Uptown Riverside Hot Pot Restaurant. This was one of the more famous hot pot restaurants in the Riverside District. The hot pot restaurant was located on the fourth floor of a business district called New World Square.
Jiang Qiao arrived at the hot pot restaurant first. As a result, when he took the elevator to the fourth floor, he found a long line at the entrance of the hot pot restaurant. Jiang Qiao counted with his fingers. There were at least 53 customers still waiting for a seat.
How long would he have to wait in line?
Even if he waited until the business district closed, he wouldn't be able to get there, right?
Jiang Qiao glanced at the time on his phone. It was nine o 'clock in the evening, and the business district closed at 11: 30.
The line that was so long that he might have to go around the corridor wasn't something that could be queued in less than half an hour.
There were many people who had the same idea as Jiang Qiao. When Jiang Qiao arrived at the entrance of the hot pot restaurant, there happened to be a person consulting.
"Are there any seats inside?" The person asked the receptionist with some unwillingness to give up.
"Hello, our seats are full. You can take the number first. We will inform you when it's your turn." The receptionist said.
"…" The person glanced at the long line behind him. He knew very well that even if he took the number, he might not be able to get his turn even after waiting for two or three hours.
The most fatal thing was that this hot pot restaurant didn't provide takeout service!
"Receptionist, I want to discuss something with you." He suddenly thought of an excellent solution.
"Go ahead."
"Can I only buy this set meal?"
He opened the set meal on the receptionist's front desk and pointed to a hot pot meal worth 399 yuan for five people.
"Hello, we don't have any seats here for the time being …" The receptionist said helplessly.
"What I mean is that I only want to buy this set meal. I don't want the food in the set meal or the hotpot seat fee. You just need to give me this activation code." He pointed at a mouthwatering fat bird on the menu and said.
"I'm sorry, this is a gift. We can only give it to you after you buy this set meal." The receptionist was a little confused.
"I'll buy it. Here's four hundred yuan!" He took out four hundred yuan directly from his wallet and wanted to put it in the receptionist's hand.
"But sir, we don't have any seats."
The receptionist hesitantly returned the four hundred yuan to him.
"I said I'll buy this set meal, but I won't eat it!
He didn't want a seat either!
You just need to give me the activation code for Fat Chirp! "Hearing the waiter's hesitant answer, the man seemed to be on the verge of breaking down.
"This is not in line with our rules. Customer, after you buy this set meal, you must come to our restaurant to eat. We don't have take-out service."
The waiter wanted to toss Fat Chirp's activation code to him and send him away, but the restaurant's rules forbade him from doing so. The 399 included the restaurant's service fee and seating fee.
This was not something she could accept just because she said so. Treating customers so rudely would ruin the reputation of her shop.
But this customer just wanted the staff to treat him rudely.
"Bastard!
Just keep your mouth shut and take my money!
Hurry up and take this damn $400 and give me the activation code for Fat Chirp! "
The customer looked a little agitated as he tried to shove the 400 yuan into the waiter's hand.
I have to admit that you are more talented than me.
Jiang Qiao looked at the emotional customer and sighed. He was a real Holy Ghost player.
But Jiang Qiao had a group of real Holy Ghost players behind him.
The argument between him and the waiter instantly attracted the attention of the players in the queue.
The players thought that they were not here to eat hotpot, but to eat Fat Chirp … Pfft … to claim their mounts!
A real Holy Ghost must bring Fat Chirp home even if they didn't want to eat hotpot.
"Waiter, I really want to discuss this with you. I also want to buy this five-person spicy set meal. The beef rolls, lamb rolls, quail eggs, shrimp rolls, tender beef, fish tofu, spicy pot, pork belly, chicken pot … I don't want any of it!"
Another genius customer came up and used a more euphemistic way of saying it. The other players in the queue immediately gathered around and took out their wallets for $400.
"Take my money!
Then give me Fat Chirp! "
"I'll add another 100 yuan!"
This wasn't something that the shop assistant could handle. Fortunately, the manager hurried over from the backstage and apologized to the gamers who were queuing up for their seats. Then, he said …
"I am very sorry, dear customers. There are still six days left until the Holy Ghost Alliance. Please do not be too anxious. The activation codes for the alliance are unlimited."
The manager's words did not solve the root of the problem. It was like a bomb had detonated in the hearts of the players.
"F * ck?
There are only six days left until the end of the event? "
"The first team in the Instance Dungeon!
Let's form a team of two fat otakus. There are too many lamb rolls for us to kill!
There are girls in the team. "
"Who wants to form a fat otakus?
Add me, add me. "
"Pay for the Instance Dungeon entrance fee."
"F * ck!"
Jiang Qiao looked at the pitiful state of the hotpot restaurant and laughed unscrupulously.
The owner of the hotpot restaurant had never dealt with such a troublesome situation before. The hotpot restaurant was so big that it could accommodate more than 300 people at a time.
Usually, there would be queues, but this was the first time there were so many people queuing up to the other side of the corridor.
The worst part was that these people were not here to eat hotpot. All they wanted was a mount in the game called Holy Ghost.
The shop owner really wanted to throw the mount activation codes from the Holy Spirit to the players and let them leave …
But he could not do that. First, the customers had paid, but they were not allowed to enter the restaurant. This behavior was ruining the restaurant's reputation. Second, the Holy Ghost Alliance … was unreasonable!
The hotpot restaurant did not have the right to give out the activation codes for Fat Chirps. Only those who were at the same table would be given the activation codes according to the Heavenly Palace's payment tool.
If it was a Dutch system, the players would roll for it. This was a five-person hotpot meal. If the five players split the 400 yuan, only one of them would get the Fat Chirps!
In summary, it was a cruel Instance Dungeon with both PVE and PVP. PVE referred to killing a five-person hotpot meal, while PVP referred to rolling for it.
Of course, there were those who came alone to challenge the five-person hotpot meal, but they usually ended up in a miserable state.
As Jiang Qiao was wondering if Zhao Mingwei and the others were going to eat somewhere else, Zhao Mingwei sent another message to Jiang Qiao.
"Where are you?"
"At the entrance of the riverside hotpot restaurant," Jiang Qiao quickly replied to Zhao Mingwei.
"Main entrance?"
"Yeah."
"Come to the back door … There are too many people at the main entrance. Do you know where the back door is?"
What?
As expected of a member of the Elite Clearers. He actually found the dungeon's hidden entrance.
Jiang Qiao glanced at the location that Zhao Mingwei had sent him. He silently mourned for the Holy Ghost players who were queuing up at the dungeon entrance to participate in the Fat Chirp Crusade. He then snuck towards the backdoor.