Lu Cai narrowed his eyes and looked at the figure from behind. He was a hunchback.
"I think I know who he is—"
Shi Rukui looked up and saw her staring intently at the hunchback. He could only kindly remind her, "According to the game's rules, you may not be able to get around it."
"...Thank you." Lu Cai felt that this was really good news.
Yue Xiaoyan's vision was already turning black and white, but she could still see a figure not far away. She put her fingers together, ready to "bless" Lu Cai, but the hunger kept coming in waves, consuming her energy.
Seeing Yue Xiaoyan's intention, Lu Cai raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder: "It's okay. The side quests probably won't use any big moves right now. I can handle it."
It’s better to save some energy and maintain your physical strength.
Lu Cai left the table and headed for the hot water. The restaurant had three long tables arranged in a row, with an extra table placed to the side of the water table.
The hunchback in security uniform sat at the dining table against the wall of the hall, but the aisle next to the long table by the window on the other side was blocked by a bench.
Haha, it just forces players to pass by the hunchback——
Cai Lu stopped and raised her hand. Glutinous rice flour fell on her hand. She poured some glutinous rice flour and pinched it in her hand.
It was impossible to hide. Lu Cai had just obtained an interesting gadget and was about to test the effectiveness of this "invincible item"—
She walked slowly forward, the voices and laughter of people around her reaching her ears, but they also became faint background noise.
One step, two steps, Lu Cai finally walked behind the hunchback. Two more steps and he would react.
He took a step forward, and his hunchback paused. This scene made Lu Cai want to laugh.
Sometimes, she would feel that these copy worlds were real. Although there would be strange side plots occasionally, when she was in them, she would still feel that this was a real world.
Every time she had such thoughts, something unreasonable would happen in the copy, making her realize that this was just a game.
For example, at this moment, the hunchbacked security guard stiffened, as if a certain code was stimulated, waiting for the player to step onto the predetermined plot point, and he had to complete the task according to the plot point.
Lu Cai sighed inwardly and stepped forward. Without waiting for the other person to make a move, she raised her hands, pinching the glutinous rice flour, and clapped them together. In an instant, white smoke filled the air.
The glutinous rice flour turned into white mist, rising up in the air.
White powder particles floated in the air and then slowly fell. The ends of my hair and shoulders were covered with fine and dense powder particles.
She was wearing a black T-shirt, and the glutinous rice flour stuck to her body was particularly eye-catching.
The person next to her almost ran away, keeping a safe distance of one or two meters away from her.
Cai Lu shifted his gaze to the hunchbacked security guard, only to see him leaning over the dining table with his shoulders trembling slightly, but he had stopped eating.
It turns out that he can really "walk sideways". Lu Cai couldn't help but curl his lips, then walked to the hot water with a swagger.
She took three small bowls in one hand, filled a large soup basin with hot water, put three small spoons into the soup basin, and then, holding the edge of the soup basin with one hand, she walked ostentatiously back to the table.
Shi Rukui raised his hand to take the soup bowl: "I forgot that you also have glutinous rice flour--" However, he had never heard of that player using glutinous rice flour like this.
Generally, players who pick up non-saleable items will keep them hidden and will not use them unless it is a life-saving moment.
Although this thing is good, it is bound to make people jealous. If Lu Cai often takes it out to show off like this, I am afraid that he will be noticed by others before he can pass two copies.
He couldn't help but look up at Lu Cai, who looked clueless. Forget it. With her strong punching ability, even if she really met two jealous people, it would be others who would be in trouble.
Cai Lu put the small bowl away, took out the glutinous rice flour, poured half a bowl into each of them, then pinched a small spoon to add a few spoonfuls of hot water into Yue Xiaoyan's bowl, stirred it casually a few times, and threw the bowl and spoon to Yue Xiaoyan.
"Take a look at it yourself. If it's too thick, add some water yourself."
Yue Xiaoyan stared at the white glutinous rice flour paste in front of her, wrinkling her nose at the whiff of raw flour. Then she glanced at the fragrant Maoxuewang stew bubbling with red oil, and she clutched her stomach.
I heard that there is a new skewers restaurant on the fourth floor. I wonder what the food is like. After returning, she will go and try it. She used to always count the points, but now she knows that she still has to spend what she needs to spend.
Cai Lu stirred the glutinous rice flour paste in front of him, making sure that all the glutinous rice flour in the bowl was soaked in hot water, and then he picked up a small piece of paste and brought it to his mouth.
She sniffed it tentatively and found that there was no strange smell as if it had been left for a long time, so she took a sip.
Of course, we can't expect it to be as delicious as lotus root starch and sesame paste, but the paste melts in the mouth with a light sip. I can't describe the taste, although it's strange, and there seems to be raw glutinous rice flour mixed between the lips and teeth...
Even the three young men sitting in front of them were terrified, with a hint of disgust mixed in. But they still didn't dare leave the table. They just leaned back slightly, laughing and joking while digging the duck blood tripe out of the pot.
Lu Cai scooped a few more mouthfuls of the paste, and the scene before him changed.
The mist of smoke obscured my vision, the noise gradually faded away, the water vapor in the white fog slowly dissipated, and the light became dim and yellow.
Under the dim light, the entire restaurant became shadowy. Dark shadows filled the corners of the room, and the neat tables became shabby and worn-out.
The people at the table seemed drained of their moisture, instantly becoming shrunken corpses. The vibrant colors of the steaming delicacies faded, leaving only the black, stinking flesh and the crawling white maggots and flies.
"vomit--"
A loud retching sound nearby drew Lu Cai's sidelong glance. He saw Yue Xiaoyan holding the small bowl tightly, her large round-frame glasses with black and red stripes sliding to the tip of her nose, and her entire face almost buried in the bowl.
"The charm of the Yin-Yang eyes." Shi Rukui on the other end also turned his head, looked at Yue Xiaoyan who was retching, and took a breath.
Fortunately, he was determined and resisted eating the bowl of Maoxuewang... His eyes turned to the opposite side, and he saw three ragged, withered zombies reaching out to grab a handful of black and smelly rotten meat from the stained soup bowl and stuffing it directly into their mouths.
In the soup bowl, the originally eye-catching red oil in the soup had long disappeared, and all that was left was the thick, turbid, and smelly black and yellow water.
Shi Rukui raised his hand to cover his mouth to prevent himself from vomiting.
In fact, they had eaten nothing but glutinous rice flour paste, and could not spit out anything except a few mouthfuls of sour water.
But looking at this room full of skinny people eating stinky water and stinky meat... I don't know which is more torturous: looking at delicious food with an empty stomach, or vomiting with an empty stomach.
Seeing the two of them like this, Lu Cai also shook his head. You know, in her original world, the various zombie situations were much more exciting than the scene before her.
After glancing at the plump worms crawling out of the rotten meat, Cai Lu picked up the powdery paste in his hand and ate it mouthful by mouthful. They had never seen such a scene as a large mass of white maggots being cut off from a piece of rotten meat with a single knife.
Rather than the disgusting "food" in front of her, she was more worried about the mission of this side story - to solve all the midnight snacks.
It is obvious that "solving the midnight snack" can clearly describe this mission, so the word "all" becomes very spiritual.
Yue Xiaoyan recovered. She raised her head and looked at the midnight snack. Looking at the sticky black liquid, she began to retch again.
"How are we going to eat this midnight snack—" she said with a frown.
Shi Rukui shook his head: "They just said 'solve it', they didn't let us eat it."
"Don't need to eat?" Yue Xiaoyan looked up at him, her eyes sparkling and extremely charming.
Cai Lu put down the spoon and said, "There's probably another trap."
In fact, they were all hungry, but at least they were filled with flour paste, and the "yin and yang eyes" brought by glutinous rice flour, the delicious delicacies in front of them were stripped of their tempting false appearance.
They would rather starve to death than eat this stuff. Who knows if they will survive after eating it.
After waiting for a while, the amount of rotten meat in the soup in front of me became visibly less.
The three of them waited quietly, wanting to see what else was hidden beneath this side storyline.
Squeak——
A figure as big as a hill staggered out from the iron door of the kitchen in the distance.
The man's face was unclear, but he was tall and muscular. In the dim light, one could see the sticky liquid oozing from his skin.
All the hair on his round head had fallen out, his skin was an abnormally white color, and his body seemed to be filled with water, with the skin texture unclear.
The man walked up to their table with a shaky step, carrying a metal bucket in one hand and a large soup ladle in the other.
He used a spoon to scoop out the black water and rotten meat from the metal bucket and poured it into the soup bowl on the table.
Pit, here it comes——
Cai Lu watched as the soup, which had been almost eaten by the three mummies opposite, was finally refilled, and felt that this unlimited soup and dish service was indeed worthy of a five-star rating.
Of course, it would be even more perfect if the chef could improve his cooking skills.
After adding the dishes, his fat body did not linger for long. He walked to another table and repeated the action of adding dishes and soup.
Take care of all midnight snacks.
Cai Lu had a blank expression on his face. If the midnight snacks here were unlimited, they would never be finished.
Therefore, if we want to make the portion of midnight snacks regular, we have to hire a cook.
Looking at the hill-like back, she turned her gaze to the kitchen iron door on the side.
"I'll go." Shi Rukui also looked towards the kitchen. He couldn't let Lu Cai do everything alone. Now everyone was the same. They were all exhausted from the hunger from the side plot and had no energy left.
"How much have you recovered?" Lu Cai was not that pretentious. He only cared about whether he would hinder the entire plan.
Before Shi Rukui could speak, his stomach responded first. He closed his mouth and smiled awkwardly.
“…”
Lu Cai retracted his gaze: "I'll go...Would you like some more glutinous rice porridge?"
"Okay." Shi Rukui handed the bowl to her.
Yue Xiaoyan stared at the obese figure for a moment before she spoke: "It would be better for Shi Rukui to go to the kitchen and deal with the cook. It's a good omen."
Cai Lu stopped pouring the glutinous rice flour and glanced at Yue Xiaoyan.
Behind the exaggerated large glasses, the eyes, wet from retching, were full of seriousness.
"The fact that Shi Rukui was allowed in can only mean..." Yue Xiaoyan carefully observed the guests in the restaurant, who were engrossed in their food. "The outside is a hundred times more terrifying than the inside."
Time is like deafness......
A hundred times, not really.
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