"Lao Mi, your little bro's got a Bug!" In the beggars' den, Jing Mi squatted beside Lao Mi, his face clouded with worry.
"I know." [Lao Mi] sounded a little downcast too.
"What do we do? Are we still going ahead with the quest?" [Jing Mi] asked. "Without Lin Bai's support, taking over the Beggar Gang will be riddled with obstacles."
"..." [Lao Mi] fell silent for a long while, a flicker of struggle crossing his eyes. "Let's keep going. Without Lin Bai, we still have the City Lord. Besides, we've already taken control of three streets. Deng Libuduo's working for an NPC, but we've got plenty of NPCs working for us. Can you bear to give that up?"
"All right!" [Jing Mi] plucked a stalk of dry grass from his hair, then looked down at his ragged clothes and sighed quietly. "Old Lao, let's find some time to check in at Lin Bai's place too!"
By evening, the Chef God Restaurant had finally quieted down after a bustling day.
The new batch of closed-beta players in Jiamao City numbered a little over a hundred, and almost every one of them had stopped by Lin Bai's place.
They had provided Lin Bai with plenty of positive emotion points, enough to force the Positive Emotion Tree's branches to unfurl.
But an internet sensation was still just an internet sensation. Once they had checked in, they had a game to get on with. Nobody was going to spend an entire day eating at a restaurant.
``` [Congratulations! You brought a day's warmth to the world. Reward: Palm Thunder (delivered)]
[Palm Thunder: Channels the true qi within your body to release heavenly thunder from your palm, dealing lightning damage to enemies. Deals double damage to spectral creatures.]
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