Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Wonderful Museum 7
"We have braised beef with soy sauce today, hurry up and get it!" Luo Qing's eyes lit up in front of the cafeteria window.
"This is a secret recipe from the chef, and only one portion is available per person. I used to be lucky enough to eat it once a month."
"There's also pure hand-rolled noodles with eight kinds of toppings and fried sauce. Hey, hey, hey, this thing has a very low chance of respawning, and it actually appeared at the same time as the braised beef."
In front of the delicious food, Luo Qing kept talking. Liu Yanran had no time to think about stamping the food, but quickly grabbed the food with her holding the plate.
Let’s not talk about the exhibition hall and the curation of the wonderful museum. The cafeteria is better than the cafeteria in her workplace in real life.
The staff cafeteria is not luxurious, but it has a lot of variety. It's good just by looking at the appearance, especially for the museum employees who rush to the cafeteria like starving ghosts. You can tell the taste of the food directly.
The two of them returned to their seats with their plates. They occupied a large square table by the window. Liu Yanran sat stiffly next to Luo Qing, with three female museum staff members sitting opposite her.
"It seems there are three kinds of sweet soup today."
"There's a lot of fruit, too. I'll make a platter."
Liu Yanran looked over and saw that none of them seemed to have taken any. Luo Qing glanced at her and explained, "You have to finish your dessert and fruit before you can get them. The food will be served twenty minutes later."
"Qing'er, once you come here, this feast will be different."
"Oh, I'm lucky! I haven't been here for a long time, and as soon as I arrived, I happened to see that the cafeteria had been renovated." Luo Qing smiled and picked up a piece of braised beef.
Liu Yanran ate silently and listened to their conversation with her ears perked up. She was a little hesitant to take the meat, but after Luo Qing said that, she followed suit and took a plate. After putting it in her mouth, she felt that all the beef she had eaten in the past 25 years had been wasted.
No, how much is the salary of the chef in this museum cafeteria? I picked up a plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables. The vegetables tasted sweet and refreshing in my mouth, tender and crisp, and the ingredients were excellent.
Liu Yanran noticed that in addition to Luo Qing, there were other "blue vests" eating in the cafeteria.
“Are those also explanations?” she asked.
"Yes, those in yellow and blue vests are both tour guides. Those in yellow are from the cooperating study tour groups, and those in blue vests are volunteers of the museum. However, generally only volunteers of the museum can come to the cafeteria to eat." The girl at the museum information desk spoke.
"We're going to open a new exhibition next month, and there's another big exhibition at the end of the year. We have five more exhibitions planned for this year, so the museum is very busy."
In other words, there will be a new museum copy online next month. Will there be five new museum copies this year?
Liu Yanran immediately asked curiously, "What kind of exhibition is this? How long will it last?"
"Hmm... I think the temporary exhibitions next month will only last a month and a half. There's a jade exhibition, a mural exhibition, a citizen collection exhibition, an artist exhibition, and something else, a year-end theme exhibition. The name is too long, I can't remember it."
"Oh, then there's a lot to see." Liu Yanran agreed.
"Are there many volunteers in the museum now?" Luo Qing had finished the braised beef on a plate. Liu Yanran was shocked to find that there were two layers of braised beef on Luo Qing's plate, while the one she took had only one layer. It seemed that other museum staff also had only one layer.
"Yes, there are quite a few people here to sign autographs today. Let me think there should be some you are familiar with." The staff at the guide desk replied.
On this side, Liu Yanran was eating in the staff cafeteria and listening to the information silently, while the players on the other side also started to act separately.
When the commentator Luo Qing dismissed the group, he informed the players that they could go to the audience restaurant for dinner, but the five players disagreed on whether to go to this place for dinner.
"I think it's better not to eat the food in the copy. I don't know if there are any rules for the audience restaurant. I don't want to go there. There is a sitting area here. I can just eat some bread here." Tu Nan said.
When they came out of the second exhibition hall, there were rows of benches around the entrances and exits for tourists to rest.
Don’t mention it, really, the bathroom is fully equipped with water dispensers, and the museum service in this weird copy is quite thoughtful.
"But the tour guide said we can go to that restaurant. Would it be bad if we didn't go?" Zhao Jiayi said.
"You guys can do whatever you want. I'll go around by myself." Ning Ruyi was no longer with them at this moment and turned to leave.
Instead of wasting time talking to them here, it would be better to look for clues in the afternoon exhibition hall.
The copy requires one to follow the explanation and enter the exhibition hall in order. Of course, he would not go in rashly. Should he find an NPC outside to ask the head office?
"Brother, can I go with you?" Seeing Ning Ruyi was about to leave, and the other three players seemed to be planning to go to the restaurant, leaving him alone here, Tu Nan felt uneasy and immediately stood up to follow Ning Ruyi.
"Hmm?" Ning Ruyi tilted her head to look at him, a smile on her lips, "You can do whatever you want, but what I do may be a little dangerous."
Upon hearing this, Tu Nan became excited. He was going to explore the clues of the copy, so he followed Ning Ruyi half a body length behind.
"Where are we going?"
When Ning Ruyi heard Tu Nan's question, she did not give a direct answer.
"Have you noticed that there is no elevator in this museum, and there are very limited signage underground and above ground."
Tu Nan was stunned for a moment. He looked around and to be honest, when they entered the museum, they estimated that the area here was very large.
There are security checks, information desks, and vending machines at the entrance. After they come in, they are guided to the right with an explanation.
In order, it is the first exhibition hall. Exit the first exhibition hall and walk forward to the second exhibition hall. He remembers this route very clearly.
Now they walked out of the second exhibition hall and saw a large area of walls. Tu Nan's mind moved: "You mean, the museum has hidden other exhibition halls? It limits us to the four required exhibition halls and the audience restaurant."
"Yes, when we entered, we clearly saw other NPC visitors, but every time we were in the exhibition hall, there was no one else there."
Ning Ruyi glanced at him, stopped and looked at the wall.
"What do you think we're facing now?"
Tu Nan followed his gaze and said, "Wall, no, you mean, is there an exhibition hall hidden here?"
Ning Ruyi didn't comment. He took two steps forward to touch the wall. It was solid and heavy. It looked like a wall, but he didn't feel that way.
Weird dungeons hide too many things from players, and what players see is always limited.
He continued to walk forward, and the touch of the wall just now seemed to be just a casual act.
Seeing that he didn't finish his words and looked like he could only understand but not express them in words, Tu Nan was sure that Ning Ruyi knew something.
He continued to follow, muttering to himself, "Yeah, the distance from the first exhibition hall to the second exhibition hall wasn't as far as it is now."
"Four exhibition halls, a dining hall, and restrooms. But the guide and her assistant are not here. The NPCs have gone to the real dungeon area that we can't see."
As they were talking, they had already arrived in front of the third exhibition hall.
But because the tour guide Luo Qing was not there, the two players were absolutely not allowed to enter.
Fortunately, although the dungeon limits the area where players can move, there are still NPCs there.
Tu Nan saw Ning Ruyi quickly select a target. He walked towards the two young humanoid NPCs who were resting on a bench nearby with a smile.
"Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, what is the main content of this exhibition hall? We have a train to catch, and our time is limited, so we would like to select the best exhibits."
The two NPCs looked up at this, and one of them said eagerly, "You're talking about this? There's nothing fancy about it, just a mirror. A bronze mirror or something."
"Is there any interaction here?" Tu Nan interrupted at this moment.
"It seems so, but we weren't very interested. We watched part of it and left after feeling it was enough." The NPC replied.
"Thank you. There seems to be a fourth exhibition hall after this one. Have you been there?" Ning Ruyi asked.
"No, we just came out of here. We were so tired from walking that we decided to sit down and rest for a while."
The information obtained from the NPC made Tu Nan a little excited. Mirror, the next exhibition hall is bronze mirror, which sounds normal.
"There's a blue vest over there." Ning Ruyi suddenly pulled him and spoke.
"Let's go and ask."
The copy prompt clearly states that their exclusive commentator is the yellow vest. Is there any difference between the camps for this blue vest?
The man in the blue vest was standing at the door of the third exhibition hall. He was a male NPC with short hair. He looked at his watch from time to time and at the tourists passing by.
Ning Ruyi was the one who spoke to the two NPCs just now. They were now in a semi-team state. Seeing the blue vest, Tu Nan took the initiative to step forward.
However, before he could open his mouth, the one in the blue vest spoke first: "Would you like to listen to the lecture? It's free and voluntary."
"No, no, no, I want to ask what's in this exhibition hall." Tu Nan waved his hand immediately.
He couldn't go in because he hadn't forgotten the copy requirements.
"If you want to know what's going on, just come in and take a look. I'm a volunteer at the museum and it's really free." The male NPC also looked helpless.
"It's not impossible." Ning Ruyi suddenly spoke.
Tu Nan was stunned, and then he continued, "We are free to do whatever we want until one o'clock."
Ning Ruyi motioned Tu Nan over and whispered, "The dungeon instructions only state that you can't 'leave the group without permission' and that you must 'tour the tour in order.' They're currently enjoying their free time for lunch break, and this study tour group is temporarily disbanded, so it naturally doesn't count as leaving the group without permission."
“Furthermore, the second exhibition hall is followed by the third exhibition hall, so the order is correct.”
"You can't get a tiger cub without learning the tiger's den."
"How long will the lecture last?" he asked the man in the blue vest.
The man in the blue vest had obviously heard their conversation. "Normally it's 45 minutes to an hour. If you have something else to do, I can finish it in 45 minutes as quickly as possible."
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At 12:50, Luo Qing, who had eaten and drunk his fill and chatted a lot of gossip, brought Liu Yanran to the third exhibition hall.
"Xiao Liu, hold on a little longer. We'll be off work in more than two hours." Luo Qing encouraged her.
Liu Yanran looked at her and nodded. She thought Luo Qing wanted to go off work.
At the entrance of the third exhibition hall, there were already three female players, and Ning Ruyi and Tu Nan were nowhere to be found.
After waiting for another five minutes, the two still didn't come.
"Why are there two missing?" Luo Qing looked at the time.
"We went to the restaurant to eat. When they dispersed, they said they wanted to go for a walk. After that, we sat in the audience restaurant and didn't see them." Zhao Jiayi said.
The food in the audience restaurant is pretty good. There are set meals and hot and sour noodle burgers to choose from. It tastes good and is better than eating dry food. There are cushioned chairs and air conditioning. The three of them took turns taking a nap for twenty minutes together.
At 12:58, Ning Ruyi appeared with a paper bag in her hand.
"Excuse me, I went to the cultural and creative store."
"Didn't Tu Nan go with you?" Cai Xia looked at him and spoke.
Ning Ruyi was surprised when she heard this. "He left with me first, but then he felt uneasy and said he would come back to have dinner with you guys."
"Didn't you guys meet up?"
The three female players looked at each other, "We were just sitting at the entrance of the restaurant, and we didn't run into him."
Liu Yanran looked at Ning Ruyi with flickering eyes. There was no supporting evidence for what he said, but the three female players could vouch for each other.
"Sister, can we wait a little longer?" she asked Luo Qing.
Luo Qing glanced at the signing record in the volunteer group on his phone, his expression unchanged, "No need to wait, let's go, I guess he's going shopping on his own."
If Liu Yanran could see the contents of her phone, she would definitely find that in Luo Qing's group chat, a volunteer tour guide posted a photo record of two tourists following his 12 o'clock tour of "The Third Exhibition Hall - In the Mirror".
"Everyone, follow me inside. This afternoon we will continue to visit the third exhibition hall, In the Mirror."
"This exhibition hall mainly displays various mirrors from different periods, mainly bronze mirrors, supplemented by peep shows, as well as some specially designed mirrors from today."
“The interactive section of the Mirror Hall is a large area, and visitors who want to interact can look forward to the mirror maze here.”
Compared to the somewhat scary and weird exhibits in the first two exhibition halls, Liu Yanran felt a little uncomfortable after entering the third exhibition hall for a few minutes and watching Luo Qing introduce the various patterns and meanings behind the bronze mirrors.
It's so normal, just like an ordinary museum exhibition hall!
“Is this all there is in this exhibition hall?”
“I wonder if the weird part is at the back.”
“We don’t know what’s in the last exhibition hall yet.”
Zhao Jiayi, Tian Fang, and Cai Xia were whispering to each other. They had just gotten used to the interactive exhibits in the morning, but in the afternoon they became ordinary exhibits again.
Bronze mirrors and peep shows, some are in display cabinets, and some are directly displayed. The explanation in this exhibition hall is particularly fast. Luo Qing led the only four tourists to the "mirror maze".
"That's the main content of the mirror exhibition hall. If you want to experience the interaction, you can enter the maze. I will be waiting for you at the exit of the exhibition hall." Luo Qing said in a friendly tone.
This mirror maze was obviously strange, so the three female players walked in without hesitation.
"Sister Xia, are you sure you want to go?"
"Well, if it can be built, it will be easier for me to build the next exhibition hall."
The ones speaking were Zhao Jiayi and Cai Xia. Cai Xia got two stamps in the second exhibition hall, but she didn't plan to get away with it this time.
To get from the exhibition hall to the exit, one must pass through this mirror maze, but Luo Qing obviously wanted to go through the staff passage. At this moment, she looked at Ning Ruyi, the only remaining tourist, and said, "Hey tourist, aren't you going in yet?"
She stood there with Liu Yanran, as if Ning Ruyi would not enter the maze and Luo Qing had no intention of leaving.
Ning Ruyi did not continue to stalemate with her. He shrugged his shoulders and strode forward. He had already walked through this maze once, so it would be no problem to do it again. The stamp had already been stamped, so it was just a formality.
"Xiao Liu, do you want to experience it?" Seeing all the tourists entering the mirror maze, Luo Qing looked at Liu Yanran.
Liu Yanran immediately shook her head, "No, no, I feel dizzy when I look in the mirror, let's go out."
Ning Ruyi walked into the mirror maze with an expressionless face. He walked very quickly and headed in only one direction.
However, the lens that should have been fixed in the venue seemed to move, and different faces appeared in the mirror that reflected clear portraits, human figures that he had long forgotten.
Men, women, students, middle-aged people, salespeople, I can’t remember who they were... probably the idiots I met in previous dungeons.
Ning Ruyi was not affected at all and continued walking straight to the right, but the layers of lenses wrapped around him seemed determined to block his way.
Ning Ruyi was suddenly patted on the back.
He didn't look back, but a familiar voice came from behind him, and the person who walked with him an hour ago appeared in the mirror.
"Brother, didn't you say, 'If you don't learn tiger skills, how can you get tiger cubs?'"
"I am the dish you sent to the tiger."
It’s Tu Nan.
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