~ Gu Jinxing walked over to a small table off by itself. A company employee who looked perfectly ordinary was sitting there.
But when Hu Jiayao caught up and took one look at the employee, he immediately understood what Gu Jinxing had meant by "something's wrong."
The employee sat alone at the table. A tray sat in front of him, with a row of bowls and plates on it.
But the bowls and plates were completely empty. There wasn't a scrap of food or even a drop of oily broth in them. They were so clean, they looked as if they'd just been taken straight off the rack.
Strangest of all, the man didn't seem to realize the tray was empty. He kept earnestly picking up invisible food from the bowls with his chopsticks and putting it in his mouth.
"An NPC? Is he bugged?"
Hu Jiayao said, then bent over to peer into the employee's eyes. He waved a hand in front of him. "Hey, buddy, can you talk?"
The employee paid Hu Jiayao no mind and kept mechanically picking up air from the bowls with his chopsticks.
Hu Jiayao furrowed his brow. "Looks like a low-level NPC. He can't communicate."
"Is that so?"
Gu Jinxing didn't agree. He reached out and stopped an employee who was passing by.
The employee was carrying a tray to a table. When Gu Jinxing suddenly grabbed him, he was so startled that he nearly spilled the soup in his bowl. Frowning in annoyance, he looked up. "What is it?"
Gu Jinxing smiled at him and pointed to his tray. "May I ask where you got that chicken leg?"
The employee casually pointed toward the serving area. "The second counter on the right."
After watching him leave, Gu Jinxing turned to Hu Jiayao.