The beauty on the rock turned around gradually and smiled sweetly at them. The extremely beautiful face made them forget to breathe.
“She’s so beautiful!”
The trio’s expressions brightened up at once.
“Crack.”
Right at this moment, the little wooden boat seemed to have suddenly crashed into something, and let out a cracking sound
Fatty was the first to react as he cried, “We hit a submerged reef! Water is coming into the boat!”
A big hole appeared at the bottom of the boat. The seawater kept gushing in, and was soon flooding their feet. The boat began to sink.
And, at this precise moment, the singing stopped abruptly. The face of the beauty, who was smiling at them on the reef rock, began peeling off like cracked eggshell, and she transformed into a hideous monster. She stood up suddenly and her lower body changed into a rotting fish tail, revealing gleaming white bones. She revealed her sharp claws, and rushed toward the three of them on the boat.
“Fish Monster!” the trio screamed at the same time, and all their beautiful delusions were destroyed at that moment. Their sense of fear was even more intense than what they had felt previously. They swung the weapons in their hands at that mermaid subconsciously.
“Ding!”
The longsword, mace, and ax broke into halves almost at the same time.
The trio stared at the fish tail smashing down at the little boat hard.
Bam!
The little boat disintegrated instantaneously.
They felt as if they were hit by a giant beast when the fish tail hit their faces. The trio felt their heads spinning around before they sunk to the bottom of the sea in desperation.
We are dead meat this time.
This was the trio’s last thought before they passed out totally.
“Am I really that scary?” Gina stood on a table and stared at the trio who fainted on the floor as she shrugged embarrassedly. She removed the mud casings on her face and kept her rainbow tail away.
Okay, System. You can keep the special effects, Mag said in his heart. He turned on the restaurant’s lights and looked at the three unconscious stupid thieves who were lying in the middle of the restaurant with a smile on his face. This was even more gratifying than taking things into his own hands.
“Hahaha. This is so fun. Should we wake them up by splashing them with water and start all over again?” Amy was tempted to have another round again as she carried a bucket with her.
“Won’t this be too cruel?” Mag raised his eyebrows. He felt a little guilty when the trio were screaming like pigs.
“No punishment is too cruel for a thief.” Anna shook her head determinedly, also carrying a bucket with her.
Mag gave it some thought. Anna’s words had a rationale too, so he smiled and nodded. “Alright, you girls do as you please.”
In the following hour, screams and shrieks were reverberating throughout Mamy Restaurant. The hysterical screams made him feel pity and amusement at the same time.
“Alright. That’s all for today. You girls should go and sleep now.” Mag stopped the two little ones from splashing water and waking up the unconscious trio again as he shook his head.
“I’m so sleepy.” Gina yawned. She was awakened in the middle of her sleep. At first, she thought it was rather fun, but the three were simply too timid. They jumped and leaped around in the room as they shrieked. It was getting increasingly boring.
“Okay.” Amy put the bucket down, still feeling not quite satisfied.
“Then, what do we do with these three thieves? Should we just bury them somewhere?” Anna asked Mag.
“They have already been punished today, so we don’t have to kill them. Let’s just toss them out straight away.” Mag shook his head with a smile. It seemed like Anna really hated thieves as a sweet little girl like her wanted to bury the thieves straight away.
Mag opened the door and dragged the trio out. He dumped them into the bushes haphazardly before he dusted himself off and went back in.
The door shut close. Given the trio’s capabilities, they could never breach the restaurant’s defense even if they tried their very best. There was no need to pay any attention to them.
“Okay, let’s all go to bed. I will clean up the restaurant,” Mag said to the three girls, and made them go upstairs first.
“Host, are you satisfied with the current haunted house service? If you are, please pay for the props and services rendered. The total is 15,000 copper coins,” the system’s voice said.
“It’s still okay overall. However, these western tricks are no match for our great Chinese haunted house. I didn’t feel scared at all for the entire time,” Mag said casually, shaking his head.
“Oh yes, Bro?”
Just then, the restaurant’s lighting dimmed, and a pair of cold hands was gently placed on Mag’s shoulders.
Mag turned around, and a hideous skull was smiling coldly at him.
“Woah!”
Mag got a shock as he leaped and landed three meters away.
Staring at the long-haired ghoul that walked out of the dark like a zombie, Mag quickly raised his hands and shouted, “Stop, stop, stop.”
It was no longer easy to bluff the system as time went on. It actually let him have a taste of it for himself.
The lights came on and everything returned to normal.
“299 copper coins for one time use. I will not pay more. I don’t want your props, you can keep them. I will rent from you again in the future. This is a long-term business deal,” Mag said, coughing gently.
“Damn! Nobody bargains like you, Host! Didn’t we agree about slashing the price in half? You have slashed it about 50 times!” The system’s angry voice sounded as the lighting began to dim again.
“Don’t attempt to frighten me, or else I will hack your equipment into scraps.I knew very clearly the theory behind all these. Are you able to frighten me?” Mag pursed his lips, and calmly said, “I will give you one chance to bargain back, but don’t try to demand an exorbitant price. I can alway reject it if I am not satisfied.”
The lighting came on again. The system gave a feeble response after a moment of silence. “One copper more? And, no refund of the deposit?”
“A deposit will not be called a deposit if it isn’t refunded. That will be called a prepayment. No way, you have to at least refund half of it to me.” Mag shook his head, unwilling to negotiate.
“Ding!! 250 copper coins have been successfully deducted!”
The system sounded overjoyed as if it had just earned a few billions.
“Please resume the restaurant to its original condition when you keep away the props.” Mag’s lips curled as he turned and walked upstairs.
The two little ones were exhausted, and were already asleep in their little beds.
Mag walked over to cover them with their blankets properly. Then, he changed into his pyjamas and lay down. He clicked open the experience bag of Buddha jumps over the wall straight away.
A tremendous amount of information flooded into his brain. The amount of information was much more than any of the previous dishes.
The dish of ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ required 18 main ingredients and 12 supporting ingredients. They were processed individually before they were layered and placed into a Shaoxing Wine urn. It took several hours of cooking before the urn could be opened. The meat aroma would then spread all over, and the effect of the Buddha forgetting about his teachings and leaping over the wall would be achieved.
“Seems like it’s not easy to perfect this ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’. I have only eaten this ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ once, so I guess I didn’t sprout any nonsense?” Mag mumbled as he pushed open the door for the test field for the God of Cookery.
Mag found himself standing at the edge of a 100-meter-tall wall the moment he opened his eyes. The system’s voice followed.
“A real man will challenge the ‘Buddha jumps over the 100-meter-wall’!”