After an unknown amount of time, someone around finally started to react. Even when they did, they couldn't speak clearly. Instead, they couldn't help but stutter a bit. They stammered:
"'Hong... Hongfu Restaurant', is it the 'Hongfu Restaurant' we understand? What is the relationship between designer Tang Mu and you guys...?"
If the previous "Good luck and congratulations on winning the chicken dinner" was just a gimmick to attract the public's attention, then after seeing the sign of "Hongfu Restaurant", everyone no longer thought so.
After all, even players like them who often stay in "Xianxia Qiyuan" all day long can't count how many kinds of dishes there are in "Hongfu Restaurant". They only know that there are so many that it is dazzling.
And now that Hongfu Restaurant has appeared in reality, what does that mean? Are the dishes there real? Can they all be presented in the real world? Just like this incredibly delicious roast chicken in front of me.
Yes, if you think about it this way, the reason why they were not surprised by the "roast chicken" in the victory congratulations page of "Survival Planet" was... because in "Hongfu Restaurant", there is a dish called "roast chicken", and the name is better, such as "Fruit Wood Roast Chicken".
So, subconsciously, they didn't think too much about it and thought it was just Tang Mu's bad taste.
But now it seems that's not the intention at all. This isn't some bad taste, but rather a message of 'You won the game, congratulations, and treat me to some delicious roast chicken.' So, is the Hongfu Restaurant, as it appears in "Xianxia Qiyuan," akin to a 'nutritional supplement restaurant'? So, are all the dishes in the game real, and can they be replicated in real life?
So what about the taste? How will it taste?
The staff on site had already prepared the best answers to the players' questions. She nodded and said:
"Yes, it's just like you imagined, it's the 'Hongfu Restaurant' from 'Xianxia Qiyuan', and Miss Tangmu is considered our small boss."
"Before I came out, Miss Tangmu told us that if any players of Xianxia Qiyuan asked about the 'Hongfu Restaurant,' she asked me to help tell you. She said that when she first designed the 'Hongfu Restaurant,' she actually wanted everyone to experience the happiness of delicious food in the game. Unfortunately, her mental strength hasn't been able to realize this wish yet. But it doesn't matter. Soon, a real 'Hongfu Restaurant' will appear in the A5 star zone. Now is our 'Hongfu Restaurant's' trial operation before the grand opening. Would you like to try it?"
It turned out to be the real 'Hongfu Restaurant'! It was the 'Hongfu Restaurant' that Tang Mu was involved with!
If you think about it this way, the updates Tang Mu, Luo Qingmei, and Zhang Shang posted all had a purpose: to promote the new Hongfu Restaurant! Furthermore, they happened to be among the game designers who had participated in the development of "Xianxia Qiyuan" and "Star Survival."
However, a new problem has arisen. The 'meat buns', 'spring rolls', 'dumplings' and so on are very cost-effective and have high blood recovery efficiency in the game, so players like them often buy them to eat in the game.
But these things in the game are tasteless. If they were put into reality, they shouldn't be tasteless, right? But based on their beautiful appearance, they really couldn't imagine what these things would taste like. How would they compare to the roast chicken just now?
Although these snacks look very delicate and good-looking, they still want to eat roast chicken...
"Why don't you try it? Didn't you feel bad for not getting the roast chicken just now? Now we'll let you try it first. We're very nice people and won't fight with you."
If you were really that kind, when you grabbed the two roast chickens just now, you should have given one to them instead of playing dumb and pretending you didn't hear or see anything! Do you think they don't know you were saving your food so you could go to the store to eat the roast chicken later?!
Those who didn't grab the roast chicken just now couldn't help but complain in their hearts when they saw those guys who had just grabbed the roast chicken and refused to let go.
However, they were indeed a little hungry now, mainly because they were so busy with the roast chicken and couldn't get any to eat. It would be strange if their appetite was not aroused. The aroma of roast chicken was still lingering on the scene, which made their stomachs rumble.
In fact, in the past, at such times, all problems would be solved by taking a tube of nutritional supplement. They now carry one or two tubes of nutritional supplements with them. If they are really hungry, just take a tube of nutritional supplement.
But for some reason, after trying a little bit of the roasted chicken, they no longer wanted to touch the nutritional supplements. They felt that giving up space in their stomachs to nutritional supplements was too wasteful and too extravagant. At least they had to eat something delicious! Or...why not try these meat-wrapped spring rolls and dumplings?
That roast chicken was so delicious, so there's no way these meat dumplings and the like would be bad, right? They couldn't possibly be that bad, right? And compared to the roast chicken, these snacks didn't look too scary, so they should be fine, right? They shouldn't taste bad either, right? The main thing was, they were really hungry and wanted something to fill their stomachs.
So, those guys who didn't get the roast chicken just now bought some meat dumplings to try, and tried to eat a bite of the meat bun carefully.
The moment their teeth felt the soft texture, the delicious gravy burst out and burned them. They couldn't help but jump up and down while eating. They cried out in pain for a while, which immediately scared the other onlookers. Seeing this, they subconsciously asked:
"What's wrong? Why do you look so painful? It's as if you were bitten by those meat buns, or are these meat buns really bad? "
“It’s quite painful.”
The man whose mouth was burned by the gravy said this, and then, the next moment, without thinking twice, he rushed to the front of the stall, shivering from his burned mouth, and shouted to the staff in a loud voice:
"These, these, these, and these, I bought them all, just pack them up for me!! Do you have any more? If you do, pack them all for me!"
Not only the person who burned his mouth, but also many other guys who also bought snacks to try, all started packing up like crazy!
This time, it was even more brutal than when they snatched the roast chicken. By the time the others reacted, everything like the meat buns, spring rolls, and dumplings had been snatched away, leaving not a single crumb. Seeing those guys holding their packed buns and eating with such happiness on their faces, they were about to kneel down and said angrily:
"You lied to me! Didn't you just say that eating these meat buns was painful? How could you buy them all if they were so painful? Bullshit! Liars! Big liars!"
In response to this, the other party ate the meat bun with a look of enjoyment, and spread his hands innocently and said:
"I'm not lying. I was in a lot of pain just now. The meat bun actually burst when I bit into it. Everything in my mouth was so delicious that I just wanted to eat more. But the meat filling and soup in the bun were so hot that they burned my mouth. I couldn't eat faster and could only eat in small bites. It was so painful~"
I'd be surprised if I believed you. That expression and that action just now was clearly intentional, designed to seize the initiative and grab those snacks first. They hadn't even realized what was happening, and all the snacks were already packed up! It made them feel incredibly regretful!
They should have tried the food themselves instead of giving up the opportunity. They were so careless. Now, they have nothing to eat.
Although they had just grabbed a roast chicken and weren't too hungry right now, the aroma of meat wafted towards them after they'd bit into the meat buns next door. Their stomachs, having just eaten the roast chicken, couldn't help but rumble again.
But they couldn't eat any of it, so they could only watch from the sidelines, their minds uncontrollably and wildly imagining things.
Like, what would those meat-wrapped spring rolls and dumplings taste like? Would they taste different from roast chicken? Would they be even better than roast chicken? They couldn't imagine it at all. They were so anxious, so anxious.
Oh, and now that I think about it, besides bringing up some snacks, the staff also brought up some larger boxes. What are those? Are they also delicacies? Are they also delicious?
Thinking of this, several people here couldn't help but walk over to the stall and continue asking the staff. To this, the staff's answer was very straightforward. He nodded and said:
"Yes, this is also a delicacy. It's a set meal made up of several delicacies. But I don't know if you can accept it. I didn't show it to you because I was afraid you might be scared. Do you want to see it now?"
"Look! Why not? What's so scary about it? How could it be scarier than roast chicken? Could it be food made from ferocious beasts?"
Although food ingredients like 'chicken' are classified as ferocious beasts, to be precise, they are not truly ferocious beasts. The main reason is that they are relatively small and not very aggressive. They look similar to the chickens in Tang Tang's previous life, and even their size is similar.
But real beasts are different. They are truly dangerous and aggressive. So they don't think they are made from real beasts. Even if there are similar dishes on the menu of "Hongfu Restaurant", they wouldn't really bring them to life, right? It's possible that they are just made with other ingredients to resemble the appearance, but not the real thing.
However, just as they were thinking this, the staff in front of them shook their heads and said to them embarrassedly:
"Sorry, you guessed right. It really is made with ferocious beast meat. The main dishes are stir-fried crab with ginger and scallions and sweet and sour spareribs. They're made with the familiar Giant Clawmon and Hummon. And... the characteristics of the ingredients are very obvious. If you take a closer look, you should be able to tell what they are."
As the staff member spoke, he opened one of the lunch boxes and pushed it towards the opposite side to show them.
After recognizing that the ingredients of the two dishes in the lunch box were indeed the meat of Gigantomon and Snorlax, they couldn't help but gasp and took a step back reflexively.
The staff member was not surprised at all. After all, among the three items, the lunch boxes were indeed the most difficult to sell. Now that she had sold all the other items, she had completed her sales target. It didn't matter if the lunch boxes couldn't be sold, she could just take them back to the store.
Therefore, after seeing the look on the customer's face, the staff member decided not to sell the lunch box, but to put it away and tell everyone where the trial operation store of 'Hongfu Restaurant' was located.
However, just as the staff member was about to make his move and before he could put the lunch box away, a very anxious voice came from the side. The voice shouted anxiously: "Why did you put it away? Aren't you going to sell this lunch box?"
"Huh? No, you guys don't want to buy it, right? If you don't buy it, it's pointless for me to keep it on display, so I'm going to take it back..."
The few people who made the urgent shouts were none other than the ones who had just asked about the lunch boxes and who had taken a step back in shock when they saw the ingredients inside. But now they came up to ask anxiously again, almost confusing the staff, and subconsciously explained:
"Don't you want it? If you don't want it, I will naturally take it back..."
However, after this explanation, the guests became even more anxious, and they kept saying, "Who said we don't want it? We might be scared, but this thing is delicious, right? Just like that roast chicken and those meat-wrapped spring rolls and dumplings? If it's delicious, then what's there to be afraid of? Come on, give me one portion!"
"Me too, give me one too! As long as it tastes good, I'm fine. I don't mind eating ingredients from ferocious beasts!"
"Exactly. To be honest, after I finished eating the roast chicken just now, I don't find it scary anymore. Instead, it looks cute. How could a 'chicken' that's so delicious not be cute?"
"Yes, yes. And the meat in the meat bun I just ate was also made of chopped Hengheng beast meat. It's so delicious, how could I be afraid of it!"
Therefore, the lunch boxes that were originally thought to be unsold were actually sold out after a short while. What was a bit unexpected was that, apart from being scared at the beginning, the people around were really not afraid at all. They even enjoyed eating them and said that the lunch boxes were quite delicious!
As the aroma of the food wafted around, more and more people noticed the mobile stall. Seeing everyone eating so happily and couldn't help but recommending it crazily, they couldn't help but feel a little curious and eager to try it. They also wanted to try some to see if it was really so irresistible.
But the food at the mobile stalls here had been sold out long ago. Everyone was so eager to grab it that there was not even a scrap of meat left, so there was nothing left to sell. However, they still had food for sale in the store that was open for trial operation next to the stadium. If you haven't eaten enough, you can just go there and order directly.
Soon, large groups of people followed the address given by the staff and headed towards the store.
However, when they got to the store, they found that it was still very difficult to buy a roast chicken, because there were not just one but several mobile stalls like the one just now, and people at other stalls had arrived earlier than them.
In just a short while, the store was packed with people, and the food prepared in advance was sold out. However, the store owner, Mr. Wang, said that there were still ingredients and he was busy making a new batch of food. If you want to eat, you will have to wait a little longer.
But these people here did not include the others who came over to join in the fun after seeing the news released by Tang Mu that "'Hongfu Restaurant' will appear in reality".
It has to be said that the scene was extremely lively, which caused the guests from the Empire to be a little confused. They had no idea what was going on. If they remembered correctly, this place was called "Hongfu Restaurant" and seemed to sell food made from ferocious beasts.
That's a vicious beast! That's a vicious beast!
Putting aside the terrifying appearance of those beasts, how could food made from them possibly be delicious?! Are these people from the Federation crazy? Not only are they all crammed together in line, but they're also raring to go, ready to grab food?! Are these people from the Federation any other way than crazy?!
But isn’t there an old saying like this, something like “curiosity kills the cat” or “blindly follow the crowd”.
The imperial guests near the store now have this mentality. Although they think that these federal people in front of them must be crazy for scrambling for the food made from ferocious beasts, they can't help but feel a little curious. Seeing that after those federal people ate the ferocious beast food that looked very scary, almost all of them looked excited and enjoying it, they couldn't help but look more curious on their faces.
Is it really that delicious? It can't be that bad, right? But there can't be so many Federation people putting on a show to trick the Imperials, right? Or are these Federation people just weird tastes? They're eating ferocious beast meat instead of good nutritional supplements.
So, the imperial guests over there endured and endured, and finally a few of them couldn't bear it anymore, so they moved forward a few steps and moved closer, wanting to take a look at the terrifying beast dish to see what it looked like.
Just like that, they followed the federal people in line, and soon, it was their turn. When the staff in front of them asked them what they wanted, they were a little overwhelmed for a moment and didn't know what to order. In the end, they just bought some snacks and roast chicken.
We found a place to sit outside and tried the food carefully. Everyone's eyes lit up and their faces were filled with expressions of "astonishment".
He was wrong, they were wrong. It wasn't that the Federation people were weird, it was that the Imperials didn't know how to eat. They had no idea that beast meat could be cooked so deliciously, completely surpassing any sweet flavors or high-end nutritional supplements! The Federation people really knew how to enjoy life! It seemed so much more interesting than their Empire!
Moreover, once thoughts like this arise, they cannot be suppressed.
Because while they were enjoying the delicious food, they also saw two girls from the Federation sitting at the same table with them, eating dumplings and snacks while playing some games on their laptops.
It seemed to be a love-raising game called "You Are My Starlight". All the handsome guys in the game loved them. Looking at the handsome faces smiling beautifully at the federal girls, they couldn't help but get distracted. They had the urge to go over and ask where to buy the game and how to play it.
It's over. There are a few other Federation boys on the other side. They are saying that since they are going to eat 'roast chicken' today, they might as well go to "Star Survival" and play a sniper game. They guess they can buy the 'roast chicken' after finishing a game. They don't need to use the holographic state, they can just play in the normal state.
Then, they saw a very exciting sniping game, and they couldn't help but get fascinated while watching it. In the end, they couldn't help but use two meat buns to become friends with these federal boys. They ate grilled chicken legs while sitting behind the federal boys and watched them play the game.
When we were running away from the poison and fighting fiercely in the poison circle, I couldn't help but yelling "Oh oh" nervously on the side. While yelling, I couldn't help but take several big bites of the roasted chicken legs. I was so excited.
Later, they also learned that the game was called "Star Survival", a very popular game, and the "roast chicken" he was eating was the "roast chicken" in the "Star Survival" victory interface that said "Good luck, congratulations on eating the chicken".
There is also a store called "Hongfu Restaurant", which has a great background. Its prototype is a restaurant in another popular game.
The game designer collaborated with others to bring the "Hongfu Restaurant" in the game to reality. The snacks they eat now, such as buns and dumplings, are actually health-replenishing items in the game. The game is also very fun, and almost everyone is a player of the game called "Xianxia Qiyuan".
This is another game that their empire has never heard of. In addition to these popular games, the federal people also have other particularly fun games, even a scary and exciting horror scream game, and that game is called "Screaming Ruins"!
In order to prove to the other side how scary and exciting this game is, the boys from the Federation also showed them some game videos of "Screaming Ruins" that they had played before. When they saw the human faces and heads turning into scary carnivorous plants and rushing towards them, they were so scared that they screamed and couldn't help but step back, almost falling to the ground, looking very embarrassed.
Seeing this, the other federal people who were waiting for the delicious food to be cooked couldn't help but smile in a good-natured way. They couldn't help but interrupt and chat with the guests from the empire around them. For a moment, the scene in front of the "Hongfu Restaurant" was unusually harmonious.
The young people from the Federation and the Empire on the field were eating delicious food and chatting about games. Some were excited, some were shocked, and some were laughing cheerfully. The scene was quite beautiful.
And such a scene, just happened to fall into the eyes of a certain man. It was like the future scene he had imagined and wanted to realize. His cloudy eyes couldn't help but fall into confusion, and he stared at it in a daze, not coming back to his senses for a long time.
It wasn't until a long time later, when several other figures appeared behind the man, that he suddenly came to his senses. The confused expression on his face changed, becoming one filled with malice and hatred. He spoke in an extremely hoarse and unpleasant voice:
"Has Marshal Lin's team left the fringe star zone?"
"After leaving, if my calculations are correct, in about three hours, Marshal Lin's aircraft will make the final wormhole jump and arrive at the Federation Center. At that time, our people will be able to sneak in..."
After that, those people said something to the man, and then disappeared. Only the man was left standing there. He walked out from the dark corner against the light, limping, revealing a very ugly face. His skin was wrinkled like tree bark, and even had a corroded feeling. He looked extremely ugly, and he seemed to be at least over a hundred years old.
But judging from the skin on the man's limbs and his relatively straight spine, he doesn't look that old. Instead, he looks closer to Senior Wen, who is in his sixties or seventies.
Looking at the whole thing, this man seemed quite strange, as if he had undergone some drug experiment to become so strange. He also had a very serious injury to his right leg, and he walked with a limp and it was very difficult for him to walk.
But he did not let the people who had just come to support him, or perhaps his self-esteem refused to let anyone pity or sympathize with him. He just limped towards the corner and eventually disappeared.
Of course, none of the staff or customers in the store saw it. Only Tang Tang, who happened to be taking out a freshly made roast chicken from the store, saw it. Or to be more precise, she seemed to see an old man limping in the corner, walking with great difficulty, and subconsciously wanted to go over to see if there was anything he could help with.
After all, the other party looked like he had difficulty walking and didn't even have a crutch to support his movements.
But when Tang Tang put down the roast chicken he had just made and walked out again, he found that the figure of the old senior who was limping had disappeared. Tang Tang looked for him but couldn't find him. It seemed that he had left. He just didn't know which road he left from. There didn't seem to be any shortcuts nearby.
However, this thought just flashed through Tang Tang's mind, and she quickly put it behind her. The reason was that the "All-Military Academy Simulation Competition" was about to start in half an hour, and the admission to the venue was now open. Wen Xiaole, Zhang Shang and others were already calling her from behind to hurry in.
Of course, Wen Xiaole and Tang Tang had no intention of going back to the judges' seat. That seat was too conspicuous and they felt uncomfortable sitting there. Fortunately, the old seniors Wen knew that young people could not sit still, so they did not force Tang Tang and others to go back to the judges' seat and just let Tang Tang and them go.
Even at this moment, it is really difficult for them to find a good seat to watch the game, because the good seats are almost all booked, and only a few more remote seats are left.
"If I had known this was going to happen, I would have asked Gu Yang to help reserve a seat. He's got a pretty good spot right in front. He's waving in our direction. Xiao Tang, did you see that?"
"I see..." Tang Tang nodded and was about to say something, but before she could say anything, a message came from the light brain.
The message on the optical computer read:
[There are reserved seats in the front row of the East District. Your name is on it. You can just go there. The reserved seat number is on the back.]
The person who sent this light brain message was none other than Huo Yan, who had not been in contact for more than a month. Tang Tang did not expect that the other party would suddenly send such a message at this time, as if he knew that they were worried about not booking seats in advance. But wouldn’t it be a bit bad to just accept a favor like this?
But just as Tang Tang was hesitantly thinking about this, Huo Yan sent another new message over, which read:
[This is a thank you gift. The blood sample you provided last time worked.]
Does this mean that Luo Yang has already prepared a suitable inhibitory needle from the blood sample he took from her? That would be great, so she wouldn't have to feel weird like before. Tang Tang was happy for Huo Yan, so she replied naturally:
"That's great! You'll be able to control your pheromones from now on, right? Congratulations."
【Um. 】
Huo Yan on the opposite side replied with this sentence, but then he didn't reply for a long time. Tang Tang thought that he was busy, so she didn't care about it anymore. After all, she heard from her brother that Huo Yan seemed to be leading the second mecha team to participate in the competition in the end, and he was probably busy with this now.
As for the reserved seat, since it was a thank-you gift in the form of blood, Tang Tang was not polite and quickly turned around to tell Sister Luo, Zhang Shang and the others the news.
Facts have proved that the seats in the East District are really good. After walking over according to the reserved seat number, Zhang Shang couldn't help but cheer. Tang Tang was also very satisfied, because these seats in the East District are really good. The field of view is wide and clear, almost the same as those in the judges' seats, and it will not attract attention. This is really Tang Tang's ideal position.
However, it seems that there is one extra reserved seat. There are only five people in their group, including Wen Xiaole, but there are six reserved seats, so one extra seat is left vacant.
At this moment, Tang Tang received a message from Gu Yang, asking if they had found a seat yet. If not, there was no need to worry. He could ask his friends to help him think of other ways to free up a few seats that were not too bad.
Seeing this, Tang Tang thanked them and said that it was not necessary. They wanted to stay in the east area where they already had a seat and a good view. When they learned that Gu Yang was also coming alone, they invited Gu Yang to come over and watch the game with them. It happened that there was a vacant seat here, so they asked Gu Yang if he was willing.
Of course Gu Yang was willing, and without even thinking about it, he happily nodded and agreed. He soon came to the East District to meet up with Tang Tang and the others.
However, what Tang Tang didn't know was that backstage at the stadium, Mu Changfeng was looking at his superior, his brother, strangely. He just stood by the window looking at the light computer, writing and deleting, deleting and writing on the light computer, and he was struggling for a very long time. Mu Changfeng was worried about Huo Yan.
At this moment, Luo Yang also came in with a few test tubes that were being prepared. As he walked in, his brows were furrowed and he couldn't help muttering something.
"It's really strange. Is there something wrong with the blood sample provided by Tang Tang? I tried to do a data analysis several times, but nothing showed any abnormalities. But when I took it to do pheromone data analysis, I found that the pheromone factor was quite active. Its level was not like a Beta, but more like an Alpha and Omega. But when I took it to the physiology department for identification, nothing was detected. This situation really looks like the test results of a Beta. It's really strange..."
"Old Huo, I still haven't been able to develop the latest inhibitory needle. Are you feeling okay? Your pheromone levels seem to have stabilized again all of a sudden?"
"Yeah, it's okay. I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel like I can control my pheromones..."
After a pause, Huo Yan spoke up. It had to be said that this news was good news for both Luo Yang and Mu Changfeng, especially Mu Changfeng, who was more outgoing. He immediately stood up and said happily:
"Okay, Lao Huo, then I won't have to follow you around every day. I'll go check on Mecha Team 2 first. By the way, Lao Huo, didn't you just say you were going out and would come to Mecha Team 2 later?"
"Yes." Huo Yan nodded and said this. While saying this, he subconsciously looked out the window, and saw that the seat in the east area that he had deliberately left empty had one more person in it.
And he knew that person, the Alpha named Gu Yang.
At this moment, the expression on Huo Yan's face paused, which made him recall the afternoon a month ago when he invited Tang Tang for help. When Luo Yang said that Tang Tang had always been particularly attracted to his information, he clearly felt that Tang Tang's attitude towards him suddenly turned cold and alienated.
At that moment, he felt his pheromones, which had been stirring constantly, suddenly cool down. His brain instantly became clear, and it was conveying this message to him with incredible clarity:
Tang Tang doesn't like people like him.
She was even resistant to his pheromones being involved with her.
In her eyes, she didn't even like that guy named 'Gu Yang' as much as she liked him, even though he was better than the other guy.
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