Mice dominate the dungeon

The canteen/kitchen of the rat enclosure.

Seven or eight plump kitchen mice were huddled around the stove, working together to prepare their meal.

A slightly larger gray rat wearing a white chef's hat first poured the clear insect oil extracted from the oilworm into the pot, then put the ground mushroom powder and grains into the iron pot, while another gray rat kept stirring with a small wooden spoon, afraid that the ingredients would burn.

Once the starter culture powder and rice are fully mixed and the surface turns slightly browned, use a wooden spoon to move it to one side.

Immediately, the gray rat wearing a chef's hat held up a monster egg. The eggshell had bluish-green markings and was several times larger than a regular chicken egg.

As for what kind of monster egg it is...

Of course, the foraging rats borrowed it from their neighbor, the "snake-chicken beast"!

The gray squirrel cracked the eggshell along the edge of the pot, and because the yolk was more concentrated, it spread the entire egg in the center of the pot.

At this moment, the mouse that was tending the fire gently poked at the firewood with its little paws, controlling the lukewarm fire.

When the monster egg is cooked to about 70% done, it forms a thin crepe, filling the air with a unique wild bird aroma. Then, Chef Gray Rat moves the freshly fried rice to one side of the crepe and carefully folds the other side over with a wooden spatula to enclose the filling.

And just like that, the "Snake, Chicken, and Beast Omelet Rice" was ready.

On the other side, several brown-haired mice, carrying pieces of fresh fish cleaned of fine bones, stood on their hind legs and worked together to put them into the stone pot.

Because mice are most afraid of getting fish bones stuck in their throats, they remove the fish bones thoroughly in advance.

Several kitchen rats squatted on the wooden table, picking the tender moss from the ground, breaking up the smooth tree sap balls, and throwing them all into the pot to stew together, causing the soup to bubble and boil.

Not long after.

Three fragrant dishes appeared in the cafeteria kitchen: "Snake, Chicken and Beast Omelet Rice", "Fresh and Tender Fish Soup", and "Crispy Bone and Fresh Mushroom Stew".

Several greedy mice, carrying their food bowls, had already followed the aroma in the air and rushed into the canteen.

They stared longingly at the food laid out on the kitchen table.

"Don't even think about it, it's not for you to eat." The gray squirrel, holding a chef's hat, fanned himself as he walked out of the kitchen.

Upon hearing this, the rice bowl that the mouse was holding in its mouth fell to the ground.

A clanging sound followed.

"If it's not for us, then who is it for?" the greedy mouse asked in despair. "Boss Twitch?"

The kitchen rat shook its head and said, "Big Ears said that an adventurer who is about to starve to death has come outside and asked us to cook something for him."

At this point, the kitchen mouse became a little nervous. It was the first time it had cooked for an adventurer, and it didn't know if the food would suit his taste.

What if it doesn't taste good? Will the adventurers be unhappy...?

Just as the kitchen rat was pondering, several cow-horse rats walked into the canteen together, lifted the earthenware bowls containing food, and steadily carried them to the mine.

"Wait for me!" Big Ears called out from afar.

It had just emerged from the warehouse, carrying two fruits the size of a human fist in its arms.

It then followed in the footsteps of the cows, horses, and rats.

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Inside the mine.

Aixiao took the fruit from Big Ears' hand and squeezed the surface of the fruit hard with both paws.

Fragrant juice dripped slowly from the fruit's cracks onto slightly pale lips.

After all the juice from the two fruits had been squeezed out, the unconscious Wors stirred.

First, his lips pursed slightly, then his pale facial muscles began to twitch, and finally he slowly opened his eyes.

As soon as Worth opened his eyes, he saw two little heads looking down at him.

"You're awake?!" Ai Xiao asked first.

Still half asleep, Worth sat up and instinctively looked around.

"Where am I?"

Looking at the somewhat dark surroundings and the flickering firelight in the breeze, Worth asked, somewhat incredulously:

"Am I being sent to hell?!"

But soon, Worth refuted his own judgment.

Because there were three large bowls of food with a rich aroma placed not far from him!

Almost instantly, Worth unleashed a speed he had never experienced before, appearing in front of the three bowls of food as if by teleportation!

Then, disregarding whether the food in front of him was poisonous, he buried his head in the basin like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, tearing and biting at the fish meat in the fish soup.

"..."

Big Ears and Smiling face each other in bewilderment.

They hadn't even seen Walls' movements clearly when he appeared in front of the food bowl and began to wolf down his food.

"How many days has it been since you last ate?"

"I don't know, but this guy looks really hungry!"

"Have adventurers become so poor these days? They can't even afford food?!"

While the laughing animals were talking, Worth had already eaten the entire bowl of fish soup and fish meat, even licking the bottom of the bowl clean.

Without pausing, he turned his head and looked at the omelet rice next to him.

I opened my mouth as wide as I could and ate a quarter of the omelet rice in one bite.

Fearing he would starve to death on the spot, Worth ate three more bites and then launched an attack on the last bowl of food!

The smiling and big-eared people nearby could even hear the clear sound of Worth's upper teeth hitting his lower teeth due to excessive force.

"Luckily, I had the kitchen mouse prepare three bowls of food, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough for him!"

"I have a feeling this guy could rival the boss in eating speed," Big Ears muttered to himself, looking at Worth.

In less than a minute, Worth had devoured the food that had taken him an hour to prepare.

"I almost starved to death..." Worse let out a burp, plopped down on the ground, and comfortably patted his belly.

He felt the food was even better than the banquet, but it was a pity there were only three bowls...

But at least I'm alive now!

With food replenishing his strength and magic, Worth's mind gradually became clearer.

At the same time, he also spotted two gray rats standing not far away!

Especially when he saw the smiling blue-gray mouse, Worth's eyes lit up, and he trotted over to it excitedly, saying:

Wow~~ You're so cute!

Thank goodness it wasn't something like "You look delicious"... Looking at Worth, Ai Xiao muttered to herself.

"Thank you for the compliment!"

"Wow! You can talk!" Worth was a little surprised, but not astonished.

"Don't you find it strange?" Big Ears asked from the side.

"What's so strange about that? The 'ratmen' I encountered before could also talk," Worth asked again.

"You're not rat people, are you?"

"We are gray mice!"

"Oh, I see..." Worth didn't dwell on the question and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Was that your dinner?"

"I was so hungry that I ate it all in one go."

As he spoke, Worth awkwardly scratched his cheek.

"Actually, I prepared everything for you," Ai Xiao said, trying to comfort her.

At that moment, Worth's mind wasn't on Ai Xiao's response, because she noticed that the feel of her hand was a little strange.

He pulled his hand back, looked down, and saw a patch of dark brown skin lying in his palm.

"The mask is broken..."

Then Worth reached behind his neck and gently pulled, tearing off the human skin mask covering his face, and then put the mask away.

Immediately, with her natural face, she revealed a charming smile and looked at the two gray mice in front of her, saying:

"Let's get to know each other again!"

"My name is Dardo, an Emerald-level adventurer!"