Universe Infinite Canteen
Chapter 765 - 765 Dead Person

"What?" Ma Lu was stunned, "Dead person, are you talking about creatures like Zombies or Dead Souls? But she looks pretty normal, we even eat together often, and she sure hasn't eaten less."

"No, I mean literally a dead person, or someone who should have already died. In theory, after a wish takes effect, no one is supposed to notice any change in the world.

"But you mentioned last time that your friend noticed the comics weren't drawn by Qi Yu, which I found very strange. I went back and reviewed the 'Wish List' to try and figure out what's going on, you know what?"

"Just spit it out."

"Well, according to the 'Wish List', there is only one situation that could cause such an anomaly.

"And that is—your traveler friend is a dead person, the Magic Power of the Wish Star only works on the living, but it's a different story for the dead."

"But she is not from this timeline." Ma Lu countered.

"No, no, no, you're missing my point. This has nothing to do with time, it's solely about being dead or alive." Nicholas's voice continued, and Ma Lu heard footsteps coming from behind him again.

He turned around to see Ma Youyou walking out from the back door.

Ma Lu subconsciously put away his phone, "Is there something you need?"

"Um, nothing much, it's just that the dishes are almost all served, and I wanted to ask if you, the Boss, had any other instructions."

"I've got nothing else to instruct. Don't forget to charge for that dish that finished off Motti, the Supersonic Flat Fin Flagfish. Also, charge them an extra ten thousand for bloodstain cleaning and for emotional damages," Ma Lu said.

"Oh, okay." Ma Youyou nodded, ready to head back inside.

But Ma Lu called out to her again, "Why do you seem so calm?"

"Hm?"

"You were inside just now, you must have heard it, the Multiverse is about to be destroyed."

"I heard it."

"So why don't you seem worried at all?"

"Well, it's probably because you, Boss, have said that we should control what we can control and not fret over what we can't, something like that. I think it makes a lot of sense."

"But this is the end of the world," Ma Lu lamented, then he recalled something, "Why do I feel like this isn't the first time we've discussed the destruction of the world?"

"Because I asked you before what you would want to do if the world was ending, it was when we went to visit Mr. Nicholas."

"Is that so, I don't quite remember, what was my response?" Ma Lu scratched his head.

"You said you'd try to save the Universe, but if that's not possible, you'd accept such an outcome and embrace the final moments with your family and friends," Ma Youyou said.

"That does sound like something I would say," Ma Lu said.

At that moment, Ma Youyou suddenly said, "Actually, there's another way."

"What way? A way to save the Multiverse?"

"No, a way for you, Boss, to survive, just like the current me."

As if she had made a resolution, Ma Youyou took a deep breath, "Sorry, I haven't been completely honest with you before, about my origins and identity."

"You're a dead person."

"How did you know?" This time, it was Ma Youyou's turn to be surprised.

"Ah, so you really are a dead person," Ma Lu raised his eyebrows, "but you can't tell at all from the outside."

"That's because my brother saved me when the apocalypse came. He asked Uncle Wang to cook an incredibly magical dish—the Universe-Creating Blue Lobster Rice Bowl.

"With that dish, he carved out an entirely new timeline and sent me, who should've been dead, back to this world that seems real yet unreal, both familiar and strange."

Ma Lu was shocked, "Wait a minute, are you saying our world was newly created, not original, and all this was achieved by just a... rice bowl?"

"I know it's hard to believe." Ma Youyou raised her right hand, "But I swear, this time I'm telling the truth. Uncle Wang's food really has such magical powers because he is..."

Before Ma Youyou could finish, Dalia's anxious voice rang out in the restaurant, "Where's Boss Ma? I want to see the chef of this restaurant!!! Right now, immediately!"

"Hold on a moment." Ma Lu said to Ma Youyou and quickly walked into the restaurant, entering the lobby.

There was Dalia, unable to hold back anymore, peering around at the kitchen door.

"Wait, this area is not open to customers."

Ma Lu's figure blocked her path, "If there's an issue with the dishes, you can tell me directly."

"It's this taste, I can't be wrong, it's something I'll never forget in my lifetime. I said the mushroom soup tasted familiar before, but it wasn't until I tried the Slow-Baked Revenge Canned Carps that I was sure, this is definitely his work, no mistake."

"Whose work?"

"ψ, the only Seven-star Chef in the entire Multiverse, the man standing at the pinnacle of cooking."

"What, you mean Old Wang?" The bombshells thrown at Ma Lu today were a bit too much to handle.

After pausing, he continued, "Then you must be mistaken because someone else said the same before, but then they said ψ's dishes were even more delicious than Old Wang's."

Ma Lu spoke with such conviction that even Dalia, who was so sure before, began to waver.

"But that's impossible. I've eaten his cooking, more than once. The Slow-Baked Revenge Canned Carps has always been his signature dish, other chefs can't replicate it," Dalia murmured.

"Uh... could it be because the ingredients are too rare? I only just managed to collect them and put it on the menu."

"Where did you get your menu from?"

"From Old Wang."

"No one's ever heard of ψ Chef having an apprentice; he's always been a lone wolf," Dalia muttered.

"With all due respect, the world's ending—can you guys stop obsessing over food? Even if you found ψ Chef, what good would that do?"

"Maybe he would have a way to deal with Skulder," Dalia said.

"Can I ask how many glasses of Cat Pee Beer you had to come up with such a notion, expecting a chef to save the world?"

"You don't understand, his dishes possess the most magical and powerful forces in the entire Multiverse."

Ma Lu thought for a moment and said firmly, "You've definitely had too much to drink. Old Wang's dishes do have some miraculous effects, but not as outrageous as you claim."

"He's right, I'm not ψ."

As the two were arguing, Old Wang emerged from the kitchen.

Dalia looked at the man in the windbreaker with a mix of belief and doubt on her face.

"If you're looking for ψ Chef, you might as well give up," Old Wang said, "because ψ Chef has already died."

Dalia frowned, "Even if you're not ψ Chef, there's no need to curse him like that. He's just missing, not dead."

"No, he really is dead, I saw it with my own eyes," Old Wang said.