Universe Infinite Canteen

Ma Lu and Yan Wu sent another message to those Valkyrie People after their phone call, saying the Universe Infinite Canteen was in desperate need of staff and asked if they were interested in working for him.

They soon received a reply, with Jigina asking for Ma Lu's address, seeming to want to come over for an interview that evening, but Ma Lu stopped her, and they agreed to meet the next morning instead.

Worried that the Valkyrie People might struggle with the building's security system, Ma Lu even set an alarm, planning to wake up earlier the next day to go downstairs and let them in.

But when the alarm went off, Ma Lu reached for his cellphone on the nightstand and inadvertently poked something soft, followed by a scream in his ear.

The scream brought Ma Lu fully awake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Liliem, holding her butt, sprawled on top of his cellphone.

"Ah, are you okay?" Ma Lu quickly asked.

Liliem, her face beet red, was silent.

"By the way, why are you in my room?"

"I, we... are here for the interview."

After a pause, Liliem scrambled off the phone in a flurry.

"No, I mean why are you in my room?"

"Because it was almost time, I came to see if you were awake."

Liliem's butt was still tingling with pain, but she was too embarrassed to rub it now.

"No no no, you still haven't grasped what I'm saying."

Ma Lu scratched his tousled hair, "I mean, I was wondering how you guys got past the building's security and my apartment lock to get into my room. Did Old Wang let you in?"

"No, we came in by ourselves." Liliem shook her head, adding, "Although your species rules this planet and has built many doors and locks here, there are few places that the little mice can't reach."

"Makes sense," Ma Lu said.

After speaking, he looked at Liliem, who was also looking up at him, the blush on her face not completely faded.

The two of them looked at each other for a full minute before Ma Lu coughed lightly, "I need to get up."

"Oh." Liliem nodded, seemingly understanding.

"You... might want to step aside for a moment?"

"Oh oh oh." Liliem finally caught on and hurriedly moved to the phone charger at the side, grabbed the USB cable behind it, tucked her legs up, and deftly slid all the way down.

After landing, she looked back at Ma Lu before pinching her nose, stepping over two socks and a pair of shorts on the floor, and lying flat in front of the door, she easily rolled out through the gap.

Once she left, Ma Lu also threw off the covers and dressed as quickly as possible, then pushed the door open to enter the living room.

Jigina, with four of her kinsfolk, was waiting in the entryway, and Liliem had already returned to their midst, head lowered, lost in thought.

Seeing his sister's demeanor, Jigina was a bit puzzled, but it wasn't the time to ask. Upon seeing Ma Lu, he was the first to salute and speak. Continue your saga on empire

"Boss."

"Oh, no need to be so formal, just call me Boss Ma," Ma Lu said, "Make yourself at home, do you want me to help you onto the sofa?"

"No need, the floor mat is fine, just the right firmness."

After speaking, Jigina and his fellow tribespeople sat cross-legged on the floor mat.

"Alright then."

Ma Lu opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of Coke, and went to the kitchen to grab a small dish. He poured some Coke into it and placed it in front of the Valkyrie people, then found a stool to sit on himself.

"You all..." Ma Lu had just begun to speak when his cell phone in his pocket buzzed. He took it out to find that Jigina had just sent him a zip file—a large one, over a hundred megabytes. After unzipping it, he found it was full of Word documents.

"These are our resumes," Jigina said respectfully.

"Oh." Ma Lu briefly flipped through a few and discovered that these Valkyrie people were quite talented. Some had experience treating snow leopards, others claimed to be skilled in cultivating snow lotuses and poetry philosophy, and some listed argumentativeness as their specialty.

Ma Lu asked, "Is the one good at arguing here?"

A Valkyrie guy with a simple and honest look raised his hand and stood up, while Ma Lu logged into his TikTok account.

He searched for Universe Infinite Canteen and immediately several dozen videos popped up, all uploaded by diners from the opening day, with a wide variety of comments beneath them.

Ma Lu found a succinct message—"Only idiots eat this."

The ID was called whatareyoudoing23.

Ma Lu had some memory of this ID; this person was a consistent troll of his, diligently participating in discussions under various related videos since the time when The Universe's Number One Snack Stall first became popular.

The content included but was not limited to claims like "The stall owner uses gutter oil," "It definitely looks like zombie meat," "This stuff is worth at most 4 bucks, there's a bunch downstairs from my place, and they all taste better..."

Ma Lu also glanced at his IP address; it was a good thousand kilometers away from City B, so he probably had never tasted the snacks from The Universe's Number One Snack Stall, and there didn't seem to be any personal grudges between them.

It was purely an online dismissal.

Ma Lu handed his phone to the Valkyrie who was good at arguing, "Have a go at arguing with this guy for me to see."

The Valkyrie immediately rolled up his sleeves, "Boss Ma, leave it to me."

Then Ma Lu turned back to Jigina, "I've looked over your resumes, and they're good. You're just the talent the company needs."

Jigina's face revealed a touch of excitement upon hearing this.

The young warriors left their hometown full of ambition, aiming to make a splash in the big city. But when it came to job hunting, they hit wall after wall. Now, compared to when they had first left home, they had lowered their expectations a lot, simply hoping for a regular job.

"Did Boss Yan tell you about the job content?"

Jigina nodded, "To interact with other visitors from different dimensions in the city, find out what they want to eat, and also help out in the kitchen."

"Hmm, the basic work is mostly that. I'll assign any additional tasks as needed. Another important point you all must remember is that your mice absolutely cannot enter the restaurant, nor can they stop nearby.

"These mice are the healthiest selected from their species, and they will become our mounts and partners only after a Shaman has performed a purification ritual on them," Jigina explained.

"No, hygiene is one aspect of the problem, but customer perception is also very important. If someone sees a mouse in or near the restaurant, chances are they won't dine here, and they won't come back next time either. If the customers don't come, I can't pay your wages," Ma Lu said.

"Well, if you're going to work in the kitchen, you'd better prepare another set of clothes. Also, before you start working, you must take a bath and cleanse yourselves. What do you think, is this condition acceptable?"