The Infinite Journey of the Taidao Party

The shopkeeper who rents out the camels looks very chatty.

"However, there are unexpectedly many people renting water storage camels in the past few days. I knew that at least one [wine camel] would be left to be taken advantage of... It would be nice to give it to guests who have requirements for quality of life."

Ma Ji frowned slightly when he heard the words. The sudden increase in the number of people in the desert courtyard may not be a good thing, so did other gourmet hunters hear the news of the new ingredients and enter the desert courtyard?

The process of searching for food is not as loving as playing house. In this world, food is equal to power, status, money and even power. If you meet other food hunters in this kind of place, even if you have no malice on your side, it is inevitable that the other party will strike first For strength, it can be said that there is no companion here...

Ma Ji looked at Ye Zhe, who was studying the water storage camel.

"Oh oh oh oh, I can really squeeze out water like milking a camel! And there is no strange smell at all (°Д°)!"

"Of course, there are rare species in towns [-] kilometers away that can be tapped directly on the hump to get water out, but the price is much higher than we can afford."

There are no reliable companions to speak of.

Now even ordinary tourists won’t make a fuss when they see [Water Storage Camel], is it a mistake to say that this person is a gourmet hunter who discovered a variety of new ingredients...

Although the knife skills are indeed not bad, it seems that they don't even understand basic common sense.

The closest to this desert town is [Mi Desert]. Because it is relatively easy to reach, many gourmet hunters have explored there. Generally speaking, the possibility of discovering new species is not high, but even if it is just the entire desert There is a small area in the courtyard, and its area is quite considerable. Since it is on the way, I might as well go there to investigate first.

The water-storing camels have pretty strong feet. They seem to be walking in the garden, but their speed is not slow at all. Within two hours of walking, you can see a vast expanse of whiteness that is clearly separated from the yellow sand in the distance, and the aroma of fried rice is also wafting. come over.

【Eastern section of Rice Desert】

Ye Zhe, who jumped off the camel, held up a handful of white rice grains. Although he couldn't feel the temperature through the Banglong Gauntlet, if he got close to his nose, he would find that the rice grains were very hot.

"Is this - rice flower just out of the oven?"

【Natural rice flower】

【Capture level】: 2

[Price]: 500g/300 yen

[Description]: The high-quality rice in Mi Desert is exposed to high temperature and ready-made rice flower, a delicious snack.

"It's hot! But it's delicious!"

The crunchy and delicious rice has a strong aroma. It really is a world where you can eat dirt. The feeling of being able to take a bite of anything you pick up on the roadside is really amazing.

Ye Zhe started to eat the rice flakes with his arms around them, because the debuff of [Miejulong's Hunger] was hard to get full. Things like rice flakes with low energy density would be enough to eat even a few catties. It’s just a mouthful, not to mention the [hunger] provided by the booming dragon equipment. If Ye Zhe let go of eating in the double hunger state, he can be regarded as a mid-range player in this food world where the average person has a big appetite. .

The reason why the catch level of rice flakes that can be picked up easily is 2 is probably because of the hot weather here. If ordinary people are exposed to high temperatures, they will probably become dehydrated very quickly.

Hmm... I really want to see Jiabao's expression when he sees the rice desert. If Jiabao sees such a vast expanse of rice being eaten here for free, he will probably be moved to tears.

Thinking of Jiabao for a moment, I couldn’t help but raise the corners of my mouth. I only brought bezoar and poisonous wood back in SAO, but I was disgusted. This time, I have to bring some interesting food to her, but it’s not easy to explain. It's just the source... But that idiot is very simple, and he probably doesn't care so much when he sees delicious food.

Sure enough, in this world, he would want to explore with Garbo, who eats delicious food... instead of the blond gangster who is pulling his face.

The identification function of the system is still quite convenient, but you can't always go up and touch everything you see, and even if you know the name of the ingredients, you don't know if it has been discovered, so Ma Ji's assistance is still necessary, but why? Are you staring at me all the time?Have you ever seen someone eat something?

Even though Popcorn Garbo would be very happy, if you don't see such a large piece with your own eyes, it won't have much impact at all, so it's better to eat it by yourself.

Of course, Ma Ji would stare at Ye Zhe. There are indeed countless big eaters in this world, and people with gourmet cells eat much more, but in this dry and hot weather, they actually eat a lot. Eating rice flakes with no moisture at all, this person's appetite is really terrible.

Furthermore...to see Da Mihua's emotions so high, it is really ignorant and terrifying...a man full of mysteries.

"It seems that something has come out."

Ye Zhe pulled out the Taidao while chewing the rice in his mouth.

Immediately after the rice flower in front of it slightly lowered its limit, a big white insect with a diameter of three meters came out.

"It's a rice cake bug."

Markey pressed on the hilt too, but not too nervously.

Catch level 5, usually hidden under the [rice flower layer] five meters deep, its body is a very chewy rice cake that can be eaten directly.

This thing basically eats rice, and its characteristic is that it is very resistant to blows and blunt weapon attacks. Because the main body is rice cakes, the harder it is hammered, the tougher it is. However, the two people on my side use knives. The nemesis of bugs.

What Ma Ji cares about is another thing. It is obvious that Ye Zhe's strength is not as good as him, but he discovered the rice cake bug one step earlier than him. Is the gourmet cell really that powerful?

Chapter 294. The Gap

Because rice cake insects live under rice for a long time, their eyes have degenerated as early as earthworms. Occasionally, rice cake insects like this one will get out of the wrong direction and get caught by gourmet hunters, becoming the desert capital. Snacks... [Stir-fried rice cake insects with sauce] and the like.

However, there are not many opportunities to eat rice cake worms in other places. One is that they cannot be sold at a high price, and the other is that it is too troublesome to take away live rice cake worms. If they are cut into pieces and not eaten in time, they will quickly become hard. Even if it is steamed in a pot, it cannot be recovered.

Ye Zhe and Ma Ji shot at the same time, [Red Bear Snake] and [Dragon King] cut it into three pieces before the rice cake worm figured out the situation. The two sides were basically two pure white rice cakes, and the middle one was slightly It was a little yellow, and some syrupy liquid flowed out from the side Ye Zhe cut off.

"Eh? Is this a new species?"

Seeing the surprised look on Ma Ji's face, Ye Zhe couldn't help asking, I'm getting off work too fast, could it be that I was lucky enough to get new ingredients casually?

"No, this is a maltose rice cake bug, it's just a pity..."

As a native expert in the gourmet world, Ma Ji is not as excited as Ye Zhe when he sees Mi Desert, but the [Maltose Rice Cake Bug] is much rarer than the normal [New Year Cake Bug].

Rice cake worms have no means of self-protection, so if they probe the ground, they will be killed easily. If some lucky rice cake worms float up many times and escape by chance, under the action of high temperature, high-grade malt syrup will be produced in the body. The maltose mochi worm, which is completely indistinguishable from ordinary mochi worms in appearance, is quite rare, so IGO rated it as a catch level of 8.

The reason why Maji feels pity is that if the rice cake insect is repeatedly beaten with a blunt instrument instead of a knife, the maltose syrup in the body will spread evenly to the whole body of the rice cake insect, and the whole maltose rice cake insect will be destroyed. It presents the color of rich gold—【Golden Rice Cake Bug】.

Different from the simple syrup, the rice cake on this kind of rice cake insect is perfectly blended with maltose, presenting an elegant sweet fragrance, coupled with the gold color that the local tyrants like most, the price is dozens of times higher than that of ordinary rice cake insects More than double.

It is impossible to distinguish the difference between maltose rice cake insects and ordinary rice cake insects from the appearance, so if you want to get this kind of [golden rice cake insects], you have to try every one of them with old fists. The capture level of [Golden Rice Cake Bug] has risen to 15. It can be said that [Golden Rice Cake Bug] is the weakest kind of ingredients in this level.