Everyone was shocked!
What? More than one?
Did the monster need such a huge fruit!
But how many were inside?
"Mr. Zhang Wei, get ready! I don't think this will tire you out, will it?"
"I wish you'd tire me to death."
Another jelly deer was peeled out, and the carefulness of the savage's movements was evident.
[Collected: Jelly Deer]
[Replication Time: 44 days]
Zhang Wei's processing speed had greatly improved!
Another one!
[Collected: Jelly Deer]
[Replication Time: 39 days]
Another one!
[Collected: Jelly Deer]
[Replication Time: 35 days]
The fifth one!
[Replication Time: 31 days]
The sixth, 28 days.
The seventh, 25 days.
The eighth, 22 days.
The ninth, 19 days.
The tenth, 17 days.
The eleventh, 16 days.
The fruit, the size of a bus, contained a total of eleven jelly deer, equivalent to Wolf Valley's output for two years!
Seeing Zhang Wei, who was overjoyed yet slightly exhausted, Lang Tu felt his heart ache. This favor was more than he had expected.
"Hey, Lang Tu, your face is a little pale. Are you feeling heartbroken? Should I return some to you?" Zhang Wei teased him directly.
Lang Tu snorted, "Hmph, a word from Lang Tu is a word. Why would I go back on it? It's just a few perfect jelly deer that Wolf Valley has never obtained. I said all the jelly deer from this grand hunt would be yours, so... returning two would be acceptable."
The main thing was that he had never tasted this flavor!
The people of Wolf Valley valued meat as their life. How could they give up such top-quality meat?
Zhang Wei burst into laughter.
He happily agreed and promised to process it.
Lang Tu coughed and said, "Um, Bogard, which girl has caught your eye that you're working so hard?"
Bogard was the name of this savage-looking fellow.
At this moment, Bogard was not in a hurry. He borrowed a knife from the side, cut off his beard and long hair, and poured a basin of water over his head to wash away the dirt.
Unexpectedly, Bogard's appearance was quite good. Although his skin was a bit darker, he was still a handsome man, much better than Lang Tu.
Although he was over sixty, with the enhancement of gourmet cells, he still looked like a young man of twenty-eight or twenty-nine.
Afterward, Bogard ignored the girls around Lang Tu and went directly to the guest seats.
He knelt on one knee before the singer and said, "Beautiful lady, ever since I heard your singing voice last time, I have been deeply enchanted by you. I know that in this life, I will only love you. You are my only pursuit besides food."
Everyone: ...
Lang Tu slapped his forehead, "Brother, this can only depend on your own efforts. I really can't help you!"
Zhang Wei nodded from the side, "I can put in a good word for you..."
After all, the gift had been accepted!
He had to do his part!
The human-skin doll said, "Um, I think this gentleman is quite handsome. Why don't you consider him?"
The singer was stunned for a moment, then giggled.
Bogard said anxiously, "I don't mean anything else, I just want an opportunity to pursue you."
The singer looked at her slender fingers, "This... alright!"
...
The team had a reduction in personnel.
One person was lost due to falling in love.
No wonder bosses prohibited employees from dating. Apart from the issue of work efficiency, enduring the constant public display of affection was unbearable!
The promised jelly meat dish had not been fulfilled. Zhang Wei dared not easily process such a special ingredient; he needed to come up with a truly exquisite method.
After leaving Wolf Valley, the human-skin doll volunteered to accompany Zhang Wei to the Great Rift Valley and the Sweet Snow four lands.
Riding the wind at high speed!
To increase their speed, Zhang Wei suggested they... fly together.
The human-skin doll wondered, "How do we fly... together?"
Zhang Wei smiled mysteriously, "Have you heard of flying squirrels?"
That's right.
Zhang Wei's idea was one of the most thrilling extreme sports on Blue Star, one that even the developers had lost their lives to – wingsuit flying!
Zhang Wei made a suit for himself out of animal skins, while the human-skin doll had it much easier, being able to generate membranes between its limbs.
Using the airflow of the wind-riding technique, the two could fly high without flapping their wings like birds!
The human-skin doll experienced the joy of flying for the first time, and its porcelain mask transformed into a smiling face...
"Chef Zhang, you are truly a genius!"
"Hehe, I'm just average."
Their travel speed greatly increased, reaching the level of old propeller planes.
After flying about seven hundred miles, a towering... wall?
Appeared in the far distance.
This wall pierced the sky and stretched for over a thousand miles, dividing the entire land in half!
"Is this the Great Mountain Range?"
"Truly majestic and spectacular!"
This was a paradise for birds.
Sheltered by the treacherous cliffs, flying creatures found it extremely safe to build nests there. Consequently, it became a famous place for producing flying transport beasts.
According to Lang Tu, millions of humans lived below the cliffs, renowned for taming and capturing flying birds.
There were the most professional mountaineering and rock-climbing teams, capable of walking freely on almost vertical rock faces, like Spider-Man.
The tamed flying birds were hatched by professional teams. Their source was these mountaineering teams, who would steal bird eggs when the adult birds went out to forage.
As for adult flying birds, they only had culinary value.
"Do you want to stand on the summit of this Great Mountain Range and look out?"
Zhang Wei suddenly asked.
Facing such a high mountain, a desire to conquer and curiosity about what lay above suddenly surged in his heart.
Moreover, there were countless birds on the mountain, all of which could be developed into ingredients, so it wouldn't be a waste of time.
"The summit?"
The human-skin doll looked at the cliff face that plunged into the clouds and also became interested.
"Sure!"
"Alright, let's go!"
Saying so, he activated the wind-riding technique again!
The wind speed suddenly increased significantly, and the angle changed slightly.
The two flew in an arc, diagonally upwards...
"Coo coo coo~~~"
"Caw caw~"
"Cuckoo~~"
"Roar!!!"
Various calls reached their ears.
Some flew in flocks, others were solitary, each with their own life logic.
This was a grand garden of flying creatures!
[Discovered collectible ingredient...]
[Discovered collectible ingredient...]
[Discovered collectible ingredient...]
System prompts kept coming, and about eighty percent of them were names Zhang Wei had never heard before.
Although Zhang Wei had read many books, he couldn't encompass even two or three of them.
"There are too many choices, and I don't know which is better at the moment."
As they continued to fly, Zhang Wei also discovered a pattern.
The weaker the flying beast, the lower its altitude. As they ascended, the capture level gradually increased.
"How can sparrows understand the ambition of swans and the journeys of roc..."
"The roc, when it migrates to the Southern Darkness, strikes the water for three thousand li; it then ascends to the heavens on a whirlwind for ninety thousand li..."
"Even the ancients on Blue Star understood that the stronger the bird, the higher it could soar in the sky!"
And at this moment, Zhang Wei couldn't even see the shadow of the mountain top...
"I'm even more excited about the summit."