Chapter 16 Boxed Meals

"Want a boxed meal?"

Da Yao's attempt to start a conversation was killed by one or two people. It was at this moment that Mingmei suddenly asked this question.

Unbeknownst to them, it was time for the players to buy their boxed meals again.

"Yes!"

This time, the players didn't hesitate and all wanted to trade with Mingmei. However, when they saw the effects of the boxed meals again, a group of people hesitated.

Whether it was because of a guilty conscience or something else, of the remaining players, only Zhen Hu, who was playing the hunter, bought both boxes, while the others only chose one box.

Some didn't even buy one box.

That's right, it was Da Yao.

She didn't buy either box this round. Julian and Zhen Po, who bought one box, actually avoided the braised pork rice that could induce dreams.

Soul-Reaving Braised Pork Rice: After consumption, the eater will dream a beautiful dream that is the opposite of reality and will never come true.

Sure enough, Zhen Po, who had said she had no desires just a second ago, rejected the braised pork boxed meal. Wasn't this a guilty conscience?

Mingmei looked at those who had avoided the braised pork rice, and sighed inwardly, "So, what kind of mentality do these people have when they come to make a wish?"

In the end, Mingmei's gaze fell directly on Da Yao, who hadn't bought a single box. Da Yao saw the doubt in Mingmei's eyes and shrugged, saying, "Really, these two boxed meals are pretty useless to me this round."

"Mm..."

Because everyone was sitting together, Mingmei couldn't ask her what she meant by useless. However, just because Da Yao didn't say it didn't mean Mu Chen was afraid to ask.

"What kind of wishes do you think people come to the Fox Immortal Temple to make?"

At some point, Mu Chen had moved behind Mingmei, and spoke in a voice that wasn't too low, so everyone present could hear, "If you eat the boxed meal and then realize that the wish you want to make to the Fox Immortal will never come true, wouldn't that be terrible?"

After speaking, Mu Chen chuckled, which provoked Julian's displeasure.

He turned his head to look at Mu Chen, who was sitting behind the merchant's daughter. At this moment, Mu Chen was sitting there upright.

Half of his figure was hidden in the shadows, and the other half was facing the candlelight in the room. He sat there quietly, watching everyone present. It was as if his existence was not on the same plane as the others.

Julian and the others were players, while Mu Chen was more like a passerby. Compared to Zhen Po's claim of having no desires, Mu Chen, who was calmly observing the minds of everyone present, seemed more like it.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Zhen Po, who had been listening for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask Mu Chen.

What Mu Chen had just said made them seem like a bunch of shrinking turtles, and he was a little unconvinced.

"I'm afraid, and I'm not afraid." Mu Chen smiled and looked at Julian, as if he was also answering Mingmei, who had been secretly listening from the side, "Because dreams are just dreams. I would never change any of my thoughts because of a dream, even a precognitive dream. I would not give up because it foretold failure."

After Mu Chen finished speaking, everyone present was shocked, and the room became eerily quiet.

Mingmei couldn't help but turn her head to look at Mu Chen. She hadn't seen what expression Mu Chen had when he said those words, but Mingmei heard a trace of madness and despair in Mu Chen's tone.

Turning back, their eyes met, and a gentle ripple appeared in Mu Chen's dark eyes, reflecting Mingmei's figure in his deep pool. Everything that Mingmei had just sensed seemed like her illusion.

"Besides, the braised pork rice is quite delicious." Finally, Mu Chen's words broke the stagnant atmosphere in the room, "The Coca-Cola chicken wings are also good~"

Mingmei: ...

Sure enough, after playing this kind of game for a long time, even she, as an NPC, was getting a little neurotic~

Mingmei thought for a while, and tugged at the corner of her mouth at Mu Chen's gaze, revealing a shallow smile that she had practiced many times and could control.

In return, she received the same gentle smile from him...

"Cough cough cough!"

However, for some reason, there was always someone who would spoil the atmosphere in this kind of situation. A cough from an unknown source broke the atmosphere between her and Mu Chen.

Mingmei turned her head again, only to see several players holding their boxed meals, looking like they were burying their heads in eating and not caring about the world. Even Da Yao was calmly drinking tea, as if she was far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.

It would have been perfect if these people hadn't been caught secretly raising their heads and turning their heads.

So, who was coughing and spoiling the atmosphere!

...

"Hoo zzzzzz"

It wasn't until a slight snore came from Zhen Hu's mouth and nose that everyone realized that Zhen Hu had fallen asleep after eating his boxed meal.

"He can sleep like this?" Zhen Po looked at his elder brother speechlessly, "He's too carefree!"

"Maybe it's the effect of the boxed meal." Julian remembered that Zhen Hu had eaten the braised pork rice. However, in the next second, he also remembered Mu Chen, who had bought the braised pork rice, but didn't seem to be sleeping.

If the braised pork rice really had a hypnotic effect, then Mu Chen was a little too scary, wasn't he?

"Perfect, we can ask him what he dreamed about when he wakes up."

Da Yao also remembered the function of the braised pork rice, and it would be good to use Zhen Hu as a breakthrough point.

As for the other person who ate the braised pork rice, just like Julian noticed, Da Yao naturally noticed Mu Chen as well.

She quietly turned her body to look at Mu Chen, who was sitting there quietly. Clearly, he wasn't sleepy.

So, this big shot bought the braised pork rice purely to coax the person in front of him, right?

Just as everyone was speechless, the tea was finished, the boxed meals were eaten, and those who should be sleeping were sleeping, the following time seemed to become a little unbearable.

"Dear guests, the Fox Immortal said that the guests who make wishes should go to her one by one. May I ask, who will go first?"

The fluffy little fox returned again, conveying the words of the Fox Immortal.

"I'll go first."

Julian was the first to raise his hand, and naturally left the room first.

Da Yao, because she was a step slower, looked depressed at this moment.

[Oh oh oh, here it comes, here it comes!]

Seeing this scene, Mingmei's eyes lit up!

[Host, why are you so excited?]

[To watch the show! The important turning point is coming soon.]

《Fox Immortal Apparition》This game was personally modified by her uncle during the previous major revision.

Mingmei had come into contact with the original story, which was a complete and utter dark legend.

Moreover, there were originally a lot of players in this game instance. After all, the old version of the game was more like a massacre between players.

It was a bit like the last part of the previous game, 《The Duke's Legacy》.

However, after the update, not only were there fewer players in this game setting, but the background stories of the NPCs they played were also much richer.

Even the wishes that were made were no longer fixed, but required players to guess and choose their own wishes based on the background of the identity role they obtained in the game, and then fulfill them.

However, don't think about making a wish that is easy to deal with. After all, the system will match the compatibility of your wish with the background story of the original character. If it is too simple, you may get a low score after a game.

However, there are indeed several directions to choose from for their wishes. Among them, Mingmei's boxed meal can help them eliminate one impossible option.

Unfortunately, none of the players present seemed to have gotten the real use of this boxed meal.

[Gui Gui, what do you think will happen if they accidentally make the wrong wish?]

[I don't know.]

[Do you think they will do something unexpected for the wrong wish?]

[But the current plot is not actually scary. At least, it's not as bloody and scary as the old version of the story. Even the role of the Fox Immortal has become not so bad. Unexpected... there shouldn't be anything too outrageous, right?]

[That's not necessarily the case~]

After speaking, Mingmei turned her head and looked at Zhen Hu, who was already clearly immersed in a dream and unable to extricate himself.

Tears kept flowing from his tightly closed eyes. This... didn't seem like a beautiful dream.

Will Zhen Hu, who knows the dream, choose the right direction?