Poverty makes me capable of anything.

An Ran stared at the [Fruit Osmanthus Cake] on the plate. Its light green color and faint steam made her mouth water.

Holding a fork in her right hand, Anran forked a small piece of osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth.

Osmanthus cake melts in your mouth, with an excellent texture and a lingering, delightful flavor. The double fragrance of fruit and osmanthus seems to still linger in your mouth.

After being transported into the game, I proved to be a genius; even cooking was no problem for me.

An Ran forked another piece of osmanthus cake, put it in her mouth, chewed it carefully, and then swallowed it.

The fork in his hand reached for the plate for the third time.

However, at that moment, a game notification suddenly rang in An Ran's mind—

"You are poisoned, stamina -5/minute".

"..."

An Ran was taken aback.

ヾ(??﹏?)??

Pfft, this cake is poisoned!

She immediately fell to the ground.

Anran opened the game panel and saw that her name now had a "poisoned" status, and her full 108 stamina points were now down to only 87.

1 minute 5 o'clock.

87/5 = 17……4.

That's it, I can only last for a little over 17 minutes. After my stamina is depleted, my health will drop rapidly until it's completely depleted, and then I'm done for.

An Ran felt like a million grass mud horses were galloping through her mind. A new recipe had indeed appeared, but it was a "dark cuisine" that could poison people, and the worst part was that she had actually eaten it.

"Stamina -5"

No, I can't just give up like this.

An Ran sprang to her feet and rallied.

"A regular mung bean cake can increase 3 points of stamina. I still have several leftover mung bean cakes from lunch. I still have hope!"

An Ran instantly took out ordinary mung bean cakes, grabbed them with both hands, and quickly threw them into her mouth one by one.

Chew, chew, chew quickly.

"Stamina +3"

"Stamina +3"

"Stamina -5"

……

The small mung bean cakes were no match for An Ran, and the five mung bean cakes in front of her were quickly devoured by An Ran.

You have 97 stamina points remaining.

There were no more mung bean cakes left. Anran looked around and immediately saw an empty water ladle. So she decided to drink some water.

She picked up the water ladle and, completely disregarding her growing belly, poured water into it.

After being forced to drink the last dose of the drug, An Ran quickly ran to the toilet to vomit and rinse her mouth. She felt weak in the knees, but thankfully the poisoning symptoms after her name had disappeared.

Stamina: 46/108.

I'm so frustrated.

An Ran was feeling terrible. She just wanted to treat herself, but how could steaming fruit and osmanthus cake result in such a toxic dish!

Anran, lying weakly in bed, was completely baffled.

This magical addition method isn't entirely useless; at least it's quite effective at tricking people.

Thinking of this, An Ran suddenly became happy again and touched her slightly protruding belly.

Chapter 08 The NPC with Three Icons Above His Head

After messing around all night, Anran was still listless when she went to work at the repair shop the next day.

After completing the first part of the "Colin's Mechanical Engineering" mission, subsequent missions will follow.

So far, Anran has completed three rounds of tasks and gained 900 free experience points.

Aside from the first short, stubby mechanical column he made, the two subsequent creations were a metal sphere and two complex cylinders about the length of a forearm.

Colin didn't avoid Anran. Apart from the blueprints that he didn't know where they were, all the things he had recently made in the workshop were piled up on the table in the corner.

The various items were neatly arranged, but Anran still couldn't figure out what Colin was planning to do.

However, the increasing number of glass pillars made Anran realize that what Colin was trying to create was not ordinary.

"Splash—"

While waiting for customers, An Ran flipped through the pages of her book and yawned out of boredom.

She read through all the books on the table, but the repair shop didn't have any novels, so she could only dabble in these dry and boring texts.

The clanging sounds behind him continued, suggesting that Colin's project had entered a crucial stage.

An Ran raised her head and looked out at the street.

Some wandering gazes suddenly fell on the girl who appeared at the intersection.

The gray suit, the familiar face—isn't this the player we followed yesterday who "led the escape"?

An Ran had already seen Zhou Jieyu's name above her head.

Just right.

An Ran casually sent a [Basic Reconnaissance] skill.

Player template for obtaining information:

Name: The Leader of the Escape

Race: Terran

Gender: Female

Level: 1

Main profession: None

Secondary occupation: None

Players with no prior experience are probably so poor they can't even afford to eat.

An Ran immediately made a judgment: she felt she was poor enough, but still better off than players who had just entered the game.

In that case, the method of conducting the experiment needs to be changed slightly.

An Ran stared at her "guinea pig" and then fell into thought.

……

Zhou Jieyu got up early and wandered around the old town, hoping to find some tasks.

As she turned a corner, she noticed a gaze fixed on her.

Zhou Jieyu followed the gaze and her face immediately turned embarrassed.

It was that familiar, delicate face again, only today it was dressed in work clothes, sitting in front of a small shop called "Colin Repair Shop".

This is probably where game development companies cut corners.

Zhou Jieyu couldn't help but complain that she had already seen three NPCs that looked exactly alike.

The first two are passersby, but this one looks more like a functional NPC.

But the problem is that there are no signs on her head.

Aside from hidden quests, regular quest-type NPCs will have a yellow exclamation mark above their heads, while functional NPCs will have a symbol indicating their corresponding function above their heads.

He's probably just a passerby.

Just as Zhou Jieyu was about to look away, she suddenly froze and quickly wiped her eyes with both hands.

Ok?

She clearly saw three symbols appear above the NPC girl's head.

A yellow exclamation mark indicates that there are tasks available.

The hammer represents the ability to repair equipment and props.

A coin with a round hole indicates that it can be used for transactions.

"What the hell? Did I just hallucinate? Or was it just the angle?" Zhou Jieyu was completely baffled, but since there was a mission to take on, she couldn't miss it.

……

An Ran noticed that the "leader of the escape" was about to leave, and suddenly realized that she didn't have any markings on her head.

So she quickly opened the corresponding system in the game panel and swiftly put three "hats" on her head.

This symbol is only visible to players; NPCs cannot see it.

Sure enough, as soon as the "hat" was put on, the "leader of the escape" came up looking eager to try.

It seems that the appeal of "quests" to players in the early stages is fatal, and Anran can completely "lure" players through quests.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Zhou Jieyu asked, gathering her emotions.

This standard opening statement indicates that they are there to receive a mission.

"Do you want to publish the task?"

A notification sounded in An Ran's mind.

The crucial moment has arrived!

Anran's current goal is to test this task system.

"Yes!"