The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

If it were the old Xing Dazhuang and Huang Xiaoqi who had left all the restaurant's profits to their son, it wouldn't be impossible for him to leave the city.

But since we've already left the city, and Huang Xiaoqi also mentioned on the scroll that she'd take Xing Tiantian to the amusement park for his birthday, who is she taking him?

After a moment of contemplation, Li Can casually put the mop back in its usual place, walked to the cashier, and took out the two people's certificates and placed them on the table.

"When will my son be back?" He pretended to be very tired as he sat in a chair, flipping through and checking the contents of the certificate.

"School should be over in a few hours, and then the school bus will take us back... Sigh, honey, why don't we stop collecting fees separately and just collect them all from one person?"

"When the time comes, whether you or I leave the city first, at least our son will have someone to keep him company, right?"

After Huang Xiaoqi finished speaking, Li Can had a general idea of ​​the situation here.

Even after accumulating the full amount on the exit certificate, one can still live in this labyrinthine city.

Xing Tiantian is a living example right before our eyes, and she can even attend school here... As for the suggestions she mentioned, no matter what they choose, it wouldn't be good for a couple.

It is detrimental to family harmony.

However, that's not important right now. What's important is that, based on the information Li Can has gathered so far, a comprehensive analysis shows that both the player characters and the native inhabitants of the eerie city share a common goal.

Save up money, leave the city...

Whether we can get out or not, that's the situation right now.

"Are you upset? Look at my mouth, that's not what I meant, I'm just worried about our son."

"It's nothing," Li Can waved his hand.

Huang Xiaoqi's thoughts were simple, consisting of two plans: one was that she genuinely wanted to be with her child as soon as possible, and the other was that she selfishly wanted to leave first.

The woman grabbed Li Can's arm and pressed her body against him, acting coquettishly, "If you don't agree, I won't bring it up again, okay? Don't be angry."

The pungent smell of perfume filled Li Can's nostrils. He frowned, silently withdrew his arm, and tapped his finger on the certificate.

"I'm not angry. Look at the points here, we need to make sure we can reach the upper limit of the requirements for leaving the city as soon as possible. We also need to find a way to expand our business."

He changed the subject and successfully escaped the woman's advances.

Huang Xiaoqi was drawn to his words, and the two of them looked at the densely packed numbers on the screen.

Li Can's certificate showed a cumulative total of 23359, while Huang Xiaoqi's total reached 22500.

一个又一个18元+28元+15元＋9元＋7.5元……的数字相加，这都是饭店中饭菜的定价。

We are still far from reaching the target of 666 million.

Li Can had a slightly uneasy feeling. In real life, he would face difficulties in making money, so why did he have to find ways to make money in a dungeon game?

This is really a headache.

He truly admired Xing Dazhuang's family; they pooled their resources and gave 666 million yuan to Xing Tiantian to help the child escape. How long would it take to earn that much?

With just this simple little restaurant and such low prices, Li Can has no way to leave the instance before the countdown to the destruction of Blue Star ends if he doesn't come up with a solution.

Let alone getting Huang Xiaoqi's certificate to meet the requirements, even if the two of them went out to rob a bank, it would be difficult.

This is no longer a question of who came first or who came last.

If he weren't in a hurry, he could proceed slowly and earn money gradually, but the problem now is that he doesn't have time to wait.

Regardless of what happens after I finally get the full certificate and leave the city, right now, I can't even step out of the city gate.

"What else can we do, sir?" Huang Xiaoqi asked, a look of bewilderment crossing her face.

"Our family has been doing this for almost 300 years, and I've never heard of any other way to make money so quickly..."

"Do you want to raise prices? That won't do. The customers won't be satisfied. If you anger them, you'll be in big trouble. No way!"

"I've been quite tired these past few years, living such a precarious life just for the sake of each day. But seeing our son leave the city makes all our hard work worthwhile!"

Huang Xiaoqi counted the time on her fingers, her mind filled with satisfaction at the results of her work.

Li Can was left alone in the chair, feeling a chill run down his spine.

What does nearly three hundred years mean? Looking at Huang Xiaoqi's face, she didn't seem that old. He guessed that the local natives probably didn't age.

They were trapped in time. Thinking about it this way, Li Can suddenly felt that the natives were actually quite pitiful, even though in his eyes they were just NPCs in one of the dungeon worlds.

But in their own stories, they truly endured so much suffering that even the most hardworking and burdened office workers of today are not as tormented as they are.

At least when they get old, they can retire. But these people live their whole lives, or even centuries, just for the one obsession in their hearts: "to leave the city."

What kind of world lies outside the city that makes the indigenous people yearn for it so much?

By this calculation, his "son" Xing Tiantian is probably several times older than him in real age.

Huang Xiaoqi and Xing Tiantian could even be considered to be of the same generation as Li Can's grandparents.

Thinking about this, Li Can re-examined his various actions. To play the role of "Xing Dazhuang" well and avoid suspicion, he needed to be even more careful.

With so many years of experience, wouldn't they realize that their partner has been replaced by a different soul?

Perhaps there's some influence from the game's dungeons here, but Li Can believes he should still proceed with caution.

So he temporarily stopped discussing the business model in depth, at least he couldn't have too much in-depth conversation with Huang Xiaoqi.

Let's stop here.

The sound of wind came from afar, making the glass door clang.

Li Can looked up at the night outside the door. Across the distant street, a group of eerie, dark green creatures were drifting towards his restaurant, their purpose quite clear.

Although it's unknown how Huang Xiaoqi adapted to survive in the dark, Li Can, thanks to the absorption of the crystal core, could see everything clearly.

"We have guests."

The eerie creatures entered the house; the five were of varying sizes, some tall, some short, some fat, and some thin.

[Boss, I've heard your food is really good.]

We'd like a five-point serving of green pepper and shredded pork rice.

A message box popped up on the fat, eerie head of the group at the front.

"Alright, guests, please have a seat for a moment, we'll be ready right away."

Seeing that customers were coming and she could make money, Huang Xiaoqi happily went forward to greet them, pulling out chairs in advance and inviting them to sit down.

Although the eerie guests made a "sitting" motion, they were actually floating, their bodies folded at a 90-degree angle and curled up on the chairs, facing each other as they waited for their meal to be served.

"Were you referred by the previous customer?"

Yes, we want to eat too.

"Okay, okay, I definitely won't let you down." Huang Xiaoqi was very happy.

But Li Can's face was full of numbness.

Good heavens, my cooking skills have actually received some strange recognition.

Li Can silently walked back to the kitchen, tied on an apron, and began skillfully rummaging through the refrigerator for ingredients.

"I'll just hold out until closing time," he thought.