His abrupt reaction made Zhong Mu freeze slightly. He cautiously peeked out, afraid that he might accidentally see a terrifying cafeteria.
But when he looked inside, the small canteen was clean and tidy, and players and NPCs from the instance were queuing up for food in an orderly manner, without any abnormalities.
Zhong Mu turned to look at Yin Xiu and tentatively asked, "Brother Xiu... is this cafeteria scary to you?"
Yin Xiu was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head. "It's nothing, let's go."
There was clearly something wrong with this cafeteria, but Yin Xiu didn't say anything, which made Zhong Mu even more panicked. Fortunately, he couldn't see anything at the moment.
Yin Xiu lowered his eyes, pretending not to see the black figure standing at the entrance, and stepped inside, plunging into the blood.
The tables and chairs in the entire cafeteria were twisted, and people and the tables and chairs were all swirling in a vortex shape, making people dizzy. The ground was even more outrageous, with winding, bloody trails spread across the entire cafeteria floor, still surging.
Those familiar patterns reminded Yin Xiu of his brain, but he didn't want to confirm it. He took a deep breath and looked at Zhong Mu beside him. Although the familiar voice drifted over, sure enough, his symptoms had become more severe when he arrived at the cafeteria.
Zhong Mu's face seemed to be obscured by some black lines, and like the other players, his features were blurred. If it weren't for his voice, he wouldn't be able to tell which one was Zhong Mu in the crowd.
"Brother Xiu, this way." Zhong Mu noticed Yin Xiu's unusual behavior and carefully guided him towards the cafeteria window.
The food in the cafeteria is fixed, and the window is extremely low, so you can't see the people inside at all. You can only see pairs of pale hands handing the food out of the window, and then the players take it.
In the entire cafeteria, only the food looked normal; Yin Xiu now even felt a sense of familiarity when he saw white rice.
He picked up a plate and was about to leave when a small bag, which was attached to the plate, suddenly appeared from the small window and was handed to Yin Xiu.
Yin Xiu was stunned for a moment, then took the small bag and examined it. Inside were pink hard candies.
It's very similar to the gummy candy that restored rationality that Yin Xiu ate in the deep-sea dungeon, but this candy has become a hard candy.
"Auntie?" Yin Xiu called out uncertainly to the hands, which waved at him before retreating back out of the window.
While getting food in the cafeteria, he encountered a similar candy that was given only to him. The only person Yin Xiu could think of was his aunt, but for some reason, she didn't reply to him.
He had no choice but to put the candy in his pocket and follow Zhong Mu to a corner to sit down, carrying his plate.
"Brother Xiu, do you think this food is normal?" Zhong Mu didn't dare to eat even after getting his food, afraid that it might be something strange.
Yin Xiu nodded and stirred the rice. "I think it's normal. It should be normal rice."
"Then I can eat without worry." Zhong Mu breathed a sigh of relief and began to eat.
Yin Xiu looked up at the window, recalling the bag of candy, and stirred his rice with his chopsticks. Suddenly, he saw tiny bits of meat in the clean white rice.
He was taken aback, grabbed Zhong Mu who was eating, and pointed to something in the rice, "What's this?"
"Huh?" Zhong Mu, who was eating, leaned closer to examine it carefully. "This is medicine. This is the medicine we take. How come it was broken up and mixed into your rice?"
The white, fragmented pills were mixed in with the rice. A normal person wouldn't notice them at first glance, but Yin Xiu was now in a level two condition. He could tell the pills were just fragments of his eyeball, and he could tell them at a glance. This was probably something the person who administered the medication hadn't expected. Yin Xiu, who looked normal, was already in a level two condition.
Yin Xiu remained silent, then slammed his hand on the table with a thud, and stood up.
The loud noise immediately attracted many people in the cafeteria. Yin Xiu scanned them one by one expressionlessly. Those who were not related to him would look at him with confusion, while those who felt guilty would bury their heads and dare not meet his gaze. In the entire cafeteria, no one looked up at him except for a few players in the corner.
"Who are they? Have you seen them before?" Yin Xiu stared intently at the people in the direction he was holding his plate. He couldn't recognize them at all, even though their faces were covered in blurry lines. But his gaze made them lower their heads even more guiltily.
"They were the same guys who stopped you before and asked if you were Yin Xiu." Zhong Mu peeked out and recognized them immediately.
"So it was those people... Looks like they came prepared." Yin Xiu's eyes darkened slightly as he carried the tray toward the group.
The players sensed something was wrong and quickly turned to leave the cafeteria. Just as they reached the door, Yin Xiu, carrying a tray of food, swiftly stepped forward and grabbed their shoulders. "Hey friends, where are you headed?"
Several players choked up, "No... we're about to leave after we finished eating."
"We just arrived, how come you've already finished eating? Eat more, I can share mine with you." Yin Xiu tentatively placed the plate in front of them.
The players didn't seem to have triggered the level two symptoms yet. They didn't panic much when Yin Xiu brought them the food; they just immediately turned their heads away, saying, "No... we've already eaten..."
"I don't think that's enough. How about we go somewhere else to eat?" Yin Xiu said casually, grabbing one of the men by the collar and forcibly dragging him outside.
The player immediately began to struggle, and the people around him prepared to help.
Yin Xiu released him naturally, then drew a knife from his waist and held it to the player's neck, coldly saying, "Either come with me, or die. You choose one."
Several players were ready to fight Yin Xiu, but when the knife was drawn, they were stunned.
The dungeon confiscated the players' items. They tried to fight with swords, but they couldn't beat Yin Xiu. Even if they fought, several of them couldn't defeat Yin Xiu with a sword. After a few seconds of silence, they reluctantly gave in, "Let's talk this out. Don't use your swords, and we'll go with you."
Yin Xiu, holding a plate in one hand and a knife in the other, nodded toward the consultation room and said, "Let's go to the consultation room then. I'll treat you to dinner."
The players hesitated, unsure of Yin Xiu's intentions. They had no other choice but to nod.
Zhong Mu, wiping his mouth, followed behind. "Brother Xiu, where are you taking them?"
"Come and help me out." Yin Xiu responded casually, holding a knife to a few people as he led them to the vicinity of the examination room. He instructed Zhong Mu, "Go find the nurse and tell her that someone in the cafeteria has had a seizure and doesn't have their medication. She needs your help. Find a way to get her to the cafeteria."
"Okay…" Zhong Mu was confused, but still obediently did as instructed.
Upon hearing that someone in the cafeteria had fallen ill and there was no medicine available, the nurse quickly turned around and went to the examination room. After taking the medicine, she hurriedly followed Zhong Mu to the cafeteria.
After the nurse left, Yin Xiu pointed at the players, kicked them into the examination room, and then went inside and closed the door.
Last time, he suddenly mutated into a level two symptom right here, so I had a few players come over to test whether the environment was exacerbating the symptoms.
If a few players develop level two symptoms, he can kindly feed them this plate of food with fragments of eyeballs to help alleviate their symptoms.
Yin Xiu felt that he was being very kind.