The European Emperor’s character remains standing

Chapter 97

After everyone cleaned the shop, fed the cats, and cleaned the cats' utensils, An Zhe'er and Chen Siyuan's side mission was completed.

It's just different from the expected prompt given directly by the system. The clue was found in the cat's nest in the store. There were scratches from the cat's claws on the note, and the handwriting could still be seen clearly.

Because they discovered new clues, Lu Zai and the others decided to study the new clues first.

The edge of the note was torn off at will, and a sentence was recorded on it.

[Zi Zi is the store manager’s favorite cat, but I haven’t seen Zi Zi since I came to the store. 】

Underneath this sentence is the word "四", which, combined with Ye Sisi's current identity, is enough to explain everything.

[Congratulations to the player Fold-eared Cat for receiving the side mission reward. The player’s side mission will be distributed by the system. 】

[System prompt: As players continue to explore the dungeon and discover clues, important clues will change in degree according to the information and clues known to the player. 】

As soon as the system prompt came out, Chen Siyuan couldn't help but complained: "The players have to discover this online mission by themselves. If we don't discover it, will this clue be destroyed? Also, does the system mean that as long as we The more clues are discovered, the originally important clues will become auxiliary clues or something like that?”

"I guess it may be so." Su Heng confirmed Chen Siyuan's statement and added: "By the way, do you still remember what I said just now that the side mission may be wrong. It is impossible to have 49 in the normal dungeon time. Days, unless it is a survival-type copy, it will be required to survive within a certain period of time."

An Zheer said the follow-up that Su Heng did not say: "But this is just a puzzle-solving dungeon, so it is impossible for it to take such a long time."

As soon as these words came out, a system prompt appeared on everyone's system panel.

[Congratulations to the player for learning about the main plot. However, due to insufficient known clues and unlocked content, the main plot mission cannot be changed and has been locked. Players are asked to actively explore the dungeon and obtain more clues to unlock the main mission. 】

Ye Sisi rolled his eyes, "Is this a scam? If we don't tell you, this mission will never be unlocked."

Lin Shilu spread his hands: "It's just such a trick."

There was a sound of opening the door, and everyone sitting around the cashier looked out.

The visitor was a relatively introverted girl with a plain bow hairpin on her head. She greeted them timidly: "Um, hello. I came in when I saw that the door was unlocked. I heard from my friend that the store manager had I went on a trip and just came back now, so are you ready to open the store now? If not, I’ll come back another day.”

Hearing the girl's words, the five people were shocked. It seemed that the time when the cat cafe manager came back was the time when they entered the dungeon.

"It's open, it's open, what would you like to drink?"

Su Heng reacted the fastest. He handed the two menus on the counter to An Zhe'er, motioned them to the girl, and said with a gentle smile: "I am the chef in charge of drinks in the store. Are you a first-time customer here? , if you are a new customer, buy one drink in the store and get one free, and petting the cat is free.”

"I'm new here. My name is Ah Su, Qing Su's Su. I haven't been to a cat cafe before. Is there anything I need to pay attention to here?"

Ah Su took the two menus, found a corner to sit down, and asked them if there was anything they should pay attention to.

Now I was confused. How could they know what to pay attention to if they had never been to a cat cafe? It would be okay if it was Huahuazai. Not only did he have cats, but he had also been to a cat cafe. , the scene will definitely not be so stiff.

Lin Shilu had a flash of inspiration. According to his previous experience of entering the dungeon, after the player enters, the character he plays will be very similar to the player. This is also for the player to be better involved.

"I am the manager of this shop. Regarding your question, I want to say: There is nothing to pay attention to in this cat cafe. Our cat cafe is different from other cat cafes. We are not like this. Our store is the main business, so we basically do whatever makes us feel comfortable.”

Lin Shilu finished speaking with a smile and turned his back on Ah Su.

Because of her petite figure, Ye Sisi was obscured by the counter. After hearing this, she raised her eyebrows at Lu Zai, and her eyes seemed to read something like this: "I didn't expect you to have this skill."

Lin Shilu said four words silently to Yesi, "Just make reasonable use of it."

She understood the lip reading, opened the counter drawer, took out the pen and paper inside, and wrote on it: "Why don't you read that note quickly?"

"I know." Lin Shilu whispered.

Zhe'er and Siyuan were watching over the guests, so she wasn't worried, so Lin Shilu shook the notes in his hand, turned to look in the direction of the rest room in the store, and motioned to Su Heng.

Su Heng: "Leave it to me."

After getting the answer, Lin Shilu walked towards the inner lounge.

After An Zhe'er handed the two menus to the guests, he sat at the table not far away, while Siyuan sat across from him, trying not to put too much pressure on the somewhat social-phobic and introverted guest.

"Hello, I would like strawberry yogurt for drinks, and then a mango lasagna, thank you."

Ah Su said after reading one of the menus.

Another menu in the store is related to cats.

An Zhe'er quietly kicked Chen Siyuan's legs, and inadvertently looked at Ah Su, and then at Su Heng's position, intending to ask him to pick him up while he talked to Ah Su.

Siyuan stood up and walked to Ah Su and said, "Okay, guest, please wait a moment."

Then, he came to Su Heng and said, "The materials for making drinks are in the refrigerator in the warehouse. I'll get the corresponding materials."

After Chen Siyuan left, Ah Su, as expected, asked An Zhe'er about matters related to cats in the store.

"I would like to ask, if I want to pet a cat, should I order by looking at the cat pictures on the menu, or should I wait for the cat to come over?"

Just as An Zhe'er was about to speak, prompts and corresponding answers were given on the system panel. She answered Ah Su's questions one by one based on what was said on the system panel.

"Customers can choose by themselves. The cats in our store are very gentle. As long as the customer calls their name, they will come over. But be careful not to neglect or hurt the cat after selecting the corresponding cat. Customers come to the cat cafe Most of them come here to relax, so customers can pet their cats for free in the store even if they don’t order drinks or food.”

After the explanation, An Zheer suddenly thought of a question.

She had roughly taken a look at the cats in the store before, and there were about thirty or forty of them. If the system prompt was correct, then the cats in the store would really hear the name and come to the person calling.

There are two menus in the store, one for drinks and food, and the other for the cats in the store.

Assuming that there is no hidden menu, the items on these two menus are very complete, so they should be able to be used to judge or search.

She had seen a news before, saying that a customer in a cat cafe tried to take away the cat employee in the store when it was dark, but because the store was counted every day, he was caught directly.

She couldn't remember what happened next. Since it was a puzzle-solving dungeon, the rules in the dungeon should be the same as in reality.

There is more than one menu in the store, and the menus are basically placed on the counter.

Ye Sisi did not enter the lounge with Lu Zai, but hid in the corner behind the counter, sorting out the clues she had obtained since entering the dungeon. Halfway through, Lin Shilu sent a message through the system, asking her to enter the lounge to help. Organize information.

After entering the lounge with pen and paper in Yesi, there were only three people left in the shop outside: Ah Su, An Zhe'er and Su Heng. In addition, there were a large group of cats basking in the sun inside the shop. sun.

While An Zheer was thinking, Chen Siyuan brought the materials to be used from the warehouse, and Su Heng was also making drinks according to the process given by the system.

There is a fresh-keeping mode in the warehouse. The process for Ah Su’s strawberry yogurt is very simple, and the mango mille-feuille has a base, so it doesn’t take much time at all.

So, while she was thinking, Ah Su opened the cat menu. The first few pages of the menu show the store's signature cats, and the back is arranged according to the type and popularity of the cats. Under the picture of each cat, there are notes on personality and preferences.

This is why before Ah Su came, her friend advised her not to order blindly, but to read the Maomao menu first.

When Su Heng was looking through the menu, Siyuan had already brought her the mango mille layer and strawberry yogurt. Because Su Heng had said before that new customers would buy one and get one free, so there were two strawberry yogurts on the tray.

The moment Chen Siyuan put down the tray, An Zhe'er stood up and patted Siyuan's shoulder, meaning: "I'll leave this to you first."

Relying on the tacit understanding between the two of them for many years, Chen Siyuan successfully understood what she meant. She probably thought of something. It could be seen from her movements that she was a little anxious. Nowadays, people who can make Zhe Er feel anxious are usually only is an important clue.

"do not worry."

The moment the two passed each other, Chen Siyuan said softly.

An Zheer came to the counter and said, "Where are the extra menus? Let me see what needs to be modified. The store manager has been traveling for so long and the store has not been cleaned. There must be many toys that need to be modified."

What she said was not only for them, but also for the only customer in the store.

According to their understanding, this means that there are hidden clues on the menu. Before the guests arrived, he had read both menus. Generally speaking, there was nothing wrong with them, but if it had something to do with the cat in the subtext of folded ears, that might not necessarily be the case.

No matter before or after entering, the system repeatedly prompts that this is a puzzle-type dungeon. There are usually many elements in the dungeon, but only one can be the main element.

Combined with the background, it is nothing more than cat fans and cats. If you go a little further, it may involve the background of the character you play.

"it's here."

After Su Heng was vaguely reminded by An Zhe'er, he understood and took out a menu from under the counter.

"Do you have extra paper and pen?" An Zheer asked after taking the menu.

He took out two pieces of paper and pen from the drawer below. Judging from Zhe Er's attitude, he probably asked him to search for them together.

It just so happened that there were very few customers right now, so he was still free.

If there are many customers, he will definitely give priority to Lu Zai’s suggestions first, and the store’s turnover on the first day will prevail. Gather the clues first, then find time to look at them with others.

"There are not too many customers now. Let's count the cats in the store first. This will make it easier for us to serve customers."

They are all old players who have experienced closed beta. Su Heng knows the reason why An Zheer said this. As long as they stand from the perspective of the system, they may trigger side missions, which are independent. This is basically the relationship between old players. common sense.

No, as soon as An Zhe'er finished speaking, she and Su Heng jointly popped up a side mission. They were the only two people in the store who received this mission.

[The side two-player limited mission is triggered, players are asked to count the cats in the store. Note: The cats in the store are very well-behaved and intelligent. As long as you call their names, they will agree. Just remember to fulfill their little wish afterwards. After the player completes the cat's little wish, the cat's favorability can be increased. 】

[Because the players Fold-eared Cat and Soda Water triggered a two-player limited mission, the cat favorability system was activated. Players can check the favorability of the unlocked cats at any time through the system. 】

As time went by, after Ah Su left at the beginning, several waves of customers came to the store, including loyal old customers and new customers who were curious.

There is a constant flow of people coming and going. Su Heng was only free for the first few hours, and then he was as busy as Chen Siyuan.

Near noon, the customer flow in the store reached its peak.

Lin Shilu and Ye Sisi were in the lounge inside, reasoning based on clues; An Zheer took the menu and hurriedly counted all the cats in the store before the customer flow increased, and then started brushing the favorability of the cats in the store. While helping Siyuan share the pressure.

Among them, the vast majority of customers are very high-quality, and only a few are naturally rebellious. Chen Siyuan was able to win over them without affecting the store decorations and customers.

Later, the robot on duty was charged, and the store's security no longer needed Chen Siyuan.

At 1:10 in the afternoon, Lin Shilu and Ye Sisi came out of the inner lounge. They had sorted out and unlocked all the clues in the notebook.

The other three were not involved, so there were no clues to unlock this aspect. So, they have until the end of the day to share clues.

In the same way, An Zhe'er and Chen Siyuan were busy but also very productive between serving customers and taking care of cats.

Among the five people in the team, Maomao has the highest affection for them; the second most favorable person is Lin Shilu, who ranks third because of the store manager's bonus; Maomao has Su Heng and Ye Sisi It has the least increase in favorability, so it is tied for last place.

After Lin Shilu and Ye Sisi came out of the lounge, the first round of peak customer flow in the store ended and the second round of customer flow ushered in.

After the peak of the second round of passenger traffic ended, the five people completed the turnover specified by the system during this period.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, there were only five Lin Shilu and others left in the store. It was expected that some customers would come here soon, but they had no plans to continue now.

An Zheer took out a rest sign and placed it outside the door.

After a while, they were all hungry.

The ingredients in the warehouse are basically materials used for making desserts and drinks. This cannot be regarded as lunch, at best it can only be regarded as afternoon tea.

An Zhe'er suggested: "I see there is a wonton shop next to us, why don't we go and eat it?"

Lin Shilu: "I agree!"

Ye Sisi: "Add one."

Su Heng and Chen Siyuan said in unison: "No objection."

The five people put away the fragile items in the store before going out, fed the cats in the store, and then went out one after another. The wonton shop was right opposite them, so they didn't need to close the store.

After eating the wontons, they returned to the cat cafe, closed the door inside, and went to the inner lounge to prepare to discuss the clues.

All the cats in the store are in the store at this time, and in the back lounge there are some drinks and desserts that Siyuan took from the warehouse before he came in.

Su Heng sat on the sofa against the wall, shook his hands, and sighed: "Are we here to solve puzzles in the dungeon, or are we here to work?"

Sisi and Zheer leaned together, each holding a glass of smoothie in their hands, eating slowly.

While eating, Anzhe sighed in his ear: "After two waves of peak passenger traffic, I feel like I'm almost exhausted."

Lin Shilu held a box of yogurt in her hand and drank it slowly. When eight-tenths of the yogurt was left, she spoke.

"Worker, working soul! Although the work is very torturous, haven't you found that the side tasks are basically linked to this cat cafe? In addition, there are a few tasks related to the cats in the shop, the more difficult the tasks are. The side missions will reward more clues.”

Chen Siyuan didn't want to raise his hand or move at all now, and complained: "I discovered it, but I feel like I am almost useless now."

"Since everyone is very tired now, let's take a rest first. After eating these things on the table and ending this short afternoon tea break, we will discuss the clues we collected. After the system notifies that the turnover of the side task has reached the target, I I haven’t had time to see what clues and rewards will be given out yet!”

After Lin Shilu finished speaking, he stopped moving.

She is too lazy to move now. She feels like a big mushroom that is almost dead.

Zhe'er and Sisi were leaning next to each other. One felt like a mushroom about to be melted by the sun, while the other was too lazy to move or talk, just eating smoothies in small bites.

About 15 minutes passed, and the items on the table in the lounge were almost consumed. After the five people felt that their physical strength and mentality had almost recovered, they simply cleaned up the garbage they had created, and planned to start sharing the clues they had unlocked.

An Zhe'er showed his system page, opened the Maomao favorability column, and said, "The young master and I initially counted Maomao, but due to the increase in passenger traffic later, he only counted two-fifths. , and the rest are all calculated by myself. Including the cats with the highest favorability, it is also because Siyuan and I will take care of the cats together and fulfill their wishes."

She looked at the page in front of her, reached out and clicked the three dots in the upper right corner. After discovering that she could share the unlocking progress of the illustrated book, she shared her progress with her teammates.

"I didn't expect that unlocked illustrations can be shared, but Maomao's favorability towards players is independent and cannot be shared." Chen Siyuan looked at the extra unlocked illustrations on his system page and sighed.

"By the way, I made a new discovery when I was counting the total number of cats in the store." An Zhe'er reached out and clicked on the page, returning the system page to the picture book surface. The cover of the picture book looked the same as the cat menu in the store.

Lin Shilu seemed to feel something through the movement of folding her ears, and she said, "If you need anything, just ask."

An Zhe'er thought for a while and said: "Fortunately, the team system has opened the shared page, otherwise I may have to ask you to open it again. Now, please give me control of the page."

The system has such a page control transfer, but because it is very unpopular and has a time limit, few players will use this thing.

After a few minutes, the four of them handed over control of the page to Zhe'er.

No matter what Zhe'er does on her system page, others can see it, and Zhe'er can also draw key points on the page through system touches, which can also express her thoughts more intuitively.

She clicked on the cover of the cat illustrated book, and only two paragraphs were displayed on the next page: the big one showed the favorability of the cats in the store, and the smaller one showed the unlocked cats in the illustrated book. Under this box, it marked the cats in the store. The total number of cats is 49 cats.

"The system shows that the total number of cats in the store is 49. Currently, all 49 cats are in the store, but I did not find a cat named Ye Zi. The other cats in the store also don't look like the one Lu Zai showed us. Cats are similar." She said, clicking into the box leaf unlocked by Cat in the illustrated book.

After sliding, the other four people also discovered that among the 49 cats that had been unlocked, there was no cat named Ye Zi.

Earlier, after they finished cleaning the store, Lin Shilu showed them his mobile phone wallpaper out of instinct.

Lin Shilu's mobile phone wallpaper is a photo of her character and a cat. At first, there was no definite evidence of the cat's identity, and she was not sure whether it was the cat named Ye Zi.

Later in the lounge, when she and Sisi were sorting out clues, they found the same picture as the wallpaper from the mezzanine of notes. In addition to this picture, there was also a picture of a cat looking up. The cat in the picture was another In a picture, there is a sentence behind this picture.

[The full body photo of Ye Zi is really cute. 】

The evidence is there, there is no doubt that Ye Zi is the one on Lu Zai’s phone wallpaper.

Zhe'er picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water, and added: "In addition, I also found that although this cat is not in the illustrated book, there are supplies for this cat in the store, and toys and food for every cat in the store. The pots are all marked.”

"Yes, when I was cleaning the rice bowl, I found the cat's name written on the bottom or other places of the rice bowl. When I fed the cat for the second time, Zhe Er reminded me to pay attention to the things related to the cat, and I counted them in detail. I looked at the rice bowls in the store, and there were 50 of them in total. The one with more rice bowls had the words "leaf only for this" written on the bottom. After I finished feeding them, I paid special attention to them. Some of the other cats were eating their own food, and there were also Others would eat each other, but for this one, the other cats didn’t even move.”

An Zhe'er added next to him: "Including some cat toys with leaf patterns. When Siyuan fed them for the second time, he almost forgot to clean the leaves' food bowl, and was prompted by the system to clean the leaves too."

Su Heng touched his chin, "The missing cat?"

Lin Shilu denied: "No, when Sisi and I were sorting out our notes in the lounge, we found that all the notes recorded were about the cats in the store. Among them, the records about leaves were the least, but they seemed to be everywhere."

Ye Sisi recalled the clues he compiled from the notes and said: "There is this sentence in the notes. Little Ye Zi is really naughty. Sometimes he often disappears, which makes everyone worried, but almost every time he will never leave here. , just hiding from everyone.”

Then, she thought for a while and added: "I completed a side mission, and the clue above is: Ye Zi likes to play hide and seek with the store manager."

The combination of these two will give you the answer.

Su Heng concluded: "Ye Zi is very naughty and sometimes disappears for a long time, but the members in the store do not think that Ye Zi is missing. On the contrary, they think that Ye Zi is playing hide and seek with the store manager, so they often clean Ye Zi for him." toys, and then add cat food on time.”

"That's right. There are very few clues that Sisi and I compiled in the notes. There are only a few key clues that are useful. One is the picture mentioned earlier, the other is the leaves that like to hide and observe the surroundings, and the third is the store manager's words at the end of the notes The last words left."

After Lin Shilu finished speaking, she found that her voice was a little hoarse. She poured a glass of water and drank slowly. She turned her attention to Ye Sisi, hoping that she could help her finish her final summary.

"The last sentence is..." Ye Sisi thought for a long time and didn't expect it. He clicked on the clue collection page and shared the clues he collected with his teammates.

This is just an idea, after all, the previously unlocked illustration collections can also be shared.

Seeing what she did, several other people unanimously shared the clues they collected with their teammates.

"Let me see, the last sentence is that I have been preparing for this trip for a long time and was very hesitant, but in the end I did not take Ye Zi with me. Ye Zi and I agreed that after we come back, we will play hide and seek together again."

Chen Siyuan said casually: "It doesn't seem to be of much value. Could it be that we haven't collected all the clues yet?"

Su Heng seconded: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. The remaining clues are similar to what we know. The side tasks of a week's turnover are settled every day and need to be accumulated over the week. Today's side tasks are estimated to be released in the evening. We can't always rely on With the deer cub’s European Emperor attributes, you can gather all the clues to pass the level in just two or three weeks!”

An Zhe'er stretched out his hand and rubbed Siyuan's hair not far away, "Yes, Lu Zai's European Emperor attribute is good, but the problem is that it cannot be controlled freely and can only be triggered passively. If you are not careful, the corresponding Lu Chi attribute will also be lost. It spreads and affects teammates. Hey! I can only say that there are good and bad things about this."

Ye Sisi moved his body, from leaning against An Zhe'er to resting his head on Lin Shi's deer legs, looking up at the deer calf and said.

"It doesn't matter. This key tip seems useless, but I feel that we haven't collected all the clues yet. If we use the word picking method, we can find out from this sentence that Ye Zi found the store manager after he returned from his trip. It can’t be found. The reason why it can’t be found is that Ye Zi is playing hide-and-seek with us.”

Lin Shilu changed his position to make Sisi more comfortable, and said casually: "Maybe there will be a side mission related to Ye Zi, let's play hide and seek with it?"

Chen Siyuan said tentatively: "No?"

The next second, a system prompt popped up in front of their eyes.

[The player Qiselu and his teammates are very lucky and have collected enough clues. Trigger a series of side tasks: the store manager’s beloved cat. 】

[Side mission 1: Feed the invisible cat. Please clean Ye Zi's utensils regularly and put cat food in Ye Zi's food bowl regularly. 】

[Side mission 2: Hide and seek with the leaves, looking for the leaves. Of course the leaf is not missing, it just plays a game with you, making you mistakenly think that it is missing. Please note: the leaf has never left, but you have never found its traces. 】

　Previously, Su Heng's player ID was his nickname Su Shao Shao. An An didn't write down his game ID. His game ID was Soda Water. Then there is the working version of Alien World. Players are basically called by nicknames and nicknames set by the system based on them. Therefore, there are basically no game ID names with many tricks.

　　
  　
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