Chapter 289 Botanist Escort Mission (5)

Chapter 289 Botanist Escort Mission (5)

"Who of you wants something to eat?"

After completing the discussion about the next route and direction of action, perhaps out of boredom or curiosity, Feng Shao suggested that they want to try the food provided by the hotel. No one had any objections, so everyone told Feng Shao what they wanted to eat.

"There's a lot of stuff. Someone else should come with me."

"I'll go with you."

This time, Meng Rou and Feng Shao left the guest room together. Although Meng Rou usually had a somewhat contemptuous attitude towards Feng Shao (mainly because Meng Rou had a great figure, the nun's uniform matched Meng Rou's figure and was very sexy, and Feng Shao had no self-control), in fact, their relationship was still very good, otherwise they would not have become the most cooperative team in the guild.

When I arrived at the counter on the first floor, I wanted to ask the inn owner and the elf named Beef Jerky, Delan, what kind of food the inn could provide, but neither Beef Jerky nor the fat elf owner were here.

"Maybe he went somewhere else?"

"So should we go look for the boss? Or should we go straight to the kitchen and food storage room?"

Feng Shao thought about it and decided not to look for the boss whose location was uncertain. He prepared to go directly to the kitchen and food storage room because according to the value of the exchange list he saw when they stayed in the hotel, the big fish he caught was of very high value, enough to cover all the expenses of the six people in the hotel.

"Let's go find the kitchen. Generally speaking, the food storage room of this kind of hotel is not too far from the kitchen. Sometimes it is even in the same location."

"I remember the fat elf was holding the fish and walking in this direction, probably the kitchen."

"Let's go then."

On the right side of the counter on the first floor, there is a corridor with some guest rooms on both sides. At the end of the corridor, Meng Rou and Feng Shao found a room without a sign at the door, but judging from the smell of cooked food coming from inside, this is probably the hotel's kitchen.

"Tuk-tuk."

Meng Rou knocked on the kitchen door, but no one answered.

"Anyone here? We're guests, would you like to eat something?"

Still no one responded.

"Click."

Compared to Meng Rou, Feng Shao was much more impatient. When there was no response for the second time, he had already pressed the doorknob. The kitchen door was not locked. He walked into the kitchen and found it was empty. The space was not very big, but it was not so big that people could not fit in. All kinds of kitchen utensils were very clean, which meant that they were cleaned regularly.

At the innermost part of the kitchen, there is a large oven with the cooking indicator light on, keeping it in the keep-warm position. According to the timer, it seems that an hour has passed since the cooking was completed.

"Mmm, it smells really good..."

"Hey wait, this might be something another customer ordered, let's find something else..."

"I'm Gan Linliang!"

While Meng Rou was trying to persuade Feng Shao, Feng Shao had already opened the oven. Almost at the same time, when he saw what was inside, Feng Shao was startled and fell to the ground, swearing non-stop!

"what happened?"

Seeing Feng Shao's abnormality, Meng Rou put down the ingredients in her hand and walked over quickly.

"What did you see? What's all the fuss about?"

"Well, now the fat elf boss is an acquaintance of ours."

After Feng Shao was helped up by Meng Rou, he pointed to the open oven, then stood behind Meng Rou, ready to catch her.

"What do you mean? I'll go!"

Sure enough, after seeing what was in the oven, Meng Rou also took a step back, stepped on the oil on the ground, and fell backwards. Fortunately, Feng Shao caught her steadily.

The thing in the oven was the fat elf boss, who was naked and tied up like a roasted suckling pig, with a roasted wild fruit stuffed in his mouth. As for why Feng Shao and Meng Rou were able to recognize that the elf boss had turned into a crispy roasted suckling pig, it was thanks to the system's prompt.

"Fruit Crispy Roast Innkeeper: After eating, health and energy are greatly restored, energy limit is slightly increased, sanity -50"

"Current food recipe recorded."

Feng Shao and Meng Rou looked at each other and finally decided to close the oven door.

"I can't understand who would eat their own kind when there is no emergency..."

"Although strictly speaking, elves are not the same species as us, they look too much like us. Maybe if it really comes to a critical moment and I have to die if I don't eat it, I might try it with my eyes closed, but I would never do that at other times... Oh... I feel a little nauseous now..."

Meng Rou shuddered. She still felt a little uncomfortable with the scene she just saw. If just seeing it was still within her acceptable range, then the increasingly fragrant smell of barbecue, the gradually growing feeling of hunger, and the thought of "trying it" that popped up in her mind from time to time, had already begun to make Meng Rou on the verge of losing her sanity.

"Let's find something else, try not to find meat, or fish will do."

"Let's go find the food storage room. The time background of this copy is similar to ours. We should be able to find snacks and the like."

Meng Rou was about to leave the kitchen when she saw Feng Shao standing in front of a pot of stew, holding the lid in one hand and staring at the food inside. From his frown, it seemed that although the stew tasted delicious, it was not something they could eat, at least not right now.

"The stew in the pot won't be..."

“Boiled beef jerky.”

Feng Shao walked over, rubbed his temples, and left the kitchen with Meng Rou.

"Boiled Delan (beef jerky): After consumption, the resistance to abnormal status increases for a certain period of time, the power of fire attribute ability increases moderately, and the sanity value decreases by 15"

"Current food recipe recorded."

Next to the kitchen is the food storage room. Although it is locked, it is a simple mechanical lock. Using the fishhook on the weapon, Feng Shao easily pried open the door of the food storage room. After collecting some snacks that must not be "tampered with" with Meng Rou, he quickly returned to their guest room.

"What happen to you guys?"

Dai Lin noticed something was wrong with their expressions, so she asked, but the two of them looked at Daniel who was taking notes beside them and said nothing.

"Daniel?"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"We're going to make a small change to our accommodation location. You and Feng Shao will be staying in the same room today."

"I can do it."

"Let's go. I'm a little tired."

"Oh."

After taking some snacks, Feng Shao and Daniel left the room where everyone was gathered and returned to their own guest room. After Daniel left, Meng Rou explained to everyone else what she and Feng Shao had seen.

"Since they have already been perfectly transformed into dishes, I guess it is impossible to determine the cause of their death, so Feng Shao and I did not care. However, during our previous discussion, we did not hear any unusual noises, so we currently do not know how they died."

"What do you think, Daelin?"

Yang Jin noticed that Dai Lin seemed to be checking his system panel, so he asked.

"Although the system's missions have not changed, and there are no other side quests or hidden missions, you can see that the hotel area, which is a safe zone, has now become abnormal."

According to Dai Lin, everyone opened their system panels and observed the map. Sure enough, the hotel area originally marked as a safe zone had changed from the yellow safety zone to red. Judging from the size of the area covered by red, although the safe zone is still effective, there are signs of invasion. It is only a matter of time before it becomes a dangerous area.

"The safe zone was invaded. Based on past experience and the mechanism of the current event instance, we can confirm that this was not done by other players, and it is estimated that other safe zones are facing the same problem."

"Global event?"

"That's right. I didn't expect that we would catch up. Apart from the president and vice president who didn't participate in the guild competition, only Zhu Long has experienced the global event. Tell us about your experience. It may be helpful to us."

"Row."

The so-called global event, according to the official statement of Infinite City, refers to the fact that the overall strength of all players in the copy has exceeded the official preset threshold. It is an official dynamic adjustment to the ongoing copy. In this case, other standard safe zones except specific safe zones will enter the invasion state. In order to keep the safe zone from becoming invalid, players have to perform some more difficult tasks, usually defensive wave battles. If the safe zone is not defended before the time limit, then the safe zone will become invalid. Not only that, the location of the original safe zone will also begin to refresh more difficult enemies.

But along with the risks, the rewards are often huge. In previous dungeons, players have found that the high-difficulty enemies refreshed in the fallen safe zone drop high levels of supplies and equipment, as well as provide high levels of experience. Moreover, because the difficulty of the refreshed enemies is based on the highest standard of the current dungeon, key items needed for hidden tasks can often be found here.

The key to the difficulty in obtaining key props is not the difficulty of the battle, but the search for the location. As the key props for hidden tasks, the system basically will not give any accurate hints. Whether you can find it often depends on luck. This method of only needing to constantly kill monsters to get the location of the props is often much more efficient than players searching in the dungeon.

"That time was before I joined Xinghai. I remember that dungeon was a low-difficulty dungeon that produced materials for power-type players. At that time, a new power-type profession was launched, so a large number of high-attribute players who had not yet changed their professions gathered in the dungeon. The overall strength of the players overflowed, so we encountered a global event. As a result, the players in the dungeon didn't even have time to farm materials. Among the more than 90 people, only one passed the dungeon. The difficulty increase was indeed beyond the limit."

"So fierce? Who is the only guy who made it through?"

"It's Zhu Long." Dai Lin pointed at Zhu Long, who was spitting tea leaves like an old storyteller.

"No buddy, are you that fierce?!"

"I was lucky that time, because I accepted a hidden mission with relatively few monsters, so I was able to clear the level."

"1363 kills, 12 of which were from players, 109 elite monsters, three hidden bosses, and nine rare hidden elites that are as powerful as dungeon bosses. You don't need to be so modest, Zhu Long."

"My Gan Linliang! Were you so powerful back then? Great, Old Zhu!"

"...You sound like you're calling Bajie..."

"Okay, stop flattering me. Zhu Long, tell us about your experience that time. Although the form may be different, it will definitely be able to provide some help to those of us who have not experienced global events."

It was still Dai Lin who was able to find the key point. Now the safety range of the safe zone is being further eroded. It is too late to save time. However, if they can know the relevant experience, then with the cooperation of five people and their strength, they may be able to survive the global event and even keep this safe zone.