Smashing cucumbers, is a dish with particularly low difficulty for beginners; at least, now Chen Ze finds it quite simple.

Before long, Chen Ze had finished the first batch of smashed cucumbers and then received a fairly good evaluation from the System.

"Betty, regarding this business deal, I’ll supply the raw materials and the initial capital, while you’ll provide the expertise," Alisa said seriously when discussing business, which was her longstanding habit.

She might not have been used to it at the beginning, but Alisa adapted quickly.

"Okay, but I’m not very confident..." Betty was a bit hesitant; she had tried making it before and felt that it wasn’t quite right, completely inconsistent with what Chen Ze made.

"It’s fine, I have confidence in the manager," Alisa was calm, she knew Chen Ze’s cooking skills—from starting with mediocre dishes to now making especially fantastic ones, he was virtually a different person.

"Betty, come in and serve the dishes," Chen Ze called out to Betty, having finished both dishes.

Chen Ze was a bit conflicted, but regardless, he still had to finish playing this game to figure out a good price to set for it.

"This taste... it’s like lying on Starlight Beach, basking in the sun, with the sea breeze blowing and the Holy Sound Birds singing~" Alisa closed her eyes in rapture; this chilled sea chestnut rice was absolutely marvelous.

The perfect temperature, the perfect taste, the perfect harmony, Alisa simply had never eaten such a unique dish before.

"Your description... is indeed quite unique," Betty laughed awkwardly, then turned to look at the kitchen again.

Betty actually really wanted to go to the kitchen; after all, she was a bit unsure of her own cooking skills, so she wanted to go in and learn some more.

Chen Ze, with an expressionless face, closed his laptop once again; Lindsay’s horror game was becoming more and more unbearable, to a point where Chen Ze found it was becoming increasingly terrifying.

"Although I haven’t finished it, given this quality and the graphics, selling it for fifty-nine shouldn’t be a problem," Chen Ze nodded, the game’s quality was really good.

"Hehe, I’m looking forward to seeing how many screams this game will bring," Chen Ze chuckled mischievously, finding the game quite interesting.

"Manager, the check, please," Alisa waved her hand.

"Just one Gold Coin will do," Chen Ze nodded; after all, Alisa was a regular customer and also in business with Betty.

"Alright, but manager, shouldn’t you give Betty some more training?" Alisa whispered, looking at Betty’s retreating figure.

"Eh?" Chen Ze was a bit confused; how did it turn into training?

"Hmm, it seems Betty is a bit... lacking confidence?" Alisa nodded, she could obviously see what Betty was thinking; Betty’s expressions were all too easy to read. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Then, Chen Ze called Betty in.

"Betty, look, the most important thing about this burger is the toppings," Chen Ze took out a burger.

If the biggest difference in a burger is to be pointed out, it would either be in the toppings or the raw materials, and in Lighthouse Country, every famous burger has its own special way of topping.

"By the way, manager, why is that laptop still on?" Betty asked curiously, looking at Lindsay’s laptop.

"No big deal, just providing some material for those bored housewives," Chen Ze laughed, and then continued teaching Betty how to make burgers.

Lao Hei was a live streamer on Bilibili, and although often called by his fans ’the top three cowards of Bilibili’, he decided to live-stream this peculiar game that was recently viral in the community.

"Dear viewers, we’ll continue streaming the peculiar game, and it wasn’t me who was shouting last time!" Lao Hei said with a laugh, opening Steam.

[Riding Wind: Hahaha, Lao Hei’s beer, are you going to change from ’top three cowards’ to ’top two’ today?]

[Sound Pursuer: This game, honestly, is beyond words; I almost cried playing it last time.]

[Professional Team: Honestly, stop it, it’s just a spooky game; there’s nothing to be afraid of, I-]

[I’m Pasting Fish: What’s going on upstairs? Stop spamming.]

Lao Hei looked at the suddenly busy live stream and smiled even more joyfully. As the host, it was essential to have popularity; without it, how could he earn a living?

"Look, everyone, the game is creepy... Eh? The second Chapter is out? Fifty-nine Yuan for a single Chapter purchase?" Lao Hei quickly noticed the newly uploaded content.

[Shut Up: Oh my God! The second Chapter! I’m not watching anymore, I’m going to play!]

[82’s Sprite: Hurry! I want to see Lao Hei cry!]

"Hey, I really don’t believe it, how many times can a game scare me?" Lao Hei didn’t care at all as he paid for the game and then began waiting for it to download.

"As you can see, everyone, this Chapter has ten gigabytes of content, so you can tell that this second Chapter must continue the content from the trial version," Lao Hei said while looking at the game download interface, chatting with the viewers in the video.

"Alright, it’s downloaded by noon, let’s start!" Lao Hei launched the game and then watched as the game entered the main menu.

[Before starting the game, please note that all content in this game is fictional. Do not take it seriously.]

A very conspicuous warning message.

[The Wind Has Risen: Interesting, does it mean the content will make people think it’s real?]

[Mysterious and Unpredictable: Don’t say that, it’s actually quite possible.]

However, Lao Hei didn’t pay attention to that, focusing instead on the screen, because the game had already begun.

"The game has great graphics, and I feel they’re even better than those survival games."

"Look here, we even need to use our phones to dial a number, really interesting."

Lao Hei’s grip tightened because he realized that something was a bit off about this game...

"Eh, did you guys notice, why did the protagonist enter a street this time, it looks a bit like a real street, doesn’t it?" Lao Hei laughed and mentioned, until he saw a strange shadow standing at the entrance of a residential community, then walking inside.

And the game’s objective changed to following the figure into the community.

[Lao Hei’s Everlasting Super Fan: Am I the only one who feels Lao Hei has gone quiet?]

[Grain in Ear: Yeah, he hasn’t spoken for a long time.]

Lao Hei’s face darkened. He now recognized it—that was his own community! What was going on?

Was the game development company in the same city? They came for location shooting in his community?

As the game progressed, the protagonist became possessed by a ghost and then took out a mobile phone from his pocket, starting to dial slowly.

Lao Hei’s face grew even darker. Wasn’t that his own mobile number?

"Boundless sky and earth..." A ringtone played, and Lao Hei swallowed before picking up his phone to take a look.

On it was a call from a jumble of codes, and the avatar was the black ghostly shadow he had just dodged in the game.

Lao Hei decisively answered the call, and then the next second, the call was hung up.

But quickly, a multimedia message was sent over.

On it was a photo taken with a mobile phone—it was of a residential building, specifically the building where Lao Hei lived.