Unlike Zhang Wei and the others, who were content,
From the side of the War God's believers came the sound of serving dishes, accompanied by an excited tone of satisfaction from enjoying delicious food!
A long line of people waited at the entrance, each holding a full plate.
"Did we fall into a trap... their behavior is exceptionally strange."
"It must be that the poison hasn't been neutralized, causing extreme addiction!"
"Just like us, they can have extra servings..."
"It seems like they're using a lot of high-grade ingredients, spending quite a bit!"
The group exchanged glances.
It seemed they would know the answer tomorrow.
Atlas volunteered to be the night watchman that night, allowing the others to rest better.
Of course, given the strangeness of this place, having a watchman might not be effective.
Meanwhile, Zhang Wei found Mr. Luo and discussed some metallurgical knowledge. He then pretended to sleep, and his mind entered the Treasure Hall.
...
Ten hours in the Treasure Hall were equivalent to eight days in the outside world.
When Zhang Wei woke up, his body had recovered to its peak, but his spirit was slightly fatigued.
He pushed open the door, and countless white-clothed ghosts were busy at work.
Qian Xun walked over, holding a large teapot, and said, "Gentlemen, wake-up tea..."
Zhang Wei took out a silver needle from his fingertip and placed it into the tea. The previously normal tea instantly boiled and then returned to its original state.
Zhang Wei smiled, "Very good, bring it in."
BOOM!!!
An explosion came from the room opposite!
War God's believers!
One of them roared, "Tea, I don't want tea, bring some food quickly!"
"This damn tea makes me hungrier the more I drink!"
With a casual wave, dozens of white-clothed ghosts shattered!
Zhang Wei pulled Qian Xun aside, blocking the residual impact of the attack.
"So weak... his strength has been reduced by at least ninety percent, he can't even maintain combat at level 80!"
"But he's more effective against the white-clothed ghosts!"
Zhang Wei vaguely recalled that in the beginning, the white-clothed ghosts had the ability to absorb shockwaves and redirect them!
And that skill to make people disappear...
Why didn't he use them on them?
A fat toad descended from the sky, a pipe clenched in its mouth. It was the one who had greeted guests at the entrance.
It was also the one that had killed the sand-spitting old bat.
"I am Gamabunta!"
"Guests, please do not be too noisy!"
The frenzied War God's believer glared and threw a punch!
Gamabunta took a puff from his pipe, his abdomen swelled, and he opened his mouth, spitting out a huge tongue!
BOOM!
Gamabunta retracted his tongue, his mouth bleeding.
Zhang Wei let out a cold laugh, "This Gamabunta's combat power won't exceed level 83."
Indeed!
Seeing he couldn't win, Gamabunta immediately roared at the white-clothed ghosts, "What are you waiting for? Hurry and serve the dishes!"
"Hehehe, guest, please don't be angry, the kitchen needs a little more time..."
Before he could finish speaking,
The strangely shaped creatures all came running, holding various food containers!
Judging by the smell, they were all rich and greasy foods.
Crystal pork knuckle...
Braised lion's head...
Braised duck with potatoes...
Pork stew with vermicelli...
Charcoal-grilled lamb ribs...
Whole roasted suckling pig...
Scallion-flavored geoduck...
Mr. Luo said, "I... I smell it!"
"Smell what?"
"Yesterday's food, that unknown spice!"
Zhang Wei's sense of taste was limited, and he hadn't noticed anything yesterday. It was only thanks to Mr. Luo's reminder that he knew about it.
That spice was evenly distributed in all the food. Each dish carried some of it. If it weren't for the neutralization by the ingredients, Zhang Wei and the others would have become slaves to that spice.
Just like the people opposite!
Mr. Luo said grimly, "The Mist Small Inn isn't hiding it anymore. The amount of that spice is at least ten times what it was yesterday!"
AARRGH!!!
A roar came from the opposite side, and a War God's believer clutched his throat and stumbled out of the room...
"So thirsty!"
"Quick!"
"Bring me wine!"
Gamabunta sneered and lunged at the War God's believer.
Conflict erupted again!
This time, the outcome made Zhang Wei's eyes widen in surprise. The War God's believer, who had been able to severely injure Gamabunta moments ago, was now completely suppressed in terms of strength!
His combat power had dropped by more than half!
In other words, compared to a peak human at level 98, his current combat power was almost negligible!
Zhang Wei was shocked, "In just five minutes, his strength has dropped by over ten levels!"
"His current combat power can't even be maintained at level 75!"
A ten-level difference was enough for Gamabunta to easily handle the War God's believer.
More and more War God's believers were being defeated, and a dark and sinister aura descended!
"Yubaba!"
At this moment, Yubaba was completely different from her previous aged appearance. Her immense magic allowed her to maintain the appearance of someone in her early fifties.
Although there were fewer wrinkles, the evil in her eyes was even more pronounced!
Yubaba frowned, "You few have committed the sins of gluttony, and have violated the rules of noise, fighting, and stinginess. Now, I shall pass judgment upon you!"
She grabbed at the void.
A War God's believer's eyes widened, and strange colored light caused his body to twist and transform!
Finally, a super fat pig weighing over 800 pounds appeared on the spot, looking around with confusion, not knowing what had happened!
The same situation occurred with the other War God's believers.
Zhang Wei and the others walked out of their rooms, clapping continuously and saying, "Yubaba is graceful and elegant, truly a remarkable feat."
"What kind of poison is this that responds to your power... is this ability to reverse one's physical form truly magic? What is its principle?"
"Your questions seem to be too numerous."
Yubaba landed again, reverting to her frail, aged form and said, "My guests, has the Mist Small Inn been serving you adequately?"
"Extremely adequately."
"Then, since you have passed the test of the Rivendell Forest, I will open the gate and allow you to enter the forest's interior."
"But I do not wish to leave at the moment."
Yubaba's expression darkened.
Zhang Wei said, "The rules don't say we have to leave. The rule to prevent us from lingering is the tip, right? Don't worry, I have plenty of tips, enough to stay here for a long time."
Ever since Zhang Wei had entered, he had begun to analyze this establishment.
Including Yubaba and her strange skill types.
"Hehehe... you really don't want to leave? If you don't leave soon, there won't be another chance!"
The Mist Small Inn began to shake.
The walls around the building started to warp, and the room's structure began to change...
Sticky liquid seeped from the walls, and acid bubbled from the springs...
The illusion slowly dissolved!
"This... we're inside a giant beast!"
No need to say more.
Zhang Wei's Treasure Hall instantly sent a message!
[Discoverable Ingredient Found: Camping Toad!]
[Capture Level: 145]
[Type: Safe Zone Monster]
[Description: A monster that can conceal itself, transforming into a safe zone and hiding its form, greatly reducing the chance of other beasts discovering it. Of course, this concealment is limited by level; the higher the level, the easier it is to see through.]
[Description 2: Within a safe zone monster, there are areas where people can live, along with corresponding facilities.]
[Description 3: Safe zone monsters are not aggressive and rely entirely on a vegetarian diet or being fed, which is why they can survive.]
[Description 4: Camping Toads can generate large amounts of fog and can traverse or make spatial leaps within the fog...]
Zhang Wei was shocked!
It was a level 145 super monster!
And it was an extremely rare safe zone monster.
In the original work, when Toriko adventured in the Gourmet World, he once found a safe zone-like place and stored an excessive amount of ingredients there, enough to save the world.
Later, when entering the Gourmet World, the Flavor Sage Shigemichi gifted the protagonist group a 'Watermelon Octopus,' which was also a camping monster.
That Watermelon Octopus was almost unimpeded in the Gourmet World and contributed significantly.
Furthermore, Chef Jiro, a Gourmet national treasure, also had a jellyfish-like building creature.
Zhang Wei had thought such things could only be found after entering the Gourmet World, but he hadn't expected to find one so much earlier!
Yubaba laughed maniacally, "Aren't you going to run? This is a super beast of over a hundred levels, are you sure you want to stay in its stomach?"
The other five clearly didn't know about camping beasts and were all greatly alarmed by this terrifying level.
Yubaba also showed a smug smile, "Since you've passed my rules, I won't attack you easily. Hurry and leave!"
Zhang Wei asked doubtfully, "Aren't camping beasts non-aggressive?"
Yubaba: ...
A deathly silence.
Her smug smile froze on her face, and the strange creature didn't even dare to move.
Yubaba suddenly let out a shriek!
Everyone was startled!
"You you you you!!!"
"You actually know about camping beasts!!"
Zhang Wei was speechless.
So, your last trump card was to use the high level of the camping beast to intimidate us.
If Zhang Wei hadn't received the system prompt, he would have immediately led everyone to escape or taken hostages.
In either case, he would have fallen directly into Yubaba's trap!
Yubaba gritted her teeth, "Don't think my small inn can only rely on scary tricks!"
"Expel them!"
The white-clothed ghosts swarmed!
The blade light flashed!
The white-clothed ghosts were all shattered!
"This is impossible!"
"You clearly haven't eaten enough World Dust Powder, how can you attack servants who exist in another dimension!"
Yubaba was horrified!
She couldn't understand why this was happening!
"World Dust Powder... so that strange spice had this name!"
Zhang Wei said, "If I'm not mistaken, your power originates from a peculiar alternate dimension that overlaps with the real world, which is why we can see the white-clothed ghosts but can't touch them."
"Because they are not physical at all, but gateways to another space..."
"All attacks that land on them are actually transmitted to another space, and the several War God's believers who were captured are also like that!"
Such spaces are common.
For example, the Moon Palace illusion that woodcutters chop, the dream realm of dark tentacle monsters, etc., all belong to this category.
And this spatial power is the foundation of this small inn's operation!
Yubaba was now sweating profusely. In an instant, she had lost her greatest reliance!
"Tell me, what is that World Dust Powder, and this magic that turns people into pigs... oh right, why did you turn them into pigs?"
Yubaba lifted the hem of her skirt, and in the blink of an eye, only a pile of tattered clothes remained on the spot.
"Chase!"
"Everyone be careful!"
Zhang Wei stopped everyone, handed his silver knife to Mr. Luo, and said, "I'll leave this to you. Eliminate anyone who dares to resist! I've got a handle on these little tricks, let me go and chase!"
"Okay, be careful with everything!"
Zhang Wei transformed into lightning!
Chidori Nagashi!
Resistive Tracking!
Lightning coursed through the Camping Toad's belly, but for the Camping Toad, it was a mere trifle.
Zhang Wei searched through room after room.
The kitchen...
The bathhouse...
The warehouse...
As he searched, he called out, "Yubaba, why hide? "
"You may be in another realm, but your shadow remains in the real world. As long as I find your shadow, you will still die!"
"Must we continue this childish game? As long as you tell me some information I want to know, I promise to let you continue operating here!"
The last room!
The boss's office!
Beneath a bookshelf mechanism, a mysterious space was connected.
Zhang Wei leaped in, lightning flashing, but this place seemed boundless...
"Is this Yubaba's inner space? There's no gravity, very much like the space inside the gourd."
"Speaking of which, it's somewhat similar to that Clown's skill."
These flashy skills, while seemingly powerful,
Cannot withstand absolute power.
For example, the Divine Gourd was destroyed by Zhang Wei's lightning fist techniques, and the Terror Clown's amusement park couldn't withstand Zhang Wei's unrestrained destruction.
All these rules were based on the Camping Toad's immense level suppression!
What Zhang Wei and the others were truly fighting was the level 145 Camping Toad, not the parasites inside.
"Let me measure the limits of this space!"
With that, a fountain-like flow of water erupted from Zhang Wei's body, seemingly endless and filling the entire space madly!
This was a method Zhang Wei devised after being trapped in Saga's Palm Buddha Kingdom!
These small spaces had their limits, and Zhang Wei's Treasure Hall had two things that were limitless!
One was the inextinguishable fire, and the other was the inexhaustible pure water for cleaning!
Using the infinite water from the Treasure Hall to counter the finite volume of the small space!
Breaking the finite with the infinite!
Eventually, the limit of this place would be reached!
Inside the Treasure Hall...
From a small faucet, a trickle of water flowed slowly...
The valve below rotated continuously, and the amount of water increased.
Initially, it was a regular household faucet.
Then it became a thicker model found in restaurants...
A small water pump...
A fire hose used by firefighters...
A large water pump for changing water in a fish pond...
An 80,000-kilowatt large drainage machine for land reclamation...
The slanted flood of the Three Gorges Dam...
The small faucet, under Zhang Wei's command, was being reinforced frantically!
Zhang Wei even felt that if he willed it, he could emulate God and bring a world-ending flood to the Earth!
And at this moment, the water output from the faucet was still increasing!