Chapter 28 Madhouse (4)
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Now that you have obtained the clearance certificate, there is no need to rush to use up the remaining points immediately.
Yi Han first collected the points in the ward on the 6th floor, then went down to the 5th floor and searched it from beginning to end. In this way, all the points on the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors were recorded, totaling nearly 7,000 points.
At this time, nearly five hours had passed since Yi Han entered the dungeon. During this period, except for stopping to eat a meal, he had been fighting all the time. Even though he was very happy to see the points coming in, his physical strength finally couldn't keep up.
Even Yi Han felt a little tired, not to mention Jian Lin who was still weak. Yi Han turned around and saw that his teammates could not even stand steadily, but because he did not want to hold him back and was afraid of being left alone if he stayed to rest, he silently persevered and followed behind.
"Let's find a room to rest." Yi Han said, looking at the time.
It was about 8/9 pm when he came in. The time calculation method of "Madhouse" was different from that of ordinary levels. It was not fixed to start at 20:00 and end at 24:00. This place was like a small alien space, with day and night, but the sky in the level was also dark at this moment... No matter which time was used, it was time to go to bed.
Over the past few hours, Yi Han had indeed earned a lot of points. The only thing he was not satisfied with was that he had not found the recipe yet... The two of them randomly chose an empty room with a clean bed, locked the door, and lay down in their clothes. Yi Han was still thinking about the location of the recipe that the prisoner had told him before, when he suddenly heard Jian Lin exclaim.
"What is this?" Jian Lin went to the bed and checked it carefully. He stretched out his hand and pulled out a piece of slightly shiny paper from under the thin mattress.
...Isn’t this the recipe that Yi Han was just thinking of?
"A piece of white paper with no words on it." Because Jian Lin had no store bound and no blank recipe in his hand, in his eyes, it was just a glowing piece of white paper.
Even so, it was obvious that this thing was not an ordinary item. However, he only took a look at it and handed it to Yi Han. Apparently, this sensible boy, after being rescued, fed, avenged, and vented by Yi Han, was already thinking "You are so kind, I really want to repay you, but I have nothing QAQ". Therefore, when he found a good thing, he immediately handed it over and had no intention of keeping it for himself.
Yi Han took it, but felt a little complicated for a moment...
He had searched this room before when he was earning points. But there were too many rooms and even more beds, so it was impossible to search them all. Who knew that when he just randomly chose a room with the European Emperor and went back to rest, he suddenly found it...
If it weren’t for the European Emperor, this recipe would probably have been missed.
While feeling happy and surprised, this incident also sounded a warning to Yi Han - relying on luck is easy and fun, but such an illusory thing may not always be reliable. Not to mention how long Jian Lin, his teammate, can stay by his side, even if he stays by his side, there may be a day when he is no longer lucky. He can't relax too much just because he has the luck of the European emperor. After all, no matter what time, hard work, meticulousness, and thoroughness are the magic weapons that can make him truly invincible.
The white pages glowed faintly, blending into the blank recipe book.
[Recipe: Fish head tofu soup (already learned)]
[Explanation: After consumption, it will automatically detoxify once when toxins are ingested. ]
After reading this explanation, Yi Han was slightly stunned, and then he received several more notifications.
[Congratulations - New kitchenware: soup pot, unlocked! ]
[You have obtained 5 recipes, and a small reward will be randomly drawn for you! ]
【The extraction is complete.】
【Congratulations, you have obtained the special recipe: ice cream! 】
New words soon appeared on the page below the fish head and tofu soup that had just been obtained.
[Recipe: Ice Cream (Learned)]
【Description: After consumption, mental strength will be restored.】
【Note: This recipe can be made without any cooking utensils. 】
Yi Han was a little happy to have obtained two gourmet recipes at once. He opened the inventory and saw that there was indeed an extra soup pot.
This soup pot also continues the tradition of "small and exquisite" cooking. The pot body is small, and it is estimated that it can only make one serving of soup at a time. The material seems to be ceramic - and there is no long handle, which means that it cannot be used to hit people (the vengeful spirit of the shop owner:???)...
Yi Han already has an S+ pot and an A+ iron chain, which are more than enough, so he didn't feel too sorry when he saw this.
"I just don't know what this 'restoring spirit' means..." He recalled his first recipe, braised pork, which said "restore blood". In fact, it can heal wounds and stop bleeding. So, the "restoring spirit" of this ice cream probably means restoring energy, making people clear-headed and energetic?
I don't know if eating one of these will be useful for Jian Lin. Strictly speaking, the two recipes this time were both found by him, and Yi Han felt that he should do something for him, as a token of his gratitude. However... the fish head tofu soup that he got first seems to be useful... There is an item in Jian Lin's debuff column called "overdose", and he is confused and can't remember anything now, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with understanding it as "poisoning".
After a slight hesitation, Yi Han stood up from the bed and walked out of the room.
"I'll be back soon." When he got up, Jian Lin, who had been lying down, also sat up quickly with an uneasy look on his face. Yi Han had no choice but to comfort him.
Although he had exposed the pot long ago and the food had been eaten by others...Yi Han still didn't want to expose his cards completely. It was Yi Han's habit to be wary of anyone.
He came to the door of the ward, took out the new soup pot, bought some ingredients and threw them in.
This time he decided to make the soup first.
It's not good to eat cold food before going to bed, and Jian Lin is now "extremely weak". He might feel better if he drinks some hot soup. As for the ice cream, I'll give it to him tomorrow... Yi Han thought, and 3 minutes later, the soup was ready.
It only takes 1 minute to stir-fry and 3 minutes to make soup, but of course it is still many times faster than actually making soup.
This bowl of fish head and tofu soup is still served with exquisite tableware.
It was just a small bowl, the soup was milky white, thick and delicious. Green dots dotted the soup, making it even whiter... Even if you ignore its taste, just looking at the appearance, this is a bowl of soup that is worthy of being published on the cover of a food magazine.
Yi Han put away the soup pot, picked up the soup, and turned back into the house.
Jian Lin was still sitting on the bed. When he saw him come in, he finally looked relieved.
"Drink it." Yi Han didn't explain in detail that this was for curing your illness, he just handed him the soup.
Jian Lin held the still steaming bowl, looked at him, then looked at the soup, and was stunned for a long while before slowly drinking it.
Seeing him drinking the soup in small sips, the child showed an expression of "It's so delicious QAQ" and even had tears in his eyes as if he was moved.
As a person who actually can't cook, Yi Han actually felt for the first time the inexplicable satisfaction that those famous chefs say "the happiest thing is to see customers eat the food I cook"...
After finishing the soup, Yi Han put away the bowl, and they lay down again, ready to sleep for a while.
The lights in the room were on. Yi Han lay there with his eyes closed. After a while, he heard Jian Lin tossing and turning in the bed next to him, as if he couldn't sleep.
"Is it the detoxifying effect of the fish head tofu soup that worked?" Yi Han was also somewhat curious about its efficacy. After thinking about it, he opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong? Do you remember anything?"
"..." Jian Lin was startled, thinking that he had woken someone up by making too much noise, "Ah, sorry!"
But after a few seconds, seeing Yi Han was still waiting for his answer, he hesitated for a long time and had to continue: "I remember a little bit... the previous levels, and my life before entering the game..."
Isn't that a lot to remember? It seems that even if the efficacy of this soup is weakened because it is not made by oneself, it is still very powerful. Yi Han was satisfied, but the next moment he heard the other party continue to say...
"It's still very confusing, and every part is incomplete... For example, I can't remember the girl with the same name as you," Jian Lin blushed again when he said this, and it was still vaguely like the first time he met him, "Her name is really Yi Han, I remember the way she shook hands with me! But I can't remember the rest, I just remember that she was amazing, smart, and courageous, better than me, and better than many boys. It seemed that she was the one who helped me pass that level... I've never met a girl like this before..."
Yi Han:…………?
Once he started talking, he seemed to talk a little too much. He praised himself for a long time, and then he noticed that Yi Han on the bed opposite him had a very gloomy face.
Jian Lin shut up immediately.
"Go to sleep." Yi Han turned over with a dark face and ignored him.
Jian Lin, who didn’t know what he had done wrong: QAQ…?
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They said they were sleeping, but in fact they only rested for two or three hours. Being in a level, especially a special level like this, it is impossible for players to sleep peacefully unless they are very brave.
As a player who is not careless at all, but rather extremely cautious, Yi Han certainly did not sleep well at all. So when he felt his strength had recovered, he got up and prepared to finish the rest of his work so that he could leave the dungeon as soon as possible.
Hearing the noise, Jian Lin on the opposite side also opened his eyes in a daze. Perhaps he had not had a rest since he came here. This time there was someone he could trust by his side. He suddenly relaxed and slept much better than Yi Han.
But his experiences in the past few days also made him feel insecure. As soon as Yi Han spoke, he immediately struggled to get up. Even though Yi Han said, "You can sleep for a while, I'll go get some points and come back to find you." He still insisted that he had rested enough and finally followed Yi Han out the door.
Seeing that he was sleepy and dazed, Yi Han flipped his hand and produced two ice creams like a magic trick.
They each took one. After eating, Yi Han felt much more energetic, and Jian Lin was not as dazed as before.
The two men picked up their weapons again and started moving down from the third floor as if working on an assembly line. Both their movements and procedures were more skillful than yesterday.
Soon after starting the operation, Yi Han finally found his last target.
At this time, he was standing in front of a filing cabinet in a tool room on the side of the corridor on the third floor.
This cabinet is unremarkable, standing in the most conspicuous place after entering the door, and its door is ajar.
Looking at it like this, no one would think that there was a person hiding inside, but in Yi Han's vision, there was clearly an arrow displayed on it.
The arrow points to the cabinet, which reads: "The person who issued your bounty mission."
Yi Han curled the corners of his mouth slightly and stood in front of the cabinet.
"Jian Lin, do you remember now why you entered this level?" His tone was light, and he turned his head as if chatting and asked the person on the other side of the room.
“…Yeah.” Jian Lin, who was concentrating on searching, was stunned when he heard this. His eyes moved slightly, but he finally nodded.
After eating the fish head tofu soup and the refreshing ice cream, this most touching memory was indeed remembered. His hands clenched unconsciously, but seeing that Yi Han seemed to want to listen to him, he took a few deep breaths, lowered his eyes and spoke.
"I met a 'friend' in the previous level. It was a very thrilling level, and almost all my teammates were in danger... In the end, only the two of us were alive. So before leaving, we exchanged contact information and agreed to play duo together if we had the chance.
"Who knew that he contacted me the next day after leaving the dungeon. He said he got a ticket to a difficult dungeon, which was a forced entry for bound players. Although the rewards were high, he was afraid that he couldn't pass it, so he wanted me to accompany him. He showed me the ticket, which only had the words "Madhouse" on it. I didn't think much about it and agreed to it. Then he said he was still worried and wanted to go to the forum to recruit a few more people.
"I didn't doubt it and even comforted him. The money for posting the bounty was collected by him and me. But after waiting for a day, no one showed up. He said that no one dared to enter the difficult dungeon, so we had to go together, so we went straight into the dungeon... When the level card was reported to the app, I realized that he had lied to me. We had a quarrel and finally parted unhappily.
"The next morning after I came in, we met again in the same hiding place. In order to get away, he deliberately made noises to attract the evil spirits, but I was caught and he managed to escape. Later, I took a lot of medicine and my mind became unclear. They didn't allow me to leave the room, and I never saw him again."
Jian Lin should be the kind of good boy who has no scheming since childhood, with good family education, good protection, gentle, friendly and helpful, and treats everyone with kindness. Now he was deceived to death by the "friend" he trusted, and almost fell into the abyss and could not turn over. This incident is equivalent to subverting his three views. If it were put in other novels, he would have turned evil directly and grown into a yandere devil who never trusts anyone again.
But he didn't seem to have that. After Yi Han helped him, he was still willing to give his full trust to her. He was willing to show Yi Han his phone and answer questions that were obviously exposing his scars.
Of course, Yi Han wasn't deliberately hurting her feelings.
After listening to the person involved's personal account of the cause and effect, Yi Han was sure that the person hiding in the closet should have heard it as well.
Now that he has heard it, no matter how he is treated later, he should understand that it is his own fault.
The iron chain came out silently and tied the cabinet tightly. Now no one inside could escape.
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