Chapter 448
Then she gazed into the distance, her expression blank. No matter how the Yi Dou tribe gestured, Yu Xunge remained unresponsive, as if she were on autopilot.
The meal fee had been paid, but not entirely.
She speculated that these food tents had their own rules, much like the food street restaurants after the previous cooking competition. Perhaps violating the rules a certain number of times would lead to punishment, but as newcomers, they had no way of knowing these rules.
There were too many possibilities.
It could be that the timing was off, or perhaps they couldn't find a place that explained the rules. Or maybe only players like them, who arrived after the dark food street opened, were left in the dark.
The rules of these food tents might differ from one restaurant to another, or perhaps the tents of the same color shared similar rules, or had some in common. One thing was certain: there were pitfalls everywhere, each one different from the last.
However, those powerful players, the demon kings and overlords, could choose not to enter the restaurants, but she could not; the restaurant was her sanctuary now.
The atmosphere at the table grew tense, as the three players seemed to be locked in a standoff.
The Yi Dou tribe waved his hands several times, but Zai Jiu Xun Ge did not respond. He glanced at Cui He Kuang Feng and reached for the meal fee, but even as his hand touched the coins, Zai Jiu Xun Ge remained still.
He sighed inwardly. Zai Jiu Xun Ge was truly patient. Did she really believe what Cui He Kuang Feng had said?
According to the rules, payment should indeed be made before the meal. If he left now, it would only confirm that point for Zai Jiu Xun Ge. With that thought, Que Qing Bai Shi still intended to collect the coins.
The coins were scattered, all small denominations, piled into a small mountain. Zai Jiu Xun Ge's hand was still pressed on the animal skin, clearly not intending to let him take them all easily.
On the top layer was a slightly larger round coin, holding a few smaller coins. However, just as he lifted the round coin, intending to stash it in his backpack first, the smaller coins suddenly vanished, causing the tiny tower of coins to collapse with a clatter.
Que Qing Bai Shi and Cui He Kuang Feng turned to look at Zai Jiu Xun Ge simultaneously. It was her; she had tampered with the coins.
Putting the ring back on her finger, Yu Xunge looked back at Que Qing Bai Shi and said, "Yes, it was me."
When she placed the coins earlier, she had also slipped in the ring's state, B8017913, right between the two metal coins on the round plate, just waiting for Que Qing Bai Shi to reach for the money, so she could retrieve B8017913 and make the coins clatter, catching him off guard.
The white tents had different limits on lying; what about here? How many chances to make a sound were there?
Of course, there was risk involved. When she retrieved B8017913, would the sound count as hers or Que Qing Bai Shi's? It was hard to define.
She could only wait for Que Qing Bai Shi to pick up some of the coins before making her move, trying to shift the responsibility.
Que Qing Bai Shi opened his mouth to say something, but it was too late. In the next moment, he vanished from the ice and snow restaurant.
【Ding—Congratulations to Zai Jiu Xun Ge for using the highest rule of the blue food tent to eliminate player Que Qing Bai Shi. Player Bai Shi has chosen to exchange three SSS-level skills for the ninth resurrection opportunity in this divine game.】
【You can choose to randomly draw one SSS-level skill as your loot.】
【Or choose to randomly learn three rules related to the food tents as your loot.】
【Ding—You have drawn a kill reward; you gain +10 Constitution.】
【You have killed the "temporary employee" Que Qing Bai Shi; you will learn one rule of the dark food street.】
【Rule of the dark food street: Each food tent has five rules. Among tents of the same color, aside from the highest rule and two basic rules, the remaining three rules are all different.】
At the moment she received the kill reward, Yu Xunge felt a twinge of fear. So, as long as she made a player make a sound, it counted as a successful kill?
After the moment of fear, an overwhelming sense of joy washed over her.
If it had been before, the inexperienced Yu Xunge would have definitely chosen the SSS-level skill, but now that she had made a small fortune, and more importantly, wanted to reduce her death count, she chose the three rules related to the food tents without hesitation.
【Red Food Tent Highest Rule: Maintain a smile.】
【Blue Food Tent Basic Rule 1: You must purchase at least one item at the stall.】
【White Food Tent Basic Rule 1: Dining time must not exceed 2 hours.】
And just like that, Que Qing Bai Shi was gone.
Cui He Kuang Feng stared at Zai Jiu Xun Ge with a complex expression for a few seconds before lowering his head to focus on eating, albeit at a painfully slow pace, as if every extra second in this restaurant was a gain.
Ghost Sang Bei had stood up at some point, looking this way.
Yu Xunge smiled at him, glanced at her health bar, and then pressed the "I really want to improve" button three times towards Ghost Sang Bei.
Earlier outside the restaurant, this guy had hit himself several times!
Ghost Sang Bei regretted coming in; no wonder those seasoned players stayed out… He had thought they were foolish.
Now it seemed, the real fool was someone else.
Entering the restaurant meant giving up the advantage of combat power, stepping into a relatively fair environment alongside Zai Jiu Xun Ge…
As he pondered whether to leave the restaurant and wait outside, Ghost Sang Bei suddenly widened his eyes, staring at Zai Jiu Xun Ge.
Yu Xunge was equally surprised to see what had appeared in her hands—a bowl of five-star delicacy?
Well, that works. She tucked the dish away and looked at the chef in the restaurant.
She had already ordered and paid; the responsibility was no longer hers.
Soon, a player standing next to the chef came over to collect the coins, pressing them directly onto the animal skin and stashing both the skin and the coins into their backpack.
She didn’t know what skill the chef had used, but whether it was juicing or making desserts, there was no sound. She didn’t rush to borrow the chef’s skill; instead, she returned her gaze to continue conversing with Cui He Kuang Feng.
Whether it was her hand pressing on the skill icon or the incident with Que Qing Bai Shi that had an effect, Cui He Kuang Feng answered her questions without hesitation.
This time, the conversation flowed surprisingly smoothly, as if Cui He Kuang Feng had no secrets to hide.
For instance, this restaurant allowed you to eat food you brought in, but you couldn’t waste food purchased here.
For example, the dining time in this restaurant could not exceed 5 hours.
For example, each restaurant had different rules for violations; some would only kill you after three violations, while others would do so after just one.
And, for instance, the rules of each restaurant would only appear at closing time, allowing players to memorize enough rules before the restaurant opened again, so they could dine at those restaurants where they knew the rules.
Five hours of dining time? Yu Xunge decided to wait and see how long Cui He Kuang Feng and the other players stayed before making her move.
As for Cui He Kuang Feng's words, Yu Xunge didn’t dare to trust him completely. He had already dug a significant pit for her with the highest rule, and the key was that he was inconsistent, making it hard to discern truth from deception.
However, since she had threatened him first, his digging of pits could only be seen as a tit-for-tat.
If she were the one being threatened, she would have dug even more pits for him.
With that thought, Yu Xunge took out a portion of the untouched dish she had brought in, pretending to pour it into the half-eaten dish of Cui He Kuang Feng.
Cui He Kuang Feng was so startled that he instinctively pushed her hand away.
With a crisp "ding," the ring on Cui He Kuang Feng's hand collided with the B8017913 on Yu Xunge's hand, producing a sound.
Three seconds later, another player left the restaurant.
【Chapter 583: Divine Game: Nonsense Restaurant 98】
Under the terrified gazes of the other players in the restaurant, Yu Xunge calmly withdrew her hand.
To be honest, during those three seconds of silence, she was drenched in cold sweat, fearing she would also be judged for a violation.
She hadn’t intended to send Cui He Kuang Feng away so quickly; she merely wanted to mix her takeout into his dish to test whether he was trying to trick her. She still wanted to ask him a few more questions, even if he was full of traps; she could still glean some information.
As for the moment Cui He Kuang Feng reached out, her adjustment of her hand to reveal the ring was purely reflexive. In that instant, the weighing of gains and losses was cast aside, and she instinctively wanted to test him.
Indeed, the rule about not wasting food was true, but the one about being able to eat food brought in was false; otherwise, Cui He Kuang Feng wouldn’t have been so nervous.
【Ding—Congratulations to Zai Jiu Xun Ge for using the highest rule of the blue food tent to eliminate player Cui He Kuang Feng. Player Kuang Feng has chosen to exchange two SSS-level skills for the eighth resurrection opportunity in this divine game.】
【You can choose to randomly draw one SSS-level skill as your loot.】
【Or choose to randomly learn three rules related to the food tents as your loot.】
【Ding—You have drawn a kill reward; you gain +9 Intelligence.】
【You have killed the "ordinary diner"; you can specify a food tent to learn its basic rules.】
As usual, Yu Xunge first chose three rules related to the food tents as her reward.
【Black Food Tent Highest Rule: Pet-friendly restaurant.】
【Purple Food Tent Basic Rule 1: Dining time must not exceed half an hour.】
【Blue Food Tent Basic Rule 1: Dining time must not be less than 5 hours.】
So the dining time for the blue food tent must not be less than 5 hours?
A forced fruit is never sweet; it’s all pitfalls.
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