Chapter 141

"Our only problem now is that we haven't got the special dishes from Box 3." Qi Xue said, "Except for Box 3, all the special dishes have been brought to Box 8."

Shen Yunzhe looked at him, "What happened to Box 3?"

"Two of the three people who went in are gone, and only one ran out." Qi Xue said.

Shen Yunzhe looked to the side. Apart from Qi Xue and Xing Ruomiao, the remaining two players were Ma Ran and the other one he was not very familiar with. He still didn't know his name. The man had a grim expression on his face and started shaking when he mentioned box number three. It was obvious that he was terrified.

Qi Xue and Xing Ruomiao drew the same box: Box No. 2. Neither of them was new, so it was not surprising that they survived to the end.

But two people died at once in Box No. 3... Hmm.

Shen Yunzhe fanned himself with the old recipe book in his hand. Qi Xue looked at him nervously, fearing that he would accidentally tear up the recipe book.

"Tell us what happened." Qi Xue asked the remaining player to explain the situation.

The player's name was Zhang Ruiyu, a newcomer entering the game for the second time. However, in Box 3 where he was, the other two players were veterans who had played the fifth game. Logically, he shouldn't have been the only one alive, and he certainly shouldn't have been the one to survive.

"As soon as we entered Box 3, we saw a lot of strange creatures celebrating and drinking," Zhang Ruiyu whispered, describing what happened. "When they saw us, they asked us what we were doing there. We said we were celebrating, so they let us stay."

According to the rules of other boxes, you will not die immediately after entering the box. Instead, a plot will appear first, and the player will be killed only after the plot is completed.

They waited quietly for the plot to unfold, but they didn't expect that the guests would invite them to play games together.

The game is King's Game, and the game content is normal truth and dare.

"We all felt strange, but we had no choice but to stay and play this strange king game. Then each of us was dealt cards. After drawing the king, the king began to randomly select numbers. Unexpectedly, the one called out was Brother Wang." Zhang Ruiyu's breathing began to rapid and his pupils began to dilate.

"The king asked his brother to choose truth or dare. His brother chose truth, so he asked his brother: What is the lottery number for this issue?"

"Brother Wang just made up a number, and their faces immediately changed. They said Brother Wang was a traitor, that he didn't consider them friends, and that he wasn't honest when playing games. So they..."

Blood splattered on the cards, one person died, and Zhang Ruiyu and another player prepared to run without thinking, but they didn't expect that the King's Game was still going on. The moment they stood up, it was time for the next round of the game, and the King called another player.

The player saw the lesson from Brother Wang’s previous experience and did not choose truth or dare, but chose dare or not.

"But the big adventure is actually about frying in a frying pan!"

Zhang Ruiyu was scared to death. He refused to stay this time. He threw the cards and ran away on the spot. Then he hid in a safe place and waited until three hours later before entering the mirror world. Then Qi Xue and the others came back.

"I saw a waiter come out of Box 3, pushing something." Qi Xue said, "The special dishes must have been taken away."

Shen Yunzhe clapped his hands. "So, shouldn't we go to the kitchen and get the food? Great! We can blow up the kitchen while we're at it!"

Everyone: ...

Is it that all you care about is blowing up the kitchen?

Shen Yunzhe flipped through the menu with great interest, "Let me see what's in Box 3?"

"Blind Box Wedding Dish ③: Steamed Fish with Oil."

"Ingredients: one or two fish, some cooking oil, a little luck, and a lot of jealousy."

"Wow," Shen Yunzhe said, "Is that a celebration for winning a big lottery? I've never won a lottery before."

Steamed fish with oil...Everyone present looked unhappy.

"What should we do?" Xing Ruomiao said, "The dishes were taken away by the waiter. In the mirror world, the dishes are normal, but in the outside world, they are human remains. We must take these human remains back to the private room so that we can take the dishes from the other side."

"This way we'll have to face the waiter head-on."

"Okay." Shen Yunzhe interrupted Xing Ruomiao, "This way we can keep the waiters in the kitchen, and then blow them all up in one go, bang!"

Shen Yunzhe used interjections, acting like a playful child, "Blow up the kitchen, the chef, and the waiter together!"

Qi Xue looked at Shen Yunzhe, and after a few seconds he spoke, "Why are you so obsessed with blowing everything up? Don't say you hate the playground, we all hate the playground."

"That's it, then. I hate you guys too. If I want to blow you up, you should help me." Shen Yunzhe smiled happily.

"We need a specific reason." Qi Xue asked, "What did you discover?"

Shen Yunzhe raised the notebook in his hand and said, "So, this is a medium."

"A cookbook is a medium, but a recipe can't do anything. It's not complete until the chef makes the dish. Do you understand? Just like a doll that only has a draft but is not yet made is not considered a complete doll."

"Without a chef and ingredients, this recipe is empty and meaningless." Shen Yunzhe said with a smile, "So this game field needs waiters, a chef who is always locked up inside, and the players as ingredients. None of them can be missing, absolutely none of them can be missing."

After saying that, Shen Yunzhe walked out of the box humming a song while taking the recipe. He leaned on the railing on the third floor and looked down, muttering how big an explosion would be needed to blow the entire kitchen into pieces.

The few players who remained in place looked at each other.

Finally, Xing Ruomiao looked at Qi Xue and said, "Brother, do you understand what he is saying?"

"I know a little bit." Qi Xue stood up. "The game field is a complete place. The completion of the main quest is closely related to the medium, but the integrity of the medium is inseparable from the things inside the game field. In this game field, there is a standard process for making special dishes."

"The process is: the medium, the chef prepares the dishes according to the medium, which is the recipe, and the ingredients, and finally the waiter brings it to the table and gives it to the guests."

Xing Ruomiao nodded, not quite understanding, "Is there any problem with this?"

"Shen Yunzhe was blowing up the kitchen, destroying the place where the dishes were prepared, hoping to disrupt the process." Qi Xue said, "The process was disrupted, but our mission was not interrupted."

Ma Ran asked quietly: "What's the point of doing this?"

"Disrupting the game field." Qi Xue looked at Ma Ran. "Don't you all know? Once players leave the game field, they become the game field's medium. The game field will enter the real world through the players, which is the event of strange objects invading reality. A disrupted game field can't invade reality according to the original process!"

Xing Ruomiao's eyes widened. "Big brother wants to blow up the kitchen to prevent the playground from appearing in reality?!"

"I don't know, but if it really succeeds, it will indeed have such an effect." Qi Xue shook his head.

Zhang Ruiyu whispered, "So we really have to find a way to blow up the playground?"

"Of course we have to blow it up. Don't forget that the media is still in his hands." Qi Xue sighed, "You don't believe he will really tear up the media? I do."

Because from the very beginning Qi Xue saw that Shen Yunzhe was not joking, he really wanted to tear the media to pieces. If he hadn't seen this, how could Qi Xue compromise and surrender so easily and say that he would help Shen Yunzhe blow up the kitchen.

Now Shen Yunzhe doesn't care about his own life or death, let alone theirs.

"There are only five of us, three waiters. And they have to steal food from the kitchen and even blow it up." Xing Ruomiao pulled her hair. "Kill me! This is harder than the college entrance exam!"

"I think, since Yunxi keeps talking about blowing up the kitchen, he must know how to do it." Ma Ran raised his hand to speak. He still habitually calls Shen Yunzhe Yunxi, although he didn't care much later when he found out that this was not his real name.

This game field is not a place for humans to stay. Shen Yunzhe has saved several lives by finding the main task in such a short time!

Ma Ran said, "How about we go get the special dishes and leave things like blowing up the kitchen to him?"

Qi Xue was silent for a moment, then nodded, "This is the only way."

Let everyone take a rest first. Qi Xue watched them set the alarm and start to take a nap, then turned and left the box.

Shen Yunzhe sat on the railing. This was the third floor, and there was no protection around. It looked shaky, but he didn't care. He even shook his legs in this dangerous situation, which made people scared.

Qi Xue, who originally wanted to pat him on the shoulder, silently withdrew his hand.

He stood next to Shen Yunzhe and said, "Well, we decided to let you blow up the kitchen because this is not something we are good at. Since you brought it up, it means you have a way."

Shen Yunzhe turned to look at him, a smile still in his eyes, "Have you figured it out? Do you understand the importance of blowing up the kitchen?"

"I just know that if you don't blow up this kitchen, you will definitely tear up that recipe book." Qi Xue said unhappily.

Shen Yunzhe smiled happily. "I'm a carpe diem person. If I encounter something I hate, I have to deal with it. Whether it's a test paper with a score of 0, unwashed sheets, or those ghosts who say bad things about me on the phone, I can deal with ghosts, let alone a playground like this that I hate."

"So, you go blow up your kitchen, and we'll find a way to distract the waiter and get the specials."

Shen Yunzhe nodded, "In that case, I can give you a suggestion."

"What suggestions?"

"Just like a cake can be cut into small pieces, special dishes can also be divided into large and small portions. Special dishes are very attractive to waiters. You can take out some of those dishes as bait to attract the waiters. As for the ones in the kitchen, you can take only a portion."

Qi Xue took a breath and said, "This is too dangerous!"

"You still want a comfortable life in the playground?" Shen Yunzhe held up his chin and looked at him. "If you want to get something important, you have to do something dangerous. The playground is based on this principle."

"Otherwise, you can think of another safe and effective method."

Shen Yunxi sighed, "Oh, that's a terrible idea. Do you know what players with such thoughts will become after they die? They will all become ghosts!"

"Those disgusting ghosts who harbor disgusting fantasies and think they are human."

Qi Xue looked at Shen Yunzhe strangely, "Why do I feel like you're hinting at something?"

"Impossible, I never meant anything. I was just cursing openly. I'll curse myself out first." Shen Yunzhe pointed at the air outside the third floor. "You audience members in the live broadcast room, die cleanly and quickly, and don't disgust me!"

"Oh, I forgot, they're dead. That's great, maybe a bottle of wine to celebrate."

Qi Xue: ...

He really couldn't understand Shen Yunzhe's train of thought, but Shen Yunzhe was right. There was no ease in the playground. One had to do dangerous things in the playground to get the most important props.

On their way home, they have the last special dish. As long as they get this dish, they can hold a wedding banquet and go home.

No one comes to the playground to die, they do dangerous things to live.

In the end, Qi Xue chose the method Shen Yunzhe suggested because he really couldn't think of a more useful and safe method. The waiters were still patrolling outside, constantly shouting "rat" and "kill rat", and notifying them not to be discovered, but unfortunately they were discovered at the beginning.

He had no choice but to take a risk and attract the waiter's attention, while the remaining person went to the kitchen to steal food.

Sure enough, the moment the players appeared in the corridor with the dishes, the waiters immediately sensed it and rushed out, each of them holding a knife, yelling at them and calling them rats, asking them to put the dishes down.

Shen Yunzhe took this opportunity to enter the kitchen. The kitchen was just as he expected, empty with nothing in it except a plate of food in the middle.

The adult male's body was twisted into a strange shape and soaked in oil, and his skin was fried and rough, looking extremely terrifying.

The person who came to pick up the dishes was Xing Ruomiao. She pushed the dishes out with a pale face. She really couldn't bring herself to divide the dishes into small portions. When leaving, Xing Ruomiao asked Shen Yunzhe if he wanted to go with her, but Shen Yunzhe refused.

This is the waiters' territory, how can you not take a look around here!

Shen Yunzhe walked around the kitchen and then walked into the familiar dressing room. This time there was no recipe in the dressing room, but there was still a note with relatively beautiful handwriting on it.

[Working at the Happy Dumpling Restaurant, the salary is really high! It's great! I can buy the skirt I like after just two months of part-time work here!]

The boss is so strange. He requires customers who eat here to not take away their food.

The boss said that this was because people from other restaurants were looking for the dumpling restaurant's specialties. If the specialties were taken away, our restaurant would go bankrupt.

We have to watch every dish being prepared and served to everyone. We don't have to worry about customers not being able to finish their food because it's delicious. They will eat it all up. Then we collect the plates and make sure not even a drop of soup is left.

[It's strange, but the salary is high enough, so I'll do it!]

[…Oh no! The food was stolen!]

[Who is it? Who stole the food?]

[Rat! Damn rat!]

I absolutely cannot let my boss find out about this. Last time, Xiao Chen accidentally dropped a plate and disappeared the next day. My boss said she went home to visit her family, but I know she's an orphan with no family! I want to quit and leave!

[Where are the vegetables? Where are the vegetables!?]

"Mouse, give me back the food you stole."

Shen Yunzhe raised his head. The waiter standing at the door was staring at him fiercely. "This is our food! It's because you rats stole it! That's why we can never leave here! Damn rats! I want you to pay the price!"

"Hey, this is your problem, okay?" Shen Yunzhe said nonchalantly, "You took a strange job that was obviously wrong and paid so well you couldn't refuse it without even thinking about it."

"Isn't it your own fault that this happened?"

The waiter yelled, "Rat!"

"Shut up." Shen Yunzhe said, "Okay, okay, I get it. Let me send you to rest in peace."

Shen Yunzhe threw the white paper on the ground. The waiter wanted to rush over, but found that he could not move. Countless invisible silk threads were wrapped around the waiter's joints from all directions. The waiter struggled to move towards Shen Yunzhe, but could only watch Shen Yunzhe swagger past him.

The waiter roared and the limbs were separated into pieces, but the puppet was originally controlled by joints that were connected together.

Shen Yunzhe smiled and said, "Would you like a cigarette?"

"I'm not really a smoker, but one's nice every now and then, especially at this time."

He smiled and threw the cigarette at the waiter, then turned and left the kitchen amid the waiter's roar. He even had the urge to throw the menu with the words "Seeing joy is like seeing evil" on the front desk into the kitchen.

With a loud bang, Shen Yunzhe didn't even turn his head when the explosion sounded.

There were two waiters left.