CHAPTER 1384: CHAPTER 1385

This is the restaurant staff speaking. As the words were spoken, some players sat down in a familiar manner.

As soon as someone sits, the back of the chair will automatically display the person’s number. Whether they’ve met in the restaurant during the day or not, everyone has a number.

"You guys sit too," Xu Huo said to Dai Song and Li Kun behind him. There was enough space here, and it was obvious that everyone had to sit down. Only seat 115 was left empty.

A total of twenty-five players sat down in human-like order.

Seeing everyone cooperating so well, the woman standing at the end of the table flashed a charming smile and said in a soft tone, "Welcome everyone to tonight’s banquet. On behalf of Chef Feng, I greet you all."

"I am the server for tonight. You can call me Miss Mary."

As she spoke, she lightly tapped the table with her finger, and black ink began to seep out slowly from the red tablecloth, gradually forming words.

"Here are the dishes for tonight."

"The first course is an appetizer, the Wise Frog from the C19 wormhole point, a species that evolves three times faster than humans. It is both delicious and has life-extending properties. We selected the plumpest legs for cooking, tender and elastic like cheese, with a sweet and sour aftertaste."

"The second dish is fish soup. The deep-sea fish used to brew the soup are selected from the top three fish on this year’s ingredient list of the C1 wormhole point. The meat and head are removed, only bones are kept, and they are manually ground into powder before being cooked with Bauhinia Restaurant’s special secret ingredients. The result is a fresh and smooth dish with beauty-enhancing properties."

"The third course is from our restaurant’s regular menu, called Snow Shrimp Soup. Almost every returning customer who has tasted the Snow Shrimp Soup orders it again. The flavor is sweet, and it’s perfect as a pre-main course dish to refresh the palate."

They skipped the main course, leaving a gap on the table, followed by a salad and dessert menu.

Miss Mary’s voice was very compelling. Even though the descriptions of each dish were very simple, they still made people swallow involuntarily, doubling the feeling of hunger.

"Why is there no main course?" Dai Song whispered.

"It’s coming soon," Xu Huo said, looking at Miss Mary.

After all the words appeared on the table, Miss Mary paused slightly, then continued with a smile, "These are today’s side dishes. Next, you can freely choose the main course. The restaurant will select the top three based on the number of votes and prepare them for cooking."

"Please write the main course you’re interested in on the paper."

Around the table, several people changed their expressions, especially those who, like Xu Huo and his group, were entering the night restaurant for the first time. The gentleman player had already written a number, which clearly indicated that tonight’s main course would be the guests at the same table?!

"I have a question," Xu Huo spoke.

"Please go ahead, Mr. 172," Miss Mary gently addressed Xu Huo by his number.

Xu Huo was unfazed and continued, "What if there’s a tie in the votes?"

Miss Mary’s smile grew deeper, "That would be wonderful. Everyone will be able to feast tonight."

Which means a tie would still count as a dish.

After a brief silence, a player couldn’t wait to grab a pen and hurriedly wrote down someone else’s number. Seeing a female player beside him directly write 172, Dai Song’s eyelids twitched, and he quietly tugged at Xu Huo’s sleeve.

More than one person wrote 172 on the table, whether they were too lazy to look at the numbers on other chair backs or didn’t want to embarrass themselves by using props to find numbers. In any case, the earlier mentioned number was easier to be written down.

Xu Huo wrote down 115, while Dai Song and Li Kun naturally followed his lead.

Number 115 had already run, making it predictable what the next event would be. Therefore, Xu Huo and his group, along with a seemingly strong gentleman player, were obviously tough targets, and the other players weren’t stupid.

Three minutes later, when the last player put down the pen, Miss Mary immediately announced the top three vote counts.

"First place, number 115."

"Second place, number 198."

"Third place, number 172."

The result was somewhat beyond Xu Huo’s expectations. He chuckled, "Not short of fools."

Before the players at the same table could get angry, Miss Mary rang the bell beside her, "Intense exercise makes the blood in animals flow quickly, bringing the elasticity of every part of the body to its peak. And at this moment, it is also the best time to cook..."

She raised both hands and passionately announced, "Everyone, please use your methods to bring the ingredients to their best cooking state. I will patiently wait here!"

Before her words fell, several people by the table attacked the chosen 198 and 172 first.

Early on, when the vote count was announced, player 198 had already prepared props and endured until the last word was spoken. Then the chair flipped over, and the person disappeared in the corridor, causing the players’ attacks to miss.

Xu Huo didn’t leave but immediately shifted to the left, opening the petal defensive barrier. He moved so fast that it was almost beyond the eye’s response. By the time they looked at him again, he was already sitting in the place of the female player who had written his number, and as his right hand relaxed, the person who died from a broken neck collapsed on the ground.

After intimidating everyone present, he disappeared from the spot, taking Dai Song and Li Kun with him.

"Haha." The gentleman player lowered his head and chuckled, nodded to the others, and then got up and left.

The hunter players stood up unhurriedly, talking and laughing as they disappeared into different corridors.

On the other side, Xu Huo, who took Dai Song and Li Kun out, stopped in a corridor on the second floor and said, "Find a room immediately."

"Hide in a room?" Li Kun was surprised, "I see at most two Rank-B at the table, no need to rush."

"Miss Mary didn’t specify the time for collecting ingredients. The hunting activity might last all night, and there are other restaurant staff outside. It’s best to have a place on the first and second floors to settle down," Xu Huo quickly explained, then added after glancing down both ends of the corridor with his vertical pupils, "Be careful; there may be staff dormitory on the second floor."

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She raised both hands and passionately announced, "Everyone, please use your methods to bring the ingredients to their best cooking state. I will patiently wait here!"

Before her words fell, several people by the table attacked the chosen 198 and 172 first.

Early on, when the vote count was announced, player 198 had already prepared props and endured until the last word was spoken. Then the chair flipped over, and the person disappeared in the corridor, causing the players’ attacks to miss.

Xu Huo didn’t leave, but immediately shifted to the left, opening the petal defensive barrier. He moved so fast that it was almost beyond the eye’s response. By the time they looked at him again, he was already sitting in the place of the female player who had written his number, and as his right hand relaxed, the person who died from a broken neck collapsed on the ground.