Chapter 374
**Game Rule Five:** Do not break the dishes.
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**Game Rule Nine:** A single dish cannot have more than five colors.
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**Game Rule Ten:** You are a vegetarian.
**Game Rule Eleven:** You cannot add sugar to the dishes you serve to guests.
**Game Rule Twelve:** You cannot be rejected by the same guest more than three times.
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**Game Rule Fifteen:** When faced with a guest's insults, please laugh heartily.
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**Game Rule Eighteen:** Your Mischief Value must not drop below 10 for more than 10 minutes.
**Game Rule Nineteen:** You can only eat dishes made by your teammates.
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**Game Rule Twenty-One:** At the end of each hour, your shop's cleanliness must be higher than that of the shop across from you.
**Game Rule Twenty-Two:** When a teammate dies, please applaud and laugh in celebration.
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**Game Rule Twenty-Five:** Do not steal from yourself.
**Game Rule Twenty-Six:** The number of dishes washed each hour must exceed 100.
**Game Rule Twenty-Seven:** OooooooO0Ooooooo0
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With the help of B8017913, fifteen of the twenty-seven rules were instantly revealed!
Yu Xunge felt increasingly alarmed as she read through them; many were things she could never have figured out on her own.
For instance, “You cannot add sugar to the dishes you serve to guests” and “At the end of each hour, your shop's cleanliness must be higher than that of the shop across from you”...
Who knows how many similar situations lurked among the remaining twelve rules?
But what concerned Yu Xunge the most was the rule that prohibited her from turning any part of a living teammate into a dish.
It was forbidden for her, but what if her teammates didn’t have that rule?
She read through the game content again. While it mentioned random team formations, it never explicitly stated that teammates couldn’t attack each other.
Moreover, several new terms appeared in the rules: Deliciousness, Cleanliness, Mischief Value...
Given that the game was called "Mischief Restaurant," the term "mischief" was undoubtedly significant, not just a random addition.
As she pondered the game mechanics, Yu Xunge frowned and said to Tu Lan, “You shouldn’t participate in this game.”
Tu Lan, quick-witted as always, replied, “Huh? Are you worried I’ll be used as an ingredient?”
“Exactly.” Yu Xunge pointed at the game rules. “You’re a pet, not a teammate. This game lasts too long. Even if B8017913 can hide your panel information, relying on me to keep making disguises for you isn’t safe. Your race is special; if you’re mistaken for an ingredient, I can’t protect you.”
Tu Lan shot a strange glance at B8017913 and said with a hint of jealousy, “Fine, with it helping you, I feel more at ease.”
Though a bit sour, she understood the gravity of the situation. After hugging Yu Xunge, she returned to her space.
Once Tu Lan left, Yu Xunge asked B8017913 a few more questions, but it had never played this game either.
It could only provide the limited information it had: “This should be a management game that requires both cooperation and competition. There have been similar divine games before, and they were quite lively.”
Yu Xunge: ...
That sounded like a trap.
She thought to herself, if things got too tough, maybe she could just take out her teammates and go solo?!
The moment that thought crossed her mind, Yu Xunge looked expressionlessly out the window at the throngs of alien players in the glass houses. Perhaps her future teammates were thinking the same...
B8017913: “Don’t even think about taking out your teammates. The fun of this type of game lies in your desire to eliminate them, while the gameplay tries to push you to lose control and do just that. But if you want to win, you can’t eliminate your teammates.”
Yu Xunge: “Is the random team formation really random? Will it be balanced?”
B8017913: “It’s a random formation, but balance is prioritized. Like other divine games, there will be some degree of sorting or zoning.
“However, it’s not absolute. After all, high-power players have their own game rules, and competition makes it interesting. Watching low-power players struggle is also something the divine enjoy.”
Yu Xunge stared at the online player list on the leaderboard, scanning each name.
She reminded, “Once the game starts, remember to hide well. If anything happens, just let me know in your mind.”
B8017913: “Got it.”
Yu Xunge: “I’ll give you three chances to act without my permission. If things get dire and I don’t notice, you can use your skills to help me without asking.”
As she spoke, she handed B8017913 a World’s Tomb to keep safe for charging.
**[Chapter 487: Divine Game: Mischief Restaurant 2]**
B8017913: “Even if my calculations suggest it might harm you, is that okay?”
“As long as the benefits outweigh the risks in your calculations, it’s fine.” Yu Xunge replied decisively, “This is your test; you only have three chances.”
B8017913: “Understood.”
Yu Xunge: “Do not use any skills on my soul or interfere in any way.”
B8017913: “Why are you so guarded? Why does Tu Lan like you so much?”
Yu Xunge: “If I’m so guarded, why are you following me?”
B8017913 fell silent.
Yu Xunge sighed, “Being a heartthrob is my destiny; I know it.”
B8017913: “Ugh.”
Yu Xunge: “Some emotions don’t need to be simulated when they shouldn’t be.”
B8017913: “I wasn’t simulating; the emotional pool just fluctuated. I’m with you for moments like this.”
Yu Xunge felt B8017913 was being sarcastic, yet its tone was as serious as a news anchor.
She abandoned the idea of bantering with a mechanical being, as the countdown to enter the game was down to two minutes.
She reminded, “All my skill panels and divine attributes are hidden, right?”
B8017913: “Yes.”
Yu Xunge didn’t plan to use any disguise skills. She had already gained some reputation on the battlefield—though it didn’t seem very good.
Thanks to Feng Tang, all players knew about the ancient curse in her hands, which served as an unspoken deterrent.
Unless absolutely necessary, no one wanted to offend a player capable of backstabbing, especially when they couldn’t eliminate the threat entirely. Even if they managed to kill her temporarily, once she left the battlefield, she could retaliate with a curse, and that would be a huge loss.
So in the divine game, as long as she wasn’t doing something that would attract lightning, her identity not only posed no harm but also offered benefits.
However, she had something else that needed disguising. She asked B8017913, “Can you change into a different form?”
B8017913: “What’s up?”
Yu Xunge: “There might be others besides Song Gui who know about the mechanical race’s chips. Your cube form is too distinctive; change it up a bit.”
Upon hearing this, B8017913 transformed into an orange-red earring, perfectly matching Yu Xunge’s orange-red wings.
Yu Xunge: “If you look like this, will you be recognized if you run into other mechanical race chips?”
B8017913: “No worries, I’ve blocked the signal. As long as I don’t act first, other chips won’t detect me.”
Only then did Yu Xunge feel relieved.
As the countdown reached one minute, Yu Xunge entered the game early.
She landed directly in an open kitchen.
On her left, a long table was filled with various utensils and cooking tools—some she recognized, some she had never seen, and others she could guess the purpose of by their appearance.
On her right was a sink, refrigerator, and trash can.
This was a very standard open kitchen.
A long serving table acted as a partition, separating the kitchen from the bar-style front counter.
Standing in the middle of the back kitchen, Yu Xunge could see the dark blue starry sky outside the bar. Across a hundred meters was a food street lined with identical open-air restaurants, the street illuminated by soft pink star trails, lighting up this corner of the world.
There was quite a bit of noise outside—footsteps, the flapping of wings, voices, and more—indicating that players who had entered earlier were exploring.
On either side of her were identical restaurants that looked like they had been copied and pasted.
Yu Xunge quickly flew over to touch one, only to find a transparent barrier separating them.
In addition, three data points made of white light particles floated above the back kitchen.
**[Cleanliness]:** 100%
**[Mischief Value]:** Buried Spring Bear Mud - 0 | Wheat Spike Crab - 0 | Zai Jiu Xun Ge - 0 | ?
A bear and a crab.
Not bad; they were both ingredients. And she had communicated with the Wheat Spike Crab before; whether it was friendly or not was another matter, but it hadn’t attacked her easily—most likely due to its own game rules.
Theoretically, being in a team with the Wheat Spike Crab, which had a power level of 17, and the Buried Spring Bear Mud, with a power level of 15, was already considered unlucky for her.
But with the last player’s identity unknown, Yu Xunge’s heart would remain in suspense, fearing the game would throw her a curveball.
However, players with higher power levels than hers—like the Wheat Spike Crab and Buried Spring Bear Mud—had deeper backgrounds and had entered the game much earlier.
The last player would likely arrive just in time; they probably wouldn’t be too strong... right?
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