When the zombie appeared, both of them fell silent.

As expected of the male lead, Yue Qi quickly came up with a way to comfort her.

"Don't worry, this is just a three-star dungeon. Even if there are zombies, they should be some mindless walking corpses that are just a bit tougher."

As the unlucky protagonist who encountered zombies in his very first dungeon, Yue Qi didn't hesitate to share his experience.

"Zombies are most afraid of lightning, followed by fire. So, we should prepare some torches or similar tools in advance, which will make them much easier to deal with."

"In addition, zombies' fingernails are highly poisonous, and if you get scratched, you will be contaminated. The only known antidote is the Golden Water sold in the Zombie App, but unfortunately, it is too expensive. So, you must avoid being scratched by zombies."

Yan Qing listened very attentively. She knew that these experiences were hard-won, lessons learned through blood and tears.

Yue Qi was willing to share with her for free; honestly, it would be a lie to say I wasn't moved. This person absolutely deserves the title of being loyal and righteous.

Moreover, the golden water he mentioned actually has several bottles lying safely inside her spatial ring.

She felt more confident and her spirits lifted.

Yan Qing patted Yue Qi on the shoulder, adopting a friendly buddy-buddy attitude, "Don't worry, I don't have much else, but I have a lot of money."

When money was mentioned, Yue Qi actually blushed, a rare occurrence for him. He was a little embarrassed, "I... thank you for paying my accommodation fee. Don't worry, I'll definitely find a way to pay you back."

Yan Qing didn't say anything like "you don't need to pay it back." She knew that it was best not to easily hurt a man's pride.

The apocalyptic rules and strange tales have only been around for a few days, and everyone is currently penniless. While spirit coins are hard to come by right now, they will become increasingly plentiful in the future.

Moreover, she remembered that Article 7 of the "Yongning Lane Rules" mentioned that...

The restaurant can provide part-time work, but it can only accept a maximum of two people.

It seems they need to check out the restaurant. It should offer opportunities to make money.

Yue Qi was checking the sky with his watch, his expression extremely grave. After a long while, Yan Qing finally heard his voice.

"Yan Qing, if my estimation is correct, the sun should set completely within half an hour. Do you think we still need to go out?"

"I brought food in my backpack, so eating shouldn't be a problem. But it's already this late, and Wen Jiajia and Sun Jue still haven't arrived at the inn. Isn't that a bit unusual? Could something have happened to them?"

"Sigh!" Although Yue Qi didn't like these two, they were adventurers who had come in together. If two of them were missing, the difficulty of clearing the dungeon would increase significantly.

So, they finally decided to go out and search.

In the alley, the afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the street surface, creating dappled light, as if bathed in the Buddha's light.

The two still dared not turn back, and could only keep walking forward. Not far ahead, they seemed to see the end of the alley.

Strangely, this place seems different from the entrance of the alley; there are five shops in a row, and they are all open.

From the furthest point from them, Yan Qing saw a little girl in a red dress, blindfolded with a black cloth, playing hide-and-seek.

Strangely, even though the little girl was blindfolded, when she looked over, she accurately looked in her direction and gave her a sweet smile.

Yan Qing unconsciously smiled along with them, and after a while she turned around to study the shops.

The nearest place to them was a restaurant. There, she saw two familiar figures.

Wen Jiajia and Sun Jue were both wearing waiter uniforms at the hotel and were diligently cleaning.

Yan Qing called out to the two people in the restaurant, but they seemed not to hear her at all and just kept working.

Seeing this, they had no choice but to risk going into the restaurant to take a look.

The restaurant's decor is the complete opposite of the inn's; from the outside, it takes up three storefronts, but inside it's tiny.

In addition, the layout of the entire restaurant is also very strange. It is a standard inverted triangle, which becomes narrower and more cramped as you go in.

There were only three tables in the room, arranged in an inverted triangle. Wen Jiajia and Sun Jue stood there, wiping the three tables repeatedly.

—Even though the table was polished to a shine, the two of them still didn't stop.

Yan Qing had just stepped through the door when she was stopped by a middle-aged woman with an unfriendly expression.

"We're not hiring here anymore, you can leave."

Yan Qing's gaze fell on the woman's head, where a yellow flower was tucked into her hair. It looked as if it were made of paper.

She was a little suspicious. Aren't paper flowers only for the dead? This woman, apart from looking a little pale, was clearly a living person.

The woman was blocking them from entering. Yan Qing could only take the opportunity to give Yue Qi a wink, then focused on greeting the woman with the flower.

"Excuse me, beautiful lady, could you please make an exception?" A hundred-yuan spirit coin was secretly slipped into the middle-aged woman's hand.

The middle-aged woman remained unmoved. "No, the place is already full."

"Then can we go in and eat, okay?" Yan Qing silently added a few more hundred-yuan spirit coins. That should be alright now.

The middle-aged woman continued to shake her head vigorously, resolutely refusing to let the two of them take another step forward.

At that moment, Yue Qi subtly tugged at her clothes. Yan Qing immediately understood and pretended to be very disappointed as she left the restaurant.

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