You've been ruined by games all your life!

Chapter 101 The Spark (45)

"You are the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon?"

Bobby, who had been staying up all night, spoke up. Chen Lai coughed, put aside his prejudices, and began to talk carefully with the thin girl sitting opposite him, who was holding a knife and fork.

Yes, that is me.

“You’re younger than I thought. I’ve watched the Deep Sea Livestream of the Crow, and you look a bit older with the ghost pattern engraved on you.”

"Uh..." Chen Lai was a little at a loss for words. Da Tun didn't seem very friendly.

"What cost is required to repair the unique item?" Chen Lai simply changed the subject.

"It depends on the situation. Is it severely damaged or..."

"Severely damaged, it's an identity card."

"Identity card? This thing can actually be unique?" Da Tun was a little surprised, probably because she had never seen an identity card used as a unique item before.

"Yes, the situation is rather special."

"That would be troublesome to repair. Is the identity card gold or red?"

"gold."

"That's good. Are there any rare items from the same instance?"

"He has the heart of a dragon."

"That's good, it shouldn't be too difficult to repair... You're planning to use the ID card as the base?"

"No, I've already fixed my talents, Heaven and Curse, which I brought from the first dungeon."

"That works too. The base is very important; it's the upper limit and determines how many keywords you can extract and incorporate."

Da Tun spoke slowly, and as she spoke, she seemed about to fall. Chen Lai felt her and helped her up.

"Professor, what are you doing?"

"I've been starving for so long, I've been waiting for you for two extra days, I'm so hungry I'm dizzy and lightheaded."

Hearing Da Tun speak, Chen Lai immediately called the waiter to serve the dishes. He was rich now and could afford to entertain this guest.

"I used to love eating at this buffet. Before I gained my powers, I often came to this barbecue restaurant with my best friend."

"It's on me, please have some more."

Chen Lai quickly said that, in any case, Da Tun obviously knew more about Deepsea Games than he did, and any experience he could get from them on building and strengthening would be helpful.

"It's not that I ate too much."

Da Tun shook her head, her dark circles twitching slightly. She pointed her fork at Chen Lai and said, "You should eat more; I can only watch."

"Watching?" Chen Lai didn't understand.

"Yes, you eat while I watch, you sit while I stand."

Da Tun is a very humorous girl, and even when her face is dark and she is dizzy, she still maintains her sense of humor.

"The ability I gained is called [Great Devouring]. After leaving the dungeon, I can no longer eat any food. I can only feel full by eating rare items or higher."

"I'll help you repair it, but actually I'll be eating it. Later, bring the things to my warehouse. The scraps and waste after the repair is done will be my food."

Da Tun continued speaking slowly, "And now, if you eat more, I'll feel better, and that's part of the reward."

Now Chen Lai finally understood why Zhang Long said that Da Tun's demand for compensation was strange and the cost was low.

It turns out she was a girl who liked watching mukbang videos, but couldn't eat normal food herself.

"The barbecue is here!"

As they were talking, a foreigner with a large nose came over carrying a plate. The sizzling, fragrant beef was rolling around on the metal tray. The owner, a Brazilian, placed black pepper, chili powder, and a salt shaker in front of Chen Lai and Da Tun before slowly starting to divide the meat. "It's freshly grilled and eaten right away. Their grilled beef is quite good. Try it. Anyway, you're just a paper doll; you can't actually eat any of it," Da Tun said expressionlessly, looking at the meat in front of him.

"Ah."

Chen Lai didn't mind; he'd eat whatever they offered.

For the next two hours, Chen Lai indulged in a feast, eating garlic lamb, grilled beef tongue, grilled beef, and grilled pineapple. To be honest, the food was quite delicious, while Da Tun didn't eat a single bite.

"Speaking of which, your enhancement base is [Great Devouring], so didn't you fix the weakness of not being able to eat normal food?"

After wiping his mouth, Chen Lai asked hesitantly.

Before him, Da Tun touched his empty belly and said calmly, "No... So the foundation is very important. It determines your upper limit, and its shortcomings will also be your greatest weakness. Construction can strengthen you, but it cannot correct you."

"..."

Chen Lai had nothing to say. His foundation was [Heaven and Curse] and [Six Eyes]. So far, there were no particularly big flaws. Perhaps it was because he had not yet started building his abilities and only had his foundation.

When it came time to pay, Chen Lai had spent about five thousand yuan. This amount of money was nothing to him now, but the prices in Shanghai were still quite high, and people with little income generally didn't have an easy time living in this city.

"Let's go, I'm going back to my game. You ate a lot, I enjoyed watching you eat, thank you."

Da Tun jumped off the chair, and only then did Chen Lai realize that Da Tun was indeed small, completely opposite to her online name.

Maybe it's because it's hungry.

As soon as Chen Lai stepped out the door, he found himself back in the underwater warehouse, and the face of the giant swallow in front of him had turned into a local goose.

"Have you taken good care of my child?" the local goose asked.

"I forgot... Why is Da Tun so thin? It's completely different from her game nickname."

"Sigh, she's lost weight again? If she keeps starving like this, even a superhuman will die..."

The local goose looked on with some emotion. He had met many people, many extraordinary individuals who had gained abilities. Sometimes, however, these abilities brought not only power but also pain.

Having seen so much, the local goose didn't express his feelings. He just mentioned it briefly and then pointed the way to Chen Lai: "That small door over there, after you open it, is Da Tun's warehouse."

"it is good."

Chen Lai walked to the small door and suddenly remembered something, so he turned his head and looked at the local goose that was tidying up the paper-cutting.

“You helped me, and I should pay you for being the middleman.”

"Hey, no need for that. I'm not short of money. Do you think we men in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region need your little bit of money?"

"Besides, you've already paid the fee."

"You've already paid?" Chen Lai was a little confused, wondering when he had paid.

"Yes, we met, became friends, and I ate that cod. It's fate. I've watched your previous game livestreams... they were really exciting!"

"I don't need to say more, you already know that our world seems stable, but in reality we're sitting on a powder keg. I was once grazed by the fuse, and my whole family died."

The local goose had its back to Chen Lai, and its voice was neither relaxed nor deep; it was simply narrating.

"I don't have any ulterior motives for helping you super players. If I had to ask for anything, I would hope that when it comes again, you can help me kill it!"

"It? Who is it?"

Chen Lai opened the small door but didn't step inside; instead, he waited for the local goose's answer.

"I don't know its name. One of its eyes is red, but its hair is white, and it wears a black mask with teeth on its face. When it uses its abilities... I'm not sure if it's human or something else. I only know its name—"

As he spoke, the local goose suddenly turned around, his previously nonchalant expression completely vanished, and anger contorted his features.

"Kaneki Ken!"

(End of this chapter)