Chapter 057: Cute creatures eating melons in the refreshment room (9)

Shu Mu's forward movement was restrained and his mood became extremely bad.

He glared at Mrs. Elephant, reached out, pulled the rope and walked forward.

Shu Mu thought, he doesn't care about any rules or not.

Mrs. Elephant couldn't bear to strangle the cute creature's neck too hard, so she had to continue moving forward along with it.

Shu Mu ate the second high-end snack with great satisfaction.

Then the third one.

The fourth...

It seemed like someone was deliberately planning and guiding Shu Mu's direction. Every few steps, a snack would appear on the ground.

At this moment, alarms began to sound in Shu Mu's mind.

He discovered something was wrong.

But his instinct to satisfy his hunger far outweighed his vigilance against the crisis, driving him to keep running forward.

As the prop's "favor me" effect wore off, Mrs. Xiang gradually regained her sanity as Shu Mu led her forward.

The favorability value on Shu Mu's arm was dropping rapidly, soon falling from "98" to "17".

However, Shu Mu, who was completely overwhelmed by hunger at this moment, no longer cared about so much.

Mrs. Elephant finally stopped.

She realized what had just happened.

She couldn't understand why she chose this "ugly freak" and was brought here by him.

Thinking about how she had swaggered out of the store with such an ugly thing, she wanted to wrap her head with her elephant trunk and find a refrigerator to crawl into.

Shu Mu's eyes were red, and he wanted to continue eating the snacks in front of him, but Mrs. Elephant was too huge for him to pull.

Then he remembered that he was only tied up with a rope around his neck, and not being grabbed by Mrs. Elephant's powerful claws.

He is a human being, a human being with flexible hands.

He could easily untie the rope around his head by himself.

So he quickly studied the leash around his neck.

What surprised him was that the structure of the rope was very simple. He just had to press a metal buckle lightly, and the little hands that couldn't even open the lid of a snack bottle opened the buckle so easily.

Shu Mu was no longer bound by the rope and rushed forward like a wild horse.

"Oh my God! 'Ugly', where are you going? Come back quickly!" Seeing the ugly monster break free from the rope and run forward, Mrs. Elephant screamed and chased after him angrily.

She didn't know what sins she had committed in her previous life. It was bad enough that she brought out an ugly thing, but now she had to find a way to catch it back.

Shu Mu ran very fast and left Mrs. Xiang behind for an entire intersection in no time.

He quickly picked up the snacks on the ground and ate them while continuing to run forward following the scent.

When he turned an intersection, his vision suddenly went dark.

When he came to his senses, Shu Mu realized that his entire body seemed to be covered by a black cotton bag and was lifted up by someone with force.

Just as he was about to struggle frantically and cry for help, he felt a sharp pain in his back and some cold liquid was injected into his body.

His body collapsed uncontrollably and he couldn't even make a sound.

Shu Mu then realized that he had to use props to save himself.

However, his consciousness had begun to fade, and he couldn't even access the system panel.

Before he lost consciousness, he heard Mrs. Elephant's voice, calling his name in this copy.

"Ugly! Ugly! Where have you been, you disobedient beast?!"

The audience in the live broadcast room started to taunt:

"It's really his own fault. The NPCs had already chosen Lao Cheng, but he insisted on getting in on the action."

"I wish him a good journey."

"Well, this shifty fellow has done a lot of bad things, he deserves it!"

"This group of players has only started to get into trouble now, which is much later than I expected."

"The first person to get into trouble should be Lao Cheng at the beginning, but he didn't die at that time, which is pretty amazing."

"The players in this round are terrifyingly strong."

The busy cheetah waiters in the store shuttle back and forth between the kitchen and the dining area.

There were more and more customers in the store, making him feel a little breathless.

Only then did he realize that the other waitress, Bird Girl, seemed to have not appeared for a long time.

Just as I was about to go look for her, I saw Bird Girl coming out of the locker room yawning.

Cheetah was speechless. He was still slacking off at this time.

When the bird girl saw that the cheetah saw her, she winked playfully and put her finger in front of her beak, making a gesture of silence.

The scene was so beautiful that Cheetah blushed.

He clenched his fists tightly to sober himself up.

Mission first.

Cheetah returned to the kitchen to continue preparing tea. Bird Girl came over and pinched his buttocks, saying, "You can't complain to the manager."

The cheetah immediately tensed up and said in a tight voice, "Don't do that next time!"

The bird girl leaned over, pressed her chest against the cheetah's strong arm, and said, "What's going on? Do you want me to stop slacking off at work, or do you want me to take advantage of you?"

As the bird girl spoke, she wanted to reach out and pinch the cheetah's arm muscles, but was blocked by the cheetah.

Cheetah's face flushed red as he said, "Sister Hongyu, I have someone I like!"

When the bird girl heard this answer, she burst out laughing: "Don't be so self-indulgent, I just want your body."

Before the cheetahs could react, they heard a loud shout from outside: "Black Cat Store Manager, Black Cat Store Manager, something bad has happened! Ugly, Ugly has run away!"

When Cheetah and Bird Girl walked out of the kitchen, they saw Mrs. Elephant anxiously rushing to the front desk to explain to the store manager: "It's not my fault. It untied the rope and ran away. Store manager, you can't blame me!"

The bird girl stepped forward and looked at Mrs. Elephant with disbelief. "Really? There are surveillance cameras on the road here. We'll know if the cute creature ran away on its own once we check. Mrs. Elephant, you can't lie."

Mrs. Xiang was eager to prove herself, and angrily said, "Investigate them! I have nothing to fear from the shadows! Besides, my family has plenty of money. At worst, I can just compensate you. Why lie like this?"

The bird girl pouted: "The cute creatures in our store are all good breeds. Although the ugly monster looks ugly, its breed is very pure. One is worth tens of thousands."

When Mrs. Xiang heard the price, her face turned pale and she looked at the store manager for help.

The store manager, maintaining his usual gentle smile, reassured Mrs. Elephant, "Don't panic. None of us want this to happen. Let me ask Little Leopard to go with you to the place where Ugly Monster went missing and look for him again. Maybe we can find him."

"By the way, let him see if he can get the surveillance footage to prove your innocence.

"You are a frequent customer of our store. Of course I trust you. Don't worry."

Mrs. Xiang felt a little relieved after hearing this.

After listening to the conversations between these NPCs, Liu Tang finally understood why Shu Mu's evil value didn't flash before.

Mo Qianhe snorted coldly: "This is digging your own grave."

The Cheetah waiter quickly followed Mrs. Elephant out of the store.

Along the way, Mrs. Xiang asked, "Can we call the police? Let them help find him?"

Cheetah shook his head: "If you're just lost, the police won't care."

The cheetah suddenly remembered that after Mrs. Elephant took the "ugly monster" out shopping, the bird girl also disappeared for a while.

Although it looked like she went to the locker room to take a nap, but...

Is it true that Birdwoman has always been in the store?

It seems he has to find a way to install surveillance cameras in the locker room.

Although this may sound a bit perverted, the mission is important.

In the shop, the bird girl briskly brought out freshly brewed tea from the kitchen and placed it in front of several tables of customers.

She made an "OK" gesture to the Black Cat store manager, indicating that everything was done.

The store manager smiled at her, expressing his appreciation for her work.

At this time, Fang Yiran left the guest who took him away and ran to Liu Tang and Mo Qianhe.

He asked with some suspicion: "Could it be that the player named Shu Mu discovered something and ran away from the NPC?

"Otherwise, there's no reason for him to completely leave the base where we gain favorability points."

Xiang Xiang, tidying up her fluffy blond hair, came over from a distance and joined the discussion: "Is he so confident that he can pass the level that he decided not to come back?"

Fang Yiran nodded: "That's possible. After all, he didn't gain much favorability in this refreshment room. It's better for him to find another way out."

Liu Tang said at this time: "Probably not. If he goes out, he can gain more favorability points. Then he will use props to maliciously snatch Lao Cheng's shopping opportunity, and the evil value will flash above his head.

"Just like when he anesthetized Putong before."

Liu Tang said this while looking at the girl with twin ponytails who was eating snacks in the NPC's arms more and more crazily.

"But I have confirmed that there was no such sign on his head when he went out." Liu Tang turned to look at others.

Mo Qianhe smiled and said to Fang Yiran, "You forgot that the person the NPC chose to take out shopping in the first place was Lao Cheng.

"Lao Cheng is in 'Infernal Hell' right now. There's no good that can come of it if an NPC chooses him. We just thought it was a good thing."

Fang Yiran suddenly realized, "So, when the NPC chose Lao Cheng, it was already destined to be a 'punishment' scenario, but Shu Mu thought it was a good thing and took the blame for Lao Cheng?"

Mo Qianhe shrugged, indicating that this was his speculation.

Xiang Xiang was a little confused when he heard the conversation between these people.

She had seen some players discussing "Infernal Hell" a few days ago, and she also had a rough idea of what "evil value" meant.

but……

"What is 'Evil Flash'? Can your innate skill see that thing?" Xiang Xiang asked.

Liu Tang gave a brief explanation.

It was not until then that Lao Cheng broke away from the NPC and came to the front of several people.

Mo Qianhe sneered at him: "Are you happy? There's an idiot blocking the knife for you."

Lao Cheng glanced at his son coldly and said, "There's no point in being happy or unhappy. I'm in hell anyway, so whether I suffer more or less, it doesn't make much difference."

Mo Qianhe didn't believe the other party's words at all, and exposed them: "Why are you pretending? Since there is not much difference, I didn't see you take the initiative to ask that idiot to stay away."

Lao Cheng retorted, "He was the one who wanted to take advantage of the situation and even resorted to using props to gain this opportunity. I'm not some philanthropist, so why should I care about him?"

Mo Qianhe smiled and said, "That's why you can't get out of 'Infernal Hell', you old immortal."

Lao Cheng no longer paid any attention to the moral blackmail of this unfilial son. He turned to Liu Tang and said, "I have a guess that I'd like to share with everyone."

Liu Tang nodded and signaled him to speak directly.

Lao Cheng glanced at the other players.

Although according to past habits, he would not easily share such important information with irrelevant players.

But at the moment, sharing information seems to be the easiest and most direct way to gain good points.

These players are just tools for him to fight wits and courage with the "18th level of Hell".

It's just accumulating good points, what's so difficult about that? Lao Cheng thought with disdain.

He wanted to see how long this "Avici Hell" could trap him.

Things are getting interesting, aren't they?

Lao Cheng said, "Our current guess is that the Black Cat store manager might be running a very profitable dim sum business, and that Cheetah, Leopard Woman, and Panda are approaching this store with a purpose, hoping to extract some secrets from the store. Right?"

Fang Yiran was the first to nod. Although he hated Lao Cheng, making use of everything that could be used was the key to survival in the "18th level of hell".

He even kindly agreed: "Yes, have you figured out what the secret is?"

Lao Cheng shook his head: "I'm not sure, but I think the assumptions about the positions of these two parties may need to be reversed to a certain extent."

Mo Qianhe understood what Lao Cheng meant, and his expression gradually changed from disdain to a bit of deflation.

Why hadn't he thought of it before?

Fang Yiran didn't quite understand: "Reverse? How? Is it actually the store manager trying to steal Cheetah and the others' things?"

Lao Cheng continued to shake his head: "No, it was indeed Cheetah and his group who attempted to obtain information through unconventional means."

Fang Yiran was confused.

Xiang Xiang, who was standing by, understood: "I see. We previously thought that Liebao and the others were the 'bad guys' in this story. Lao Cheng means that maybe the store manager is the 'bad guy'."

Lao Cheng finally nodded and said, "Yes, I suspect that the store manager might be doing some kind of illegal business in this dungeon world view."