After receiving Chen Luo's invitation, everyone took their seats. The exquisite delicacies on the table made the approaching doomsday feel as distant as a dream.
Chen Luo had no interest in pleasantries. With a simple gesture, he picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.
Due to a peculiar mutation, many of the foods on the "Magic Dining Table" were unfamiliar even to Chen Luo.
However, the descriptions stated that all the food was in line with Chen Luo's moral code, so there was no need to worry about any physiological or psychological discomfort.
Casually picking up a piece of meat drizzled with sauce with his chopsticks, Chen Luo took a small bite. As he chewed, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The taste was wonderfully exquisite, unlike anything he had ever experienced. With each chew, the flavor of the meat surged forth.
His tongue transmitted feelings of satisfaction and pleasure to his brain, and Chen Luo was momentarily at a loss for words to describe this culinary feast.
[You have consumed food from the "Magic Dining Table," and you have recovered 3 points of mana.]
Immersed in the deliciousness, Chen Luo was suddenly brought back to reality by the system prompt. Within his spiritual perception, the food, after entering his body, was rapidly digested and integrated into his system.
On one hand, it provided the body with the necessary nutrients, and on the other, it slightly replenished the consumed magical energy of the eater.
While Chen Luo marveled at the practicality of the "Magic Dining Table," others were even more overwhelmed.
The unprecedented sensory stimulation made everyone temporarily forget the anxiety and confusion brought by the doomsday.
With every bite they swallowed, the survivors present felt the tangible reality of being alive.
Hu Tao, sitting to Chen Luo's left, had already eaten like a little hamster, her twin ponytails behind her twitching with excitement.
Seeing her cheeks puffed out, Chen Luo couldn't help but tap her head.
"Alright, even though magic food doesn't make you fat, don't eat so fast. No one's going to snatch it from you!"
Her head assaulted, Hu Tao instinctively shielded it and looked at Chen Luo with teary eyes.
"So... tasty... I... I can't help it..."
Chen Luo looked at Hu Tao's pitiful yet longing gaze and helplessly rubbed her head. "Whenever you want to eat, just tell me. It's very convenient for me to use this skill."
Hu Tao's eyes lit up at his words, and she nodded vigorously. "Woo woo!"
Su Xiao sat to Chen Luo's right, eating elegantly and quickly while simultaneously using her other hand to firmly restrain a certain Moon-howler that was trying to leap onto the dining table.
"There, there, don't be impatient. I'll feed you after I'm done eating."
"Awooo! Awooo!!" (Woman! Let go of the noble Moon-howler!!)
The Moon-howler's struggles were merely interpreted by Su Xiao as a pet's affectionate tantrum.
The poor juvenile Moon-howler could only be helplessly and forcefully subdued by this woman with a formidable chest.
The Moon-howler cast a desperate look of appeal to its master.
"Awooo!" (Master! Save me!!)
But to the Moon-howler's despair, its master seemed to have forgotten its most loyal pet, the Moon-howler, and was instead dotingly stroking a cute Hu Tao.
Seeing its master engrossed in feminine charms, the Moon-howler finally decided to take fate into its own hands and struggled with all its might, attempting to break free from Su Xiao's grasp.
However, the Moon-howler's resistance only drew Su Xiao's attention. She watched as the Moon-howler's two small paws desperately tried to leap onto the dining table, mistaking its actions for extreme hunger.
Casually pulling the Moon-howler back into her embrace and securing it, Su Xiao picked a piece of meat and offered it to the Moon-howler.
"There, there, you must be hungry. It's my fault. Now, I'll start feeding you!"
The Moon-howler felt the softness on both sides of its body and instinctively struggled.
"Awooo!" (Let go of me! The noble wolf tribe will not yield to your lascivious might!)
The next moment, a delicious piece of meat was precisely delivered into the Moon-howler's mouth.
"Awooo~~!"
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The impromptu banquet ended as quickly as it began. As the light of dawn broke through the deepest night, the settlement of the second day of the doomsday arrived as scheduled.
[Doomsday Game Chapter One: Alien Invasion]
[Game Difficulty: Survival Mode]
[Participating Players: Seven billion eight hundred sixty-three million five hundred eleven thousand eight hundred ninety-four]
[Currently Alive: Three hundred twelve million six hundred fifty-eight thousand five hundred ninety-six]
[Highest Current Game Level: One person at Level 11 (Great Yan player Chen Luo)]
[Human Race Evaluation Level Increased]
[First Human Tier 1 Player Appeared: e increased to e+]
[e+ Tier Reward: All existing safe zones will have their defense circle durability refreshed every nine hours.]
[Tip 1: Chapter Two will commence in twenty-eight days, according to Blue Star time.]
[Tip 2: In thirteen days, Nightmare-level monsters will be able to actively attack humans.]
[Tip 3: All actions taken against monsters will contribute to increasing the race evaluation level.]
[Tip 4: The current number of descending Super-class lifeforms is: 3]
The atmosphere, which had been somewhat eased by the banquet, became heavy once more under the sudden settlement notification of the Doomsday Game.
Chen Luo had spent a day clearing monsters within a five hundred square kilometer radius, saving tens of thousands of his compatriots.
Yet, within that single day, hundreds of millions more humans had died silently.
Aside from Chen Luo's outlier strength, it seemed that even with the utmost effort, countries could barely hold their capital cities.
Under this Doomsday Game, there was no intention of leaving humanity any room to survive.
As the voice had stated at the beginning, the owner of the voice merely wanted to play a game with humanity, but the game of the voice's owner was a weight that the human race could not bear.
....
The boisterous banquet fell silent. The survivors even began to doubt themselves.
Was it wrong that they were still alive, able to enjoy food here?
After all, even at this moment, so many humans were losing their lives under monster attacks.
Under this inexplicable sense of guilt, the banquet quickly became desolate, and some fragile individuals couldn't help but shed tears they couldn't understand.
Chen Luo, seated at the head of the table, quickly sensed the shift in the mood of the people in the hall.
This man, possessing the greatest strength, casually grabbed a drink that resembled beer and downed it in one gulp.
*Thump!*
The sound of the glass being slammed heavily onto the dining table was so abrupt in the silent square that everyone couldn't help but look over.
"Foolish!!!"
The man in the black robe had an inexplicable flame flickering in his eyes. His handsome face displayed a ferocity never seen before.
"Are we the perpetrators?"
"No!"
"Do we need to feel uneasy and guilty for the suffering of the victims?"
"No!!"
"Are humans who only wish to live peacefully guilty?"
"No!!!"
"My banquet does not need your boring guilt and sorrow!"
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!"
"When you are all full and drunk, you will come with me to fight! Use your swords and the lives of your enemies to comfort those innocent dead!"