owlsbooks Chapter 170 Power Outage in the Cafeteria
Chapter 170 Power Outage in the Cafeteria
After the bandage was applied, Anna looked up at Vivian with a grateful smile: "Thank you, Dr. Vivian, thank you for your help."
Vivian shook her head, her face still flushed: "You're welcome, it's what I should do."
After saying that, she subconsciously looked up at Lin Feng, about to suggest, "It's lunchtime, why don't we go eat together?", when a commotion arose at the entrance of the infirmary—
Several dusty Chosen Ones stumbled in.
Seeing this, Lin Feng quickly nodded to Vivian and said, "It seems there are still people we need to trouble you with, so we won't bother you any longer."
Wasim and Evelyn nodded in farewell and helped Anna to her feet.
A slight sense of disappointment crossed Vivian's mind, but she immediately put on a smile and waved gently at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng paused, turned to look at her, pursed his lips almost imperceptibly, and gently pouted, making a very faint "kissing" gesture.
It was so fast it seemed like an illusion, yet enough for Vivian to catch it.
Vivian was taken aback, then a smile spread across her lips, and her cheeks flushed even more.
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Studio:
"Brother Feng, you're such a charmer! Who can resist this?!"
"Hahaha, Vivian is clearly weird, but how come she's as innocent as a schoolgirl heroine!"
"Have you all noticed that the weird side is actually quite simple? If you like something, you really just like it."
"The person upstairs is right! Compared to the intricacies of human relationships, the supernatural is definitely straightforward, and... it seems they don't even ask for a dowry?"
"But seriously, Brother Feng is definitely a tycoon in the supernatural world, right? A poor guy like him probably wouldn't have such an easy time gaining the female ghost's favor!"
"It's a pity I don't have Brother Feng's skills, otherwise I'd like to venture into the world of ghost stories too, maybe I could even snag a weirdo?"
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As soon as he left the infirmary, Lin Feng immediately activated "Call of the Wild" and sensed that the little mouse was huddled behind the drainpipe in the corner.
He walked quickly over and found it in the gap between the pipe wall and the ground—the little guy was curled up in a ball, shivering.
Lin Feng reached out and gently lifted it, putting it into his shirt pocket. He then turned to Wasim and the other two and said:
"You guys go to the cafeteria first, I'll go to the convenience store."
After picking out the most expensive ham from the convenience store and paying for it, Lin Feng ran back to where he had first discovered the mouse.
He put the little guy back into the hole, then opened the ham package, carefully broke it into small pieces, and piled them up at its "doorstep".
The mouse poked its head out, its shiny black eyes lit up, and it started gnawing on the bits of ham.
"Goodbye." Lin Feng said softly, stood up, clapped his hands, and walked quickly towards the cafeteria.
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As Lin Feng entered the cafeteria, he glanced around and saw Vassim waving at him from the window.
He nodded and turned to walk towards the food serving window.
Today's meal was fairly normal: a stew of tender beef and potatoes, two slices of dark bread, and a bowl of vegetable soup.
On one corner of each plate was an extra round balut – the shell was slightly cracked, and you could vaguely see the unhatched embryo inside, which was today's special.
Lin Feng frowned.
This thing might be considered a delicacy in some places, but it's physically quite unpalatable to him.
Thankfully, I only have to eat half; I don't have to force myself to swallow the whole thing.
He quickly carried his tray to the empty seat next to Wasim and sat down.
Vassim, Evelyn, and Anna each had the same balut placed in front of them.
Wasim remained calm, not even glancing at it twice, before snapping off half a piece in one bite, mumbling between chews, "Quite a good amount of protein."
Lin Feng secretly admired him, but when he looked at the balut on his plate, he could only pick it up with a bitter face, close his eyes, and bite off a small piece with difficulty, enduring the discomfort as he slowly swallowed it.
On the contrary, Evelyn and Anna ate with ease, one looking calm and the other looking serene, as if they were just eating an ordinary boiled egg, showing no signs of discomfort.
There were also a dozen or so trainee prison guards in the canteen, but their appearance was particularly eye-catching—each of them had a strange, grayish-brown object on their back that looked like a sandbag or a human figure.
It is the "Soul of Burden" that appeared in the previous punishment segment.
The eerie thing clung to their backs, its arms loosely wrapped around their chests, like an invisible mountain pressing down on them.
These dozen or so people were either slowly eating with their heads down or hunched over, barely able to sit up straight, with fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, and each time they raised their hands, it seemed to be an extra effort.
"It's true that the weak are always weak, and the strong are always strong!" Evelyn sighed softly, her gaze sweeping over the figures.
"They were already among the weaker groups in terms of physical fitness, and now they're carrying a 10-kilogram penalty... which will only further deplete their already insufficient physical strength."
Wasim swallowed the food in his mouth and said earnestly, "So it's really important to exercise regularly."
Before the words were finished—
"Snapped!"
A short, crisp sound of an electrical circuit breaking rang out, and the lights in the entire cafeteria suddenly went out, plunging it into darkness.
"Rule number three! It's the cafeteria rule number three!" someone exclaimed in a low voice.
[Cafeteria Rule 3: In the event of a complete power outage in the cafeteria due to an "accident," please close your eyes immediately.]
Do not open your eyes, no matter what you hear or smell.
A bell will ring once in the darkness; that's a safety signal.
We will remember those who opened their eyes before hearing the bell.
Almost instinctively, all the trainee prison guards closed their eyes, their hands gripping the hem of their clothes tightly, none of them forgetting the rule engraved on the cafeteria entrance.
Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat, and then a thought flashed through his mind—
His talent "Rule Immunity" has finished its 24-hour cooldown, and he can activate it again.
"System, activate the [Rule Exemption] function. I want to exempt the cafeteria rule 3."
[Ding~ The exemption has taken effect and is valid for 24 hours.]
[During this period, the restrictions of Cafeteria Rule 3 can be ignored; the host can freely open/close their eyes without being penalized by the rule.]
As soon as the system notification sound ended, Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.
At first, everything was pitch black, but after a few seconds, his pupils adjusted to the darkness, and he gradually saw the scene in the cafeteria clearly—
This is no empty darkness; it is clearly a bizarre feast!
A dozen or so dark figures wandered through the aisles of the cafeteria. Their outlines were indistinct, their edges like ink stains spreading, and their forms were elusive.
The most horrifying thing was the face—a smooth, pale plane with a slowly writhing, irregularly shaped, dark gray hole embedded in the center.
Deep within the hole, a faint, needle-like crimson light occasionally flashed.
They slid silently down the corridor, bringing that blank face close to the sitting prison guard.
The hole widened slightly, with viscous threads stretching from its edges, as if greedily "sniffing" the scent and emotions of the living...