Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 388 - 176 Pharaoh’s Invitation - Part 1

Chapter 388: Chapter 176 Pharaoh’s Invitation - Part 1

One man, one scorpion, what looked like a struggle was actually a feigned illusion created by Lin Baici on purpose. After he walked over to the sundial while embracing the Golden Scorpion Beauty, his foot stumbled and he fell.

Bang!

Lin Baici used the Golden Scorpion Beauty as a cushion, crashing into the base of the sundial.

Squeak!

The sundial scraped against the ground, making a piercing noise.

Its position had moved.

Xia Hongyao kept her eyes fixed on the Scorpion Queen, ready to come to Lin Baici’s aid at a moment’s notice should she order an attack.

The Golden Scorpion Beauties, who had all been focusing on their respective prey, turned their heads upon hearing the sound. As soon as they noticed the shadow of the sundial’s stone pillar had shifted, they burst into an angry roar.

Because their mealtime had been abruptly ended.

Especially for those who hadn’t managed to eat anyone, they waved their scimitars and pounced towards Lin Baici, wanting to chop him down.

However, after rushing over, they still didn’t strike, because this was their companion’s food. It wasn’t their turn until after their companion had their fill.

"It seems like we’ve made it through?"

Hua Yue Yu was overjoyed.

"Don’t celebrate too soon!"

Kim Myungjin was worried that there may be other twists.

"Great acting!"

Gu Qingqiu took a small sip of wine; she had started to like the taste, particularly when watching Lin Baici’s performance—it was simply enjoyable.

"Weren’t you supposed to dance? How come you’ve fallen asleep?"

Lin Baici, as if unaware of what he had done, stood up, yanked the Golden Scorpion Beauty with the sharp chin forcefully, but she had completely passed out, limp like a pool of mud.

’The Drunken Immortal Fist in wine is simply divine. It can even knock out monsters!’

Lin Baici marveled inwardly. He didn’t look at the Scorpion Queen. After pulling on the Golden Scorpion Beauty a few times and realizing it was futile, he simply leaned on her and lay down.

’Why isn’t the Scorpion Queen talking yet? Can it be that she can’t accept the outcome?’

Lin Baici pondered, facing away from the Scorpion Queen. He took out a lover’s lipstick and smeared it on his lips twice.

This lipstick emitted the fragrance of roses and made one appear refreshing and attractive. Whether kissing people or animals, it would temporarily gain their favor.

However, if used too much, it caused a strong sense of superiority and narcissism.

This was the first time in Lin Baici’s life that he had applied lipstick, but he had no other choice.

Inside the great hall, there was an oppressive and unbearable silence.

Hua Yue Yu and the others were like death row inmates waiting for their autumn execution, hoping for a royal decree of amnesty.

Finally, the Scorpion Queen spoke.

"The banquet is over. You have three minutes to leave immediately, or else you will be executed without mercy!"

"Oh yeah, we did it!"

Hua Yue Yu was ecstatic beyond words.

"We’re alive!"

Song Huizhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"How interesting, why doesn’t it attack us?"

Gu Qingqiu was curious.

"This is called rule contamination. They emerged under the radiation of God’s bones, just as we are born to follow the natural laws of birth, aging, sickness, and death. They, too, must obey their own rules after they are created!"

Xia Hongyao explained.

"Hurry up!" Song Huizhi urged. "That creature said three minutes, but who knows, it might continue to hunt us down once the time is up."

Everyone was startled by the possibility and realized they had to run as far as possible.

"Little Bai, let’s go!"

Hua Yue Yu called to Lin Baici.

"Little Linzi, can we save these people?"

Xia Hongyao pleaded. She was a God Hunter from the Jiuzhou Security Bureau. Whenever possible, she still tried to save the citizens.

"Okay."

Lin Baici wasn’t so cold-hearted as to ignore so many people in need of help. He distributed squid strips to Xia Hongyao and the others, asking them to feed it to everyone.

"The moment you sense something’s wrong, run immediately!"

Lin Baici cautioned.

He was willing to help, but his priority was to ensure his own safety. He couldn’t risk everyone’s lives for this.

"Okay!"

The group nodded and immediately began rescuing people.

"This is why sticking to morals is such a hassle!"

Song Huizhi shook her head.

Although she wasn’t a good person, she wanted to explore God’s ruins with someone like Lin Baici, who had a moral baseline—because it felt safe.

The flesh of the monster corpses had an incredibly strong antitoxin effect. The many inebriated people began to sober up almost immediately after eating the flesh strips.

"Was I drunk?"

"What’s happening? Is the banquet over?"

"Bleugh!"

The crowd was noisy, and some were crouching on the ground, vomiting.

"If you want to live, leave this place now!"

Lin Baici urged.

"Can we go now? Won’t they kill us?"

The male student who had given up his seat earlier was worried.

Lin Baici couldn’t be bothered to answer such redundant questions, as if not running would somehow stop the monsters from killing.

"Lin Baici, two minutes and thirty seconds left!"

Song Huizhi reminded him; she had been keeping count of the time.

"Do you think I don’t know that?"

Lin Baici said disdainfully as if the woman had overstated the time by thirty seconds.

"..."

Song Huizhi gave a self-depreciating smile. With Lin Baici so capable, of course, he would be keeping time.

Ugh!

She felt outmatched!

"Let’s go!" Lin Baici urged. "If you want to live, hurry up and leave!"

Lin Baici watched the Scorpion Queen and nodded at her.

No harm in being overly courteous, especially since there was no loss on his part.

"Wait!"

The Scorpion Queen suddenly spoke up.

Whoosh!

Everyone froze on the spot, breaking out into a cold sweat.

"I knew it; she’s going back on her word!"

Cai Wenqi trembled with fear.

"I wasn’t talking to you. Off you go!"

The Scorpion Queen waved her hand impatiently, as if shooing away pests, wanting Xia Hongyao and the others—the riff-raff—to clear out quickly.

Her gaze rested on Lin Baici the entire time, the meaning implicit—her ’wait’ was directed at Lin Baici.

Xia Hongyao immediately came over, clearly intending to stand or fall with Lin Baici.

Hua Yue Yu and Kim Myungjin also stopped, but they didn’t crowd around Lin Baici, knowing they were too weak and would only be a hindrance.