"Eat it?"
Lin Sanjiu held the plate and walked to the back of the queue with Ji Shanqing, standing behind the silent woman. The next piece of at was still grilling, and the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was still waiting at the front of the line. Lin Sanjiu lowered her voice and asked the grand prize, "Why eat it? What if the next piece is another lamb leg?"
As she saw it, there were four types of at, and the probability of getting a lamb leg each ti was 25%. Getting a lamb leg once wouldn't affect the likelihood of getting another one, so why eat it now if it was possible to collect two lamb legs at once?
"It's cooked!"
Before Ji Shanqing could respond, the chef at the front of the line shouted, and even the people at the end of the queue could clearly hear him, "It's a chicken sausage!"
The boy examined the sausage on his plate and then walked over from the front of the line. Ji Shanqing raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Sis, according to the thod everyone has temporarily agreed upon, we can get two pieces of at without fighting for it. But what kind of at we get for the first two pieces is evident to everyone. It would be fine if you didn't collect two lamb legs. But if you truly collect two lamb legs, it will be difficult for you to get the next yellow mark spot."
He paused and glanced in the direction of the barbecue grill, seeing that the next piece of at wasn't ready yet, and continued, "The earlier you show that you have collected two of the sa kind of at, the harder it will be for you to reach the end. If you keep it, you only have a slim chance of collecting four lamb legs and will be targeted by others from the beginning. If you eat it, we can eliminate one doubt, and others will beco the target... and we can also eat lamb leg at."
Previously, he asked, "Do you want to eat it?" Now, he had changed to 'we.' This guy's gluttonous nature was sowhat reminiscent of Bohemia.
"Here's the skewer for you!"
As the chef finished speaking, Greene walked slowly out of the queue and approached them. Lin Sanjiu moved forward two steps along with the silent woman, took a look at the lamb leg on her plate, and finally nodded, "You hold the plate, and I'll tear the at off one by one for us to eat."
"Are your hands clean?" The grand prize took the plate and didn't forget to say, "Wipe them first..."
As Greene passed by them, she glanced at their gazes while they divided the lamb leg at as if they were crazy.
Ji Shanqing didn't care at all. Lin Sanjiu divided the lamb leg at in half, and he ate with his mouth shining with oil and his eyes shining. He was busy eating and said, "It's really... oh, delicious, no regrets."
Why did he also fear regrets?
With a 25% probability, the taste was indeed amazing; the outer layer of the lamb leg was slightly crispy, while the inner at was tender, juicy, and full of the seasonings' flavors. With one bite, her mouth opened up to a small paradise.
Lin Sanjiu tried her best not to think about the next piece being another lamb leg. She wondered how regretful she would be. They finished eating in no ti, and she saw that the tall man had also arrived at the end of the line with a piece of beef ribs in his hand.
"If the next piece is still a lamb leg," Ji Shanqing said, licking his lips. "We'll eat it again."
"Sobody just ate the at I grilled!"
Suddenly, the chef's loud and excited voice resounded from the front. "How was it? Delicious, right?"
Everyone in front and behind turned their heads to look. The empty plates in Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanqing's hands, with the grease stains around their mouths, seed like glue, imdiately capturing everyone's attention.
"Delicious. We were hungry," Ji Shanqing explained to the people in front with a smile. He then turned and said, "Sis, describe it to the chef."
"If the full score is five, I... I'd give it a ten." Lin Sanjiu thought for a mont before flattery took over.
The chef was delighted and lifted the spatula, treating it like a partner in a tango, twirling around in place. "I didn't expect my cooking to be so tempting. Well, now you can specify what the next person will get."
"What?"
The villa owners in the queue all jumped up when they heard the announcent. Standing on the yellow plate mark at the mont was the dark-skinned woman. As she turned her head, her previously calm face showed a hint of surprise. It didn't matter what type of at she was about to get for her first piece, but no one expected that Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanqing eating the at would trigger this effect.
"Wait, is this a special reward for them?" Greene, being pregnant, had a big temper and spoke directly, "Do you get rewarded for being greedy?"
The chef raised his shovel and looked crestfallen. "If you're not eating grilled at, why did you co to the beach barbecue? It's not a special reward. Every ti soone eats the at, there will be this... this situation."
Apparently, he had forgotten to ntion this earlier, so he explained vaguely and concluded with a casual "Whatever."
"Is this what you were wondering about?" Lin Sanjiu asked in a low voice, "You were suspicious because you wondered what would happen after eating the at?"
Ji Shanqing nodded.
"I found it interesting that the chef specifically ntioned that we can eat the at but not throw it away. Posthumans usually eat whatever they find, and no one knows where the next al will co from. Why would anyone want to throw away perfectly good grilled at? Unless sothing happens after eating it. I initially thought I might have overthought it, but it seems not. I guess the effects of eating the at vary widely. What happened to us wasn't that bad."
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He paused for a mont as if he hadn't expected that he could decide what at the next person would get. He frowned and pondered for a while, "Hurry up," the dark-skinned woman urged, "I don't care what at I get."
"Indeed," the grand prize shrugged, "then... chicken sausage, what do you think, sis?"
Lin Sanjiu nodded slightly, and the chef shouted, "Okay, you got a chicken sausage!"
As he finished speaking, the piece of shapeless at on the grill instantly turned into a sausage and was handed to the dark-skinned woman.
Although Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanqing triggered the 'eating at effect' after eating the lamb leg, none of the other people in the queue started eating the grilled at on their plates. It was still too early.
When the white-haired Mori also got a at skewer and walked to the back of the queue, he suddenly stopped by Ji Shanqing's side.
"You did well," he complinted and faced a posthuman and a person-shaped Special Item, taking both into account as if he had noticed that 'Sis' was very important to Ji Shanqing. "Now we have learned new information. Next, we can cooperate completely, help each other, and each try to get four pieces of the sa grilled at."
"The effect of eating grilled at next ti may not be the sa," Ji Shanqing shook his head.
"True, but finding an ally is always beneficial," Senping said calmly. "No rush, co find after the second round."
After he walked away, Lin Sanjiu whispered, "This person is not bad."
Ji Shanqing glanced at her, asking, "Are you making friends again, sis?"
"No, I don't know why I feel a little embarrassed," Lin Sanjiu replied, and she didn't know why she felt a bit embarrassed. "I an, he thinks of cooperation first when encountering a situation, rather than plotting and guarding against others..."
Ji Shanqing sighed and said nothing.
The boy from the F06 villa ca closer. He was slender, not very tall, and only had a few soft hairs on his lips, apparently not yet fully matured before being thrown into the doomsday. It's unclear where his parents had gone. He looked curious and timid as he whispered to Ji Shanqing, "It's amazing that you thought of eating the grilled at. If we form an alliance, can you include too?"
"We'll see when the ti cos," the grand prize replied half-heartedly.
As they talked, the 11th villa owner also got his first piece of grilled at—beef ribs. This man had a dark complexion and a sowhat flabby figure. He seed to keep a distance from everyone and blended into the background when he stood on the beach at night without speaking or moving.
The first round of at was finally distributed, and apart from Lin Sanjiu, each villa owner now had a piece of at.
"Oh, it's the turn of Villa 1 now," the chef greeted the chubby Li Xing and looked at his plate. "Let's see what you get this ti... Ah, too bad. You got a lamb leg."
"Looks like I didn't get a matching pair," Li Xing said, smiling bitterly, and walked away from the queue, standing barefoot on the flat beach, contemplating his next move after completing two rounds of queuing.
As Lin Sanjiu followed the queue forward, she noticed that the three villa owners ahead of her had each received a lamb leg, a chicken sausage, and a beef rib, respectively. The lamb leg had appeared twice in a row, but no one got the sa at as the previous ti. After receiving the grilled at, everyone dispersed around the grill, standing two to three steps away from each other, their gazes repeatedly scanning the entire beach.
When it was Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanqing's turn, the chef picked up a skewer of grilled at—the lamb leg they had just eaten, thinking about it now, it seed to taste even better.
Ji Shanqing took the plate with the skewer from her hand and had only taken two steps away from the queue when Mr. Ito slowly approached like a cat slling fish. He had a skewer of grilled at and a chicken sausage on his plate. His eyes moved back and forth between Ji Shanqing's plate, but he pursed his lips and said nothing.
They couldn't exchange the grilled at, so they had to be on guard against each other and use force to snatch it. Under such strict limitations, Lin Sanjiu couldn't quite figure out what thods Mr. Ito could use to take the at skewer.
"Now, nobody will take action," the grand prize seed to have guessed what she was thinking and whispered.
When the second round was also completed, the yellow plate mark lay lonely on the beach, surrounded by 12 people at varying distances. As everyone's gaze swept over it, it was discovered that after two rounds, two people had indeed obtained the sa type of grilled at: the dark-skinned woman, who had two chicken sausages, and Senping, who had two skewers of grilled at.
"Both of you should give way to each other," just as the grand prize had guessed, soone spoke up. "Let the remaining nine of us take turns again. How about that?"
Senping lowered his gaze and looked at his grilled at for a few seconds.
"I understand," he said calmly. "I now know how to get four identical grilled ats. I now accept allies but will only accept the first seven people approaching ."
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