Chapter 10: Senior Li Ming, the Center of the World, is not what I imagined...
When Li Ming stood in the cafeteria hall again, he suddenly felt as if he was in another world.
The warm yellow lights, the clean tables and chairs, the noisy sound of the exhaust fan...all of these made him miss them so much, as if all the magical developments that had happened so far were just hallucinations that appeared after he became numb from playing games.
But the premise of being moved is——
Ignore the monster lady who is gnawing on students' heads at the food window.
Li Ming stared expressionlessly at the woman in front of his team, drooling as she bit a student's head. He suddenly felt hopeless:
What do you think, school? Are you really not worried about students getting sick?
[Derivative: Long-tongued Cafeteria Lady]
[Disaster sequence: D-122 strong, F-129 distracted, E-112 deformed]
[Note: Students are getting their meals, and the cafeteria lady is drooling at the students. Don’t be surprised, this is the current situation of the college cafeteria. But there is nothing weird in the food. You know, if there is a complaint from students or faculty, the cafeteria lady won’t even see the food (smile).]
【so--】
[Dear, if you feel hungry, robbing the cafeteria will be the most regretful thing you do. ]
Li Ming: ...
This is a really outrageous development.
He skilfully scanned the information prompts that had appeared in front of him three times, and then stood in line among a group of faceless students, looking like a corpse being driven away with a sense of despair.
"Senior, I don't think I'm very hungry today."
Seeing this, the junior student behind him weakly tugged at his shirt and whispered, "He was almost killed by a group of faceless students not long ago, and now he is surrounded by a group of faceless students again."
But this time it's even more outrageous:
Right in front of the team there was a monster old lady who was staring at the students with eager eyes and drooling.
No one thinks something is wrong...
"Don't be afraid, they were eaten because they didn't bring enough money." Li Ming calmly took out his meal card and said seriously, "As long as we save a little, we can still afford a meal."
"And if anything unexpected happens, I'll have to rely on the two of you to work together to get me out."
He Rui: …
Oh my god, how come the senior has already figured out how to deal with the aftermath of having his head bitten off?
"Well... I feel that the most important thing for survival in school right now is the money in the meal card..." Zhou Haoyu, who was standing by, frowned and murmured after listening to the conversation between the two people:
“But whether or not you can top up your meal card is a problem at the moment.”
"The school originally offered cash recharges and online mobile banking recharges," Li Ming continued calmly, "but now we all know that these two methods are no longer feasible."
"The online recharge channel failed due to the network outage, and the next thing is..."
Li Ming hesitated and turned to look at the cash recharge window not far away. The outside of the recharge window was sealed with a big, red cross.
The school obviously does not intend to let students rely on this bug.
"Then the only remaining channel is work-study." Zhou Haoyu thought seriously. As he spoke, he explained to the two people who might not understand:
"The money earned from our school's work-study program can be directly deposited into the meal card by faculty and staff. I just checked the rules of the school's app, and this rule is still in place."
"But Brother Hao..."
He Rui pointed with trembling hands at the long-tongued old lady who was greedily staring at the students through the glass, and weakly interrupted, "Do you want us to be alone with those monsters..."
"I'm really worried that I'll be swallowed up by them."
“…Tsk.”
Zhou Haoyu expressed regret about this.
"I still think it's better not to have any hope for work-study."
Li Ming interrupted with a smile, then he tried to keep his tone serious and explained: "School is now strictly a hunting ground for monsters. The rules they made are definitely more favorable to their side."
"Instead of following the rules, we should find ways to destroy the hunting grounds."
"That's true." Zhou Haoyu murmured with a frown.
But the question is how to break the current situation?
The treatment in the infirmary and the supplies in the cafeteria all require money to pay, but the money in the meal card will only get less and less. Zhou Haoyu himself did not believe that the hunting ground built for monsters would tolerate them gaining without paying any existence.
Perhaps the monsters initially accepted the idea of using meal cards for payment because they wanted to enjoy strangling their prey and watching their smart prey suffocate or even struggle to death.
In this case——
There is only one way out left.
Zhou Haoyu looked at Li Ming knowingly.
His sight and Li Ming's happened to overlap at this moment, so Zhou Haoyu immediately understood the most essential reason why Li Ming couldn't wait to choose to explore the cafeteria today:
In order to obtain as much information about Monster School as possible.
“What’s going on… It’s as if I’ve always been self-righteous…” Zhou Haoyu suddenly covered his eyes and laughed out loud.
Li Ming has never been someone who needs his protection.
All the negative emotions were because he cleverly put himself in the position of 'protector'.
"Zhou Haoyu, what's wrong with you?"
Li Ming's confused voice came from above his head.
So Zhou Haoyu wiped his tears hastily, stood up and explained with a wry smile: "It's okay, I just suddenly had some new insights."
Li Ming looked at the other person with great surprise.
He was about to ask, but he found that the line was almost his. The hungry eyes of the cafeteria lady fell on him intentionally or unintentionally, so he had to put aside his curiosity and walked towards the window.
The long-tongued monster was wearing the canteen's exclusive white uniform. She held a soup spoon in her left hand, and her right hand was almost glued to the window glass. Her huge face, like a pancake, was pressed tightly against the window glass, and her pair of bell-sized eyes greedily stared at Li Ming outside the window.
Li Ming extended his hand and greeted the other party in a friendly manner.
But the monster lady didn't seem to understand what he meant. She just used her long and thick tongue to lick the glass that served as a barrier between the man and the monster.
Judging from the position of the glass, he should want to lick his head, right?
Li Ming pondered expressionlessly. The IQ of the monster aunt was much lower than that of any disaster he had encountered before. In this case, how did she understand the students' instructions?
So, out of curiosity, he imitated the actions of the faceless student and deliberately pointed to the vegetarian dish farthest away from the monster aunt.
The long-tongued aunt's body moved suddenly.
Her tongue was still on the glass, trying relentlessly to get out of it, but the rest of her body was making mechanical, stiff cries like a puppet.
She walked clumsily to the vegetarian area and then walked clumsily back to the window.
oh?
Li Ming blinked in surprise.
This was the first time he intuitively felt the existence of the academy's rules. The copy rules restricted students and reduced their living space, while also restricting those disasters who had no reason and no self-concept.
This scene was so bizarrely absurd that it made him curious about the disaster that made the rules.
Students use rules to survive, and disasters use rules to hunt.
The best prey can only be obtained by the best hunters. Hunters who are not good enough and only rely on brute force can only rely on luck and drool over their prey every day...
It really is a hunting ground.
Li Ming sighed again, but at the same time, he felt unprecedented pressure in his heart. The BOSS battle in the academy copy might be more difficult than he expected.
But no matter how difficult it is, you have to face it.
"That's enough."
Li Ming deliberately did not make any gestures and spoke verbally to the aunt in the cafeteria.
The old lady's IQ was obviously not enough to understand what he said. Li Ming only saw a pair of bell-sized eyes filled with more and more desire and obsession.
A tongue as thick and long as a bull whip couldn't wait to drill out of the small window.
Huh? Li Ming blinked in surprise. He saw the flexible tongue quickly change its shape, turning into a thick and sharp needle, stabbing towards him.
“Tick!”
He quickly put the meal card hanging next to the reader on it. With a click, the long and thick tongue retracted angrily like a frightened monster.
The monster aunt instantly let out a faint cry of pain.
Li Ming lowered his head and touched his head in silence. He couldn't say that his behavior had no gambling implications, but when the moment of death came, the first thing he thought of was:
What is meant to come will come.
How did I die in the academy copy? This question popped up in Li Ming's mind again, but this time he smiled bitterly and thought: Could it be that I killed myself?
"Senior, you scared me to death."
He Rui, who was standing behind him, didn't dare to breathe. When he found out that Li Ming was fine, he immediately said to Li Ming anxiously, "Don't deliberately step on the monster's bottom line!"
Zhou Haoyu standing by also shook his head with disapproval.
At that moment just now, they couldn't save the other person even if they wanted to.
"Hahaha, don't be so nervous."
Li Ming responded with a guilty conscience. He picked up the food tray on the window and pretended to be nonchalant as he told his junior: "Auntie can only recognize hand gestures, remember to make hand gestures."
"Ohhhh."
After hearing this, the junior student nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Li Ming then forced a smile and looked at Zhou Haoyu, who still had a stern face, and selectively ignored the accident that just happened and said, "Then dormitory head, I'll wait for you by the window."
After saying these words, he quickly left the crime scene.
Oops, oops, I accidentally danced in the dormitory head's minefield. Li Ming finally realized that his behavior just now would really be held accountable and pursued to death afterwards.
Seeing this, Zhou Haoyu could only sigh.
Why didn’t he think Li Ming was so fond of recklessness before?
"Brother Hao, I particularly like the school's fried pork with peppers. Are you interested in trying it?" He Rui, who was ordering food nearby, asked enthusiastically.
"It's up to you to decide."
Zhou Haoyu answered absentmindedly, but after a few seconds, he couldn't help but add: "Remember to order some cucumber scrambled eggs."
"Okay."
So He Rui quickly directed the monster aunt. He originally planned to treat the two seniors to a meal, but it was obvious that Senior Li Ming refused decisively after hearing this.
Li Ming doesn't like sharing a tray with others.
Considering the reality, He Rui felt that it was too difficult for him to negotiate with the monster aunt for this. But after hearing Li Ming's refusal, Zhou Haoyu explained to him with a smile: "Don't worry about Li Ming, he is a very tough person in some aspects."
"Senior Li Ming is not what I imagined."
He Rui, who had already prepared the food and was walking towards the agreed location, suddenly said hesitantly: "I originally thought he would be... um, I don't know how to describe it..."
However, he couldn't find a suitable adjective after thinking for a long time, so he could only smile awkwardly at Zhou Haoyu beside him.
Seeing this, Zhou Haoyu smiled bitterly with tacit understanding.
It's just that He Rui didn't know how to describe it. How could he not know...
Li Ming has always had a low sense of presence in group activities. He doesn't join clubs, doesn't take the initiative to establish connections with others, and is always there to mediate the relationships between others in the dormitory.
Little transparent, good guy, marginal person... There are many adjectives on the Internet that can be directly attributed to Li Ming.
But on the playground, when he stood up——
At that moment, everyone who saw that scene would feel that he was the center of the world.
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