Jade Falling Yellow Springs

This task is the starting point for one of the ways to earn points tonight. It's definitely not too difficult, but the risk is not necessarily low.

The simulation at the Haunted Bar is still within the scope of his Main Quest. The system needs to take into account newcomers and combine simulations at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, ultimately controlling the mortality rate to between 40% and 70%.

This is what Qu Xuanqing told Yu Xing.

Yu Xing quickly memorized everything on the note, returned it to Zhao Yijiu, and then looked around with the respectful demeanor of a waiter.

By the time the bartender hands out the note, the evil spirit must already be seated and drinking somewhere.

The evil spirit bribed the ferryman, concealed its sins, and touched the stone steps of the Bridge of Helplessness of Helplessness with its filthy feet.

It must be hiding among the hundred ghosts of the River of Oblivion, watching the two new, unfamiliar waiters with its murky eyes... Yu Xing thought.

It was the time when evening guests were arriving, and he first very casually and naturally glanced at all the guests in the Forgetfulness Hall.

There are three ghosts at the bar, each alone. They are either calm or dejected, as if waiting for a companion to come and save their fragile hearts.

There were about ten customers in the booth. Six of them seemed to know each other and were playing dice together. Among the remaining six, three young girls were sitting together. They looked like they hadn't been to bars much and were just looking for excitement.

There were three more, one for couples and one for singles, each occupying a sofa.

Since the evil spirit crossed the Forgetfulness River through an abnormal means, it should have no companions.

But no one can be sure whether it has infiltrated the group of ghosts who were planning to make friends at the bar.

This will depend on Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu's observation.

After looking around, Yu Xing didn't forget to go over and greet the newcomer, "Hello, do you have any seats?"

The staff captured by the exorcists included greeters and waiters, so at this point they could do anything, and had to do everything.

"Not yet," the customer said.

"How many people are in your party, sir?"

The guest said, "There are two; I arrived first by myself."

So Yu Xing led the new guest to a two-seater table, then bent down slightly and asked, "What would you like to drink?"

The guest was a male ghost, so thin he was practically skin and bones, with dark circles under his eyes. Yet, he still managed to wrap himself in a suit, looking just like a clothes hanger.

--The kind of clothes hanger used for drying clothes.

The male ghost was a regular customer. His gaze lingered on Yu Xing's face for a moment. "Are you a new waiter? I haven't seen you before."

Yu Xing's face was cold—this was the expression he felt was least likely to slip into after careful consideration. To match this expression, his voice was also slightly indifferent. "Yes. I got caught for being playful."

"Haha, that's truly frightening." Although the male ghost said this, there was no fear on his face. The most sincere part of his whole sentence was probably those two laughs.

It seems the relationship between regular customers and previous servers is rather strained?

Yu Xing silently noted it down and asked again, "What would you like to drink, sir?"

It's rather awkward that he doesn't have a drinks menu. Usually, the waiter will give the drinks menu to the customer so they can choose, and then collect the money.

If you don't complete the tasks assigned by the bartender, you'll struggle to sell drinks, let alone promote them.

It seemed there were more male ghost than female ghosts, so there was no need for a drinks menu. He waved his hand and said, "One Jade Falling Yellow Springs."

It doesn't sound very cheap.

A stack of ghost money was placed on the table by the male ghost, who generously said, "This is plenty of your tip."

Yu Xing: "... Thank you, you're so generous." He had no idea how much extra he had.

He nodded slightly to the male ghost: "I'll bring it to you right away."

As he reached for the ghost money, his deduction prompt sounded.

[Points +2]

When he turned around, he found that Zhao Yijiu had been following him, seemingly observing something.

Having gotten away from the male ghost, Yu Xing walked towards the bar, asking, "What are you doing?"

"Learning," Zhao Yijiu said succinctly, "I've never worked as a waiter before."

"Oh, so you've learned how to communicate with guests?" Yu Xing maintained her usual indifferent expression. Zhao Yijiu paused, then nodded.

I've learned something.

After saying that, he didn't continue walking with Yu Xing, but turned around and quickly went to greet the new guests.

Yu Xing looked at his retreating figure with a puzzled expression, then quickly looked away and went to the bartender. "A customer has ordered 'Jade Falling Yellow Springs'."

He put the money on the bar.

The female bartender understood immediately. Instead of taking the money first, she turned around and took out an opaque cylinder and a glass from the cabinet, and began mixing drinks with skillful and performative movements.

Yu Xing watched her movements along with the three customers at the bar. A small amount of black liquid filled the bottom of the wine glass, followed by deep red, like the sorrow, reluctance, and regret for certain people settling down on the Yellow Springs Road, becoming a pile of ashes that can never be picked up again.

The bartender's movements were clean and efficient.

Above the deep red is an unexpected sky blue, the color of the sky. Above the sky, the blue gradually deepens, turning into a dark green, and then into a cool, new green.

This is a very beautiful glass of wine.

The bartender's slender hand reached for the ghost money, Yu Xing quickly stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" the bartender asked gently.

Yu Xing's calm tone carried an air of authority, but it wasn't aggressive; instead, it was very polite. "Although we haven't finished the task yet and don't have a drink menu, at least this is a drink order I completed, right? How much is 'Jade Falling Yellow Springs'? Can you tell me? That customer said there was plenty of my tip, and I don't think the beautiful bartender would refuse my tip."

"That's reasonable, I think it's acceptable." The bartender looked at him, his dark eyes reflecting the soft light above the bar, and actually told him, "The Jade Falling Yellow Springs is a mid-range drink, worth one million ghost money."

This number is not an exaggeration at all. Anyone who has burned paper money knows that a million pieces of paper money are just a matter of burning paper money.

All I can say is that inflation is severe.

Yu Xing released her hand from the money, and the bartender took out the bills, counting them in her slender hand. "It seems this customer is very generous; he's giving you a tenth of the drink's cost as a tip."

She handed Yu Xing a 100,000 yuan note, then suddenly leaned forward and lowered her voice, "Don't lose this. You might need it in an hour or two."

She spoke quickly, and by the time Yu Xing's probing gaze fell upon her, she had already returned to her normal posture. As for her expression, it was obscured by a black veil.

An hour or two later... Yu Xing put the ghost money into the pocket of his vest, thanked the bartender, and a strange glint flashed in his eyes as he turned away.

The bartender might suddenly remind him that this doesn't make sense.

She had no right to remind him, a waiter, of anything, because given the supervisor's disdain and caution towards these deducers as living people, the supervisor was unlikely to tell the bartender about it.

The bartender could have simply said it openly to a waiter, but the way she acted as if she was afraid of being overheard made it seem like... she knew they were living people.