I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 425: Game Begins, Giant Earthworm
The supernatural powers of the "store manager" are really unreasonable.

Wang Cha Ling thought so in his heart, but his hands moved quickly. He took out pocket watches one by one and handed them to Tong Qian and others.

After everything was ready, Lin Yuan suddenly asked, "Officer Wang, if there is a competitive game, what should I do if I get hurt?"

Wang Chaling's heart skipped a beat.

It was clearly just a normal inquiry, but in his eyes, he seemed to see a bloody rain, which made him feel deep pity for the group of people in the survival club in the old house.

then……

"It doesn't matter. We all have signed contracts. It doesn't matter if they are injured or die. On the contrary, if these situations really happen, their families can get generous compensation."

Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Seeing Wang Chaling's expression of no worry at all and even a bit of expectation, he smiled calmly and said, "Then I feel relieved."

Soon, Lin Yuan and his companions pushed open the rusty iron gate and walked into the weed-covered courtyard.

The ghost catcher Lao Fan and the tall male corpse Li Qingzhi walked in the front, followed by the watchdog Hungry Ghost and the watchdog Knocking Ghost.

In the middle are Lin Yuan, He Yuelian, Liu Qingqing, He Yiner, Tong Qian, as well as Xiao An and Xiao Xi.

Walking at the end were Fang Shiming and Guo Fan.

There are eleven members in total, as part of this team-building expedition to the theme park, Wang's Old House, but Lin Yuan's expression is not very good.

"Xiao He, how are you preparing for the branch?"

He Yuelian followed Lin Yuan, with Liu Qingqing on either side. When she heard this question, she was a little confused. "Brother Yuan, why do you suddenly ask this? We are almost ready. As long as I go to the site, I can quickly set up the framework. Then I just need you to give me some support from the head office, and it will be running quickly."

Normally, Lin Yuan would be lazy whenever he could.

Even when he was in the store, as long as he had some free time, he would never get up to do one more thing, as if he had suffered so much and was so tired in his previous life.

Now is the team-building period, and according to the "store manager's" personality, he should not ask about work matters.

"Okay, I trust you to do the job. If you need anything, just tell me directly. We must open the branch as soon as possible. First, create a template, and then expand rapidly. We will strive to have branches in all major first-tier cities across the country within a year."

Lin Yuan proposed an idea, which also made everyone excited.

The Peace Hotel, which is just located in a supernatural place, has begun to affect the entire supernatural circle, and even changed the pattern of the supernatural circle, easing the extremely serious situation.

What if He opened branches all over the country?

Does that mean that, at least in towns with branches, there is no need to worry about evil spirits roaming around, because even if there are any, they will be hunted down by the "store manager's" people?

After all, it represents interests and money!
Moreover, only people who can control evil spirits can enter the Peace Hotel. Even if there are ordinary people carrying supernatural items on them occasionally, they are rare and there is no need to worry too much about the safety of ordinary people.

But they had no idea that the reason why Lin Yuan acted like this was because of Wang Chaling's answer just now.

He is clearly in charge of a city, appointed by the headquarters, and is also the captain, but when it comes to the safety of ordinary people, he is so indifferent, even expectant?

That's right.

What Lin Yuan was referring to were those workers in the Wang family's old house whom Wang Chaling called employees and whom he had never met before.

Even if you get hurt or even die in the theme park, it doesn't matter?
"This world is in chaos, people are sneaky and beasts are rampant. Lao Zhang is right. This world needs to change. Unfortunately, I am just an ordinary person. I can only do what I can in my own way."

A group of people soon arrived at the gate of the ancient house, and Lin Yuan also calmed his mind.

Today is the day for team building. He can't let everyone have a bad time just because of his own ideas. That would go against the purpose of this team building.

"This door should be the first hurdle. How can we open it? It doesn't need to be decrypted, right? Otherwise, why don't we all go up and try?"

Lin Yuan quickly got into it and officially started the game.

At the same time, on the first, second and third floors of the ancient house, figures walked out of the rooms one after another, all staring at the door with sharp eyes.

"Are these the helpers Wang Chaling invited? There are quite a lot of them, and some of them look pretty powerful. But it's a pity that there are so many women. Are they here for a picnic?"

"You know what, some of these women are pretty, too pretty to be real."

"It's already this late, and you're still thinking about these nonsense. Don't let yourself die without knowing how you died."

"We should be more careful. The Wang family has been entrenched in Dadong City for so many years, and they have their own foundation and strength, but Wang Chaling didn't use them, and instead invited people from outside. This shows that this group of people must be strong. Be careful not to capsize in the gutter."

"Don't worry. If they really dare to rush in, the bells in the old house will teach them a lesson."

A group of people were talking and discussing Lin Yuan and his group outside the old house. Some were worried, while others looked indifferent.

"Don't worry, just look at this door and you'll know their approximate strength. After all, this door isn't that easy to enter."

On the third floor, Liu Baimu still had a head of white hair, and there was a hint of confidence on his young face.

But before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of iron chains shaking, and the blocked door creaked, and then was slowly pushed open.

Outside the door, the ghost catcher Lao Fan kept pushing the door.

Any supernatural objects were no different from paper in front of him. He was also thankful that this door was made of ordinary material so it was not easily damaged.

Lin Yuan and others looked inside.

Behind the gate of the ancient house was a hall. The hall was dark and gloomy, and covered with dust, as if no one had cleaned it for many years.

But what is surprising is that the walls and floors inside are still well preserved.

Although old and discolored, it is not rotten or ruined.

But the more this happened, the more a weird aura it exuded.

"Not bad, this theme park is really well built and really put a lot of effort into it. So what should we do next?" Lin Yuan walked in, glanced around, and found some clues.

There are three floors here in total.

There were shadows swaying on every floor, and all of them were looking at their group with shock and hostility that was difficult to conceal in their eyes.

"These people should be the game NPCs. According to what Wang Chaling said just now, we should expel them. This is also one of the goals of this theme park." Fang Shiming reminded.

Lin Yuan nodded. "They have a lot of people, but it should be fine."

While they were chatting, the people in the survival club were in a very heavy mood. Just from looking at the door, they could tell that the man who opened the door was definitely terrifying.

At least among them, no one could open the chained door from the outside with bare hands.

This was just the prelude, something even stranger happened. When the door was opened, a thick white mist floated in.

"Is this a ghost domain? How is this possible! Doesn't the old house have a strong restrictive effect on ghost domains? How is it possible for ghost domains to rush in?"

Someone exclaimed.

He also possesses a ghost domain, and because of the proximity of the revival of evil spirits, the horror level of his ghost domain is quite high. But even so, his ghost domain will be severely restrained.

However, this area of ​​white fog seemed to be completely unaffected and soon filled everyone's sight.

It's okay to doubt.

This white fog ghost domain has even enveloped the entire ancient house, which also means that their lives are already controlled by the owner of this white fog ghost domain.

Then, something even more terrifying happened.

"The ghost I was riding disappeared!"

"Mine too... No, that's not right. It didn't disappear. It turned into an animal. It turned into a wild beast!"

In the white fog ghost domain, the members of the Pendulum Survival Club let out bursts of exclamations, simply because the spiritual powers in their bodies disappeared, and they went from being dying people who were about to be resurrected by evil spirits to being ordinary people.

The evil spirits they controlled turned into wild beasts and stayed beside them.

Some are wolves.

Some are dogs.

Some are cats.

Some are leopards.

Some are...

They are all common animals, but there are also some curious ones, such as giant earthworms.

Liu Baimu looked at the giant, slippery earthworm that was wrapped around his body and was half a meter thick. He bent down and began to dry heave.

But this situation also made him realize in a panic: "No! This is not an ordinary ghost rider, it's the manager of the Peace Hotel!"

In modern society, although they are trapped in this old house, it does not mean that they are out of touch with the times.

The most popular post on the Ghost Hunter Forum is the analysis of the Peace Hotel and the "store manager". Even though they have not used the supernatural advertisements in their hands and have not been to the Peace Hotel, they are very clear about the mechanism of the Peace Hotel.

Who else except the "store manager" has the ability to turn evil spirits into wild beasts?

If the "store manager" was really targeting his group of people, then the consequences... Liu Baimu didn't dare to imagine such consequences. Even though he had been made nauseous and vomited by the giant earthworms, he still forced himself to cheer up and looked down.

There are many posts about the Peace Hotel on the Internet, but there is no photo of the "store manager". However, there are photos of other employees, such as He Yiner, Tong Qian, Liu Qingqing...

Especially He Yuelian. Her face, which was so beautiful that it shouldn't appear in reality, was the most eye-catching.

Liu Baimu recognized them and turned his gaze to Lin Yuan, who was surrounded by them. He said loudly, "Boss Lin, why are you running the restaurant instead of coming to our survival club?"

Huh?
Did this trigger the plot?

Lin Yuan was a little surprised. He thought that the NPCs here were ready and he could start the confrontation directly. He was also thinking about letting the two guard dogs rush up and bite first, or letting Lao Fan and Lao Li go up to take the lead. He didn't expect that the other party would actually start chatting.

Lin Yuan respected the theme park's game background very much, so he said in a deep voice: "We were invited by Officer Wang Chaling to drive out the bad guys who occupied his main house. It should be you, right?"

As expected, he was invited by Wang Chaling?

A feeling of despair rose in everyone's hearts. They were confident that they could fight against any ghost rider here, but the appearance of Lin Yuan, or the appearance of the white fog ghost domain, made them realize what it meant to sit in a well and look at the world.

If it was the "store manager", then what chance do they have of winning?
For a moment, even though the number of people on the survival club side was larger, they were all filled with despair, which made Lin Yuan, who was originally ready to enjoy the fun of the game, unhappy. "I say, even if you are just NPCs, you can't be so passive, right?"

"What NPC?" Liu Baimu seemed to have noticed something.

Lin Yuan explained the matter of the theme park and said helplessly: "Don't worry, although Officer Wang doesn't care about your safety, at least we will only stop at a certain point this time and will not really hurt you."

So that's how it is? !!!

Wang Chaling, oh Wang Chaling, how dare you deceive the "store manager" to work for him?

Liu Baimu and the others were so angry that they gnashed their teeth and wanted to explain the real situation here, but suddenly a great fear came over them.

If you say it out loud, you will die!

Liu Baimu looked at other people and saw that most of them had the same expression as him. He guessed that they had received the same warning.

"It's almost time to start the game, is that ok?" Lin Yuan asked.

Liu Baimu nodded reluctantly, "Well, let's get started."

After the words fell, most of the members of the survival club turned around and went back to their rooms, but some of them stayed behind and looked at Lin Yuan and his group, eager to try.

"That's more like it. Everyone, the game begins."

"The first goal is a confrontational one, which is to drive these members of the survival club out of the old house. There are a lot of them, and there are three floors. It's not easy to drive them away, but it shouldn't be a confrontation between people, but a confrontation between beasts. Lao Fan, you take Lao Hei, Da He, Xiao He, Xiao An, and Xiao Xi to clean up the first floor. Lao Li, you take Lao Hua, Xiao Liu, Xiao Tong, Xiao Guo, and Lao Fang to clean up the second floor. If there is a confrontation, let Lao Hei and Lao Hua go first. Of course, if the small animals you raise want to help, that's fine too. It all depends on your own ideas."

"any questions?"

Lin Yuan assigned the teams, but many people seemed to have questions. The first one to object was Liu Qingqing, "Brother Yuan, are you going to clean up the third floor by yourself? I'll go with you, so that we can have someone to look after you. When the time is right, I can summon a robot to help you."

"No need to go through so much trouble and use external forces. What does that have to do with cheating? Brother Yuan, let me go with you. I also got some gains in Shuangqiao Town last time. They are just some ordinary wild beasts. I can still deal with them." He Yuelian immediately responded, obviously confronting Liu Qingqing.

These two women are really fighting all the time!

Lin Yuan was helpless and could only say: "Let Xiaotong and Dahe come with me, and... Lao Fang, you come too, let's go to the third floor. It's decided, no need to say more."

He Yuelian and Liu Qingqing looked at each other, then looked away at the same time.

"Let's get started. After cleaning the first and second floors, we'll go to the third floor. In addition to the main quest, there are also side quests. I'm very interested in the space technology and time technology here. If they're really good, let's see if we can get them back to the store. That should be pretty good."

As Lin Yuan spoke, he led Tong Qian, He Yin'er and Fang Shiming to the third floor, leaving only one sentence, "Remember not to kill them, the lives of NPCs are also lives."

His voice was not deliberately concealed, and was naturally heard by Liu Baimu and others, who immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the "store manager" didn't intend to take their lives, they would definitely not die, but...

"After this round of games, we must go talk to Wang Chaling. He actually dared to invite the store manager over and wanted to drive us away, and even wanted to use the store manager to kill us. He is simply courting death!"

No one stopped Lin Yuan and his companions, and they reached the third floor unhindered.

As soon as I went upstairs, I saw Liu Baimu and the giant earthworm on his body that was covered with a lot of mucus and kept dripping onto the ground.

There was obviously something wrong with Tong Qian and He Yin'er's expressions.

In fact, Lin Yuan's face didn't look very good either. He didn't dislike earthworms, but such big earthworms, and they were so disgusting, made him feel very uncomfortable.

Only Fang Shiming looked calm, as if he had no feelings.

"Lao Fang, you have great concentration." Lin Yuanxing said.

Fang Shiming pursed his lips and said nothing, but his face was obviously paler than before, which made Lin Yuan's mouth twitch, "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Everyone, we in the Survival Club are just a bunch of pitiful creatures. We just want to survive here and we haven't caused any trouble in the outside world. Can't you let us go?"

Before taking action, Liu Baimu wanted to struggle a bit.

If he could get the approval of the "store manager", then no matter how many means Wang Cha Ling had, he would never be able to take action against them in a short period of time.

However, Lin Yuan only asked, "Have you bought this house?"

Liu Baimu: “…”

He finally understood that the "store manager" had completely accepted Wang Chaling's plan and only regarded them as part of the game at the theme park and Wang's Ancient House. They were employees under Wang Chaling, and not an independent survival club at all.

This is a good thing.

There is no need to worry that the "store manager" will be ruthless to them.

This is a bad thing.

No matter how it is explained, it is impossible for the "store manager" to stand up for other people's employees.

In that case, let’s fight!
Even when facing a terrifying and difficult-to-fight "store manager", Liu Baimu wanted to fight for a glimmer of hope for himself and his partners, and...

There is a bell in the old house that can go back in time.

The pendulum curse is not a simple thing. Perhaps it can confront the "store manager"?

"Which of you comes first?"

Seeing that Liu Baimu was ready, Lin Yuan began to ask the three people around him, but he did not notice the desperate look in Liu Baimu's eyes.

He has ordered the earthworms on his body to attack Lin Yuan and others.

He could also feel that the earthworm was obeying his orders, just like when he normally used his psychic powers, but just as it was about to attack, it was restrained by an unknown psychic force.

It’s like... entering a turn-based game.

He couldn't even launch an attack before his opponents had chosen their opponents, which meant that their means of launching a sneak attack were completely cut off.

The strength is already weak, and now it is still doing this?
Liu Baimu was so angry that he wanted to flip the table.

"I won't come. My two cats don't have much attack power. If I really go up to them, I'm afraid they will be eaten by his earthworms in one bite." Tong Qian looked helpless.

On both sides of her shoulders, the smiling cat and the crying cat sat steadily, one on the left and one on the right, like two pendants that would not fall off.

But they are too small, only the size of a palm.

Compared to the obviously modified giant earthworm on the opposite side, it might really just be a matter of one bite.

He Yin'er did not speak immediately, but looked at Fang Shiming. Fang Shiming smiled and said, "In that case, let me do it. I also want to see what this earthworm is capable of. It dares to block your way here, Brother Yuan."

Tong Qian and He Yiner both looked at him with contempt due to the flattery.

Fang Shiming didn't care. After Lin Yuan nodded, he walked to Liu Baimu with a smile and stood in front of him. Only then did Liu Baimu feel the restrictive force on his body disappear.

"Friends Circle CEO Fang Shiming? Where are your animals?"

Obviously, Liu Baimu also knew Fang Shiming.

Fang Shiming bent over and said with a disdainful smile: "There is no need to make such a big fuss to deal with you. You should make the first move, otherwise you won't have a chance to make a move."

"Humph, everyone can brag, but it depends on whether you have the ability to do so, otherwise you will just make people laugh." Liu Baimu's face turned cold.

The giant earthworm crawled down from Liu Mubai's body, winding on the ground, and rushed straight towards Fang Shiming.

The huge body, which is as high as a person's knee, gives people a strong sense of oppression, but what is more terrifying is the disgusting slippery feeling.

Tong Qian and He Yiner both took a step back and hid behind Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan actually felt a little nauseous, but he still resisted the urge to retreat, "Come on, Lao Fang, this is our first battle, we can't lose!"

"Brother Yuan, rest assured. Just look at me."

Fang Shiming snorted coldly, grabbed the shirt on his back with his backhand, and threw it away.

But what flew out was not only the shirt, but also the pants that seemed to be connected together, which also flew out and landed lightly on the body of the giant earthworm.

boom!
It looked light, but when it landed on the ground, it made a dull sound like a heavy object falling to the ground. The giant earthworm, which had been feeling oppressive just now, was now unable to move under the pressure of the clothes, and could not even twist its body, as if it had completely fainted.

A giant earthworm half a meter tall and three or four meters long was knocked unconscious by a set of clothes that looked like it weighed only a few pounds. Isn't it so magical?

Liu Baimu looked at this scene in disbelief, and then angrily accused: "Fang Shiming! Can't you afford to play?!!!"

(End of this chapter)