Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Everyone got to eat the beef pie. The pie had a thin crust and a generous filling. The crust was golden and crispy, while the inside was soft and chewy, with a rich wheat aroma.

With one bite, a crisp "crunch" sound fills the mouth, revealing the steaming hot beef filling inside. The filling is plump and juicy, with tender beef and various spices perfectly blended, exuding a rich meaty aroma.

The meat was firm yet elastic, glistening with juices. As everyone savored the beef pie, satisfied expressions appeared on their faces.

Liao Zhuang gave a thumbs-up as he ate, exclaiming, "This is so delicious!"

Zhuang Damao nodded repeatedly, his mouth full, and mumbled, "This beef pie is simply divine. I feel like I could eat ten of them."

Seeing everyone enjoying their meal so much, Lin Xiaoqian felt very satisfied and happy.

Just then, the alarm on the door went off.

The four people were silent for a moment, then put down what they were holding and walked to the monitor. The screen showed a figure lying on the ground in front of the store.

He appeared to be a teenager with spiky hair, wearing a wet, rough shirt and work pants with many patches and wear.

The four looked at each other, their hearts filled with doubt.

Lin Xiaoqian spoke first: "Why is there a person lying outside the shop?"

After discussing it for a while, the four decided to open the door and take a look. Zhuang Damao walked in front, and the others held guns in their hands for defense.

The door slowly opened, and a damp, slightly rotten smell wafted out.

They looked at the boy on the ground, who seemed to have heard the noise and moved slightly.

Zhuang Damao asked, "Who are you? What do you do?"

The boy twitched his fingers but didn't get up; he seemed to have fainted.

Lin Xiaoqian observed for a moment and then said, "Let's get him inside the shop first."

Inside the store, there is a system for monitoring, so there is a high degree of control.

Zhuang Damao grabbed the boy by the collar, dragged him into the store, and put him on the floor.

The boy lay motionless on the floor.

Liao Zhuang frowned and said, "This person suddenly appeared at the shop entrance. Could there be something wrong? We'd better be careful."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Xiaoqian said, "Let's check if he has any dangerous items on him first."

Zhuang Damao carefully turned the boy over, and everyone could see the boy's face. His face was dirty, his lips were dry and pale, but upon closer inspection, his eyelashes were very long, and he was quite good-looking.

“She’s a little girl,” Jiang Shuang suddenly said.

"Huh?" Everyone was shocked.

No one expected that the boy with spiky hair was actually a little girl.

Jiang Shuang stepped forward and searched the girl's body. She had a metal tag hanging around her neck with a thin hemp rope, and apart from some old and worn-out trinkets in her pockets, she found nothing dangerous.

Looking at the girl's pale face and tattered clothes, Lin Xiaoqian said, "Maybe she really just fainted from hunger."

Jiang Shuang brought a glass of water, gently lifted the girl's head, and slowly fed her the water.

After a while, the girl's fingers twitched again, and her eyelids trembled slightly.

Soon, she slowly opened her eyes. The pupils of her two eyes were different colors, and one of them was even blue. It was a mechanical prosthetic eye.

At this moment, her eyes were filled with vigilance and fear.

She stared intently at the group, her body slightly arched and trembling, her voice weak: "Who are you? Where is this?"

Lin Xiaoqian tried to keep her tone gentle as she said, "We brought you in after we saw you collapsed at the door. How did you end up fainting outside?"

The girl remained silent for a moment, the wariness in her eyes not completely gone, before slowly speaking, her voice slightly hoarse: "Could you give me a vial of nutrient solution?"

Nutrient solution? Lin Xiaoqian and Jiang Shuang were quite familiar with it. Most people in the interstellar world drink nutrient solution to maintain their vital signs. It seems that people in the cyber world also drink this stuff.

Lin Xiaoqian brought two beef pies from the kitchen and handed them to her on a plate: "There's no nutrient solution, but there's other food. Do you want some?"

The girl's eyes widened in surprise as she saw the pie in front of her, the aroma of the dough mixed with the smell of meat filling her nostrils.

"Gurgle~" The girl's stomach rumbled. Before Lin Xiaoqian could say anything, the girl grabbed a pie and stuffed it into her mouth.

The girl wolfed down the pie as if she had never eaten before.

The pie was about the size of an adult's palm. The girl stuffed it into her mouth in a few bites and swallowed it whole. She ate it too fast and choked, her eyes rolling back in her head.

Jiang Shuang quickly handed her some water, and she took the water and ate the pie. Only then did the uncomfortable feeling of emptiness in her stomach disappear.

After finishing one beef pie, her eyes were fixed on the last pie on the plate.

Lin Xiaoqian handed her the pie again. She picked up the second pie, but instead of eating it, she stacked it up and ran out when no one was paying attention. Like a nimble little animal, she disappeared into the winding alley.

The group exchanged bewildered glances, momentarily stunned. Lin Xiaoqian frowned: "What's going on? Why did she run away?"

The other three shook their heads, also looking puzzled.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xiaoqian said, "Let's ignore her for now and continue to think of ways to complete our mission. At least we know that there are people in this residential area."

Liao Zhuang frowned as he looked in the direction the girl had disappeared, and said, "There are definitely people there, but can they really afford our beef pies?"

Surely not everyone is like this girl, freeloading off others.

Lin Xiaoqian frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then made a decisive statement: "Let's not worry about that for now. Let's try to make more beef pies, and I'd like to store them in the warehouse after we've finished making them all."

Once everything is done, all you need to do is figure out how to sell the pies.

After hearing Lin Xiaoqian's words, everyone started to take action and try to make more beef pies.

About two hours later, the shop door was banged on loudly.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhuang Damao was closer to the kitchen door, so he quickly walked to the monitor to see what was happening outside.

Upon seeing the footage on the surveillance camera, Zhuang Damao frowned deeply and shook his head at the other three.

The others quickly wiped their hands and came over. There were more than twenty men and women standing at the door. They were wearing clothes made of special materials, and most of them had mechanical prosthetics, either mechanical arms or mechanical legs.

The man in the lead had a deep scar on his face, and a pair of golden mechanical eyes constantly scanned the small restaurant.

Then, he suddenly looked at the monitor, and the monitor screen went black the next second.