I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 347: E-sports room becomes popular again, returns to Taiping Ancient Town
After seeing Wei Jing off, Cao Yanhua looked at the people in the conference room again and felt a headache.

Those sitting in the conference room now are Cao Yang, Zhang Lei, Zhou Deng, Su Fan, Li Leping, Liu San, Li Jun and Ah Hong.

There are five captain-level figures!
Fortunately, supernatural incidents across the country have been on a downward trend during this period, otherwise if the five captains had stayed at the headquarters, other places would have been out of control long ago.

Talk about it.

We have to thank the Peace Hotel and its "store manager" a lot. The ghost bus runs to the Peace Hotel three times a day, sending several or even dozens of ghosts there every day.

It not only increased the performance of the Peace Hotel, but also solved many real-life supernatural events.

According to the information we got from the responsible persons in various places, after some supernatural incidents broke out, before they could solve them, they found that a bus rushed in, and when the bus left, the ghost disappeared.

The existence of the Peace Hotel is effectively alleviating the outbreak of supernatural events in the country.

This is also the main reason why Cao Yanhua did not drive the five captains back to their respective territories, but he never let down his vigilance against the Peace Hotel.

Especially now.

"Look at you guys, you are a group of captains and leaders of the headquarters, and you are well-known figures in the outside world, but now you are fighting over who can play games tonight. What kind of nonsense is this? What kind of nonsense is this?!!!"

At the end, Cao Yanhua slammed the table and said, "Look at Wei Jing. He was the first one to take the initiative to complete the task. Now look at you!"

Unfortunately, no matter how angry Cao Yanhua was, his deterrence to these captains and leaders was limited.

Who makes him just an ordinary person?
That is to say, the current social order has not been completely destroyed by evil spirits. When that time really comes, there may be a terrible situation where powerful ghost riders will rule one side!
However, as a nephew, Cao Yang couldn't bear to let Cao Yanhua sit out. He raised his hand and whispered, "Old Wei got the most game points last night. It's normal for him to give up the opportunity today. Otherwise, he will be envied."

Cao Yanhua glared at him, "What do you mean, Lao Wei, Lao Wei? What do you mean by that?"

"Hehe! It's easier to shout it, Guards, Guards, hehe!" Cao Yang smiled foolishly and closed his mouth and didn't say anything more.

Cao Yanhua felt much better.

Li Jun glanced at the few people and said immediately, "Minister Cao, you know me. I will not spend the night at the Peace Hotel, nor will I play virtual games."

simply put:
I'm just here to join in the fun, don't get angry with me!
Ah Hong nodded repeatedly beside Li Jun, just like a little wife. Cao Yanhua couldn't help but say, "It seems that what the store manager said is right. You two really do look like a couple. If you are willing, you can give it a try first. After all, life is short, and it's not bad to experience more of life."

What?
Li Jun and Ah Hong exchanged a glance, the latter lowered her head, while the former was furious, "Minister Cao, please stop talking nonsense, you've upset Ah Hong. We're just trying to get used to our status and relationship in front of the store manager, please don't mess around with us, or it'll ruin Ah Hong's reputation."

The smile on Ah Hong's face froze and she could no longer smile.

Cao Yanhua looked at Li Jun as if he were an idiot, but did not say anything else. As for Li Jun... He glanced at Ah Hong and sighed inwardly.

He is just a straight-forward person, which doesn't mean he is stupid or has no tact.

"I'm going out on patrol."

Li Jun got up and left to avoid the embarrassment of staying, and Ah Hong did not stay either. She left with a sentence "I'll go too" and followed him out.

There were people coming and going in the corridor outside the meeting room.

These were all ordinary civilian staff, and none of them had any supernatural powers. There was no fear in their eyes when they looked at Li Jun and Ah Hong, only admiration and respect.

"Do you enjoy this feeling?" Ah Hong asked softly behind him.

Li Jun shook his head, but did not stop. He nodded to the others in a friendly manner and replied, "It's not enjoyment, but love. At least this can show that I, a thing that is neither human nor ghost, can still be of some use to society."

Neither human nor ghost?
Ah Hong paused, looked at Li Jun's back, stroked her beautiful and somewhat fake face, and whispered: "If you really want to say that I am neither human nor ghost, then I am one too."

For the first time, she felt extreme disgust towards her own face.

Li Jun sighed, "It's still a little different. Right now, perhaps the only thing left in my body is my consciousness and myself. To be honest, this body is just a skin bag supported by a ball of ghost fire, like a living human skin lantern. How can someone like me be qualified to fall in love? Ah Hong, you are still young and you still have a chance. Don't look for someone like me in the future."

Ah Hong did not answer, not because she was convinced by Li Jun, but because she heard the persistence in Li Jun's words, "My ghost makeup is useful to you."

Li Jun paused for a second and sighed, "Then I'll trouble you from now on."

"I help you put on makeup and you protect me. It's a fair deal." Ah Hong showed a bright smile, hiding her true feelings.

What they didn't know was that Cao Yang and others in the conference room saw their entire conversation.

"Isn't it inappropriate for us to spy on other people's privacy like this?" Zhou Deng retracted his gaze and asked with some embarrassment.

Liu San glanced at him and said, "You are right. In order to avoid this kind of inappropriateness, we can extract the memory you just had."

"Ha! You're scaring me?"

Zhou Deng jumped up immediately and stared at Liu San with a wary look on his face.

"Okay, what happened just now was just an accident. Let's discuss who will stay at the Peace Hotel tonight." Cao Yanhua sighed.

The more he managed this group of people, the more he felt overwhelmed.

Li Leping suddenly asked: "Will the headquarters provide resources?"

Cao Yanhua pursed his lips, glanced at everyone present, and then stood up. "Talk it out among yourselves. As long as you don't fight, everything will be fine."

Obviously, the headquarters does not intend to pay for the room for these people.

The one with the ugliest expression was Su Fan. There was nothing he could do, as he was the weakest among the people present. Moreover, if he really wanted to imprison at least four ghosts by himself, he might be able to do it. Not to mention the cost, it would take at least half a day to complete.

In other words, he has withdrawn from the competition for tonight's room.

When the e-sports room and virtual games first appeared, the headquarters would provide some evil spirits as support, but now...

There are only 4 e-sports rooms, but there are more than 4 people who want to play games there.

How could the headquarters provide more resource support?
As for getting a few people on the scene to support me...that's not very likely.

"Although the ghosts I control have a certain ability to predict the future, given their strength, and in games, they rarely use it..."

For a moment, Su Fan was extremely depressed.

No one present cared about him. The most important thing they needed to do now was to determine the owner of the virtual game tonight.

Cao Yang, Li Leping, Liu San, Zhang Lei, and Zhou Deng.

There are five people now, and one of them needs to withdraw, but looking at the expressions of these people, it is obvious that none of them is willing to withdraw.

Moreover, they all have the ability to pay for at least four ghosts as room and breakfast expenses.

"Since no one wants to quit, let's use the most direct method of the Ghost Rider. The strong ones go, and the weak ones wait. How do you think?"

Liu San put forward his own opinion.

Zhang Lei frowned and said, "That's a good idea. If you want to get more points in the game, strength is the basis. But how can we be sure? We can't just count it based on the captain's status, right?"

Zhou Deng was the first to disagree, "Since it is strength, it is hard strength. Captain is just a position in the headquarters. It is related to strength, but not absolute."

Liu San looked over and said, "Bibi?"

Zhou Deng chuckled. He would not back down now. Did anyone really think he was a thief who had no strength to fight him head-on?

Not to mention anything else, there are so many supernatural items on him.

Even if there are side effects, he is confident that he can create a great terror before the side effects harm himself!

"There won't be a fight. Even though Minister Cao has left now, our conversation is definitely being monitored. If there is a real trend of fighting, I'm afraid someone will come to stop us the next moment." Li Leping saw it very clearly and was also reminding Liu San.

This guy is too dangerous and has a bad temper. If you don't remind him, he might do something inappropriate on impulse.

Cao Yang said: "You can use other methods. How about this, let's try our luck?"

Li Leping and Zhang Lei didn't say anything, but just looked at Liu San, while Zhou Deng said carelessly: "My luck has always been good."

Liu San finally spoke up, "How do you spell it?"

"This is simple."

Cao Yang left the meeting room and came back after a while, placing a box in his hand on the conference table.

"This is a deck of poker made of gold, so it can't be affected by the supernatural. And there is only one suit, so there is no need to worry about the suit. We each draw a card, and the four people with the highest cards will participate in tonight's game. How about that?"

"can."

"no problem."

"Then it's decided."

Five hands... no, six hands reached out and each grabbed a card.

Liu San didn't look at the cards immediately, "Su Fan, do you have enough ghosts in your hand?"

"No, but I'm here too, so I should be qualified to open the cards. If you say no, then I'll leave immediately." Su Fan looked at the cards in his hand and closed them again.

Cao Yang smiled and said, "How could that be? We are all responsible for the headquarters, so we naturally have the same opportunities."

"Very smart, you want to sell it after you get the cards, right? I like this, don't worry, if I need to buy a spot, I will definitely give you a good price." Zhou Deng welcomes Su Fan's behavior the most. As the one who wants to be a krypton man the most, Zhou Deng said that the more people like Su Fan, the better!

Su Fan nodded and turned the card over. On it was the Queen of Spades. "Then you can think about how much you are prepared to pay."

……

Over Zhongzhou City.

The Ghost Lake has submerged this place, and the entire Zhongzhou City is buried at the bottom of the lake. Only a few taller buildings have a few floors exposed above the lake, making it look like several floors have grown out of the lake.

A black light flashed, and Wei Jing appeared on the top floor of a building.

"I haven't been here for two months, and there seem to be some new changes here." Wei Jing looked around and did not rush to Taiping Ancient Town immediately.

Cao Yanhua's questioning voice came from the headset: "What changes? Are there ghosts wandering around?"

"The Ghost Lake will drown evil spirits, and if there are ghosts entering again, they will be led into the fish pond of the Peace Hotel and become a pile of fish, shrimps, crabs, etc. They will not stay here. The change I mentioned is that the lake water here looks clearer. There is a speculation that perhaps the source of the Ghost Lake has been moved to the Peace Hotel. Even if there is a passage, it will still have an impact."

The water of Ghost Lake is always very turbid and has a foul stench.

Only when we were at the Peace Hotel did the ghost lake, which had become a fish pond, appear so ordinary, like a real fish pond.

But at the site of Zhongzhou City, Ghost Lake has always remained as it was.

The same is true for the nearly 100-meter-high waterfall in the sky that seems to flow backwards. Even though Wei Jing possesses terrifying supernatural powers, he is deeply moved by this wonder.

The power displayed unintentionally by the "store manager" was like a god who could move mountains and hills with a wave of his hand, making it difficult for people to raise their hearts to resist.

"You mean, the Ghost Lake in Zhongzhou City has the possibility of returning to normal and becoming an ordinary lake?" Cao Yanhua's voice was very excited.

Wei Jing shook his head. "Ghost Lake extradited evil spirits from reality to the fish pond of Peace Hotel. This is the rule set by the store manager. Unless the store manager's power declines and he can no longer maintain this kind of supernatural power, it will never change. And the current situation may not be a bad thing."

Cao Yanhua had no reason to refute.

After the Peace Hotel appeared, its powerful force exceeded everyone's expectations, like a high and mighty god playing with the world.

But we have to admit that.

Since the emergence of the "store manager", and especially with the continuous improvement of the Peace Hotel, the frequency of supernatural events in the country has been decreasing.

In the West, S-level supernatural events that were enough to destroy a country were easily resolved after the "store manager" took action, and even became a means of resolving supernatural events.

Ghost bus is like that.

The same is true for Ghost Lake.

"You are right. It is best for Ghost Lake to maintain its current state. Since there is no problem with Ghost Lake, let's go to Taiping Ancient Town to have a look. Although Tong Qian was a bit reckless today, He Liansheng, an old generation ghost rider, is about to die. His funeral must be handled properly. He Yiner must not be allowed to mess around."

Wei Jing glanced in the direction of Taiping Ancient Town. "I can't guarantee that I can suppress He Yin'er. Besides, she is a member of the Peace Hotel. If she calls the manager, I will be in trouble."

His situation is somewhat similar to He Yin'er's. They both got it from the "store manager", from members of the Peace Hotel, or from the supernatural of the puzzle.

What he got was an arm of the ghost catcher, which gave him the ability to suppress nine evil ghosts without any brains.

At the beginning, he couldn't use the ghost domain until he entered the game and broke through his own limits twice. Even though the number of suppression places in reality did not increase, he was already able to use the ghost domain of the ghost messenger, which became much stronger.

What He Yiner obtained was the fourth level of supernatural power of Ghost Lake, which could drown and suppress evil spirits like Ghost Lake.

In terms of nature, the two supernatural powers are somewhat similar.

But to tell who is stronger and who is weaker, we can only know after a competition. Wei Jing was being modest just now, and Cao Yanhua knew it, but he still fell silent.

Just because of what Wei Jing said later.

If a fight really broke out because of He Liansheng, He Yiner would directly call the "store manager" for support. What would the "store manager" think when he came over and saw someone beating his female clerk, a man she had helped before?
For Wei Jing's safety, Cao Yanhua said, "Let's go check out the situation first."

"Row."

Wei Jinghuahong headed towards Taiping Ancient Town.

This was once a tourist town that Zhongzhou City worked hard to build. Unfortunately, even Zhongzhou City has been flooded, and Taiping Ancient Town, as the source, was naturally not spared.

Fortunately, one end of the archway leading to Ghost Street was still above the water.

Wei Jing directly demonstrated the invasion of the ghost domain and soon entered the Ghost Street. He finally saw the current situation of the Ghost Street clearly.

Ghost Street was also flooded.

Especially near the entrance archway, the water level has submerged the old houses on both sides, and only a tip can be seen.

However, the streets of Ghost Street seem to be on an upward trend, so this flooding did not submerge the entire Ghost Street.

The further back you go, the less flooded the buildings on both sides are.

When Ghost Street was almost over, the water in Ghost Lake completely turned into a thin layer of water vapor on the ground.

Wei Jing stood on the roof of a half-flooded house, looking around vigilantly.

"Young man coming in from outside? It seems that the water level of Ghost Lake has dropped. Can we go out?" A slightly surprised voice came.

Wei Jing turned his head and saw a middle-aged woman looking at him with joy.

The middle-aged woman seemed to be wearing very thick clothes, and her body looked a little bloated. She was standing on a roof, holding a wooden basin sideways, and a few clothes could be vaguely seen inside.

Wei Jing frowned.

Although he had experienced the Taiping Ancient Town incident, he was not particularly clear about the situation in Taiping Ancient Town, including the middle-aged woman in front of him.

But he must be no ordinary person to be here. "I am Wei Jing, the captain of the Dajing City Headquarters, and a colleague of He Yiner. Is she back?"

The middle-aged woman chuckled, but ignored Wei Jing and walked towards the archway on the roof.

Wei Jing watched her leave, then turned around and began looking for the location of the ancestral hall.

Soon, he found an old ancestral hall behind the main street. It could be seen from the gate of the ancestral hall that it was not submerged by the lake.

However, judging from the marks on the gate, the water level should have dropped recently, because at the bottom of the wooden door there are obvious signs of being soaked in water for a long time.

Wei Jing walked forward and knocked on the door.

"Tuk! Tuk! Tuk!"

“The response from headquarters was quicker than I thought.”

Wei Jing turned around and saw He Yiner walking towards him on the water. The lake water was clearly big enough to sink ghosts, but she was standing directly on the surface of the lake without any sign of sinking.

On the roof nearby, there was a middle-aged woman with a gloomy and unhappy look on her face. She should have come back with He Yiner, but she did not dare to touch the lake water.

"Tong Qian reported the situation, and the headquarters took it very seriously, so they asked me to come over and take a look."

He Yin'er said bluntly: "This is my family matter, so I won't bother the headquarters with its concern. Guard, you can go now. Taiping Ancient Town is not convenient for entertaining guests recently."

Wei Jing shook his head. "If the water level of Ghost Lake hadn't dropped, I would have returned to headquarters without saying anything. But you should have also discovered that the water level of Ghost Lake can no longer completely submerge Taiping Ancient Town. If the evil spirit revives after He Liansheng's death, it is likely to leave Taiping Ancient Town and cause supernatural events. I'm not here to interfere with anything this time, I'm just taking precautions. If necessary, I can help with some chores."

Wei Jing's attitude was very good, which made He Yin'er feel much more comfortable. "Even if that time really comes, I will take care of my grandfather's funeral. Since you don't want to leave, then... Uncle Liu, please entertain the guests."

"Okay, young man, your surname is Wei? Why don't you come to my shop and have a rest? Don't worry, you are Yin'er's customer, so I won't charge you today." Boss Liu walked out from the corner.

There was a bright smile on his face, a very professional smile that was obviously the result of training.

Wei Jing was shocked, he didn't notice there were other people just now. This Taiping Ancient Town was indeed very dangerous. There were many old guys hiding inside, and their strength should not be underestimated.

After Boss Liu took Wei Jing away, He Yiner came to the entrance of the ancestral hall. After hesitating for a while, she finally pushed the door open and walked in.

Before this, she had adjusted her mood, otherwise Wei Jing would not have come earlier than her.

The heavy door of the ancestral hall was pushed open. He Yiner took a deep breath and walked into the place where she had played since she was a child, with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

In front of the ancestral hall, a hunchbacked, one-eyed old man was holding a piece of cloth, cleaning the non-existent dust on the spirit tablet. Hearing the movement behind him, he did not turn around, but said slowly in a hoarse voice: "After so many years of guarding, it is finally coming to an end."

"Grandpa, sixty is not the end of life. You still have a long life ahead of you."

He Yiner's nose felt sore and she tried hard not to let her tears fall, but the tone of her voice betrayed her mood.

He Liansheng paused, turned around, and looked at the woman in front of him with pale eyes, "It seems that you already know. Did the store manager tell you?"

He Yiner nodded with difficulty, "Grandpa, you really don't have to worry, I can ask the store manager for help, he will definitely be able to save you!"

He Liansheng sighed and said, "Girl, you have never been able to lie since you were a child, and it is still the same now. This won't do. When grandpa is gone, what will you do if you can't even lie and get bullied?"

He Yiner could no longer hold back her tears, which fell freely.

He Liansheng did not step forward, but just sighed softly:
"Hey!"

(End of this chapter)