Chapter 193
Why is it called theory? Because theory should be viewed in context. Although all characters have the possibility of being recruited, they themselves may also refuse the job and ignore the recruitment invitation sent by the player.
Even if a character chooses to apply for a job, players must consider the practical limitations of that character. For example, if you hire Angel Lan, her work hours will be limited to after school and on weekends, and she'll occasionally need time off for a raffle or travel trip. If you hire an FBI agent, your shop will be targeted by all parties, and there's even a risk of her being kidnapped and replaced. If you hire the criminal Xiao Hei, within a few days you'll see elementary school students patronizing the restaurant, then a murder will occur, and the staff will be arrested... If the system didn't set it up so that no one in the restaurant can harm the owner, hiring the criminal Xiao Hei would even risk being killed by the plot and having your account disabled.
Crystal Restaurant, while marketed as a business game, actually follows a storyline driven by mystery. Discovering the game's endless possibilities, players began experimenting, constantly inviting new characters. If the game hadn't been too fussy and restricted the restaurant's location to Beika Town, players would have even considered recruiting characters from other locations to work there, just to see what would happen.
In game forums, players often share their interesting daily gaming experiences. Some even try to recruit members for the winery, but then get shot out by the boss and have to start all over again, and then continue to do stupid things until they can no longer create new accounts in the short term.
In the last game, I gave the brother with sunglasses a bunch of celebrity peripherals, and it was his turn to help in the store. The player said: I thought I was quite low-key this time, so why did I still get defeated by the big brother?
Besides the "die-hard" players, there's also the "get-lucky" players. Heartbroken fans, heartbroken by their favorite characters' death, frantically try to get their hands on the game's lunchboxes. To hire more staff, they desperately upgrade their restaurants, completing quests to redeem character fragments for the chance to collect and summon them. When they have enough money, they'll even try spending real money. Then, when their spending goes wrong, they'll burst into the forums and cry: "Why can't I buy blind boxes with real money? Why did it go wrong again? I'm pushing you! When can I finally get you?"
The characters in the lucky bag include those who have already died, and those who are still alive. The latter will approach you for a job in a way that suits their own logic, and then leave after a few months. As for the former, like the store clerks you redeem with fragments, they have memories of their past lives, but they cannot actively reveal their identities to others.
The restaurant is a safe zone in the game, where players are protected from attack. Only staff members who have received lunch boxes are also protected by the restaurant, though they cannot leave. To allow a staff member who has died once to move around outside the restaurant like a normal person, players must craft a pair of crystal slippers for them. These shoes can be any style, even crystal slippers, but they must be made of crystal and have a durability. The staff member must return to the restaurant before the durability of the slippers reaches zero, otherwise their card will be torn up and everything will start over.
The crystal slippers come in a few default styles, but players can have their own ideas. My cousin is quite creative, and she enlisted the help of her classmates to create several pairs of crystal high heels in different styles for the police academy team. They then held a Cinderella-themed promotion for the store's anniversary. The four members of the police academy bento team, wearing masks and high heels that didn't quite match their own style, lined up at the entrance with Natalie. When the blond, dark-skinned undercover agent happened to pass by and glanced over, the scene...
"It's simply a world-famous painting!" Qiao Xuanxuan happily took a picture of this scene in the game and posted it on the forum: The squad leader looks really explosive in high heels, and the blond and dark-skinned undercover is almost turning into dottyback eyes, haha!
Bei Qiao didn't pay much attention to the crystal slipper incident. After completing the invited mission online, she casually drew a free blind box and found it was a character she didn't recognize. Leaving the person in the store to roam freely, Bei Qiao exited the game, sent a message to Qiao Xuanxuan, and then uninstalled the mobile version.
On the other side, Qiao Xuanxuan completed the task and opened the pet cat Wulang from the blind box of the task reward, which was valid for one month: "Thank you, sister, I'm off now. I have classes tomorrow morning. Good night!" If she is lucky, she will be able to see the legendary lawyer who picks up the cat from get off work in a while.
"good evening."
After saying goodnight, Bei Qiao went to bed, but Qiao Xuanxuan, who had classes the next day, remained awake, lost in the world of "Crystal Restaurant." The police academy team, wearing crystal high heels, bustled around the restaurant, much to the delight of owner Qiao Xuanxuan: "That's how a family should be kept together!"
The foursome: Okay, at least their faces are covered.
Qiao Xuanxuan: What are you talking about? Aren't the clothes normal? It's just the shoes that are unique.
Qiao Xuanxuan was very happy, but the toxic fans in the police academy group were not. After seeing Qiao Xuanxuan's post, the toxic fans who felt that their fans were being persecuted discussed it and sent Qiao Xuanxuan a friend message, inviting her to play a horror game with a very deceptive name.
Qiao Xuanxuan told them that someone would be checking on them shortly, that the safety ropes had been retracted, and that it was unsafe to play games while wearing holographic glasses. Unable to resist their enthusiasm, she turned on the bedside projector, activated the microphone and self-projection mode, and put on her headset. Just like that, a projection of someone's upper body, floating in mid-air, appeared before the toxic fans, their face censored by the projector.
“Why are you still typing?”
"Is it coded? I have set up passive protection for portrait rights." If someone records the screen or video without her consent, the system will unilaterally blur the other person's view.
“…”
Because their intentions were exposed on the spot, the toxic fans fell silent and the atmosphere was very awkward for a while.
It happened that someone sent a message to Qiao Xuanxuan at this time, so she did not pursue these people relentlessly. Instead, she picked up the mobile phone next to her and replied to the other party while occasionally looking up to see their reactions.
Seeing that Qiao Xuanxuan did not leave the team, Du Wei simply gritted his teeth and chose to start the game. Before leaving, he muttered that the selfie effect was not good, and used this as an excuse to question Qiao Xuanxuan why she blurred the picture: I didn’t intend to infringe on your portrait rights, I just accidentally let you into the picture when taking a selfie, understand?
Qiao Xuanxuan lowered her head and texted, not responding to the other party's mumbling. As early as when the other party questioned her why she was censoring her video, she had already felt that this group of people might have bad intentions. Now she didn't quit the game, just wanted to see what they were up to.
Qiao Xuanxuan didn't ask, and the toxic fans simply pretended to ignore what happened. After the start, they completed the tasks step by step while moving forward, and soon arrived at their destination - a place where a ghost scene that could scare people up close and never failed was triggered.
"Ah——" Although he intended to scare Qiao Xuanxuan and had played the game once before so he was mentally prepared, it didn't mean that those toxic fans wouldn't be afraid.
Qiao Xuanxuan, who was also scared, said: "Ahhh... uh" It was strange. After listening to the noise, these people were screaming even more miserably than me, but suddenly I didn't feel so scared anymore. What was going on?
When the terrifying scene suddenly appeared, Qiao Xuanxuan screamed on the spot and raised her arms to cover her eyes. If she was not afraid of missing other people's reactions, she would have taken off her headphones and thrown them aside.
The projector was projecting in real time. While the fans were running around and screaming, they saw the projection of Qiao Xuanxuan's upper body and raised their arms to cover their eyes. At the same time, they also saw her phone's dynamic screen saver: a dynamic picture of abdominal muscles opening a bottle cap, and in the end, the owner of the abdominal muscles slapped Qiao Xuanxuan who was holding the bottle.
Toxic fans: "... Damn! You have a boyfriend!" He's actually a jerk!
"What boyfriend?" Qiao Xuanxuan peeked out an eye from between her fingers.
"Your screensaver!"
"That's my sister on the screensaver!" Qiao Xuanxuan quickly turned the phone over and clasped it in her arms. "You guys are so narrow-minded! Who says abs are only for men?"
"Handsome girl, please show us again!" Du Wei smacked his lips: Why can't God give me a sister with abdominal muscles?
"No! This is my treasure! I can't let anyone see it!" Qiao Xuanxuan clutched her phone even tighter. "Do you know how hard it was to get this video?" To get it, I used snacks to coax my youngest brother into holding the phone. Then I did it myself, pretending to be heartbroken and asking for comfort. When my sister wasn't paying attention, I quickly lifted her shirt and pushed the mineral water bottle against her. Using a move I'd practiced countless times, I successfully opened the bottle cap on my sister's abdominal muscles... Later, to get the phone back, I gave my brother another snack. It was a real expense!
Bei Qiao, who had no idea what Qiao Xuanxuan was thinking, said: Although I can stand there and let her take pictures, since she wants to do something so fancy, I'll just cooperate.
Qiao Xuanxuan’s mother: It would be great if you could have this enthusiasm when studying.
After being drawn to the abs, the fans were less frightened. However, looking at the distant scene in the game, they didn't dare to move forward. The previous horror scene was just an appetizer; the scenes that followed would only get more terrifying. Although the fans were very passionate about self-promotion, their instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm told them that if they moved any further, they would be frightened to death.
"You guys don't want to play anymore?" Qiao Xuanxuan was quite surprised: they came in a fierce manner and left in a hurry.
"Well, I'm sorry, we are..." Duwei explained to her why he was targeting Qiao Xuanxuan, then quickly logged out and got into bed: Absolute defense! Monsters, get out of here!
"Is all this fuss about those crystal high heels?" Qiao Xuanxuan shook her head as the projection vanished before her. She pulled out the projection keyboard and searched for the game Duwei had invited her to play. She opened a video of a streamer trying it out. As she watched, she crawled into bed.
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