Universe Infinite Canteen
Chapter 768 - 768: Siblings

Considering this was his first dish created, Ma Lu didn't ask anyone to taste it; instead, he summoned a rat nearby using the Riding Treasure Orb given by the Valkyrian People.

Nowadays, the sanitary condition of the city has improved significantly compared to decades ago, especially in a cosmopolitan city like City B, it's rare to see rats in the urban area.

However, these gray rodents have not truly disappeared; they've just become more cautious and hidden, still sharing the same living area with humans.

In less than 3 minutes after using the Treasure Bead, a mouse with half of its tail missing appeared at the back door of the restaurant.

Its skinny appearance obviously needed some nourishment.

Ma Lu scooped a spoonful of stir-fried cabbage with meat and placed it in front of the tailless mouse as a reward for summoning it.

The mouse sniffed with its nose and soon couldn't resist the aroma of the meat, devouring the food quickly.

Ma Lu watched carefully, but until the short-tailed mouse finished the contents of the spoon, there were no changes in its body.

Could it be that the amount wasn't enough?

Ma Lu then scooped two more servings and placed them on the ground; the little mouse, not refusing the newcomers, quickly finished the food in front of it again.

Except for a rounder belly, there was still no change.

However, considering that the primary effect of the dish was to fatten up, Ma Lu was also somewhat uncertain whether this counted as a success or not.

"You need to further unleash your creativity," Old Wang commented.

"I have done my best to innovate, even adding half a stick of lemongrass, I don't know if anyone has done this before, but now it smells a bit strange."

"But you haven't really stimulated the potential contained in the ingredients."

"Can you be more specific?"

"Unfortunately, the help I can offer you in this regard is limited; although I inherited the memory of ψ chef, as a silicon-based life, I cannot understand the meaning of creation, nor can I teach you how to utilize your imagination,"

"You can try listening to some music you like, relax, forget the end-of-the-world stuff, and then try again; you were successful like this before."

Ma Youyou had just finished cleaning the restaurant and also came to the back door, and upon hearing this she spoke up.

"Hmm?"

Because the female minister interrupted, the conversation between Ma Lu and Ma Youyou was interrupted, followed by Old Wang recalling his relation with ψ and inviting him to join hands to save the world.

Ma Lu was so busy that he forgot about Ma Youyou.

Now seeing the waitress again, his expression immediately turned strange.

"So... you are my sister?"

Although Ma Youyou hadn't admitted it yet, Ma Lu had already drawn this inference from her past behavior and the level of her understanding of him.

Moreover, this explains a lot of things.

Ma Lu had always been puzzled why Ma Youyou knew so much about his affairs, especially the ones from his childhood, but he had absolutely no memory of Ma Youyou.

It turns out, on another timeline, he had a sister.

Ma Youyou nodded, then shook her head, "I hinted at you a long time ago, timelines are like Furball, entangled together, and different timelines always have subtle differences.

"These minute differences could mean whether you win a lottery ticket, whether you had soy milk and dough sticks or a pancake fruit for breakfast this morning, and of course, it could also mean whether a fertilized egg splits into two."

"Wow, that's quite a subtle difference," Ma Lu exclaimed. "You mentioned earlier that your timeline had been destroyed. Was it because of those Skulders?"

Ma Youyou nodded again.

A sense of foreboding arose in Ma Lu's heart, "In your timeline, did Old Wang and I also try to save the world?"

"Yes."

"Does that mean we failed?"

"Hmm."

"Alright, at least that rules out one wrong option," Ma Lu consoled himself.

"Or boss, you could also try sending yourself to a new timeline, escaping this one that's about to be destroyed," Ma Youyou suggested.

"Escape? Hmm...that's also a solution, but we should at least try first, it's not too late to run if there's truly no hope."

Ma Lu didn't have a fixation on perishing together with this world, but after all, he had his relatives and friends here, not just on Earth but also on other planes.

So even if there's only a one in a million chance, he wanted to give it a try, and if it really doesn't work, then flee.

This also aligned with Ma Lu's long-held principles of action.

However, he soon thought of another question, "Since you said the me in another timeline can open up a timeline with that what, Time Blue Lobster over rice, why did only you come here in the end?"

"Because the earth-shattering Blue Lobster over rice requires a whole Time Blue Lobster, and there's only one left in the whole Multiverse, kept in a soccer field-sized fish tank by Sir M."

"So you're saying there can only be one serving of the earth-shattering Blue Lobster over rice?"

"In the other timeline, my brother left that serving for me, but boss, you don't have to worry, here you don't have a sister.

"......"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say it like that, I just wanted to express that in this timeline, our relationship isn't that deep; you hardly know me. Actually, if I hadn't said anything, I'd just be an ordinary waiter in the shop."

"I know. Can I ask you another question? Why did you tell me about the Blue Lobster over rice? If there's only one Time Blue Lobster, doesn't it mean you can't leave this time?"

"Because only you and Uncle Wang can make this dish. It wouldn't help even if I kept it to myself, and also…" Ma Youyou paused.

"And what?"

"And in this timeline even though I'm not your sister, but in my eyes, you are a brother in every timeline."

Ma Youyou said, "I'll tell you the recipe right now, other ingredients are already available in the Desktop Farm, and as for the Time Blue Lobster, you don't need to worry.

"In a couple of days, Sir M will get the wind of it too and will flee to Earth with the Time Blue Lobster. He has many enemies. Previously, he had money and power and a professional bodyguard team of up to a thousand people, so no one dared to offend him.

"But now as the Multiverse is on the brink of destruction, his money and power are useless. This time, he'll flee with just one bodyguard, who owes him a life debt and is highly skilled, but I believe you can also find someone capable of handling him.

"Once you take down that bodyguard, you can get the Time Blue Lobster from Sir M and make the earth-shattering Blue Lobster over rice."

"That's assuming I can find my creativity, if I truly have a talent for cooking," Ma Lu said.