I Rely On Poverty To Sweep Through Survival GamesCh72 - Grandma’s Bedtime Story (4)

The next morning, Xiao Lan’s mind was still a little dazed when he opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw… was a butt awash in sunlight.

And it was wearing Pikachu underwear. O9mAVL

Xiao Lan was startled, and his lethargy from just waking up instantly disappeared.

He rubbed his eyes and looked again, and finally clearly saw what on earth was going on.

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Wang Taidi’s sleeping posture was truly awful.

His entire body now looked like he had fallen headfirst, with only his lower half still on the bed. His legs were tangled up in the blanket, as if loathe to part, and his butt pressing down on a pillow became the tallest point of his entire body. It just so happened to welcome a ray of light pouring into the room through the window, making the Pikachu on his underwear appear bright and resplendent. YF0obB

It was already like this, yet Wang Taidi in the opposite bed showed no signs of waking up. He was still sleeping happily. That carefree appearance really was like a fat pig in a pig farm that spent all day sleeping after eating and eating after sleeping.

He was chewing on the blanket, smacking his lips as if it was very appetizing. He was even murmuring to himself. Who knew what he was dreaming of.

Xiao Lan looked at Wang Taidi and his extremely creative sleeping posture, and instantly understood Wang Ke’s abyss of suffering. “No wonder your ge doesn’t want to sleep with you…”

From this posture alone, one could imagine what sort of torment it would be to share a bed with Wang Taidi.

Not long after, the metal door opened and ‘grandma’ entered.

She called out in an intimate tone for the players to get up. “Did you sleep well? My dear children, hurry up and come out. Grandma will bring you to eat breakfast. Good children cannot dawdle in bed.”

After the players came out of their rooms, Xiao Lan noticed that there were only eight people present.

His gaze swept across the rooms chosen by the players, and he discovered something wrong in one of them. 6s3Gu

That room door was half-open. Spider silk stuck to the ground and ceiling, and there were bloodstains from something being dragged. It also looked like some leftovers after digestion were mixed into the bloodstains, which was very discouraging. Xiao Lan remembered that it was a male player staying in that room. He looked very quiet and basically didn’t interact with anyone else.

Looking at this situation, it probably hadn’t ended well for that person.

The other players also discovered that something wasn’t right with that room, and they couldn’t help looking over.

Seeing this, ‘grandma’ chuckled. “Grandma already told you, disobedient children will be punished…” 34lrPv

Indescribably gloomy and cold air pervaded the corridor, sweeping away all the drowsiness from getting up early. The players each felt their bodies turn cold.

They looked at the messy room and worried inwardly for their future; the next person might be them.

“Let’s go. It won’t be good if we miss breakfast.” With that, ‘grandma’ turned around and headed in the direction of the metal door.

The players silently followed behind her. 3wgEy7

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‘Grandma’ brought them to the dining hall. It wasn’t very big, and basically all the utensils were made from wood. A carpet with a flower pattern lay on the ground, and the furniture was also in a rustic style. It was a very comforting arrangement.

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Wang Taidi’s complexion was a little bitter. He quietly said, “I… don’t want to eat veggies, I want to eat meat. Even ham sausage is fine ah.” e75syK

Xiao Lan agreed and replied just as quietly, “I feel that humans definitely didn’t evolve to this stage just to eat vegetables.”

The two of them exchanged pained and helpless looks. Xiao Lan felt that he and dark cuisine probably had some sort of unresolved fate. In all the instances he had experienced, there had not been a single boss with normal culinary skills.

Although he could eat them all, a table of green vegetables truly challenged his bottom line.

Luo drew closer to Xiao Lan and said softly, “Sir, I’ll book a few restaurants with exceptional reviews after we leave this game.” A4wG h

Hearing this, Xiao Lan’s eyes lit up with hope once again.

He had to clear this instance as soon as possible! Pain was only temporary, and beautiful hope was just up ahead. Steak, hotpot, lobsters, barbecue, seafood, and instant-boiled mutton were waiting for him!!!

The players walked towards the table under ‘grandma’s’ dangerous gaze and ate their breakfast as if they had nothing left to live for.

The fresh and crispy vegetables honestly didn’t taste that bad, and would probably be amazing in salad. However, they were just chewing this with no seasoning, and vegetables were very poor at satiating hunger; the amount they had to eat to fill their stomachs was truly a little painful. 6zIPmf

When the unbearable breakfast ended, ‘grandma’ suddenly said, “Good children, since you’ve come to grandma’s house, you naturally have to do house chores together, right?

“Grandma will find a child to help me prepare lunch. If it’s not done well, grandma will punish them. But I’m an indulgent grandma. As long as the child who made a mistake sincerely repents, grandma will forgive them.”

Her gaze swept over the players, and in the end, her small eyes fixed on Xiao Lan. “Let’s have you, lucky child. You’ve obtained a chance to help grandma.”

The players gazed at Xiao Lan with sympathetic and schadenfreude expressions. Yx4Vcn

Only Wang Taidi looked like things were about to take a turn for the worse. He had experienced Xiao Lan’s cooking. That experience could be said to be the darkest time in his life. He couldn’t help but speak up and try to advise ‘grandma’ to give up on this horrifying idea. “Um… grandma ah, do you want to reconsider…”

‘Grandma’s’ eyes turned sharp and her expression also sank. She turned to Wang Taidi. “Are you objecting to grandma’s idea?”

Wang Taidi choked and shook his head as if his life depended on it. He then recalled that her eyes weren’t that good and she might not have seen his movements. Thus, he also added, “No, no…”

The players present clearly were completely ignorant about what was to come. vGZJFk

Wang Taidi now didn’t know if he should sympathise with ‘grandma’ or sympathise with the players who were about to receive Xiao Lan’s special lunch.

After the meal, Xiao Lan followed ‘grandma’ into the kitchen.

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‘Grandma’ pointed at a shelf on the side which had vegetables on it and said to Xiao Lan, “Help grandma clean the vegetables first ba, good child.”

Xiao Lan said okay, then carried a basin for washing vegetables over to the shelf. When he turned around and walked over, he could feel ‘grandma’s’ gaze follow him the entire time, as if it was glued to his back. NHDgWC

The shelf was packed with nothing but vegetables. It was an expanse of lush green, piled up until they were almost fused together.

Xiao Lan stretched out a hand to the vegetables. He suddenly felt a strange sensation, as if there were several malicious eyes in the deep dark staring at him. They were hibernating, waiting for Xiao Lan to stretch out his hand so that they could pull him into the unknown.

Xiao Lan paused, but only for a second. He continued to reach out as if nothing happened, and grabbed a tender and plump green vegetable that was in front of him.

The moment he grabbed the vegetable, a stiff, ice-cold hand reached out from the darkness to grasp Xiao Lan’s wrist tightly and forcefully yank him forward. ykdeuG

It was as if it could foresee this person’s painful death from his bones being snapped by the solid metal shelf.

However, there was no movement.

The thing that had attacked seemed a little stumped. After a dazed moment, it pulled with even more force, but there was still no movement.

The corner of Xiao Lan’s lips curled slightly. This unknown thing actually dared to come play tug-of-war with him. It was still too young, too naive. He flipped his hand and flexed, letting go of the vegetable and grabbing hold of the chilly hand pulling on him, then squeezed hard. aNsHe5

With a light ‘crack’, he directly broke that hand off.

Who knew what this thing was made of. When the hand was broken off, there was no blood, and it also felt as light as a feather. Xiao Lan tried to pull it out to take a look, but in the end, it disappeared the moment sunlight touched it. He only caught a glimpse of a pale colour, as if it was something that could only survive in the darkness.

At that moment, ‘grandma’ spoke up from behind Xiao Lan. “What was that sound just now?”

Xiao Lan raised his eyebrows slightly. ‘Grandma’ stood several meters away from him and the sound of that hand snapping had also been very light, yet ‘grandma’ had heard it clearly. Ba3j9v

It seemed that while her sense of smell and sight wasn’t that good, her hearing was exceptionally acute.

Thank goodness he and Wang Taidi had been a little further away when they roasted her behind her back earlier. They had also spoken very softly. However, he should be more careful in the future; who knew whether or not ‘grandma’ would get angry if she knew her obedient children were disrespecting her behind her back.

In the face of ‘grandma’s’ question, Xiao Lan calmly replied, “Oh, I accidentally snapped a celery. Sorry, grandma.”

‘Grandma’ replied, “Oh.” jyVsJ3

She seemed very unconcerned; who knew if she believed it or not.

After Xiao Lan finished washing the vegetables, ‘grandma’ organised for him to cook.

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Xiao Lan stood in front of the stove, holding the frying pan which ‘grandma’ had pointed out. There seemed to be tapping coming from above his head, which was followed by fine but sticky spider silk dropping down onto the top of his head.

Xiao Lan didn’t lift his head, but simply waved the frying pan as he tried to swat away the thing causing trouble above his head. He then began to cook according to ‘grandma’s’ instructions. pdkIgF

However, it seemed like spider silk had fallen into the pan?

Forget it, it didn’t matter.

On the side, ‘grandma’s’ expression indeed got darker and darker. This guy was clearly cooking following the steps she had told him, yet the final product was extremely shoddy, and was even more on the gooey side; who knew what sort of cooking genius this guy was.

Feeling that the atmosphere behind him wasn’t right, Xiao Lan’s hands stopped and he became more alert. t2SDRl

The goo rolled around in the pan.

The next second, a sharp knife flew at Xiao Lan from behind. Xiao Lan tilted his head and evaded it.

After that, more and more knives flew through the air, their whistles stringing together into a single sound. The flying knives also turned into a nonstop rain of blades which tried to swallow up Xiao Lan.

“You — bad — child —” 3z5vmT

Sharp bellows resounded in the kitchen. ‘Grandma’ looked extremely angry as the flying knives madly attacked Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan skilfully and easily avoided them, his nimble figure darting around the kitchen.

To be honest, after going through combat training over and over again, this sort of attack which appeared large in scale was in fact filled with holes to him, like a fishing net, and was extremely easy to evade.

In terms of lethality, it was still ‘grandma’s’ loud roars that were unbearable, and his ears hurt from them. PEKarQ

Fifteen minutes later.

The blades which filled the air stopped, and ‘grandma’s’ voice sounded affectionate once more. “My cute child ah, do you know you were in the wrong?”

Xiao Lan nodded. “Yes, grandma.”

It appeared that the duration of ‘grandma’s’ punishment was fifteen minutes. As long as you got through it, you would be considered to have passed. RJdWnx

After that, ‘grandma’ shooed Xiao Lan out of the kitchen and decided that it was better that she prepared lunch herself.

When lunchtime came around, the players were speechless as they looked at the table of dishes.

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On the left side in front of them was a charred black unknown substance that resembled charcoal pieces and didn’t look edible. Through ‘grandma’s’ introduction, they learnt that this was the food of love which she had cooked herself.

The players’ eyes were filled with tears. Grandma, it turns out your cooking skills are like this. We will no longer despise you giving us vegetables to eat.  4KeLp5

On the right side was a goo whose ingredients couldn’t be discerned, and which looked just as inedible as what was on the other side.

The players looked at Xiao Lan with aggrieved and indignant eyes — we're originally comrades, so why are you rushing to kill us?!

The author has something to say: VBuf4P

Xiao Lan: Blame me lo.

Luo: Sir’s cooking skills are number one in the world.

Wang Taidi + all the players: Doesn’t your conscience hurt?!