After saying that, the sunny young man got up again and headed for the Back Kitchen. But as he opened the door, the owner, who had just gone out and come back, appeared. Pushing him away from the door, the owner said, "Don't rush. The food won't be ready that quickly..."
The sunny young man grabbed the doorframe and looked inside. Then he stopped the owner from pushing him away again and asked coldly, "Where's that female Player?"
The owner replied indifferently, "You mean the young woman who went in just now? She left."
The sunny young man's expression darkened. "You say she left, but she was just here."
The owner looked at him strangely. "You're Players. How could we stop you from leaving whenever you wanted?"
The sunny young man stormed back into the restaurant and said to the other Players who were eating, "Stop eating, all of you. This place is a scam!"
Before the owner could explain, one of the Players said, "You just got here, so you don't know the rumors about Cockscomb Flower City?"
Like Xu Huo and the others, the sunny young man had indeed just arrived. He had been randomly teleported here by an item.
The Player took another bite of chicken. "There's been a Random Instance here that randomly swallows people for a long time. Its opening time and location are unpredictable. It shifts around the city, swallowing people—and it only takes Players."
"So that woman suddenly disappeared. She might've left on her own, or she might've been teleported into the Instance."
Seeing how seriously he spoke, the sunny young man asked skeptically, "If you know about it, why are you staying here?"
The Player looked up and smiled. "I came here specifically for this Instance."
Still unable to believe him, the