Players' Sleepless Night

When the clock struck midnight, Bai Zhi reached out and turned off the bedside lamp.

In this strange environment, his God's Perspective was always on. [Pluto] itself has night vision, so the Lights in the room weren't really necessary.

Bai Zhi adjusted his lying position slightly and continued looking at the Small Booklet in his hand, turning to a new page.

--The entire Employee Rulebook has ten rules in total; the remaining rules are on another page.

[⑦: This restaurant has several extremely dangerous areas. During working hours, Chef are only allowed to stay in the Back Kitchen area and are prohibited from entering other areas unless absolutely necessary.]

[⑧: During food preparation time, menus will be sent from the front desk to the Back Kitchen via mailbox. Chef feedback is linked to Customer satisfaction. If Customer is extremely dissatisfied with a dish, the restaurant will not intervene to prevent violent behavior from the Customer.]

[⑨: Remember to turn off the lights and get some rest after midnight. Don't pay attention to any noises from the outside world, otherwise there's a chance something bad might happen.]

[⑩: This restaurant prohibits any violence against non-food items.]

[Note:: We sincerely wish you all a smooth probationary period and hope you become full-time Employee of our restaurant. Once you become a full-time Employee, you'll receive various amazing benefits.]

[Note:: Chef are encouraged to explore the hidden rules in other restaurants on their own. The restaurant will not be responsible for or compensate for any damages or consequences arising from such exploration.]

[Note:: The restaurant reserves the right of final interpretation.]

Just as Bai Zhi turned his gaze to the seventh rule, in the enclosed corridor outside the room, as the clock struck midnight, the Lights in the corridor silently went out, plunging the entire corridor into a bottomless darkness.

Then, immediately afterward, accompanied by the soft sound of a Key being inserted into a lock, the lock on the large door on the left side of the corridor was slowly turned.

A moment later, the tightly locked door was opened silently.

At that moment, in five of the eight rooms along the corridor, the lights were off precisely on time, while in the other three rooms, a faint light was seeping through the cracks in the doors...

"I feel like my luck has been running out lately..."

Inside room Number Seven, August Desolation sat on the bed, her face pale.

Even now, he still hasn't recovered from the spider Hell he experienced. Just thinking about the pot of Spider Soup he made while enduring nausea makes him feel nauseous.

If he hadn't had some tricks up his sleeve, he probably would have been eaten by the spider. Although he used some tools to detoxify himself afterward, he still felt incredibly numb all over, and his mind was completely foggy. Clearly, the poison hadn't completely dissipated, and he desperately wanted to get some sleep.

However, before going to sleep, I still need to read through the work guidelines on my desk.

After all, just the initial assessment almost killed him, so what about his official Chef job tomorrow?

If he didn't thoroughly understand those rules now, he seriously doubted whether he would even be able to leave this Dungeon alive.

Leaning back at the table, one hand pressed against his forehead, August Desolation opened the Small Booklet and slowly read it from beginning to end.

Just as he was reading the fifth item, he suddenly felt the Lights by his bedside dim.

"What a lousy place... There's not even a toilet here, and the voltage is so unstable?"

He frowned slightly, raised his August Desolation to adjust the bedside lamp, and the next second, he couldn't help but be stunned.

The first thing I touched wasn't the feel of a bedside lamp, but a smooth and icy... hand?

Before he could recover from his slightly confused thoughts, a dozen strands of black hair fell down in front of his eyes.

"..."

Slowly raising his head, August Desolation looked up at the sky above him.

--Above his head, there was a woman with disheveled hair, climbing the wall like a spider.

Room Number Two.

The bedside Lights burned continuously, and an open Small Booklet lay face down on the bed.

"Just as I suspected... hehe..."

The Young Girl in the white coat bent down, a strange and slightly fanatical smile on her face, and reached out her hand to the thing that had suddenly appeared in her room.

"Take me there."

As the Young Girl finished speaking, a slippery tentacle covered in suckers reached into her hand.

Room Number One.

The room was dark. Cloudfall Illusion sat cross-legged on the floor, a sword at her waist resting above her knees. A small Small Booklet lay in front of her, and she stared calmly at the closed door.

In his eyes, the Golden Eyes seemed to be burning fiercely.

Room Number Three

This was supposed to be the room for Fireworks of Romance, but Fireworks of Romance and Li Changsheng, who was in room number five, swapped their Number Plate.

The Lights in the room were also turned off. Li Changsheng, dressed in a black trench coat, lay on the bed with one hand behind his head, staring at the ceiling. The Small Booklet was placed on his chest, and he was tossing a dagger up and down with his other hand.

Unlike his previous amiable demeanor and ever-present smile, his face was now completely expressionless.

Room Number Four

The room was also completely dark, but unlike the people in the other rooms, Two Lives Cycle was already lying on the bed with his eyes closed, and the Small Booklet was placed beside the bed.

If it weren't for the occasional slight rise and fall of his chest, he would look more like a cold corpse lying in a morgue.

Room Five and the library.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, Amitabha, Taishang Laojun, Hallelujah, Allah, God bless... It should be okay to turn off the lights a minute later, right?"

Kneeling on the bed, she wrapped the blanket around herself, covering her entire body except for her small face. She watched the locked door Fireworks of Romance, muttering to herself about pictures.

Unfortunately, she only remembered to turn off the lights after she had finished reading the ten rules in the Small Booklet.

--But by then, the alarm clock had already reached one minute past midnight.

"The rules say not to worry about any disturbances happening outside... so it really is all that August Desolation's fault. If he hadn't wasted so much time..."

After waiting patiently for a while and seeing that nothing happened outside, Fireworks of Romance breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If the August Desolation assessment hadn't taken so long, totaling over 40 minutes, they would have had at least ten minutes to read the Small Booklet now, instead of being so anxious.

"Phew... As long as nothing's wrong, that's fine. We'll wait until tomorrow..."

Before she could finish speaking, a strange creaking sound came from under her bed.