Chapter 1 The Compensation

Regarding the game her uncle had left her before running away, Mingmei knew that this definitely wasn't compensation just for her.

Especially when she saw a row of young men and women in Hawaiian shirts and swimsuits standing on the golden beach, she was even more certain of her idea.

This game was compensating everyone who had experienced "Prelude to a Bloody Battle" together last time. That game was now undergoing a comprehensive maintenance upgrade with no definite return date, much to the dismay of many players who had originally planned to try it out.

As for when it would restart, Mingmei felt that it definitely wouldn't happen until her uncle Yan Hui showed up.

Her uncle said that this was a welfare game, a compensation for everyone, and even the name sounded very peaceful: "Holiday Joy."

The task displayed on the players' boards was only one sentence: "Welfare game, please eat well and have fun, eliminate the previous stress!"

It was a story about a group of people having a happy time on a desert island vacation.

Of course, this was just the surface story, _(：3」∠)_

Mingmei looked down at her stall, where, besides the island's specialty drink—coconut water—the other two boxed lunches were also very eye-catching.

Having boxed lunches meant that there were still different crises in this game.

Therefore, she could only listen to half of what her uncle Yan Hui said.

[I'm so jealous! "Prelude to a Bloody Battle" is now closed, but those who played it can have this unique game developed for them by the game company!]

[Jealousy makes people ugly! I'm so envious!]

[Isn't this the legendary "relax and earn points"?]

[But the last game was indeed shocking. Is it too much to give some compensation for such a thrilling game experience?]

[Then why do the players who played as the Zerg also get benefits?! Ah, I still feel angry looking at their faces!]

[The players who played as the Zerg are even more wronged, right? At least they came out and got scolded by countless people...]

[But I'm still envious.]

[Who isn't? Help! Will this game be open to ordinary players later?]

[Can we look forward to it?]

…

Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room was still so cheerful, but just as Mingmei came back to her senses, she saw the players on the beach staging a sand sculpture scene that could be described as "gibbons wailing on both sides of the river."

Mingmei: ??

The key was that Wang Wenfei, Julian, and other people whose expressions weren't usually so distorted were among those roaring "ah, ah, ah, ah."

Their personas were collapsing!

Mingmei couldn't help but wonder if these people were crazy.

"They're not crazy~"

Mingmei didn't expect that someone would answer the question she had murmured to herself. She looked up and saw Mu Chen standing next to her stall, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and floral shorts.

His eyebrows were raised with a smile, and the corners of his eyes were slightly upturned with a hint of red. He stared at her with a grin. Mingmei couldn't help but take a breath at the sight of this frivolous, flirtatious man.

Even though he was dressed like a gaudy peacock, Mingmei had to admit that this man was really good-looking.

No wonder the old saying goes, "Men are not bad, women don't love."

He clearly didn't look like a "proper" person, but Mingmei couldn't help but feel that Mu Chen was full of attraction.

"Boss, besides coconut water, what else do you have to sell? Can I try some?"

"Of course."

It was good to have someone who knew she wasn't simple; she didn't even have to say the lines about selling boxed lunches, and business came to her door!

Mingmei showed the two boxed lunches to the other party and took a look at the introduction of the boxed lunches herself. After reading it, Mingmei felt a little depressed.

This game was indeed a welfare game.

But now she was even more certain that this was a welfare game for the players, and it had nothing to do with her!

Each of the two boxed lunches only cost 0.5 credits.

Had the price of the boxed lunches in the previous game made her arrogant?

She actually looked down on this 0.5!

[Coconut Chicken Boxed Lunch, 0.5 credits/portion, eat it to get a hint to avoid elimination.]

[Seafood Paella, 0.5 credits, eat it to eliminate 10 points of stress.]

"This seafood paella is not bad." After understanding the boxed lunches, Mu Chen smiled and bought a coconut chicken boxed lunch and a seafood paella from Mingmei without saying a word.

"What is stress?" Mingmei naturally noticed the hint on the seafood paella and remembered that the players in this game should have fun and relax to eliminate stress.

"Look, that's one way to eliminate stress." Mu Chen pointed to the other players who were still running and shouting over there with a smile in his eyes.

Huh?

Mingmei couldn't believe it and said, "Does this game require you to do certain actions to relieve stress?"

"Yeah? At least, for now, besides your place, shouting at the top of your lungs in the direction of the surging waves is also a way to relieve stress."

After speaking, Mu Chen first opened the coconut chicken boxed lunch and put the coconut-scented chicken dipped in the special sauce from the lunch box into his mouth.

The chicken was tender, and the sauce was refreshing and not greasy, so it was not bad.

"Then… how much stress does that method relieve?"

"One point of stress."

Mingmei: "…?"

"Pfft~ And you have to run 150 meters." With a bit of a teasing smile, Mu Chen continued to eat his boxed lunch. In short, he didn't want to participate in such a "free yourself" scene.

Otherwise—

Thinking this, Mu Chen glanced at Mingmei, who was already looking at Lu Xiaoyao and the others with a hint of sympathy. He felt that it was better not to run after all.

Finding his wife first and maintaining a good image in his wife's eyes was the most important thing _(：3」∠)_

At this moment, Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room was still full of laughter.

[Pfft hahahahaha! Why is this so silly! What are these people doing?]

[It looks so stupid 23333]

[What's going on? We agreed on a vacation game, but will we be laughed to death at the beginning?]

[Why does everyone seem so particularly stupid after entering the game?]

"Hahahaha cough cough cough cough!"

Lu Xiaoyao had just finished running 150 meters on the beach and shouting to relieve stress. Before she could close her mouth, the salty sea breeze filled it, and she choked and fell to her knees, "Ouch, my stomach hurts, I cramped, I cramped!"

A group of people had just finished running and saw Lu Xiaoyao kneeling on the ground and groaning. The others also stopped in place, panting, with their hands on their waists, looking exhausted.

It was too embarrassing!

They had agreed that this was a light welfare game, but why did it start like this? And they all realized that everyone's physique in this game was set to a sub-healthy state, accompanied by a stress meter that was about to reach its maximum at any time.

Once the stress reached its maximum, they would be eliminated.

The game was set for a three-day vacation. During this time, they had to reduce the stress on their bodies to a healthy level, below 30 points.

And everyone's starting stress level was above 90.

Looking at the background, their stress points had only disappeared by one point. For a moment, everyone's foreheads were covered in cold sweat.

Clearing the stress to zero, wouldn't they be exhausted to death if they kept doing this?