"Huh!?"
Everyone froze and turned to Bai Ye in astonishment.
Bai Ye wiped his mouth and said casually, "Don't get me wrong. Not even a dog would eat that thing. I just want it sitting beside me as a reminder of how bad things used to be. The food at Floating Gold Pavilion is all bland broth. There's no flavor to it.
"But put a Cockroach Protein Bar next to it, and even a pile of shit would taste sweet."
"Pfft..."
"Hahaha... Little White really does see things differently."
As everyone laughed, the invisible restraint that hung over such a fancy place seemed to vanish.
They ate and drank, and for a moment, it felt as though they were back in Black Mountain, sitting on the ground and swigging cheap liquor.
Black Mountain and Floating Gold Pavilion didn't seem so different after all. It was the same people, eating and drinking together...
Before long, the noodles, scallion pancakes, steamed corn buns, and Cockroach Protein Bars arrived.
Bai Ye held a Cockroach Protein Bar beneath his nose and took a deep sniff. Then he ate three more bowls of rice.
"We interrupt this broadcast with breaking news..."
Bai Ye stopped eating and looked up. An enormous wanted notice filled the screen.
"Holy shit!"
Startled, everyone looked toward the screen.
"Two billion?!" Li Xiao shot to his feet, eyes wide as he stared at the long string of zeros on the screen.
His body trembled uncontrollably, as though something had set him off.
He kept muttering, "The highest bounty among the Ten Kings is only a little over 1.4 billion... The biggest bounty in North Mang's history... Number one!"
He had never dared dream of a bounty that high. Even in his wildest dreams, it had only reached 1.5 billion—enough to surpass