Teaming Up and Forming an Alliance

The broadcast was short, but it conveyed a great deal of information.

There were only five dishes served in the morning, but three of them had problems... no, two of them. The dishes prepared by Li Changsheng and Earthly Homeland were even given as gifts by the guests.

However, setting aside everything else, what everyone was most concerned about was still the dish that Positive and Negative were in charge of.

The fact that her dish successfully poisoned the guest wasn't the main point; the main point was that Bai Zhi and the others had personally witnessed the guest tasting one of their dishes beforehand...

Furthermore, the restaurant's handling of the situation, as seen in the announcement over the Loudspeaker, is quite intriguing.

A customer died while eating at a restaurant, but because the deceased could not be held accountable, the restaurant did not pursue the matter. Moreover, the so-called punishment seemed more like an encouragement for Positive and Negative customers to continue their efforts to poison the next Customer.

As for the specifics, we'll find out when the announcement comes out over the Loudspeaker tonight.

Based on the current situation, it's likely that some customers will also fall victim to this attack around noon...

Completely disregarding the announcements and punishments broadcast over the Loudspeaker, Positive and Negative started cooking again by themselves, showing no intention of communicating with them, just like Cloudfall Illusion and the two reincarnations.

According to the rules, each Chef can prepare one dish for themselves each day.

--However, apart from her, the others basically didn't have the mood or the energy.

After spending some time cleaning up the kitchen, Bai Zhi and Li Changsheng returned to the Rest Area. Bai Zhi was still very curious about the gifts that Li Changsheng and Earthly Homeland had received from the guests.

Apart from Positive and Negative and Cloudfall Illusion, everyone else followed along, even the Two Lives Cycle silently trailed behind at the very end.

Li Changsheng was in room Number Four, Earthly Homeland was in room number eight. The gifts they received were two Strange Wine.

[Item Name: Strange Wine]

[Type: Consumable]

[Quality: Rare]

[Special Effect: Equivalent Exchange. After drinking, all attributes except Sanity will randomly increase by a certain value, and Sanity will randomly decrease by a certain value.]

[Note:: This is a low-quality liquor brewed from a mixture of various chaotic and disordered Strength. It has certain side effects. Please use it with caution. It is recommended to sell it to a store.]

Li Changsheng and Earthly Homeland made no attempt to conceal the specific properties of the two bottles of wine, revealing them directly to them.

"A useless piece of junk, completely worthless."

After reading the descriptions of the two bottles of wine, August Desolation immediately shook his head.

"Sanity can only increase with Level, while other attributes can be improved through other methods. To increase other attributes at the expense of Sanity is a completely counterproductive behavior."

"Those guests outside aren't human, so I never had any expectations for what they brought."

He didn't seem too disappointed, and Li Changsheng spoke with a smile.

"However, if I sell this bottle of wine to the System Store, I can probably get 3,000 Game Coins, which would be barely enough."

"Are you planning to sell these two bottles of wine to the System Store?"

Raising an eyebrow slightly, Bai Zhi asked them with apparent interest.

"Even if you put something like this on Player Auction House, it wouldn't sell for much money."

Earthly Homeland shook his head and answered on behalf of Li Changsheng.

"Sacrificing one's Sanity to enhance other attributes—only an idiot would do that."

Bai Zhi: "..."

--After that, Bai Zhi borrowed Game Coins from Fireworks of Romance and bought the two bottles of wine at a price of 3,500 Game Coins each.

There is a six-hour interval between lunch and dinner.

During these non-working hours, Player are free to move around, and each person takes different actions.

Logically, cooperation among Player should be the best way to maximize profits in this eerie restaurant, but unfortunately, there are three troublemakers in the team.

Cloudfall Illusion, Two Lives Cycle, and the Positive and Negative.

Bai Zhi had noticed earlier that the Two Lives Cycle who had followed them to the Rest Area had quietly disappeared at some point, seemingly using an unknown method to pass through the locked iron gate and go to the left area.

When Bai Zhi and his group returned to the kitchen, Cloudfall Illusion, Positive and Negative Fu had also disappeared without anyone noticing. The kitchen was empty, and on the stove belonging to Positive and Negative, there were still unwashed dishes left after eating.

"It seems the three of them don't want to cooperate with us. How about we cooperate instead?"

After glancing thoughtfully at the Ingredient Area, Bai Zhi shrugged slightly and began to speak to the others.

"Would you like to join us in exploring this strange restaurant?"

In such a strange and eerie setting, ensuring one's own safety is always the top priority when it comes to gathering relevant information.

"No problem, I'm just a brick in the revolution. Go wherever I'm needed, please take me with you."

August Desolation was the first to Watch.

Unless one has sufficient confidence in their own abilities, an individual's Strength can never match that of a team.

--August Desolation has a very clear understanding of this point.

"I can do some Support work."

After thinking for a moment, the Earthly Homeland nodded.

"Let's cook a dish before we begin the exploration."

Shaking his head slightly, Li Changsheng looked at the leftover tableware of Positive and Negative.

"Although the ingredients here look very strange, they should be edible... I guess?"

As for Fireworks of Romance, who was now in a new position as the creditor, she stood coolly to the side with her arms crossed, pretending to be Expert without saying a word.

After taking some seemingly normal ingredients from the Ingredient Area, Li Changsheng took the lead as the chef, and the others served as assistant chefs. Together, they made a simple dish of Shredded Potato.

Although the Potato, which were the main dish, sprouted two thin legs and ran around everywhere after the lockdown was lifted, they ultimately couldn't escape the Chef's Five Finger Mountain. With five people sharing one dish, the consumption wasn't too high.

After the stir- Shredded Potato was finished, everyone stared at it for a long time, but no one dared to be the first to take a bite.

In the end, Bai Zhi couldn't stand it anymore and started it himself.

But I must say, although the ingredients were unusual, the taste was actually quite good, and it didn't have the strange flavor I had imagined.

The dish Special Effect just as he had imagined, quickly restoring the Player's stamina and spirit. However, one dish was clearly not enough for five people, so he made two more plates.

When all five of them had largely recovered to their normal state, the clock hands silently pointed to 1:45 PM.