Monster Kitchen

Feng Zhuo stood where he was, with a dazed expression on his face.

He looked up, and the sky above his head was mostly covered by overgrown branches and leaves, but he could still see clearly the two suns, one big and one small, as well as the glimpses of giant birds gliding past quickly from time to time.

According to Feng Zhuo's visual inspection, if the flying object falls to the ground, it must be the size of an SUV.

Obviously, Feng Zhuo has "crossed the border" - as the name suggests, he has crossed the world, and some worlds also call this "ascension".

Cross-border is not a fun thing, on the contrary, it is very dangerous.Every world has its own rules, and monsters' "ascension" often depends on the rules to choose a suitable higher-level world, but Feng Zhuo's accidental cross-border is not protected by the rules, and he can only ask for it. Good luck.

Feng Zhuo squeezed the center of his brows, and quickly calmed down - he had just quickly "swept" the surrounding environment, and there was no monster around, but he was in a vast dense forest.

Therefore, Feng Zhuo now needs a guide.

Feng Zhuo put his eyes on the man lying in front of him.

Feng Zhuo checked the man.

The man was an ordinary human being, unshaven, and looked to be in his thirties.There were no signs of wrestling on his body, only a penetrating sword wound on his abdomen, which was pierced from behind.Feng Zhuo speculated that the man was probably attacked by surprise, and then he should have been knocked on the head, otherwise the man would not have allowed himself to bleed to this point.

The only things scattered around the man were a sword and a cloth bag. The money in the cloth bag was not taken away. Obviously, the man's injury was not caused by money.

The above thoughts, when Feng Zhuo was checking the man's wound, his brain had already habitually and quickly analyzed it.

The conclusion is that this man poses no threat to Feng Zhuo.

Feng Zhuo tore off the man's clothes, gave him hemostatic treatment, and then found a relatively dry place nearby, spawned a piece of dry vines to make a simple shed, and moved the man to lie down.

Feng Zhuo did recognize some herbs to stop bleeding, but the world is different, Feng Zhuo still didn't act rashly.Judging from the pulse he detected just now, the man's physical fitness is still very good.

The man didn't know when he would wake up, and Feng Zhuo didn't dare to leave him alone—otherwise, if the man was eaten by some wild beast, Feng Zhuo, a monster with only a slight sense of insanity, was ready to take root in this dense forest.

Feng Zhuo sat beside the shed and looked at the man's sword and cloth bag.

The sword is an epee, without any badge marks, only the scabbard has many scratches, as if it has been scratched by something, it is a mess, both new and old.Inside the cloth bag were several gold coins, two small silver bottles containing an unknown liquid, and three pieces of dusty old bacon.

In addition, there is not even a map.

Feng Zhuo was a little disappointed.He put the man's things back, then sat on a taller branch outside the shed, took out his phone and started playing games.

At this time, the advantages of stand-alone games that do not require networking are reflected.

After Feng Zhuo fed all the fish in the monster fish tank, the man woke up.

The man was a little weak, and he started to hold his stomach and hum when he woke up.

Feng Zhuo jumped down from the book, the sound of the landing startled the man, and then the rhythm of the man's humming became twitching.

Feng Zhuo bent down and looked down at the man, thinking whether to greet him in English or Chinese.

The man was taken aback by Feng Zhuo, but he quickly showed a grateful expression: "Did you save me?"

"..." Good standard Mandarin.

Feng Zhuo squatted down outside the thatched shed without changing his expression, nodded: "That's right, my name is Feng Zhuo, what about you?"

The man seemed to want to sit up, but gave up after a struggle.He said, "My name is Martin Thurlow. Thank you very much for your help. Well, this hurts. Can you pass me the bag for me?"

Martin's voice was very young.

Feng Zhuo glanced at the bag next to the shed, picked it up and put it in Martin's hand.

Martin thanked him, then took a small silver vial from his bag, and drank all the liquid in it.

Feng Zhuo's eyes slightly opened—the liquid in the bottle smelled like a "monster". (①)

And after Martin drank the liquid in the silver bottle, the wound on Martin's abdomen healed quickly, and Martin's face became rosy, as if even the lost blood had been replenished.

Feng Zhuo's eyebrows moved - this is really a good thing.

Martin also expressed surprise at the effect of the liquid. He pressed his stomach first, and when he found that the pain was gone, he sat up immediately, then raised his hand and did a few waist twisting exercises to confirm that he was completely healed.

Martin showed his big white teeth under his stubble, "It's amazing, it's Abraham's saliva."

Feng Zhuo: "..." Drooling?

After Martin recovered, he became very lively.Holding his cloth bag, he thanked Feng Zhuo again, and then asked Feng Zhuo, "Why is Mr. Feng here? Are you also here to do the mission?"

Feng Zhuomian made up a story without changing his face: "I have been practicing on the mountain, but I don't know what's going on down the mountain. I went down the mountain yesterday and got lost after entering the forest."

After listening to this, Martin didn't have any doubts, and said excitedly as if he had found the organization: "What a coincidence, I just came down from the mountain, and this is my first time going down the mountain."

Feng Zhuo: "..." Well, the guide is hopeless.

Feng Zhuo sighed in his heart, and changed the subject indistinctly: "Then how did you get hurt? If I hadn't met you, you would have bled to death."

Martin was stunned for a moment, and seemed to have finally remembered this, with a sad expression on his face.

Martin: "I went down to become a knight."

Martin's timeline was messed up, but Feng Zhuo listened patiently, and then sorted out Martin's story.

First of all, to Feng Zhuo's surprise, this Martin, who looks to be in his thirties, is actually just an adult - an adult in this world is 16 years old.

Martin was an orphan who was adopted by a dragon named Abraham Feng.Abraham is a golden dragon. During the Genesis War, because he guarded a territory, he was revered as a lord by humans for hundreds of years.But then Abraham fell asleep once, and more than 100 years have passed since he woke up. The people in his territory no longer recognize him. He only has a huge castle on the top of a high mountain.

After Martin was picked up by Abraham, he has been living in the castle.

Martin grew up listening to the stories of Genesis. He admired Abraham very much, and his goal in life was to become Abraham's knight.

So, when Martin came of age, he resolutely decided to come down the mountain, wanting to learn how to be a brave knight.

But the world under the mountain is completely different from the world in Abraham's story.

When Martin arrived at the first small town he encountered, he was stunned to see everything new and strange inside.But Martin didn't go away because of this, he went straight to his goal.

He asked the residents of the town how to become a brave knight.Then the residents told him that there are many ways to get knight badges, but the most common one is to complete a certain amount of tasks.

Martin didn't know what a knight's badge was, but he understood the sentence - to become a knight, you have to accept the test!

So Martin went to the test.

Martin didn't have an identity certificate, and he couldn't receive tasks in the trade union at all, so he was arranged to do tasks with other teams first.The first team Martin followed was a team of five led by a man named David. Their mission was to find a poisonous flower in the forest.

That poisonous flower was rare, but Martin was familiar with it—Abraham had said it was the stuff that poisoned dragons.

So Martin asked David why he was looking for poisonous flowers.David told him they were going to slay the dragon.

The dragon that David and the others wanted to kill was a vicious dragon that lived on the top of a high mountain and occupied the huge castle built by the former emperor.

That was Abraham, but that castle belonged to Abraham himself, and Abraham was a bad tempered dragon, but he was a good dragon.

Martin disagreed with the dragon slaying and had a conflict with David and the others.

As a result of the conflict, Martin was black-handed by David and the others, and almost died due to excessive blood loss.

After listening to Martin's story, Feng Zhuo has a general understanding of this world—thanks to the old lady for the three thousand world geography stories. Although Feng Zhuo didn't expect to cross borders, he still has a certain understanding of some worlds.

According to Martin's description, this is a middle world.

The so-called big, medium and small worlds are judged according to the amount of "spiritual energy" that can be cultivated, and the amount of spiritual energy is often related to the number and strength of monsters.If this is a middle world, or even a big world, it means that they will encounter more troubles.

Feng Zhuo was a little worried.

Martin was also a little worried.

Martin: "Before I left, Abraham had already started to take a nap. If David and the others broke in at this time, Abraham might be injured."

The more Martin spoke, the more worried he became, and he finally made a fist: "Although it is important to be a knight, the most important thing is to protect Abraham. I want to go back."

Feng Zhuo finally became interested: "Do you know how to get out?"

Martin nodded, smiling confidently: "I know the way home."

Feng Zhuo's heart was relieved, and when he was about to say something, he heard a loud "Gululu——"

Feng Zhuo: "..."

Martin clutched his stomach and looked at Feng Zhuo with a melancholy expression: "I'm so hungry."

Feng Zhuo: "..." What are you looking at him for?

Feng Zhuo pointed to Martin's cloth bag: "There is dried meat inside."

Martin had a bitter expression on his face: "That's Abraham's snacks, they are too hard. I took five pieces of jerky with me when I set off, and I used the other two as sticks on the road."

Feng Zhuo: "..."

Martin's stomach made a loud "grunt" again. Martin hugged his stomach and looked at Feng Zhuo more expectantly.

Feng Zhuo: "..."

Feng Zhuo really has something to eat.

Feng Zhuo took out the monster egg from his pocket and threw it to Martin.

Martin caught the egg, laughed immediately, thanked him, and took the sword and knocked it on the scabbard.

Feng Zhuo: "..." Wait, isn't a knight's sword a precious thing?

Feng Zhuo struggled for two seconds, and finally attributed Martin's lack of heart to "Raised by a Dragon".

Martin cracked the egg, then hastily lifted it up and broke it open, opening his mouth to continue, for fear of missing a little egg white.

As a result, I didn't know that the egg had just been lifted up, and it was split in two from the crack.Then a lump of black stuff fell out of the egg, and it hit Martin in the face with a thud.

Martin was startled, ahed, and then quickly reached out to take the thing off his face.

Feng Zhuo was also taken aback, he thought the egg yolk and egg white inside were almost dry, but he didn't expect it to be a fluffy egg?

Martin wasn't very curious about this thing, but felt wronged: "Mr. Feng, your egg is broken."

Feng Zhuo: "..." My egg is not broken, thank you.

Feng Zhuo resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and reached out to take the lump of black thing over.

As a result, as soon as he got it, Feng Zhuo's eyes widened -- it was warm and alive.

Then in the next second, I saw that black thing squirming twice in Feng Zhuo's palm.Then it slowly unfolds.Its skin is matte, very malleable, and looks like rubber.

When the black thing unfolded, what Feng Zhuo saw first was a golden round belly, then short limbs, a tail, and a scalloped golden back...

Feng Zhuo: "..." Rubber dinosaur toy?

The little dinosaur opened its eyes, golden and round, very cute.

The little dinosaur saw Feng Zhuo at a glance.Then it immediately opened its mouth to reveal four budding canine teeth, its tail was still scratching in the palm of Feng Zhuo's palm, and said very skillfully: "Hey~ my baby~ you are so beautiful~"

Feng Zhuo: "..."

Martin: "..."

The author has something to say: Note:

①: The taste of monsters.

That is, "things used by monsters".