Chapter 90 No need to apologize

Hearing her say that, Matsuda and Hagiwara also laughed. They didn't ask why Kazekimori said that, but instead said in unison, "I also think the last possibility is the most likely."

"These game announcements are all for the purpose of informing survivors of various game rules and information. From the perspective of the game organizers, they use the survivors' understanding to release announcements so that survivors can quickly understand the situation."

The fact that this ranking system is being used is likely a way of indicating that if you encounter baijiu (a type of Chinese liquor) among the supplies you collect, it will be considered a high-value item in the game, thus encouraging and inducing survivors to collect it.

"If that's the case, the baijiu might be quite useful to the game organizers. Will they open a channel for recycling baijiu in the future?" Feng Xingshou subconsciously glanced at Hagiwara and Matsuda's heads.

o(￣ヘ￣o＃) Smart people are so enviable! They can analyze a lot of important information from just a little bit of information. I only knew that the lobster king was delicious and felt that it was a bit strange that the baijiu was more valuable than the lobster king. I didn't think of anything else.

Even noticing the unusual price of the baijiu was because, as a Chinese person, I understand its value in China better, and I felt it was unreasonable that even if the baijiu was aged, it was more expensive than such a large and delicious lobster...

Upon hearing this, Matsuda nodded and said sarcastically, "It's very likely. After all, given the nature of this game, it's impossible that it opened up dungeons simply to make things easier for survivors and to help them survive. Perhaps... there are things the game planners wanted in those past times of the dungeons."

"If that's the case, since they can create copies of Earth's past history, why don't they go into those past histories themselves and collect the items they want?" Feng Xingshou asked, puzzled.

Seeing her confused look, Hagiwara speculated, "Could it be that in Earth's past history, it would be less dangerous for Earthlings to go in themselves, but for life forms from outside Earth to enter, they would be rejected by the spacetime rules or eliminated as if they were viruses?"

"If that's the case, then is the time setting of the instance also due to Earth's past history? Although Earthlings are allowed to enter, there is a time limit for entry. The initial 30 minutes are to give Earthlings time to adapt."

"The fact that the time limit has been increased to one hour now means that the Earthlings have gradually infiltrated Earth's historical timeline rules? In the long run, Earth's survivors will become more adapted to these Earth timelines, and the dungeon time may continue to increase?" Matsuda couldn't help but make this connection after hearing Hagiwara's speculation.

Hagiwara also pondered seriously: "This possibility is indeed quite high. However, even if they adapt, if humans themselves do not change, the duration of this will certainly not be long. Perhaps the reward of the mental power awakening potion is not a bait they deliberately used to create chaos on Earth."

The real purpose is to enhance certain human abilities, thereby increasing the time survivors can stay in the instance. They simply don't care about the negative impact this effect would have on Earth.

"If this speculation is correct, I really don't know what they've set their sights on in Earth's past history." Matsuda recalled what he knew and didn't think there was anything that could entice aliens to go to such lengths to plunder.

Equally surprised, Hagiwara could only say, "Although I'm not sure, it's definitely something that existed in the 21st century. After all, according to the timeline of the instance that Kaze-chan encountered from the starting point, it was 2007, and the later instances..."

It seems to revolve around the era that followed.

Looking at the comments on the regional channels after they opened, despite the different regions and dungeon environments, the other survivors were all from roughly the same era…

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As Feng Xing Shou ate, she listened to their discussion and felt that she had gleaned many interesting insights from their speculations, which also made her notice clues that she had never noticed before.

Gradually, it's becoming clear that the game's creators aren't simply using aliens to entertain their civilized audience; they also have their own plans and purposes. If that's the case, they've truly embraced frugality to the end!

Streaming this game will definitely generate revenue from viewers through tips, subscription fees, and so on. If they can also find valuable information they're looking for in Earth's past history, it would be a win-win situation...

As she was lost in thought, she suddenly felt her mouth, which had been reaching for the lobster in her hand, go empty. She then came to her senses, looked down, and realized that she had finished eating the lobster meat.

She had just weighed it; the lobster king, after being shelled, would weigh at least 6 pounds with the meat and brain combined. She felt that she would definitely feel a bit full after eating it. After all, even if a fat person can eat a lot, with a large stomach, eating 5 or 6 pounds of food at once would make them feel full.

But now she felt it carefully and realized she wasn't full. She felt like she wasn't hungry after a meal, but she wasn't very full either. She seemed to be about 70-80% full. Strange, how come she wasn't full after eating 6 pounds of meat?

Was the food provided by the game delicious but not filling? Or had my appetite increased again? No way? -_-|| Feng Xing Shou felt a cold sweat drip down his forehead as he thought about the possibility that his appetite had increased in this kind of place.

Increased appetite has side effects—increased food consumption, spending most of the day sitting and waiting to drive (except for dungeons where there's some physical activity), leading to weight gain…

o(╥﹏╥)o The fact that this chubby Hagiwara is interested in me already shows that he has abnormal aesthetics and is blind. If I get even fatter, how can I stand looking at him?

Thinking of this, Feng Xingshou couldn't help but look at her wrist, somewhat worried that it had gotten bigger without her noticing. Fortunately, it hadn't become what she feared; on the contrary... it seemed... it had gotten thinner, the wrinkles on her wrist had faded, and it had even lost more than half its size...

Why did I lose weight without realizing it, even though my appetite increased? Feng Xingshou recalled his experiences since entering the game and suddenly remembered that apart from the time he was starving before entering the dungeon for the first time.

After finishing the dungeon, this is how I feel about being full. My stomach gets hungry quite quickly, and even after eating my usual amount, I'm only slightly full. She thought it was because of the change in environment, causing her subconscious to crave more food when there's less available! Turns out, it wasn't just her imagination…

The only difference between before and after entering a dungeon is the game skills. Yes... in the game, characters consume chakra when using skills, but in reality, you don't have chakra.

Therefore, every time you use a skill, or even use your inventory space, you are likely consuming your body's energy, such as fat, which is why you eat more and start losing weight without realizing it...

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"If you're still hungry, there's more here."

"If you don't have enough, eat mine." Just as Feng Xingshou was speculating, Hagiwara and Matsuda, who were standing nearby, said this.

When they got a bite, they all instinctively pushed their own delicate glass lunchboxes in front of her, showing their enthusiasm.

When Feng Xingshou came to his senses, he saw that the two large lunch boxes pushed in front of him were mostly empty, with only a small portion of shrimp brains and shrimp meat left. He couldn't help but mimic Matsuda's usual sarcastic expression and tease them: "So this is how you guys can finish the whole thing?"

"Tsk! I could eat a whole Ise lobster." Matsuda clicked his tongue, his tone suggesting he was complaining that it was the King of Lobsters' fault, not the Ise lobster's. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)

Hagi chuckled, "Haha... I didn't expect its flesh to be so honest!"

"In Chinese, you should say... never mind, since you can't finish it, we'll save it for you to eat tonight." Feng Xingshou wanted to correct Officer Sang when he heard the inappropriate Chinese usage.

But thinking that explaining the pronunciation, meaning, and origin of Chinese was too troublesome, she simply swallowed it back and changed the subject to what they would do with the leftovers. She didn't mind eating leftovers, since her brother had eaten a lot of leftovers during the difficult years she was a child.

Most of the time, the staff meals at the restaurant where they work are not freshly made, but rather reheated dishes that have been removed from the kitchen and are relatively clean and have not been touched much... Of course, only the lower-level employees of the restaurant eat reheated dishes; the boss and head chef naturally do not eat them.

Besides, the lobster meat at Lobster King is far superior to the twice-cooked dishes at restaurants. Hagiwara and Matsuda are clean, hygienic, and very polite when they eat. They hardly ever stirred the lobster meat with their chopsticks, keeping it clean and neat!

She felt that they only had 10 of these good ingredients, and she wanted to keep two or three for her brother, and give the rest to them for testing and to relatives and friends. This way, if they didn't have the chance to get the Golden Treasure Chest in the future...

They might only have one chance to be saved by eating this precious food. If they just eat it all, they won't have any more to eat in the future. What a pity! As she thought this, she reached out to put the two meal boxes into her backpack.

Unexpectedly, the two of them stopped him: "No need. Even the most precious ingredients won't taste as good if you eat them continuously. Just enjoy them when they're at their most delicious."

"It's more reassuring to eat regular meals every day." Hagiwara said, pushing the food towards her. But then, remembering that girls in school didn't eat other people's leftovers, he said somewhat awkwardly, "Sorry, I forgot that girls don't seem to like eating other people's leftovers. Xiaozhen and I aren't usually that particular, so we forgot about that."

┭┮﹏┭┮I embarrassed myself in front of Fengjiang again. I just saw that Fengjiang didn't seem to have eaten enough. Maybe the game is putting a lot of pressure on her. She's lost some weight these past few days. It's rare to find such good food, so I wanted to persuade her to eat more and replenish her nutrition. But I completely forgot the most important thing...

"I don't really care about eating leftovers! As long as the ingredients are clean, it's fine. But if the person who leaves the leftovers is the type I dislike, I won't eat them even if I'm starving!" Kazesei-no-Kami saw Hagiwara's rare embarrassed and awkward expression.

His handsome face was slightly flushed, and he inexplicably felt his appetite return. He decided to postpone the thought of eating this precious ingredient, which he might only have once, and simply reached out and pulled over the lunchbox containing the lobster meat.

While demonstrating the northern eating habit of grabbing large pieces of food with bare hands when chopsticks can't hold them, he muttered through his mouth full of shrimp meat, "Don't apologize for such a small thing!"