The cartoon-themed man in the suit practically roared out those words. Qi Xu grinned and gave an "OK" sign...
Seven days is definitely enough as a buffer.
At this point, his hunger level had reached 98%. Qi Xu had perfectly given himself time to feel nauseous and vomit. After the cartoon man in the suit left, Qi Xu looked at the food in front of him with a heavy expression.
Matcha noodles.
It was clumped together, covered with some disgusting and rancid green powder. When you poked the hard, clumped lumps, they had a sticky, gelatinous feel. Before you could swallow them, they got stuck in your throat and stuck to the tube wall.
Even worse, the powder turns into a sticky green paste when it comes into contact with saliva. When you swallow it while it's coated in dough, it has a rusty, astringent taste, like chewing on a rusty wire. Your tongue goes numb instantly, and your stomach churns and churns.
For the 101st time, Qi Xu asked himself if he could just find a way to leave this instance, if he could avoid eating this disgusting stuff. But after feeling nauseous countless times, he finally finished the noodles...
Fortunately, his hunger level dropped back to 7%. Qi Xu was completely confused, not knowing whether it was because his fatigue level was too high or because he was still recovering from the nausea he had just experienced.
I felt like I was going to faint with every step I took after standing up. Fortunately, the staff dormitory wasn't too hard to find. It was called a dormitory, but it was really just a bare bunk bed.
There was nothing on the bed. Qi Xu had been thinking about whether he could go back to the [Chasing the Sky Feather Realm] to rest, but he found that the dungeon only reduced fatigue in specific locations, and changing locations didn't work.
Instead, the fatigue level would slowly rise, so I just lay down and rested in the staff dormitory.
Qi Xu breathed a slight sigh of relief when he confirmed that the fatigue value was slowly decreasing.
We have many trump cards now, allowing ourselves to make mistakes in a certain instance, but Qi Xu is all too clear that every instance and every secret realm we encounter now is a crucial step in building up our confidence before the great battle to come.
So I really don't want to, and dare not, give up...
After his fatigue level was completely depleted, Qi Xu returned to the [Chasing the Sky Feather Realm], transformed into a little black bird, and went to sleep soundly with his big black bird parents.
This is the joy of having a "heaven-defying cheat".
The sleeping behemoth continues to be raised and killed...
All the different groups were very excited when they heard the news, and they had been queuing up for a long time... Each group had someone they wanted to be resurrected.
Qi Xu agreed to everything! Serves him right.
The sleeping behemoth is dying every day; it's really busy...
After waking up feeling refreshed, Qi Xu returned to the staff dormitory. Once his fatigue level, which had risen to 37%, returned to zero, he left.
Ready to begin a new day of exploration.
But then, by sheer coincidence, he bumped into the cartoonish man in the suit. His initial frustration and despair vanished, replaced by a smug and triumphant look as he stared at Qi Xu, as if to say, "Now you know how powerful I am!"
Qi Xu: ? ? ? ?
Are you crazy?
It wasn't until the cartoon-suited man noticed that Qi Xu didn't show any signs of fatigue that he put away his smug expression and tilted his head in confusion.
Qi Xu was a man of his word; once he said he didn't know someone, he meant it. Without saying a word, he left the Treasure Pavilion with an air of aloofness.
However, I don't plan to go to the staff canteen to work today. My meals will be provided for the next 7 days. It doesn't matter where I eat shit, it's all the same, it's disgusting.
After emerging from the room, Qi Xu overheard two players complaining and suddenly understood the meaning behind the cartoonish man in the suit's cryptic expression...
"What were you doing at [Treasure Pavilion] last night? Were you crazy? I was staying at the Anxin Hotel next door, and I listened to them all night long. They were banging drums and screaming. It gave me a nervous breakdown!"
"Who isn't? It started at 2 a.m., I was sound asleep, and it didn't end until 5 a.m. I didn't get a good night's rest, and my fatigue level only dropped by 20 points! So annoying!"
"I'd like to know how many days this commotion is going to last? If it goes on for a long time, I'll change hotels!"
Qi Xu drifted past her quietly, "It will probably take seven days."
No wonder the cartoon character in the suit looked so excited; he felt he had gotten his revenge. Unfortunately, Qi Xu was already fast asleep in the [Chasing the Sky Feather Realm] at 2 AM, completely oblivious to the commotion outside...
The Joker, what a Joker!
Qi Xu spent six days exploring the entire Hungry Town, inside and out.
It's undeniable that Hunger Town is incredibly large, with a truly massive number of NPCs. However, some areas seem endlessly repetitive; for example, there are at least ten different canteens and story pawnshops, each with a different NPC in charge...
On the first day, Qi Xu went to check the "pass message" left by the mastermind behind the game, and Qi Xu could confirm that this was definitely not a trick.
"The reason why the residents of the Hungry Town lose their sense of taste is that the water source has been polluted. Living in the Hungry Town for a long time will cause them to gradually lose their sense of taste!"
It's not a way to pass the level; it's clearly a trap.
In addition, Qi Xu also met some smarter players who all sensed the unusual nature of this dungeon and were living a miserable life by eating staff meals every day.
Although he seemed a bit mentally exhausted, his eyes were very clear, unlike some players who, after spending a long time in this dungeon, looked more like NPCs than actual NPCs...
Qi Xu used the known answers to deduce all the questions, thus figuring out all the mysteries of this instance.
They all have one thing in common: all the original inhabitants of Hungry Town are trying to collect "stories" from outside players. The requirement to restore taste in the dungeon is all a pretext.
However, the methods of collection are slightly different.
The Story Pawnshop is the most direct: you give me your story, and I give you Hunger Coins, giving you the means to survive in Hunger Town.
Restaurants and small shops selling food along the roadside earn Hunger Coins by offering delicious food, which can then be used to purchase players' "stories" from the Story Pawnshop, or like the old lady selling cloud cakes that Qi Xu met on his first day in the instance.
They take advantage of your unpreparedness to elicit information and your "story".
Qi Xu was always puzzled. The special aromas among all the delicious foods must be the emotions and perceptions that players put into tasting the food.
This is something I learned from chatting with players. Everyone knows the food tastes good, but the exact flavor and how delicious it is—these memories fade over time.
Qi Xu speculated that the reason why these indigenous people, despite losing their sense of taste, could still make two kinds of dishes with extremely different flavors, both delicious and visually appealing, was because they sold the food to outsider players and the staff meals that looked less appetizing than poop.
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