246: Chapter 010 Beverages

Xie Miaomiao led the thirty-six remaining people from Earth in this universe, rushing all the way towards a massive bar.

Although it looked like there was still a ways to go.

The crowd along the way was already congested to a terrifying degree.

Countless carbon-based lifeforms of various appearances, like a procession of a hundred ghosts, surged madly like a tide towards that gathering place for drunks.

Chen Lanlan pouted, looking at the bizarre-looking creatures in front of her.

At the same time, she whispered: "Are these... also intelligent lifeforms?"

"How could they not be?"

"Look, that one over there, it's like a stick that's become a spirit."

"And a lobster spirit. And a squishy snot monster slithering on the ground!"

"What kind of monsters and demons are these, anyway?"

Xie Miaomiao found it quite funny.

She squinted her eyes and couldn't help but say: "You still need to lower your voice a bit more, oh."

"These creatures all carry synchronized translators."

"Be careful, everything you're saying is being heard by them."

Chen Lanlan stuck out her tongue in fright, not daring to recklessly judge other creatures anymore.

Fortunately, Chu Yuhang noticed that there were already quite a few vigilantes voluntarily maintaining order on this exceptionally crowded road.

And if one observed closely,

there were actually quite a few who were soldiers of the Resistance Army.

Obviously, after the riots in the Milky Way Galaxy subsided, these people naturally had some spare time.

to maintain the peace they believed in.

Thus, Chu Yuhang, as the commander of this Resistance Army unit, naturally received preferential treatment and care.

Therefore, no matter how unrestrained Chen Lanlan's tongue was, there was no need to worry about being attacked here.

Xie Miaomiao just kept reminding everyone: "We have a large group, everyone must stay close to each other."

"There are really all kinds of creatures squeezing together here!"

"If you're not careful, you'll be gone in a flash!"

"We'd better hold hands! That way we won't get separated."

Thus, a peculiar spectacle was born.

Thirty-six Earthlings, plus Xie Miaomiao, were all holding hands.

Winding their way like a long snake through the ocean of various creatures.

Attracting a crowd of strange creatures to look over from time to time.

Those with eyes would cast curious gazes.

Those without eyes would also make gestures of curiosity.

Yu Keke shyly lowered her head and muttered to herself: "Walking like this..."

"It's like kindergarteners leaving school... it's really embarrassing!"

Xie Miaomiao, holding her hand, laughed heartily: "Now that you mention it, it really does."

"But in the eyes of those creatures, we probably look more like some kind of symbiotic collective organism."

At this moment, Chen Lanlan suddenly twitched her nose.

Curiously asking: "What is that smell on this street?"

"It feels very pungent."

"At first sniff, it seems like alcohol, but the more I smell it, the less it seems like that. It's a scent I've never smelled before!"

Xie Miaomiao patiently explained: "This is also part of the reason why I brought you all here."

"Although I said this is a bar, in the languages of various civilizations, there are many different names for it!"

"They serve a beverage here that is generally the same as the alcohol we humans drink."

"It can make people forget their worries."

"I've always wanted to come and try it!"

"And so, I brought you all along."

The always cautious Chu Yuhang warned: "It's better to drink less of this stuff!"

"I reckon even you don't know exactly what ingredients are in it!"

Chen Lanlan had the completely opposite attitude: "Wow, a different kind of bar."

"Then I'm definitely going to try it."

"Xingyang God has converted a large amount of food and things to drink, but alcohol is pitifully scarce!"

"Sometimes, I really want to get drunk and forget everything!"

The smile on Xie Miaomiao's face widened.

"Mm, don't worry."

"Although I haven't drunk it before, I know that for carbon-based lifeforms, that beverage is non-toxic."

"In a sense, for us humans, it's even safer than alcohol!"

Chu Zhangyang wore a skeptical expression.

Not long after, the group of over thirty people finally squeezed into the massive bar.

Every hall was incredibly huge.

Of course, it was already packed to the rafters.

The thirty-something people searched for a long time and finally squeezed into a cramped space that could barely hold the entire crowd.

Everyone sat cross-legged.

Chen Lanlan, who had been impatient for a long time, shouted at this moment: "Where's the alcohol?"

"No, wait, where's the beverage? How is it that this bar has nothing but people?"

The moment she finished speaking,

from the high ceiling, a dozen or so hoses resembling black metal suddenly descended.

Long and dangling right in front of everyone.

Only then did the Earthlings look up, carefully observing the layout above.

They saw countless intertwined black pipes on the high ceiling.

Obviously, those beverages, or liquids, were flowing through them.

Xie Miaomiao, who had already studied the guide, was the first to reach out and grab one.

Then she put the nozzle directly into her mouth.

She took a big gulp and swallowed it.

After drinking, she wiped the liquid from her mouth with her hand, revealing a satisfied look, and said loudly: "So refreshing!"

"This taste is really not bad!"

The people sitting cross-legged together were instantly dumbfounded.

Some women even showed undisguised disgust and said loudly: "Just like this?"

"You drink it like this?"

"This must be so dirty. This tube, who knows how many people, no!"

"Who knows how many strange creatures have used it."

"We won't use it!"

Xie Miaomiao, however, drank heartily without any regard for her image.

After taking a few more sips, she slowly explained: "Don't worry, these nozzles are made of a special material."

"Not only does the material itself not retain bodily fluids."

"But it also updates itself at any time."

"Look at the sensor material on the tube."

"Whenever a different individual touches it, the nozzle dissolves and generates a brand new one."

Everyone listened to her words with skepticism.

Some of the men clearly didn't care about this anymore. They started to drink heavily from the beverage tubes.

But the women were clearly more restrained.

One of them took out a special material from her bag and generated a dozen or so disposable cups.

Then she distributed them to the sisters; they would rather pour the beverage into the cups than drink directly from the nozzle.

Firstly, it was too vulgar; secondly, they always felt it was very unhygienic.

Naturally, the two members of the "Come One, Come All" Sisterhood, who had always been isolated, didn't get any cups.

However, Chen Lanlan and Yu Keke didn't care at all.

The two sisters shared one tube, taking turns drinking one sip after another.

Savoring the taste.

Yu Keke's cheeks soon turned red, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "Although it tastes quite different from alcohol when you drink it."

"But the effect seems... seems to be about the same."

"Equally spicy!"

"Equally... warm."

The two sisters, having drunk too much, clung to one beverage tube together, snuggling up to each other.

Many men around them, looking at the exceptionally beautiful Keke and the mature and charming Lanlan,

all revealed looks of admiration and desire.

Old Man Luo, while drinking the "beverage" in big gulps, asked curiously: "Eh!?"

"What's wrong with you guys? Are you that sexually frustrated?"

"You... no, wait, didn't we already explore those two beautiful women thoroughly?"

"Those two female bodhisattvas even let us..."

"Of course, those overly excessive and perverted requests are definitely not okay!"

"But we've already enjoyed it many times. Why do you still have such lecherous looks?"

Old Man Luo's words reminded the men.

They scratched their heads sheepishly, feeling embarrassed for their loss of composure.

One person whispered an explanation: "Or maybe it's this alcohol... or rather, this beverage's fault."

"Giving us energy again..."

At this moment, Chen Lanlan, in her daze, saw the lecherous expressions of the men.

Suddenly, she started joking with her good friend: "Ke Keer, we're sharing a tube again!"

Yu Keke lifted her long eyelashes, and, in her innocence, a large question mark seemed to appear above her head: "Again?"

"Why do you say 'again'? This is our first time in this place."

Xie Miaomiao, who had already guessed a bit of the truth, was covering her mouth on the side, staring at the men opposite with malicious intent.

Chen Lanlan gently tapped her best friend's head, blinking as she reminded her: "What do you mean, 'first time'?"

"It's clearly been several times already, alright."

"We've shared tubes, of course. More than one, and they weren't this thick."

"Hahaha."

The innocent Yu Keke finally reacted.

Pinching Chen Lanlan's waist, she blushed and scolded, "You! You! You!"

"Why would you say such things? It's so embarrassing, I could die."

Xie Miaomiao finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and together with Chen Lanlan, she burst into unrestrained laughter.

However, the "lewd talk" from the two sisters was naturally overheard by the other women.

They were so angry that they could barely even take another sip of the delicious drink in their cups.

One after another, they cast disdainful glances at the pair.

Yu Keke quickly lowered her head.

Chen Lanlan, however, boldly glared back.

Before long, everyone started their binge-drinking mode.

Old Man Luo felt the drink getting stranger the more he drank, and he couldn't help but voice his confusion: "This isn't right."

"This drink makes you feel warm all over."

"The taste is strong, but it doesn't go to your head like alcohol."

"What's even weirder is that, surprisingly..."

"I've drunk so much that my stomach is bloated."

"Yet I still don't have the slightest urge to pee. Tell me, isn't that strange?"

Everyone instantly stopped the act of swallowing their drinks.

Xie Miaomiao shrugged her shoulders, looking indifferent: "The guide says the same thing."

"Naturally, many civilizations have taken this drink back to conduct various studies on it."

"It's said that the drink converts into gas after a while!"

"Anyway, no civilization has come forward yet to say that this stuff is bad for your health."

"Gas, huh." Old Man Luo observed his surroundings with hazy eyes: "I see."

"We all know this place is crawling with all sorts of creatures!"

"It's packed with people, shoulder to shoulder. But it seems foggy, and it's hard to see clearly."

Some women started to complain at this moment.

"We know there are all those strange creatures around."

"Just a moment ago, something like snot wrapped around my waist and feet."

"It disgusted me to no end."

"I'm definitely going to take a good bath when I get back, and I can't keep these clothes."

This woman's words instantly resonated with the other females.

"Exactly, that damn guy with a big fleshy pillar on his head."

"He kept rubbing his head against me!"

"I wanted to push him away."

"But when I saw that thing on his head, I really didn't dare to touch him!"

"It was too scary."

Old Man Luo revealed a lecherous grin at this moment, pretending to be very knowledgeable as he said loudly: "I know that creature."

"That thing on his head is just like what you're imagining."

"Hahaha..."

A dozen or so men burst into laughter.

The woman rolled her eyes at Old Man Luo and cursed, "You old lecher!"

She originally wanted to say, "With the way you are, you deserve to have no women..."

But she also knew that such words were ultimately just self-deception.

After all, during the initial period, Old Man Luo was just like the other men, frantically trying to squeeze into the room of Yu Keke and Chen Lanlan.

Until the novelty wore off.

Of course, it could also be that his body couldn't handle it anymore, which is why he gradually restrained himself.

At this moment, a man muttered softly: "I don't know... if it's the effect of this drink..."

"Or if it's just my imagination..."

"I keep feeling like those caterpillar-like women are actually quite cute?"

Hearing his words, everyone followed his gaze.

Sure enough, not far away, there were two green-skinned creatures making strange gestures toward the man who had spoken.

It was as if they were posing seductively.

Li Liang couldn't help but look at that man and asked with a laugh: "Liu Big Head, let's not talk about..."

"It's not a question of whether those two creatures are cute or not!"

"I just want to ask first, how on earth did you figure out that those two creatures are women?"

Liu Big Head stubbornly stuck out his big head, then gestured with his palms in front of his chest.

"That row on their chests..."

"That row of round things..."

"Isn't it just..."

Li Liang immediately cut him off: "Alright, we get it."

"But to me, that row looks more like the fleshy feet of a caterpillar or a silkworm."

Liu Big Head shook his big head frantically: "No, no, no! You're seeing it wrong!"

"If you don't believe what I'm saying."

"Then I'll just have to go up there myself... and give them a physical examination."

After he finished speaking, he widened his lecherous eyes and prepared to get up to embrace those two caterpillars.

Xie Miaomiao immediately and opportunely handed him a red pill, then said with a mysterious look: "I know what you want to do!"

"And I know what will happen afterward!"

"So, eat this red capsule."

Liu Big Head took the pill, showing a puzzled expression, and asked confusedly: "What is this? What does it do?"

Xie Miaomiao patiently explained: "The guide says that these drinks are non-toxic!"

"But it didn't say that the various strange creatures inside here are non-toxic!"

"And with the apocalypse upon us, all sorts of beings naturally use this method to vent their inner misery or terror!"

"So, take this before you head out. It can repel any potentially harmful substances to the body."

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Big Head finally put the pill into his mouth.

Then, with a flip, he burrowed into the embrace of the two "caterpillars."

Before long, a sound resembling a wail erupted from him.

Xie Miaomiao wanted to go over and rescue him, but after glancing back, she felt that it wasn't like that at all.

So she could only hold her forehead and smile bitterly, saying: "Is it that painful?"

"If I didn't see it, I would have thought someone was torturing him based on that sound."

Yu Keke blushed and kept her head down, saying nothing.

Chen Lanlan, however, said brazenly: "This guy's cries are just like that when he's excited..."

"At first, we were confused too."

"I even said, if it's so painful, don't come back next time."

"But he always comes back next time, and he screams even more miserably than before."

Xie Miaomiao laughed until she doubled over.

For a moment, she couldn't stop.

Until a woman suddenly reached out and gently tapped her on the shoulder, then stammered: "Um..."

"That... do you have any more pills?"

Xie Miaomiao looked up; it was the same woman who had complained earlier about the bald guy with the fleshy pillar constantly rubbing against her.

So she widened her eyes in curiosity: "I do have some, but you too..."

"You also want to have a... with an alien creature, just like that Big Head?"

"Before the apocalypse..."

The woman hurriedly waved her hands in defense: "I..."

"Of course not."

"It's just in case."

"Besides, you guys are drinking and getting all hazy."

"And it's so loud in here, I'm afraid that even if I call for help later, you guys won't be able to hear me!"

Xie Miaomiao didn't want to listen to her explanation.

She took a handful of red capsules out of her pocket and handed them out to everyone.

At the same time, she explained: "Take it, the effect lasts for seventy-two hours."

"Basically, you can be immune to all poisons!"

"But... it doesn't prevent external injuries. You'll still get hurt if you're going to get hurt, and you'll still bleed if you're going to bleed!"

"So, take it easy."

Everyone took them.

Except for Chu Yuhang and Yu Keke, who didn't reach out to take them.

Chu Yuhang said coldly: "Forget it."

"I really can't accept..."

"The creature here that looks most like a human with four limbs has an ant-like face."

"So, you guys have fun."

"I'll just be responsible for protecting you all!"

Yu Keke blushed, lowered her head, and muttered: "I really..."

"Really... I can only accept Earthlings!"

Xie Miaomiao didn't force them.

She just replied indifferently: "I have more with me. If you change your minds, just come and tell me."

Thus, under the influence of the drink.

These Earthlings' behavior, learning from the surrounding creatures, became much more uninhibited.

The woman who had been disgusted by the creature with the pillar head earlier.

Now, she was guiding that head, all the way down.

All the way to under her skirt.

Only Xie Miaomiao, Chu Yuhang, and Yu Keke remained sitting upright, drinking their beverages.