The staff seemed to be afraid of being questioned and misunderstood, and he immediately agreed to the request of the "clown mother": "Of course no problem, please wait a while, I will go and find the recipe for you to confirm." ”

With that, the staff turned around and went to the back kitchen, and it took less than a minute to turn over the recipe for the "Colorful Clown Smiley Face Platter Set", "Madam, this is the selection and production method of the "Colorful Clown Smiling Face Platter Set", we promise to strictly follow the above steps to make food that meets the needs of the cast and crew, and they will never be disappointed, there must be some misunderstanding in it." ”

Miss Rossetti took the recipe and quickly synchronized the content through the system to Qi Ji: "Okay, let me take a closer look, I hope it's a misunderstanding." ”

As she spoke, she raised the corners of her lips.

"By the way, I'll need to taste your food later, I hope you don't mind."

*

Inside the clown's performance tent.

As the minutes passed, Qi Yan took out the apron from the kitchen cabinet, although the size of the apron was too large for him who had become a child, but he still skillfully put the apron on his body, and pressed Miss Rossetti's synchronous information, taking the ingredients out of the freezer one by one and putting them in the microwave to thaw, while the seasonings had been placed one by one.

The road on the side was stunned.

Lu Zhi: "Brother Qi, do you need help?" ”

Qi Yan smiled and shook his head: "You can go and find clues again, and leave the kitchen to me." ”

"Good ......" Lu Zhi glanced at Qi Ji who was wearing an apron again, and now Brother Qi feels completely different from usual.

What's going on? What is the bottom of this kind of juvenile male mother's déjà vu?

But Qin Rang on the side was no longer surprised, after all, he had seen Qi Yan feed the young ghost fire bamboo lamp and cats, and the image of Qi Yan's male mother had long been deeply rooted in his heart.

Qin Rang saw Lu Zhi's doubts, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just get used to it." ”

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According to the recipe synchronized by Rossetti, Qi Zhen cut the peeled potatoes, washed carrots, thawed bacon and fish cakes into rounds, smeared butter and fried them over low heat until golden brown and slightly charred out of the pan, then put the eggs in a round mold, fried them until they were half sugary, and finally put them on the plate, and painted a smile on the burnt ingredients with tomato and chili sauce.

When Qi Yan skillfully cooks the "Smiley Face Platter", something strange happens.

The mutant rodents that had been "squeaking" and eating carrion in the restaurant gradually stopped chewing, and as if they had received some command, they began to exchange heads and ears, quickly clean up the food debris on the table, and even bite wet rags and carry brooms to start cleaning diligently.

Lu Zhi and Qin Rang were stunned, how did these mutated creatures that were originally used to deal with players become part-time workers who helped with the cleaning?

At this moment, Qin Rang even had the illusion that Qi Yan, who was busy in the kitchen with an apron, and the little mice who were diligently cleaning in the dining room, had a terrible sense of déjà vu between Snow White and the dwarfs......

Of course, he didn't dare to say these words, for fear of being beaten.

After cleaning up the dining room, the mutant rats got clean tablecloths and carpets out of nowhere, and when everything was ready, they "chirped" back into the ventilation ducts in a neat and orderly manner, not disturbing Qi Ji, who was busy cooking food.

The height of a seven- or eight-year-old child is too short, and Qi Jiu belongs to the type of slower development, and when he is seven or eight years old, he is half a head shorter than his peers, so during the whole cooking process, Xiao Qi Jiu must stand on a stool to be able to reach the stove.

At that time, Qi Dongyao and his wife took him home, thinking that Qi Yan would be a little boy who was not tall in the future, who knew that after entering puberty, Qi Yan suddenly soared to a height of 1.83 meters, comparing all the children who were originally taller than him.

Although he was very short when he returned to his childhood, the speed of his movements did not decrease at all, and in less than ten minutes, Qi Zhen made this recipe "Smiley Face Platter" that belonged to the clown's mother, and wiped the stove clean by the way.

Qi Ji put the hot food on the clean table, and then didn't even have time to untie the apron, so he and Lu Zhiqin returned to the ventilation duct as quickly as possible.

Because they heard the clown's footsteps coming this way, and it was unusually fast, as tense as the sound of a pendulum that "tick, tick, tick" kept ringing.

With a "click", the locked door of the restaurant was opened from the outside by the clown.

The three of them crawled behind the barbed wire fence of the ventilation ducts, holding their breath and not daring to make a sound.

But the clown who pushed the door in at this moment didn't seem to care if there were children hiding hide and seek in the room, he stared at the "smiling platter" on the dining table for a moment, the heavy white powder on his face couldn't cover his intense emotional changes, the corners of the clown's stiff and raised lips began to twitch, but as he mentioned in the DV, the smile had become his muscle memory, his "instinct", and he couldn't stop the hypocritical and boring smile, although the tears had blurred his vision at this time.

The moment he opened the door of the restaurant, the clown seemed to be back to when he was seven or eight years old, back to the days when his mother pampered him unconditionally.

The clown obediently went to the kitchen to wash his hands, and then sat upright on the chair of the dining table.

"Then I'll go." With that, the clown can't wait to enjoy this authentic "smiley platter".

In the dead ruins, the sound of the clown chewing and swallowing is a little abrupt, and the sound of tears falling is also very inappropriate.

But the Joker doesn't mind, because his very existence is anachronistic.

He couldn't control the corners of his comical lips, so he could only maintain a strange posture and smile bitterly and eat the supper in his memory.

"Supper is the happiest time for me and my mother......"

"Mom is a very punctual person, it's nine o'clock... Yes, it's nine o'clock! I've been forgetting this time for a long time, how long? How long has it been since I've had a 9 o'clock supper... My favorite "smiley platter", my mother will only make it for one child, and she will love me unconditionally, look at me, and meet all my requests......"

The clown repeats the phrase in a slurred way as he frantically chews on the food on his plate, his smiling face smeared with ketchup being chewed up in his mouth and becoming runny.

"Nine o'clock... It's nine o'clock, dear children, the game is over! The clown swallowed the last piece of the smiley hash brown, wiped the ketchup from the corner of his lips with a napkin contented, and stood up from the table and announced.

At the same time, the system sent a prompt -

[Congratulations to all the travelers who entered the Clown Show Tent, the main quest of the Highway Circus "Clown's Smile Abandoned Hide and Seek" has been successfully completed, congratulations on the happy and exciting first performance of the circus]

After getting the system prompt, the three people hiding in the pipeline breathed a sigh of relief.

The other players were a little confused, what the hell happened? How could the clock, which could not be turned to nine o'clock, suddenly become normal again?

After Lu Zhi relieved his nervousness, he quickly reviewed the course of tonight's game and Qi Jiu's action choices.

The Joker once sang a ballad at the beginning of the game: "Once upon a time there was a lonely clown, and the clown was very punctual, and he hated to be touched by the clock in his house; The clown is hospitable and doesn't mind sharing his life with children; The Joker has a secret, and the child who discovers the Joker's secret will be able to join his team......"

Punctuality, which corresponds to the hidden information point of 9 p.m., and the fact that you can't touch his clock, warns the player that adjusting the time of the wall clock on the wall without permission can lead to very dangerous consequences;

and doesn't mind sharing his life, it can be understood that the clown is playing hide and seek with the children on the surface, but in his heart he is actually expecting the other party to pay attention to him, not just the funny identity of the clown, the whole process of hide and seek is also the process of discovering the sadness and despair in the clown's heart and discovering his true desire.

Needless to say, killing a companion is the way to change from a "hider" to a "seeker".

The ballad is like a rope that connects all the clues in the tent, but in the extreme atmosphere of death hide and seek, it is difficult for players to analyze it word by word with a clear idea, and most players only care about trying to escape for their lives, and rarely follow the metaphors in the ballad to patiently search for the truth hidden in the ruins.

Because the vast majority of players only want to survive and earn survival coins, they do not have enough patience and interest to explore the plot line of the dungeon and dig out the story background of the NPC characters.

Through the light leaking through the vent of the ventilation duct, Lu Zhi glanced at Qi Yan with a complicated expression, Xiao Nian's brother is really special......

At this moment, Qi Yan suddenly jumped down from the vent of the ventilation duct, and he stood in front of the clown generously: "Mr. Clown, is your performance over next?" ”

The clown regained his calm smile and carefully wiped the tears from his face with a napkin: "Yes, dear children, thank you for watching my performance, I hope this night of the show will surprise you." ”

Tears make the clown's damp face comical, like a rain-soaked graffiti wall.

"Thank you for your hospitality too." The clown somehow got a smiley mask, he took it in his hand, and bowed gracefully to Qi Yan, who was only seven or eight years old.

At the same time, Qi Yan's system has moved-

[Hello Dear Traveler, due to your outstanding performance in the "Clown's Smile Abandoned Hide and Seek Game", the dungeon unlocked two items for you, namely: "Joker's Smiley Face Mask" and "Clown's Tears"]

["Clown's Smiley Face Mask" Instructions: A smiley face mask with the theme of "hypocrisy" can help players obtain the privilege of hiding the identity of tourists once during the next viewing process; Item duration: 8 minutes】

["Joker's Tears" Instructions: The cloudy tears mixed with the foundation condense Mr. Joker's confession and the beautiful determination to start over, which is very precious, with a powerful "confession" effect, and players can get a chance to reset the skill cooldown after use]

Qi Zhen was a little surprised, these two props are very rare and absolutely practical.

In particular, "Joker's Tears" is very timely for him who has just used both "Bloodline Identity" and "NPC Limited Time Appointment Letter".

[Wait a minute, there is still a reward loading......]

Qi Yan frowned slightly, is there still one? And this is the first time he has encountered a situation where the system releases rewards and freezes.

It doesn't feel that simple.

[Rewards have been loaded]

【Congratulations on unlocking the Special Item [Mom's Apron]*1]

[Item description: Very charming apron, the role has not yet been clarified (because this item is not within the scope of the system reward, please understand)

Qi Jiu: "... I see, thank you, system teacher. ”

The crowd followed the clown's steps back together in the ruins plaza at the entrance.

Under the Joker's arrangement, the seven surviving children stood in a row in front of him.

Qi Zhen looked around, but he didn't find the pale boy who killed his companion and became the identity of the "seeker".

What's going on? The mutant rat shouldn't have bitten him to death just now, right?

Is he alive? If he's not dead, doesn't that mean... Players who become the clown camp don't have to assemble like other tourists?

Who is that pale and sick little player?

"Dear children, thank you again for coming to the House of Clown's Smiling Ruins tonight, tonight my show is officially over, and before leaving my tent, I will give a gift to the children who survived the game of hide and seek." The clown rolled his eyes with excitement, his eyes full of anticipation, and said that he handed over the meal tickets to the children one by one—

"I've prepared a sumptuous barbecue package ticket for smart and obedient children, tomorrow morning, you can take the meal ticket to the rest area, find that strange uncle in a sequined bodysuit, hand him this meal ticket, and you will have a delicious barbecue breakfast!" The clown shook his head and seemed to be in a good mood.

Of course, Qi Zhen remembered that the vendor in the sequined tights and selling barbecue in the lounge area was an acrobat.

What the clown handed them was a ticket to the "acrobatic show" tomorrow during the day!

By the way, according to the cafeteria's cast and crew set menu, the acrobats' performances are held during the day.

"Good night, my sweet little friends," the clown put his smiley mask on his face again, "you leave along that door, and a member of staff will come and pick you up to rest and have a good night's sleep." ”

Players follow the signs to the exit of the tent and re-enter the low door with a mirror.

The fog still crept through the wilderness night, but the bells that had been everywhere had ceased, and in its place there was an unsettling dead silence.

The huge red and white tent gradually engulfs in a thick fog, and the players discover that even though the clown's show is over, they still haven't changed back to their original form, and they are still seven or eight years old.

"What's going on? Why haven't we changed back...? ”

"yes, are we going to keep this ghost until the end of the dungeon?"

"Probably not, right?"

"Speaking of which, is the person who picked us up in the clown's mouth a staff member?"

At that moment, the sound of wheels rolling over in the fog was heard, and then—

"Jingle bell, jingle bell." A tour bus came from the wilderness.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the car stopped next to the clown's tent, and a staff member in red uniform stepped out of the car.

Red work uniforms?

Qi Jiu's brows furrowed imperceptibly, it seemed that this was the type of staff he hadn't encountered before.

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