The diner smiled smugly and passed through the wall.
Xia Chuhe rushed over and touched the wall, but his hands were on solid bricks and stones, and he couldn't get through.
Xia Chuhe ran to the restaurant entrance, ignoring the diners wandering the street who all looked like they were cut from the same mold. Next to the Flesh and Blood Restaurant, there was a small restaurant—Life Has Ended, its signature dish was also delicious chicken.
The difference is that there is a line of small print on the shop sign: "Under renovation, opening tomorrow, please look forward to it."
Xia Chuhe clenched his fists in frustration, at a loss for what to do.
When she returned to the restaurant, Lu Dangui and Li Yue were discussing whether the book was the core of the dungeon.
However, regardless of whether the book was the core of the copy, the two were certain that they could not summon the book, let alone catch it.
"Is there any way to close early?" Xia Chuhe asked.
Li Yue shook her head; she couldn't find a sign indicating that the store was closed or a way to force it to shut down.
“We have another order…” Xia Chuhe said with a heavy expression.
If they can't figure out what their customers want, the restaurant might be down to only a third full by tonight. And if any unexpected customers come in, the restaurant might not survive.
Fortunately, Li Qiusheng and Hummingbird returned earlier than the second customer entered the restaurant.
As the restaurant's most mobile cleaner, Li Qiusheng was sent to investigate the business practices of other shops that make delicious chicken, naturally accompanied by a hummingbird.
Li Qiusheng couldn't get into Jingjia's store, but the hummingbird could. It brought back a video of the store filled with despair.
The taste of despair is far greater than that of the Flesh and Blood Restaurant. If the Flesh and Blood Restaurant is an ordinary roadside shop, then the taste of despair is a luxurious five-star hotel. Waiters and diners come and go in an endless stream, and large hens, roosters, and chicks of all colors are scattered throughout the restaurant.
The video suddenly zooms in, changing from a long shot to a close-up, and the hummingbird captures a scene of diners eating.
A bright red rooster with a bright red comb and shiny feathers stands spiritedly on a tray, with drops of water rolling off its feathers.
The diner flicked the water droplets off the rooster with his thick fingers, fiddled with its feathers with interest, and then suddenly opened his mouth wide and swallowed the rooster whole.
Next, the diners looked on with obvious enjoyment, but the video was far from over.
About three to five minutes later, a bloody gash appeared on the back of the diner's neck, and a chicken with sparse feathers and a droopy comb emerged from it, looking completely different from the chicken before it was eaten.
If the video hadn't been taken directly by Hummingbird, and the rooster's color hadn't been so strikingly golden-red, Xia Chuhe wouldn't have recognized it.
So, that's what "eating it once" really means.
Being eaten won't kill you, it just means... your life force will be sucked out.
The rooster being eaten was clearly not the ordinary chicken found at Xia Chuhe Farm; it even spread its wings and bent its claws as if to bow to the diners.
The diner was also very satisfied with its performance. It stuffed a shiny energy coin into the rooster's wing and praised, "Handsome guy, plump and delicious!"
Wang Yan deeply immersed herself in the role of the chef: "So, for our other order, a mature chicken, can that young hen handle it?"
Li Yue said worriedly, "How about I go to the back street and recruit another chicken?"
Xia Chuhe's idea was somewhat dangerous. She hated those diners, so was it possible... to kill them? And then steal their energy?
Before formulating a plan, Xia Chuhe dismissed the dangerous idea. She figured that before she could kill the diner, he would call the Food Law first.
Xia Chuhe and the others had no better ideas, so Li Yue decided to try her luck in the backstreet again.
However, before Li Yue could open the back door, the doorbell rang again, and another customer came in.
Whether it's this new diner or the diner in the hummingbird video, they all look very similar to the first diner Xia Chuhe met.
The new customer said softly, "I've already ordered; I want it a bit more mature."
This time, Xia Chuhe didn't struggle much and directly served the chicken he had hired from the back street.
The new diner nodded, seemingly satisfied with the ingredients. It casually examined the food, then opened its gaping maw...
Watching diners eat up close, Xia Chuhe heard a faint, muffled, and extremely painful scream, and she suddenly felt nauseous at the diners' behavior.
Xia Chuhe clearly understood that the profits of the Flesh and Blood Restaurant were built on the suffering of the ingredients, and the ingredients... had "humanity".
Reason told Xia Chuhe that if they wanted to maximize profits in the Flesh and Blood Restaurant instance, they should learn from the Taste of Despair, hire a variety of chickens, open more dining seats, and attract more diners to come and spend money.
However, the faint screams coming from the diners' bodies stopped Xia Chuhe from thinking.
A few minutes later, the diner suffered a cut on the back of his neck.
The already thin chicken looked even more haggard, barely able to stand. Even so, it insisted on saying, "Thank you for tasting it."
The diner nodded arrogantly, left five energy coins on the table, and left the restaurant.
Wang Yan saw this from the kitchen window and was overjoyed: "I've thought of a way to earn more energy points!"
His method coincided with Xia Chuhe's initial idea of making money.
Xia Chuhe did not immediately respond: "What do you think?"
Lu Dangui and Li Yue also heard the painful screams from the diner's body, but neither of them spoke.
Bu Yi watched as Xia Chuhe remained silent and unresponsive.
Although Li Qiusheng was a cleaner, she had just watched the diners eat in the restaurant. She glanced at Xia Chuhe, then at Wang Yan, and hesitated before asking, "Damage the diners?"
Xia Chuhe laughed at Li Qiusheng's anger, and gave him a thumbs up: "So smart."
Li Qiusheng's eyes widened, and he waved his hand, saying, "Really? Boss thinks so too? You're making me blush with praise!"
Li Yue was speechless: "I don't think Xia Xia meant that."
Thinking that this might be the last dungeon she would participate in, Li Yue mustered up her courage and said, "Our main goal isn't to earn energy points, is it? Even if we earn a lot of energy points, we still can't buy the dungeon core."
The chick that had been eavesdropping finally staggered to its feet and humbly interjected, "Boss, could you... settle my wages first?"
Li Yue hurriedly handed it two energy points, just as they had agreed on in the back alley.
The chick asked sheepishly, "Boss, can I still come to work the day after tomorrow?"
Xia Chuhe suddenly remembered that book: "Do you know about the law of eating?"
The chick took a step back: "I know, that's the law that protects diners."
"Only protect the diners?" Xia Chuhe pressed.
Just as the chick was about to answer, the doorbell rang again.
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