Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

he asked.

"I don't know about that. Anyway, everything inside is made of wood. You have to rinse it off before taking a bath, and after you're done, they'll ask if you want some milk or something."

"The ox and horse said."

Oh, that's Japanese style.

Liu Zheng had never been there, but he had seen it a lot in anime.

Is the fee expensive?

"If you just want to take a shower, the ticket is only 100 yuan. But for your situation, there will probably be an extra charge, but it will be at most a thousand yuan or so. There aren't many people here at this time anyway."

"The ox and horse said."

"That's fine."

A thousand or so yuan would have been a huge sum for Liu Zheng when he first entered the instance, but for him now it's just a small amount of money.

"Are there any things I should be careful about?"

he asked again.

"There doesn't seem to be anything particularly noteworthy. Oh, right, there's a shrine between the men's and women's hot springs. If you move the shrine aside, you can see the other side."

"But you'd better not be impulsive. You might get lucky and have a romantic encounter, or you might not."

What happens if you have bad luck?

"I don't know, because those unlucky people haven't appeared again."

"The ox and horse said."

"Okay, I promise I won't do it."

Liu Zheng said.

If it were a real hot spring, he might succumb to his desires, but in a metropolis, he'd rather not.

What if, once the shrine is moved, there's a golden-haired heifer posing and preening on the other side?

The eyes of the body can grow back after they go blind, but the eyes of the mind can never grow back after they go blind.

"Hmph, that's what they said before they disappeared."

Niu Ma planted a flag for him.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Zheng didn't leave immediately, but instead opened the delivery box first.

Upon opening the lunchbox, a moldy whole-wheat bread blinked its little eyes and stared back at him.

"Really mealworms?"

Liu Zheng looked at the long, thin legs next to the whole wheat bread, which resembled centipedes, and felt a chill run down his spine.

He should have realized it sooner; the Bloody Restaurant's takeout service emphasizes realism.

Of course, mealworms that can still blink after being blanched are also quite magical.

Name: Boiled Mealworms

Type: Item

Quality: Excellent

"Effect: Restores a moderate amount of stamina."

"Note: The ultimate solution to the conflict between vegetarians and meat-eaters, and of course, the beginning of a full-scale war."

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

Such a mealworm can restore a moderate amount of physical strength; no wonder people in post-apocalyptic novels raise insects.

Of course, Liu Zheng wouldn't eat it.

These mealworms look plump, juicy, healthy, and environmentally friendly; that socially anxious spider would definitely love them.

He put away the boiled mealworms, took out the human bone cane, and walked in the direction the ox and horse had indicated.

With each step he took, the shadowy figures stirred.

By the time Liu Zheng reached the edge of the restaurant area, their scarlet eyes had already been revealed.

"By the way, I guess this counts as business travel, so could I call a car?"

Liu Zheng suddenly had a brilliant idea, and then he put it into practice immediately.

"I got some boiled mealworms, I'll lure them out and try them out when I get back to the restaurant."

When the call connected, the first thing he talked about was the socially awkward spider.

"Oh, that? Then it should like it."

The driver agreed.

"If I damage my work clothes, it should come out and deliver new ones, right?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Yes. But if you deliberately damage your work clothes, your wages will be deducted."

The driver replied.

"That doesn't matter."

Anyway, he didn't expect to get paid.

Are you looking to rent a car?

The driver asked proactively.

"Yes, is that alright?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"According to the regulations, you definitely can't do it without having any orders in hand."

The driver hesitated.

"It's not like you have to deliver food to rent a car. I was just going to take a shower on my boss's orders, so it's kind of like I was on official business."

He sensed the driver's wavering resolve and pressed him relentlessly.

"Okay. What kind of car do you want to rent?"

After hesitating for a moment, the driver agreed to Liu Zheng's request.

"A Ferrari will do."

"it is good."

A dozen seconds later, the familiar Ferrari pulled up in front of him.

"No wonder you wanted to rent a car, it turns out you were being targeted by the Fly Man."

The driver looked into the distance and said.

"Fly Man?"

"That's right, a lowly race that feeds on garbage and rotting matter. They are weak and unintelligent, but because the Sanitation Department needs them to work, they have been included in the protection list, and even non-citizens cannot hunt them at will."

The driver explained.

"There's such a thing? What if they attack me?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Of course you can just kill them indiscriminately. But I suggest you don't do that. Their corpses are worthless, and they might even explode when they die. The smell will linger for a month or two."

the driver said.

"It doesn't matter, the smell on me is never going away anyway."

He said with a cold expression.

"I was wondering how you got targeted by those fly-like people. They're not very bold and wouldn't easily mess with restaurant staff."

The driver suddenly realized.

Can't you smell it?

"I'm not a living person, of course I can't smell it."

the driver said.

"Ok."

If it's not a living person, then it must be a dead person?

However, judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem quite the same as a ghost like the red pig.

"If you don't want to fight them, hire me to drive."

the driver said.

"Can't I shake them off myself?"

"There's a reason why I charge such high fees."

The driver said mysteriously.

"Then trouble you."

Liu Zheng said decisively.

In the metropolis, things that can be solved with money are the simplest things.

After he got into the car, the driver didn't start the car, but instead pressed a button.

The exhaust outlets at the rear of the sports car automatically detached, revealing two huge jet nozzles that looked like they had been removed from a fighter jet.

The driver lightly pressed the accelerator, and blue flames immediately shot out from the nozzle.

The roar of the engine amplified more than tenfold, shaking the entire street.

"Brilliant."

Liu Zheng gave a thumbs-up, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Forget about it, only I can use this feature."

The driver saw right through his thoughts.

"I wasn't thinking about anything."

Liu Zheng stubbornly insisted.

The driver smiled faintly and stepped on the gas.

A dazzling blue wave of flame erupted from the nozzle, making the surrounding air appear ethereal and blurred.

The Ferrari shot off in an instant, along with the shadowy figures that had been lurking there.

When they were exposed to the sunlight, Liu Zheng finally saw what they looked like.

Rather than calling them fly "people," they are more like monsters made of flesh and blood, possessing characteristics of both flies and humans.

They have flat, round heads, and two huge red compound eyes occupy two-thirds of their faces.

They have two huge, hooked teeth on their lower jaw, with the roots embedded in fleshy tubes that extend all the way to their protruding foreheads.

Their lower jaws are covered with a ring of fleshy buds of varying numbers, and these buds have honeycomb-like cavities.

What's even more disgusting are their skinless bodies, covered with sparse, fine, curly black hair, beneath which lies pale red, uneven, fatty flesh.

Their bodies are abnormally hunched, and their limbs are also abnormally bent.

Two fleshy wings covered in mucus extended from their backs; the crisscrossing mucus web was their wings.

Watching the speeding sports car, its fleshy buds twitched slightly, and the cavities opened and closed constantly, just like nostrils.

"Buzz buzz!"

The lead fly-man emitted a piercing, vibrating sound, which was echoed by the other fly-men.

With the flies as their leader and arrowheads, they formed a triangular formation and chased after Liu Zheng.