Chapter 435
The first rule was fine; she had high standards. When it came to stealing, she either targeted rabbits or set her sights on high-level players. The third rule was still faintly etched in her memory.
But the second rule—after becoming a black market player, her mind was consumed with survival and seizing opportunities, and she had completely forgotten it.
Was it her luck that she hadn’t successfully killed any fool-level players?
Fool-level players...
The more Yu Xunge thought about it, the tighter her brows knitted.
This round of the game was merciless; for fool-level players, it was a fatal blow, almost enough to wash them out of the Divine Game entirely.
What about the fairness of the Divine Game?
What about these fools?
Yu Xunge opened the leaderboard, which displayed real-time sales rankings. As she scrolled down, she was shocked to find that among the top 10,000 players, there were over five hundred with combat power only at levels 2 to 3, and more than three thousand players at levels 4 to 5.
Every time she had checked the leaderboard for players before, a flicker of unease had crossed her mind.
But back then, she thought that high-level players were too busy being black market players, completely abandoning sales, while low-level players focused on running restaurants, so it made sense for their sales to catch up.
But looking back now, something was clearly off.
Even if high-level players paused to wait, it shouldn’t be like this...
The Dark Food Street?
That was the only answer she could think of.
...
Yu Xunge cleared her mind and fell asleep, only waking up at midnight.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to sleep a little longer; it was that she heard the system notification.
【Please reselect the skill icons you want to equip】
【Based on your performance in the Culinary Adventure, the number of skill icons you can equip is: 9】
Leaning back against Tu Lan’s belly, she asked, “Do you have any skill icons this time?”
Tu Lan replied, “No.”
With a grimace, Yu Xunge began to select again.
The thought of choosing nine useless skills to minimize potential losses flashed through her mind for just a moment before she extinguished it.
【I really want to improve】 was a must-have; she had copied it before, so now she had two.
【Mysterious Power】—she had used the reward from the third egg on this skill, and the effect of “cannot be lost for any reason” was still active, so she had to take this one too.
【Bedtime Fairy Tale】 was a survival skill, so she’d take it. As for the other midnight escape skills, she wouldn’t equip any more; she could only accept losing one.
【Borrow and Return】 would ensure her skills were diverse by copying other players’ skills, so she’d take that!
【Reward or Punishment】 wasn’t rare, and she could bear the cost of losing it. The “Reward” could serve as a shield, while the “Punishment” could be used in conjunction with 【Mysterious Power】. It was the last day; she had to use 【Mysterious Power】.
For the sixth skill, she chose the SS-level healing skill 【Yang Zhi Gan Lu】. Although it only healed 50% of her health, it had a short cooldown.
For the seventh skill, she picked the SSS-level attack healing skill 【If You Can Kill Me, Go Ahead】 from the last round.
【If You Can Kill Me, Go Ahead】 (SSS): After use, your health limit will temporarily expand from 0% to -500%. During this time, every attack you receive has a 15% chance to restore 5% of your health; the skill lasts for 5 minutes; it consumes 5% mana; cooldown time is 15 minutes.
For the eighth skill, she selected the SSS-level escape skill 【Romantic Tourist】, which was essentially a teleportation skill.
【Romantic Tourist】 (SSS): You can set seven buildings as city landmarks for remote teleportation. You can teleport randomly to one of the seven landmarks for sightseeing; there must be at least a 30-minute interval between two teleports; once a landmark has been “visited,” it will disappear; a maximum of seven landmarks can exist at the same time, and you can set a maximum of 12 landmarks per day; each landmark can exist for a maximum of 24 hours.
A remote teleportation escape skill—too bad it could only be used 12 times a day...
This number didn’t quite match the skill; it must have been a modification by the previous owner.
For the last skill, Yu Xunge gritted her teeth and chose the disguise skill 【Survive Until the End】.
In this final round, she didn’t expect to reap the same rewards as in the Culinary Adventure; her main task was to minimize her death count!
She had to survive with her spoils until the end.
【Chapter 555: Divine Game: Nonsense Restaurant 81】
Yu Xunge stood up and stretched, beginning to observe the Food Street.
The diners had vanished, and while some black market players had already entered restaurants to rest, most, like her, were hesitant to enter before closing time, lingering in the public area to watch.
She estimated that the number of black market players still outside was definitely under ten thousand.
Before the cooking competition, the total number of players and visitors had been nearly one hundred thousand, with 12,745 restaurants. Now, the restaurants were at full capacity...
Wait, she stored Tu Lan away and flew around the Food Street, only to realize something was off.
The number of restaurants had decreased; there were now fewer than 1,900.
She hadn’t even noticed this issue, not even when completing the parkour hidden egg; her mind had been solely focused on finishing all the restaurants without dying halfway.
This brought her back to the question she had pondered before falling asleep: what could low-level players gain in this game?
Being a black market player?
If they didn’t join a job within two hours, they’d be sent to the Dark Food Street.
Joining a job?
Every round, the last-place eliminations would forcibly kill players ranked 8,000 and below, most likely low-level players.
After all, low combat power meant a lack of foundation.
A chef who couldn’t produce good dishes wouldn’t sell well—perhaps they, like her, didn’t even recognize all the ingredients.
Going to stock up? They’d die at the hands of black market players the moment they stepped out of the restaurant.
Cashiers and cleaners might be a bit better.
Even if they were lucky enough to rank within the top 8,000, they’d still face surprise eggs.
On top of that, there were 1,000 inspectors roaming the Food Street.
No matter how you looked at it, the pain of fools, casual players, and even those with poorly matched initial skill icons offered no hope in this round of the Culinary Adventure.
Thinking about the real-time sales rankings on the leaderboard...
Perhaps, for low-level players, hope lay in the Dark Food Street?
In other words, the Dark Food Street was the biggest benefit for low-level players in this game?
If that were the case, it would explain the shortage of restaurants.
Those players who had gone through several rounds of eliminations might have been sent to the Dark Food Street as well.
It shouldn’t be too dangerous there; at least it would allow those players to earn sales, and after this Divine Game ended, they could receive the final rewards.
And to ensure that the competition in the Culinary Adventure wouldn’t be affected, they were quietly reducing the number of restaurants.
But what about them...
In the third day of the game, how would the Divine maintain fun and balance?
And what about closing time? Where would these black market players be sent?
She recalled the reward from the fifth hidden egg: it allowed her to see through players’ identities (3/3).
What did that mean?
Yu Xunge landed heavily, her toes barely touching the ground when she sprang back up as if her rear was on fire, leaving her previous spot.
She landed about 20 meters at the 2 o'clock direction, where Feng Tang pointed her finger at Zai Jiu Xun Ge’s departing figure, glancing at her companion on the left. Without saying a word, it felt as if she had said everything.
Song Gui downed her beer in one go and handed the empty glass to Feng Tang. “I know what you want to say. Don’t say it; just refill my drink.”
Feng Tang plucked a feather and tossed it into the glass. A few seconds later, the feather dissolved into rich wine. “Drink up. Such things happen every day on the battlefield; it’s nothing. Maybe everyone has already forgotten about that achievement.”
Song Gui sighed in relief and smiled at Feng Tang.
Feng Tang smiled back.
A few seconds later, Song Gui opened the battlefield chat channel.
【Ze Lan·Feng Tang】: That rare achievement 【Divine, Please Remember My Name】—is it impossible to achieve after level 11?
【Mai Mang·Xie Xie】: Yeah, it’s actually best to achieve that at level 7; level 15 is still relatively easy to kill.
【Ze Lan·Feng Tang】: ?
【Mai Quan·Xiong Ni】: ?
【Ze Lan·Wu Ren】: ?
【Ze Lan·Fei E】: ?
【Jian Qi·Ti Ta】: ?
【Mai Mang·Xie Xie】: That last sentence was sent by Xiao Hai Ma; she logged into my account.
Song Gui turned to look at Feng Tang, her hand gripping the glass twitching with anticipation.
Feng Tang still wore a hint of displeasure. Noticing Song Gui’s gaze, she looked back and found Song Gui’s fingers resting on her other wrist, where there was a patch of feather marks.
Song Gui: “What’s that about?”
Feng Tang cleared her throat. “I just wanted to ask about that achievement... Actually, if you think positively, when the Divine remembers Zai Jiu Xun Ge’s name, they’ll also remember yours.”
Song Gui finally couldn’t hold back any longer. After downing her drink in one go, she hurled the glass at Feng Tang.
“Go die!”
“…Calm down… calm down!”
...
【10 minutes later, officially closing time】
【Closing Time: 01:00~07:00】
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