"All right..."
After explaining everything, Miss Nina finally took pity on them and announced, "You may begin eating..."
Only then did the other patients, who had been sitting as silent and still as mannequins, pick up the utensils on their trays in unison and begin eating briskly.
The cafeteria immediately filled with the clatter of utensils against trays.
The players took seats at the empty tables one after another and began using their spoons as well. After all, they had no idea whether there was a time limit for this meal, especially given how generous the portions were.
Bo Yi sat down at a table. He prodded the food on his tray with his spoon.
How strange...
The food in front of him looked thoroughly unappetizing, and none of the ingredients were things he liked. Yet at that very moment, a powerful, almost greedy urge that he could barely suppress was driving him to put the food into his mouth as quickly as possible.
So he readily obliged, scooping up a piece of chicken breast and gently placing it in his mouth.
Hmm...
Bo Yi chewed and chewed.
How could he describe the taste of this chicken breast? It was exactly as its appearance suggested-dry, tough, and utterly flavorless, like chewing on a piece of burlap.
In short, it tasted awful.
Bo Yi struggled mightily and even washed it down with some of the equally tasteless soup on his tray before he finally managed to swallow the dry chunk of meat.
And yet he could feel it with absolute certainty: even after his taste buds had experienced how terrible the food was, they still kept craving it, constantly sending signals telling him to keep eating.
Bo Yi's gaze grew inscrutable.
...Was something wrong with the food?
No, that wasn't right.