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

Chapter 37, Chapters 1.2 and 18: The Secret Mansion and Miss Lily's Toy House (New Year Special Chapter: Part 2)
The sounds coming from the TV overlapped with the sounds around me; the soft, sweet voice had an irresistible, milky quality, making it incredibly endearing, and even if it sounded indifferent, it was still very cute.

Ling Tong was slightly taken aback. He had heard this voice before, or rather, it was hard to forget. After all, the voice was too unique to be forgotten.

"Oh, the cute girl who answered the phone has such a lovely voice. How about debuting in our entertainment kingdom?" Lin spoke in a tone like a strange aunt trying to lure a child, but because of her extremely beautiful appearance, she was even more pleasing to the eye.

"I'm hanging up." Cold and ruthless, truly cold and ruthless, with absolutely no intention of continuing the conversation with Lin.

"Wait, wait! Don't hang up! Let's get down to business!" Lin shouted hurriedly. Once this call is hung up, they won't be able to make another call. That's the rule, so they absolutely can't let the call be hung up on.

"Go ahead." The soft, childlike voice echoed throughout the venue, yet it carried no emotion whatsoever.

"Well, before I make things difficult for the contestants, I need to ask you a few questions, is that alright?" Lin asked cautiously. After the threat of being hung up on earlier, she was scared. If they didn't follow the rules, they would face terrible punishment, so Lin dared not provoke this person under any circumstances.

“Ask away,” Mu Yegui said.

Lin jumped onto the stage and walked to the middle of the eight people. She glanced at them and then slowly asked, "What is your biggest impression of this show?"

"A boring food show." As expected of Mu Yegui, who only speaks the truth, this was incredibly hurtful at this moment. But Miss Lily agreed; it really was quite boring. Perhaps because the quality of the contestants was so high, there wasn't the pitiful crying and screaming of last year. This year, even the contestants' clothes weren't disheveled.

"Next question, is there anyone among the contestants you're particularly interested in?" Lin asked casually, seemingly trying to lead Mu Yegui to say someone's name.

Mu Yegui: "No."

Lin was slightly taken aback, and asked anxiously, "Do you have someone you like?"

Mu Yegui: "I'm hanging up."

Once, Lin was threatened with being hung up on on the phone, and she was so anxious that she almost cried. Who was this person on the phone?! How could they be so rude?! We were supposed to cooperate with everything!
She sighed, and, in a fit of despair, said, "One last question: if you had to make things difficult for someone, who would you choose?"

"You." As always, she answered without hesitation. Lin kept asking Mu Yegui strange questions, and Mu Yegui felt she was being deliberately difficult. As a Samuro devoid of emotions, she had absolutely no concept of liking or disliking, so she couldn't answer Lin's questions at all. Wasn't this just being deliberately difficult?

"No! I meant the contestants!" Lin pointed to the eight people through the microphone and explained.

"Aren't you a contestant?" Mu Yegui asked, a hint of confusion in his eyes. If he wasn't a contestant, why was he appearing on television?

Lin explained, "I'm just a reporter and host, responsible for bringing joy to everyone."

"I didn't see it coming, it's so boring. Do we really have to choose one?" Mu Yegui's words meant that she didn't see Lin bringing joy to everyone, and she thought the TV program was incredibly boring with its constant awkward moments, so Lin was a failure.

"Yes, we must choose one."

Mu Yegui looked at the five people on the TV, and finally fixed his gaze on Leo, saying slowly, "The one wearing a mask."

"Leo? Is there a particular reason?" Lin thought she would choose Ling Tong, because only in this way could she openly kill—no, punish—Ling Tong. To the kingdom's inhabitants, Ling Tong was now their number one enemy. This person's initial copy completely destroyed that copy, to the point that it had to be rebuilt, and it was unknown when it would be able to resume operation. "Ugly."

“You don’t seem to have seen his face.” Lin’s smile was a little stiff as she tried to persuade Mu Yegui to change his mind.

"It's ugly whether you can see it or not," Mu Yegui said truthfully.

Lin's hand gripping the microphone was bulging with veins, as if she was enduring something. She asked with a smile, "Ling Tong was wearing a terrifying mask and didn't show her face at all, so why did you take a liking to Leo at first glance?"

"Ling Tong smells delicious, not bad at all." Mu Yegui recalled the unique aroma of food when he first met Ling Tong and said truthfully.

Lin: "..." Wait! Is there any connection between these two things?

So Lin leaned closer to Ling Tong as if she wanted to smell him, but he easily avoided her, as if she were a venomous snake or a ferocious beast.

"I didn't smell anything," Lin said, puzzled.

However, this one action just now infuriated Mu Yegui, who never gets angry. Actually, it wasn't that she was angry, but she spoke in her soft, childlike voice with a cold, murderous intent, slowly saying, "If you dare touch my food reserves, I'll kill you." It was a soft and cute voice, but anyone who heard it couldn't help but feel fear.

For Mu Yegui, Ling Tong was her reserve food, which meant that she considered her possession. If anyone dared to touch her possession, she would kill that person at all costs.

Although saying this might be a bit unfair to Ling Tong, for Mu Yegui, Ling Tong was the only food that could fill her stomach and satisfy her. In her mind, Ling Tong was hers, and no one could touch her.

Neither Mu Yegui nor Mu Yin possessed any rationality when it came to protecting their food.

Upon hearing Mu Yegui's words, Ling Tong felt a sudden sense of understanding. He had known this since their first meeting, but he hadn't expected her to be so blunt. To be honest, this caused Ling Tong's brows to furrow slightly behind his mask, as if he were somewhat displeased. However, he also felt a sense of relief, as if this was all the value she had.

He pulled the thin needle from the boar's neck, and the boar twitched a few times before suddenly jumping up and starting to rampage and destroy the venue.

Lin screamed while covering her hair, "I'm not recording anymore! Someone help me! Ahhh!"

In the shaky footage, Ling Tong can be vaguely seen nodding slightly towards the camera, seemingly to express her gratitude for the help.

"This is indeed a dungeon," Mu Yegui thought, putting the microphone back. If the rules of a dungeon are broken, the dungeon will end immediately, and the participating players will not be punished. The fact that he's doing this means this dungeon will wipe them out completely; this so-called New Year's food program is nothing more than a diary recording their deaths, entertaining the kingdom's native inhabitants.

The entertainment of the entertainment kingdom—isn't that exactly what it is?

I briefly mentioned the special hidden mechanics of the dungeon.

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(End of this chapter)