The people from the trading market were indeed very professional. The next morning, before Xia Chuhe could even make any arrangements, they had already planned how to explore the dungeon.
Twenty people, divided into five groups of four, took turns entering the instance for testing.
After the first group finishes exploring, they will share their experience with the second group, who will then continue exploring based on the first group's findings... until they are completely familiar with the dungeon.
However, the Story Paradise instance already has a "first set".
Xia Chuhe and the others recounted their experiences in the instance (Lu Dangui slightly concealed some nonsensical details), focusing on the agreement they made with the mechanical boy.
Xia Chuhe cannot fully trust the mechanical boy.
Besides genuine cooperation, the mechanical boy might also have another purpose in releasing a few people—to use Xia Chuhe and others as a tool to promote the instance, letting a group of people go to attract more people, and then wiping out a large number of people in one fell swoop.
Like a lucky draw game, first-time players who follow the rules can obtain a lot of animals and food. However, when players try to go back and exploit the system, they face a chaotic timeline and are subjected to fierce retaliation from the start.
Xia Chuhe had to be wary of this situation.
The so-called first group in the trading venue was led by a middle-aged woman codenamed "Cat's Tail".
Xia Chuhe released the large parrot from the farm and instructed it, "Take good care of them, and I'll give you extra food when I get back."
The parrot made a short gurgling sound, which Xia Chuhe guessed was probably saying "deal".
Xia Chuhe tapped the wristband again, waking up the little snake that was sleeping lazily against her.
Then she said to Cat's Tail, "Parrots can briefly exert crowd control abilities, and snakes are very agile and venomous. Taking them with you might be useful."
Cat Tail gratefully accepted: "Thank you, Boss Xia. You don't need to worry too much. We all have rich experience in dungeon exploration and have people to protect us."
Xia Chuhe laughed and said, "It is precisely because you are experienced that you cannot afford to suffer any losses here with me!"
One of the young girls in the group muttered, "If only Captain Wuying were here."
Cattail shouted, "Wild Sand! Shut up! Let's go!"
After saying that, Maowei nodded to Xia Chuhe and led the group into the instance.
The little snake hidden on the cat's tail shoulder was blocked outside the instance and fell to the ground with a "thud." It had followed Xia Chuhe into the instance once and could not enter again for a while.
The little snake crawled back onto Xia Chuhe's hand, hissing and flicking its tongue in a wronged manner.
Xia Chuhe brushed the sand off the little snake and shook the wristband: "Come in, this snake is so long, and you're still acting cute."
Unbeknownst to me, the little snake had grown from one circle in length to three circles in length. If it grew any longer, the wristband wouldn't be able to cover it anymore.
...
Xia Chuhe didn't take the sandstorm's complaints to heart.
She knew that Wuying's ability to leave the instance at any time was indeed the best ability for exploring instances, making him virtually invincible within them.
Whether the people in the trading market are united or not is not her concern.
...
Zhu Guanshan still didn't quite understand Xia Chuhe's arrangement: "Aren't you in a hurry to go southeast?"
"It's urgent," Xia Chuhe said lightly, "but it's not urgent anytime soon."
Zhu Guanshan felt that Xia Chuhe's understanding of "urgency" was different from her own, so she changed her question: "Doesn't it take seven days to enter a dungeon? By the time all of their groups have entered, a month will have passed."
Xia Chuhe laughed and said, "It's not like it has to be seven days. We've only been inside for one day. If the mechanical boy is sincere in cooperating with us, Cat Tail and the others should come out soon."
Zhu Guanshan had few dungeon runs and didn't understand these things very well. She muttered words like "no" and "dungeon core".
Xia Chuhe also thought that the core of the story paradise's dungeon must be related to the mechanical boy.
Although she really wanted the dungeon core, the mechanical boy was rational, capable of communication, cooperation, and gaining more benefits. Rather than destroying his entire base at once, it was better to slowly accumulate other advantages.
As Xia Chuhe predicted, Cat Tail and the others were quickly sent out of the instance, but their expressions were not very good.
Kuangsha complained loudly, "What kind of food amusement park is this? It's more like a mental torture camp!"
Another person chimed in, "I threw up everything I ate yesterday. After seeing all that food, I don't want to eat anything today!"
"Alright, that's enough," Cat Tail stopped them.
Cat's Tail then briefly described a set of experiences in the instance.
The mechanical boy did indeed create a food and amusement park, and even put up a proper sign for it. Below the sign was an electronic screen that read "Limited-time experience of fifteen minutes".
As soon as he entered, Kuangsha was so overwhelmed by the blue braised pork that he almost turned around and left.
Following the blue braised pork belly are dishes like stewed tentacles with eyeballs, okra wrapped in pumpkin, and braised chicken with fish head—foods that can drive you crazy with low energy.
Of course, the food amusement park also had normal food, such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes, yam and pork rib soup, and mango pomelo sago. However, after seeing the exotic food, the group completely lost their appetite!
I went to a food amusement park, didn't eat a single bite, and almost threw up what I ate last night.
Fortunately, the mechanical boy listened to advice and, persuaded by the cat's tail, removed the dishes from the K-series menu and added many of the dishes that the group had already eaten.
The poor group of people, even without getting a meal, couldn't escape the misfortune of being forced to tell stories.
Finally, Cattail concluded: "I think the mechanical boy meant no harm; he just doesn't understand food. We need to adjust our teams so that each group has at least one person who knows how to cook."
There were no problems with the arrangement of the cat tail. Xia Chuhe had told Weng Xintian about this beforehand, so there were many chefs among the remaining sixteen people.
The people at the trading post continued testing the copy.
Xia Chuhe rubbed her forehead in worry. She remembered the mechanical boy saying he was a housework robot. Didn't housework include cooking?
Little did she know that in the era of the mechanical boy, cooking only required knowing how to operate a vegetable cutter and a stir-fry machine!
...
Xia Chuhe and the others spent an entire day outside the food and amusement park before the five groups finally completed the test.
Shanhua, who was in charge of finishing up, brought out a large bunch of fresh Sichuan peppercorns and a bag of big meat buns.
Shanhua is a somewhat introverted person, and her smile is always shy.
She handed the steamed bun to Cat's Tail and quietly asked her to help distribute it to everyone.
Cat Tail asked her softly, "Isn't the food and amusement park only for experiencing and not for taking out?"
Shan Hua smiled and said, "The young boy likes my story, so he gave it to me."
After the two finished speaking, Shanhua handed the fresh Sichuan peppercorns to Li Yue: "Sister, the young boy said he enjoyed listening to the story today, so he asked me to bring you some Sichuan peppercorns first. The rest can be given to you later."
Xia Chuhe immediately leaned forward, took a deep breath of the pungent aroma of Sichuan peppercorns, and then coughed violently with satisfaction.
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