Chapter 209: Death Countdown
More than ten minutes later, the staff led Xuan Xia and the others to a water house.
This was also where they would have lunch today.
Soon, the so-called mysterious flavor lunch revealed its answer.
It turned out that the so-called mysterious delicacy was the traditional food that merpeople usually ate.
For the merpeople, it was traditional gourmet food, but for Xuan Xia and the others, these guests who came from afar, it was indeed mysterious gourmet food.
In terms of ingredients, they were all ordinary ingredients everyone knew, but after being cooked by the merpeople, due to different cooking techniques from the outside world, plus the special seasonings made by the merpeople themselves.
The food immediately took on a unique flavor.
At first, everyone rejected this mysterious gourmet food, but after tasting it, they all expressed amazement.
[How delicious is it exactly? I want to try it too.]
[I’m craving it, I haven’t had lunch yet.]
[I’m different, I just finished lunch, but watching them eat makes me hungry again.]
[I’ve been to this island too, why haven’t I eaten merman traditional food? Crying hard, what a waste.]
The bullet comments were all about craving it to tears.
As if knowing the bullet comments, the staff timely said to the guests who were eating: “This kind of gourmet food can’t be found outside, and the local merpeople have no intention of opening a restaurant. So everyone being able to taste this gourmet food now is because the program group communicated for a long time to get the merpeople to agree to cook for everyone.”
This statement on one hand showed the merpeople’s attitude of living free from worldly strife, and on the other hand, it was also speaking well for the program group.
Everyone understood.
However, with the gourmet food in front of them, everyone was very polite, thanking the program group on camera.
Near the end of lunch, the merman family members responsible for cooking came to add meal to the guests.
Because of the added meal, the group who were already full ate quite a bit more, and in the end, each one shouted “I really can’t eat anymore.”
This mysterious gourmet food meal finally ended.
After lunch ended, the program group gave everyone an hour of rest time.
During the rest period, the live broadcast was turned off, and the guests could choose to rest on the spot or wander around nearby.
Upon hearing they could wander, An Qi’s eyes lit up immediately, and she promptly urged Xuan Xia: “Shall we go stroll by the beach from before?”
Xuan Xia had no objection and was about to reply when Chang Xi’s voice rang out again, still forecasting: “Beware of water.”
This immediately choked her response.
Was there no end to it? It wasn’t some death countdown, yet it forecasted for her every once in a while.
But complaints aside, how could Xuan Xia disregard Chang Xi’s forecast?
She hesitated on how to refuse, but seeing An Qi looking at her expectantly with puppy eyes, Xuan Xia couldn’t bear to refuse and finally nodded.
However, “Wouldn’t going back there be too far? Let’s just wander nearby.”
An Qi thought about it and happily agreed.
Xuan Xia kept Chang Xi’s forecast in mind and was extremely cautious and careful all the way out with An Qi.
An Qi noticed but thought Xuan Xia was tired, feeling guilty for it, so they casually strolled a bit and returned to the water house.
Although it caused a misunderstanding with An Qi, the result relieved Xuan Xia.
Survived again!
After an hour of rest, the mysterious flavor group restarted the live broadcast.
The staff first asked the guests how their rest was.
After getting the answer “Rested well,” the staff changed the topic and started talking about dinner, as well as announcing the next task.
Xuan Xia thought the dinner task would gather everyone before starting, but unexpectedly, it continued in groups.
And for their groups that chose mysterious flavor, the next task was still related to the merpeople.
If the morning breath holding task was merman beginner level, then the next task was advanced.
Because the next task required the guests to follow the merpeople into the sea to find pearls and jade.
Pearls and jade in the sea were things like sea pearls, coral, and giant clams.
The guests’ task was to find the pearls and jade pre-marked by the program group in a specific sea area within the stipulated time.
Pearls and jade were divided by grade of value, with higher value giving higher points.
Whether they could have a big dinner in the evening depended on how many pearls and jade they could find in the afternoon and how many points they got.
Because it was a points-accumulating task, in the afternoon task, female guests could also participate, searching for the marked pearls and jade together with their partners.
As the saying goes, men and women pairing up makes work less tiring.
Upon hearing this, Wen Zhu and Cui Xiaobai immediately scrambled to say they wanted to participate in the search.
Xuan Xia immediately looked at them, thinking inwardly: Do they want her to pull out their oxygen tubes?
An Qi also felt she should help, and since the task involved diving, she also said she would participate.
In the end, only Xuan Xia had not expressed an opinion.
Xuan Xia… was completely numb.
So Chang Xi’s forecasts all along were waiting for this moment?
Because only Xuan Xia hadn’t spoken, the staff’s gaze naturally fell on her.
Seeing she wasn’t preparing to speak, the staff had to ask her: “Will Xuan Xia participate?”
Xuan Xia then seemed to come back to her senses and was about to answer, but the person beside her answered first: “She won’t participate.”
Including Xuan Xia, all gazes turned to Zhou Shiqing who spoke.
Facing multiple gazes, Zhou Shiqing calmly said: “She’s not feeling well, not suitable to participate.”
Xuan Xia was stunned hearing this.
The staff looked understanding and said no more.
As for the other guests, their looks carried some strangeness.
After Zhou Shiqing answered, the bullet comments fell into a new wave of topics.
[Zhou Shiqing is actually so sweet!! How did I not notice before!!]
[My husband lives up to being my husband.]
[No, how does he know she’s not feeling well? I can’t tell she looks unwell.]
[Am I the only one feeling sorry for Zhou Shiqing? He’s alone in the afternoon task, he’s bound to lose. With his personality that loves winning, having to accept a predetermined loss because of his partner, who knows how upset he is inside.]
Bullet comments regretting Zhou Shiqing’s inevitable loss increased.
Xuan Xia couldn’t see the bullet comments, but her thoughts at this time were similar to them.
Finally finding an opportunity, she asked Zhou Shiqing: “Are you really doing the task alone? I’m not unwell.”
Zhou Shiqing still had that calm expression, “Didn’t you say you’re causing a water disaster today and can’t go into the water? Any task involving water, I’ll complete alone.”
He said that, but he didn’t refuse.
Xuan Xia looked at him, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Zhou Shiqing was instead made a bit embarrassed by her gaze, “Alright, I won’t necessarily lose.”
“Besides, losing just means missing a big meal. After the program ends, we can eat ourselves.”
He said it lightly and calmly, Xuan Xia thought for a moment, then nodded: “Okay, tonight we’ll eat ourselves, my treat!”
Zhou Shiqing smiled.
