I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 361 1.23 23 Paper Cutting
Stealing from Gluttony was surprisingly easy, at least that's what Lan Xiao thought after successfully stealing three bags of flour.

Perhaps it's because binge eating is a form of relaxation, or perhaps it's because people simply don't care.

Whatever the reason, at least she completed the act of stealing on the card.

“Then we’ll have to make bread with other ingredients… I’m really not very good at cooking…” Bertias sighed softly.

Koya frowned; she wasn't good at this kind of thing either. Come to think of it, very few people in the interstellar world possessed cooking skills, since there were such convenient ways to synthesize food that there was no need to cook it themselves.

"You just need to collect the ingredients; leave the cooking to me," Ling Tong said softly.

Ke Ya looked at Ling Tong with a puzzled expression, and suddenly remembered that he was a resident of the Food Kingdom. Although she was very curious about why Ling Tong could cook, she still suppressed her curiosity.

As the group talked, Mu Yegui slowly walked back, while the businessman played by Gluttony had disappeared at some point.

"The way to obtain cream and raisins is still through merchants," Mu Yegui said slowly.

After that, everyone continued with the pattern of making money, waiting for merchants, and buying items, until the day Ling Tong finished making 90% of the bread, when everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Koya brought some less-than-good news.

"The city lord is hosting a banquet and has invited his wife to her birthday celebration tomorrow. This thing, supposedly bread, is actually more like a cake. What to do? The plot has begun; according to the story, the city lord's wife should eat it, but..."

“But our task is to prevent the contents of the card from happening, which means we can’t let the Lady of the City eat this bread.” Bertias chuckled as she spoke. “Although that’s the case, it’s not an absolute prohibition, after all, there’s a third task that hasn’t been shown yet. This means there’s still a way to remedy the situation.”

"It's better to stop them," Ke Ya said, frowning.

“But Mu Yegui lost his card, the last part is missing, and you don’t know what will happen next. Since you don’t know, how can you stop it?” Bertias countered.

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Indeed, their biggest problem is that they don't know what will happen in the end, and they have no way to stop it.

"In short, since the next part is about the lady eating bread, all we need to do is stop her. If the first step can't proceed, there won't be a second step. The real concern is that there might be unforeseen circumstances in the plot, or that some of us here might secretly follow the script." Ke Ya glanced at everyone and said slowly.

Bertias chuckled and said, "Everyone assumes they've received the same mission, but that's not necessarily true. They might have received different missions."

This wasn't the first time something like this had happened; the first time he entered the dungeon, he received a unique quest, different from everyone else's. Therefore, it's possible that some of these so-called teammates have completely different quests than they do.

Furthermore, although everyone participated in interpreting the rules, different tasks do not mean different rules. The rules may still be the same, since it is just the same instance, and it is unlikely that the rules will be completely inconsistent.

These words immediately shattered the previously harmonious atmosphere, sending it plummeting back to its initial coldness.

“In that case, let’s leave this bread here and see if it appears at the banquet tomorrow,” Mu Yegui said, although she felt that even if no one touched it, it would still appear at the banquet.

This is a mandatory plot point. If it were that easy to stop, it wouldn't be the second rule of the Crown Prince's storyline. In other words, he will definitely appear at the banquet tomorrow, and everyone will begin to suspect a traitor among their teammates.

But whether that's really the case, no one knows for sure.

Suspicion of teammates is also part of this dungeon, but Mu Yegui doesn't intend to reveal it. After all, even without this, there's no trust between teammates.

Mu Yegui glanced at the fact that everyone's trust level was 0, and then remained silent.

From the very beginning, they never intended to trust their teammates, so no matter what happened, distrusting them became a matter of course.

The rules are malicious; they were deliberately designed to allow users to view their teammates' trust levels.

No matter what you say you don't care whether others trust you, if you actually see it, you'll inevitably feel a little uneasy. After all, humans are such double-standard creatures, even if they themselves are not aware of it.

Bertias leaned against a pillar with his arms crossed in front of his chest and a confident smile.

Lan Xiao remained silent throughout the entire process, tapping her fingers on the table intermittently.

Ling Tong remained expressionless, simply sitting quietly and looking down at the sword in his hand, the palace bell at his waist ringing crisply with his movements.

Ke Ya raised an eyebrow and smiled as she watched the crowd, seemingly observing their reactions.

Yu Yin kept her head down and remained silent, seemingly trying to minimize her presence.

Mu Yegui took everyone's reactions to heart, then turned and left without saying a word. She felt there wasn't much more to say; this wasn't the first time she'd encountered such a situation, nor was it anything to be surprised about.

Dao Lin and Shui Qi appeared to be on good terms, but that was only on the surface. If the other's opinion differed from theirs, they would not hesitate to draw their guns and even fire without the slightest hesitation.

In Mu Yegui's view, humans are complex creatures, and she simply cannot understand why they do this. Yet she still habitually imitates human behavior for reasons unknown to anyone, not even herself.

"You clearly don't trust each other, yet you still try to maintain a facade of harmony. Don't you find this behavior irrational?" Ling Tong's deep voice came slowly from behind, but it didn't reveal any extra emotion.

Mu Yegui paused slightly, turned to look at him, and asked in confusion, "Why do you deliberately force yourself like this? You clearly don't like it, but you still force yourself to get along with other people."

"Yes...why?" Ling Tong slowly looked up at the sky and sighed softly.

"Tong doesn't know either?" Mu Yegui asked.

"Although my father is human, I didn't inherit any human blood, so I'm not really sure. Maybe it's because I don't want to be treated differently..."

After all, humans are social creatures, and no one likes to be looked at differently by others, no matter how bad they are.

(End of this chapter)