Single Dog

There are several options for how to explore this restaurant.

In a more conventional way, you can go to other areas through the two closed doors at the front and back. In a more unconventional way, the hollow in the center of the food Ice Storage Ingredient Area is also a good place to explore, although it is more dangerous.

Besides, you can even go to other places through the Serving Hatch, but the risks there are also exceptionally high.

There are many choices; it mainly depends on what other people choose.

"This is Sound Transmission Talisman. It can be used for communication within a certain range. If you encounter any danger or are discovered, you can contact them directly through this."

Earthly Homeland took out several yellow Spirit Talisman from his sleeve and distributed Spirit Talisman one by one.

"Um... I have a question."

After picking up the Spirit Talisman and glancing at it, August Desolation raised his hand.

"Is it really okay for us to just openly explore the restaurant's secrets right under everyone's noses?"

"No problem, after all, we haven't broken any restaurant rules. This is just one of the lower-level kitchens, No. 094. This restaurant won't put too much effort into us."

Li Changsheng put the Spirit Talisman into his pocket and began to speak with a smile.

"You can tell from the previous assessments that this restaurant doesn't care about anything. They don't even care if we're Player or not. Don't forget, common can't be Chef here."

"So, if that's the case, then the Chef in the other kitchens are also Player?"

After thinking for a moment, Earthly Homeland couldn't help but ask.

"common simply cannot bear the burden of cooking, since one person dies for every dish made. Player are the best candidates to be Chef... So what is the true nature of this restaurant?"

"So what do you think we're doing right now? Aren't we trying to uncover the secrets of this restaurant?"

Bai Zhi held the yellow Spirit Talisman in hands and examined it, then curled his lip.

"There are plenty of strange and wonderful places Outside the World, no need to be too curious... Maybe in some other restaurant, it's the Anomaly themselves who are cooking for the Players?"

"... Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?"

After briefly imagining the scene in his mind, August Desolation's face immediately darkened.

"We cook for Anomaly, so naturally we use menus prepared for Anomaly. The Anomaly cook for us, so naturally they use menus prepared for us. The dishes made from those menus should be of great benefit and enhance our abilities... That's probably the real reward for our work here."

Bai Zhi rolled up the Spirit Talisman in his hand, stuffed it into his pocket, and shrugged slightly.

"Of course, the above speculations are just for reference. Let's wait for concrete evidence before making any decisions. Let's see if we can find such a menu during the subsequent exploration... I plan to start exploring from the kitchen door. Who wants to come with me?"

"I..."

Just as August Desolation raised his hand halfway, Fireworks of Romance solemnly clasped his hands in a salute to Bai Zhi.

"Go up the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of fire!!"

"Capture the wolf in front, hunt the tiger behind!!"

Bai Zhi solemnly returned the greeting with clasped hands.

"It's my duty!!" x2

Others: "..."

"... Then I'll go with him."

Turning to look at Li Changsheng beside him, Earthly Homeland hesitated slightly before speaking.

--The grouping is exactly the same as for breakfast time.

August Desolation: "..."

Glancing at the Fireworks of Romance here, then turning back to look at the Earthly Homeland there, August Desolation suddenly felt a deep sadness, a profound sadness for being a single dog.

It's one thing for people like Fireworks of Romance to have known each other for a long time, but for you, Li Changsheng... so your skill is indeed in picking up girls, right???

Three areas, two locked doors.

Amidst the Fireworks of Romance, Bai Zhi's Shadow Escape into the Shadow, silently slipping through the crack beneath the iron gate into another area.

Fireworks of Romance was the first time she had experienced something like this. Not only was her body completely out of control and she could only drift along with the current, but the strange perspective after she entered the Shadow made her feel quite uncomfortable.

The world before my eyes is bizarre and surreal.

The silhouettes that leaped and rushed past in her field of vision made her feel a little dizzy.

So much so that after Bai Zhi pulled her out of the Shadow, she felt a little dizzy.

"Seriously? You get carsick?"

Looking at the Young Girl beside him, who was supporting him with both hands and looked like she could barely stand, Bai Zhi felt a little amused and exasperated.

"Are you kidding me? How could I possibly get carsick?"

Holding Bai Zhi's hands with hands, leaning half of her body against Bai Zhi, she still stubbornly pretended to be Fireworks of Romance.

"This is clearly... Oh, you're doing it again!!"

With a mournful cry, Fireworks of Romance found themselves back in the same place.

"If you feel dizzy, close your eyes and don't look. There's an emergency; I'll explain later."

After casually offering a brief explanation, Bai Zhi focused his attention on what lay ahead.

With the global perspective provided by God's Perspective, he could clearly see the environment around him.

He and Fireworks of Romance were currently in a long, dark corridor, with an iron door leading to the kitchen behind them and a pitch-black corridor stretching as far as the eye could see in front of them.

In this darkness, faint rustling sounds continued to come. God's Perspective does not include night vision, but Bai Zhi himself has the passive night vision of Pluto.

In the brief ten seconds it took him to emerge from the darkness with the Fireworks of Romance, he had enough time to see the scene before him clearly.

--That's a sight that would kill Patient with trypophobia.

Apart from the Safe Zone of about a few tens of centimeters in front of the iron gate, the walls above, below, and to the sides were covered with a dense swarm of black insects that looked like cockroaches but were more than half the size of cockroaches.

Beneath these insects crawled countless White Bones. Bai Zhi had just spotted dozens of human skulls at a glance, with insects crawling in and out of the skulls' eye sockets. He wondered how many people had died here.

(... Were they the Chef from the kitchen in 094 earlier? Or were they common who were pulled into this restaurant and died while cooking?)

While making these guesses in his mind, Bai Zhi gave instructions to Fireworks of Romance, who was standing to the side.

"If you feel dizzy, close your eyes and don't look. I'll take you out of this corridor first, understand?"

"But I always feel very insecure with my eyes closed."

With his eyes closed, Fireworks of Romance looked conflicted.

"I can't control my body right now, you're not going to secretly kiss me, are you? I'm warning you, I'm still a virgin..."

"Oh, you're overthinking it."

--Bai Zhi responded coldly.