Chapter 15: When in Doubt, Quantum Mechanics

Space-time, if interpreted literally, means time and space, perhaps it may have different meanings in physics or other disciplines...

But Chen Ze wasn't keen on wasting brain cells on this. Since graduating from college and starting work, he had essentially returned all the knowledge he once learned to his teachers.

"Bro, what are you looking at?" Chen Xingchen's question snapped Chen Ze out of his daze.

"Ah, nothing, I was just suddenly lost on the road of life," Chen Ze shook his head and took the Buffet out, anyway, since he hadn't noticed that the randomly added attributes were causing any harm.

"So you do have something called a life, huh."

Chen Ze stumbled and almost fell, but he still managed to serve the Buffet, which had the attribute of space-time, in front of Stan.

Stan ate calmly, but he finished the Buffet quickly, it took him less than three minutes.

Chen Ze returned to the kitchen. He had finished all twenty servings of Buffet, and unless Stan wanted more, Chen Ze could take a break.

Chen Xingchen watched Stan with a pensive expression, and Chen Ze couldn't help but give her a flick on the head from behind.

"What are you thinking about?" Chen Ze was worried that this girl might rush up and give Stan a few more moves.

If that happened, the fun would really begin. Chen Ze wasn't sure that someone known as the Undead Monarch would let Chen Xingchen off that easily.

"Hey brother, I was just thinking, why is your restaurant so weird? There's a Skeleton, there's a Dragon, if you talked about this stuff, people would laugh, right?"

Chen Ze couldn't help but laugh. More than just being laughed at, if he kept talking about it, he'd sooner or later be sent to a psychiatric hospital.

"I think for this question, you might want to buy a copy of 'Quantum Mechanics' to read, maybe you'll find the answer you're looking for," Chen Ze shrugged and sat down on a stool in the kitchen.

"When in doubt, quantum mechanics, huh?" Chen Xingchen took out her phone.

"What are you doing?" Chen Ze glanced at Chen Xingchen, surely she wasn't actually going to buy it.

"Why is there no signal?" Of course, Chen Xingchen wasn't really planning to buy a copy of 'Quantum Mechanics' to read, that kind of stuff was still too early for her.

"As you can see, when these... Otherworld visitors arrive, the mobile signal is automatically cut off." Chen Ze stretched, thankful that these Otherworld guests had freed him from his usual mobile gaming.

Haha, playing a game and then losing connection could drive a person to smash their phone.

After several times of nearly raising his phone to throw it, Chen Ze completely abandoned the idea of playing games in the restaurant.

"Great cooking, proprietor," Stan's deep voice appeared again. This time, it probably meant that it was okay to go and collect the meal fee.

Chen Ze took a towel to wipe his hands and walked out, smiling at the expressionless Stan, "I'm glad the customer likes it."

Stan didn't say anything but silently dispelled the magic, and he instantly turned from a gloomy old man with no expression into a Skeleton.

"I saw that the little Black Dragon just now seemed to have given you some Gold Coins as a meal payment, is that right?" Stan looked at Chen Ze, and even though he had no eyeballs, Chen Ze inexplicably felt like he was being watched.

"Yes, that's right. But in addition to Gold Coins, I also want some ingredients from your place as payment," Chen Ze swallowed and stared at the Skeleton's head, feeling a little pressured.

"Ingredients from our place..." Stan seemed to contemplate for a moment.

"That's not impossible, but..." Stan glanced at Chen Ze, and Chen Ze suddenly felt like he was being seen right through.

"You're just an ordinary human, aren't you? I fear the ingredients I can offer might be too much for you to handle," Stan shook his head, dismissing the idea of bartering ingredients for the meal.

Although Stan quite liked the idea, the dishes prepared by this human chef had satisfied him in a way he hadn't felt in a long time, much better than those useless chefs of his own.

Chen Ze had no particular thoughts about this; after all, what kind of ingredients would an Undead Monarch bring? As for this question, Chen Ze really didn't want to imagine it.

"That little girl just now was your sister, right?" Stan looked toward the kitchen, having clearly heard Chen Xingchen's address to Chen Ze.

"Yes, Mr. Stan." Chen Ze was a bit nervous, worried that the Undead Monarch would dredge up old grievances.

Stan nodded, lifting his hand and extending it to the left, and the air parted as if squeezed aside, revealing a black hole. Stan reached in and pulled out something black.

Chen Ze watched, dumbfounded, by the scene. Even though he had encountered some Otherworld species, he had never seen such magic before.

"This is an Undead Knight's combat technique. I don't carry any Gold Coins, so I'll use this as payment for the meal," Stan said as he placed the black object on the table, then turned and left.

Chen Ze picked it up and glanced at it, confident that it must be a gemstone, though such pure black gemstones were indeed rarely seen.

"Brother, what is this?" Chen Xingchen emerged from the kitchen. She clearly relaxed a bit after the guests from other worlds had left.

"This is the payment left by that customer, an Undead Knight's combat technique; it's probably meant for you," Chen Ze said as he passed the black gemstone to Chen Xingchen.

He knew such an item could surely fetch a high price. The gemstone was of such fine quality, its price would be exorbitant; Chen Ze felt a bit thrilled.

Chen Xingchen took the gemstone and glanced at it. The black gemstone twinkled slightly and then disappeared from Chen Xingchen's hand.

Chen Ze and Chen Xingchen exchanged a look, with a big blank expression in Chen Ze's eyes, as if he were asking, "Where's my gemstone? Where's my big gemstone?"

Chen Xingchen was just as baffled. Could this thing have been a decoy created through some kind of illusion to deceive them?

An Undead Monarch wouldn't be so shameless, right?

However, the next moment, Chen Xingchen froze, feeling as though something extra had appeared in her mind.

"Xingchen?" Chen Ze asked with concern, shaking Chen Xingchen's shoulder with his hand.

Even though his sister was rather violent and quite snarky, she was still the only sister Chen Ze had.

"If you're still conscious, leave me the password to your Alipay first, will you?"

Chen Xingchen abruptly grabbed Chen Ze's hand and threw him over her shoulder, landing him on the ground, and hammered a punch toward Chen Ze's throat.

But just as her fist was about to touch Chen Ze's skin, Chen Xingchen stopped.

She looked at her hand in surprise; the whole action had been instinctive. After throwing Chen Ze down, she instinctively wanted to incapacitate him. Had she not reacted quickly, Chen Ze might actually have needed to visit the hospital.

Or possibly even the crematorium.

Chen Xingchen touched her head sheepishly, "Brother, I'm sorry, I don't know what happened, but I just did this..."

Chen Ze stood up, his face etched with fright, feeling as if his back had nearly broken.

Was this the Undead Knight's combat technique? He had truly felt that Chen Xingchen wanted to kill him for a moment there. That was close, too close.

"But what did you just say?" asked Chen Xingchen with a smile, looking at Chen Ze, who trembled slightly.

"I...what did I say? I didn't say anything, ha ha ha..."

"You jerk of a brother, are you so eager to inherit my Alipay?"

"No, don't use the back body drop, anything can be discussed!"