This game is so weird!

Just as Er Miao was leading Anya to inspect the castle, the chef simulator player, who had just finished his busy lunch break, was sitting in the lounge discussing quietly with the market simulator player.

This morning, when the chef simulator players came to the farm warehouse to pick up supplies, they discovered that the expressionless man busy on the farm was also a group of players.

After all, normally no NPC would jump up and down a step, or even try to squeeze out of the window.

Even the first floor is too eerie, isn't it?

Moreover, he heard from other chefs who stayed up all night playing cards that they were playing cards with players from the vegetable market, and that they were supposedly in charge of the vertical farming system. This gave Chef Wang Laowu a bold idea.

After waiting a while, several people with expressionless faces walked in, carrying sickles and watering cans, raising and lowering their hands as they walked.

"What the heck! Why can't I use tools outside of the farm? I wanted to try watering the weeds to see if they would grow into a patch of grass!"

The expressionless man, carrying a watering can, grumbled as he walked into the break room. He put the can away in his pouch, put it down, grabbed a biscuit, swallowed it, and shouted, "Brothers, let's play cards!"

Seeing that the others were still eating and drinking to replenish their energy, Wang Laowu went over and sat down at the card table.

"Hello," Wang Laowu rubbed his hands together, a little shyly, and said, "Are you players of the vegetable market simulator?"

"Hmm? Yeah," the expressionless man looked up, "Want to play cards together?"

"Great!" Wang Laowu happily joined the matchmaking team. While waiting for the others to arrive, he chatted idly, "By the way, how come your vegetable market simulator only has farming and no vegetable market?"

"Don't even mention it. I was busy all night last night and finally managed to collect enough contribution points to buy land and start planting. But after I finished planting, I found out that I also have to pay to use the stalls in the vegetable market..." The vegetable market player pointed to an area separated by a fence between the rest room and the square. "The prices are quite expensive. Now I don't have enough contribution points to buy land and can't sell vegetables."

"I can only start setting up a stall after the next batch of rice is harvested and I collect all the fixed task rewards."

Chef Wang Laowu's eyes darted around, and he pointed to himself, "How about you sell it to me?"

"Hmm? Sell it to you?"

"Yes, just bring it to the lounge, and we can exchange money for goods. I'll give you 9% of the market price."

After speaking, Wang Laowu took out a phantom image of contribution points and placed it on the table (after the headset terminal recognizes the player's contribution points, it projects an equivalent contribution point as a phantom image onto the table. If the player leaves or no one picks it up within a certain period of time, it will automatically dissipate).

"Great job, bro!" The market player's eyes lit up. The sound of keyboard clicks carried through the game to Wang Laowu's side. The market player immediately jumped up and ran towards the door, shouting, "Wait for me! My name is Shennong Baicaoku!"

After saying that, he ran off and disappeared in a flash.

"Hey, where's Shennong?" other players from the vegetable market asked curiously after returning from replenishing their hunger.

"Hey bro, wanna sell vegetables? I'll buy them at 9% of the market price, way more profitable than setting up a stall!"

Chef Wang Laowu sent a custom emoji, a wicked smile playing on his lips, and rubbed his hands together as he approached the group of market vendors.

"Really!? How much do you charge?"

"Take as much as you want, with priority given to seasonings such as scallions, ginger, and garlic."

Wang Laowu, sitting in front of his computer, shuddered with relief. Now, how could those amateur cooks in the surrounding restaurants who cooked large pots of food compare to him?

During dinner, a unique stall suddenly appeared among the 10 small stalls of the homeless restaurant. Three or four simple stir-fried dishes were placed on the table in bowls, and a whole freshly cut fish fillet was placed on the other side, which was fried to order and attracted the attention of many homeless people.

In chaotic times, who can resist indulging in some oily and greasy food?

Not to mention the aroma of ginger, scallions, and garlic after stir-frying, which immediately overwhelmed the surrounding shops that served boiled cabbage, pea porridge, or even rice porridge with vegetables, making them incredibly wealthy.

Chef Wang Laowu stood behind the small restaurant, watching the homeless people eagerly eating their food after the dishes were taken away. He was busy but couldn't stop smiling.

Damn, my small shop, which I've run for three years in real life, doesn't get this much business! The positive feedback in this game is amazing!!

While Chef Wang Laowu was making a fortune, in a back alley in the residential area, near the entrance to the commercial district, four or five players were carrying large and small bags and walking towards the middle of the back alley.

A huge red and white mushroom-shaped building, which looks and smells like a mushroom, stands here. From a distance, it's hard to believe it's a house.

"How about it! This is the mushroom house I picked from the top-rated posts on the forum~"

Inside the mushroom's belly, Er Miao patted her chest and happily told Miley, whose lips were twitching, "It took us a lot of time to find materials, including the one-way transparent fungal coating on the exterior. We even got it from the vertical farm; we almost got caught by those expressionless guys!"

"The outside is coated with a real fungus. In an emergency, it can be cooked to replenish energy and emits a hallucinogenic aroma. If eaten raw by an invading orc race, it can cause poisoning and unconsciousness!"

"A defensive system that excels in both appearance and practicality!"

"This mushroom was much harder to make than Anya's castle; even Erwang is almost exhausted." She pointed to her best friend slumped on the table, then looked expectantly at Miley and Leah: "Do you like it?"

"This place is amazing!! Sister Er Miao, you're such a kind person!!!"

Leah happily looked around and touched everything, letting out excited screams that almost broke her voice.

Hehe~

After Leah and Miley finished exploring the Mushroom House and each chose a room on the second floor, Er Miao led them to a wall at the end of the passage on the second floor. Er Miao grabbed three small mushrooms by the window and pulled them upwards one by one, creating a round hole in the wall.

"From here you can quickly slide to the back of the house, where there's a small path leading to the commercial area entrance. Remember to escape through here in an emergency!"

After demonstrating the hidden features of the Mushroom House, the players who had helped move things downstairs finished their work and laid a brightly colored tablecloth on the round table on the first floor of the Mushroom House. They then turned off the lights and used their headsets to project various gorgeous festive decorations, from the light curtains by the windows to the projection of flowers.

Er Miao led Liya by the hand and slowly walked down the stairs. At that moment, a pre-downloaded birthday song suddenly started playing in the hall.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to you!

As the birthday song played, Leah and Miley walked to the round table. The two dogs slowly lifted the curtain covering the table, revealing a cake with seven light sticks serving as candles. Leah gasped in surprise, while several prepared players quickly activated their headsets, sending out a series of firework-like emotes that flew to the ceiling and exploded.

"Happy Birthday!" The players present collectively offered their blessings. Those who came were players who had been focusing on survival and construction at the base these past few days. They had interacted quite a bit with the lively and energetic Leah and all liked this little girl very much. "May you be happy every day in the coming year!"

"We will protect you!"

Amidst everyone's blessings, Leah, who had always acted like a cheerful person, burst into tears.

After a long pause, she finally managed to say in a soft, cute voice with a snotty nose, "Thank you... thank you everyone!!"

Ermiao approached and patted Leah's head, then leaned close to Miley and whispered, "Welcome to Scar Planet~ We're family now!"