I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 364: Ghost Lake Salvage
After the discussion, Cao Yang and the other three went downstairs together.

Although it was morning, there were already five or six people sitting there bustling about, which is the normal traffic flow at the Peace Hotel at present.

"Yang Jian? This kid used to be very reluctant to come to our store, but I didn't expect that he comes here so frequently now." Zhang Lei was a little surprised.

Cao Yang said: "There's nothing strange about it. He can only see his father safely here. Maybe something happened at the Ghost Post Office. I'm still the courier of the Ghost Post Office, but I haven't delivered letters for a while. The Ghost Post Office didn't even look for me."

"If I were you, you should go to the Ghost Post Office again. The restrictions imposed on messengers by the Ghost Post Office are also a curse, and the curse will not disappear, it will only accumulate. When this curse accumulates to a certain level, I'm afraid you will encounter greater terror. We are not employees of the Peace Hotel, and we don't have the manager's awareness of supernatural protection." Li Leping said.

"Don't worry, I know my limits." Cao Yang waved his hand, not looking too concerned, but he already had some ideas in his mind.

He has a lot of curses on him.

There is one ghost post office, and there is also a ghost peddler.

However, ever since the ghost peddler sent him to the Peace Hotel, there has been almost no movement from him, and he even comes less often to pick up the goods.

It seems that the curse of the Ghost Post Office is the same, and it instinctively avoids the Peace Hotel.

and many more!

According to the status in the virtual game, "Store Manager" Lin Yuan appeared forty years ago, and the store manager at that time was still a normal ghost rider.

Was it true that there was no communication between the store manager at that time and other ghost riders of the same era?

The image of the Ghost Peddler is obviously that of a resurrected ghost rider. So before the Ghost Peddler was resurrected, when he was still a ghost rider, did he have any interactions with the store manager?

If this is the case, then when the ghost peddler faced the store manager, was it not only the instinct of a fierce ghost, but also because he had suffered at the hands of the store manager before?

Cao Yang suddenly stopped, which made Zhang Lei, Li Leping and Zhou Deng beside him a little confused, "What's wrong?"

"I've thought of a possibility. Let's talk about it after we get back, and let Professor Wang analyze it for us." Cao Yang shook his head and had no intention of continuing.

When the four of them arrived at the cashier counter, the colorful parrot tilted its head and looked over at them, with a hint of ferocity in its dark eyes.

Being stared at by a ghost like this made Zhou Deng feel a little uncomfortable even though he had long been accustomed to the state of the Peace Hotel.

"Where's Brother Yuan? Did you go out so early? It's rare."

While asking, Zhou Deng poked his head around to look for Lin Yuan, and even bent down to look under the nearest table.

He Yuelian's face darkened. "Brother Yuan has gone to the bus station and will be back soon. You guys should eat first. Only Brother Yuan can open the points mall, so remember to pay first."

"Just bring a few breakfasts, at the price of three yuan per person, and send them to that table. It's a good opportunity for you to chat." Cao Yang nodded and pointed to Yang Jian's position.

He Yuelian naturally had no objection and handed the menu to Xiao An, who then sent it to the kitchen.

Cao Yang and three others also came to Yang Jian's table and sat down. Yang Jian had almost finished eating, and the food in the restaurant was now much normal, no longer just the same old seven dishes.

Breakfast also allows Tong Qian to exercise her subjective initiative. Ordinary breakfasts such as millet porridge, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, soy milk, fried dough sticks, etc. are more attractive at this time.

Xiao An and Xiao Xi brought these same things to Cao Yang and the others.

Li Leping started eating immediately, as if he had not eaten for several days. Cao Yang and others around him were in a similar state.

Yang Jian had already finished eating. He looked at these guys who came over deliberately without explaining their purpose, and asked with some dissatisfaction: "Are you in a hurry?"

"Only by eating here can I regain the feeling of being alive." Li Leping wiped his mouth.

He controls four evil spirits and is the person in charge who walks ahead of many people. This is a strength and also represents his status.

The erosion of his body by the supernatural was so terrifying that all normal human emotions had disappeared, including his feelings towards food and the opposite sex.

Now he is on the road to becoming a terrifying ghost.

Only in the Peace Hotel can he regain his human emotions and live like a normal person.

This is also the reason why he would go to the Peace Hotel at night whenever he had nothing to do in real life.

Do you really think he's just playing virtual games?
If you stay in the Peace Hotel for too long, you will be eroded by the white fog ghost zone of the Peace Hotel. This state is irreversible.

Li Leping knew, Cao Yang knew, Zhang Lei knew, and Zhou Deng knew it too.

But except for Zhou Deng, everyone else made the same choice, not just to enhance their strength, nor just to explore the secrets of the Peace Hotel, but to find their true selves.

Even though we know that all of this is a chronic poison, so what?

Yang Jian had the same feeling, but he was suspicious by nature and would not show it. "How is the virtual game going? I heard there is a points mode in it, where you can buy character skill cards?"

Apparently, he had also read the headquarters' records on virtual games.

Cao Yang smiled and said, "Yes, it is indeed possible to exchange for a character's skill card, but judging from the situation in the last round, it can only be exchanged for the boss's skill card. No, it should be called a character card, but this character card only has one kind of supernatural power. With your character card, Ye Zhen, you can only use the supernatural power of the scapegoat."

"What about Zhang Xianguang and Luo Qian? Their points are higher than Ye Zhen's. Their abilities should be even more terrifying, right?" Yang Jian was really a little curious.

Zhang Lei said: "We didn't have enough points in the last game, and the same is true for this game. The team with the highest points is Li Leping, who only has 35 points. It is not cost-effective to exchange for Luo Qian or Zhang Xianguang's character cards, but we can guess that their abilities are extremely terrifying, and with just a single supernatural power, they are twice as strong as Ye Zhen's scapegoat."

"Because it is just a single supernatural power, the point price of this kind of card should only be the quantification of this kind of supernatural power, and cannot be used to measure the actual strength of the character. You should pay attention to this, otherwise you will suffer losses when you meet them in the future." Cao Yang reminded.

Yang Jian nodded, "I would also like to try the game if I have a chance, but it seems that there is no place for me now."

"It's not a problem what you said. There are many people who want to enter the game. Yesterday, the Wei Jing Guard team voluntarily gave up, and the Liu Sanliu team failed in the draw." Thinking of what happened yesterday, Cao Yang couldn't help laughing.

Yang Jian nodded without saying anything, but he felt a little emotional in his heart.

His interest in e-sports rooms and virtual games did not come suddenly, but he had the idea yesterday, otherwise he would not have asked about it at this time.

Because he understood, he naturally knew that if he wanted to participate in the game, he needed to prepare at least four ghosts.

For an ordinary ghost rider, or even someone who can mobilize the entire city, it is very difficult to imprison four ghosts.

But when they get to the Peace Hotel, more people can take out four ghosts. If you want to give away this ghost, you have to queue up or even draw lots.

It’s funny to think about, and... scary.

The breakfast was relatively peaceful, except that two people ate and rushed, so they were thrown out by Guo Fan.

"Isn't Guo Fan a driver? How dare he leave his post without permission and come here to embarrass himself. Isn't he afraid that the store manager will find trouble with him if he dares to leave his post, or does the store manager like him for his lackey-like appearance?" Zhou Deng touched his chin, looking thoughtful.

Yang Jian glanced at him and asked, "Are you envious? Are you moved?"

"Yes, a little bit, I... Bah! How is it possible, how could I envy a lackey?" Zhou Deng reacted and immediately jumped in anger.

"Okay, Guo Fan is here, don't make a fool of yourself." Cao Yang reminded.

Guo Fan had also come closer. "Captain Cao, are you waiting for the boss? He is at the fish pond now and it will probably take a while for him to come over. Do you think we should wait here or go over there?"

"What is Brother Yuan doing over at the fish pond? Isn't Captain Yinzi there?" Zhang Lei was very confused.

Guo Fan said, "Captain Yinzi's family has a family member who passed away, so she asked for seven days off. The boss seems to want to salvage something in the fish pond, so he asked me to come over and bring some people to help."

After saying this, he left to discuss the manpower issue with He Yuelian.

"Let's go and take a look. Wei Jing reported yesterday that the water level of Ghost Lake in Zhongzhou City has dropped, and the entrance to Ghost Street in Taiping Ancient Town, which was originally blocked, has been exposed for a small part. As long as you have the ghost domain, you can enter and exit normally if you are careful. Now the store manager is at Ghost Lake again. If there is really an accident in Ghost Lake, the impact on reality will be too great."

Cao Yang's proposal was unanimously agreed upon by Li Leping and the other two. Otherwise, if Lin Yuan didn't come back, there would be no point for them to stay here.

"Guo Fan is fine. He will inform us in time when there is any news." Zhang Lei said.

Guo Fan had already discussed with He Yuelian at this time, and was preparing to go out with Liu Qingqing and Xiaoxi standing beside him.

After the few people got together, they came to the fish pond.

"So many people have come. Xiao Cao, how was the game you played last night?" Lin Yuan was squatting by the Ghost Lake, observing the movements inside. When he heard the sound, he turned around and was a little surprised to see so many people coming together.

"Not bad, the game content is good, but it's a bit difficult. We didn't even meet the BOSS, but we were all wiped out. Brother Yuan, do you think the difficulty of this game should be lowered?" Cao Yang said as he glanced at Zhou Deng.

Zhou Deng nodded imperceptibly.

The store manager Lin Yuan whom he had met in the game last night was exactly the same as the "store manager" in front of him, without the slightest difference.

"The points mall is open, and this is also to match the points mall." Lin Yuan said with a smile, but his tone was unusually firm.

This surprised Cao Yang a little.

He just said a few words casually just now, just to find a topic to talk about.

But the reaction of the "store manager" was beyond his expectations, because the previous "store managers" would humbly accept their suggestions for virtual games and would make certain changes and adjustments.

The adjustments to the multiplayer and single-player modes are also proof of listening to suggestions.

But what happened today? There was a sense of "if you want to play, play for fun. If not, get lost", which gave Cao Yang some not-so-nice memories.

Li Leping, Zhang Lei and Zhou Deng are all the same.

Especially Zhou Deng, before the supernatural events broke out and he became a ghost rider, he liked playing online games the most, but he knew the nature of a certain penguin very well. He thought that after becoming a ghost rider, he could get rid of the shadow of that penguin, but what was the situation now? There was actually a similar and stronger sense of oppression?

Lin Yuan noticed the expressions of the others and couldn't help but chuckle, feeling even more proud:
"In the past, the e-sports room wasn't popular enough, and it took several days to welcome a wave of customers. At that time, I begged you to play. But now, this point-based model is really the right thing to do. Now that offense and defense have changed, how can I, as the boss, be controlled by you?"

Opinion?

Humbly accept.

To change or not?
It depends on our mood.

However, Lin Yuan is not too thick-skinned and will not show off too much, otherwise he will really get angry. What if these captains and persons in charge get angry?
I think those who can reach the level of team leader or person in charge still have some temper.

"Xiao Guo, didn't I ask you to go ask who is good at swimming? Why did you bring Xiao Liu and Xiao Xi here?" Lin Yuan said with some dissatisfaction.

Guo Fan hurriedly looked at Liu Qingqing. If Liu Qingqing had not strongly requested and expressed her willingness to take responsibility, he would not have let Liu Qingqing come with him.

Liu Qingqing smiled slightly, showing her elegant demeanor, "Brother Yuan, I am a good swimmer, so I came here."

Lin Yuan glanced at the clothes on Liu Qingqing and said, "I'm going to ask someone to go into the water. Even if you are a good swimmer, you can't go into the water wearing this."

Cheongsam and high heels.

This is not equipment for going into the water. If you really go into the water, you will probably be questioned for skirting the rules and trying to seduce others.

Liu Qingqing knew this of course. She just came over to join in the fun and see why Lin Yuan was looking for someone who was good at swimming.

This was obviously a preparation for sending people into the water to salvage something.

But what drowned in the Ghost Lake were all evil ghosts, all of whom were transformed into fish, shrimps and crabs. A small area was also separated out to raise the ghost blood cuttlefish that Yan Li had traded.

So, what does the "store manager" want to catch in Ghost Lake?

However, since she was here, she couldn't let the "store manager" notice anything unusual, otherwise it would affect her image and favorability in the "store manager's" mind, and she would cry.

"I'll go back and change my clothes and come over. Brother Yuan, what do you want to fish out? Do you need me to bring any tools?"

Liu Qingqing was very sincere, which made it difficult for Lin Yuan to blame her.

"No need, Xiaoxi, are you good at swimming?" Lin Yuan asked.

Xiaoxi nodded and didn't say anything, but her meaning came through. If the store didn't need help, both she and Xiaoan would come over, not just one of them.

What she was wearing was much more normal, mainly because she was not wearing a skirt but a pair of pants.

Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "Then prepare to go into the water and look for something like the money printing machine from the Republic of China period. But you have to pay attention to your condition and don't try to be brave down there. If you see anything unusual, come up quickly. Do you understand?"

Xiaoxi nodded to show that she understood.

On the side, Zhou Deng muttered quietly: "Am I crazy? Why do I feel that this little gorilla is handsome?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Yang, Li Leping and Zhang Lei all looked over, their eyes full of surprise and weirdness.

"Brother, think twice! Haven't you seen their usual state? Guo Fan, aren't you in charge of taking pictures? Bring us a photo of the king twins. We can't let Zhou Deng go astray." Cao Yang was a little anxious.

Guo Fan rolled his eyes. "I'm not responsible for taking photos of the store's employees. If Zhou Deng likes it, then go ahead. It can strengthen the connection with the store, which I think is good."

Several people were murmuring there, but Xiaoxi had already gone into the water.

Her movements were clean and neat; she dived in with an extremely standard posture without causing much splash.

As soon as you get into the water, the supernatural pressure from the ghost lake begins.

Xiaoxi's face changed slightly. She didn't expect that this always peaceful fish pond outside the store would have such a terrifying ghost. The lake water kept pouring into her body.

And her body was getting sinking and moving towards the bottom of the water.

Her consciousness was gradually becoming blurred, as if she would be completely lost in the next moment. She wanted to use her own supernatural powers, but the supernatural power in her body seemed to have disappeared and could not be mobilized at all.

Is it the ghost of Ghost Lake and Fish Pond?

No, it's not.

This is because the "store manager" is watching her, so she cannot use powers beyond that of an ordinary little girl.

Xiaoxi understood this, and her dead heart suddenly felt a little funny, and countless memories emerged in her mind.

These memories are from as far back as she can remember, like a passing tour.

Gambling dad...

Paralyzed Mom...

The brother who ran away from home...

She and her sister were sold to the local H gang...

In the dim bar, there were dozens of corpses in various states, and that weird doll...

Memories of less than ten years ago flooded into her mind at this moment, making her carefully review her short life.

"Death has never been far away from me."

Xiaoxi had given up. Like a rag doll, she allowed the water of Ghost Lake to suppress her and sink to the bottom of the lake.

Wow!

A hand dropped from the sky, broke through the restrictions of Ghost Lake, grabbed the back of her collar, and then lifted her up with force.

"Is this Xiao Xi crazy? If he can't swim, he can't swim, but he still says he can swim. As a result, he drank water in big gulps as soon as he entered the water and almost drowned!"

Lin Yuan put Xiaoxi on the ground with a dark face.

However, Xiaoxi was already unconscious, and it was obvious that she was drowning. And just as Lin Yuan said, what everyone saw was that after Xiaoxi entered the water, he drank water in big gulps and danced with his hands and feet, and he didn't look like someone who could swim at all.

"Your goddess is drowning, give her artificial respiration immediately." Guo Fan gently poked Zhou Deng.

Zhou Deng rolled his eyes and said, "Your goddess, your whole family's goddess!"

Guo Fan chuckled and didn't respond.

"Okay, stop talking."

Cao Yang said in a low voice, then walked to Lin Yuan and asked curiously: "Brother Yuan, what kind of money printing machine do you think is in this lake?"

Lin Yuan nodded. "I seem to remember that when I opened the canal to divert lake water from Zhongzhou City, I seemed to see a money printing machine. And if I'm not mistaken, this money printing machine should be the one in the bank on Taiping Town Old Street."

These memories are, of course, fabricated.

It was not the current "store manager" who had only ordinary people's consciousness and memory, but Lin Yuan who got some information after encountering a bug in the virtual game last night.

He instilled the information he obtained into the mind of the "store manager" in the form of memory, which led to the current situation.

"You guys said there was a problem with the current money printing, so I was thinking about whether I could find this money printing machine. If I could print the old money..."

At this point, Lin Yuan suddenly became alert, "If I really salvage the money printing machine, you won't force me to donate it, right?"

The authority to print money is nationalized and cannot be given to private individuals.

Lin Yuan was just thinking about his personal relationship with Cao Yang, and only then did he remember Cao Yang's current identity. Also, there were Li Leping, Zhang Lei, Zhou Deng and other heads of the headquarters.

Cao Yang said quickly: "Brother Yuan, don't misunderstand, we are not robbers. Let me ask you carefully, if we ask you to donate..."

Lin Yuan: “Haha!”

"Haha! Just kidding, just kidding. In fact, ordinary citizens now also have a set of currency in daily transactions. Although you can't use it here, Brother Yuan, it can still be used in some occasions. So if Brother Yuan can print the money we use now, then I think the headquarters will also support you to open a bank or something, as long as you report it. These small things, if you need them, Brother Yuan, I can do it for you." Cao Yang said generously.

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, patted Cao Yang on the shoulder and said, "Good brother. Since you are so kind to me, I will give you a 10% discount when you come to eat at our restaurant in the future!"

"Really?"

Cao Yang's eyes suddenly widened, his face full of disbelief.

You should know that there are not many labels for "store manager" in the headquarters file, one of which is:
Stingy!

The fact that it can be recorded as a label is enough to show how stingy the "store manager" is. The discounts given are never lower than 95%, and most of the time they are 99% or 98%. If he can give a 97% discount, it is considered a very good relationship.

But now, the "store manager" actually offered a "sky-high price" of 10% off. How could Cao Yang not be shocked?
But this also indirectly shows how much impact being able to open a bank has on the "store manager", which is enough to show how much the "store manager" hates the barter trading model.

In shock, Cao Yang suddenly thought of a question: "Brother Yuan, if you want to open a bank, do you need to recruit a lot of employees? Do you have anyone to choose from? Do you want me to introduce you to some trustworthy brothers and sisters?"

Li Leping, Zhou Deng, Zhang Lei, Guo Fan, and Liu Qingqing all showed contempt in their eyes:
Are you thinking about placing people there?
Despise you!
(End of this chapter)