Chapter 377
But this joy came without a hint of servility. When finalizing the version, Mai Mang Xie Xie pointed to a spot and said it didn’t like it. Song Gui frowned and asked Yu Xun Ge, “What did it say? I don’t understand.”
Yu Xun Ge translated in a broadcast tone, “It said it doesn’t like this place. It said it has never seen a green sky crab.”
Song Gui asked again, “What did it say? I still don’t get it.”
Yu Xun Ge: “…”
Turning to Mai Mang Xie Xie, she complained in Tian Xie language, “She’s playing dumb; she doesn’t want to change.”
Song Gui chuckled silently, then without waiting for a response from Mai Mang Xie Xie, she hummed a tune and hung the painting up.
Mai Mang Xie Xie wasn’t angry; perhaps it was already influenced by its “die-hard” nature, or maybe it was just a crab with a good temperament.
Yu Xun Ge didn’t care about Song Gui choking on her food; she was too busy feeling sorry for herself.
The game had already started for twenty minutes, and she had broken the rules ten minutes ago. Her mischief value had been at zero, and she was penalized every minute. In less than half an hour since the game began, she had already violated the rules over ten times…
Thinking about how this game would last for three Star Sea days, Yu Xun Ge felt a wave of darkness wash over her. She worried she’d come out with nothing.
During this time, Mai Mang Xie Xie and Mai Quan Xiong Ni had also tried to cause chaos in the restaurant, smashing this and that, but to no avail.
The combative Mai Quan Xiong Ni even attempted to exchange blows with Mai Mang Xie Xie, but the mischief value remained unresponsive.
Yu Xun Ge, who was kneading dough, found herself lost in thought. Across the street from the back of the restaurant was another food street, but the restaurants there also “turned their backs” to the one they were in.
Despite being over a hundred meters apart, Yu Xun Ge could still clearly see the players inside were also deep in thought.
For a moment, she felt as if she wasn’t in a battlefield at all; it was her first time truly feeling the essence of the word “game.”
Just as B8017913 was about to comfort Yu Xun Ge with the answer provided by the program, her hands suddenly froze. She looked at the position above the heads of the players in the opposite restaurant, and a guess surged in her mind.
She walked to the corner of the restaurant, picked up a cleaning tool, and casually dumped a bowl of kitchen waste on the floor, then began to clean.
In the next second, the data above the kitchen changed.
【Cleanliness】: 98%
【Mischief Value】: Mai Quan Xiong Ni - 0┃Mai Mang Xie Xie - 0┃Zai Jiu Xun Ge - 1┃Ze Lan Song Gui - 0
Several teammates looked over.
The four of them exchanged glances, and they all understood.
The so-called mischief meant doing the actions of other teammates.
Although their own rules only required their mischief value to stay above 10, Yu Xun Ge didn’t let her guard down.
These two values must have a more significant meaning; they couldn’t just be for the sake of giving players a basis for rule-breaking. Otherwise, they might as well have stipulated that players could only walk on one leg or had to say a certain number of words every minute.
Yu Xun Ge hurriedly cleaned, planning to boost her mischief value to 20 before returning to prepare the dishes.
Mai Mang Xie Xie seemed to have related rules as well. It looked around, walked to the cooking table, and said, “This thing needs to be kneaded together, right? I’ll help you.”
With that, it began to knead the dough.
With Yu Xun Ge holding the position of “Chef” while cleaning, and Mai Mang Xie Xie holding the position of “Cleaner” while cooking, the next minute passed without any change in their mischief values.
Yu Xun Ge and Mai Mang Xie Xie exchanged glances. Mai Mang Xie Xie stopped its actions, while Yu Xun Ge bent down to mop a small patch of the floor, bringing her mischief value to 3. Then she paused and looked at Mai Mang Xie Xie.
Mai Mang Xie Xie stared at the data, then used its claw to scratch a few times.
Then, under the watchful eyes of the four players, Zai Jiu Xun Ge’s mischief value dropped from 3 to 2.
The expressions of the players grew serious.
To gain mischief value, they had to steal their teammates’ work.
But if their work was done by other teammates, their own mischief value would decrease…
Everyone silently observed each other’s expressions, realizing they all looked quite grave.
After the seriousness, they all understood; it seemed everyone had rules related to mischief value…
This was going to be tricky.
What made it even trickier was that Song Gui suddenly flew over to the glowing data and touched the words “Mischief Value.” Immediately, an explanation popped up:
【The higher the total mischief value of the restaurant, the more customers it attracts.】
The restaurant fell silent, but it wasn’t tense; none of the players present were impulsive.
If stealing a teammate’s work would lower one’s mischief value, then competing for work in a restaurant wouldn’t raise the limit too high.
The most cost-effective approach would probably be to eliminate a teammate, allowing the other three players to take over their work to boost their mischief value.
However, all four positions were necessary, and the role assignments were extremely reasonable.
One was responsible for cooking, one for serving customers, one for sourcing supplies, and one for cleaning and miscellaneous tasks.
Each role was indispensable.
Even though this was a restaurant game, Yu Xun Ge wouldn’t dare say that just having her as the chef would suffice.
Slowly, Yu Xun Ge turned her gaze to the plant-covered wall, as if looking through it at the players in another restaurant.
At that moment, Song Gui happened to speak up, “We could try to cause mischief with other players.”
This was exactly what Yu Xun Ge was thinking; if their resources were insufficient, what about others?
Yu Xun Ge immediately translated Song Gui’s words.
Mai Mang Xie Xie said, “You all wait for me here.”
With that, it vanished. In less than a minute, Mai Mang Xie Xie’s mischief value began to rise on the data board.
Without a second thought, Yu Xun Ge started mopping the floor!!!
While the crab was away, she could snag some mischief value; otherwise, would she go steal from Mai Quan Xiong Ni and Song Gui?
Mai Quan Xiong Ni shot her a strange look before disappearing to cause trouble.
Only Song Gui remained in place.
For a moment, the restaurant was left with just the two of them.
Song Gui hummed a little tune from Sen Hai, then beckoned with her finger, and the cutting board and vegetables Yu Xun Ge had left on the cooking table flew to her.
As she chopped the vegetables, she asked Yu Xun Ge, “Hello, Zai Jiu Xun Ge.”
Yu Xun Ge dragged the mop with a fierce expression. So, you’re stealing my mischief value right in front of me while I’m trying to earn some for Mai Mang Xie Xie, huh?!
She took a deep breath, looked up, and smiled, “Hello.”
B8017913 commented sharply, “Ah, so this is what Tu Lan meant by feeling frustrated.”
Yu Xun Ge: “…………You really underestimate me!”
She stared at Song Gui and said in a low voice, “That dish, please cut it into fine strips.”
B8017913: “So intense, Master, I’m impressed.”
Yu Xun Ge: “Shut up!!!”
Song Gui: “Why don’t you let your dragon out?”
Yu Xun Ge: “She’s resting; she won’t come out for this game.”
Song Gui elongated her tone, “Oh,” and then neatly diced the brown fruits and vegetables on the cutting board.
Just when Yu Xun Ge thought she would start discussing dragon blood, Song Gui asked, “Did Li Zhu say a lot of bad things about me?”
Yu Xun Ge thought for a moment and replied tactfully, “Do you want to hear?”
Song Gui: “Not really.”
Yu Xun Ge: “That’s good; there’s too much for me to remember.”
Song Gui: “Suddenly, I want to know.”
Yu Xun Ge: “But it’s not all bad; to sum it up, she currently sees you as her ‘abusive crush.’”
Song Gui: ?
Yu Xun Ge: “She insults you while liking you.”
Song Gui: “…”
Just as she was about to say something else, Mai Mang Xie Xie returned. As soon as it entered, it saw Yu Xun Ge mopping the floor and exclaimed, “What are you doing?!”
Yu Xun Ge glanced at her mischief value; it had already reached 21.
Although Song Gui was chopping vegetables, she had only managed to prepare one plate, unlike Yu Xun Ge, who was efficiently mopping with one hand while tossing kitchen waste with the other.
Yu Xun Ge paused, calmly explaining to Mai Mang Xie Xie:
“Sorry, after opening, I can’t leave. My rules require my mischief value to stay above a certain level, and I can’t break the rules for three whole Star Sea days.
“And as our strongest asset, if you need to go out to earn mischief value for our restaurant, we’ll have to handle your cleanliness too, right?”
Mai Mang Xie Xie put down its claws, “Alright, that makes sense.”
Mainly because it didn’t know what it had been doing outside; its mischief value had already soared to 87, so it didn’t mind this little bit.
Most importantly, the restaurant attracted customers based on the total mischief value, so giving a little to teammates was no problem.
Yu Xun Ge said, “You’re the most reasonable 17th-tier powerhouse I’ve ever met.”
She was prepared to use the Thief Dragon to go back in time if the conflict escalated beyond repair.
But she felt confident enough to do so.
Mai Mang Xie Xie, a 17th-tier demon king, with the title—“Reasonable.”
It was just a crab…
Song Gui wiped her hands, “Then I’ll go earn some mischief value.”
With that, she vanished as well.
This time, it was Mai Mang Xie Xie who stayed behind.
The teammates were all quite clever, and Yu Xun Ge felt in good spirits as she began to focus on preparing the ingredients she would need after opening.
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