Xiao Qinian smiled at her.
Even in this situation, his voice remained gentle:
"I came with you not because I trust you, but simply because my judgment is the same as yours."
"Yeah?"
Su Jin remained noncommittal.
Several more people followed behind.
She didn't look to see who was following her, she just kept running forward, and finally, another staircase appeared in front of her.
There were no signs around the stairs, but the shadows that had been chasing them stopped, seemingly too afraid to approach.
Su Jin did not rush up the stairs. She took out a small bag of snacks from her pocket, tore it open, and dropped one snack onto each step to make sure there were no traps before stepping on them.
Xiao Qinian and four other players followed her.
Without the red shadow chasing them, everyone was very patient and climbed up step by step.
Dai Qiu took the opportunity to express her gratitude to Su Jin:
"If you hadn't reminded us that we couldn't use the white elevator, we would all be trapped inside."
There was no button to go upstairs in that white elevator. The white paint in the corner of the elevator had peeled off, revealing bloodstains.
As an artist, Dai Qiu has a strong ability to observe and is very sensitive to her environment, so she noticed something was wrong at a glance.
Like Su Jin, she immediately alerted her companions, and they all ran out just before the red shadow pounced on them.
Dao Ge had been observing from outside and never entered the elevator, so he caught up with Su Jin and Xiao Qinian the fastest.
As for the blond guy, he pushed the middle-aged woman who was running in front of him when he rushed to get into the white elevator. He was the first to squeeze in and stood at the very back of the elevator, which he considered the safest place.
Because he never trusted the female player's judgment, even after Dai Qiu reminded him, he said she was crazy and asking for death. As a result, it was too late when he saw the red shadow and moved again, and one of them ate his shadow.
The female college student glanced back as she ran away, and her legs still tremble when she thinks about that scene.
"The person whose shadow is eaten by the red shadow will lose their facial features and limbs, turn into a lump of mud, and then melt into the ground to become a new shadow."
She said in a trembling voice, "The scariest thing was that after that blond guy turned into a shadow, I thought I heard his voice. He said he wouldn't let us go and would definitely come looking for us..."
The atmosphere became heavy, and Dai Qiu said in a deep voice:
"We have done nothing to wrong him; he was just a step too slow."
Moreover, even without him, there are other red-clad NPCs chasing after us.
Xiaoya, being afraid is useless. To survive, you must be in the best mental state to face the challenges ahead.
The female college student named Zhou Ya nodded gently. She tried to cheer herself up, but her eyes still looked a little flustered.
After reading this, Dai Qiu did not offer any further comfort to Zhou Ya.
It's only natural to feel fear in this situation.
Unfortunately, the evil creatures in the dungeon show no mercy; if a player makes even the slightest mistake, they'll end up like the blond-haired monster.
She's a white-collar worker who sits in an office all year round and doesn't have any survival skills. She only managed to escape a disaster because of Su Jin's reminder and her own thoughtfulness. Right now, she can't even take care of herself, so she can't worry too much about others.
Ultimately, in the horror dungeon, you have to rely on yourself for everything.
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If you can't hold on, then death is the only outcome.
The stairs soon came to an end.
Standing in the new corridor, Zhou Ya gasped when she saw the rooms on either side:
"With so many rooms, which one is the special room mentioned in the rules?"
Su Jin walked to the room closest to the stairs, looked at the small sign above it, and her expression turned serious.
After the elevator incident, Dai Qiu had come to trust her abilities quite a bit, and whenever she saw her, she would show this expression and ask with concern:
"What's wrong? Is something terrible happening?"
Su Jin turned around and said with a heavy expression, "No, it looks like a math problem on there, and I don't know how to solve it."
As a student who was tormented by high school math and had a severe imbalance in her academic performance, her only weakness in life is math problems.
In her eyes, the god of mathematics was far more terrifying than any evil god.
Dai Qiu and Zhou Ya went over to help Su Jin solve the problem, but unfortunately, they were both liberal arts students, and looking at the dazzling array of square root equations to the power of N, they instantly felt a headache coming on.
Brother Dao couldn't resist coming over to take a look.
But while he's a master at wielding a knife, he's really bad at solving problems. As someone who didn't even finish elementary school, those mathematical symbols are just like scribbles to him.
The usually quiet middle-aged woman, perhaps exhausted from running, leaned against the wall and dozed off, completely unaware of the difficulties her teammates were facing.
In the end, it was Xiao Qinian who helped everyone solve the problem.
After doing the mental calculations, he said to Su Jin, who was staring at him expectantly:
The answer to this question is 1.
Su Jin clapped her hands exaggeratedly to praise him, "Wow, Teacher Xiao is so amazing! He's not only good at Chinese, but he can also do math."
Xiao Qinian's lips twitched slightly at her kindergarten-like tone, but he also thought that her deliberately cute manner was quite adorable.
Dai Qiu, standing nearby, guessed, "This must represent some special meaning. The number 1 has a special significance in traditional culture. The Tao Te Ching mentions it: 'The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things.' Therefore, 1 is also regarded as the origin of the world, the beginning of all things..."
She then fell into confusion again, "It's marked with 1 here. Does that mean this room is the most important of all the rooms, or that other rooms are derived from it? But neither of those makes much sense..."
Zhou Ya whispered, "Could this '1' mean that there's only one puzzle to solve, or only one mechanism?"
Dao Ge scoffed, "The dungeon wouldn't be so kind as to let us survive so easily. In my opinion, this '1' is telling us that if we want to get out of this room, we have to kill someone."
His vicious words terrified Zhou Ya, turning her face pale.
At this moment, Su Jin, who had been silent, said softly:
"You all have such vivid imaginations, but is it possible that this '1' represents the first room?"
Everyone fell silent.
Seriously? I spent ages solving a math problem to get this number, and it turns out it's this simple??
What's the difference between this and taking off your pants to fart?
But when they saw the math problems on the signs in the other rooms, and the answers were all sequentially numbered, they had to admit that Su Jin was right.
The group continued until they reached the seventh room, where the sign no longer displayed numbers but words.
There was a sentence written on it that made everyone's expression change.
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"The most dangerous person here is yourself."
This sentence, written in crooked red characters, gives one an indescribable eeriness at first glance.
After looking at them for a while, you feel like the red characters are moving, like a few malicious little people grinning at them.
Moreover, even when they close their eyes, these words will appear in their minds, as if they were branded into their brains.
"This line of text is so strange, not only the text itself, but also its meaning..."
The more Dai Qiu thought about it, the more blank her expression became.
Gradually, she began to grin, just like the words on the page, laughing maniacally. "Heh heh, the most dangerous person is myself. The person I need to be most wary of is myself. The person who can hurt me the most is also myself."
I want to kill myself! I want to kill myself!
Her voice rose higher and higher, and Zhou Ya made the same expression and shouted the same words.
Sweating profusely, Brother Dao took out his dagger and, without hesitation, cut the back of his hand.
The pain jolted him out of his hallucination. He glanced coldly at Dai Qiu and Zhou Ya, who were still going crazy, but made no move to wake them. He simply walked toward the next room.
Seeing that the two were about to open the door and go inside, Su Jin reached out and patted the back of each of their heads.
She used considerable force, and both of them were stunned, but after the initial shock, they regained their senses.
Dai Qiu recalled her bewitched actions just now and broke out in a cold sweat.
Su Jin crossed her arms. "The words just now were imbued with the power of an evil entity. The more carefully you think about those words, the easier it is to be bewitched by them."
This is why Brother Dao was able to extricate himself from the influence, because he doesn't overthink things and relies on his intuition.
Dai Qiu and Zhou Ya, who were originally meticulous, intelligent, and good at thinking, were instead exploited by the evil creatures.
This is what makes the unconventional nature of dungeons so terrifying.
"In the future, if you come across some inexplicable sentences, or people who seem strange yet strongly attractive, never delve into them. These things are like a mental vortex; just looking at them could cause you to fall in."
Su Jin said meaningfully, "So remember these six words: 'Don't look, don't ask, don't think.' This is to protect yourselves when your own abilities are not strong."
Dai Qiu and Zhou Ya repeatedly, their eyes clearly showing that they already regarded Su Jin as a golden goose.
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Sister Su is amazing, I want to be her teammate too.
[I also want Sister Su to hit me on the back of the head! Of course, if Sister Su is willing to hit me somewhere else, I'm okay with that too (shy face)]
Something's not right upstairs.
Have you guys noticed? Although Sister Su is very arrogant when facing evil beings, she is actually very kind to her human teammates.
That's right, there aren't many skilled players left who have the patience to mentor newcomers.
[What are you all bragging about? I think Su Jin is just a hypocrite. The dungeon is a dog-eat-dog world; those two girls got caught because they weren't strong enough, why should she care about them? Is she just bored, or does she really think she's a savior? She'll die because of her own rotten kindness!]
She's either a saintly hypocrite or a scheming bastard. When things are peaceful, she pretends to be kind and wins over two naive newcomers, only to use them as scapegoats when danger arises.
[The person upstairs who said that is just brain-dead. With our Sister Su's abilities, does she need two newcomers to take the fall for her?]
[A mindless fan has appeared. Does that mean you're admitting your idol, Su Jie, is a sanctimonious hypocrite?]
[Always calling this person a "bitch" or that person a "bitch," do you really think you're some kind of online judge? I think you should mind your own business.]
[Haha, this sanctimonious bitch won't let anyone else say that.]
Su Jin couldn't see the comments in the live stream, but ever since she entered this instance, she always had a feeling of being spied on.
She stood there for a while, pretending to be nonchalant, as if she were carefully examining the doorknob, but then suddenly turned around.
Xiao Qinian stood behind her, watching her quietly.
Su Jin raised an eyebrow. "What's so interesting about me?"
Xiao Qinian smiled gently, "I didn't mean to offend Miss Su, I just think you are very unusual."
Su Jin thought to herself, "This man has an antique look and speaks in a refined manner, just like the elegant young master often described in ancient novels."
In terms of both looks and temperament, he is just as good as the silver-haired beauty from the previous wedding instance.
Unfortunately, she happened to encounter this incredibly handsome man in a dungeon.
She also felt that he was very suspicious.
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Just now, apart from that middle-aged woman who was leaning against the wall taking a nap, everyone else was affected by the words when they looked at them, except for Xiao Qinian who had no reaction at all.
Why was he able to resist the power of seduction so easily?
This person is definitely not as harmless as he appears.
On the other side, Dao Ge, who had abandoned them, had already walked quite far away.
Zhou Ya suddenly shouted:
"Look, Brother Dao has opened the door and gone inside!"
Everyone looked in the direction she pointed, but Brother Dao's figure had already disappeared through that door.
Immediately afterwards, the door slammed shut, echoing in the empty corridor.
Dai Qiu was filled with doubt and suspicion. "Could it be that he has already found the special room mentioned on the radio? But how could he be so sure it was real?"
Judging from Dao Ge's behavior along the way, he is decisive in his actions and indifferent to others, but he is not reckless or ignorant.
On the contrary, he was very cautious.
He had never acted impulsively when faced with problems before, so why did he believe he had found the special room in such a short time this time?
Or was he bewitched?
Su Jin walked quickly to the door of that room, Xiao Qinian followed first, followed by Dai Qiu and Zhou Ya.
There was also a number plate on the upper left side of the door, with a line of small print on it:
"A warning against anger is a punishment for black smoke."
Zhou Ya asked, puzzled, "What does this mean?"
Just as Dai Qiu was about to speak, Xiao Qinian suddenly spoke up:
"This is a sentence from the Divine Comedy, Purgatory."
Su Jin, who was standing next to him, picked at her ear, looking like an illiterate person who couldn't understand what he was saying. But Xiao Qinian looked at her and smiled, "Miss Su, please analyze it for everyone."
Su Jin: "..."
He started the discussion himself, but then turned around and let her analyze it?
Is she his assistant? This Xiao Qinian really doesn't treat himself like an outsider.
Purely out of dissatisfaction with Xiao Qinian, she started making things up as soon as she opened her mouth:
"I haven't read many books, I don't know anything, and I've never heard of Dante or the Divine Comedy."
Xiao Qinian blinked. "But I only said that it was a line from the Divine Comedy, I didn't mention that the author was Dante. It seems that Miss Su knows what I'm talking about."
Su Jin chuckled, no longer pretending to be illiterate:
"Wrath is one of the seven deadly sins, and everyone surely knows what the seven deadly sins are. Since this thing is posted here, the theme of this secret room should be related to the sin of wrath. However, compared to this room, I am more interested in Teacher Xiao right now."
Xiao Qinian looked at her innocently and asked in surprise, "Miss Su is interested in me? In what specific way?"
The more Su Jin listened to these words, the more uneasy she felt.
What does it mean to be interested in him in a certain way? What other aspects of his interest could she possibly have?
Just as she was about to say something sarcastic in response to Xiao Qinian, Zhou Ya suddenly shouted:
"Oh no! Those red shadows are catching up!"
Dai Qiu also shrieked:
"The corridor we've been walking through has collapsed; we can't go back the way we came!"
Su Jin remained completely calm:
"Run forward from here, count six rooms, and stop at the seventh room."
At a time like this, Xiao Qinian actually had the mood to ask her:
Why seven?
Su Jin wasn't in a hurry to run away. She wasn't afraid of the red shadow at all, and explained to Xiao Qinian with a smile:
"Counting from the first room marked 1, the room that Brother Dao entered was exactly the seventh room. The words posted on the room alluded to the seven deadly sins. The special rooms mentioned in the broadcast also numbered seven, which perfectly corresponded to the seven sins."
"If Teacher Xiao doesn't believe me, let's make a bet. I'll bet on whether the next seventh room also has the seven deadly sins listed on it."
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Dai Qiu, Zhou Ya, and the middle-aged woman, fearing they would be caught by the monster behind them, had already started running.
Only Xiao Qinian stood still, patiently listening to Su Jin finish speaking. "If I lose, what does Miss Su intend for me to do?"
Su Jin stood upright and awe-inspiring:
"If you lose, you'll have to take off your clothes and I'm going to give you a full body checkup."
With a straight face, she made such a shameless request with such confidence that even the usually calm and composed Xiao Qinian was stunned for a moment, and his fair earlobes turned slightly red.
Fortunately, Dai Qiu and Zhou Ya had already run ahead and didn't hear what Su Jin was saying.
Otherwise, Teacher Xiao's expression would have been so embarrassed that she looked like she wanted to crawl into the ground.
The floor is in really bad condition right now.
Just as Su Jin was speaking, the corridor had almost collapsed to Xiao Qinian's feet, revealing a dense array of sharp teeth and a long, blood-red tongue covered in pustules.
The red shadow wasn't afraid of the teeth and tongues. They writhed on them, boneless and soft. The disgusting long tongues were like twisted and deformed arms, raised high to form an ugly bridge, making it easier for the red shadow to run faster.
Xiao Qinian clearly saw this scene, but his face showed no sign of panic.
He seemed still caught up in the bet proposed by Su Jin.
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[My goodness, is Sister Su now using such bold and provocative language to flirt with guys? She's completely silenced Teacher Xiao.]
Look how scared Teacher Xiao is, she can't even run away anymore!
[Our Sister Su's word is worth more than an army of evil spirits. Teacher Xiao, just give in to her!]
[Please, Sister Su, have mercy! Go after that frivolous, ring-scattering silver-haired guy and leave my Mr. Xiao, this decent husband, alone!]
[Upstairs, please watch your wording. Teacher Xiao belongs to all of us, how did she become yours?]
No, Teacher Xiao can only belong to Sister Su! I'm a staunch supporter of this CP (couple) pairing!
[Hey there, CP fan, watch out, Qin Ge might step out of the screen and have a heart-to-heart talk with you!]
I agree.
After uttering those four words, Xiao Qinian lowered his head shyly.
At his feet, a red shadow riding a red tongue eagerly opened its mouth to bite, but missed its target.
With his feet planted on the wall and his body tilted at a 90-degree angle, Xiao Qinian grabbed Su Jin's waist in this position and ran forward quickly, half-carrying her against the wall.
The red tongue, trailing a red shadow, leaped high in a fit of rage, chasing after them, but couldn't even touch the hem of their clothes, being led behind by Xiao Qinian like a dog on a leash.
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Holy crap, a martial arts master has appeared!
[I never expected that Teacher Xiao, who looked so frail, would actually know kung fu.]
[The people I listen to who practice martial arts are all slim when dressed but muscular when undressed, and they're all very strong in that area. Sister Su is so lucky!]
So, is he really a newbie player participating in a dungeon for the first time? I feel like he's hiding his background.
[But nobody's watched his streams before. Don't top gamers usually stream to earn points?]
Zhou Ya was already terrified by those red shadows, and she was the first to arrive at the seventh room that Su Jin had mentioned.
The text written above the room is in the same format as before:
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"Beware of jealousy, punish those who sew their eyes shut."
After she finished reading those words, everything suddenly went black.
My mind is no longer clear; a divine voice keeps repeating in my head:
"You have committed the sin of jealousy, and only through atonement can you be freed."
Dai Qiu, who was running over right after, was shocked to see her push open the door in front of her without hesitation and walk in quickly.
All that could be seen through that door was darkness. Dai Qiu didn't dare reach out to grab her back. She gritted her teeth and ran toward the next room, the seventh room.
She heard everything Su Jin said; the seven special rooms should correspond to the seven deadly sins.
The room that Dao Ge entered was themed around the sin of rage.
Zhou Yajin's room is themed around the sin of jealousy.
According to her observation, once inside the room, one would not be bothered by the monsters in the corridor.
What she needs to do now is find the next room for the crime as soon as possible!
The seventh room next to it reads:
"Be wary of laziness, and punish those who are lazy."
Dai Qiu immediately understood that this was the charge of laziness.
She reached out to push the door, but no matter what she did, she couldn't open it.
Seeing that the ground was about to collapse to her feet, and the stench and heat emanating from the red monsters was about to engulf her, she broke out in a cold sweat and pushed with all her might, but the door remained unmoved.
what to do? !
She's not Xiao Qinian; she doesn't know how to run on walls.
Although Xiao Qinian's kung fu was very good, he had already reached his limit with Su Jin on his back. If he carried her along, she was afraid they would both fall off!
Moreover, Xiao Qinian had only shown interest in Su Jin since entering the dungeon, and had never paid attention to any other female players.
She had a gut feeling that although this man seemed gentle and easy to talk to, he might not agree to her request!
Just as she was at a loss, the middle-aged woman caught up with her, pushed open the door, and went inside.
In desperation, Dai Qiu tried to follow, but was blocked outside the door by an unseen force.
She arrived first, so why can't she get in?
Just as Dai Qiu was about to despair, Su Jin's voice came from the other side of the wall:
"The theme of each person's room corresponds to their own personality weaknesses. Find the room that matches your personality!"
These words suddenly awakened Dai Qiu.
yes!
Dao Ge used to be an assassin, and his hands were stained with countless amounts of blood. She had heard his story. He initially embarked on this path of no return because he accidentally killed his stepfather, who had abused him. According to the definition of the seven deadly sins, he committed the sin of wrath!
She didn't know why Zhou Ya was able to enter Jealousy's room, since she didn't know Zhou Ya at all.
However, the fact that the middle-aged woman was accepted by the Lazy Room is evident from her performance in the instance.
Everyone else was discussing the dungeon, but Auntie didn't say a word. She even fell asleep against the wall a few times. If she's not lazy, who is?
So, what was her crime?
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When pushed to the limit, Dai Qiu finally had an idea.
Her crime was greed.
Outsiders who see her appearance think that she is so gentle and beautiful that she must be the kind of person who is not competitive and even fits the public's image of a virtuous wife and loving mother.
But she has been an ambitious person since she was a child.
Otherwise, given her ordinary family background, she wouldn't have been able to become the editor-in-chief of a magazine within just five years of starting her career.
With the decline of traditional print media, the magazine that Dai Qiu works for has switched to online distribution. Every day, she thinks about how to increase the popularity of the magazine's official WeChat account. This eagerness to achieve results and gain attention must be considered greed, right?
At the last moment before the shadow caught up, Dai Qiu opened the door to the "Greed" secret room.
On the wall, Su Jin watched as Dai Qiu entered the secret room unharmed, then lowered her head and raised an eyebrow at Xiao Qinian's hand around her waist.
Xiao Qinian noticed her gaze and smiled gently:
"Miss Su, please don't blame me. I will let go once you find a suitable secret room."
Su Jin had seen plenty of hooligans and perverts in the dungeon, but this was the first time she had met such a polite man.
Just to be on the safe side, it's best to put the word "man" in quotation marks.
"Now that all four escape rooms are occupied, the remaining three are Pride, Gluttony, and Lust," Su Jin said thoughtfully. "Teacher Xiao, which room do you think you should choose?"
These seven deadly sins correspond to seven evil aspects of human nature, but Xiao Qinian looks like a flawless piece of jade, without any blemishes at all.
What are his weaknesses?
Xiao Qinian remained silent for a moment, then suddenly stopped in front of the "Lust" gate.
He said in a deep voice, "I should belong to this room."
Su Jin was shocked, and so were the viewers in the live stream.
[How could Teacher Xiao, who seems like such a virtuous gentleman, succumb to lust?]
Oh my god, you can't judge a book by its cover! Could he be a jerk?
[What do you guys know? It's precisely this kind of outwardly ascetic but inwardly twisted character that's so captivating.]
Is this what they call a classical Chinese version of a refined scoundrel?
[I'd venture a guess: who was the girl who led Teacher Xiao to commit this crime?]
Is it possible that her surname is Su?
[That's unlikely. Our Sister Su is very charming, but Teacher Xiao and she just met. Even if he's interested in her, it's unlikely his interest would be that strong, is it?]
I think Mr. Xiao must have had a childhood crush on her, but for various reasons he could never have her and could only watch her marry someone else. So his feelings gradually turned into an obsession, and then gradually transformed into, cough cough, infatuation.
It's a real loss to the literary world if the person upstairs doesn't publish a book.
As a male fan of Sister Su, I don't care what's wrong with Teacher Xiao; I only care about Sister Su. What do you think her crime might be?
"That goes without saying, it must be arrogance!"
Just when all netizens thought Su Jin would choose Pride, Su Jin, who had been put down by Xiao Qinian, walked to the Gluttony Gate with a sorrowful expression.
"Be wary of good food; punish hunger."
The seductive power attached to those words had no effect on her. The thought that all the challenges she would face upon entering that door might involve starving her made her extremely reluctant.
"Ah, in this life, the only thing we should never miss is good food."
When has she ever neglected her stomach?
Even in the harshest living conditions, her charcoal-grilled delicacies still tasted excellent and were highly nutritious.
But in order to pass the test, she had no choice but to push open the door with tears in her eyes.
Xiao Qinian entered the secret room a second after Su Jin. His gentle voice echoed in the polluted corridor, instantly silencing the noisy environment.
"Miss Su, we will meet again soon."
Su Jin originally thought the secret room was full of all sorts of traps and evil objects, and that entering it would be a hellish scene. However, after passing through the initial darkness, a restaurant suddenly appeared in front of her.
The restaurant has a sign that reads "Delicious Home" hanging at the entrance.
Stepping into the restaurant, you'll find it clean and cozy inside. The restaurant isn't very big, with just ten tables. A middle-aged woman, who looks like the owner, is sitting behind the counter, chatting with a customer.
By all accounts, it looked like a well-run family-style restaurant with nothing out of the ordinary.
The moment Su Jin stepped into the restaurant, the door behind her slammed shut, turning the small restaurant into a closed, enclosed space.
Upon seeing the menu on the empty table, Su Jin sensed something was wrong.
The menu was filled with all her favorite foods, as if it had been tailor-made for her.
Su Jin turned to look at the table of guests next to her who were enjoying their meal, her brows furrowing slightly.
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It was a family of three. Each of them had a large iron basin in front of them, with all sorts of food thrown into it like pig slop. They seemed to be enjoying their meal.
Moreover, Su Jin was quite certain that the dishes they ate were not on the menu she had seen.
Is it possible that every customer who enters this store receives a different menu?
Restaurants these days are so modern that they can adjust their menus according to each customer's needs?
Su Jin was deep in thought when the proprietress, who had been chatting with a customer, saw her and raised her voice:
"Hey, you over there who's just standing there daydreaming, come sit down and order!"
As she spoke, she came out from behind the counter, walked to Su Jin's side, and reached out to push Su Jin into her seat.
Su Jin did not resist and readily picked up the menu.
"Let me see what you'd like to eat." The proprietress poured tea for Su Jin with great enthusiasm and smiled. "Our restaurant has all the delicious food, and we have everything you like."
Su Jin looked at the menu and was surprised to find that her grandmother's signature dish, braised beef brisket with tomatoes, was on it.
Since her grandmother passed away, she has never tasted the flavors she remembered.
The proprietress seemed to know what she was thinking and introduced the product with a smile:
"Our family's tomato stewed beef brisket is different from what you get elsewhere. It's made using the most home-style methods, and many customers say it tastes just like their grandmother's cooking."
Upon hearing this, Su Jin's gaze darkened slightly.
The proprietress next to her didn't seem evil, but since she could sense her memories, she was definitely not an ordinary human.
"I'll have the kitchen prepare it for you. If it's not good, you don't have to pay!"
The proprietress was about to give instructions to the kitchen when Su Jin stopped her:
"No, let me take another look."
The landlady's bright smile vanished instantly.
Her face darkened, and even the way she looked at Su Jin became hostile.
"Why? Don't you really like this dish? Do you not trust our chef's skills?"
Su Jin smiled at the proprietress and said calmly, "I just want to take another look, is that not allowed?"
The proprietress's gaze turned even darker, completely devoid of her previous warmth and kindness.
"You see, anyone who enters our store has to eat before they can leave."
The proprietress didn't leave after she finished speaking; she stood beside Su Jin, waiting for her to order like she was guarding a prisoner.
The more the proprietress pressured her to order, the more certain Su Jin became that ordering food at this restaurant was definitely a trap.
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I've seen customers try to dine and dash, but I've never seen a restaurant owner force a customer to order food.
In the horror-themed dungeons, anything can happen, no matter how bizarre.
[Has our Sister Su walked into a rip-off shop? But it's okay, our Sister Su is all about double-crossing the rip-offs.]
[I'm a new viewer. Is this female anchor named Su Jin very impressive? She seems like a very delicate and pretty girl to me.]
Yes, Sister Su is a delicate and beautiful girl. Please don't believe their lies and slander her.
[That's right, Sister Su is incredibly delicate.]
Just how delicate is she? In ancient times, there was Lin Daiyu uprooting a willow tree; now, there's Miss Su angrily beating the charming but wicked god.
[Don't talk nonsense upstairs, when has our Sister Su ever beaten up an evil god?]
[Yes, to be precise, she was punching a bronze statue of an evil god.]
[Smashing a bronze statue of an evil god? Aren't they worried about pollution leaks? And how could they possibly even move a bronze statue of an evil god? How strong would she have to be?]
The live stream chat was filled with discussions about how strong Su Jin was; no one seemed concerned about her current situation.
After all, she's someone who's even smashed a statue of an evil god; she wouldn't be afraid of a small restaurant owner.
Su Jin wasn't afraid of the proprietress at all; she just let her glare at her and slowly studied the menu in her hand.
I flipped through it over and over, but couldn't figure it out.
Furthermore, not a trace of evil aura could be detected.
She was puzzled. Wasn't the theme of this escape room "gluttony"? The slogan said that gluttony should be punished with starvation. So why was she now in a restaurant, being forced to order food?
What is the secret of this locked room, and how can it be unraveled?
"Hurry up and order!"
The proprietress standing next to her completely lost her patience, slamming her hand on the table loudly, and said in a sinister tone, "If you don't eat my food, you'll only starve to death!"
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Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Su Jin's eyes.
Finally, she heard something related to the topic. Her intuition told her that this proprietress was a human clue, and she needed to find a way to get information out of her.
So she coughed, tilted her head back, and asked the proprietress who was on the verge of exploding in anger:
"Why will I starve to death if I don't eat your food?"
The proprietress sneered, "Because this place only has our dishes, and you can only leave after you eat them."
Su Jin nodded. "So, after I've eaten your food, can I really leave?"
The proprietress nodded impatiently, "Of course, we're running a business. We're not going to force you to stay here and take up a table for nothing."
Su Jin pointed to the tightly closed door, her face full of fear:
"But this door is so tightly closed, it looks like it can never be opened again. Are you in such a hurry to force me to order that you're going to put sleeping pills in my food, then drug me and tie me up in the kitchen?"
The proprietress scoffed, "Why would we, a restaurant, drug you?"
Su Jin said innocently, "You think I'm food? I may not be heavy, but I still weigh several dozen kilograms."
The proprietress looked at her with disdain. "Young lady, have you been watching too many Category III horror movies? Animal meat tastes better and is cheaper than human flesh. Our restaurant also has to consider costs; we can't kill people for food."
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Something about this conversation just doesn't feel right.
When the restaurant owner refuted Sister Su, she said that her restaurant would not use human flesh, but her reason was that animal meat was tastier and cheaper, as if she had eaten human flesh herself.
I feel like the proprietress's mental state isn't right either.
[The landlady is definitely suspicious. Could the secret of this secret room lie with her? If we can find out her suspicious behavior and the reasons behind it, Sister Su can get the pass and leave the secret room?]
It's not that simple; the system isn't that kind.
Su Jin was also thinking.
This instance is not a fantasy story based on rules, but rather a type of escape room game.
So in this restaurant's secret room, there are no rules. All she has to do is find a way to get the pass token and escape.
The token for passing the level is definitely hidden in the hardest place to find; to find it, you must first collect enough clues.
During the process of finding clues, there will be NPCs and various challenges to hinder the player, but the clues are often hidden here.
As the first NPC she encounters in the escape room, the landlady's words and actions should all be hints given to her by the dungeon; it remains to be seen how she interprets them.
As for the landlady's claim that she could leave the secret room after eating, that's just a very basic misleading claim, and she wouldn't believe it.
"Boss lady, I have another question for you."
Su Jin paused, then looked at the family of three beside her. "From the moment I entered the store, they've been wolfing down their food. They've been eating for so long now, and they haven't stopped to drink a drop of water. It's like they'll never feel full."
I just want to know, once you take a bite at your shop, is it impossible to stop eating...?
Before Su Jin could finish speaking, the proprietress interrupted her coldly:
"What's it to you? Are you going to order or not?!"
Su Jin smiled slightly, then sighed:
"I don't like being interrupted when I'm speaking."
The proprietress said defiantly, "I'll interrupt you, so what?"
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Wow, this NPC's got some nerve, daring to provoke even our Sister Su!
[Sister Su, hurry up and show her your skills, let her know who the only real sister is in this dungeon]
The boss's wife is going to be in trouble.
Just as the viewers in the live stream were waiting for Su Jin to make her move, Su Jin suddenly chickened out.
She blinked at the proprietress and said pitifully:
"I'm sorry, it was my fault. I'll order now. I'd like tomato and egg stir-fry."
The proprietress snorted coldly, muttering "You're smart to know what's good for you," before turning to give instructions to the kitchen.
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[What's wrong with Sister Su? Why has she suddenly become such a coward?]
Wasn't she incredibly powerful in the previous instance? She could even use the bewitching power of evil objects to make the groom tell her the truth from afar.
Perhaps her powers have all malfunctioned.
[Yes, I've long suspected that Su Jin doesn't actually have any special skills. She just bought disposable items from the system's item shop. Those items are useless after one use, and she doesn't have enough points to buy new ones, so she's just like any other ordinary person.]
So, this Su Jin isn't as amazing as her fans make her out to be.
Ha, she has no real skills, she's just good at showing off.
I was originally going to follow her, but now I'll just forget about it. I'll have to wait for Bai Shen to make his appearance.
[Don't jump to conclusions just yet, or you might get proven wrong by Sister Su later.]
[Hey, Su Jin's brainless fans are up and about again, still calling her "Sister Su." I think you should start calling her "Mom," since you're more filial to her than to your own mother.]
In the instance, after the landlady left, Su Jin walked to the table of the family of three who were eating like crazy.
The more she looked at their current state, the more she felt they fit the charge of "bulimia".
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Does eating the food at this restaurant mean I'll be guilty of "binge eating" and turn into a soulless NPC who only knows how to eat, forever stuck here?
Su Jin felt that the person who designed this secret room was really malicious.
In this materialistic world, these foodies are such adorable and harmless beings, yet they are being targeted like this!
She pursed her lips, and after carefully observing the family of three and confirming that they all had white things on them and no red things hidden, she began to talk to them:
"You guys have such good appetites!"
The family of three buried themselves in their food and completely ignored her.
Su Jin thought that some conditions would need to be triggered for these three NPCs to speak, but she couldn't wait.
When she spoke again, she used her seductive power:
"Answer me, don't you feel full eating like this?"
She could sense a faint force resisting her bewitching power. After letting out a cold snort, she used a higher-level soul manipulation skill, and the family of three finally stopped eating, raising their heads to stare at her blankly.
But she saw a trace of pain in their vacant eyes, which indicated that their sense of self had not completely disappeared.
She asked again, "Why do you keep eating? Is something forcing your will?"
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I understand now. When Sister Su was submissive to that boss lady before, it wasn't because she was afraid of her, but because she wanted to get rid of her.
[Sister Su has never been a stubborn fool who relies on her strength. Haven't you noticed how smart she is? She was very resourceful in the last dungeon. Those who say she's just a show-off have questionable intelligence.]
[Where are those people who were just badmouthing Sister Su? Stop playing dead! I told you they'd be proven wrong. Anyone want to tag them?]
[What's so great about Su Jin's fans? All she did was ask the NPC a few questions. Is that even a skill?]
[To the keyboard warrior upstairs: If you were in this instance, you wouldn't even think to ask this family of three questions, nor would you realize they are the white-clad NPCs, believe it or not?]
Yes, our Sister Su's judgment is far superior to those idiots who just give pointers online.
The husband in the family of three reluctantly spoke:
"We are so hungry, we're starving."
The wife nodded, "If we don't keep eating, we'll starve to death."
Su Jin frowned as she looked at their bellies, which were already swollen high, like those of a woman ten months pregnant.
But if they keep eating like this, they'll definitely choke to death.
"Is there no way to stop?" she asked in a low voice. "Tell me everything you know, and maybe I can save you."
The husband shook his head, and the wife said, trembling:
"There's nothing we can do, we're too sinful to save. But my son, he's innocent, please save him!"
Su Jin looked at the thin boy with only a protruding belly and fell into deep thought.
The couple were both overweight, but judging from the boy's physique, he didn't seem to have a habit of binge eating, which doesn't fit the charge of binge eating. So why was he here?
Judging from what happened in the corridor earlier, the secret room shouldn't attract any unrelated people.
No matter how she inquired, the husband and wife would only repeat that they had committed a crime, but they couldn't even explain what their crime was. Su Jin had no choice but to change her question:
"How can I save your son?"
A glimmer of hope appeared in the husband and wife's eyes. They were about to say something when the proprietress brought over the stir-fried dishes.
Seeing Su Jin talking to a family of three, the landlady's voice suddenly turned gloomy:
"Don't disturb the other guests while they eat! At Delicious House, the most important thing is eating!"
As soon as the proprietress opened her mouth, the family of three, who were originally able to speak, all showed signs of extreme pain, as if an invisible hand had covered their mouths.
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But the mother, desperate to save her son, struggled free from her restraints, blood trickling from her lips, and said:
"Find the source of the evil and eradicate it! Also, beware of everything in this restaurant…"
Before she could finish speaking, she vomited a mouthful of black blood, staining the food in her bowl, and then collapsed onto the table, unable to get up.
The husband and son standing to the side shed tears, but could only lower their heads again, stiffly pick up their chopsticks, and start shoveling rice into their mouths again.
The proprietress stared at the dead woman and said in a gloomy voice, "This is what happens to customers who don't enjoy their food."
Su Jin's face darkened as she watched this scene.
Rice, which should have been a delightful and pure enjoyment, was turned into a torturous torture by this idiot landlady, even resulting in someone's death and severely affecting her appetite.
"Have a meal!"
The proprietress placed the scrambled eggs with tomatoes on Su Jin's table and reached out to press her back into her seat.
Su Jin raised her hand and punched the proprietress in the face.
The punch landed squarely on the bridge of her nose, and the proprietress instantly gushed out a large amount of blood. Her head was buzzing, and she was completely stunned.
Su Jin picked up the plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and smeared the whole dish all over the proprietress's face.
The proprietress yelled, "How dare you waste food!"
Su Jin sneered, "So what if I waste it? What can you do to me?"
The proprietress was so angry that she rolled up her sleeves to fight her, but Su Jin taught her an even worse lesson.
Finally realizing she was no match for Su Jin, the proprietress gave in, burying her face in her hands and sobbing.
"Stop hitting me! I just wanted everyone to eat in peace, what did I do wrong!"
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Wow, this woman is really badass!
[As the mini-boss of the escape room, even if she's not an evil entity, she should at least have some dungeon power boost, right? This female streamer, no matter how strong, is still just human. How could she be beaten like this? She must have used some incredibly powerful item!]
[Yes, using props is no skill; relying on your own brains like White God is what makes a true master.]
[Don't you know that high-level items in the system shop require an exorbitant amount of points to obtain? Even if Sister Su did use points, she earned them through her own abilities. What are you complaining about?]
Yes, some people shouldn't be praising one person while criticizing another in Sister Su's live stream. You're not welcome here.
I also like Bai Shen, but I won't bother others in their live streams. Bai Shen's reputation has been ruined by you brainless fans.
Su Jin looked at the boss lady, who had lost her imposing manner and become pitiful, and sneered.
It seems that some NPCs who take advantage of others' kindness are best dealt with by force.
"Tell me what secrets your restaurant holds if you don't want to get beaten up?"
The proprietress's eyes darted around as she listened, and after coughing a few times, she said, "I'm just running a small business. I just want to make delicious food to attract customers. There's no other secret."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Then may I ask what secret recipe you used to make such delicious dishes that the guests couldn't stop eating them?"
The white-clad NPC led her to the source of evil, and since the theme of this secret room was gluttony, the so-called source must be related to food.
But the proprietress was wearing a red apron, so the red-clad NPC's words were definitely not credible.
Sure enough, the proprietress immediately forced a smile and began to deceive her:
"So you're not a guest here for dinner, you want my family's secret recipe! If it were anyone else, I definitely wouldn't tell them, but since you're pretty, smart, and... well, you know, you're very strong, if you're willing to become a chef's apprentice, you can learn my family's secret recipe."
Become a chef's apprentice in this shady restaurant?
It doesn't sound like a good job.
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Su Jin crossed her arms, looking arrogant. "I don't want to be a chef's apprentice. This kind of position doesn't suit my status. I want to be the boss!"
The proprietress: "..."
She's the boss's wife. This brat wants to be the boss, does she want to be her husband?
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Our Sister Su shouldn't make so many demands.
I'm going to die laughing in Sister Su's live stream sooner or later.
Yes, isn't being a boss much more enjoyable than being an employee?
Judging from the NPC auntie's expression, this is clearly the first time she's been this speechless since taking office.
The proprietress was stunned for a while before managing a forced smile and continuing her sales pitch:
"Young lady, you can't be too impatient. I advise you to take it slow. Start as a chef's apprentice and then work your way up step by step. If you do really well, I might give you some shares and make you a shareholder."
Su Jin laughed, "Has your little shabby restaurant even gone public yet? Shares, my foot! Do you think I'm easy to fool?"
After saying that, she raised her fist again, and the proprietress cried out in fear:
"I'm warning you, if you kill me, you'll never leave here alive!"
Su Jin stopped what she was doing.
Just as the proprietress was smugly thinking she had caught her red-handed, Su Jin's fist came down again.
"Hmm, don't worry, I won't kill you. I'll just cripple you, you ruthless shop owner who abuses customers, and show you what the real evil is."
To avoid Su Jin's punches, the proprietress stood up and ran to the kitchen. In the process, she lost her wig.
Su Jin saw a large, bloody hole on her exposed head, wondering who had cracked her skull open.
She made a sound of surprise.
Who would have thought that the landlady who always forced people to eat was actually dead?
Su Jin chased her to the kitchen, but the proprietress had vanished without a trace.
She lowered her eyes and looked around. There must be a hidden room here, and perhaps the so-called source of evil and the token of passage were hidden in the hidden room.
Just as she was looking for the hidden door, the white-clad chef cooking by the stove impatiently called out, "Hey, you newbie, come help me!"
Su Jin leaned closer and glanced at the pot where the fire was burning brightly.
She had expected to find a human head or something even more terrifying cooking in the pot, but all she saw were normal foods.
The aroma of beef wafted from the pot; she sniffed it and realized it was stewed beef brisket.
She couldn't help but swallow, her mouth seemingly filled with the aroma of her grandmother's tomato stewed beef, which whetted her appetite.
The chef in white looked at her and warned, "This is for the guests, so don't you dare steal any."
"What would happen if I secretly ate it?" Su Jin asked.
The chef in white sneered, "You saw the look on those customers outside, didn't you? If you eat the food here, you'll end up the same way as them."
The broadcast said that the white-clad NPCs in the locked room wouldn't lie, and their answers could be trusted.
Su Jin nodded vigorously, feigning sudden realization, and then asked:
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"Master, do you know why these customers have come here? I heard one of them say they committed some unforgivable crime and are being punished. Is this a restaurant for business or an execution ground?"
The chef in white was pleased with her obedience, so he was happy to answer her new questions.
"The customers we serve are all guilty of gluttony."
Su Jin looked puzzled. "Why is it called the sin of gluttony? Is it a crime to have a bigger appetite than others?"
The original meaning of the word "binge eating" refers to the behavior of eating without restraint and excessively wasting food. Its extended meaning also includes indulging in pleasure, such as alcoholism. Only when it reaches a level that affects one's own health and that of others can it be considered an evil act.
But the family of three she had just met, although the husband and wife were a bit overweight, they looked very simple and kind. She thought they just had big appetites, but were far from that.
The chef in white lowered his voice, "No, these guests were punished for eating things they shouldn't have. So, it's not wrong for you to call this an execution ground."
Su Jin frowned and asked, "What are the things we shouldn't eat?"
The chef in white cautiously looked around, lowering his voice even further, "To put it simply, it's about eating things that will make them feel happy."
Su Jin: "???"
So this lousy place won't even let people eat what they like?
As a seasoned food connoisseur, she was furious at this arbitrary denigration of other people's hobbies. "Who decided they were guilty? The restaurant owner?"
The chef in white was startled by her suddenly louder voice and quickly put his hand to his mouth to signal her to lower her voice. "The proprietress has only made a contract with that lord. It is that lord who can truly judge the sinners."
That sir?
Su Jin lowered her eyes. In this terrifying dungeon, the only being that could be addressed with those four words was the Evil God.
The chef in white looked fearful and whispered:
"That great being couldn't stand seeing people's happy expressions when they ate delicious food, so it punished those who took pleasure in it by making them feel terribly hungry. They were forced to keep eating, but they could never be full, until they were stuffed to death."
Su Jin finally understood what the "starvation punishment" written on the door of the secret room meant.
"These guests kept eating, and they were eating their favorite foods. But even the most beloved food will taste awful when eaten so ravenously, and that adult took away their enjoyment in this way."
The chef in white sighed and looked at the food in the pot, saying, "Look at what's cooking in here, what is it?"
Su Jin paused for a moment, then said, "It's beef brisket. I love beef brisket the most."
The chef in white licked his lips and murmured:
"That's right. The food we see here is what we love to eat the most. As chefs, we are luckier than the guests, but we also have to endure the hunger of being able to see but not eat."
Su Jin listened silently, then suddenly asked:
"What is the name of that esteemed person you mentioned?"
She wanted to know which evil god was so perverted.
The chef in white, however, looked terrified and shook his head violently. "No, I can't say! To speak of Your Excellency's name is a capital offense!"
Oh, this is a shady evil god that can't even be seen in the light of day; they won't even let you say its name.
"Young lady, don't worry about all that. Just listen to me. As long as you work hard and don't overeat, you can survive."
No sooner had the chef finished speaking than a strange noise came from the kitchen freezer.
Su Jin looked in that direction, and the chef next to her suddenly became uneasy.
What's locked in the freezer?
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The chef, who had been very enthusiastic and answered Su Jin's questions readily, suddenly became hesitant and said, "It's nothing, don't worry about it, I'll go and take the dishes out."
Seeing him about to slip away, Su Jin reached out and stopped him, giving him a bright smile:
"I can serve you the food, but you have to tell me first what's locked in the refrigerator?"
But in the chef's eyes, the pretty girl's forced smile was as terrifying as a skeleton.
He began to tremble all over, so panicked that he could barely speak, "I don't need your help, let me go!"
As he spoke, he began to struggle fiercely, shouting, "Don't ask me, don't ask me, I don't want to die!"
After all, the broadcast said that the white-clad NPCs wouldn't lie, but it didn't say that they couldn't refuse to answer questions.
The fact that the white-clad chef was so resistant to her question meant that she had asked the crucial question.
Perhaps the source of evil mentioned by the wife in the family of three is hidden in that inconspicuous refrigerator.
Su Jin's eyes flashed red as she looked at the white-robed NPC. She once again used the soul manipulation skill she had taken from the high-level evil creature, trying to force the white-robed chef to speak.
But just as she was about to unleash her power, blood tears suddenly streamed from the white-clad chef's eyes, the blood flowing down his cheeks and staining his white chef's uniform red.
The chef's lips suddenly curled into a chilling smile as he looked at Su Jin:
"If you're so concerned about what's in the freezer, why don't you go in and take a look for yourself?"
Su Jin's gaze darkened as she noticed that he said "go in and take a look" instead of "open it and take a look."
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[There are many real cases of bodies being hidden in freezers, so I have a feeling this freezer probably didn't contain anything good.]
[Could it be that what's frozen inside is all human flesh, cut off from players who didn't finish the game before?]
It can't be that simple, can it?
Yes, I also think it's not doxxing, but something even more terrifying.
Su Jin in the instance was also wondering if the freezer was a trap, and that players would be trapped inside if they tried to open it.
She tried to manipulate the chef's soul to get him to tell the truth, but discovered that, like the landlady from before, his soul had become a sacrifice to an evil god.
Her soul, controlled by the evil god, is currently unable to regain control.
Unless she can devour the evil god and utilize its power in a higher-level instance later, but that would be something that happens after she leaves this secret room.
Now, witnessing the chef's transformation, she wasn't entirely oblivious.
At least she learned that, just like the players, white-clad NPCs can turn into red-clad NPCs after being corrupted.
The chef stared intently at Su Jin, the whites of his eyes strangely increasing until they soon covered his pupils.
The more white of the eyes there is, the deeper the evil god's control over his soul.
The refrigerator was still making a banging noise, and the noise was getting louder and louder.
If you listen carefully, you can almost hear human cries for help coming from inside.
But Su Jin shook her head, dismissing it all as her imagination.
"Go open the freezer door! Didn't you want to know what's inside? The secret you're looking for is hidden inside. Hurry up, hurry up!"
The chef's voice grew increasingly shrill and noisy, carrying with it a kind of evil divine power that affected Su Jin's sanity.
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Su Jin looked confused as she walked step by step toward the freezer.
The chef in red grinned maliciously, following closely behind her and reaching out his hand, clearly intending to shove her into the freezer the moment she opened the door.
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How did Sister Su get so easily swayed?
Be careful! Don't open the freezer door! Don't let that wicked chef get away with it!
[It would be great if the streamer could see the comments we sent her.]
[Yeah, most of the streamers still alive are rough, old men. It's rare to find a young, beautiful, and talented girl like her. If she dies, who will we looks-obsessed viewers watch?]
[What kind of face-obsessed person are you? I think the person upstairs is a pervert.]
No, don't wrong me, I'm a true fan of Sister Su!
This netizen, who claimed to be a true fan of Su Jin, gave Su Jin a reward of 1,000 yuan after posting this comment.
The system's voice immediately rang out in the live stream:
"The streamer Su Jin received a reward of 1,000 yuan. The platform and the streamer split the reward revenue 50/50. The exchange rate between real currency and points is 100:1. The streamer's share will be automatically converted into five points and credited to the streamer's account."
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[My god, it costs 100 yuan to buy one point! This system is even more capitalist than capitalists, it's outrageous!]
Be content. When has the system ever been human? It's already good enough that it didn't make it a 1000:1 ratio and only gave the streamer 0.5 points.
[But is this the first time Sister Su has received a fan donation? Hopefully, after receiving this huge sum of five points, Sister Su will immediately straighten up, uncover the evil's conspiracy, escape the secret room, and successfully complete the level!]
Besides Su Jin's fans, the live stream also included dissenting passersby and her few particularly loyal haters:
[But I feel like this streamer named Su Jin isn't really that great. The broadcast clearly said the red-clothed NPC was untrustworthy, yet she still listened to him and opened the freezer. Isn't that just plain stupid? So I really don't understand where she gets so many fans.]
[You don't understand, this female streamer attracts fans with her looks, and her fans are all her simps.]
[Yes, and these dogs are extremely protective of their master. If anyone dares to say a bad word about their master, they will gang up on them and bite them indiscriminately.]
I'll say it again: Su Jin is arrogant and conceited; she'll ruin her own life sooner or later.
A die-hard fan responded with a barrage of comments:
[To the passerby who said Sister Su is missing a screw in her head, is this your first time watching a live stream?]
The conversation between Su Jin and the chef just now mentioned an evil god, and the NPCs in this secret room are very likely controlled by the power of the evil god.
Each evil god has its own area of expertise, but they all have one thing in common: they are all good at bewitching humans. Those who are bewitched will either be corrupted and lose their minds, or become insane and mutated, even their bodies will be altered.
Therefore, even if the NPC in this secret room only possesses a trace of the power of the evil god, it is still difficult for ordinary humans to resist. Moreover, Sister Su may not have been truly bewitched; her ability to resist bewitching is the strongest among the streamer players I have ever seen.
As for those who took the opportunity to smear Sister Su and hurl insults at her, I only have one thing to say to you: you are all so capable, I hope you will be among the next batch of people entering the dungeon.
Su Jin's haters disagreed and posted a comment tagging her as a true fan:
[You typed all this and think you're right? And you're even cursing others! I think you're just Su Jin's dog, biting people indiscriminately!]
[Yes, and they even said Su Jin was faking it, and that her ability to resist bewitching is the strongest among the streamers. You're talking nonsense! Let me put it this way, Su Jin isn't even as good as one of Bai Shen's toes.]
The devoted fan did not respond to these comments. Instead, he donated another 10,000 yuan to Su Jin to show his support.
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The live stream chat exploded:
Holy crap, this is true love, absolutely true love!
[Give away 10,000 in one go, this guy is really generous]
[Didn't that damn system say before that Sister Su was selected to join some kind of God War Project and needed to accumulate popularity points? Do the tips that Big Brother gave her count towards those popularity points?]
Inside the instance, Su Jin knew nothing about the rewards or the ridiculous God War plan.
She stared intently at the freezer door, reaching out to open it.
Behind her, the chef in red grinned wider and wider, revealing two rows of gleaming white teeth, and his slightly pale hand was about to touch Su Jin's back.
But at that moment, Su Jin suddenly turned around, her movements as fast as lightning, and before the chef in red could react, she grabbed her and pulled her in front of her.
The chef in red let out strange, inhuman groans. He struggled now, much stronger than when he was in white. It would be impossible for even a well-trained adult man, let alone a frail girl, to control him.
But Su Jin's arms were like iron clamps, firmly pressing his hands behind his back.
The chef in red tried to kick her leg and stomach from behind, but it was as if he had kicked a steel plate; Su Jin remained unmoved.
With a few cracking sounds, the chef in red writhed wildly, his joints dislocated and deformed from the effort, but he still couldn't break free from Su Jin's grasp.
Su Jin smiled and whispered in his ear, "Don't waste your energy."
As she spoke, she grabbed the chef's right hand with her right hand, forcing him to raise his arm, and then used his hand to open the freezer door.
The moment the freezer door opened, a blinding red light shone out, illuminating the skin on Su Jin's hands.
Su Jin's delicate, fair skin had a subtle metallic sheen.
This strange luster appeared all over her body, as if her flesh and blood were covered with an extremely hard metal, so no matter how the chef in red hit her, he couldn't hurt her in the slightest.
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I've watched many live streams, but I've never seen a streamer use this skill before! Does anyone know what it is?
[It looks a bit like the metallization skill used by the evil creatures in the 'Death Metal City' dungeon.]
[Isn't 'Death Metal City' an A-rank dungeon? Did Sister Su clear an A-rank dungeon?]
[Even if she cleared the game, there's no way she could have learned the evil creature's skills. What's going on?]
[Don't lucky players draw talent skills before entering the first dungeon? Maybe the skill Sister Su drew is to turn her skin into a metallic texture.]
[Wait a minute, Su Jin used the Bewitching Power in the previous dungeon. Each player can only draw one skill, so how could she possibly have two skills?]
[That means she obtained some rare item in the previous dungeon; it can't be because she's not human, right?]
[Actually, Sister Su is really quite strange. If it weren't for the system rule that only human players can become streamers, I would suspect that she is actually an evil entity.]
[Am I the only one who's thinking about that hidden master who got an SSS+ level skill but has never shown their face? Do you guys think Su Jin could be that person?]
[Impossible! How could a legendary, hidden master be doing a newbie livestream?]
[Yes, Su Jin's fans, stop trying to glorify your idol.]
The true hidden master, Su Jin, was hiding behind the chef in red. When she saw what was in the freezer, she immediately frowned.
To Su Jin's surprise, the freezer contained not food, not corpses, not dissected human parts, and not some hungry monster, but a mirror.
But the presence of something that should absolutely not have been put in the freezer made her feel even more dangerous.
Moreover, with such a loud noise coming from the freezer, she clearly heard someone pounding on the freezer door and human cries for help. But when she opened it, there was only a mirror. So the question is, where are the people hiding?
Or will this mirror mimic human voices to entice players to open the freezer?
Just to be on the safe side, Su Jin pushed the red-clad chef in her hand forward to better block her reflection in the mirror, then asked curiously:
"What's the use of this mirror? Why is it placed here?"
The chef in red did not answer.
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Su Jin couldn't see his face, but she heard him say in an extremely terrified voice, "I... I won't eat those things. It would be a crime of gluttony and offend that lord. Don't try to tempt me!"
Su Jin was immediately filled with questions.
Is the chef in red talking to the mirror?
So, is this a talking magic mirror?
But Su Jin didn't hear the mirror's sound; she only heard the chef in red continuing to mutter to himself:
"No, I'm not hungry at all, and I'm not craving anything. I'm not eating, I don't want to eat at all."
"I don't like my mom's stewed pig's feet at all, I don't like the braised pork intestine noodles downstairs in my neighborhood, and I don't like hot pot, barbecue, spicy hot pot, roast duck, dumplings, big plate chicken, snail rice noodles, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall..."
Su Jin: "..."
No wonder he's a chef; he knows so many food names.
But please stop talking, brother! I'm getting hungry just listening to this!
"I really don't like it. Don't force me. I will never be a sinner. I don't want to be punished!"
"I...I can't hold back anymore!"
"I don't want to eat those tasteless work meals anymore, they're practically dog food! I want to eat meat!"
"I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry!"
"Let me go! I want to eat! I want to eat!"
Su Jin sensed the chef in red trembling and wondered, who was the person he was talking to?
She quickly came up with the answer.
When a person looks in a mirror, he/she only sees himself/herself in the mirror.
So the chef is talking to his reflection in the mirror.
Judging from his expression, the person in the mirror was urging him to eat his favorite food.
His resolve wavered after being persuaded, and his initial determination to persevere turned into a frantic swallowing of saliva. It seemed that if she let go, he would rush to that magical pot, scoop out the contents, and swallow them whole.
It seems that this mirror has the power to stimulate one's appetite.
So the chef in red tricked her into coming here, hoping to use this mirror to make her break her vows and become one of those customers.
But is this mirror the source of all evil?
Su Jin's intuition told her that it was nothing more than a toy used by an evil god to toy with humans.
That creature doesn't like seeing humans happy and content because of delicious food, but it also doesn't want to see humans easily suppress their appetites. It only likes to see humans suffer, struggling little by little as they fall into the deadly traps it has set.
That's absolutely outrageous.
Su Jin lowered her eyes and asked the struggling chef in her arms, "So you hid the mirror in the freezer so you wouldn't be bewitched by your own reflection? Answer my question, and I'll let you eat."
The chef in red, with his back to her, nodded frantically, saying in great pain:
"Yes, I hid the mirror in! But it's cunning; it makes knocking and talking noises to lure newcomers into opening the freezer!"
Su Jin's gaze grew colder, and she scoffed, "You knew it was dangerous, yet you still tricked me into opening the freezer?"
The corrupted red-clad NPC, having sacrificed its soul to the evil god, has no chance of recovery.
Although he still retains his human form, Su Jin no longer sees him as human, especially since he once harbored malicious intentions towards her.
Su Jin closed her eyes, let go of her hand, and then kicked over the mirror in the freezer.
The chef in red, who had been released by her, ran to the pot, reached into the steaming pot, and scooped out what looked like food and wolfed it down.
After finishing their meal, the chef in red's uniform ripped open, his gaze became as vacant as the guests', and he walked out of the kitchen step by step, sat down at a table against the wall outside, and began to eat continuously.
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