The boy didn't get a second story, but he did get a really great offer.
"Do you have a lot of drinks like this and other food here?" Xia Chuhe asked.
The boy immediately became alert: "There's none left, only a very small amount."
Xia Chuhe feigned regret: "Oh, I thought there were many more."
Xia Chuhe muttered to himself, "If there were many, there would be endless stories to hear!"
The boy immediately perked up: "How about exchanging food for stories? I have plenty more!"
Xia Chuhe pondered for a moment and then asked a question: "Do you get a lot of visitors here?"
The boy shook his head: "Besides you, the last group of people who came here... was 180 days ago."
It took a full six months for a single group of people to arrive.
In other dungeons, new players enter almost every day, and some even repeatedly enter the same dungeon to obtain resources.
Xia Chuhe quickly realized the crux of the problem: "How did you deal with those people?"
The boy, bewildered, said, "Just like you guys, act out stories for me. If they're not good, let them go. If they are, they do the problems. If they don't do well on the problems, let them go. If they do well on the problems..."
The boy looked at Zhu Guanshan with a smile: "Stay, okay?"
Zhu Guanshan hid behind Lu Dangui, not even willing to show his head.
Xia Chuhe understood immediately: Story Paradise yielded no rewards! Although the risk was low, who would waste time in a useless dungeon?
Xia Chuhe immediately had an idea, but there were still some problems to solve. She continued to ask, "How did you manage to drink and play with all those things in the dungeon?"
After a moment's hesitation, the boy succumbed to the allure of the story and revealed his secret: "As long as you are in the world I have created, I can turn your imaginations into reality, but they are all fake. They will not exist outside the world I have created."
The boy continued to explain, "Don't worry, the drinks we gave you are real."
Xia Chuhe pressed further: "Can you imagine anything?"
"No, I need data on the brain's reaction." The boy said without thinking, then immediately covered his mouth, realizing he had said something he shouldn't have.
Fortunately, Xia Chuhe and the others did not pay any attention to it.
Xia Chuhe made a deal: "I can help you attract more people and tell you stories, but you have to do as I say and pay me a fee."
The boy hesitated: "Tell me how to do it first. I'll wait until I've verified it and heard the story."
Xia Chuhe: "First, you need to change the dungeon mode. First, build a place similar to an amusement park... no, a food amusement park, so that people who come in have a wonderful first experience. Then guide them to imagine all kinds of food and fun ways to play, so that everyone will like this place."
The boy muttered, "What's the point of wasting energy?"
Xia Chuhe smiled slyly: "Ten minutes of free trial, and you'll have to pay to continue playing! Paying means I'll tell you a story."
Xia Chuhe patiently persuaded, "As long as people come in and are attracted by your food-themed amusement park, you'll have a constant stream of stories to tell, right?"
The boy's tuft of hair on his forehead stood up, almost knocking his hat off.
The boy quickly pressed down his hat and asked excitedly, "Can the kind of amusement park you imagined be done? I can make it into a three-dimensional place."
Xia Chuhe pondered for a moment, and Li Yue reminded her: "Whether inside or outside the base, everyone's favorite thing is food."
Xia Chuhe nodded emphatically: "My kind won't work. You need to focus on the food."
"Food... okay, although I don't like cooking, I have a storybook called 'The Little Chef's Growth Diary,' which has lots of delicious food in it. I can try to recreate it..."
The boy muttered to himself, clearly having made a plan.
Xia Chuhe quickly drew TA's attention back, and said with a mysterious look, "This is only the first step of the plan. There is still the most important second step!"
"The second step?" The boy tilted his head, revealing skin gleaming with a metallic sheen beneath his collar.
“As the saying goes, even the best wine needs advertising. No matter how good the food and amusement park is, it’s all for nothing if no one comes. But you can’t go out and bring people into the game, so!” Xia Chuhe casually put his arm around Lu Dangui and Li Yue, who were closest to him, “The task of promotion can only fall on us.”
"You let us out, and we'll help you spread the word, lure people in to kill... no, lure people in to tell you stories."
The teenager protested: "It's not a lie, building a food-themed amusement park consumes a lot of energy!"
"Okay, okay, it's not a lie." Xia Chuhe continued to coax the boy, adopting the same approach as when he was coaxing a baby. "Just making it fake isn't enough; you also need to get some real food. If there's a really good story, you can't let him go back empty-handed, can you?"
The boy nodded emphatically: "You're right!"
Xia Chuhe revealed his true intentions: "Publicity takes time and effort. We'll do the work for you, so you should pay us something, right?"
The boy readily agreed: "What do you want?"
Xia Chuhe gave the others a look, signaling them to make their requests.
Bao'er shouted, "Mango!"
Li Yue followed closely behind: "Sichuan peppercorns, bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon!"
Without supplies from above, getting spices is too difficult! No, there's simply no way to get spices at all!
Lu Danggui: "Want Want Milk Candy, and another drink."
The second sentence was spoken on behalf of Zhu Guanshan. Poor Zhu Guanshan was afraid that the young man would remember the matter of leaving her behind, so she could only secretly tell Lu Dangui what she wanted and ask Lu Dangui to help her say it.
Xia Chuhe glanced guiltily at Lu Dangui.
When she first arrived in the wasteland, she gave Lu Dangui the only candy she had. But later, because of her fake parents, she cried so hard that Lu Dangui fed her the candy again…
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