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Inside the spacious ice rink.
Yang Tao's voice attracted the attention of the three Wanderers.
Accompanied by soft music, the three Wanderers skillfully skated on rollerblades to his side, sizing him up and down.
Two black, one white.
This was Yang Tao's first impression.
His second impression was that these guys seemed a bit mentally unstable, and they reeked of a strong, sour odor.
Yang Tao frowned slightly.
Due to domestic anti-drug propaganda, combined with the current mental state of these guys, he easily guessed that they must have been smoking weed.
But the question was, where did these bastards get their weed from?
"Hey, friend, where are you from?"
A black man in a shirt, looking somewhat out of place, asked first. Yang Tao casually replied:
"Level 3. I came here through a wooden door."
Looking at the yellowed teeth of these guys, he regretted coming. Wouldn't it be better to spend this time looking for two bottles of Almond water in other areas?
Hearing his answer, the black man said in his racially inherent tone:
"Oh, wow, lucky indeed. It's been a long time since anyone from the earlier levels made it here."
The white man among the three also spoke at this point:
"Tell us, what do you want to know?"
"Are there many people on this level?"
"It's alright, but no new people have come recently. Some people stayed for a while and then left. I really don't know what they're thinking. Here, you have food to eat and drinks to drink. Everyone talks about Hounds, but I've been here for two months and haven't even encountered one."
The white man looked as if those people were idiots, and as he spoke, he pulled a thick cigar from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
"Hey, friend, want one? This is good stuff. It'll guarantee you won't have any worries in this damned Backrooms."
Yang Tao: "..."
"Where did you get this stuff?"
"Vending machine... Sometimes, the vending machine has this good stuff, but it's very rare... Hey, are you leaving already?"
"So rude..."
"Give me a puff... Phew... I effing love it here."
Yang Tao, who was leaving, paid no attention to what the guys behind him were saying. If he didn't leave, those guys might just try to force something on him, and he didn't know what that something would be.
Although his current body didn't need to worry about it, he subconsciously still felt that this stuff was not good.
'Vending machines selling weed? Damn, I didn't expect the Backrooms to fall so low.'
He had no intention of smashing the vending machine. For the three Wanderers just now, turning into Facelings in happiness might be their best outcome.
Yang Tao's nose twitched slightly. He smelled the scent of fried food wafting in the air. Following the direction of the smell, he could vaguely see a passage leading to other areas in the distance.
Clack clack... Clack clack...
Although there was no one around, the sound of rollerblades hitting the ground echoed, and he could vaguely hear the giggling and Rumble of children.
This was the special 'sound effect' unique to the ice rink.
Skating along the scent in the air, he arrived at the edge of the ice rink area after more than ten minutes. Ahead was a small dining area. Yang Tao took off his rollerblades and threw them directly into his backpack.
"Why is no one here?"
Logically, this dining area shouldn't be completely empty, even if it wasn't overrun with Wanderers.
'Could Level 31 have more than one dining area?'
Walking into the dining area, its decor was identical to the ice rink area outside. Cheap plastic dining tables were neatly arranged in the empty dining area.
Yang Tao walked straight towards a beverage shop because the mini-map showed that there was only one Entity in the entire area.
Standing at the beverage shop counter was a Faceling wearing a staff uniform and a blank name tag. Yang Tao walked into the shop and looked up slightly at the menu on the wall.
"..."
[Almond water] [Almond water] [Almond water]...
The new menu only had one option: [Almond water].
You shouldn't be called Bob's Drinks, you should be called Almond water Supply Center.
"A cup of Almond water..."
The Faceling server nodded lightly and walked to the beverage machine, took out a paper cup, and held it against the switch at the spout. With a gurgling sound, the paper cup was quickly filled with Almond water.
Yang Tao looked at the Almond water dispenser, thinking: 'Is the Almond water inside this thing infinite?'
He didn't know if it heard his inner thoughts.
A red indicator light lit up on the Almond water dispenser, indicating that there were no more drinks inside.
Looking at the lit red light, Yang Tao felt as if the beverage machine was mocking him. At this moment, the Faceling server had already brought the drink to him and handed him a new menu from under the counter.
[Pineapple Pizza]
[Mega Beef Burger]
[French Fries] [Fried Chicken Leg]
[Strong Explosion Chicken Popcorn]
[Cosmic Invincible Four-Degree McChicken Cheese Burger]
"Wait... Did some awesome stuff get mixed in here??"
He looked up at the 'truly' expressionless Faceling and pointed at the last two product names.
"The others don't matter, but I absolutely have to try these last two. But can I ask if the chicken was raped while it was alive?"
The Faceling lowered its head to look at the menu, then took out a marker and crossed out the character for 'strong' in 'chicken popcorn', changing it to 'powerful'.
Oddly, Yang Tao lost his desire for this chicken popcorn.
After making the change, the Faceling turned and walked out from behind the counter. Yang Tao, holding his Almond water, followed it. He saw this Faceling walk into the kitchen of the adjacent burger shop and begin to get busy.
Yang Tao chuckled at this.
"So, you're the only server in this entire food street?"
Sitting at the dining table and drinking the Almond water in his hand, he thought about the female Smiler and the Royal Rations of Level 6.
Soon, a crisp bell rang.
The Faceling had already prepared the food Yang Tao requested and was now holding a tray, ringing the handbell behind the burger shop counter.
Yang Tao got up and walked to the counter, looking at the tempting aroma of the food, his appetite soaring.
Although it wasn't 'Strong Explosion Chicken Popcorn,' this 'Powerful Explosion Chicken Popcorn' was also good.
"Um... excuse me, where is the staff passage?"
The Faceling tilted its head slightly and then pointed towards a deeper part of the food street.
Yang Tao looked in the direction the Faceling pointed and soon saw a corridor in the distance: "Thanks..."
He walked towards the 'staff passage' while eating the [Cosmic Invincible Four-Degree McChicken Cheese Burger].
Suddenly, he remembered something.
He reached out and summoned the wooden door, opened it, and then closed it directly.
"Almost forgot to check in!"
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