The little hamster picked up the energy coin from the ground, not caring about the dirt, stuffed it into its mouth, grabbed the monkey's tail, and was carried away by the little monkey jumping around.

Unfortunately, the little thieving monkey in the instance looks malnourished, nowhere near as good as the big thieving monkey that Xia Chuhe raises on the farm, stealing red apples every day.

When Xia Chuhe and the others leisurely caught up, the little thief monkey had already been pinned to the ground by the big thief monkey, and the hamster was being hung up by the big thief monkey's tail. Only the crow had escaped.

"Take them all away!" Xia Chuhe gave the order, and the big thief monkey solemnly saluted, leading a monkey and a rat back to the Flesh and Blood Restaurant.

Upon seeing the two, the wolf let out two gloating howls.

Jackal's translation: "Oh, you two have been arrested too."

Xia Chuhe dumped the stolen ledger and energy coins onto the table and asked with a smile, "Do you recognize them?"

The two groups of thieves stared longingly at the mountain of money they had never seen before. Jackal swallowed hard and said, "We know them. They're thieves."

The hamster slightly opened its mouth, and the energy coin fell out again. It tried to pick it up, but its body was being held in mid-air by the big monkey's tail, so it couldn't reach it.

The hamster's face was almost bigger than its body; anyone could see the abnormality.

Lu Dangui understood Xia Chuhe's meaning and reached out to pinch the hamster's cheek for her.

A dozen or so energy coins fell out with a "whoosh".

The little hamster's eyes were blurry with tears, so it quickly covered its mouth.

The big monkey wagged its tail, making the hamster dizzy and disoriented.

Lu Danggui reached out and squeezed it again, and a few more energy points fell out of the hamster's mouth.

Xia Chuhe raised an eyebrow: "There should still be some, right?"

The hamster shed tears: "No, there's none left, really none."

As he spoke, another energy coin fell out of his mouth.

Now, the hamster is probably really done for, because the tears turned into loud wailing.

The piercing "squeak" sound is extremely torturous.

"Alright, stop crying." Xia Chuhe threatened it, "If you cry again, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

The hamster covered its mouth, and occasionally a faint "squeak" sound escaped from between its paws, which sounded extremely pitiful.

Xia Chuhe felt a rare pang of guilt, as if he had frightened her too much.

Li Yue and Bu Yi, who stayed at the shop, saw the pile of energy coins on the table and muttered, "That's a bit much."

After the two finished reading the ledger, their expressions darkened simultaneously, especially the store manager, Li Yue, who was almost ready to unleash a torrent of curses.

Xia Chuhe recounted the entire robbery to Li Yue and Bu Yi in detail. His gaze swept over the pitiful little hamster, and a plan came to him.

"Little guy, I'll give you a chance. I won't touch your energy coins; I'll just leave them on the ground. If you can take them, I'll give them back to you." Xia Chuhe started with the little hamster, mainly because he thought the money was dirty. Who knew if the little thing was sick?

The hamster glanced longingly at the energy coin, then at its partner, the thieving monkey, and then at the terrifying Xia Chuhe and her follower, the big monkey.

Xia Chuhe understood its meaning: "Your companion must stay behind to serve as... a hostage, otherwise what will happen if you two run away?"

The hamster squeaked twice at the little monkey, who nodded and said to Xia Chuhe, "You have to turn off the light, otherwise we have no chance of turning the tables."

Xia Chuhe agreed, and even generously told everyone to hide in the kitchen, giving the hamster ample time to react.

However, less than three seconds after turning off the lights and hiding, Xia Chuhe immediately turned them back on and shouted, "Food Law! Food Law! There's a thief stealing from the store!"

In just three seconds, the hamster with its mouth full of money was stunned by Xia Chuhe's actions.

It glanced at its companion, then turned and darted toward the door.

Xia Chuhe unleashed a burst of flame at the door, blocking the hamster's path. The big monkey, working in perfect coordination, leaped over and caught the hamster again.

From beginning to end, the food law did not respond to Xia Chuhe's call.

"Catching thieves doesn't seem like a good idea," Xia Chuhe muttered to himself.

Lu Dangui shifted his gaze to the tigers, leopards, and wolves: "We could also try robbery."

Xia Chuhe smiled as he untied the tiger, leopard, and jackal: "Perform a play, perform seriously, and we'll rob them again. If you don't perform well, your brothers..."

Her meaning was self-evident. The only wolf that was tied up trembled and howled, making incoherent noises.

Tiger punched Wolf: "Bear with it!"

The three animals left dejectedly, then came back in menacingly: "Robbery!"

Xia Chuhe and the others pretended to be scared and obediently retreated behind the counter...

The play went on for a long time, continuing until the three animals took the money and ran out of the meat and blood restaurant before it stopped.

However, for such a long time, no matter who called for the law of meals, the law of meals did not emerge.

"Did this book see through our act?" Li Yue frowned.

Xia Chuhe murmured, "Perhaps the boss who tastes despair has another identity."

"Is it a diner?" Li Qiusheng asked in surprise and doubt.

If the shop owner were a customer, it would explain why it could be called the "Food Law." The shop was robbed, and the customers' interests were harmed, hence the emergence of the Food Law.

Xia Chuhe stared at the pile of money on the table—over a hundred energy coins, enough to pay for a dozen orders, more than enough for six people. Since they couldn't open for business tomorrow, perhaps they could change their identities.

...

As for the robbers and thieves, their money was naturally looted.

Xia Chuhe kindly reminded the little hamster: "The owners of big stores will go to the store to get money after the lights are turned off. Since you're so quick, don't always keep an eye on the small shop owners."

The little monkey shook its head: "The security facilities at big stores are extremely strict. If we go there, it will trigger the alarm, and something will grab us."

Xia Chuhe seemed thoughtful. The boss's prompt summons to the food service system must have been due to someone in the restaurant ringing the bell to remind him. As for the boss's delayed arrival, perhaps the alarm for robbers wasn't used much?

After all, it's rare for robbers to successfully besiege more than twenty people and get right up to the cashier.

After letting the robbers and thieves go, the six men lined up to take turns on duty and had a good rest.

They were sleeping soundly inside the instance, while Zhao Maomao and Xia Bao'er outside were extremely worried.

Seven days had passed, and the group still hadn't emerged from the instance. This usually meant they had died inside.

Previously, news of Xia Chuhe leading the rebel army to launch a surprise attack on the Black Mountain base had spread throughout the base, and the higher-ups ordered Xia Chuhe to be arrested immediately.

After a series of operations by the guard and reserve forces, they traced Xia Chuhe's last appearance within the base to the Animal World instance. The two armies staked out the instance for several days, waiting for Xia Chuhe to walk right into their trap.

As a result, before they could even make a move, Xia Chuhe actually died in the dungeon?

Most of the garrison and reserve troops were withdrawn, leaving only a small number behind to prevent Xia Chuhe from rising from the dead.

Xin Diao, the steward, and the nameless people had been waiting outside the instance for several days; they were there to meet Xia Chuhe.

Seven days passed, and there was still no sign of them.

Everyone was caught off guard.