Give me the first charge [hologram]

"Woman? NPC?"

Tang Song's tone was surprised, "I haven't encountered it. The only NPC we have seen so far is the hotel owner, but he is an old man with a big beard. Where did you see the woman in the robe? In the woods?"

Wen Liangjiu nodded and said concisely, "Yes."

"Don't cherish your words like gold, everyone."

Tang Song smiled and said, "For the sake of me coming out to pick you up at night, let's exchange information. Did the woman have any clues?"

"Tell us to get out of here as soon as possible."

Bai Li thought for a while, took off the backpack on his shoulders, held it in his hand and asked, "You guys met, next to the trap. Do you have this?"

"never seen it."

Tang Song looked at the backpack in his hand, "Is this a prop bag? What's in it?"

"Food and water. Some odds and ends."

Bailey opened the bag and gave him a look.The night was thick, and the small night pearl that was pressed at the bottom was not found.

"The material of this bag looks familiar."

Tang Song stretched out his hand and stroked the surface of the old backpack twice, "I seem to have seen it in a hotel. There are handicrafts and other things hanging on the wall, which are a bit similar to the color of one of the satchels. It feels the same. It feels rough."

"Go to the hotel and check it out."

Teacher Jia leaned forward, "By the way, the one I gave you earlier..."

"I'll take care of it."

Bai Li interrupted him, "It's safer to put it here."

Seeing what he wanted to say, Wen Liangjiu stepped sideways between the two of them to separate his gaze, and said in a normal tone, "If I were you, I would choose to be quiet. Otherwise, be prepared to go to the pit by yourself."

Teacher Jia shrank his neck.

It was indeed because of themselves that the few people had tossed about for a while.He glanced at the backpack again. Although he was reluctant, he looked away resentfully and did not make a sound.

"Well, there's a light in the window over there."

He Ji pointed to the house on the corner a few meters away, "That's it, right?"

"Correct."

As Tang Song said, he walked a few steps quickly, and pushed open the door of the small hotel first. The wooden "Business" sign hanging on the door panel was knocked twice, "Come in quickly, many people have already arrived."

This is a small hotel in a semi-crypt style, and there are several steps down after entering the door.The room was much warmer than the outside, so the temperature difference was huge, and Baili shivered as soon as he entered the door.

"What are you shaking? Scared?"

Wen Liangjiu seized the opportunity to show his gentle side, and comforted softly, "Don't be afraid."

"..."

He Ji also trembled all over, looking at him with shame on his face.

Bailey was too ashamed to look at him.

There are no lights in the hotel, but there are many thick and long candles burning. It is bright, warm and crowded.A lot of people had already gathered in the lobby, sitting around in twos and threes.After Tang Song came in, he said hello and went to find his team.

He Ji sat down at the long table, saw the sumptuous dinner in front of others, and was drooled by the imitation food aroma, "I'm hungry Jiuye."

Wen Liangjiu didn't lift his head, "Don't be hungry."

"..."

That being said, he's been flipping through the menu since he sat down.Looking at it, the expression became very interesting, "Do they still have meals specially for 'outsiders'?"

Bai Li sat next to him, heard the words and took a few glances, and found that the menu was divided into two parts, providing food for local residents and foreigners, no matter what the dishes were, from seasonings to main dishes, the ingredients used were not the same are coincident.

"What's going on, is it possible that the villagers here still discriminate against foreigners?"

Hearing this, Meng Lian was curious, and asked for a menu to observe carefully, "It's really different... What kind of food are they eating here? I've never heard of it. It's a pity that there are no pictures, so I can't see how it looks like."

The food on the menu for "outsiders" is common household food, but the meals for local residents are cooked with unnamed ingredients, which seem to be local specialties.He Ji beckoned to the NPC brother who was in charge of ordering, and pointed to the menu and asked, "This... the dishes listed in 'local', can't our foreign guests order?"

"A power point is a power point."

The little brother wondered, "But judging from past experience, you should not be used to it, so it's better not to waste it."

"When you come out to play, you should pay attention to doing as the Romans do. Shouldn't you try the local specialties when you come here?"

When he said this, He Ji's curiosity was aroused instead, "It's okay, I'm curious about the taste, maybe I just like this taste. Give us a serving to try, and I'll give you the most representative one."

"...Okay, please wait a moment."

After a while, the little brother brought a plate of khaki fried food.

It was impossible to tell whether it was the corpse of a bug or the cub of some kind of animal. The smell was so weird that the other four people who had leaned forward to watch the excitement quickly stepped back and sat back down.

He Ji swallowed his saliva calmly, and poked open the burnt shell with his chopsticks.The shell shattered, and a green viscous liquid flowed out along with a more intense and strange smell, dripping all over the plate.

"Yo, I'm still in a hurry."

Wen Liangjiu urged with malicious intentions, "Try it?"

"...No more."

He Ji recognized the reality and quickly gave up. He put down his chopsticks and beckoned his little brother to change the dishes.

"Tell me what the production team thought, to make such a disgusting thing."

He looked around and found that all the places were booked out by "outlanders" that night, and there were no local residents for reference. "Do the people in this area really like to eat this kind of food?"

"Seems to be."

Unlike others who just flip through a few pages and order a dish, Baili patiently flipped through the menu to the end.Seeing the small notes on the last page, I manually typed and explained, "The people here, the ingredients used to cook the food are all native-grown. The food prepared for us is shipped from outside. Because the ingredients used cannot be grown locally. , can only rely on transportation.”

When he "speaks", there are bubbles floating on his head, which has a weird cuteness.Wen Liangjiu couldn't help raising his hand to poke.

Bai Li glanced at him helplessly, and changed the text in the bubble, "This means that the village has channels to communicate with the outside world, and it is not isolated from the outside world. Coupled with what the wanderers revealed before, we are not the only ones A stranger in a 'treasure hunt' in the village of Polai."

"Why, is this actually a tourist attraction?"

"That's not like it. If you look at it as a tourist attraction, the degree of development is too low."

"Also, look here."

Bai Li moved the menu in front of Wen Liangjiu, "There is an interesting detail in the drinks section."

Wen Liangjiu looked along his fingers, and his eyes fell on the "hot cocoa" option in the corner.

"In the previous dish, cocoa was used."

Bai Li said, "The foreign country and the local, both parts of the menu have been used."

"It seems here, residents. The only thing we can eat, our food, is cocoa nuts."

There was a little smile in his voice, as if he realized that he had found an easter egg①, "The staff who designed this part. Have you, seen, that movie?"

Wen Liangjiu raised his eyebrows, "Which movie?"

"Last time you said, that one."

Burry prompts, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

"Oh."

Wen Liangjiu laughed in his heart, but his face remained calm, "Didn't you say you don't like watching cartoons?"

"...Since you mentioned it all."

He said awkwardly, "I'll just drop by and find out."

"As expected of a scholar."

Wen Liangjiu nodded in affirmation, "The thirst for knowledge is strong."

How did he act so calm?

Bai Li was surprised for a moment, and quickly reacted, "The person in charge of this part, the production team..."

Could it be you? !

Wen Liangjiu's expression remained calm.When he spoke again, there was a little pride and obvious satisfaction in his tone, "I knew you would find out."

The two chatted for a while here, He Ji went to the front desk first to inquire about the news, and came back just in time for the food to be served.

"The rooms are full."

He casually took a piece of bread, broke off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, "I have to make do in this lobby tonight. It sounds like something will happen soon. Look, this is not the case for the other people who booked the room." They're still waiting here."

"It's already midnight. Ah Ruan hasn't come back yet?"

as expected.When the "Open" wooden board on the hotel's door plate was turned over to the "Closed" on the back, the boss moved his fat body and came out from the counter, stroked his beard and began to perform, "This brat, when you look for him, there is always no one. In the room?"

"He has been absent-minded all this time, and he rarely comes back."

After serving the food, the order boy leaned against the counter to rest, holding a cup of hot cocoa and jokingly said, "Could it be that I have a sweetheart, so I went to a private meeting in the middle of the night?"

"Hmph. When he comes back, I'll ask. Which family's girl is it? My son is so fascinated that I don't even want to go home."

The boss walked steadily through rows of long tables, and loudly talked about how outstanding his son was, "To be honest, it's hard to find a better boy in our family than my family, Ruan."

"I bet, if the patriarch's daughter hadn't had to marry outside, then the only person in this village who is worthy of her is my family, Ruan."

"...Boss, don't talk about this."

A nameless wind blew the candlelight.The order boy felt jealous, "Let's think about how to get Ah Ruan back. After all, today is a special day."

"Where am I going to find him? He's not the little boy who tells me when he goes to the bathroom."

The boss complained, but still kept walking in the store, "He is already a mature young man, he knows what he should do and when he should go home."

Suddenly, his steps stopped.

Bai Li seemed to have sensed it, and when he looked up, he found that the eyes of the whole store were on him.

"..."

Bai Li subconsciously looked at Wen Liangjiu, "What's wrong?"

Wen Liangjiu raised his chin at him.Facing the direction he signaled, Bai Li turned around, and saw the boss who was still full of anger standing behind him, his face became dazed and uneasy.

He looked at the backpack in Baili's hand, and asked, "Why...do you have Ah Ruan's things?"

The author has something to say:

①: The easter egg is the Oompa Loompa who has the same weird food in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" but only loves cocoa fruit~

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