance was A, so I could choose two-thirds of the items I got from the chest to take with me."

However, Chu Changge only got two items in total. Rounded off, he could only take one.

What he chose was this badge.

"Blood-stained School Badge (Incomplete)"

"Description: A school badge, half of its surface soaked in blood. It records information like the holder's photo and name. The holder's photo is now obscured, only allowing one to vaguely discern that the badge's owner is named 'Meiren Chu'."

Seeing this, Gu Mian suddenly recalled that the name of a female ghost in a horror film seemed very similar to the name of this badge's owner.

He continued reading. Below was the function of the "Blood-stained School Badge."

"Function: Hides the player's nickname. When this school badge is worn, the player's nickname will be overwritten, displaying as 'Meiren Chu'."

"Note: This item is incomplete and thus has limited functionality. All its functions can only be activated after all bloodstains are completely removed."

Gu Mian looked at the badge in Chu Changge's hand.

Choosing this thing really wasn't a bad deal. Changing player nicknames might seem like a trivial function to other players, but for the three of them, it was extremely useful. Gu Mian no longer had to worry about being suspected of being 'Gu Sanwan' when walking with Chu Changge. It was only when he was with Fatty that things might still be a little troublesome.

As Gu Mian thought this, he glanced at Fatty, only to see the guy furtively trying to hide the notebook, almost stuffing it down his pants.

Seemingly noticing Gu Mian's gaze, Fatty finally looked up, gave a sheepish grin, and then decisively stuffed the poor "Mini Notebook" down his pants.

Gu Mian: "..."

What on earth is he trying to hide?

At this moment, Chu Changge had already pinned the "Blood-stained School Badge" to his jacket.

Gu Mian checked Chu Changge's player information. Sure enough, his name had changed from the cool "Chu Changge" to the lovely "Meiren Chu."

More functions could be unlocked after the bloodstains were removed; that was great. However, these bloodstains didn't seem easy to remove. Gu Mian thought he had just seen Chu Changge try to wipe the badge a few times, but the stains hadn't diminished at all. It looked like something else was needed to clean them off.

He retracted his gaze as he pondered this and then said, "Speaking of which, I opened over ten chests and didn't get anything useful, but one chest directly yielded 10,000 Game Coins..."