Inside the tiny Instant Noodle Box, a grayish-brown Unknown Creature was slowly wriggling. It had hundreds of feelers, tangled and intertwined with one another, weaving an eerie spider web inside the box.
At the upper left above the creature's head was something like a Lv 9 marker from a Game, followed by a segment of red Health Bar.
"...What do you think?"
After staring for a while at the special instant noodles that would make any ordinary person lose a massive amount of SAN with one glance, Bai Zhi silently turned his head and looked at the "Young Girl" beside him, who had surpassed her master.
—He had merely asked her to make some instant noodles.
It was not only his own cooking that had improved by leaps and bounds; her cooking skills also seemed to have advanced rapidly. She had at least been able to make instant noodles for him before, but now it seemed that even instant noodles would have to be taken off her hands.
Young Girl: "..."
"I remember you could only make Lv 3 dishes before. You've already risen to Lv 9 now?"
Muttering this complaint, Bai Zhi put away this special Instant Noodle Box, which might perhaps be usable as poison.
"Tell me, when did you switch places with her? Where is Mu Qiansè now?"
"Tch... When you went out to chase that Rabbit earlier."
Clicking her tongue, the "Young Girl" turned her head aside in displeasure.
"That Rabbit had a problem. She fell asleep under its influence. I was worried there might be lingering effects, so I took her into Shadow Space to examine her."
"...And?"
"The examination showed that she really only fell asleep because she hadn't slept well last night, combined with that invisible inducement."
The Young Girl raised a finger