The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 219 - 219: This High-Level Game

Until now, the attendants around finally noticed that their long-awaited target had appeared on the previously empty seat, and they promptly performed a respectful bow in unison.

Without lifting his head, Zhu Haomiao waved his hand, suppressing his hunger and thirst as he finely chewed the succulent piece of meat in his mouth. A massive, terrifying snakehead slowly emerged from behind him, greedily gazing down at the delicious dishes scattered throughout the room.

Then a second, a third, a fourth...

As many as eight gigantic snakes, as thick as barrels, extended like wings from the young man's back, writhing and devouring the delicious blood food in the room with wide gulps.

Even though they had experienced this before, the attendants couldn't help but feel a chill of fear at the sight of those enormous snakes resembling ancient demonic creatures, and they lowered their heads, not daring to look directly.

But when they placed the new dishes on the table and the giant snakes slithered past them or above their heads at close range, the electric-like fear still surged from their tailbones straight to the top of their skulls, making their scalps tingle.

Before long, Zhu Haomiao put down his chopsticks, patted his small belly, and felt that the most basic condition had been met.

He casually grabbed a handful of [greed coins] from the void. The boy released his fingers, and the dazzling golden stream of light cascaded down like a waterfall, instantly creating visible energy ripples that disappeared into thin air.

Utilizing the authority of [greed], time was folded and compressed. In just a brief moment, Zhu Haomiao had advanced to the [fruit] of the future.

[Body] +1

His eyes brightened, and a flash of understanding blossomed in the boy's heart.

No need to digest over time any longer. As long as the [greed coins] and material nutrition were sufficient, he could fully actualize all the accumulated attributes in a short time!

But immediately after, he frowned again.

Just a dozen [greed coins] merely actualized a single attribute. The cost efficiency seemed a bit low...

Moreover, it took nearly an hour of eating just to consume enough nutrition for 1 attribute point. If he wanted to actualize all the accumulated attributes averaging over 100 points, how long would that take?

After a brief calculation, Zhu Haomiao concluded that he would need to eat non-stop for nearly a month!

"......"

Damn it, doesn't the First Layer Heaven have any high-energy nutritious substances?

A meal that could last a year!

But after thinking for a long time, the only answer that emerged in Zhu Haomiao's mind was uranium-235!

"......"

Humans cannot, at least should not, eat nuclear fuel...

Patted his small belly, the previously settled stomach pouch once again turned insatiably hungry, and Zhu Haomiao gritted his teeth in sorrow and anger.

The kickbacks given by the Lord shouldn't be wasted in vain!

Keeping so many [greed coins] wouldn't make them reproduce anyway!

Just eat slowly!

Who can out-eat me?!

Taking a slow and deep breath, Zhu Haomiao mentally prepared himself and gave a faint command to Wilson beside him.

"This is a high-end game."

"Go and gather the Imperial Chef teams from Shanghai, let them take turns presenting dishes."

"I might have to eat for a month."

Wilson froze for half a second, quickly reacted, and respectfully placed a hand on his chest.

"Your will."

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"Old Wang, how much for this meat?"

"120 patterns per pound."

"What? Why so expensive?!"

"You think it's expensive, I think it's expensive too!"

"But your meat isn't fresh either."

"It's precisely because it's not fresh that it's sold for 120 patterns, if fresh it wouldn't be this price!"

In the butcher shop, the owner crossed his legs, showing an expression of take it or leave it.

"Why has the meat price increased so much this month? It's almost unaffordable."

The customers grumbled and complained while picking through the not-so-fresh meat.

At that moment, a carriage stopped in front of the butcher shop, and an agile middle-aged man jumped down.

"Old Wang! Where's today's goods?!"

The previously indifferent butcher shop owner suddenly stood up with a shiver, smiling obsequiously as if he saw a god of wealth.

"Oh, Mr. Liu! Today's goods are ready, freshly slaughtered this morning, very fresh!"

"Hmm, if they're not fresh, I'll flay you alive!"

"What you're saying is, if it's not fresh, I'd hug a stone and jump into the Huangpu River myself!"

While swearing and making vows, the owner called his staff to carry out half-sized fat pigs from the back and respectfully load them onto the carriage.

The middle-aged man carefully inspected them and confirmed the meat was fresh and of good quality, nodding in satisfaction.

But immediately, upon seeing the carriage only half-filled, he frowned.

"Only four pigs?"

Upon hearing this, the owner immediately cried and put on a pitiful act.

"Mr. Liu, you know how ridiculously meat prices have risen lately, and these four pigs were obtained after visiting many places, there really are no more!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man frowned deeply, unhappily glancing at the goods on the butcher shop's counter, then disdainfully shifting his gaze away.

"Alright, continue sourcing more goods, notify me if there's any news."

"Got it!"

Watching the carriage disappear at the end of the street, the butcher shop owner finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, countless similar scenes unfolded across Shanghai, with carriages like busy bees rushing fresh ingredients to the dock's cruise ships, where experienced chefs turned them into delightful, glowing cuisines.

Unaware that he had driven up the entire city's meat prices, Zhu Haomiao continued to eat leisurely and "elegantly" in the cruise dining room, the eight monstrous and sinister giant snakes behind him swaying and writhing, as if wicked entities surrounding the Demon God.

After a month-long operation, the attendants around him had hearts as cold as stone, mechanically and numbly placing dish after dish on the table.

Even Diao Chan, who was usually insatiable, was finally tired, running back and forth aimlessly on the eight giant snakes, starting a frantic parkour.

Unaware of how much time had passed, Zhu Haomiao, patiently chewing, suddenly shuddered all over as a profound light burst from the depths of his pupils.

[Sealing Demon Power]: LV.3→LV.6 (Perfect·Soul Devouring)

[God] +13

[Qi] +7

[Essence] +6

With a triple cocoon and continuous transformation, unknowingly, the last gate of the Basic Force had been broken through.

But as the pupa shell shattered, Zhu Haomiao's breath abruptly halted, and his body began to dissolve slowly and irresistibly, becoming transparent at a visible speed.

The surrounding space and time sent out ripples like water waves, with his ethereal form appearing as if it would disperse with the wind.

Zhu Haomiao stiffly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the material constraints to see a mysterious rift quietly unfolding at the Dome Peak.

Boom!

Heaven and earth changed color, the sun and moon lost their light, and within a thousand-mile radius, countless violent energies converged toward the center, forming a terrifying cloud of doom over a hundred kilometers in diameter.

The enormous vortex cloud spiraled tighter, brewing bluish-white thunderbolts in its core region.

In just a few minutes, the dark clouds blotted out the sun, transforming the entire Shanghai from daylight to darkness, with deafening thunders and blinding light surrounding the world as if the apocalypse was about to arrive.