Chapter 90 It would be even better if I could meet two male guests at Xiawei Temple...
Yu Naixin has always been aware of the changes in the style of the live stream comments, from "Cocoon Village" to the current "Xiawei Temple".
Before this, she thought that the fewer viewers there were in the live stream, the more likely strange people would appear, and the more viewers there would be, the more normal people would appear. She didn't know that there was such a thing.
Priest Folding Fan can provide a detailed and comprehensive overview of the guest stars, main guests, and various episodes of "Heartbeat 1000%", but when it comes to the "audience," Priest Folding Fan says it probably knows less than Yu Naixin.
The audience and the entire show "Heartbeat 1000%" seem closely connected, yet there seems to be something separating them.
Moreover, this was the first time Yu Naixin had known that "audience members" needed to "accumulate sweet coins" specifically.
Unfortunately, after a comment mentioned this, Yu Naixin noticed that the refresh rate of the comments on the screen slowed down significantly for a while, probably because the discussion among viewers was being blocked when it reached her.
Yu Naixin let out a small sigh.
She was genuinely interested in the origin of "Sweet Coins," the official currency of "Heartbeat 1000%."
Wait a minute, I thought the little witch was thinking about something, but now it looks like she's reading the comments!
[What?! Didn't I remember this female guest never reading the comments?!]
[I guess people didn't want to watch it because there were too many crazy comments before, but now that it's much more normal, it's okay to watch it.]
[Because a major source of Sweet Coins is viewer donations in the live stream, almost all program guests will interact with the chat to some extent to build a better relationship with the audience. It's rare to see a program guest like the "Big Boss" who completely ignores the chat. However, even if the "Big Boss" completely ignores the audience, he still receives a lot of donations; you could say that big shots are just capricious.]
Why is everyone looking at the female guest? Am I the only one staring at the interior of this house? Everything inside is made of wood, or at least has wooden panels separating it, probably to keep out that stone ghost.
"Thump, thump."
Suddenly, a knocking sound came from outside the side room.
Yu Naixin looked up at the doorway.
A young, unfamiliar male voice rang out: "Benefactor Yu, the temple's morning vegetarian meal is ready today. Would you like some?"
There was also a window on the west side of the side room, near the courtyard, just above the wooden table. Yu Naixin could vaguely see a figure wearing a dark red monk's robe outside the door through the oil paper on the window.
The other party is most likely a monk NPC from Xiawei Temple.
The NPC dutifully provided Yu Naixin with the relevant information: "The temple provides three free meals a day, at 3:45 AM, 2:45 PM, and 3:45 PM. If you need any of these meals, please ask any of the monks, and we will bring them to you."
Here we go again, that annoying time... Let me do the math: breakfast starts at 6:45 AM, lunch at 11:30 AM, and dinner at 5:45 PM.
[Thanks for the translation. If I were to enter this episode, it would take me half a day just to figure out when these terms specifically refer to what?]
[I thought the male guest who played the monk would bring food to the female guests, since he seemed like the kind of guest who was there specifically to win over the female guests. Turns out, it was just an NPC bringing food.]
[There's no way around it. The relationship between the guest on the sidelines and the main guests is essentially a life-or-death struggle. If the guest on the sidelines is too attentive so early in the show, it can only fool inexperienced newbies. This female guest isn't going to fall for that.]
Yes, in situations like this, it would be better for the butter monk to keep a little distance from the female guest.
Food is something that's easy to tamper with; food obtained from NPCs is generally much safer than food obtained from dungeon guests.
Yu Naixin also agrees with this view.
The butter monk did a great job with these details and put a lot of thought into her role as a guest on the show.
“Okay, then I’ll trouble you, Master.” Yu Naixin said to the monk NPC outside the door, “I came up from the foot of the mountain early this morning and I’m really hungry.”
[Have the female guests already started to immerse themselves in their roles? This is something that more experienced guests are more likely to notice. In "Heartbeat 1000%", playing one's role well is the safest and most efficient way, as some special storylines in the program can only be triggered in this way.]
[She managed to transform herself from a sacrifice to a mountain god without any instruction in the very first beginner's episode; this is nothing new to her, isn't it?]
[In both "Cocoon Village" and "Swan Castle," the "Big Boss" was actually consistently acting in accordance with his identity at the time. However, because his previous identity didn't have many pre-defined restrictions, he had a high degree of freedom, so it wasn't as obvious as in this performance.]
The NPC said, "Amitabha, there's no need for such formalities, benefactor," and then turned and left.
Less than three minutes later, the monk NPC reappeared at Yu Naixin's door, bent down and placed something on the floor in front of the door: "Benefactor Yu, your morning vegetarian meal."
After saying that, the NPC left again, without disturbing Yu Naixin's meal at all.
Yu Naixin thought he was so dedicated that she wanted to give him a good review as a food delivery rider.
Upon opening the wooden door, Yu Naixin saw a dark wooden tray on the ground containing a bowl of white rice porridge, a plate of stir-fried carrots and potatoes, a steamed bun, a pair of chopsticks, and a soup spoon.
The matching tableware and tray are exactly the same color and material, simple and plain, and arranged neatly.
But these were not the main points that Yu Naixin observed.
Her main concern was that the vegetarian meal at Xiawei Temple was so large that she couldn't possibly finish it!
Wow, what huge bowls and plates! And these steamed buns are almost as big as the Little Witch's face! The temple cook is a real go-getter!
[The female guest's expression is so funny, hahaha, it's like a cat staring wide-eyed in disbelief!]
Even a large, strong adult male who does heavy physical labor every day could definitely eat his fill with this portion. Most people simply don't have that much of an appetite, so it seems even less likely that this female guest could...
Yu Naixin glanced around the courtyard, seemingly wanting to find an NPC to discuss her problem, but there were no monks to be seen.
She could only squat down and pick up the rather large and heavy tray with both hands, placing it on the table in her room.
Putting aside the portion size, the breakfast offered by Xiawei Temple is quite impressive in terms of presentation; you can tell at a glance that the ingredients are very fresh.
Yu Naixin didn't actually feel very hungry. Before starting this segment of the show, she made special preparations to keep herself in a state of neither being too full nor too hungry, so that she could better deal with possible situations.
However, she started this simulation to have more time and opportunities to gather intelligence. The area that Xiawei Temple had opened to her was too small, so she certainly couldn't let go of a clue as readily available as vegetarian food.
Picking up her chopsticks, Yu Naixin immediately took a bite of the stir-fried carrot and potato shreds.
Before tasting it, she didn't have high hopes. After all, Yu Naixin could smell that the vegetarian meal didn't have much aroma, used very little oil, and didn't have many seasonings added, so it would probably be rather bland.
Indeed, compared to its appearance, the taste of this vegetarian meal was just average, neither delicious nor bad. Yu Naixin's strongest impression was that it was very bland.
The taste of this food was hardly appetizing. Yu Naixin had tried her best to eat because she was in the habit of not wasting food, but in the end she could only manage to drink more than half of the white rice porridge, and there was still half a plate of stir-fried carrots and potatoes left. She didn't even touch the white steamed buns.
Hahaha, she's really eating so diligently!
The last time I saw Da Mo Wang (the "Big Demon King") eating was probably shortly after the start of "Cocoon Village." I absolutely loved how he ate; it was so cute, quiet but surprisingly fast, like a little hamster!
[It seemed like the female guest was carefully tasting the food, wondering if it was poisoned, and she was pondering this as she ate.]
By the end of the meal, Yu Naixin did not detect any obvious harmful ingredients in the vegetarian food.
After putting down her chopsticks, Yu Naixin looked up at the oil-paper window in front of her.
She is still not quite sure about the historical context of this episode.
The architectural style of Xiawei Temple and the way the monks who make butter sculptures speak are both from a relatively ancient era. Even the word used to tell time is "shichen" (時辰) instead of "xiaoshi" (時時).
However, temples are inherently ancient and charming, and it is impossible to make an accurate judgment based on the limited information available at present.
Yu Naixin glanced down at her clothes. She was still wearing the same sportswear she had bought from the system's regular store, a completely modern style.
Unless it's a special case like "Swan Castle", "Heartbeat 1000%" won't change the original outfits of the show's guests. The outfits themselves don't prove anything.
Yu Naixin decided to go out and find out more from the NPCs; it would be even better if she could run into the two male guests.
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