Xiao Lan, who was holding a brick, and Wang Taidi, who was holding a brick with a constipated face, looked at each other wordlessly. This really was a stingy instance. Not only did they have to eat vegetables, they even had to clean up. The final reward for completing the instance was this wretched; might as well not have one at all!
They didn’t stay for long, and directly left this darkness from the exit.
Luo also threw away the wooden block in his hand and left with them.
Returning to their room, the sky outside was dark with heavy rain that seemed endless. Large droplets slammed against the glass to create an irregular rhythm of white noise, which conversely made the room appear especially tranquil.
“Why is it still raining?” Xiao Lan looked at the grey sky and felt a little strange in his heart as he listened to the pitter-patter of rain.
He still remembered what Luo had said about how it was raining in the Advent World because it was eliminating anomalies.
Did constant rain mean that it was continuously eliminating anomalies? Thinking about how the appearance of anomalies was possibly connected to his dad Xiao Chengyan, Xiao Lan looked at the concentrated curtain of rain and felt slightly uneasy.
Did these anomalies being eliminated indicate that something was changing?
Unfortunately, Xiao Lan currently had no way to know the truth behind the matter. The disparity between his and Xiao Chengyan’s levels was too great.
Wang Taidi also looked at the rain. “This rain has been going on for over half a month already. It’s still fine here, but a large part of where I live is already flooded. Every time we go out, it’s like we have to wade in water. If it continues like this, I can only row a boat to go out.”
Xiao Lan was a little surprised. “The Advent World is so big, yet the sewage system is so trash?”
Wang Taidi’s face was filled with despair. “I suspect that this place doesn’t have many sewage facilities. The accumulated water is dumped there and left to slowly disappear on its own. Thank goodness there aren’t any mosquitoes or flies here, or else I’d just go mad.”
After that, Wang Taidi contacted Wang Ke, and they all agreed to meet at a cafe operated by a player and complete the handover of the reward for the mission in passing.
En route to the cafe.
Xiao Lan was holding an umbrella and walking through the water on the ground. Because of the rain, there weren’t many people on the streets right now.
A figure suddenly rushed out from around the corner in front. He was too close to Xiao Lan, and Xiao Lan had to hastily take a step back to avoid him. The man staggered as he ran, and his clothes were dirty and rumpled. His grizzled hair and beard was tangled together, and he rolled on the ground because he was running too fast, and became covered in dirty water.
In this way, he rolled and crawled over the empty street. Lifting his head, he surveyed the street nervously with clouded eyes.
Only then did Xiao Lan notice that his face was covered in gouges that probably weren’t new. The Advent World truly took in anyone, regardless if they were weak, old, sickly or disabled, and didn’t have the slightest feeling of concern for disadvantaged groups.
“The sky… has torn open…” The man’s shoulders curled in and he bit his nails as he muttered incessantly.
Xiao Lan lifted his umbrella to look at the sky covered in black clouds. There was no trace of it being split open at all.
Could this person have… gone mad?
“Isn’t this Cao Yunjiu?” Wang Taidi recognised the man, and his expression was full of bewilderment.
Xiao Lan: “You know him?”
Wang Taidi nodded. “Mn… I wouldn’t say I know him ba, I’ve just heard of him. He’s probably the most experienced player to still live. It’s rumoured that he’s been in the Advent World for almost twenty years.”
To be able to survive in the Advent World for twenty years, even if he wasn’t the strongest, he was definitely someone who was good at finding ways to survive.
“Twenty years… Did something happen to him just recently?” Xiao Lan looked at this deranged behaviour and felt that if he could clear instances even in this state, he was simply a god of luck in the human world.
“Indeed.” Wang Taidi was a little amazed by how sharp Xiao Lan was. “He used to be an advanced player. He’s not top-tier, but is still very strong compared with most people.
“You remember how loopholes are appearing in the games? A few months ago, he was preparing to be promoted to a contract player. The promotion to a contract player is already extremely dangerous in the first place, and in the end, a problem even occurred in the game he entered. By the time he came out, he had already gone crazy.
“It’s said that there’s now an organisation behind him who specially dispatches people to help him clear games and which wants to discreetly ask about the loopholes appearing in the games, but even after using a lot of methods, he can’t recover. His worth has now dropped even further. Perhaps one day, he’ll just be discarded. Then… he’ll probably die ba.”
Xiao Lan looked at the dirty person talking to himself in the rain. This was a strong person who had once looked down on many players. In the end, he unexpectedly ended up like this.
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At that moment, a few more people emerged from around the same corner. They drew near with ugly expressions, and dragged Cao Yunjiu back roughly.
“How did this guy escape again? He’s seriously troublesome.”
“The sky… the sky…” Cao Yunjiu struggled, attempting to break away from the people behind him.
In the end, he used to be an advanced player, so his physique was naturally impressive and his strength astonishing. Seeing this, the few people behind him moved at the same time and only managed to subdue him after using all their might, before they headed back.
“Hurry up and restrain him. He’s really such a pain. Christ, why is it our turn to take care of him?!”
“Wu… the sky… Wushe… torn open…” Cao Yunjiu’s voice was faint, and was almost indiscernible in the rain.
But Xiao Lan’s sharp ears caught the words ‘Wushe’. He turned to look at Luo to soundlessly mouth ‘Wushe’. Luo nodded, indicating that he had also heard ‘Wushe’ and Xiao Lan hadn’t heard wrong.
Thinking about what Wu Ting had said about Wushe and Xiao Chengyan, Xiao Lan had originally thought it was a little exaggerated; he hadn’t expected them to actually cause something so big!
What did ‘tear open the sky’ mean?
Was it a metaphor, or did Cao Yunjiu really see someone from Wushe tear open the sky in the game? Unfortunately, he had already gone mad, so he couldn’t speak of what he saw.
If it was the latter, then how strong was the Wushe fellow?
As Xiao Lan grieved over the ending for players, he also couldn’t help but yearn slightly for strength. What level of existence was it that could even break out of a loophole in the Advent World?
In the cafe.
According to their agreement, Wang Ke handed 【Introduction to the fundamental principles of Marxism】 over to Xiao Lan and also thanked them for taking care of Wang Taidi.
Wang Taidi drank cola with vacant eyes, his heart and mind filled with thoughts of eating meat.
As they chatted, Xiao Lan asked Wang Ke, “Do you have any information on Xiao Chengyan and Wushe? I can look for items to exchange for it.”
Wang Ke put down the black coffee in his hand. “No need. I don’t know much about them either. Wushe is extremely strict, and doesn’t even make public who their members are. I’ve never met Xiao Chengyan; I only happened to enter the same game as two Wushe members once.”
Xiao Lan became interested and listened attentively.
Wang Ke: “Wushe members all wear a grey windbreaker uniform, and are very strong.”
Xiao Lan was still waiting, but Wang Ke had already expressionlessly shut his mouth. That expression said that he was done speaking. Concise and comprehensive; sure enough, it was very much Wang Ke’s style.
Xiao Lan: “…That’s it?”
Wang Ke nodded, then struggled to explain, “We didn’t really interact and only came face-to-face a few times, but their auras leave a deep impression.”
Xiao Lan: “What do you think their levels are like among advanced players?”
Wang Ke said without hesitation, “Top, comparable with contract players.”
To be able to obtain such a high evaluation from Wang Ke, it seemed that Wushe’s reputation as an entire organisation of the creme de la creme wasn’t fake.
After parting ways with the Wang brothers, Xiao Lan and Luo chose to return to the real world.
Xiao Lan was incomparably happy that he had gone back to the player hub in advance the last time around, so he could stay one more night now. Just nice, Luo said that he would take him to have a feast at a very well-known restaurant!
The next instant, they appeared on the sofa in their house.
Seeing Xiao Lan’s eager expression, a smile appeared in Luo’s eyes and his tone sounded indulgent. “I’ll prepare right away, sir.”
After that, Luo stood up to make a call, then drove Xiao Lan to the city center.
Xiao Lan sat in the car with an expectant heart. The things that were troubling him right now weren’t as important as fine food.
Perhaps he hadn’t noticed it himself, but he had already unconsciously relaxed. It had been a very, very long time since he had experienced the simple joy a meal could bring.
And the one who brought about these changes was Luo. When he was with Luo, Xiao Lan could always be at ease, sleep defenselessly, and trust his back to the other.
Ever since their encounter, both their lives became saturated with each other’s colours.
To appease his master’s heart that had been deeply scarred by vegetables, Luo didn’t choose those exquisite and elegant-looking restaurants where a course was eaten over several hours.
He simply drove Xiao Lan to an American barbecue restaurant.
American barbecue didn’t have very much exquisite or fancy stuff, and was more in the style of America’s straightforward, bold, and extremely generous servings.
Generally, there were large pieces of meat that had been amply cured before they were barbecued. They were full of a meaty flavour, had a mellow and rich fragrance, and the texture was tender and juicy; each bite was the purest form of pleasure.
One step into the restaurant brought a fragrance unique to meat being roasted, and instantly stirred one’s appetite.
The two of them were led to their seats by a waiter.
After asking about Xiao Lan’s preferences and obtaining the unsurprising response of ‘anything’, Luo deftly selected the restaurant’s most popular dishes.
As they waited for the food to be served, there was a fashionably dressed youth sitting in front of them.
A table full of meat lay before him, and he was talking on his phone. “Hi~ hello everyone, this is your Ah Yu. Dear babies, we’re now at this city’s most well-known American barbecue restaurant.
“Today, I want the boss to see what it means to be the world’s number one eating champion! Babies, let me see your gifts…”
It turned out it was a mukbang broadcaster walking the path of an eating champion.
There was a barrage on the screen:
“Ahhhhhhhhh Ah Yu is ultra cool!!!!!”
“666666666”
“Ah Yu alone can eat for ten people!”
“Little brother at the back: Dumbstruck.jpg scheduled in advance.”
“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.”
Ah Yu wasn’t being quiet, and many of the guests sitting around him looked over, but he didn’t care.
After all, the audience’s increasingly dumbstruck reactions as time passed was one of the special points of his broadcast. Although other streamers frequently said that he didn’t have any quality, he still continued doing his own thing.
It was just that the two people sitting behind him were a little too handsome. He already saw someone in the chat ask him to show more of the little brothers at the back. This made Ah Yu a little unhappy, so he adjusted his seat and secretly blocked half of Xiao Lan’s face. As for the other one whose back alone was very attractive, it was still just his back, so he wasn’t too threatening.
After Ah Yu adjusted his posture, he struck a handsome pose for the camera. “Now, let’s start, babies!”
A wave of gifts frantically popped up after his words.
As Ah Yu ate the barbecued meat before him, he enjoyed the fans’ frenetic rewards and comments. He was a genuine eating champion, and completely different from those who did post-production editing or relied on vomiting; moreover, he also had very good looks. His fans followed him because he had the looks but was also genuinely strong.
But as time slowly passed by, he began to feel that something wasn’t right. Why were the guests around him so quiet? He hadn’t eaten much yet ah, not to the point that would stupefy everyone.
Also, why were there fewer and fewer things related to him in the comments?
What was ‘Looking forward to little brother’s debut in center position’?
What was ‘Ah Yu, move aside a bit, you’re blocking my view of little brother’?
What was ‘Ah Yu’s car flipped today hahahaha’?
Ah Yu looked at the chat for a long time before he realised that they were talking about the table behind him. From the broadcast screen, he could see that a pile of empty plates had accumulated around the handsome fellow behind him, and next to them were plates brimming with meat.
He looked at the plates before him that just about covered the table, then looked at the other party whose plates needed to be placed on top of each other to fit. He finally understood; this was also an eating champion! Not only was he more handsome, he was even more capable at eating!
What company’s unregistered little streamer was this? Actually using his live broadcast time to freeload on his hype!
They were clearly acting like they wanted to step on him to rise up!
As an eating champion, he couldn’t be any clearer on how the human body had limits, even for eating champions. The amount on the table behind him simply wasn’t normal; even the world record wasn’t this much, right?
This was just fraud. Perhaps it was the person with his back to him that was doing some tampering.
To become popular, they actually used such a contemptible method!
“Hey, you guys —” Displeased, he turned his head, then… choked.
Luo only had a barbecue set before him, and was eating unhurriedly.
Xiao Lan was holding a roasted Kansas pork chop that was practically sliding off the bone.
This was the most tender part of the pig’s body, which was generously basted with the restaurant owner’s special secret glaze and then slowly smoked over fruit wood for several hours. Just pulling it apart a little would immediately emit a heavy and alluring aroma.
Ten or so seconds later, an entire pork rib was picked completely clean. It was so fast that the onlookers almost couldn’t see his movements.
Seizing the moment when Xiao Lan was drinking soda, Luo skilfully took away the plate before him and replaced it with a serving of steaming hot angus beef ribs. Under the crispy roasted rib skin, a rich and mellow fragrance unique to beef vehemently declared its existence.
Ten or so seconds later, the beef ribs were polished off.
After that, beef brisket, five seconds…
Roasted pig cartilage, four seconds…
Beef hamburger, three seconds…
The surrounding customers watched this scene as quiet as mice.
Ah Yu: “…”
This was a fucking bull ba!!!
Ah Yu felt that this was perhaps the furthest his career could go…
Author Notes said to stay safe, don’t go outside that much, don’t go where there are lots of ppl, remember to wear a mask. Don’t believe rumours, and only obtain news from reliable sources. If yall wanna hideout at home and look at them, that’d be nice too… Love u guys, muah =3=
Baobao Notes
I’ve recently been simping over a streamer (He’s not very popular, he’s sort of an overwatch streamer. Guess who it is? You might find me in his twitch chat hehe)>< younger me would be so disgusted over present me
I suddenly become hungry…… ＠(￣-￣)＠
Thanks for the chapter!!
+1
+2 I just ate 10 minutes ago though!!! Why am hungry again when I’m already bursting?!!!!
+3 There’s mouse running in my stomach
( ´)Д(｀ )
+4 you should hear my stomach my mum was wondering if there was a thunderstorm in my room all night…
I would say that Xiao Lan should’ve considered being a mukbang streamer in his poverty days, but then I realised… He didn’t even have enough money to afford a proper meal… UGH MY DUMB ASS
meat ˋ( ° ▽、° )
thank you for an update
Oho? Can we know who the streamer you watch is?
XL is such a glutton haha~
Thanks for the chapter~
his name is sleepy (ﾉ∀`♥)
Hang on….my sister watches that (ﾟдﾟ)
I should watching too i guess~ (ง •̀ω•́)ง✧
honestly!!! i recommend you watch his youtube videos first just to figure out if you like him >< his youtube channel name just ‘sleepy’
Which streaming platform do you guys watch? I’ve been trying to find some good ones and those that aren’t illegal, UwU I’ve been curious as to what it feels like to watch a streamer~
twitch! most streamers are on twitch rn anyways.
Thank you~ >.<
Sleepy? I watch a streamer called sleepy but I’m not sure if it’s the same one. Has he played among us with 5up and crew before?
ahaha! i’ll have to kill you. no one can know.
Ah, late night hunger strikes again…m(_ _)m
Thanks for the chapter!
The human body has limits, but Xiao Lan has already surpassed baseline humanity. Many thanks to the game for making him capable of eating even more meat in one sitting haha
Thank you for translating! <3
And this is the story of because XL suddenly became a food streamer
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️ Stay safe!!
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
I have never been so weak in my life
we had BBQ ribs for New Year’s Eve and now I want more xD
thanks for the chapter <3
O M G …. now I really, really want meat ԅ(¯﹃¯ԅ) But I’m always thinking if people who eat that fast, do they really enjoy the flavour of the food? I’m really curious, bc I’m a really sloooooow eater :’D
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
Man now I want American BBQ. (ಥ﹏ಥ)
Thanks for the chapter!!!
Xiao Lan and Lou istg they are the chaotic duo fite meh
Thank You for the chapter~♡
This is off topic from the chapter but I just realized something— Luo said he was ripped apart by “Himself” and Xiao Lan’s dad has a skill related to illusions!! QAQ do you think his dad could be the one to rip up Luo
We need XL food streaming!!!
As a vegan this is just too much. Why eat so many animals? So unnecesary. The author is always comparing the actual situation as animals in a farm, a little bit of empathy would go a long way. The other animals don’t want to die either.
Now I’m hungry and I want pork, those dishes looks delightful
he’s a eating god as well as a fighting god QAQ
Luo enjoy the view ah