Chapter 54, Contacting Teammates
"Not getting up to eat on time is not being a good baby. Eat quickly, eat quickly, give me some food."
Zhong Bingxuan thought that her mother's mood would improve after she said that, but her mother, who had been so doting on her in the previous instance, suddenly went crazy, took out the same delicious food as on the table, and kept urging Zhong Bingxuan to eat.
"Ugh~"
The fragrant aroma mixed with the stench of the food was forced into Zhong Bingxuan's mouth by her mother. Her stomach churned, and she tried to resist, but because she had violated the rules of death, she was marked by a strange mark and could not move.
This is somewhat similar to the previous instance where players were led along by Mother An during the storyline. In both instances, players were unable to resist, but the only difference was that this was a storyline where there was no danger of death.
This time was different. Zhong Bingxuan inadvertently violated the rules of death and was locked in by a strange entity. Unable to move, she could only force herself to eat a plate of unknown food, which made her feel nauseous and eventually caused her to die from overeating.
I was careless. Sure enough, the two dungeons have different themes, and even the original NPCs have changed.
[You are dead. Reload time: one minute. First time experiencing no pain.]
Zhong Bingxuan opened her eyes and saw the princess room she had just entered in the dungeon. She was still shaken by the disgusting junk food she had been forced to eat. Even though she didn't experience any death pain this time, she didn't want to go through it again.
Judging from what just happened, not eating on time is a death rule of An's mother. Once violated, An's mother will force you to eat and stuff yourself to death.
She can eat on time and obey orders, but putting everything else aside, can she still eat the food made by the strange Anmu?
Time was of the essence. This time, Zhong Bingxuan knew where the clues were. She took out the clues and immediately went outside to look at the pile of delicious food on the dining table.
Having been forced to eat various dishes by An's mother, Zhong Bingxuan found them too disgusting and had no interest in them. However, refusing to eat would violate An's mother's death rule, so she reluctantly examined the various dishes.
The bright red, spicy tofu smelled delicious and tempting, making one's mouth water. In the past, Zhong Bingxuan might have been fooled into eating it directly. However, due to her psychological trauma, she could smell a hint of blood in the spicy tofu, which made her feel nauseous and almost vomit.
The stir-fried mushrooms and greens looked fine, but Zhong Bingxuan took out the chopsticks on the table and carefully searched through them. She found a finger among them, her mouth twitching as she looked at the other dishes.
A bowl of fragrant white rice made Zhong Bingxuan, who had just finished eating, feel hungry again. However, the situation with the two dishes she had just eaten made her hesitant to draw any conclusions.
It won't kill you, but if the ingredients are wrong, it can damage your brain.
At first glance, the white rice looks fine when you open it up, but if you look closely, you'll find tiny white worms crawling around inside, which makes your scalp tingle and gives you goosebumps.
Zhong Bingxuan searched through all the food on the table, and found only the most ordinary white steamed buns, which she tore to shreds without finding anything unusual. The other food was inedible.
This includes bread that smells sweet and delicious, but the butter inside has a rotten smell.
Zhong Bingxuan felt that if her mental strength hadn't improved significantly in the previous dungeon, it would have already fallen below the passing grade and she might have gone mad at any moment.
"Knock knock knock~"
Zhong Bingxuan checked all the food on the table. There was a knock on the door and her mother's familiar voice. She knew that the biggest challenge was about to begin. She quickly stuffed several mouthfuls of steamed buns into her mouth, almost choking herself. She didn't dare to drink any water or milk.
Zhong Bingxuan had checked all the drinks, and they all had an unpleasant smell, which was very strange. It was more important to eat a steamed bun and appease An's mother.
The knocking on the door grew more and more urgent. An's mother couldn't wait any longer and simply took out her key to open the door. Zhong Bingxuan had already eaten more than half of the white steamed buns on the table, her belly was bulging, and she didn't look like she had just gotten up to eat at all.
“Honey, you’re awake. I thought you were still sleeping.”
An's mother's initially unpleasant expression brightened when she saw her child obediently eat their meal.
"Mom, you're joking. What time is it? My stomach is growling, of course I'm not going to stay in bed."
Zhong Bingxuan greeted An's mother with a smile, always on guard against any potential counterattack.
This dungeon is too difficult. Once the death rule is violated and you are marked by the eerie mark, even defense runes will have no effect, and the player will definitely die. She didn't want to be caught in the same trap twice. Once was enough to make her feel disgusted and miserable, and she didn't want to experience it a second time.
"Mmm, An'an is the best girl. You need to eat well to grow tall."
An's mother did not notice that apart from the steamed buns, the food in front of Zhong Bingxuan had not been touched.
Perhaps in An's mother's view, as long as her precious daughter ate the food, that was enough.
No one knows what happened after Anmu disembarked that caused such a terrifying change.
After An's mother left, Zhong Bingxuan first tried to contact her teammates by opening the Mud Doll app. She found that many of the Mud Doll's functions were blocked, except for the long-distance connection function. So she sent a death rule that she had just discovered by risking her life to the other teammates.
[Through thick and thin (Captain Zhong Bingxuan): Everyone, please note that eating on time and waking up early on time are a kind of death rule for our family.]
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: Captain, you've finally arrived! Please save my life, that guy is disgusting.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Vice Captain Li Hanmo)]: I live alone here, so I don't have that death rule that you mentioned, Ah Xuan.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: Living alone makes it easier to attract the attention of ghosts compared to having family around. I am a case in point. I am haunted by ghosts every night, and I am easily taken away by them.
【Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Mascot Zhong Linlin)】: Cousin, cousin-in-law, you've arrived. I've encountered a weirdo who insists on making bets with people, and if he loses, he has to drink alcohol.
【Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Mascot Zhong Linlin)】: The drink contains hallucinogens. I personally witnessed a player being ensnared by it. After losing a bet, he drank the drink and became completely insane, losing all sense of time.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Deputy Captain Li Hanmo)]: I found a note that says people who live alone must go to sleep when night falls, otherwise a woman eager to get married will kidnap them.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: No, why didn't I find this clue back then? Now there's no need for me to stay with an ugly woman and let her have her eyes on my innocence.
According to the messages sent by his teammates, the strange occurrences here are not of one type. The woman who is eager to get married will target men living alone, but it is unclear whether women living alone will suffer the same fate. There is no example for Zhong Bingxuan to explore.
Gamblers/alcoholics have a strange habit of betting with people, and they must win. Otherwise, they will violate the gambler's strange death rule and be driven mad by it.
The last type is Zhong Bingxuan, who encounters this kind of family member who is strange. She must eat on time and get up on time, and be a good child, in order to successfully avoid the family member's strange death rules and not be killed by them directly.
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