Chapter 488 Lunch Begins
Xiao Jin locked the door and quickly checked the room——
The space under the bed was empty, but there were a few fresh scratches on the wooden boards.
There was a faded dress hanging in the closet, with dark brown stains on the cuffs. The upper partition was broken and had fallen to the bottom of the closet.
The windows were also nailed shut. Through the yellowed glass, Xiao Jin could clearly see the mountains and forests behind the village.
Then she slowly approached the bed. Fortunately, the bedding was not that bad. The quilt seemed to be freshly washed and was full of the scent of detergent.
Pillows, quilts and other items should have been dried in the sun in advance so they are fluffy and soft.
But soon, Xiao Jin's attention was attracted by something on the wall.
"mask……?"
The whole house was extremely dilapidated, but the walls were the only thing that was very clean. There were seven or eight wooden masks neatly hanging on the snow-white walls.
Each one is carved to be lifelike, yet exudes an indescribable weirdness.
Some have mouths that stretch all the way to their ears, revealing their white teeth. Some have hollow eyes, with deep eye sockets, as if their eyeballs have been dug out. Others have expressionless faces, yet give people the illusion that they are staring at you.
Xiao Jin took a few steps closer and looked into the eyes of one of the masks.
"Om-"
Gradually, Xiao Jin's eyes became empty, and suddenly a subtle buzzing sounded in his ears, like some kind of whisper, or like countless people whispering something in the distance.
"Something's wrong..." After noticing it, Xiao Jin suddenly looked away, and the feeling of discomfort gradually subsided.
She frowned and stopped staring at the masks. Instead, she quickly took out a coat from the space and covered the masks on the wall one by one.
【Bullet screen 1: Why is the anchor so cowardly? What is he doing blocking it? 】
[Bullet screen 2: That’s right, I’m offering a reward of 1000 points so that the anchor can take off his clothes before going to bed tonight.]
[Bullet screen 3: Hey, you can play it this way. Then I suddenly thought of some interesting 'mini-games'. ]
[Comment 4: Upstairs, your 'mini-game' better be serious! Doghead.jpg]
【Bullet screen 5: Hehehe! 】
Here, Xiao Jin suddenly felt a flash before his eyes, and then a panel popped up automatically, with a line of small words appearing on it.
[Ding——Congratulations to the player for triggering the audience's reward: Take off the clothes on the mask. (Reward: 1000 points)]
"Heh~" Xiao Jin laughed.
1000 points, to get rid of beggars!
Xiao Jin ignored the bounty mission and just sat on the bed to rest.
The sunlight shone through the sparse clouds, dappling onto the old wooden boards in the house, heralding the approach of noon.
Soon after, the village chief knocked on the doors of all the players.
"Dear guests, lunch is ready. You can go to the restaurant on the first floor to eat!"
"Okay." Xiao Jin responded and then walked out.
Yunye on the opposite side was also about to go down.
After taking a look at the other person, Xiao Jin asked, "Together?"
Yun Ye seemed to have not expected to receive Xiao Jin's invitation. After being stunned for a moment, he chose to nod.
Then, the two of them slowly walked down the stairs, one after the other.
The moment Xiao Jin stepped into the lobby, she was surprised by the scene before her.
Inside the restaurant, there was a long table stretching across the middle of the room, with a wide variety of dishes on the table emitting an enticing luster.
This doesn't quite match the situation in the guesthouse room!
Xiao Jin originally thought he would see bland food, but he didn't expect that they would actually prepare a table full of delicious food.
Braised pork, pickled duck, stewed bones, steamed sea bass... and even a bottle of white wine.
Ah this...
The other players who had come were also stunned for a moment. They all stood there. It was only after the village chief urged them that they walked to the table and sat down.
But the next second after Xiao Jin sat down, the delicious meal in front of her changed completely.
The surface of the braised pork was covered with a strange sauce color, and the steamed sea bass had gray and cloudy eyes, staring at the player in front of it.
The belly of the preserved duck was completely exposed after being hollowed out, but Xiao Jin seemed to see something else hidden in the duck's stomach.
As for those seemingly ordinary wild vegetables, there were actually a few black things mixed in with them. They had strange shapes and looked very much like long nails.
Seeing this, the corners of the players' mouths twitched, and they exchanged subtle glances with each other. There was also an unspoken tension in the air.
"Eat, you're welcome! Today's village has specially prepared lunch for everyone." The village chief's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting everyone's thoughts.
He was smiling and full of enthusiasm, then picked up a piece of trembling braised pork in his hand, and under the gaze of all the players, put it into the bowl of a short player without hesitation.
At that moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the piece of meat.
At the moment when the piece of meat lightly touched the edge of the bowl, Xiao Jin's pupils suddenly dilated, because she clearly saw that there was something moving slightly under the skin.
She wasn't sure if the smaller player saw it, but she noticed it.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the lobby dropped to freezing point. Everyone's breathing became unusually heavy, and many people secretly looked at the short player.
Should he eat it or not?
[Fuck, the meat is moving! ]
[It's really a feast for the eyes! ]
[A reward of 1500 points, please eat it! 】
So all the players present could see that the short player who was originally hesitant to speak suddenly turned pale.
Many people had received bounty missions from viewers in the live broadcast room, so they instantly understood why the short player had an ugly expression on his face.
Everyone stared at the small player with bated breath.
I saw that his hands were trembling slightly and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
The short player swallowed, and the sound gurgled in his throat, as if even swallowing had become extremely difficult.
Looking at the smiling face of the village chief and the strange-colored braised pork in his bowl, the short player opened his mouth but closed it again, as if looking for a suitable excuse.
Finally, he mustered up the courage, and said with a trembling voice, trying his best to remain calm: "I... I am a vegetarian."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere around them instantly became subtle.
Some players showed expressions of disbelief, while others snickered.
Although this answer is a bit borderline, it is not impossible. It depends on whether the NPC is willing to believe it.
As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief's smile froze.
The entire restaurant suddenly became eerily quiet. The villagers who were serving dishes and cooking in the kitchen stopped what they were doing and stared at the short player.
"Vegetarian?" The village chief's voice became hoarse.
The players were alert while secretly holding the props in their hands. Once the NPC showed any abnormality, they would be able to react immediately.
Small player: "Yes, yes, I am a vegetarian."
"Oh, that's perfect." The village chief stared with dead eyes: "The wild vegetables in our mountains are also very fresh. You can eat those two plates of wild vegetables."