absurd deduction game.

"Yu Xing" walked slowly towards the front hall. He didn't meet anyone along the way, and the front hall was also quiet.

Dim lights hit the corridor, making the place look eerie.

Yu Xing thought for a moment.

As a person who has just entered the game, even if he does not do anything in response to the system's request, he should still have a general understanding of the situation in the dungeon, such as... what does he, the waiter, need to do?
"Yu Xing" confirmed his identity this time based on his dress, but other than that, he gave it to him without any behavioral prompts.

It wasn't until he was about to reach the end of the corridor that the system made another sound.

[There are two identities in this venue: guest and waiter]

[Your identity is the barbecue restaurant waiter on your first day of work, please obey the foreman's arrangements]

[Task 1: Leave the changing room within [-] minute and go to the lobby to entertain new guests. 】

This prompt came a little late. Yu Xing had almost reached his destination and felt that the system had become clumsy.

Without stopping, he passed through the hanging curtains and his sight suddenly widened.

so quiet...

The front hall was deserted and deserted because it had not yet begun to receive guests.

There was only a woman standing at the checkout counter. The woman's face was filled with a warm but stiff smile, which seemed very strange at first glance.

After Yu Xing's footsteps appeared, the woman discovered him immediately.

It was obvious that the woman's eyes were frightened for a moment, and she might have mistaken him for a red ghost.

But soon, the woman calmed down, stared at Yu Xing warily, and asked in a low voice: "You...are you human?"

Yu Xing blinked in confusion, and then understood: "I am, I am, are you also a deduction?...Auntie?"

The woman was not angry at being called aunt. She just exhaled a long breath and seemed relieved: "Great, I've been waiting here for a few minutes, and no one has come. It's terrible."

"Just now, a sheep-faced foreman came over to check. Fortunately, I remembered the employee rules and must smile, otherwise I wouldn't know what he was going to do to me!"

Speaking of this, the woman trembled all over, as if she was frightened.

Yu Xing thought about the information in the woman's words. So, the woman has already met the foreman, and the foreman is a sheep-faced ghost?
If a woman can be so calm, she should be an official performer, not a candidate.

Thinking about this, Yu Xing asked curiously: "Where is the foreman?"

"It seems to have gone to the back kitchen." The woman glanced nervously at the entrance to the back kitchen corridor to make sure nothing came out, and then said worriedly, "It said it wanted to see if the chef had finished preparing."

Yu Xing instinctively felt that something was not right, but he deliberately ignored it and took this opportunity to look at the front hall again.

There is a wall clock hanging on the wall behind the cash register, and the hands are going to seven o'clock.

"Da da da……"

Rapid footsteps suddenly sounded from behind Yu Xing. He glanced alertly out of the corner of his eye and saw a man dressed the same as him.

The man looked ordinary, but his facial features were harmonious, and he seemed to be a very easy-to-get-together person. At this time, he ran over with a cold sweat on his face. When he saw them, his eyes lit up, and he held his knees and gasped.

"Well, luckily I caught up." His voice was very low, full of joy.

A man in a suit with a sheep's face slowly walked out behind him.

The man was a full two meters tall, and he felt extremely oppressive standing there. His sheepish face had a humane and serious expression, revealing a boss's contempt for his subordinates.

"You're not nearly late. Next time, remember to come out earlier."

The sheep-faced foreman snorted coldly: "Also, remember to keep a smile on your face."

"Okay!" The man was excited, and a stiff smile appeared on his face almost instantly.

The sheep-faced foreman was noncommittal and turned his attention to Yu Xing again.

"Where's your smile?"

Yu Xing plays the role of a newbie who makes amends belatedly, trembling with fear and smiling at the same time.

He glanced at the foreman's badge.

Zhang Xiaowei?
The foreman actually has a name, and having a name means there is a story. If he is bored, he can go find out about the foreman's background.

The foreman was reluctantly satisfied and ignored the three of them, but walked towards the door of the barbecue restaurant, leaving them with a tall back.

Almost as soon as the foreman turned around, the woman and the man let out a sigh of relief at the same time. The man took a few steps to the cashier, and muttered together with the woman: "It's so scary, I feel like I almost died..."

"Yes, yes, is this a ghost... This is my first time entering the game..."

"Me too, I still don't know if I can survive, hey."

"My son is still waiting for me outside, I must survive!"

Their whispers did not prevent Yu Xing. Rather than seizing the time to exchange information, they were more like a way to vent their fears.

As Yu Xing listened, the feeling that something was wrong became stronger.

Are both candidates?But they look very skilled, not like pure novices at all.

Also, since the three of them are here, the rest of them are guests, right?

The foreman took off the lock on the door of the barbecue restaurant, revealing the dark sky and empty streets outside.

Yu Xing felt a subtle sense of trance as he listened to the sound of the second hand moving one by one.

I always felt that he seemed to be inexplicably familiar with the barbecue restaurant, and the two candidates seemed to have worked here for a long time, not like it was their first day on the job.

Subconsciously, he reached into his apron pocket and touched the piece of paper that said "Who am I?"Although the guests hadn't arrived yet and nothing had happened yet, he already had a vague premonition of something bad, weighing heavily on his head.

But soon, the outside world became noisy, attracting Yu Xing's attention.

Suddenly, many people appeared on the street. Some customers began to enter the barbecue restaurant. Many animal-faced waiters who had not been seen before suddenly poured out of the corridor behind them. It was as if the world that had been pressed on the freeze button suddenly came to life. Same.

Yu Xing's eyes were dim, and while smiling at all the guests, he slowly walked towards the door.

The foreman stood there like a welcome guest.

He said aloud: "Foreman, can I disturb you for a moment?"

Only then did the sheep face turn around.

There was no emotion or anger on the sheep's face. His black pebble-like eyes stared at Yu Xing, and a cold breath suddenly ran up his back.

The other party remained silent and didn't speak.

Yu Xing showed him a genuine, very sunny smile.

"I think there are enough waiters inside. How about I come to greet guests? The guests must like my smile, and I have a better appearance."

There is a difference between laughing and smiling.

Compared with those stiff smiles, Yu Xing's look that seemed to be radiating little stars from the inside out was really endearing, and even the foreman's serious expression seemed to melt a little.

"Okay, you're very good." The foreman patted him on the shoulder, "Then just stand here and greet the guests. Remember, you must keep your current smile. If you attract more guests today, I will give you a bonus."

Yu Xing changed positions smoothly, a little too hastily.

In fact, the greeter should wear a suit like the cashier, but neither he nor the foreman paid attention to this. He just stood at the junction of the gate and the outside world. Looking forward, he saw the bustling animal people. .

The lights are intertwined in the distance, and it looks like a lively pedestrian street, exactly like the real world.

The sky was overcast and there was no moon, but it wasn't the weather that was about to rain.

The foreman gave him a few instructions and then turned back to the store, not knowing which post he planned to inspect again.

Yu Xing stood up straight. There was no one else around him at the moment. He no longer pretended to be cute and greeted the passers-by with ease.

There are indeed many people who entered the barbecue restaurant because of his smile. As for what such a smile means to the guests, Yu Xing doesn't know. He plans to leave the question to other deducers to explore.

The reason why he wanted to change posts was because he always had a feeling that he wanted to see something more exciting.

It seems that if he greets guests here, he can achieve his goal.

Soon, his expression changed and he looked to the right.

A group of pedestrians came there, eight in total. The human faces of this group were mixed in with the animal faces, which was very eye-catching.

What is even more eye-catching is the temperament of this group of people. How relaxed and comfortable the animal faces around them are, how sad this group of people is.

The leader was a young man with a serious face, and the middle-aged man in a suit next to him looked anxious.

And further on...

After Yu Xing saw who was behind him, his pupils shrank.

He saw Qu Xianqing, which was expected. Qu Xianqing was most likely a guest.

But next to Qu Nianqing, a tall young man was walking with a pale face and pursed lips, as if he was also troubled.

But he knew it was an illusion, and no one could understand any expression on that face better than he did.

Because that's who he is.

That was obviously his usual not-so-careful disguise, specially used to join in the fun and amuse the newcomers.

No, no, why did he appear in the queue of guests?

And the woman at the cashier, the man waiting...

Everyone is there.

At this moment, Yu Xing felt as if he had stepped into a parallel time and space, seeing himself in this time and space from the perspective of a bystander.

Time - is there something wrong with time?

Yu Xing's sensitivity to the word time made Yu Xing instantly alert.

Exciting, indeed exciting enough.

He was now a welcome guest, and he didn't even have time to cover his face. The next second, he was eye-to-eye with himself in the queue of guests.

mistake!It's a mistake in time -

Yu Xing's heart skipped a beat, but found that nothing happened.

The other self smiled vaguely at him. There was no hostility in those blue eyes, but they seemed to be provoking and interested?

Qu Nianqing looked at him indifferently without any expression, as if he was not surprised that there were two of him.

Others reacted in dramatic ways.

The leading boy stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes widened in surprise, and he glanced back and forth between him and the Yu Xing in the team.

"What is this? Doppelgänger??" (End of this chapter)