"This is a crayfish, a new species discovered in the waters near this base. It's a bit like the Zerg, which scared the garrison here at the time.

Later, they even sent people from the research institute to confirm that it was a harmless edible species, which can be regarded as a unique delicacy here. They told me when I inspected it this morning. Sure enough, they didn't lie."

Mei Qiu looked at Wang Wenfei, whose face had turned pale with fright, straightened the fork in his hand that he had just twisted into a spiral, and used it to pierce a crayfish and ate it as an example.

After eating, he raised his eyebrows and said, "The taste is good! It can also be regarded as a substitute for Zerg meat. This shell is much weaker than the Zerg's. After chewing, there is a special umami flavor!"

[This thing called "crayfish" is making me want to try it after seeing General Mei eat it like that...]

[Don't even think about it. I just searched the Star Network, and there is no species called "crayfish."]

[Ah?]

[Don't forget, this planet where the base is located is gone after that battle, so naturally you can't find any species on the planet...]

[Then... how did the game company know about it?]

[Maybe they made it up?]

[Why would they make this up?]

[Speaking of which, don't you think this game company has been acting a little strange lately?]

[Game reset, rating, military academy cooperation, and suddenly creating such a game story...]

With the emergence of this game today, all kinds of conspiracy theories have emerged on the barrage and the Star Network.

Discussions and shouts about the game developers, the truth about Sigma Fortress twenty or thirty years ago, and Mei Qiu have been rising, and everything seems to be developing in a negative and uncontrollable direction.

Finally, Mingmei spotted a sentence floating across the screen: [Does anyone remember the function of this bento box? Hiding the Zerg?]

Mingmei couldn't help but frown when she saw this sentence.

Her brother disappeared for more than ten years, only to reappear in this form, just to recreate what happened here back then?

…

"Damn, where did you get this food?"

Mingming and Mu Chen don't get along, but the identity card that Lou Jia got this time made him Mu Chen's colleague. The two share the same accommodation and shift schedule.

After realizing this, Lou Jia decided to have a good chat with Mu Chen and try to team up.

However, the other party shook him off as soon as they arrived at the cafeteria. By the time he got his food and found Mu Chen, Mu Chen was already eating.

When he leaned forward and saw the crayfish bento box, Lou Jia's scalp instantly went numb.

"Over there, there's a very pretty young lady selling it. It's a specialty food of Sigma Star, crayfish."

The only person who can get a good look from Mu Chen is probably Mingmei. The only person who can get him to say so many nice things at once is still Mingmei.

Knowing that Mingmei needed to sell bento boxes to earn credits, he also promoted the "crayfish" to Lou Jia, who was very afraid of them, without showing any signs: "It's not easy to come back to the past, don't you want to experience something different?"

"I…"

Lou Jia's movements paused slightly, and he looked at Mei Qiu, who was sitting there eating with ordinary soldiers not far away. Mu Chen could clearly see the look of worship in Lou Jia's eyes as he looked at Mei Qiu's back.

So Mu Chen added more force: "You see, the subordinates around Deputy Military Chief Mei are eating it. Don't you want to try it?"

So, just as Mingmei started to let Guigui search for a large amount of information online, Lou Jia also walked over.

"I’d like… to have a crayfish bento box, please.”

“Okay~”

Lou Jia spoke, Mingmei answered, and then Lou Jia naturally discovered the fact that Mingmei was the mysterious merchant.

“Is there anything else you need?”

Mingmei looked at Lou Jia, who had been standing there dumbfounded since he discovered that she was the mysterious merchant, so Mingmei couldn't help but glance at Lou Jia's livestream.

[It's over, Senior is having a meltdown.]

[Hahahaha, he was reminded by someone else that the mysterious merchant was here. Senior must be regretting why he didn't see it earlier.]

[Hey, no matter who it is, taking one more look at the contents of that bento box would scare them away, right? Anyway, if I saw it directly, I would definitely not even ask about it.]

[Tch~ Lou Jia is just timid, confirmed!]

[Bullshit! The person in front, are you that someone's alt account, daring to badmouth Senior!]

It took Mingmei a long time to understand that Mu Chen recommended this business to her.

Thinking of this, Mingmei's gaze passed over Lou Jia and looked at Mu Chen, who was sitting in a seat not far away.

She didn't know if the other party had a radar alarm on his body that detected her gaze, but every time Mingmei looked at him, he could immediately react, then look up, his eyes full of tenderness.

Just… just being "caught" so suddenly made Mingmei a little embarrassed.

“A Yuxiang Rousi bento box… I want one too.” (Yuxiang Rousi: a classic Sichuan dish, stir-fried shredded pork with garlic sauce)

When he discovered the effect of the crayfish bento box, Lou Jia's entire back instinctively felt a chill.

What does "can detect hidden Zerg" mean?

As a military academy student, Lou Jia naturally knew the importance of this bento box.

So, the sudden incident at the fortress back then was actually related to some hidden Zerg?

How exactly were they hidden?

No one has been able to explain this matter clearly until now, otherwise, General Mei Qiu would not have been criticized for so many years.

And today this game…

Thinking of this, Lou Jia couldn't help but cover his accelerating heart. His intuition told him that no matter what, he had to last until the end of this game today!

Even if he lost credits, it didn't matter!

…

In one afternoon in the cafeteria, Mingmei saw three players.

Lu Xiaoxiao didn't come because she was working overtime.

The other three seemed to be in a similar situation, but Mingmei hadn't carefully looked to see who they were.

It wasn't until her window sales ended at noon that she found an excuse to return to her room, lay on the bed to rest, and watched the livestreams of the other three players from the background.

A new face appeared in this seven-player game.

Mingmei looked at a person lying in a medical pod through the livestream. It was as if the words "life is hopeless" were written on the other person's face at this moment, and Mingmei was speechless.

"Is this player so unlucky? Did they draw a vegetable?"

Blond hair and gray eyes, Mingmei carefully looked at the other party's face, which was not bad-looking but not familiar. Mingmei was sure that she didn't know this player.

And they hadn't appeared in her game before.

Mandison Sabrais, seems to be a student from the Federation.

"How is it now?"

As the room where the patient was recuperating was opened, Mingmei saw Julian in a doctor's white coat walk in through Mandison's livestream.

Julian looked at the person in the medical pod and then at the other person's information. A mecha soldier who was seriously injured in a Zerg ambush a few days ago.

Fortunately, the mecha he was piloting had relatively high defensive power, otherwise he wouldn't have survived.

"It's okay…"

After confirming that he could move slightly through the medical pod, Mandison used his finger to open the medical pod from the inside, his voice hoarse.

Fortunately, this body had gradually begun to regain consciousness from the moment he could control it.

"Don't rush to come out, the medical pod is carefully examining your body…"

"No need, where's Deputy Military Chief Mei? He came to see me this morning, but I didn't have the strength to speak at the time… I have important things to report."

Mandison was anxiously trying to see Mei Qiu. Julian saw that he was trembling a little even after he came out of the medical pod, so he reached out and supported him: "You rest first, I will notify Deputy Military Chief Mei."

Julian was now playing the role of a doctor, and a doctor couldn't let a seriously injured patient who hadn't recovered leave the room.

Then Julian went out to notify Mei Qiu, but Mingmei didn't switch the livestream as Julian left, but continued to watch Mandison's livestream.

However, just after Julian left, a look of horror flashed in Mandison's deep gray eyes, and he muttered to himself, "This game is really scary…"