The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?!-Chapter 1311 - 804: Xia Kai: I’ll Brew Alcohol Using a Toilet
"Chirp chirp!"
The black dumplings waved at him, seemingly saying farewell.
"Thanks a lot, huh."
Xia Kai waved back at them.
Since entering the instance, these little guys were the only creatures that were somewhat friendly to him.
"Chirp chirp!"
The black dumplings waved at him again.
"Take care, see you around."
Although a bit perplexed, Xia Kai responded.
"Chirp!"
The black dumplings let out a sharp, brief squeak, then raised their tiny hands towards him before swiftly retreating into the shadows by the wall.
"Did they just... flip me off?"
Recalling their recent actions, Xia Kai’s expression gradually turned odd.
If the body language in this world was similar to the real world, then he was just cursed by the black dumplings.
"Why are they cursing me?"
Xia Kai felt a bit wronged.
Though he couldn’t say he was overly deferential, he considered his attitude fairly friendly.
Back in the animal prison, greeting others was all about fists and wooden clubs.
Of course, at the beginning, he was always the one being greeted.
"I gave them money and still got flipped off, the locals are really rude."
Xia Kai couldn’t help but rant.
"Huh?"
Mentioning giving money, he suddenly realized something.
Could it be that those black dumplings were expecting a tip from him just now?
Considering their behavior as money-grubbers, Xia Kai felt this guess was probably the truth.
"If you want a tip, at least rub your fingers together, what’s the use of flipping me off? The locals’ expression skills are really lacking."
He muttered to himself.
And with his endless wild thoughts, his inner tension was greatly alleviated.
Unlike those pros in the newbie instance who could maintain composure despite becoming unrecognizable, Xia Kai considered himself someone with a fragile spirit.
Let alone facing the Hell instance’s monsters that could kill him with ease, even during his newbie trial, he got spooked just seeing his rabbit roommate across the way.
When that rabbit opened its mouth revealing big teeth, Xia Kai thought it was going to eat him, so he threw everything he could grab around him.
As it turned out, the rabbit didn’t eat him, but he got hit twice by the guards for causing chaos.
Of course, to survive to the sixth instance, Xia Kai had his strong points.
That was being able to relieve his mental stress or Spirit damage through sarcasm and self-deprecation.
This wasn’t merely a "spiritual victory method," but a system-recognized ability.
Although not as intuitive as a skill, and sometimes failing, Xia Kai indeed used it to mitigate some drops in sanity value.
He had heard from an old player that this kind of ability was called a "trait."
Under certain conditions, a "trait" could even be transformed into a skill.
But the specific conditions were unknown, as that old player had also heard it from an even older player.
After doing some mental prep, Xia Kai took a transparent thread out of the system space.
He wrapped one end of the thread around his wrist and the other around his ankle.
After securing it, he moved a bit and found it didn’t affect him as long as the movements weren’t overly large.
"Phew!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
After everything was ready, Xia Kai walked to the entrance of the Machiyama House.
The so-called entrance was actually just a bamboo curtain, through which he could vaguely see the scene inside the house.
In terms of safety or privacy, it definitely didn’t meet the standards of a door.
Nevertheless, Xia Kai didn’t push it open right away. Instead, he politely knocked on the door frame three times.
"Hello, is anyone there?"
After knocking, he asked loudly.
The bamboo curtain vibrated slightly from the air he breathed out, then it started shaking from bottom to top; the bamboo slats rippled like waves, then settled down.
Xia Kai naturally observed this peculiar scene.
His reaction was quick, immediately retreating several steps.
As an "old player," his physical abilities far surpassed ordinary people, so he backed off over several meters.
"What do you mean?"
A voice abruptly sounded.
"What? What do you mean?"
Xia Kai instinctively responded.
"Now I’m asking you!"
The voice was more irritable.
"I know you’re asking, but I don’t understand what your question means."
Xia Kai continued the conversation, trying to pinpoint the source of the voice.
"I asked what do you mean by backing away so far!"
The voice said irritably.
"Back away?"
Xia Kai looked straight ahead, where the voice was coming from.
"Are you that curtain?"
He asked in shock.
"I have a name! You rude fool. Get over here, come here right now, I want to scrape your meat off and smear it on the wall with bamboo strips!"
The bamboo curtain said furiously.
"Sorry, I didn’t know you were alive. I apologize for my recent rudeness."
Xia Kai quickly apologized.
Of course, going over there was not an option.
He wouldn’t dare bet on whether this curtain was just venting or actually serious.
"Is an apology only said with the mouth?"
The bamboo curtain had no intention of letting it go.
"Huh? Should I write it down?"
Xia Kai asked, puzzled.
"Fool, how can there be such fools among humans? When I was human, I was at least a hundred times smarter than you!"
The curtain shouted out.
"Then if my IQ is a negative number, wouldn’t that make you dumber than me?"
Xia Kai asked earnestly.
"..."
Silence, a long silence.
