The Pseudo-Human Academy: Starting with a Bricklayer Personality

[The current Chosen One instance penalty is not yet over; you will soon enter the nation war instance, Weird Town.]

[Ranked Difficulty: 1000~1500]

[Note: This is a special national war instance. Resurrection items will not work. The victor plunders the fortune of other nations, while the loser is left to languish.]

[Number of participants unknown; this is a Mist Kingdom War instance.]

[You will forget all aspects of your identity as a chosen one except for yourself, and your appearance will change in the eyes of others.]

[The language will become uniform, and no one will know who is who. All you can do is lie low in the town and try to survive.]

[Each person has one public identity and one hidden identity. Remember, the hidden identity can only be revealed to your informant.]

[Or someone you trust most; otherwise, you could very well be facing a fatal situation.]

[You need to play your public role well and complete your covert mission objectives!]

[Note: Many monsters lurk in this grotesque town. You need to play your role well and try not to arouse suspicion from your neighbors, because your neighbors might not be human.]

Identity assignment in progress, matching complete.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Your identity is Bill Parker, and your public identity is the chef at the Red Shoes Ball, responsible for preparing dinners for the elite of high society.

Your covert identity is a police officer in the Freakish Town Police Department, and your informant is Sheriff Brian.

With children frequently disappearing in the town, Sheriff Brian suspects that the upper-class elites are responsible.

Your task is to find evidence of crimes committed by the wealthy people who attended the ball and bring them to justice.

You have a Chinese wife named Jane, and two daughters named Ellie and Jenny.

Customs clearance objective:

The first option is to survive in the grotesque town for a year to complete the game; this method has the lowest rating.

2. Record ten real monsters in the grotesque town. Once you have recorded ten, you will pass the level. You can continue to record. The more types of monsters you record, the higher the rating reward.

Third, completing tasks related to the hidden identity will earn you different ratings depending on the degree of completion.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Xu Feng stared at the national war interface in front of him, slightly speechless. This was after he and Hong Xia officially confirmed their relationship.

I'm taking a nap while cuddling the sweet and soft Hongxia!

How did I end up in a dungeon out of nowhere? And this dungeon seems to be another nation-war dungeon.

Can't we enter the dungeon at a different time?

Xu Feng never expected that the dungeon punishment was still not over.

The game they assigned him was even a game worth 1,000 to 1,500 points, while he didn't even have 100 points. Why was the punishment so severe?

Is this really necessary?

Did they treat him like a Japanese person?

I wonder if the new recruits have made it into the book?

Who was the newlywed who died?

Forget it, if I can't remember, I won't think about it anymore.

Xu Feng shook his head, and the scene before his eyes suddenly shifted. When he came to his senses, he found himself standing in the center of a kitchen filled with the aroma of butter and spices.

Shiny brass kitchenware hangs overhead, the marble countertop is spotless, and night has fallen outside the window, with gray fog shrouding the bizarre town in shadow.

Memories of Bill Parker flooded his mind like a tidal wave, yet they did not encroach on his original consciousness.

The dim streetlights cast a faint glow, but they couldn't dispel the thick, gray fog.

A faint, sweet, fishy scent wafted in the air; it smelled like… something familiar.

It was wafting from next door. Xu Feng sniffed; Uncle Mads was all too familiar with that smell.

Xu Feng didn't seem to have permission to enter the kitchen next door, even though the original owner he was playing was trying to find a way to get into it.

However, the kitchen was very strictly guarded, always by several burly bodyguards.

Moreover, the chefs in the show all have very good relationships with the elites of high society.

It is almost certain that they are all confidants of the villa owner, people the villa owner can absolutely trust.

The police officer he plays has been working as the cook at this villa for two years since he secretly joined the force.

They didn't even know the name of the owner of the villa where the Red Shoes Ball was held.

The original owner was really useless, Xu Feng couldn't help but think to himself.

Moreover, that kitchen was very far from his own kitchen; although it was on the same floor of the villa, it was separated by a long corridor and corners.

The original owner wasn't sure what the food in the kitchen was, so he wanted to sneak in to observe and gather evidence.

Although that was the case at the beginning, after working there for two years, the original owner seemed to have given up somewhat.

With his rich experience in dealing with people, Xu Feng knew the truth just by smelling it; all that was missing now was evidence.

He subconsciously looked down and saw that he was wearing a crisp white chef's uniform with a line of cursive lettering embroidered on the chest: "Chef of the Red Shoes Ball."

At this moment, the Mads Mikkelsen personality within Xu Feng was slightly excited.

He has a gentle Chinese wife named Jane and two lively and lovely daughters named Ellie and Jenny.

Everyone in the town knew him as a cook with excellent skills and an honest character.

No one would associate him with an undercover police officer.

His true identity is Xu Feng, a chosen one who is less than 100 points, and was forcibly thrown into a hellish national war instance with a score of 1000-1500.

There are no teammates, no memories of anyone else, everyone's appearance has been changed, their language has been unified, and their identities have been hidden.

The neighbors might not even be human, there are monsters lurking in the shadows, and children are disappearing one after another...

Even more deadly is...

Resurrection items are ineffective; once you're dead, you're truly dead.

Xu Feng took a deep breath, his mind completely calm. He had already survived the Pseudo-Human Academy, so why would he be afraid of a mere weird town?

Complaining is useless, and fear is even less useful.

He is now Bill Parker, the chef for the Red Shoes Ball, at least that title allows him to host dinner parties frequently.

Uncle Mads seemed very happy, so much so that Xu Feng's cheeks were flushed with excitement.

Although the game started by warning you to be careful of your neighbors, who knows if your wife and daughters are monsters too?

This is a hidden rule that wasn't disclosed. It seems I'll have to go home and check to find out whether my wife and daughters are human or monsters.

Light footsteps sounded outside the kitchen door, and the maids pushed in a box of groceries:

"Mr. Bill, the ingredients for the dinner have been delivered. The dinner will begin soon, so please prepare it as soon as possible."

"I will, Miss Windsor."

Xu Feng turned around, trying to make his expression resemble that of a gentle chef, his eyes scanning the other end of the corridor.

Several burly men pushed carts full of ingredients wrapped in tin foil into the kitchen at the other end of the corridor.

Xu Feng sniffed around; something seemed off about the ingredients inside the foil.

Perhaps because Sheriff Brian already suspected the Red Shoes Ball, it seemed that he was the only cook in his kitchen, and no more staff had been recruited.

Because the original owner was a man of few words and willing to work diligently, the owners of the Red Shoes Ball seemed very satisfied with Bill and planned to let him continue working there.

In fact, Bill's job was very simple; he was only responsible for making some simple side dishes.

He opened the box the maid had brought; inside were ordinary vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and dairy products.

Xu Feng looked at the ingredients and a slight smile appeared on his lips. He then pulled out the strange ingredients he had obtained from the Pseudo-Human Academy and licked his lips with some excitement.

It aroused a strange competitive spirit.

Xu Feng aims to outshine the kitchen across the street with his superb culinary skills.