The aroma of food filled every corner of the restaurant. Even the people and objects inside seemed to have taken on its flavor, making it agonizing for everyone there, especially those in the middle of evolving.
At least thirty ordinary people had come in today, and around a dozen had only just begun to evolve. They were already finding it extremely difficult to resist the Gluttony Urge, and in this environment, it was even harder. Once they lost control, those dozen or so attacked the other players.
The outcome was only to be expected. The restaurant's servers had seen it all before, and quickly cleared away the bodies and the mess before leaving.
"What are you looking at?" Maris suddenly asked Xu Huo, who had been watching the server clean the restaurant.
Xu Huo looked away. "There are too many players coming into the restaurant."
Maris smiled. "Of course there wouldn't be this many players in Zone 023. This instance must have appeared in multiple sub-districts or cities at once. That's how random instances work. Wherever the medium goes, the instance can open. There are plenty that can open in different places at the same time."
In other words, they were out of luck. Xu Huo's method of clearing the instance would have worked, especially since plenty of people had chosen only one dish, which would have made it much easier. But with so many more people now, even after excluding those who chose only one dish, voted more than once, or cheated, there were still plenty left. With everyone voting freely, there was no telling which dish would be picked in the end.
"Even an instance that looks ordinary can be this hard to clear if its rules are hidden," Maris said meaningfully.
By closing time at eight, a