Chapter 45 [Seeking support and collection]
After finishing his meal, the man in the hat did not leave immediately. Instead, he looked around and carefully observed the restaurant. Sure enough, he found a piece of paper pasted on the wall behind the cashier at the counter.
There were some words on it, but they were a bit far away, so he couldn't see them clearly. Why hadn't he noticed them when he came in earlier?
He got up and slowly walked over. Because there were a lot of people coming in, the cashier had gone to help, and there was no one behind the cashier now.
He went to the cashier, stood there and examined the paper, and found that it did indeed contain some rules.
Guests must pay before their food is served.
Guests must arrive at the restaurant before 5 p.m. to dine.
Guests must finish their food and not waste any.
The man in the hat, remembering the few pieces of meat and some soup he hadn't finished eating, was about to leave when he noticed the waiter had appeared beside him at some point.
"Guest, are you leaving?"
"No, I haven't finished eating yet."
The waiter smiled and nodded, "Okay."
He walked back to his seat, picked up his chopsticks, and continued eating.
Zhou Feng, "Why are you back?"
The man in the hat told Zhou Feng what he had just seen, "Be careful."
Zhou Feng's expression was a bit grim. "I can understand the first and third points, but what does the second point mean? Before five o'clock... at this time..."
The man wearing a hat said, "When I came out of the hotel, I looked at the clock. It was a little after four o'clock. When we went into the restaurant, it was definitely not five o'clock yet."
"As for what the five points mean... well..."
Zhou Feng pointed to the wall, "There's a clock here too. It's ten minutes until five o'clock. Let's finish eating quickly and go out first."
The man in the hat nodded, and the two quickened their pace of eating, explaining the situation to those around them.
No one objected after they found out, since it concerned their own lives. Even if what they said was false and unfounded, they all sped up the process just to be on the safe side.
They all left the restaurant before 5 p.m.
Of course, many people saw the paper posted on the wall before leaving, which clearly stated that customers should enter the restaurant before 5 p.m.
As for what will happen after five o'clock, they don't know.
Zhou Feng pointed ahead, "Look, the people who didn't go in to eat earlier are here."
As they slowly approached, they smelled a wonderful fragrance. "You smell so good! I'm starving!"
Zhou Feng, "Have you found anything to eat?"
"No, there's nothing at all. There are withered trees all around, nothing to eat, and even the weeds have turned into dry grass."
"The river water was pitch black, it looked undrinkable, and it smelled strange."
"There's no other way, shall we go inside and eat?"
Someone quickly stopped them, saying, "Hey, don't go in."
"Why?"
They told them what they had seen on the paper in the restaurant, "It's already past five o'clock, although it's just past..."
"Nobody knows what will happen if we go in after five o'clock. Why don't you just bear with it, get some sleep for the night, and go in for dinner tomorrow?"
This terrified them, but there was nothing they could do; they hadn't gone in earlier anyway.
No one wanted to be the first to die inside. They were the ones who inquired about how people would die if they went in for dinner after 5 p.m. So they could only endure their hunger and follow the others back to their hotel rooms.
There is no set number of people allowed in each room; they had asked the hotel owner directly about this beforehand.
So, the seven teams each lived in one room, and everyone took turns keeping watch at night, which made it very safe.
Lin Leyou stood by the dog hole and observed it carefully.
The dog hole was indeed very large; even an adult male could pass through it without having to crawl. He hadn't noticed it before simply because there were too many tall, dense weeds that completely covered it.
He was able to discover this because players were chatting outside the dog hole.
Although they deliberately lowered their voices, they did not expect that they would have a 100% ability boost in their own territory, including their hearing.
Hearing the noise from afar, he quietly walked over.
I thought I could at least get one player, but they actually went back first and planned to come back the next day.
There was nothing he could do but watch them leave before his eyes.
However, he now remembered where he had seen that middle-aged man before.
He couldn't remember at first, but when he heard someone call him Uncle Feng, he remembered that this Uncle Feng was the Uncle Feng who sold breakfast outside the neighborhood where he rented a house.
Because he hadn't been there many times, he only had a vague impression that Zhou Feng was a veteran, but he didn't know if it was true.
They weren't coming tonight, so Lin Leyou went back to his lounge to eat and rest, without unpacking or taking a shower.
Although it's a bit unbearable to be all dirty, it's okay, it'll only last a few days anyway.
"Fifty players, I wonder how many I'll get in the end."
Lin Leyou waited happily until the next day, and then gave the chef and restaurant owner the same amount of meat.
The chef said, "Oh dear, look at my memory! I forgot to pay yesterday. Here, pay for it together with today's payment."
He then slipped a handful of money into Lin Leyou's hand and quickly pushed his cart away.
Lin Leyou took out the money and counted it; it was about eight thousand, roughly that amount.
He was about to put the money into his own funds, but then he wondered if he could take the money with him.
Previously, he could take away the shop's revenue in Shangyu Village with Song Ying's permission, but he didn't have any permission in Qingshui Town.
"Forget it, we don't need that little bit of money."
Killing a player not only earns him 10 points but also 100,000 coins, which he doesn't even care about.
If all fifty players are killed, wouldn't that amount to five million?
Unfortunately, that's impossible. At most, he can only kill the small team of players responsible for his side, which consists of just a few people.
The player arrived shortly after the chef left.
When Lin Leyou thought they would go through the dog hole, he never expected that they would come directly in front of him.
"Hello, a few of us would like to come in for a look, is that alright?"
Lin Leyou glanced at the eight players outside, his gaze pausing slightly as it passed over the man in the hat. This person…
Although the hat covered most of his face, if he wasn't mistaken, it should be Xue Rui, his boss from his previous life.
When he was in Shangyu Village, he thought Xue Rui had just changed his appearance to that of a younger person, but he never expected that Xue Rui was actually Xue Rui in his younger days.
Xue Rui, who often wore a hat, was seen in Shangyu Village, so he recognized him now.
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