Muscular Rabbits Legion: 'No one can escape from the novice village!'-Chapter 210 - 208 Betting Everything Again and Again
Chapter 210: Chapter 208: Betting Everything Again and Again
Chapter 210 -208: Betting Everything Again and Again
Yi Zheng’s forehead was suddenly covered in black lines as he muttered, “Damn it, I thought it was ‘The Eight Trigrams,’ but it turned out to be ‘Deer and Cauldron’! Scoundrel!”
As soon as his voice fell, a female voice rang out, “Dad, the food is here.”
Then Yi Zheng saw a stunningly delicate young woman in her prime, carrying a large plate of beef over. After placing the beef in front of Yi Zheng, she smiled and said, “Sir, please try it. This is my family’s secret recipe.”
Yi Zheng’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the girl in front of him, not with any bad intentions, but he felt like he was back in ‘The Eight Trigrams’ again. Indeed, he was using a petty man’s thoughts to measure one with a noble heart—the host was a man with a great daughter! This daughter’s red was definitely aged wine!
Yi Zheng happily picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth. The beef was marbled with fat and lean, melted in his mouth, and tasted exquisite.
Yi Zheng took another sip of the wine and exclaimed, “Good meat, good wine!”
The host asked excitedly, “Can you taste it?”
The host’s daughter also asked in surprise, “You can taste it?”
Of course, Yi Zheng hadn’t tasted anything. Before he became Rabbit, he was just a poor working stiff who sold swimming and fitness cards every day. He couldn’t even afford to drink beer without watching his wallet.
But he knew all about putting on airs.
He had watched a TV program once. To prove their wine was better than Huaxia’s, a group of foreigners invited many well-known wine tasters to do a blind test.
Seven of the wines were the foreigners’, and one was from Huaxia. The foreigners’ wines started at several thousand, and the worst was over a thousand, while the Huaxia bottle sold for just over a hundred.
The wine tasters were all dressed in tailcoats and evening gowns, exuding high class and a sense of professionalism and taste.
Then they began the blind tasting, shaking their heads and swaying, swirling their glasses, looking, smelling, listening to the sound—employing a myriad of techniques.
The host described their methods as highly professional and touted their many years of wine tasting experience…
In the end, everyone gave the highest score to one wine.
And they praised it with words like historical depth, rich taste, and the flavor of sunshine.
But when the results were revealed, everyone was shocked, because the winning wine was the one from Huaxia that was over a year old and sold for just over a hundred.
From that day on, Yi Zheng realized that so-called wine tasters were just a bunch of show-offs!
Perhaps the program wasn’t professional, or even the wine tasters were fakes, but it didn’t matter. Yi Zheng had successfully established an equation in his heart: wine tasting = showing off!
No need to know how to taste, just how to pretend.
Then Yi Zheng mimicked the people on TV, picking up the cup of wine with grace, sniffing it first, then sampling a bit, smacking his lips and saying, “I can taste the weight of history, the sweetness of the liquor, that’s history flowing in the cup… This wine! Good stuff!”
Then Yi Zheng noticed that the host was very pleased, but his daughter’s eyes looked a bit weird, and her little hand restlessly pressed on the red paper on top of the wine jar.
Out of curiosity, Yi Zheng picked up the wine jar and saw that beneath the three bold characters for Daughter’s Red, there were two smaller ones: Niuniu.
Yi Zheng thought to himself, “Is Niuniu the big girl’s nickname? She doesn’t want me to see it, could she be embarrassed?”
Then a voice came from the kitchen, “Niuniu, come back! Don’t disturb the guest’s meal!”
Then, the little girl with a carrot top childishly replied, “No!”
Yi Zheng’s face instantly darkened as he inwardly raged, “Damn it, it’s still ‘Deer and Cauldron’!”
Realizing her slip-up, the daughter quickly kicked the host, “Daddy, you picked the wrong wine.”
The host looked down carefully and his face turned red immediately. He quickly said, “Oh dear, my apologies, guest. I got too excited and picked the wrong one. This is last year’s wine, I’ll go change it for a fresh one, alright?”
Before leaving, the host added, “That batch, it definitely has a historic feeling of depth!”
Yi Zheng just wanted to slap the table onto his face, thinking it would have been better if he hadn’t said that last part!
“Hahaha…” Laughter erupted from behind him.
Yi Zheng turned around and saw that, at some point, a few players had gathered at the door.
“Rabbit, you really know how to put on a show, awesome! Hahaha…”
“Aren’t you embarrassed?”
“Haha…”
Despite the laughing crowd at the door, Yi Zheng nonchalantly threw his head back and declared, “Embarrassed about what? They’re bringing out the aged wine now, aren’t they?”
The others wanted to say something, but Yi Zheng had a stroke of genius, slamming the table and saying, “What’s so funny? If you’re a man, come in for a drink and feast on meat! Scram, you inept eggs, if you have nothing better to do!”
“Hey! I’m so broke I’ve only got my underwear left, do you think I’m scared of you?” A young man directly pushed open the door and sat down next to Yi Zheng, reaching hands to grab the meat and eat.
The rest thought about it and realized they had nothing to fear either with Level 1 and no Equipment.
Nothing to lose and all to gain, eating meat is what matters!
So, one by one, they all rushed in. These people were naturally bold and carefree; otherwise, they wouldn’t have come to sneak a peek at Rabbit drinking.
“Rabbit, there’s only one plate of meat, that won’t be enough,” an old man called out.
Yi Zheng addressed the older daughter, “Girl, what are you looking at? Bring the food! Whatever meat and wine you have, bring it all! Today, anyone who walks through that door can drink and feast to their heart’s content—The Great Demon King is footing the bill!”
Feeling Yi Zheng’s generosity, the group of freeloaders cheered him on with a resounding, “Awesome!”
“Magnificent!”
“Rabbit, I’m starting to appreciate you!”
…
It’s often said, there’s no feud that can’t be resolved with a meal of booze and barbecue, especially if it’s good meat accompanied by a barbecue and fine liquor!
After three rounds of drinks, no one cared whether Yi Zheng was the fearsome Great Demon King or not. Clutching his rabbit ears, their faces flushed, they shouted, “Rabbit, are you raising fish here?! Drink! Drink the hell up!”
When had Yi Zheng ever suffered such an indignity? He raised his bowl and drank…
Then someone grabbed his ear and roared, “What are you, a waterfall? Spilling half a bowl when you drink one?”
Yi Zheng retorted angrily, “I’ve got a fucking triple-cleft mouth, what can I do about it?”
Then a girl handed him a straw…
Looking at the straw, Yi Zheng felt like he took a 100,000-point critical hit, “That’s too insulting to rabbits. You drink one bowl, I’ll drink two. Drink!”
No one knew how much liquor was consumed, but as time went on, the pub went from a dozen people to over a hundred, packed so tight no one could move their feet.
Outside, the street was littered with drunken bodies stretching all the way to the entrance of the village, including about twenty who, after drinking too much, insisted on going for a swim. When Yi Zheng sobered up, he found that he had somehow gained an extra twenty or so Experience Value…
Stepping outside for a walk, he saw over twenty corpses floating on the river, their bodies still giving off the scent of alcohol.
Yi Zheng bowed slightly, as a sign of respect.
After the bout of drinking, Yi Zheng’s grudges with the players were wiped clean.
From then on, Yi Zheng would carry a jar of liquor and a big plate of meat every day, strolling through the village like a local loafer.
On encountering someone, it would be, “Fancy a bowl of liquor? 18-year-old daughter red… I don’t drink anything else, anything else makes me cough.”
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Besides lounging around, he’d squat by the river with a group of old men fishing, or join a bunch of miserable office workers for a drink, listening to them curse their bosses and boast.
In this simple life, Yi Zheng surprisingly found a feeling reminiscent of living on Earth, feeling nostalgic and enjoying it.
“This feeling of no stress, it’s really good…” Yi Zheng sighed contentedly while belching from the liquor.
Yi Zheng was comfortable, but outside the great barrier, things had turned chaotic.
“A week has passed and we still haven’t found a way to open it?”
Park Yixiu yelled frantically, while his subordinates looked at him with woeful eyes.
Jin Yusheng said, “It seems that conventional methods really won’t open it. We’ll have to think of something else.”
Hearing this, Park Yixiu fell silent, remaining quiet as he sat there, but a glint of brilliance flashed deep within his eyes, as if weighing some thought.
The Witch Li Youzhen said, “Chairman Park, we know you have something that can break through the Barrier, right?”
Park Yixiu spoke gravely, “I do, but the price of using that thing is too great.”
“How great?” asked Jin Yusheng.
Park Yixiu replied, “It requires a blood sacrifice! A blood sacrifice of ten thousand Level 2 or higher players, with all of them downgraded by one level!”
Jin Yusheng and Li Youzhen both gasped sharply.
Park Yixiu continued, “That is a Demon Artifact, not something ordinary. Without the infusion of fresh blood and souls, it’s useless. And, ten thousand is just the minimum number to activate it; it’s still unclear whether it will be enough to open the Barrier. If not, we’ll have to add even more Sacrifices. It’s a bottomless pit. Are you two sure you want to do this?”
Both fell silent…
Then Park Yixiu added, “You two take your time to think about it.”
After saying that, Park Yixiu stood up and walked away.
Li Youzhen asked, “Chairman Park, where are you going?”
Park Yixiu’s face turned fierce as he replied, “To open the gate! Even if you don’t participate, I will open it. My Datang Country once shone brilliantly, creating the most splendid civilization in the entire world. But due to our kindness, we gave part of the world away to others. And my dream is to take back everything we gave away!
The Five-Colored Divine Mountain is so vast and its outer walls so strong; there must be a great opportunity inside!
You’re not willing to make the sacrifice because you can’t bear it, but I can!
I’m willing to risk it all once more, to gamble everything!”
There were things Park Yixiu left unsaid. Ever since the last time they failed in defending the city, he was taunted with a moniker belittling him as less than a rabbit. He wanted to rid himself of this humiliating nickname. He wanted to become stronger, to break into Huaxia and wipe out the rabbits there, to clear his name.
He didn’t say this, but both Jin Yusheng and Li Youzhen understood.
Park Yixiu said, “If I manage to open the gate myself, then only I will be able to go through it. You two, think about it…”
Watching Park Yixiu’s retreating figure, Li Youzhen and Jin Yusheng eventually spoke up at the same time, “We’ll participate! Three thousand from each of us!”
Park Yixiu smiled; this was the response he had been waiting for. Otherwise, the sacrifice of ten thousand people, even with the Xuanyi Gang’s abundant forces, would be a painful blow. Not to mention, ten thousand was just the initial investment; who knew how much more would need to be followed up?
However, Park Yixiu looked at Jin Yusheng, “You contribute four thousand, Youngzhen and I will contribute three thousand each. Don’t refuse, because if you do, I will refuse you. After all, there are plenty of people out there willing to participate.”
