After discovering the existence of the paper figure, the Elite Man spent some time confirming that the other party would not attack him.
After a moment of thought,
He discarded the sheets and quilt from the bed and casually made a new bed with spare ones from the wardrobe.
Then he lay down.
Whether he felt sleepy or not, he forced himself to close his eyes.
He hadn't left the game yet, and maintaining full stamina was essential.
The next day, as soon as dawn broke,
The Elite Man woke up.
Although he hadn't slept soundly in the latter half of the night, he had at least rested for a while.
He quickly scanned the entire bedroom.
Except for the quilt he had thrown on the floor and the open window,
Everything was as usual.
The strange paper figure had also disappeared at some point.
The Elite Man threw off the quilt, got out of bed, and opened the bedroom door, revealing a long corridor.
On both sides of the corridor were various rooms.
He didn't look into those rooms and went straight to the first floor.
He washed his face in the bathroom.
The cold water stimulated his nerves, having a very good sobering effect.
At this time, it was just dawn, and it was very quiet inside and outside the house.
It also made one's heart involuntarily calm down.
"Aunt Hui, are you up?"
The Elite Man went to the kitchen, and although he knew she couldn't hear him, he habitually knocked on the kitchen door.
As expected, there was no response.
He opened the door and walked in, meeting a pair of calm, unfathomable eyes.
It was as if everything outside had nothing to do with her.
Aunt Hui glanced at him, then continued to take a soup ladle from a nearby hook and stirred the rice porridge in the pot a few times.
On the stove next to it, a tall steamer was emitting heat.
A faint fragrance permeated this small space.
"Good morning."
The Elite Man said politely, then stepped forward to open the steamer and look inside.
The steamer was not large, but not small either, just a bit larger than some household steamers.
The first layer contained steamed buns, half red and half white.
The second layer had steamed dumplings, with marks made at the center of the pleats on the surface of each dumpling.
There were equal numbers of red and green marks.
These were likely marks for meat and vegetarian fillings.
The third layer had steamed dumplings, and the fourth layer had siu mai.
It had to be said that the food here was prepared with great care.
The Elite Man looked at each one, then picked up a plate,
And chose a white steamed bun, two meat-filled steamed dumplings, and two siu mai for himself.
He also poured a cup of hot soy milk from the soy milk machine nearby and added a little sugar.
Saying "Thank you," he returned to the table in the living room.
He began to eat by himself.
What he didn't know was that from the moment he opened the bedroom door,
A small live-streaming ball had been following him.
Last night, after Jiang Lin returned to his bedroom and sorted out all the current clues in his mind,
He prepared to temporarily close the live stream.
This was already his second checkpoint, and even if time in the black hole and the outside world were not synchronized,
It should not be too early by now.
In fact, it was indeed two or three in the morning in the human world.
However, there were still quite a few viewers struggling in the live stream, reaching out with their hands as if in desperation.
"No, streamer, we can hold on a little longer! Let me see..."
"Streamer, I can too, I just napped this afternoon!"
They had watched all the way here, burning hundreds of brain cells in the process.
If they missed the crucial clue at the last moment, or missed the clearance,
They wouldn't be able to sleep even if they were lying in bed.
Jiang Lin looked at these bullet comments,
And then, as expected, he closed the live stream.
However, before closing, he said:
"I will start broadcasting as soon as it's dawn, around six o'clock in the human world."
He had explored everything that needed to be explored tonight.
Even if the viewers stayed up, they wouldn't gain anything.
...
Thus, on this day,
At six in the morning, countless alarm clocks began to ring.
"I'm leaving, I'm back again~!"
"Ahhh, I overslept, it's already 6:10!"
"Where's the streamer? Where's the streamer?"
The viewers who normally couldn't be woken up by twelve alarm clocks suddenly got up,
And opened their phones.
They entered the live stream room as the first thing they did.
Beside them were small notebooks prepared last night, filled with all sorts of messy clues.
Watching the Elite Man come out of the bedroom and enter the kitchen,
The viewers stared intently at Aunt Hui's every move.
"I feel like Aunt Hui must have some undiscovered clues!"
"He's so polite."
"The breakfast is also so good, Aunt Hui is probably the only NPC who is kind to players."
So, can Aunt Hui be considered our teammate?
Or is there another conspiracy?
"Waiting for the streamer's team to analyze. (Throwing away my brain and sitting obediently on a small stool jpg.)"
...
"The breakfast was delicious."
After eating, the Elite Man cleared the dishes and said to Aunt Hui.
Again, he received no response.
As time passed,
The sky brightened.
Other rooms on the second floor began to stir.
Qi Liu yawned, glanced at the other rooms, thought for a moment, and didn't go to knock on their doors.
He turned and went downstairs.
Just as he was about to go to the bathroom, he suddenly paused and turned back.
He saw the Elite Man leaning against the wall not far away, with one hand in his pocket.
He had to admit, the pose was quite cool.
But what was he standing there for?
Based on the Elite Man's previous behavior, shouldn't he have gone to complete his daily tree-planting task much earlier?
Could it be that there was a new discovery in this house?
Qi Liu looked around but didn't see anything special.
He simply asked, "Brother, have you had breakfast yet?"
The advantage of being socially adept is that,
He asks his question, and regardless of whether the other person responds, he doesn't feel awkward.
Unexpectedly, the other party replied, "Yes."
Qi Liu was stunned for a second, then continued to ask, "Brother, is something up? Do you need help?"
Elite Man: "No, I'm waiting for someone."
"Oh, okay, then I'll go wash up first."
Qi Liu turned and entered the bathroom.
After washing his face and clearing his head, he realized what the other person had just said.
Waiting for someone?
Waiting for whom?
An NPC? Or Liu Yao? Susan Shan?
As for the streamer,
Qi Liu never considered this possibility, as the Elite Man always seemed to miss him.
He quickly finished washing up and returned to the living room.
At this moment, the woman in the red dress was coming down the stairs. She saw the Elite Man, her gaze paused for a few seconds, and then moved away.
"Morning." Qi Liu poked his head out from the kitchen doorway,
And greeted first, "Aunt Hui made a lot of breakfast, what do you want to eat?"
The woman in the red dress hobbled down,
Just as she was about to say she'd have some porridge, she remembered the physical activity she would face today.
Her words changed, "Give me more porridge and steamed buns, I need to eat enough to have energy."
"Alright." Qi Liu responded, turned, and rummaged in the kitchen.
Finally, he took two large plates of breakfast.
And two large bowls of porridge.
Even if they couldn't finish it, they could pack it and eat it later when they got hungry on the mountain.
Yesterday, they were tired and hungry, and Qi Liu almost felt like he was hoarding supplies during a famine.
...