"These are crayfish, a new species discovered in the waters near this base. They look a bit like insectoids, which startled the troops stationed here."

Later, they even sent people from the research institute to confirm that it was a harmless, edible species, making it a unique delicacy in this area. They told me this when I inspected the place this morning—and they weren't lying.

Mei Qiu looked at Wang Wenfei, whose face had turned pale with fright, straightened the fork she had just twisted into a pretzel, and took a bite of a crayfish as an example.

After finishing his meal, he raised an eyebrow and said, "It tastes pretty good~ It's a decent alternative to insect meat, and the shell is much more fragile than that of insects~ It has a unique umami flavor after chewing!"

Seeing General Mei eating like this, I want to try it too...

Forget about it, I just searched on the StarNet, and there's no species called "crayfish".

【ah?】

Don't forget, the planet this base was on is gone after this battle, so naturally, we can't find any species on it anymore...

How...how did the game company find out?

[Perhaps it's made up?]

Why make this up for no reason?

[By the way, don't you guys think something's been off with this game company lately?]

[Game remake, rating system, military academy collaboration, and, suddenly, a game story like this...]

With the emergence of this game today, all sorts of conspiracy theories have been constantly appearing on both the bullet comments and the StarNet.

Discussions about the game's developers, the truth about Fort Sigma from twenty or thirty years ago, and Mei Qiu are rampant, and everything seems to be developing in a negative and uncontrollable direction.

Finally, Mingmei, with her sharp eyes, noticed a comment floating across the screen: "[Does anyone remember the function of this lunchbox? To hide the Zerg?]"

Mingmei frowned upon seeing this sentence as well.

Her brother disappeared for more than a decade, and his reappearance in this form is simply to recreate what happened here back then?

...

"Wow, where did you get this food?"

Despite their apparent animosity, Lou Jia's identity card revealed that he and Mu Chen were colleagues, meaning they shared accommodations and worked together.

After realizing this, Lou Jia decided to get to know Mu Chen better and try to team up with him.

However, once the other person arrived at the cafeteria, they left him behind. By the time he got his food and found the person, Mu Chen was already eating.

As Lou Jia leaned forward and saw the crayfish lunchbox, his scalp tingled instantly.

"Over there, there's a really pretty young lady selling crayfish, a specialty of Planet Sigma."

The only person who could make Mu Chen look so good was Mingmei, and the only person who could make him say so many nice things to her all at once was Mingmei.

Knowing that Mingmei needed to sell boxed lunches to earn credits, he subtly tried to sell to Loujia, who was clearly terrified of crayfish: "You finally got back to the past, don't you want to experience something different?"

"I……"

Lou Jia paused slightly in his hand movements, then looked at Mei Qiu, who was sitting not far away eating with ordinary soldiers. Mu Chen could clearly see the admiration in Lou Jia's eyes as he looked at Mei Qiu's back.

So Mu Chen pressed on, saying, "Look, all of Deputy Commander Mei's subordinates are eating. Don't you want to try some?"

So, just as Mingmei started having Guigui search for a lot of information online, Loujia also came over.

"Excuse me, could you please give me a crayfish bento box?"

Okay~

Lou Jia spoke, and Mingmei replied. Immediately afterwards, Lou Jia naturally discovered that Mingmei was the mysterious merchant.

"Is there anything else you need?"

Mingmei looked at Loujia, who had been standing there dumbfounded ever since he discovered he was the mysterious merchant, and couldn't help but glance at Loujia's live stream.

[Oh no, the senior is going into a state of depression.]

[Hahaha, someone else discovered and alerted him to the mysterious merchant. The senior must be regretting not seeing it himself earlier.]

[Sigh, anyone who even glanced at the contents of that lunchbox would be terrified, right? If I had seen it, I definitely wouldn't have even asked a question.]

[Tch~ Loujia is a coward, no doubt about it!]

[Bullshit! Hey there, aren't you the one who dared to smear the senior with your alt account?!]

It took Mingmei a while to realize that her business deal was recommended by Mu Chen.

Thinking about it, her bright gaze passed over Lou Jia and looked at Mu Chen, who was sitting in a seat not far away.

She wondered if the other person had some kind of radar alarm installed on him. Every time Mingmei looked at him, he would immediately react, look up, and meet her gaze with tenderness.

Being caught like this all of a sudden, Mingmei was still a little embarrassed.

"I want a boxed lunch of shredded pork with garlic sauce..."

Upon discovering the effects of crayfish bento boxes, Lou Jia subconsciously felt a chill run down his entire back.

What does it mean to "detect hidden Zerg"?

As a military academy student, Lou Jia naturally knew the importance of this boxed lunch.

So, the sudden incident at the fortress was actually related to some hidden Zerg?

So how exactly was it hidden?

To this day, no one can give a clear answer to this matter; otherwise, General Mei Qiu wouldn't have been criticized for so many years.

And today's game...

Thinking of this, Lou Jia couldn't help but clutch his rapidly beating heart. His intuition told him that no matter what, he had to persevere to the end in this game!

It doesn't matter if I lose credits!

...

During one lunch break at the cafeteria, Mingmei saw three players.

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