In the paradise, there are closed rooms on both sides of the long corridor. The house numbers are arranged from large to small, and there is a red count card under the black rectangular house numbers.
The numbers displayed on them vary, some are as high as three digits, some are only one digit, and most of the counting cards are two digits.
In front of a room with a three-digit house number, the number on the counter board counted down to zero, the door of the room opened, and the monsters that had not yet removed their mimicry rushed out of the door.
"Huh, I'm finally off work."
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, let's go out early today and have breakfast at the snack bar! I've been craving for wontons for a long time."
"Let's go, let's have a good meal before the captain of the guard arrives!"
Bai Ming was the last one to come out. There was no one else in the corridor. He lowered his head and took out a handful of odds and ends from his arms, including banknotes, coins, some strange little notes, and even banknotes that looked like US dollars and Japanese yen.
After these things appeared in this world, most of their colors gradually turned darker and grayer, and then burst and disappeared like soap bubbles.
Bai Ming was disappointed. They could contact the living through the special space, but they could not bring things from that world to the dreamland.
After everything in his hands turned into soap bubbles and exploded, Bai Ming felt a slight heaviness in his arms. He reached out and took out a neatly tied stack of red bills. He remembered that he had snatched these from one of the challengers, and they had not disappeared.
At this time, the numbers on the counting boards in the two neighboring rooms returned to zero, the doors opened, and after all the NPCs on duty left, Xingzi and Xiaoqie walked out of a door respectively.
The two of them took out a handful of paper from their arms at the same time. The result was the same as Bai Ming's. Most of the paper turned into bubbles and exploded, leaving only a pile of red tickets with human heads on them.
The results of Master Qie's busy night's work were reduced by 95% in an instant. Xiao Qie knelt on the ground, deeply shocked: "Ahhh, my money!!!"
Xingzi was similar. She picked out a few red bills from a pile of soap bubbles and hesitated for a moment: "Ask Qi Chen if this is what the owner wants."
They have been here for a long time and have long lost the concept of currency. In recent years, they have learned about the changes in modern society from challengers and have collected as many pieces of paper and objects that look like money as possible in the game.
Bai Ming said confidently: "No need to ask, it must be."
After the bubble burst, there wasn't much left, and the three of them were not very satisfied.
But it was already daybreak and time to open the store, so they had to go back to the store.
Lu Yao opened the store door and saw three shop assistants standing neatly outside the door, with the park NPCs queuing up for breakfast behind them.
Bubble was the first in line, and when he saw her he immediately greeted her excitedly: "Shopkeeper, I want some wontons and chive and egg pie."
Lu Yao stepped aside to let the clerk and the customer in, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you here so early today?"
Bai Ming and the other two had not figured out how to hand the things over to Lu Yao naturally so that she would not feel uneasy. After all, she tried very hard to create a "local" persona and even learned illusion.
Xingzi still wanted Qi Chen to confirm, so they didn't take out the things they got from the robbery, cough, hard work last night, but started to receive guests as usual.
Later, Qi Chen arrived.
Xingzi pulled him to a corner and pulled out a red note, "Is this what the owner wants?"
Qi Chen took the banknote and touched it, his face full of surprise: "Did you really get it out of the paradise?"
Xingzi knew from his tone that she had found the right one, and she finally felt happy.
Next, just find a way to save more money and then find a suitable opportunity to give it to the store owner.
The morning is the busiest time for snack bars, with a lot of customers.
However, Lu Yao is not going to keep increasing the amount of ingredients. It is too tiring and stressful, so she needs to slow down.
We stop working when the ingredients prepared every day are sold out, and just sell tea and snacks in the afternoon.
Qing rushed from Area C to Area A early in the morning and took the elevator to the 99th floor.
Perhaps because it was still early, there were not many people queuing in front of the snack bar, compared to the long queues in the past.
Qing stood in the distance and stared at the snack bar sign. He suppressed the desire to go over there, turned around with a serious face and walked towards the park.
Be patient and come back to eat after the assessment and try all the new dishes in the store.
Guard Chang Bai Jian stood by the window, watching Qing come up and walk straight towards the paradise, feeling satisfied.
A few minutes later, someone came out of the snack bar carrying several large bags of food and turned around and walked towards the park next door.
Bai Jian recognized the man as Du Chen, a former guard at Qingshan Paradise in Zone D. He used to be very strong, but later contracted amnesia and resigned from the paradise.
Did you come here today to take the guard assessment? Has your amnesia been cured
Bai Jian's eyes fell on the food box in Du Chen's hand and he frowned slightly.
“Boom boom boom—”
Someone knocked on the door. Bai Jian returned to his desk and sat down. "Come in."
An NPC pushed the door open and reported, "Captain of the Guard, all the candidates for the guard assessment have arrived. There are a total of 29 people. We can start the assessment now."
Bai Jian: “Got it.”
Downstairs, Du Chen came in and saw Qing among a row of powerful soul guards. He slowly walked up to him and asked, "Why are you here too?"
The two were classmates who were selected as guards of Qingshan Paradise, which was one of only three parks in the district where restricted games could be played.
When both Dang Qing and Du Chen wanted to be selected, they fought in the game for three days and three nights.
In the end, Du Chen narrowly won and was selected.
The 99th Floor Paradise also offers restricted games, but Qing later went to Area C.
He told Du Chen that he wanted to turn the cake shop park in Area C into a large park where restricted games could be played.
Du Chen didn't expect that he would give up his original ambitions and come to participate in the guard assessment of the 99th floor paradise.
Qing lowered his eyes and glanced at the package box in Du Chen's hand, then quickly looked away, as if he was not interested at all, and said lightly: "I want to test my current strength."
Most of Du Chen's attention was drawn to the food in his hand. He nodded when he heard it, "You are still so aggressive, but I have a reason not to lose this time. See you in the game."
Qing nodded in silence and did not continue speaking.
Du Chen didn't mind. He found a corner with the takeaway box and was about to open it to eat something.
Bai Jian came down from upstairs, looked at him deeply, turned around and said in a cold voice: "All the reserve guards who are taking the test, get ready and enter the game after drawing lots. The rules are very simple. The strongest one who stays till the end will be the new guard of this paradise."
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E District Sanatorium.
The nurses are working on the patients with amnesia. The director said that they have found a way to cure amnesia and there are some cured cases so far.
Lu Yao's side had already been contacted, and Shui Ninghua and the nurses thought that all they had to do was send the patient over, but they encountered unexpected difficulties.
Patients were reluctant to leave their homes and simply did not believe they had found a cure.
There are nearly a thousand amnesia patients living in the sanatorium, but they cannot find five patients who are willing to go to Area A with them for treatment.
Shui Ninghua spent an entire night working, but the patients remained completely indifferent.
Tired of being scolded, the patient lay on the bed with his back to her, motionless, and looked like he was about to die.
Shui Ninghua was both angry and helpless.
By noon, they still hadn't set out.
Hong Chun hurried up from downstairs and pushed open the Dean's office. "Dean, five patients have agreed."
Shui Ninghua immediately stood up and asked, "How did you convince them?"
She tried every possible method, talking to every patient from the first floor to the fifth floor, but no one paid any attention to her.
Hong Chun scratched his head and said, "These five patients saw the live broadcast of the snack bar yesterday, and I said I would take them to the restaurant in the live broadcast to eat."
It turned out to be the owner of the snack bar. Shui Ninghua didn't have time to think too much. At the moment, if she could persuade the patient to go, she would be half successful. She arranged: "You and I, call Lili to take the patient and leave immediately."
Five minutes later, Shui Ninghua and two nurses took the five amnesia patients and headed for Lu Yao Snack Bar.
On the road, other people automatically gave way when they saw the group. The patients looked blank and had no reaction at all. Like puppets, they bought tickets and got on the bus at the urging of the nurses.
Arriving at Paradise Station on the 99th floor of Area A, the patients followed the nurses down one after another.
Chen Li was walking in the front. Area A seemed to be a little more lively than Area E. There were quite a few people in the subway station and the noise was also very loud.
Xu Qinghe followed behind her, moving step by step with difficulty. He felt very tired and didn't want to move at all.
There were too many noises and it was so noisy here that he felt irritated. He wanted to go back to the nursing home, but he felt that it would take such a long time to get there by car, which would be too troublesome.
He was upset and regretful that he should not have been soft-hearted and followed the nurse out.
This world is empty and the snack bar in the live broadcast does not exist at all.
I don’t want to leave, I don’t want to move, and I don’t want to think about anything anymore. How about just end it here
Xu Qinghe and the people around him seemed to be covered with a layer of dust and lifeless, as if they might die at any time.
"We're here!" Hong Chun's loud voice brought everyone back to their senses. Five pairs of eyes like dry wells stared at the sign of the snack bar not far away. There was no emotion, they just felt that they could finally rest.
The business was closed in the morning and there were no other customers in the snack bar. Lu Yao was in the kitchen, while Xingzi and Qi Chen were in charge of reception.
Five amnesiacs were arranged at five empty seats by the window, one per table.
When Chen Li came to the store for the first time, she saw the scenery outside the window and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
In the kitchen, Shui Ninghua found Lu Yao, "Manager."
Lu Yao was cooking the last dish. He looked up at her and said, "I told you guys to be here soon."
Shui Ninghua folded her hands together, a little embarrassed: "Sorry to bother you."
Steam was rising from the pot and the aroma was fragrant. Lu Yao stir-fried it for a few times, scooped up a little sauce with a small spoon to taste it, and after making sure it tasted good, he removed the pot and served it on a plate.
Lu Yao was well prepared. The patient arrived at the store and waited for less than ten minutes before five special meal sets for amnesia patients were ready.
Xiaoqie leaned on the glass, staring at the freshly-baked dishes. The owner had made a new dish, which smelled sour and sweet and must be delicious.
Xu Qinghe sat in the store in a daze, disappointment and regret occupying all his thoughts, and he had no intention of looking around.
He thought angrily that even if the food in this restaurant was edible, it was not medicine and could not cure any illness.
"Please enjoy your meal."
The girl's clear and gentle voice sounded beside him. Xu Qinghe turned his head to look over, but suddenly smelled a pleasant smell. He looked down and saw the steaming food. He blinked his gray eyes and asked, "What is this?"
Lu Yao simply explained: "The shop's special lunch."
Xu Qinghe swallowed his saliva. It smelled so good. Could it really be eaten