Chapter 396
B8017913 suddenly popped up again, saying, "You're doing just fine. Your rationality is perfectly balanced. I don't like machines that are as cold as I am, but I also can't stand beings overflowing with emotions. Emotions are precious, and you, rich yet stingy, are just right."
Both Tu Lan and B8017913 praised her after getting to know the real, unmasked version of her.
Yu Xunge was momentarily lost in thought by B8017913's words, only snapping back to reality when a skill hit her.
Indeed! Tu Lan and B8017913 have quite the discerning eye!
She glanced at her tattered Zai Jiu outfit and patted B8017913, asking her to conjure up a new piece of clothing. Now transformed into "Dusk and Night," B8017913 quickly tossed her a black hoodie.
Yu Xunge slipped it on casually.
Then, she huddled close to the octopus barrel and began examining the garment that Song Gui had given her.
If she was short on health points, why not just return it to her?
Yu Xunge tried to directly cast a healing skill on the garment. The skill activated successfully, its light enveloping the entire robe and slowly merging into it.
Was it effective?!
Though she couldn't be sure if this method would eliminate the effects of the "Ballroom Master" skill, it was worth a shot.
At that moment, the battle was being held up by the octopus barrel and the Mai Mang Crab. Yu Xunge had just tried to scavenge some loot but found it impossible; the opponent's shield was layered thickly. She decided to focus on her own matters.
Yu Xunge immediately began casting her healing skill on the garment. She roughly calculated that it had been healed over fifty times, triggering each time her health dropped below 80%, bringing her health back up to that level.
Her current constitution was 253, with nearly 16,000 health points.
She even summoned the "Fountain of Light," soaking the garment in the well to let it absorb water. The ultimate version of the Fountain of Light provided 5 health points per milliliter.
Yu Xunge's healing skills weren't extensive, so she had B8017913 expend energy to heal the garment. She couldn't remember exactly how much it owed, but she planned to add 160,000 health points first, equivalent to 1000% of her health.
She kept at it until the moment the match ended.
[Match Over]
[The leaderboard can be checked for cooking competition rankings and scoring details]
As soon as she heard "Match Over," Yu Xunge's first action was to use the "Moon Snip" on the metallic, nail-like moon in the sky.
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[Congratulations to the Cosmic Wanderer Octopus Barrel, Divine Game Player Mai Mang Crab, Divine Game Player Zai Jiu Xun Ge, and Ingredient Ting Zhou Jing E for achieving 353rd place in this competition]
[Congratulations to the team for obtaining the operating rights to Restaurant No. 353 in Area A]
[Employees of Restaurant No. 353 in the Divine Game will receive World Tomb (random) x5]
[Employees of Restaurant No. 353, Cosmic Wanderers, will receive a vacation right to a random world, valid for 1 Star Sea Month]
[Ingredient Ting Zhou Jing E has drawn a chance to end this Divine Game early in "We Are Not Familiar with the Big Wheel"]
[During the closure period, every employee of Restaurant No. 353 can retain 2 divine talent skills, 3 non-divine talent skills, and 70% of all attributes]
[The plot of "Is This Restaurant Yours? You Open It" has ended]
Five oddly shaped World Tombs appeared before Yu Xunge. She transformed B8017913 back into an earring and fed all five World Tombs to her, letting her recharge when she ran out of power. She knew B8017913 had a place to store these items.
In the next moment, they found themselves inside a restaurant.
Yu Xunge squeezed her eyes shut against the excruciating pain, as if a knife were slicing through her right eye.
Inside the restaurant, it was just her, the octopus barrel, Mai Mang Crab, and a little seahorse; there was no sign of Ting Zhou Jing E. Yet, Yu Xunge felt certain that Ting Zhou Jing E wouldn't leave early...
She surveyed her surroundings and noticed that the layout was similar to the restaurant where she had first landed—open, with no doors at either end, resembling a tent.
Unlike the bright starry sky outside before, the world outside the restaurant was now a deep crimson.
At that moment, five boxes appeared before Yu Xunge, prompting her to choose 2 divine talent skills and 3 non-divine talent skills.
She glanced at her teammates. She couldn't see the boxes in front of them, but both the octopus barrel and Mai Mang Crab were staring at a certain spot in the air, clearly in the same boat as her. As for the little seahorse...
Mai Mang Crab asked the little seahorse, "Can you still use your skills?"
The little seahorse replied, "They're all sealed."
Yu Xunge chimed in, "Yours too?"
B8017913 confirmed, "Yep, all of them are banned."
Looking at the boxes before her, Yu Xunge suspected that once she made her choices, even using the ultimate skills wouldn't allow her to unleash those locked skills.
She quickly made her decision: [Bedtime Fairy] + [I Want to Progress So Much], [Mysterious Power] + [Fourfold Spring] + [Wind Blowing Dandelion].
With the octopus barrel and Mai Mang Crab around, the offensive role wasn't really hers.
As for the tank? Mai Mang Crab's defense was the strongest she had ever seen; it had single-handedly endured nearly a minute of relentless bombardment from at least four teams!
Her goal was simply to stay alive.
The healing skill [Fourfold Spring], even without Midnight Exile, had a decent critical hit rate of 75%.
For escape, she chose [Wind Blowing Dandelion], while [Mysterious Power] and [Bedtime Fairy] were for defense and survival.
And then there was the core skill [I Want to Progress So Much], which was her bread and butter. Although [Midnight Exile] was powerful, a dog can't change its bark... no, she just preferred the skill that had accompanied her on her journey of growth, [I Want to Progress So Much].
After making her choices, five different patterns appeared in the boxes.
[Bedtime Fairy] was an open book, [I Want to Progress So Much] was a hand casually outstretched, [Mysterious Power] was a drop of blood, [Fourfold Spring] was a wind whale leaping out of the sea, and [Wind Blowing Dandelion] was a dandelion half-blown away.
The five patterns shrank to the size of coins and were imprinted in a row on her left forearm.
Yu Xunge thought, Uh-oh, this isn't going to turn into a holographic keyboard, is it?
She tried to activate an unselected skill using her ultimate power, but felt no response at all.
Not even the hang-up function works?!
B8017913 remarked, "Aren't you always complaining about your bad luck and not being able to steal? Why did you still choose the stealing skill?"
Yu Xunge retorted confidently, "I feel like that's not my problem; it's the octopus barrel's fault. It must have some anti-stealing skill."
She tried using [Wind Blowing Dandelion] and found that the usual sensation of using a skill with her intent was gone. She pressed the icon of [Wind Blowing Dandelion] on her forearm.
In the next second, she transformed into a dandelion.
So it really did change the keyboard.
But at that moment, her right eye had also recovered. She avoided her teammates and walked to the kitchen, glancing at her reflection in the water to check her right eye.
After stealing the metallic, nail-like moon from the competition site, her right eye now shimmered with a metallic sheen.
Yu Xunge asked, "What number was that moon over there?"
B8017913 replied, "17985."
That number was enough to make any collector feel despair.
So far, she had only stolen the moons from four worlds.
From the racing game, Ze Lan's, plus the first moon and now this 17985 moon.
Yu Xunge asked, "Do you know why the moonlight I steal keeps drilling into my right eye?"
B8017913 said, "I don't know. Even gods aren't omniscient. Some skills and divine talents can change when they encounter different souls' flames."
Yu Xunge decided not to ask further. She blinked her right eye, found it restored, and moved on.
However, there was some bad news: after the special plot of "Is This Restaurant Yours? You Open It" ended, she began receiving notifications of divine punishment for violating game rules.
Meanwhile, Mai Mang Crab was also staring at its claws, asking the little seahorse, "You can't use your skills anymore. Are you going back to sleep?"
Before the little seahorse could respond, the octopus barrel interjected, "You stay. I need your trash talk."
The little seahorse shyly twisted its body, "You really have good taste~~"
Mai Mang Crab continued to examine its claws without much reaction.
Yu Xunge couldn't help but say, "You have such strong tolerance; why do you react so much to my trash talk?"
Her trash talk was practically polite compared to the little seahorse's.
Mai Mang Crab replied, "…It feels like everywhere I go, there's a little seahorse. It's quite despairing."
The little seahorse chimed in, "Hey, I'm listening."
Mai Mang Crab clarified, "That was meant for you."
The little seahorse quipped, "Heh, when you need me, call me Hai Zai; when you don't, just call me little seahorse."
The octopus barrel had returned to its original size from their first meeting, standing behind the cash register, gazing at the sky outside.
Yu Xunge ignored the back-and-forth between Mai Mang Crab and the little seahorse. She walked over to join the octopus barrel in looking outside, but saw nothing.
Thinking about the octopus barrel's earlier actions in seeking out the chef, she asked, "Do you know what happens after we close?"
The octopus barrel shook its head, "Can't see."
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