Act as a person first.
This is really a new thing to hear in this city.
After all, the old man's life was saved, so he said nothing more.
People with such stubborn tempers will be taught a lesson by the city's rules and will eventually understand the consequences of not listening to the advice of the elderly.
Wujiu doesn't care about these things.
He had actually discovered that the people in this city seemed to be very rigid.
They all emphasize identity.
It seems that once they obtain a certain status, it means that they must act according to people's traditional impression of this status.
It was as if he was a cook and he should stay in the kitchen and listen to the orders of the chef who spoke in a rather stern tone.
As for that chef, Wujiu always felt that he had seen him somewhere.
He is not a lustful man. He will not say, "I've seen this girl" when he sees a beautiful woman.
But when he saw the chef, Wujiu really felt that... he had seen him before.
He came out for some fresh air and soon returned to the kitchen.
The name of the restaurant is Ghost Pushing the Mill.
It's a really weird name, but business is pretty good.
The boss and chef are the same person, named Ruan Qingyun.
In terms of scale, the restaurant is not among the top ten in the entire Baichuan City, but it is definitely a big restaurant.
The signature dish is various processed offal, beef and pork offal, which tastes very fresh and spicy. Although there are no fancy dishes, there are always many customers.
But most people come here for the boss's good looks.
The kitchen is very large. Although various livestock organs are used as food ingredients, there is actually very little fishy smell in the kitchen.
"Blind man, where have you been?"
Obviously, if Bai Wu were here, he would definitely trouble the captain. Faced with such a domineering female boss, especially a domineering female boss named Ruan Qingyun, he would hug her and kiss her without saying a word.
But it seems that Wujiu does not have as terrifying mental power as Bai Wu after all, and it is Bai Wu, not Wujiu, who is recognized by Hong Yin.
Therefore, the rules have a much deeper impact on Wujiu and everyone in this city than the white fog.
So in this world, Wujiu didn't recognize this tall woman, but just vaguely felt that... I have seen this woman before.
"I went out to get some fresh air." Wujiu said in a calm tone.
Ruan Qingyun said angrily:
"Did you know that the guests are still waiting?"
"Don't worry, I'm very fast."
Wujiu's speed is indeed very fast. Others flip the pan at a normal speed, but he can flip the pan dozens of times in a second.
"Don't leave your post again." Ruan Qingyun couldn't seem to get angry at the lukewarm Wujiu.
She wasn't angry, it's just that the countdown was less than two days.
Who knows what will happen in two days
Will I become a rich woman? A beggar? A driver? Or continue to be a cook? Or a street vendor
She was actually very scared inside, even though she had tried her best to run the restaurant well, theoretically she would only get a better status.
And history has also proven that she did indeed gradually gain a better status by doing her job well.
This is a very difficult thing to do.
Evil and fallen, human beings blindly follow the rules, but because of various mismatches with their identities, the rules become chaotic.
In a city like this, it is extremely difficult to play a role well, let alone live as a human being
But Ruan Qingyun did it.
Now, in two days, she will be successful and have a better life.
But every time she changed her identity, she couldn't bear to let go of those memories.
Unlike others, Ruan Qingyun does not rely on acting. She truly regards an identity that only lasts for a period of time as her permanent identity.
Ruan Qingyun is very clear that once a new identity appears, it means that the social memory of the old identity will be cleared.
But some career memories will remain.
So some people can thrive in this city, while others keep changing into worse identities.
She felt that this short man in front of her was very serious about his work. Obviously, his height was not her type, but she just liked him.
The fifth level of the Well World actually has no specific structure.
Different people see different things when they enter the fifth floor.
What Bai Wu and Wu Jiu encountered when they entered the fifth floor was closely related to their experiences.
In this world, Bai Wu met Hong Yin, who, although tortured by a severely distorted world, was still Hong Yin by nature.
In this city, Wujiu meets Ruan Qingyun, whom he no longer has any memory of, but the two are still attracted to each other.
Of course, this does not mean that this world based on the white fog and Wujiu's memory... has no corresponding history.
It’s as if in this world, Baichuan City has existed for many years.
As long as Bai Wu’s memory.
So Ruan Qingyun couldn't explain this feeling. Among all her previous identities, even if she wanted to fall in love...
You wouldn't choose a shorty, would you
I can’t remember anything. I can’t remember any of the memories related to my previous identities.
There are less than two days left, so there is no need to create unnecessary trouble.
Ruan Qingyun thought so, but for some reason she spoke:
"By the way, you're getting off work late, can I take you home?"
Wujiu frowned:
"Is this what you should do?"
"I'm the owner of this store. Can't I send my employees home?"
Wujiu thought about it and nodded.
This inexplicable feeling of familiarity made Wujiu wonder if he seemed to have forgotten someone very important. Could it be the person in front of him
…
Time passed minute by minute, and the Guitui Mo restaurant was doing very good business. Until four o'clock in the afternoon, there were still many customers, and it was hard to tell whether they were having lunch or dinner.
Wujiu originally thought that the day would end relatively peacefully until two things happened.
The first thing that happened was the news in the middle of the restaurant started reporting on the show.
"As always, a major traffic accident occurred at the Central Interchange today, which resulted in 122 injuries and 16 deaths."
The news anchor's tone was calm. Even though Wujiu found it unbelievable, this was something that happened every day for the people in this city.
He suddenly thought that maybe he should really accompany the female boss back together, otherwise she might get into an accident.
The scene of the crime was horrific. In the camera, a man walked out of the deformed vehicle and stood in the center of the exaggerated car accident scene, facing the huge crowd around him.
It was a back view. If Wujiu could see that back view, perhaps he would remember a lot of things.
But he was able to sense his surroundings but was unable to watch TV through his mind, and ultimately gave up thinking about it.
The news switched quickly because car accidents were commonplace in this city.
It's not just car accidents, all kinds of disasters and man-made disasters are happening everywhere.
This is a city where everyone has to live according to their identity, but it is found that almost no one can play their own identity well.
"The weird-faced ogre has reappeared. We would like to remind the general public not to make friends casually."
This is the second piece of news.
Wujiu frowned:
"What's the meaning of this news? Weird-faced ogre?"
"A cannibal who specializes in eating other people's friends. He's very mysterious. You'd better pretend you didn't hear anything. In short, don't have too many ties in this city, and you won't run into them."
Wujiu disagreed and silently made note of this weird-faced ogre in his heart.
The third piece of news is also very strange.
"Another 245 pet-related injuries were reported today. Many of the injured are calling for all pets to be killed. Kill all pets!"
Another strange message.
More than 200 people are bitten by pets every day in a city
What the hell is this
Wujiu felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Ruan Qingyun looked at Wujiu and sighed:
"You have a mind of meddling."
Like the old man Wujiu rescued in the morning, she essentially believed that Wujiu should stay out of other people's business.
Although she actually always cared about her subordinates and everyone who worked hard, Ruan Qingyun always restrained herself.
If you live in this city for a long time, you will understand that your destiny does not belong to yourself, and whatever identity you are assigned to is what you have.
Those who try to overstep their authority will often end up in trouble and end up in an even more difficult situation.
So later, when Ruan Qingyun was about to send Wujiu home, she wanted to have a good chat with him, and while her memory was still fresh, she wanted to talk to this young man who had a good impression of her, about how to survive in this city.
She planned this way, but she didn't know that something unexpected had already happened.
The second thing that broke the peace of the afternoon happened at this time.
After Wujiu and Ruan Qingyun listened to all kinds of strange news, they returned to the kitchen and began to prepare for the dinner peak.
But at this moment, the sound of a table being overturned was heard in the dining area.
Bang! Bang!
The sound of shattering porcelain plates was accompanied by the guests' exclamations.
At this moment, Ruan Qingyun, who was still in the kitchen, suddenly trembled.
His eyes were instantly filled with fear.
"What's going on? Is there someone causing trouble outside?"
Wujiu's expression was very gloomy. Although he felt that he should not be a cook and that he still had important things to do, he was still very happy to be with Ruan Qingyun.
The quiet time was suddenly broken, which made Wujiu quite unhappy.
He walked out of the trigger and saw a group of people wearing white robes and Yasha masks gathered in the dining area.
These people were carrying weapons, including hammers, chainsaws, knives, steel pipes, and baseball bats.
The leader even had a gun in his hand.
On their white robes, the word freedom was engraved.
Ruan Qingyun walked out of the kitchen, and the moment she saw this group of people, the fear in her eyes became even stronger.
It's not just Ruan Qingyun, but also the guys in the store.
"Yes... a free man... Damn it, I'm only two days away from getting out of here, how come I'm meeting a free man..."
The guy was so scared that he talked to himself. His voice was very low, but Wujiu's superb eyesight still caught it.
Although Wujiu couldn't see the details of this group of people, Xinluo could let him feel their outlines.
"What is a free man?"
Ruan Qingyun was so frightened that her legs went weak and she seemed unable to stand steadily. She leaned against the wall and trembled.
She couldn't explain what a free man was because she couldn't speak now.
But the free people heard this question in 1959.
"I can't believe there are still people who don't know what a free man is?"
"Hahahaha, that's great, we must make him understand what we mean to this city!"
A free man wearing a Yaksha mask, wielding a meteor hammer, leaped seven or eight meters in one leap and came directly in front of Wujiu.
Although he was wearing a mask, Wujiu could sense the other party's boastful attitude and... arrogance through his heart.
"Listen carefully. We can kill people wantonly in this city. We can also rob people wantonly in this city. We can do whatever we want! As long as we give an order, we can make the owner of an identity give up his or her identity!"
"We are the masters of this city! By constantly changing our identities and completing promotions, we finally get the ultimate identity! Free men!"
"Everything we do is allowed and encouraged by this city!"
"In this city, everyone tries hard to live under the constraints of their identities. Fathers, daughters, bosses, subordinates, drivers, cooks, husbands, and even gangsters, everyone is bound by their identities."
"Just like you, shorty, you are a cook, right? Hey, you had a temporary identity this morning... Passersby who see injustice, hahahahahaha, everyone come and have a look, there is a nosy guy here!"
All the free men in white robes were laughing.
These free men seem to be able to directly check the identities of others.
As they continue to perfect their identities and eventually advance to free men, they already have authority that surpasses most people.
Do whatever you want, plunder whatever you want, and destroy whatever you want.
Everything is possible, there are no taboos.
Wealth and power have no meaning to them because they can have them whenever they want. They have no restrictions except one rule that free people must unite.
Such a group of people have long forgotten their original intentions in their various identities. In this era when everyone is bound by their identities, a group of people suddenly lose their identities and completely become lustful monsters.
At the same time, everyone in this world will accept everything that the free man does to them.
They can even stage a scenario where the husband commits the crime or the wife commits the crime at any time.
In short, they are the kings of this city.
They are too bored. They have tried many kinds of fun. Now their greatest pleasure is to destroy other people's lives.
Just like Ruan Qingyun, she is about to achieve success and fulfill her identity.
But at this time... she met a free man.
Being tortured, humiliated, or having the restaurant burned down would all lead to a failure in her identity.
Wujiu probably understood the origins of these people and nodded:
"Yes, I'm a chef. You broke our boss's tableware and chairs, and scared away our customers. Free men, can you settle the bill?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a second.
Then there was an even more unbridled laughter.
Ruan Qingyun even wanted to blame Wujiu. How could he speak like that
Doesn’t this person worry about getting into trouble
Although she was afraid, she was already thinking about how to please this group of people.
"I haven't been this happy in a long time. When others see us, they are all afraid and try to fawn on us, but you actually dare to ask us for money?"
The crazy laughter, the crazy words, and the fear of the people around him made Wujiu frown:
"You broke things and scared away customers. You can't let us bear the loss ourselves, right? There is no such freedom in the world."
In fact, when he walked out of the kitchen in the morning and wanted to take a breath, he felt that something was wrong.
I am a cook, and a cook should stay in the kitchen.
I don't know where this stereotype came from, but it exists.
But soon, this idea was rejected by Wujiu's own will.
Like everyone else in the city, he lives within a certain identity, but unlike everyone else in the city, he is not limited to a certain identity.
That strong will allowed him to overcome some "rules".
Seeing that Wujiu still dared to put on such a fearless expression, the free man holding the chains suddenly felt unhappy. He wanted to torture this dwarf and make his face show the expression that everyone would have when they saw them!
"Okay, okay, I'm going to teach you what freedom is now!"
He swung the chain in his hand, wanting to whip the guy who made him unhappy!
But just as he was thinking this, he saw the gaze of the man who was half a head shorter than him.
It was an extremely sharp gaze.
As a free man, he felt as if his soul was pierced by a sword in an instant.
The phoenix eyes with a hint of anger, like the child of Medusa, made him unable to move.
He didn't have the courage to swing the chain.
On the contrary, Wujiu walked up to him with a steady gait. Without raising his head, he just looked upwards and said word by word:
"Pay the money, free man."
Fear spread in the free man's heart. The eyes in the mask began to wander.
what happened
Why could this person rebel against him? According to the rules... couldn't everyone in this city be manipulated at will
You cannot be hostile to a free person, you cannot attack a free person, and you cannot do anything disrespectful in front of a free person.
This should have been the iron rule of this city.
The other free men also realized something was wrong at this time and immediately took out various weapons.
There are many people with powerful companion forces in this city, as well as many evil creatures with terrifying strength.
But they are all suppressed by the rules, so free people do not need to use any force.
They can bully whomever they want.
The current situation really shocked all the free men.
Ruan Qingyun looked at Wujiu. Logically, she should be confused by Wujiu's reaction and ask Wujiu to apologize immediately.
This is not the way to show off. Even if you want to show how strong a man is, you have to choose the right time.
She should have drunk Wujiu immediately.
But the sense of trust that emerged in her heart made her hesitate...
It seems as if this person can really resolve the current crisis.