In just half a minute, all participating teams entered the instance one after another. A whole row of lit virtual screens looked particularly spectacular.
At this point, it was reasonable to suspect that the safe time for universal liberation was set just after this wave of celebration. The squares in each world were full of people, waiting with admiration and anticipation for the official launch of the instance.
Unlike ordinary instances, the live stream this time was based on the team. By scanning the QR code on each screen through the live stream platform, they could see the live stream screen of the corresponding team on their virtual panel. Even the audience charging model was uniformly canceled. After the instance is over, the officials would settle the reward points for all team members based on the total accumulated viewing time.
This time, the officials of the unlimited games were surprisingly generous.
It wasn’t known the specific reason for this change, but this arrangement was undoubtedly very friendly to the audiences of the small worlds.
Players gathered in groups of three to five in front of the screen walls in the major squares. The crowd density in each place was enough to determine the level of support for the team in that area.
The screens of the top teams were all surrounded by supporters. It was obvious that everyone was willing to watch the masters speed through the instances, while the screens of those unknown teams were deserted for a while.
Some players who arrived late were already squeezed out of the crowd when they arrived. They felt helpless looking at the crowded area and walked towards a less crowded direction. The moment they got closer, they heard someone crying out, “F*k! This face! It is actually Yue Ren!”
The player walked over curiously and asked politely, “Who?”
“An NPC in an instance! I knew that the Dawn team had signed up for this event, so I came here specifically to see it. I didn’t expect that the speculations in the comments were all true. Did they really bring Yue Ren out of the instance?”
The player was confused when he heard this. “Huh? What NPC? What ranking is the Dawn team? I don’t think I’ve heard of it before.”
Apparently, he wasn’t the only one who had no impression of the name at the time. However, many people gathered around when hearing the words about bringing an NPC out of an instance.
“It is the team on screen 89. As for the ranking… the team has just been established, so the ranking shouldn’t be high. But that isn’t the point.” As one of the first viewers who followed Chi Ting due to the Love Apartment instance, this brother accidentally entered the live stream room a few days ago and happened to bump into the process of Yue Ren’s identity being revealed. At this time, he finally saw the familiar figure in the team’s live stream instead of a mosaic. He was a bit excited and tried to gesture. “It is an NPC! Look at that man. He was an NPC in the Love Apartment instance! He was brought out of the instance by the player called Chi Ting!”
Unfortunately, the looks from people around him were mostly filled with confusion.
“F*k!” The player didn’t say anything else. He simply opened the player forum and typed up a post, trying to find the resonance he wanted among the sea of people.
But no matter whether the other people present realized his shock or not, many people still focused their attention on team 89.
At this time, all the teams had been successfully teleported into the instance. The members of the Dawn team, like other teams, were standing at the starting location of this instance.
The people in the instance naturally couldn’t feel the attention from outside. After Chi Ting opened his eyes, he became familiar with the light that had come on and immediately observed the surrounding environment.
The most intuitive feeling at first glance was that they were in a restaurant with very exquisite decorations.
It had a very bourgeois feel. There was a brown decoration tone, and every set of bowls and chopsticks on the table seemed to have been carefully selected. This made the whole style appear very consistent.
The clock on the wall was ticking slowly.
The current time was 7 p.m. The moonlight coming in from outside hit the window frame, reflecting a warm color. Under the light, the pointer inside seemed to bounce off a dazzling luster as it moved.
Perhaps because it wasn’t business hours or for some other reason, but the restaurant was empty with no customers.
There seemed to be people passing by outside. But judging from the result of Hua Qianmei’s attempt to open the door just now, if even she didn’t have the strength to open the door then it meant there was no possibility for them to leave the restaurant at the moment.
They couldn’t leave here, which meant this restaurant was their main activity area for this instance.
Chi Ting stood there patiently and carefully observed the surroundings. Then he heard a slight sound coming from the side.
He turned around and saw Lou Yueren fiddling with the tea set on the table. He seemed to notice Chi Ting’s gaze and looked up. Once their eyes met, Lou Yueren smiled at him. “This style seems like it finally isn’t an instance designed by No 7.”
Chi Ting nodded in agreement. “Indeed.”
The presence of pink elements couldn’t be the only criterion for judgment, but it could be felt that each instance had more or less revealed some of the designer’s style.
It wasn’t difficult to feel from the restaurant in front of them that the designer of this instance was at least full of romantic sentiments, like an artist who strove for perfection. The designer was so picky about the details of every scene to the point of almost nitpicking.
At least in the previous instance belonging to No 7, this person never wasted too much time on such insignificant visual effects.
After a few seemingly short minutes, the familiar system notification came.
[Cindura Restaurant is about to open for business. Serving customers is serving God! Please run your store well and try to earn as many sales as possible within seven days!]
[Please note, the initial rules are as follows:
- The business hours of Cindura Restaurant are from midnight to 2 a.m. every day. Please complete the preparation of dishes before the official opening. Do not let any customers enter the restaurant during the non-business period.
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Different customers have different preferences. When facing the challenge of new customers, please make providing perfect service your ultimate goal.
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As long as you enter the restaurant, you will be regarded as a VIP customer of Cindura. Customers are king. Please try your best to meet their needs and never anger them.
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The daily menu categories can be adjusted according to the food reserves and customer preferences of the day. The higher the customer satisfaction, the more sales will be gained.
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Combining work and rest is conducive to avoiding sudden death. Before opening every day, the business hours can be appropriately shortened on the premise of ensuring the minimum sales standard.
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The restaurant’s reputation is above all else. Please try to get good reviews and avoid bad reviews.]
[Once the seven day business is over, all surviving players can receive an instance settlement based on their total sales.]
[During the operation period, please abide by the rules of the game!]
Was this really a management game?
Chi Ting pondered the contents of the initial rules over and over again. Then he smiled as he looked at Lu Nanling. “It seems you guessed right again. This time, it is indeed a game instance with a fixed duration to determine the rewards for clearing the instance.”
“Yes, look at the final sales.” Lu Nanling had already grasped the most critical point. He held a small notebook in his hand and slowly explained, “Rule 1 tells us that the business hours are fixed every day. Rule 5 might allow for shortened business hours, but there is no doubt that making the most of the effective time can better promote sales growth. Then, apart from these two rules, the rest of the content is basically related to the so-called customers. If nothing unexpected happens, these so-called customers are probably the most critical existence in this instance.”
As he spoke, he made two more strokes on the notebook with his pen. He glanced past Chi Ting and looked at the man behind him. “Is my analysis correct?”
Lou Yueren was still playing with the tea set in his hands. He couldn’t help smiling when he was asked this question. “I think it is very rigorous, but this is a management game. Don’t you think we need to make some adjustments to the dishes?”
Lu Nanling stated very objectively, “If this instance is about cooking skills, given our team’s situation, we should admit defeat directly.”
The others who were thinking next to him: “……”
There was no evidence, but why did they feel like they had been stepped on?
“No matter what, we are opening a restaurant, so we still need to study the menu. It is already past 7 p.m. According to the rules, the first day of business starts at midnight. Let’s act as soon as possible.” Chi Ting clapped his hands. The others heard the call and walked into the kitchen under Lu Nanling’s leadership.
Chi Ting stood where he was and took another look at the clock on the wall.
It was just a setting issue, but for some reason, he always felt that the business hours of this restaurant were a bit strange.
Every night after midnight.
Which restaurant would choose to open at such a time when there was obviously a lack of traffic, and the business hours were only two hours?
After seven days of business, all surviving players could obtain the instance settlement based on their total sales.
Compared with the previous initial rules, the word ‘survival’ in the final conclusion was also very intriguing.
Chi Ting turned around while thinking.
Just as he was about to go into the kitchen with the others, his vision darkened, and he noticed that Lou Yueren was still there. “What’s wrong?”
Lou Yueren glanced at the figures disappearing around the corner and lowered his voice subtly. “They actually said they would admit defeat directly with their cooking skills. It seems that Captain Chi has never cooked for them personally.”
Chi Ting reminded him, “Have you forgotten what the situation is like in our place? It is basically compressed food or canned food. We just eat whatever we can get. Even if we really need to make a fire, we can basically just cook in the wild. Apart from the rare time resting in our homes, we don’t have the time to cook properly.”
“That is true.” Lou Yueren shook his head and sighed. “It sounds like they don’t have much luck with their food.”
The curve of his mouth became clearer. “But this is also good. From now on, you only need to cook for me.”
Chi Ting finally realized what this person was focusing on. He laughed a bit and dragged Lou Yueren inside. “Can you please pay attention to the occasion when being possessive?”
“Okay, I’ll try. But I really wasn’t flattering you just now. Lu Nanling’s inference is indeed correct. Any designer with a bit of brains won’t let their instance become a so-called cooking PK competition.” Lou Yueren let Chi Ting drag him away without reacting. He followed leisurely, glancing inside after entering through the door, and smiled silently. “Here, if you don’t believe me. Look.”
The four people who entered the kitchen earlier were already standing in front of the wall.
Ji Xingque noticed the footsteps coming in and turned around. “Captain, look!”
Chi Ting looked in the direction he pointed and found that the wall had a list of ingredients for each dish.
He took a quick glance before his gaze completely froze. “This is…”
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