Chapter 821 - 554: Eating Pancakes (Part 2)
The aroma was tantalizing; to be honest, it looked quite tempting.
[Quiet!]
Fufu: Master is incredible, really called it!
Fufu can actually eat; it has the function of consuming food.
It’s just that it dislikes how digestion affects its sleep.
So it prefers to absorb energy with Inner Strength while sleeping.
"Go ahead and eat."
Li Pu didn’t say much and signaled it to start eating.
As a result, when Fufu took a big bite, it immediately twisted its tongue.
[Uhhhhh!]
Because it was scalding hot!
"I knew it."
Li Pu looked as if he had anticipated this.
He quickly waved the big pancake in his hand to cool it down faster.
Then he took a bite, and the delicious taste spread throughout his mouth.
He didn’t know what ingredients were used for this pancake, but the texture and flavor perfectly suited his taste.
So, one man and one magical creature started devouring pancakes.
While munching, Li Pu kept watching the owner of room 5.
This guy had turned to look at them at some point, showing a slightly satisfied expression.
Other than that, he made no other moves.
In the previous round, he had already let out a second roar at this time, scaring them to death.
It seems that eating pancakes is indeed the rule of this room, and they should pass smoothly once they finish eating them.
"Phew, finally done."
"It was actually quite tasty, too."
"We should be safely through now, right?"
Li Pu swallowed the last bite and wiped his hands with Fufu’s feathers.
[No, no, no!]
Fufu protested with a mouthful of pancake.
Then, an unexpected scene occurred.
The owner of room 5 turned around, and a new iron pancake appeared out of thin air in its hand.
Then it tossed it toward Li Pu.
Whoosh~bang!
A brand new, steaming hot iron pancake was nailed to the wall again.
Li Pu: "..."
Li Pu: "..."
Li Pu: "..."
No way.
A foreboding feeling emerged from the depths of his heart.
He broke open the iron pancake, revealing yet another steaming pancake inside.
Whoosh~bang!
Before long, Fufu finished eating as well, and a new pancake immediately appeared.
"Phew, I’m a bit full."
Li Pu finally finished his second one.
A bit unwilling to face reality, he sneaked a glance at the plaster statue.
Sure enough, this guy moved again.
Whoosh~bang!
His third pancake was delivered.
This time, it flew past his nose, narrowly missing a headshot.
"Suddenly, I really miss a certain kangaroo."
Li Pu sighed and broke off the iron pancake.
[Quiet, quiet!]
Before he could start munching, Fufu forcefully threw the pancake to the ground.
Can’t eat anymore; Fufu was furious, humph!
[Don’t waste it!!!]
This action directly triggered the plaster statue’s wrath.
The immense volume made one man and one magical creature vomit out what they had just eaten.
In this way, it inversely solved their capacity issue.
But clearly, this was behavior not allowed by the owner of room 5.
[Don’t waste it!!!]
It immediately let out another massive roar.
This roar directly sent them back to the starting point.
"This..."
Li Pu was speechless.
Endlessly eating pancake after pancake, when would it ever end?
Do they think I’m a freshly graduated college student?
I haven’t even graduated yet!
He felt that this wasn’t the solution.
Indeed, after testing a few more rounds, they found that the owner of room 5 was by far the most troublesome.
Even knowing the rules, they still couldn’t pass.
If they ate too quickly, the next pancake would immediately arrive.
If they ate too slowly, it would roar and attack again.
The key was that the iron pancakes thrown over were fast and forceful, and careless handling could get them smashed.
The area of room 5 wasn’t small, but Li Pu and Fufu could only carefully move along the walls, relying on the walls to catch the pancakes for them.
Because if they walked directly toward the stone door of room 6, they would have to return to get pancakes after finishing one, equivalent to running in vain.
But walking along the walls, according to the testing progress from several rounds, they estimated they had to eat around 10 pancakes to get to the stone door.
Due to not having a habit of eating, Fufu’s capacity was relatively small.
In its extreme state, it could only take in about 3 pancakes before it was completely full.
Li Pu wasn’t doing much better, he could only eat five.
Thus, Room 5 was visibly impassable.
"Since that’s the case, there’s no other way."
The Nth time standing in the stone gate passage, Li Pu decided to play hardball.
He was going to take this guy out.
With a thought, a giant hand tearing through space appeared.
Boom!
A super slam landed, and the owner of Room 5 turned to dust on the spot.
[Silent!]
Fu Fu: Master is mighty, will unify the martial world sooner or later!
"Phew, that felt good."
Li Pu breathed a sigh of relief.
Walking up to the stone gate of Room 6, there was no restriction, it opened automatically.
Compared to Room 5, Room 6 was much smaller.
Standing in the passage looking inside, he immediately saw the plaster statue here.
It was nestled in the corner of the room, not very large, looking somewhat like the elf boy from Room 2.
Hmm... but how to put it.
Like the previous plaster statues, this Room 6 owner’s similar statue, he had seen in textbooks.
Namely—the Sphinx.
But this guy had a Pharaoh’s hat and a lion’s body.
Yet the head was... a dog’s head.
"So it’s just a dog wearing a Pharaoh’s hat, isn’t it."
Li Pu couldn’t help but joke.
But to be fair, its expression looked very serene.
Coupled with its small stature, it didn’t seem threatening.
Maybe, like the elf boy from Room 2, it’s friendly.
"Looks like I wasn’t wrong."
As Li Pu carefully walked into Room 6, he found he wasn’t attacked.
Though the Pharaoh-hat dog plaster statue immediately woke up, it merely turned its head to look at them, doing nothing else.
He headed straight for the stone gate to Room 7.
Perhaps this idea isn’t realistic, but maybe this room is a free pass, a direct route.
Yet just a few steps forward, the plaster statue spoke.
[So boring, tell me a story]
Unexpectedly, this was a request.
Man and furball exchanged glances, both stunned.
"This guy is definitely the room owner."
Li Pu stopped and sized up the opponent.
Based on previous experiences, it’s best to agree to such requests.
Otherwise, you don’t know what will happen.
He only knew if something went wrong, they’d have to start all over again.
"You go tell it a story to stall for time, I’ll handle the searching."
Thus, he assigned tasks to Fu Fu.
[Silent!]
Fu Fu: As you command, Master!
Stories, it really knew a few.
That was when it was still in the egg, told by someone.
It didn’t remember the scenes from back then, but having heard them many times, it knew them.
[Silent Silent!]
Fu Fu: Listen well, you dog.
[Silent! Quiet Quiet!]
Fu Fu: Once upon a time, there was a blind man...
While the plaster statue listened to Fu Fu’s story, Li Pu began exploring Room 6.
First was the stone gate to Room 7, confirmed to be unopenable.
Then he searched every corner without any results.
Except under the Pharaoh’s hat dog’s body.
[So boring, tell me a story]
[Silent Silent!]
Fu Fu: Master! My story finished!
At this moment, Fu Fu sent for help.
"Continue, then tell another one."
Li Pu planned to seriously examine every stone and crack, which took a lot of time.
[Silent!]
Fu Fu: Once upon a time, there was another blind man...
Fifteen minutes later, it had told all the blind man stories it knew.
And Li Pu was still focused on searching for clues.
[So boring, tell me a story]
[Silent!]
Fu Fu: I’d advise you to be reasonable.
[So boring, tell me a story]
[Silent!]
Fu Fu: That’s it, really no more stories.
[So boring, let me bite you]
[Silent!]
Fu Fu: Wah! Master, help!
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