Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 290 - 143: You’ve Been Tricked! _2

Chapter 290: Chapter 143: You’ve Been Tricked! _2

Lin Baici picked up the card and handed it to Xia Hongyao, "Be more careful next time!"

"You’re just too cautious!"

Xia Hongyao pouted, snatched the card, and stuffed it back into her pocket.

"If anyone of you wants to fight the King, go ahead. I won’t stop you!"

Having said that, Lin Baici turned and walked away.

Everyone hurriedly followed.

"Who would dare to go if you don’t?"

The Bartender muttered.

Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Nangong Shu were the team’s strongest combatants, and the two women obviously followed only Lin Baici’s orders. Naturally, if he didn’t fight, no one else would challenge the BOSS.

The group walked through the tunnel for half an hour.

"Boss, we can’t keep going like this. We need to find a guide!"

The old man was frustrated because they had been accidentally teleported, and the young girl with flaxen hair hadn’t come along, leaving everyone not knowing the way.

"Let’s do this, split into pairs and look separately."

Lin Baici arranged, "Xia Hongyao and I, you with the woman in leather pants, the Bartender with the dwarf, Aunt Shu with me!"

"Boss, can’t I stick with you guys?"

The woman in leather pants pleaded.

The dwarf knew he had no choice and simply kept his mouth shut to avoid embarrassment.

"Exactly, you guys are already so strong. Isn’t it a waste of fighting power to team up together?"

The old man was unhappy, "Xia Hongyao, I’ll offer a thousand Meteorite Coins to team up with me."

"I listen to Little Linzi!"

Xia Hongyao’s blunt refusal made the old man, the Bartender, and the dwarf envious, wondering why they didn’t have such a close female friend.

"Boss, I think he has a point!"

Nangong Shu interrupted, "And there’s a problem—if they hide somewhere and slack off, what will you do?"

"I won’t slack off!"

The dwarf immediately promised.

This wasn’t just about slacking off; searching the tunnels increased the risk of encountering monsters. It was better to hide.

"Then let’s reassign the teams. I’ll team up with the magician, Red Medicine with the Bartender, the old man with you, lady in leather pants, you’re heavily injured, so stay behind!"

Lin Baici looked at everyone, "No objections now, right?"

"None!"

The old man knew Lin Baici didn’t trust him, so he would never be allowed to partner with Xia Hongyao. He was worried that he might attack her.

The dwarf was stronger than the Bartender and posed a greater threat to Xia Hongyao, so Lin Baici wanted to keep him close.

Seeing everyone agreed to the team arrangements, Lin Baici took out three buckets of paint and distributed them, "Mark the places you pass. Meet back here in three hours."

Everyone nodded.

"Let’s go, you choose first."

Lin Baici urged.

"We’ll take this way!"

Xia Hongyao chose a tunnel on the right.

The old man and Nangong Shu took the left.

"Hide here!"

Lin Baici gave some food and drink to the woman in leather pants.

"Thank you, Boss!"

The woman in leather pants was immensely grateful.

The three pairs of partners went their separate ways.

...

A quarter of an hour later,

The old man dipped a brush in the paint and made an arrow mark on the wall. He looked back to make sure no one was listening and then complained to Nangong Shu.

"Boss lady, you have to perk up. Lin Baici, the type who clearly hasn’t been with a woman, will surely be enchanted by you!"

The old man didn’t understand, "Isn’t it good to keep a little wolfhound?"

"Even if Lin Baici listens to me, I won’t stand by you."

Nangong Shu chuckled.

"You don’t need to stand by my side. I just don’t want to see Lin Baici act recklessly. You should know, these young people, acting on a whim, relying on their strength, and doing whatever they please!"

The old man was frustrated, "I spent a lot of money to join this team. Look at how he treats me?"

"Lin Baici is performing very well, making the best decisions. Following him gives us the greatest chance of survival!"

Nangong Shu taunted, "Spending two thousand Meteorite Coins for a life, and you think that’s expensive?"

"Of course it’s not expensive, and his performance is indeed great. I’m just afraid he’ll lose his mind later on!"

The old man was worried as young people generally lack stability.

"Put away your little schemes, Lin Baici isn’t stupid!"

Nangong Shu admired Lin Baici and knew that playing tricks on such a promising person would only ruin her own future, "Let’s go, it’s time to head back."

"What?"

The old man was astonished.

"You didn’t really think Lin Baici was serious about letting us find the way, did you?"

Nangong Shu laughed lightly.

That guy clearly had other intentions, and by now, so much time had passed, it should be ending.

...

"Uncle, I never did ask your name?"

Lin Baici, carrying a paint bucket, walked in front.

"Tao Gui!"

The dwarf offered to help, marking the way or taking the lead, but Lin Baici refused, leaving the dwarf grateful but also feeling guilty.

Lin Baici nodded, then after a few steps, suddenly inquired, "Your card, it’s related to food, right?"

The dwarf hesitated for a moment but eventually told the truth.

"Yes, it’s a chef. Do you want to see it?"

The dwarf took out the card.

"No need!"

Lin Baici smiled, "Did you receive a mission?"

The dwarf was silent.

Lin Baici didn’t press further, and after walking a bit more, the dwarf couldn’t hold back.

"When did you notice it?"

The dwarf was curious.

"In the freezer, only the cadavers of the women you killed didn’t get back up!"

Lin Baici recalled the small details he had observed before, "The damage you inflicted on the Pig-Headed Men was greater than the Bartender’s and the woman in leather pants’, even making me think for a moment you were hiding your strength."

The dwarf finally realized, "So you knew all along, no wonder you let me deliver the finishing blow to the Pigman King!"