452. Hungry, Time to Eat

As soon as the movie started, Xiya put down her chopsticks.

"This is."

She looked at Qin Tiantian.

"This is Lu Ban's movie. Haven't you seen it? I feel like it's about magic and monsters or something. You'd probably like it."

Qin Tiantian slurped up a mouthful of instant noodles and said casually.

The tablet was playing a story about the Black Forest, the Rangers, the Mage, and the Demon Tide.

Xiya ate while watching intently.

As an agent, she experienced the Demon Tide. Although she wasn't on the front lines, the monsters that lurked under the Blood Moon could still wipe out an entire village. Sometimes, agents had to clean up the mess. She had seen entire villages torn apart by demons, their entrails and flesh hanging upside down from the ceiling, swaying in the wind. She had also seen children as tall as her waist controlled by demons, killing their parents and family members before devouring their own bodies.

The triple Demon Tide was something Xiya had never seen before.

Moreover, the Frost has already disappeared, and the Demon Tide that hasn't appeared for a hundred years has been gone for a century.

As the movie continued, Xiya saw the overwhelming blizzard, the mage who burned himself on the Spirit Torch, and Lu Ban fighting in the midst of it all.

She knew very well that this was not fiction, but a factual account.

The great hero who had vanquished the frost and saved his ancestors, a legend he had heard since childhood, was now right before his eyes.

"He never said any of these things."

Xiya muttered to herself, even the soup had become a bit salty, and it felt astringent in her throat.

Of course, Xiya didn't tell Lu Ban or Trist about the missions she had experienced.

"I knew it. He's a mysterious person, and I always felt like he was hiding something."

Qin Tiantian laughed.

Looking at Qin Tiantian's smile, Xiya knew that Qin Tiantian treated all of this as fiction, like novels and dramas.

But Xiya knew that this was everything Lu Ban had gone through.

Lu Ban personally experienced those desperate, Affliction, and maddening things, recorded them, and even used them to amuse others and bring them joy.

By the time I finished watching "The Demon Tide," it was almost dawn.

The effects of the food rushed in, and all the blood was squeezed into the gastric juices. Qin Tiantian stretched and yawned. It had been another all-nighter; time to get some rest.

Are you sleeping?

Qin Tiantian shrank into the blanket, rolling it up like a frozen crab stick.

"I'd like to see some other movies."

Xiya had roughly learned how to use video websites, and she wanted to see Lu Ban's other works.

Qin Tiantian squinted her eyes and soon began to breathe evenly. She was a terrible sleeper and kicked off the blankets.

Xiya tucked her in and then glanced at "The Mouth of the Madman".

Qin Tiantian didn't wake up until noon. She wiped her mouth and found that Xiya was still watching.

He took out his phone and found that Lu Ban had sent several messages that he hadn't seen.

[Wang Chuan]: Sorry, I stayed up all night and just woke up.

[Motionless]: I thought you were eaten by Xiya. Great, I'll call the funeral home and tell them not to send anyone.

[Wang Chuan]:?

Qin Tiantian sat up, rubbed her eyes, and her clothes, which had been slipping down her shoulders, fell down, revealing half of her collarbone and shoulder.

Xiya noticed Qin Tiantian getting up and said something.

"I noticed you weren't getting enough rest, so I used a fatigue-reducing spell on you, which will allow you to recover your energy after a short rest."

"Really?"

Qin Tiantian stretched her body and felt refreshed.

If she usually stays up all night, she might sleep until four or five in the afternoon, and only get up when she is so hungry that she can't stand it anymore.

I woke up naturally around noon today and felt quite energetic.

Could it be that Xiya really possesses some kind of magic?

Qin Tiantian felt it was better not to ask further.

[Wang Chuan]: I'm hungry, I need to eat.

She sent Lu Ban a message.

[Motionless]: Feng Yu has made lunch. You guys pack up and come over.

"Yay!"

Qin Tiantian immediately got up, changed her clothes with Xiya, and quickly ran to Lu Ban's house.

As soon as I entered, I smelled a delicious fragrance.

On the living room table, there were sweet and sour pork ribs, dry-pot cabbage, home-style tofu, braised ribbonfish, and a pot of fish ball soup—a feast that tasted just like home.

Of course, from Qin Tiantian's perspective, it's true that it's not spicy enough.

"Why did you make her stay up all night? I was hoping that Xiya could get some rest."

Lu Ban served the last plate of cold mixed cucumber salad and said to Qin Tiantian.

"Damn, how dare you say that?"

Qin Tiantian wanted to retort, but seeing that Xiya was still there, she swallowed her words.

"Eat, eat! I'm starving!"

She felt extremely hungry. She had eaten instant noodles at 5 a. m., so why was she so hungry?

"The Restless Technique can give you three times the effect of a period of sleep, but it also takes a lot of strain on the body. If you don't replenish your nutrition in time, you may feel even more tired."

Xiya explained.

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Qin Tiantian pondered for a moment, wondering if this meant that sleeping for five hours was equivalent to sleeping for fifteen hours. If she slept for fifteen hours, she would definitely be hungry when she woke up!

Isn't this spell a bit strange?

She picked up the bowl and began to wolf down her food. Feng Yu's cooking was so delicious that Qin Tiantian felt she could eat three big bowls.

They ate while watching TV.

"Last night I asked someone to investigate news related to Amusement Park over the past three years, and I found some clues."

Lu Ban said at the same time.

"In a small town in Europe, a school discovered an empty classroom during its year-end inventory. They couldn't find any record of its use for the entire year. The school's financial statements listed an expense for Amusement Park tickets, but none of the classes had visited the Amusement Park that year."

"During the annual review, a company in an island country discovered that a supplier had not paid them. However, when they called to inquire, the number was disconnected. After some attempts to contact them, they found that the supplier had disappeared. According to the testimony of some of the contacts, the supplier seemed to have gone to an Amusement Park for a team building activity."

"In North America, there was a mental patient who insisted that his family members had disappeared in Amusement Park, but his medical records and documents proved that he had no family members and that it was all his imagination."

These reports were all related to Amusement Park and might involve missing persons, which Lu Ban suspected was the work of some strange entity.

Upon hearing Lu Ban's words, Xiya suddenly put down her chopsticks.

"There's something I only realized after watching your movie."

Her words made Lu Ban's eyelids twitch, and he carefully recalled that he should not have shown any bad things about Xiya in the movie.

After all, eating everything, constantly talking, and snoring while sleeping are not just slanders by Lu Ban, but facts.

"What's up?"

Lu Ban asked.

"I may have met Du Danping."

Xiya said earnestly.

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