"Huangbai Inn..." Zhuang Yan read it again: "The word 'Bai' is so flat and small. I wonder if there is another sign with the word 'Shui' underneath that hasn't lit up yet?"

"Maybe." Yue Ya weighed the luggage bag in his hand. It was very light. He put it into the player's backpack and followed the tour guide to Huangbai Inn.

When we got closer, we found that this ancient building was not as dilapidated and old as we had imagined. It was just more rustic in style, but it still had all the necessary modern facilities.

A middle-aged man in a black gown was standing at the door of the inn. He was probably a staff member of the inn, who was there to greet them in advance.

When she saw the tour guide, the man in the long gown bowed to her and asked, "Excuse me, are you from the tour group?"

The tour guide nodded quickly: "Yes, we booked it for a week..."

The man in the long gown raised his hand and said, "I know. I am the butler of the Huangbai Inn. I have been waiting for you here for a long time. Please come in."

Yue Ya saw that the housekeeper's nails were long and black, his skin was pale and dull, and his speech and behavior were uncivilized. The housekeeper was just like this inn standing in the wilderness, weird in every way.

However, the traveling NPCs did not think so. This brightly lit inn gave them a sense of security, and they had forgotten all the "illusions" they had encountered on the road.

"The housekeeper's long gown is probably work clothes. This B&B is antique and has a nice feel, but it's a little out of the way."

"The beautiful mountains and rivers are all remote, and the air in the mountains is so fresh."

"I heard that the Fengling Temple is very effective. Whatever you pray for, you will get it. Let's go and worship it tomorrow after we have rested up to get rid of the bad luck on the road."

The tour guide went to check in the guests and asked them to wait in the lobby.

The tourist NPCs couldn't sit still and wandered around the lobby to visit.

Yue Ya also took a look. The lobby of the inn was very spacious, with a hollow design, through which one could see the corridors connecting the second and third floors. At first glance, there were quite a few rooms.

There are many strings of lanterns and oil-paper umbrellas wrapped with star-shaped lights hanging from the roof, which are colorful and very beautiful.

There is a rest area in front of the lobby and a dining area in the back, which are furnished with several sets of expensive mahogany tables and chairs.

Every piece of ornaments on the museum shelves is a fine product, and there is a sign next to them that says "Watch but don't touch, you will be charged for any damage."

Although Yue Ya loved money, he had no interest in these expensive items at this moment, because he discovered something more interesting - there were actually a lot of paintings hanging on the walls of the inn. These paintings were big and small, some were framed, and some were not. They were arranged at will, and there seemed to be no pattern.

These paintings are all figures from behind, including a gentleman in white with long hair tied up, a bride in a phoenix crown and draped with red clouds, an old man in ragged clothes, and even a man in Qing Dynasty official uniform...

Before I could take a closer look, the tour guide came over with the key: "The formalities have been completed. We will stay here for a week. I will take you to visit nearby attractions in the next few days. The food is ready. Please go to the room and put your luggage away, and then we will have dinner."

When the tour guide was assigning rooms, Yueya specifically asked her for three similar rooms.

The tour guide reminded: "The housekeeper said that there are other guests staying in the B&B. Please move as quietly as possible and don't disturb others."

Yue Ya went up to the second floor. This inn looked quite sturdy, but the wooden stairs were useless. They creaked when stepped on. It was comparable to the dilapidated research institute inside the sleeping statue. It made her feel very unsafe walking on them.

Following the door number, Yue Ya found the room, opened the door, and smelled a mixture of dust and mold.

The room was clean and tidy, so where did the smell come from? Yueya sniffed again, trying to find the source of the musty smell, but the smell suddenly dissipated.

He had no place to put his luggage, so he walked around the room. There was a tatami-like high area in the room with a soft bed on it, and a wardrobe and a dressing mirror next to it.

The window was tightly closed, and shadows of trees were swaying on the frosted glass.

There's nothing suspicious about it.

Yueya locked the door, and Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu came out just in time, and the three of them went downstairs together.

"Are you hungry?" Yun Yu rubbed her stomach and said, "I've been very hungry since entering the dungeon, and now I'm even hungrier. Is this feeling of hunger normal?"

Zhuang Yan said: "I am also very hungry. I am so hungry that I can eat anything you give me now."

"Not normal," Yue Ya said calmly, "Excessive hunger will affect judgment. Just like Zhuang Yan said, he can eat anything he is given. Maybe the copy wants us to ignore everything and eat up what it gives us."

Yueya looked forward and saw several tables filled with hot food. In the middle was the special earthen kiln chicken and mushroom stew that the tour guide had mentioned. The kiln chicken was simply torn open, and the skin was an attractive golden color. The chicken that had absorbed the soup was tender and delicious, and it looked like even the bones were crispy.

Stir-fried meat with fresh bamboo shoots, braised pig's trotters, braised spareribs, roasted pork loin, stir-fried wild vegetables...each dish is delicious and tasty, and you'll be salivating just by looking at it.

Yueya suddenly felt even hungrier, and her stomach seemed to growl.

There were many people sitting at the table. The fat man saw them and called out, "Why are you standing there? Come and eat. This kiln chicken is amazing! Every bite dances on my taste buds!"

They were so hungry that they started eating. Yue Ya didn't know how many players were among them, but the fat man was definitely a player.

At this time, the butler came over with a jar of wine: "This is our store's special plum wine, the alcohol content is not high, I give it to you to liven up the atmosphere."

The butler opened the seal, and the aroma of wine filled the air. The fat man liked it, poured a bowl and tasted it: "Good wine, with the fragrance of plums, and refreshing."

The fat man praised it so highly that the others couldn't help themselves and started drinking bowl after bowl.

Zhuang Yan looked at this scene and felt something was wrong: "If, as Yue Ya guessed, the dungeon wants us to eat, then these people are doomed. They are so defenseless, have they never suffered from food traps in the dungeon?"

"I have never suffered the kind of hardship you described," Yun Yu asked, "You are so cautious, is there a story behind this?"

"A sad story," Zhuang Yan looked at Yue Ya: "Ghost ship, octopus with a human face, understand?"

Yueya smiled bitterly and told Yunyu about how they were almost ripped open by a human-faced octopus while eating seafood on the ghost ship.

Yun Yu looked pale: "I have lost my appetite after listening to this. What should we do now? We are so hungry. I suspect we will starve to death if we don't eat."

"The copy won't tamper with all the dishes. On the ghost ship, as long as you don't eat seafood, you can avoid the human-faced octopus. If there is a problem with the food in this copy, this rule should also be followed." Yue Ya closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils turned bright yellow.

After completing the Sleeping Statue dungeon, Yueya can control the characteristics of Pixiu freely. Pixiu's eyes can see things that humans cannot see.

He looked at the dining table and saw that several dishes containing chicken were covered with strips of Yin Qi. These Yin Qi strips had two thin tentacles and densely packed legs, and their shapes were somewhat like centipedes!

The people at the table couldn't see the negative energy and ate with greasy faces.

"Stop eating!" Yueya walked quickly to the dining table, picked up a bowl of chicken and poured it on the ground.

Everyone was shocked by his action. The fat man held a big chicken drumstick and frowned at him: "What are you doing? You don't want to eat it and you don't let us eat it. What's the logic?"

Yue Ya put down the bowl and raised his chin: "Take a good look at what you are eating."

The fat man looked at the ground, and the bowl of chicken was covered with huge centipedes! The fat man's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly threw away the chicken leg in his hand. Only then did he see two ugly big insects crawling on his hand. The feeling of the tiny and dense insect legs crawling on his skin made his scalp numb. He shouted and shook off the centipede in his hand.

After these fat bugs appeared, they crawled quickly in all directions, and everyone was scared and fled everywhere.

The identities of the players became clear at this moment - most of those who stayed on the spot to kill the centipedes were experienced and courageous players. Yue Ya counted and found that there were a total of four players who ate this meal.

The fat man crushed one to death with one kick, which was very heroic. After clearing all the centipedes, he suddenly fell to the ground holding his stomach, arching his back like a shrimp, and howling "Ouch, ouch", "It hurts so much!"

After the fat man fell down, several people also fell down. The wailing sounds came one after another, which made people tremble with fear.

Zhuang Yan was sweating coldly: "The centipede I ate is causing trouble? We didn't send any medicine in advance this time. They won't all die here, right? The level I dungeon is too brutal!"

[Reminds me of the horrible human-faced octopus]

[Are those centipedes going to crawl out of their stomachs?]

[It may also be to eat out their internal organs]

[Fatty, this food is not just dancing on your taste buds, the centipede may be dancing in your stomach]

[Their vigilance was too low. Four people died just after they moved in. What fun is there?]

[Yue Ya said before that extreme hunger can affect people’s judgment. They were starving to death and had never fallen into a food trap, so it was normal for them to fall into it.]

"My stomach hurts so much, it feels like something is trying to come out!" The fat man trembled as he lifted up his shirt, revealing his plump white belly. When everyone saw what was on his belly, there was another exclamation.

The fat man's belly was bulging out to the shape of several palms, and his skin was stretched to be almost transparent, as if it was about to burst!

The fat man was foaming at the mouth, and his limbs were twitching uncontrollably. Zhuang Yan said, "Let's dig out the contents of his stomach first and then treat him, or he will die soon."

"Doing this will not help and may even harm him. We still have to find the root of the problem." Yue Ya looked around and found the butler standing in the shadows.

The butler hid his hands under his long sleeves and had a sinister smile on his face.

After realizing that Yue Ya was looking at him, the butler raised his head slightly. The sinister smile had disappeared, replaced by a gentle and honest smile.

Yue Ya walked towards the butler and said, "Mr. Butler, our people ate the food in your store and got poisoned. Shouldn't you give us an explanation?"

Zhuang Yan pointed at the dead centipede on the ground and added fiercely, "That's right, there are big centipedes crawling out of the vegetables!"

"You two have misunderstood. This is the restaurant's specialty. Only lucky guests can have it. You will not be poisoned if you eat it. At most, you will have diarrhea for two days due to unfamiliar environment." The housekeeper looked at the mess on the ground and shook his head with regret. "It's a pity to waste so many spiritual insects. What a pity."

Zhuang Yan angrily said, "They are rolling on the ground in pain, and they are not poisoned yet? I think you are lying with open eyes!"

"No, no," the butler still shook his head, "I think they are drunk and lying on the ground acting crazy."

After the butler finished speaking, he walked straight to the counter without caring about their reactions.

Zhuang Yan pursed his lips and looked at Yue Ya: "This old man is playing tricks, should we go find a tour guide?"

Yue Ya thought about what the housekeeper said, looked at the fat man's belly again, and said, "I don't think he is playing tricks. If the centipede was the problem, then it should be the centipede that drilled into his belly, not the palm."

Yun Yu said, "So what the housekeeper said is half true and half false. We need to distinguish the true part."

"The housekeeper said they were drunk and crazy..." Yue Ya thought of something and picked up the jar of plum wine. The jar was black and he looked inside. He saw two white hand bones soaked in the scarlet liquid. The smell of blood mixed with alcohol rushed into his nose. Yue Ya felt a sour stomach and almost vomited.

[Is this what the butler meant by "giving you a jar of wine to liven up the atmosphere"?]

[Player: You should kill us to help you have fun]

[The fat guy said this wine is refreshing, does it still taste good now?]

[It turns out that alcohol is the deadly thing. It is hard to guard against it.]

[Luckily, Yueya and the others have experience in this area]

"The problem is this jar of wine," Yue Ya put down the jar and said to Zhuang Yan, "You said before that you didn't give them medicine this time. Now it's the key point. Since the housekeeper said they were drunk, only the 'hangover medicine' can save them."

Yun Yu pointed to the small shop next to the counter: "They sell it there."

The canteen was set up by the inn for the convenience of guests. It had all kinds of daily necessities, snacks, cigarettes and alcohol. The butler sat behind the counter, almost blending into the shadows. Suddenly he glanced over, his eyes as cold as a snake.

Yue Ya: "I'll go over and take a look. You stay here and take care of the injured."

Zhuang Yan said, "That housekeeper looks very gloomy. I will go with you."

"It's up to you." Yue Ya walked towards the counter and Zhuang Yan followed.

When the housekeeper saw them, the gloom on his face disappeared and he asked politely, "What's the matter?"

"I need to buy some hangover medicine," Yue Ya paused, "seven pills."

In addition to the four players, three NPCs were also tricked. If left alone, they might become a bigger problem.

"We have a lot of hangover medicine in our shop," the butler stretched out his skinny hand, took out a box of medicine from the cabinet and placed it on the counter. "The prices are clearly marked, please buy as needed."

There is a label on the medicine box: 5,000 yuan per pill.

[Black shop]

[This is not a hangover medicine, it’s a life-saving medicine. 5,000 yuan for a life, seems okay]

[The question is... does this store accept money from the human world or the netherworld?]