After talking to the professor, Yueya and his friends decided to go back to the cafe to look at the receipt left by the hotel owner.
Back at the cafe, Yue Ya saw the professor sitting at the door waiting for them.
The aura that was similar to that of the human-faced octopus had completely disappeared, and the sinister atmosphere in the coffee shop had also diminished a lot. Yue Ya walked up to the professor and asked, "Teacher, where is the receipt?"
"Inside, I have notified the others, they will be here soon..." The professor looked at them in confusion: "What happened to you just now? Why are you all sweating?"
"I've run into some trouble," Yue Ya was too lazy to explain, "Teacher, let's go check the receipt first."
"Okay," the professor frowned, "This receipt requirement is really strange. I suspect it's a prank... You should go and see for yourself."
Yueya pushed the door open and walked in. The two waiters looked up at him and said in unison, "Welcome."
There were no waiters in the cafe before. Yue Ya took a quick look and nodded after confirming that they were okay.
The professor took the initiative to speak: "Not long after I arrived at the coffee shop, the waiter asked me if I was a professor at the college. Someone left me a deposit receipt for booking a room. I thought of what you said, so I asked them where the receipt was, and they said..."
The professor paused, and Yueya asked him, "What did you say?"
The professor pointed to the mourning hall at the side and lowered his voice: "They said the receipt is there."
The professor hastily withdrew his hand, fearing that he had disturbed something.
Yueya walked towards the mourning hall in silence, and saw the funeral photo again. The woman in the photo had a smile on her face, and her slanted eyes were full of cunning, so vivid that it seemed as if they would pop out in the next second.
He looked away and noticed at a glance that there was a receipt and a sharp fruit knife on the incense table.
The fruit knife stood upright on the table, a dark glow flowing on the blade, revealing a dangerous aura.
The receipt was slightly yellowed, with beautiful handwriting and detailed writing, and the hotel address was also on it.
"I've checked. There's no problem with the number of rooms. The weird part is this." The professor put his finger on the deposit column and saw the following words written on it:
With the soul as sacrifice, the agreement was reached.
Yueya understood why a fruit knife was placed on the table. It was for them to use to finish off the sacrifice.
Zhuang Yan sighed: "This lady boss doesn't want cash or paper money, she wants us to sacrifice a soul."
Hongcha folded her hands: "She even prepared knives for us. Should I praise her for being thoughtful?"
At this time, he heard footsteps behind him. Yue Ya turned around and saw that another group of players had arrived, led by the leather-jacketed man who had had a conflict with him in the restaurant.
The man in leather jacket ignored Yue Ya and the others, strode up to the professor, put his arm around the professor's shoulder, and looked at the receipt on the table.
After a moment, the leather jacket man smirked and said, "This is a simple question. I'll handle it. Teacher, please get out of the way."
The man in leather pushed the professor outside and glanced at the people gathered nearby.
Yue Ya felt a murderous aura and immediately had a bad premonition.
The leather jacket man stopped his gaze at the round-faced boy, smiled at him, and suddenly slapped him on the back of the head! The round-faced boy rolled his eyes, his head drooped softly, and fell towards the incense table!
So that's it! Borrowing a knife to kill someone will not be punished by the system, the leather jacket man wants to sacrifice the soul of the NPC!
In a flash, Yue Ya acted without hesitation, grabbed the round-faced boy and saved him from the edge of the knife.
The leather jacket man's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Yue Ya gloomily: "F-level, what do you mean?"
Yueya said calmly, "I want to save his life. I will take care of the deposit issue."
The round-faced boy promised Yueya that he would recite the contents of an ancient book for him tonight. For both public and private reasons, Yueya wanted to save people.
"He's just an ordinary NPC. If he dies, he dies. I'm making his existence more valuable, do you understand? And..." The leather jacket man looked Yue Ya up and down, his eyes full of disdain: "What can you think of? You better be quiet, you rookie, and don't make trouble."
The tone of the man in leather jacket was aggressive. He believed that Yue Ya was not capable of solving the deposit problem, and that the round-faced boy was an insignificant NPC.
Hongcha could no longer bear it: "Hey, do you have to say such harsh words? NPC's life is not life, right?"
"I also think that sacrificing NPCs is not appropriate..." A female player couldn't stand it anymore and expressed her different opinion.
"Shut up!" The man in leather jacket glared at the female player, scaring her into silence.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I do have a way." Yue Ya asked Zhuang Yan to support the round-faced boy and take out the hunting net from the player's backpack.
The human-faced octopus in the hunting net twisted wildly and was strangled by the shrinking hunting net, causing it to scream.
The leather jacket man thought Yue Ya was going to use these human-faced octopuses to attack him, and he immediately became alert: "You caught these things and are planning to use them to take revenge on me, right?"
"I'm not as boring as you." Yue Ya grabbed an octopus with a human face without changing his expression, and sacrificed it to the fruit knife before it burrowed into his skin.
Dark green slime splashed everywhere, and the fruit knife emitted a strange green light, sucking the human-faced octopus into an empty shell in the blink of an eye. A satisfied sigh came out from the dark light, a bloody fingerprint appeared on the receipt, and the three words "paid in full" appeared in the deposit column.
The players exclaimed in unison.
Hongcha curled the corners of her lips: "You must have thought of a solution a long time ago. If you hadn't been interrupted, you would have solved it long ago."
Yueya nodded: "The receipt didn't specify what kind of soul to use for the sacrifice."
One player applauded: "Sacrificing monster souls is much smarter than using NPC souls. Awesome."
The female player who was frightened into silence by the leather jacket man just now whispered: "Sacrificing NPCs is inappropriate in itself. Even if it is a borrowed knife to kill someone, the player's malice towards the NPC may backfire on themselves."
"Indeed, everyone has seen that we cannot judge a player's strength based solely on his level." The player in black looked at Yue Ya with a smile.
"That's right. I advise some people not to talk about their player levels all the time. If they look down on others, it will be too ugly to get slapped in the face." Hongcha made a veiled complaint and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the leather jacket man's livid face.
The leather jacket man glared at Hongcha gloomily and was about to curse back, but was interrupted by the professor. The professor scolded him harshly: "How could you hurt your classmates? You should apologize to your classmates and ask for their forgiveness. Also, go back and write a 3,000-word self-criticism and give it to me before you get off the ship. If you do not accept these punishments, you will bear the consequences yourself."
The leather-jacketed man's attempt to sacrifice the NPC angered the professor and lowered the professor's favorability towards him.
Perhaps he had received a private message from the system. The leather jacket man looked humiliated and indignant. He bit his back teeth and said incoherently, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hurt my classmates."
Yue Ya rubbed his ears and said calmly, "It's too quiet, I can't hear it clearly."
The man in leather jacket raised his fist: "Fuck you..."
Yue Ya looked at the professor and said, "Teacher, this student wants to do it again."
The professor put his hands behind his back and scolded the man in the leather jacket sternly: "Apologize now, or you will have to write a 10,000-word self-criticism if you continue to make trouble!"
The man in leather jacket was so angry that he shouted "I'm sorry" and walked away with his sleeves rolled up.
Yueya put the remaining human-faced octopus back into the player's backpack, picked up the receipt on the table and said to the professor, "Teacher, I'll take the receipt first and give it to you when we get to the hotel."
The professor nodded: "Okay, you take it first."
[Being punished to write a self-criticism is really too bad. Just thinking about the leather jacket guy writing a self-criticism with a frustrated look on his face makes me feel relieved.]
[This person's words are really rude, and his level is not much higher than others, but he is mysteriously confident]
[The leather jacket guy doesn't take the lives of NPCs seriously, and his methods of clearing the level are so biased, no player should want to be with him]
[After this incident, the leather jacket guy must be resentful of the anchor. The anchor should be careful, as this kind of person is the most troublesome]
[I also want to praise Yuezai for his foresight! The octopus with a human face really came in handy, once again demonstrating the fine tradition of making the best use of everything]
After successfully booking a room, the professor asked them to go back and rest early and meet in the restaurant at breakfast time tomorrow.
Not long after, the round-faced boy woke up. He learned that Yue Ya had helped him and thanked Yue Ya several times. He remembered Yue Ya's previous request and said in a low voice, "I promised you before that I would memorize the contents of the ancient book for you. I will go borrow paper and pen from the waiter and start writing now."
The coffee shop is relatively safe now. Instead of running around, I might as well finish writing here. Yue Ya nodded: "Thank you for your help."
After everyone else left, Yueya borrowed a pen and paper and handed them to the round-faced boy.
Zhuang Yan and his twin sisters also stayed. They stood behind the round-faced boy and watched him write.
After the round-faced boy wrote the first line, he suddenly paused. He scratched his hair anxiously and said, "Strange, I don't quite remember the contents of the ancient book."
The most worrying situation still happened. Yue Ya pursed her lips and did not put pressure on him: "Don't worry, think slowly, what was the most impressive thing about the ancient books at that time?"
The round-faced boy closed his eyes and thought. After a long while, he opened his eyes and focused on sketching on the paper.
The players remained quiet, fearing to interrupt the round-faced boy's thoughts.
"Rustle...rustle..." The coffee shop was so quiet that only the sound of pens laying out lines could be heard.
"I've finished drawing." The round-faced boy stopped writing and pushed the book to the center. "What impressed me most was the goddess statue on the last page of the ancient book. Unfortunately, that page was torn, so I only saw its residual image. Moreover, with my drawing skills, I can only draw its shape, but not its charm."
The goddess statue in the book only shows half of her face and upper body. The half of her face that is exposed is flawless. She wears a chain made up of the sun, moon and stars on her forehead, and her eyes are filled with endless compassion.
It is indeed an unforgettable face.
Yueya asked the round-faced boy, "Have you thought of anything else?"
The round-faced boy pondered for a moment and said, "I remembered a line of words written on the page before the statue of the goddess."
The round-faced boy is writing:
"When the yellow moonlight covers the island, the lost city will surface. The devout believers are willing to sacrifice their souls just to awaken the great god."
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