My Salvation Game Became true?!. Chapter 152 – Chapter 152: Chapter 150: Let me introduce you to the food of our world

Chapter 152: Chapter 150: Let me introduce you to the food of our world
 

Is it impossible?

Fang You would not give up, but based on the current methods, indeed, it seemed almost impossible to achieve their goal. At most, they could only delay, delay to the utmost limit.

The range of a level 5 map could enshroud over half of Dong Huang, level 6, level 7… It was estimated that by level 7, the map would be able to cover the entire Blue Star, detecting the Mysterious Evil all around the world.

However,

it was only about detection. Not to mention the sheer insufficiency of manpower to eradicate the Mysterious Evil across the globe, even if they had enough, from the emergence of the Mysterious Evil to the arrival of the personnel, it always required some time in between.

And where the Mysterious Evil existed, there would be erosion.

This point, he had actually already realized—deep mountains and dense forests where numerous Mysterious Evils were prevalent might drift strands of grey mist.

The White Wood Forest was an area severely impacted by erosion, and that was still just a mountain forest.

Abroad, in the small town where a branch was established, that was also a region with a high degree of erosion, where the Mysterious Evils that bred were always plentiful.

And the more Mysterious Evils that were generated, the harder they were to eradicate, and the quicker the erosion intensified… This was a vicious cycle, and it was insoluble.

Contemplating this, he purchased some intelligence from Yiluo Xi again.

Among them, indeed, was some information that the silver-haired girl was keen to sell, intelligence on Awakening—that was the most expensive information.

He bought it, but only a part of it.

Yiluo Xi seemed to hail from an Oasis power, and within these Oasis forces, Awakening was a subject that inevitably needed to be researched, deeply researched.

With years of study, their understanding of Awakening far surpassed that of Blue Star.

But,

“Still no stable method of Awakening?”

“A considerable probability of death in case of Awakening failure?”

“The specific criteria for a quadruple Awakening are also not very clear?”

He really wanted to say just that.

The silver-haired girl was not agreeing, “You have no idea how difficult this all is, the mystical path is the Evil God's path, the followers of those Evil Gods awaken easily because they're no longer human, maybe they're not much different from the Mysterious Evil, and even so, they still have a very high death rate, but the followers of the Heretical Cult simply don't care about their own lives.”

“But we want to remain human, we want to awaken and maintain a distance from the Mysterious Evil, of course, it's going to be difficult!”

“When has there ever been a perfect method in this world! Embracing the mystical and Awakening are inherently extremely dangerous paths!”

She revealed quite a few details.

Like for example, in the event of an Awakening failure, they in the Oasis possessed a powerful technology for rescue, but even if they could save someone, they were mostly left severely injured, disabled, or mentally handicapped.

Once a failure in Awakening occurred, a complete recovery was extremely difficult.

“Therefore, one must be exceedingly cautious with Awakening, accumulating the mystical is not difficult, but it is often normal to prepare for several years before attempting to awaken.”

“What does that look of disdain mean?!”

“This technology, you couldn't buy it even if you wanted to, this is top-secret information!”

Fang You did not want to buy, it was too much hassle.

He wasn't sure if it was just Yiluo Xi's Oasis that was hassling or if they were all like this.

In the end, he purchased a special potion formula named ‘Boiling.'

Its function was to ignite the mystical and allow the user to touch the threshold of Awakening.

But, it came with many limitations and defects.

First, it was not certain to enable touching the threshold of Awakening, it was a matter of chance and, regardless of whether it was successful or not, it would consume a portion of one's own mystical essence… Using this potion, aiming for a second Awakening with 20 units of mystical essence was certainly not enough; it might require 30, 40.

That was a limitation.

Whether there were other side effects was still unclear.

Fang You merely sent the potion recipe to Silver Bell, to have it appraised; it seemed likely to be genuine.

This was the first half of the potion recipe.

“Now, let's talk about the price. Strange crystals, Strange Implements, mystical materials and such are all acceptable.”

Yiluo Xi's mouth curled into a smile, she felt pleased.

Her Oasis might indeed be small, but with too many people crowding into a tiny Oasis, there would never be enough resources.

She needed to figure out her own ways.

And a world that had not yet been consumed had a much higher chance of producing mystical treasures and strange crystals, not to mention the ‘drop rate' from hunting monsters in the Shallow Mystical Realm was higher than from her own location.

It's just that her body had its limitations, otherwise, she would have rolled up her sleeves and gone out to slay monsters herself.

Shapes of strange crystals flickered in her eyes.

At this moment, Fang You spoke up, “Aside from strange crystals, Strange Implements, mystical materials and the like, I have an even better trade proposal.”

“Food in exchange.”

“Food?”

The Oasis might be small, but they did grow their own crops, food was not exactly scarce… at least not extremely so, what one ate was not that important, in an environment surrounded by crises, power was fundamental.

Just a selection of fresh food in exchange for her precious information? No way.

Even if she was naïve, she wouldn't possibly sell it so cheaply!

A peculiar large bird whooshed in from outside, looking like a flesh-and-blood puppet with a particularly large mouth.

This seemed to be a Strange Implement, not a Strange Creature, with a very high grade!

She was somewhat surprised and a bit excited, “Are you proposing to use this Strange Implement for the trade? Then let me, the guide, appraise it…”

“You're dreaming.”

She hadn't finished speaking when her mouth was stuffed.

She could only slowly type a question mark and saw that the young man in the white robe produced one item after another from the large mouth of the flesh-and-blood bird.

It turned out to be a space storage Strange Implement!

That was incredibly precious!

Her eyes became the shape of strange crystals, but the next moment, she was distracted by the array of items.

“This is called Dong Huang roasted duck.”

“Roasted whole lamb.”

“Spicy boiled fish.”

“Steamed king crab.”

“Family bucket of chicken wings.”

“Happy soda for fat nerds.”

“…”

“Pick and choose for yourself.”

Yiluo Xi did not understand any of these names; the ones she could probably recognize were ‘lamb' and ‘fish,' but they looked totally different from the lamb and fish she was familiar with, it was impossible to discern what was what by appearance alone.

Yet they seemed very appetizing.

But, merely being appetizing, hmph, was certainly not sufficient to buy her precious information!

Yiluo Xi thought.

Aroma after aroma wafted towards her, and she couldn't help but inhale slightly through her nose, feeling like she was starting to drool.

How fragrant…

Actually, she had lied earlier. She was not born in a world that had not been devoured; she was born in the Oasis, a pure Oasis native.

But she did indeed come into contact with people from other real worlds and had heard the older generation in the Oasis describe the scenery and food of the real world.

She had never heard of anything smelling so good!

“You can try these, they're free.”

“Free?”

They looked expensive, but since the person had said they were free, she did not hold back.

Yiluo Xi observed and chose what she believed was the proper way to eat.

Gently, she picked up the food and brought it to her mouth.

Her manner of eating was elegant and delightful to watch, but soon her actions quickened, her hands blurring into afterimages, and the food in front of her began to float up.

To say she gobbled it down would be inaccurate.

Even when eating quickly, she remained graceful, like a proud noble savouring each delicacy.

It was just a bit exaggerated.

After a while,

She belched softly and came to her senses, only to realize she had wiped out a whole table of food.

This can't really be all my doing, can it?

Thinking back on the swift devouring process, Yiluo Xi felt her cheeks flush with embarrassment, wanting to hide her face in her hands.

Too unreserved, too inelegant! Fortunately… fortunately it was not seen by other people of the Oasis; otherwise, her image might have collapsed.

Her suitors could form lines long enough to circle the Oasis several times!

“Ahem.”

“I must admit, the delicacies of your world… taste pretty good.”

“But these are just ordinary foods. They are not enough to purchase valuable information; at most, they can only offset a portion of the cost.”

It was impossible for all of it, her information was too valuable!

Just as she was thinking this, she heard the following statement.

“We can provide these in large quantities.”

“How large?”

“As much as you need, but as for the price…”

Yiluo Xi fell silent.

Then she saw the young man across from her continued to take out different delicacies one after another from the beast's mouth, none the same as before.

Again, wafts of aroma hit her nose.

She was already full, but suddenly felt hungry again.

“If the quantity is large, it's not impossible.”

“At least one ton. No, no, five tons!”

Fang You and Yiluo Xi ‘bargained' for a while, and eventually, he purchased the information with a total of 3.5 tons of finished delicacies.

The food is to be prepared by the exterior restaurant, preserved by a Strange Implement of space, and delivered by An Jianyou.

Yiluo Xi also had a space-type Strange Implement. She carefully packed the steaming hot food and loaded it one by one.

With that, the transaction had completely concluded.

Watching the two leave, she looked down in contemplation and murmured to herself, “Did I just get hustled for free?”

But thinking of those delicious foods, it seemed… even without a single Ghastly Crystal profit, it wasn't too bad.

She was hustled for free, but she was willing.

…

After returning to the Secret Realm, Fang You began organizing the information he had acquired this time.

He now had a systematic understanding of the Ghastly Realm, Mysterious Evil, and members of the Heretical Cult. He could almost write a textbook titled “Ghastly Realm: From Survival to Exploration” for the advanced courses.

Most Awakeners at this point did not have the qualifications to enter the Ghastly Realm, but they could start learning in advance, and he could hold exams periodically.

The Ghastly Realm was definitely a strategic location for the future.

There was also the trade with the silver-haired woman…

He pondered, “The cuisine from Blue Star seems unexpectedly popular. It looks like similar trades can continue in the future with greater volumes… It all depends on how much Yiluo Xi can handle.”

“And as for the trade goods…”

He felt that he should not limit himself to secret information but could trade for much more.

He wanted Ghastly Crystals and Strange Implements!

This time, he had indeed hustled for free.

But he didn't just want to hustle; he intended to have Yiluo Xi end up paying extra.

Just thinking about it made him feel joyous.

When he turned his attention back to the ‘Ghastly Realm Exploration' interface, he was no longer in the Ghastly Realm, but An Jianyou, the girl he had sent out to work, was still there.

He had also taken the robust Luo Xi and Wood with her to accompany An Jianyou in their exploration.

The three small icons were slowly moving across the Ghastly Realm map at this time.

On the far side of the map, special symbols could be seen.

Beyond that was boundless darkness, with no other operation keys available. He continued his study, randomly clicking around the game interface—when in doubt, clicking always seemed right, he might stumble upon something.

In the end, he clicked on nothing worthwhile.

But,

‘Ding!'

‘Notice: The ‘Torch' has cumulatively traveled 10 kilometers in the Ghastly Realm. The Ghastly Realm Exploration level has increased to Level 2. New feature ‘Ghastly Realm Guidance' unlocked, can expend ‘Clue numbers and Destiny Points' to obtain location hints of treasures. You currently have 3 clue numbers remaining, and 3 blank clues are automatically obtained each month. Clues may accumulate; other acquisition conditions are to be explored. ‘

It's here, it's here!

It wasn't because of his clicking, but because the number of steps had accumulated properly.

It seems like the features of Ghastly Realm Exploration were meant to be unlocked gradually?

I knew this module wouldn't be so rudimentary.

After experimenting with this new Level 2 feature for a while, Fang You understood how to use it.

Blank clues could be directly filled in by him, but the more definite the clue directed, the higher the grade of treasure it points to, the more Destiny Points it would need to consume.

The vaguer the direction, the less it consumed.

As he had no accurate information to provide, he could only give a vague description, finally settling on ‘defensive Strange Wood'.

‘Ding!'

‘Notice: To gain guidance for ‘defensive Strange Wood,' one ‘Blank Clue' and '50 Destiny Points' must be consumed. Would you like to begin guidance?'

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