Cook in full swing in an escape game

Chapter 58

Lin Sheng returned home, but he was still thinking about that email.

Qian Ying invited herself to clear her dungeon with her, nominally asking herself to protect her safety. After all, the vice chairman of the committee had just encountered an accident in the dungeon. Qian Ying seemed worried about her personal safety, but Lin Sheng understood This is just a scene.

His first reaction was that Qian Ying wanted to test whether he was qualified as a partner. After all, if Lin Sheng died in the dungeon, his recipes would also disappear, and Mumu Restaurant's income would be cut off.It seems that Qian Ying doesn't have much confidence in her ability to pass the nightmare dungeon smoothly.

For Lin Sheng, it will be difficult to accept this invitation, because it will take at least ten days to clear the customs together. As far as the current situation is concerned, every day's time is precious, and Lin Sheng can use the last 20 days to strengthen Take a look at his weakness in the dungeon, the nightmare dungeon narrowly escaped death, anyone will understand his decision.

It was not difficult to reject Qian Ying, but Lin Sheng hesitated.

In the living room, the big orange came striding forward with a "meow~", Lin Sheng raised his head, and saw behind it, the afternoon sun shone through the gauze curtains on the floor, and the cat's paws like plum blossoms were stepping on the golden The warm sun came towards him, the moment of tranquility and peace made Lin Sheng almost forget that this is just a virtual world.He had to admit that if the idea of ​​returning to reality hadn't been deeply ingrained in his mind, then he might have had the idea of ​​staying behind countless times-such as when Mumu Restaurant opened, such as when it landed on the online mall, and then For example, when I have already skillfully shuttled between copies...

But human attachments are like this, and sometimes I can't tell what it is for.Lin Sheng turned around, stretched out his hand and patted Daju's butt twice.

"Big Fat Orange, after I leave, will you take care of Sharp for me?"

The bell on the orange cat's chest rang twice as it moved, and against the background of the crisp bell, it let out a "meow".

In this world, the only thing that made him worry was Sharp.Although Zheng Yuzhe promised to help, but after he left, Sharp would face Qian Ying on behalf of Mumu Restaurant, and what Lin Sheng was most worried about was Qian Ying.

As a politician, it is impossible for Qian Ying's hands to be as clean as ordinary people's. For the time being, Mumu Restaurant is in the same camp as her, but who can predict what will happen in the future?Thinking of the vice chairman who died inexplicably, Lin Sheng frowned again.

He couldn't imagine the secret behind this.

It is said that people will show their truest side at the moment of life and death. Lin Sheng really wants to know, will Qian Ying give up her teammates when faced with danger?Will he break his promise?Can I trust her?

Lin Sheng couldn't tell what was wrong, but based on his experience, the feeling of entering the dungeon this time is indeed different from before.

He gritted his teeth to support his sore body, and began to observe the situation around him.This is a simple hut with an area of ​​less than ten square meters, but it is filled with all kinds of sundries. Except for a single bed under him, there is almost no place to set his feet.

Kicking away the trash can on the ground, Lin Sheng almost tiptoed to the door. He just saw a calendar posted here, with a highlighter mark on it, and the date circled on the 23rd.

What's the plan for the 23rd?

Following the first clue found after entering the dungeon, Lin Sheng began to look for things like notes or schedules in the house, and he soon found more information at the bottom of a book.

It turned out that Lin Sheng's identity in this world was a jobless youth. A few days ago, he saw a job recruitment notice on a utility pole by the side of the road. The local children's welfare institution needed to hire a carpenter.Yuanzheng's father was a carpenter, and Yuanzheng grew up beside him, and learned some crafts by ear, so he went for an interview.

After passing the interview, the orphanage made an agreement with the original body to start work on the 23rd of this month.

Lin Sheng glanced at the electronic clock. Today is the 23rd. He hurriedly found a clean dress from the closet to change into, and went out towards the orphanage.

The bus in the small county town was dilapidated, and the conductor was a middle-aged lady. She was sitting near the front door, wearing a brown padded jacket with an orange scarf around her neck, making her complexion even more earthy.

"where are you going?"

"Children's welfare home."

The eldest sister paused, "The orphanage?"

Her tone became visibly vigilant.

Lin Sheng heard the passengers in the car whispering, and he only heard some "unknown" and "unfamiliar" words.

"Five yuan, that place is far away."

The ticket sales lady finally let him get on the bus. Lin Sheng felt that he was not welcome, so he stood obediently in a corner. The dilapidated bus was speeding on the dirt road. Lin Sheng held on to the handrail tightly. The flock of sheep blocked the road and stepped on the brakes, Lin Sheng was choked by the flying dust and coughed.

Lin Sheng pondered in his heart. From the current point of view, the background of this world should be a remote and backward small county town. Maybe it is because of the remoteness that few strangers go there. The ticket sales lady is quite warm to others, but because Lin Sheng is a born face, and did not talk to him, but looked at him repeatedly, which made people feel uncomfortable.

The orphanage is still some distance away from the small county town. It can be said that it is more remote. It is hard to say what will happen in such a remote place. A piece of social news emerged in Lin Sheng's mind, so he guessed that this dungeon Possibly linked to child abuse.

The passengers on the bus got off at the middle station one by one, and no one spoke to Lin Sheng. In order to get more information, Lin Sheng took the initiative and asked the driver about the terminal of this line.

It turned out that there was the last stop after the orphanage - Majia Village. The driver and the ticket seller were both from Majia Village. They only ran twice a day. If they missed the morning bus, they had to wait until the evening.

After bumping for nearly an hour, Lin Sheng seemed to be the only passenger left in the bus.The ticket seller reminded: "The orphanage is here."

Lin Sheng got out of the car, and saw a small two-story building standing in the middle of the vast wasteland. This orphanage was much smaller than he imagined, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a slightly spacious private house.

However, when he opened the door, Lin Sheng noticed that the garden in the orphanage was well-kept, which made the dilapidated house look less bleak.

"Who are you looking for?"

A woman leaned forward, examining the strange visitor warily.

The residents here are very wary of the foreign population, maybe something happened before.After a short self-introduction, the woman realized that Lin Sheng was her new colleague, so her face changed, and the vigilant look disappeared.

"Then I'll take you to report to the dean's office."

Walking through the creaking wooden stairs, Lin Sheng found that the inside of the orphanage was cleaned up, and the nurses looked very professional, as if they were in good operation.From the conversation, I learned that the woman who led the way was named Ma. On the way, the woman enthusiastically introduced the working environment to him. Lin Sheng focused on two things, looking around while listening.

From time to time, the two would meet a few disabled children sitting in wheelchairs. Their ages were uneven. The older ones could be in their teens, while the younger ones were only two or three years old. With obvious physical disabilities, this discovery made Lin Sheng feel uneasy. When he has the opportunity in the future, he needs to find out what happened to these children.

In addition, there is another thing that makes Lin Sheng even more uneasy, that is, since he entered the instance, he has not heard the prompt issued by the system even once!It stands to reason that the system would issue an announcement about the dungeon name and introduction at the beginning of the entry, which was the case every time before, but this time, the system was completely silent.

Could it be that he hasn't entered the dungeon yet?Lin Sheng automatically came to this conclusion in his mind, but no matter how he thought about it, it was unreasonable.

The woman surnamed Ma pointed to a photo hanging on the wall and proudly said: "Look, this is a group photo of our dean and the county magistrate."

In the photo, a middle-aged man was standing with a nun. Lin Sheng asked doubtfully, "Is your dean a monk?"

"That's right." The eyes of the woman surnamed Ma showed reverence, "Our dean is a powerful person. People who believe in Buddhism talk about saving sentient beings. Our dean said that she opened the welfare home to save sentient beings." , is to realize the meaning of life.”

The woman surnamed Ma was stuttering, Lin Sheng could tell that she was not well-educated, but she worshiped the dean from the bottom of her heart, but was the truth as she said?

Speaking of realizing the meaning of life, Lin Sheng suddenly remembered what Qian Ying said to him before leaving——

At that time, Lin Sheng asked Qian Ying, did you never give up "Sky Screen" and return to reality?Qian Ying laughed, "The reality you thought might not be the reality."

"Life is like a dream, just like a game. I don't care when and where I play the game. What I care about is whether I can realize my own meaning. "Sky Screen" is obviously more suitable for me to play, so I choose to spend my time here." After a lifetime, does it matter if it is reality? Someone once told me that the human soul has to go through countless reincarnations, and each time is a test. The test will inevitably be accompanied by pain and suffering, but the purpose of the test It is precisely to reduce pain and suffering, because the source of pain is obsession. Persistence is pain, this is the teaching of Buddhism. Lin Sheng, your obsession is to return to the so-called reality, but today you will ask My question just shows that you have already begun to waver, and what you need to do is to let go of your obsession."

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Lin Sheng has never understood Qian Ying's meaning. Is there anything wrong with wanting to return to reality?His eyes lingered on the photo of the dean for a long time. This kind-looking woman always reminded him of Qian Ying. Could it be some kind of coincidence?