Licking his palm, the thin layer of chocolate melted in his mouth.
"Sweet yet bitter, a very authentic flavor, with a special taste of tender eggplant, it's somewhat like matcha chocolate..."
"As expected of the Fading Mortal Immortal Palace, truly no ordinary goods here!"
"But tasted alone, the flavor still lacks a sense of layering."
Zhang Wei flipped his palm, and a snow-white bee appeared.
It was the Ice Cream Bee, captured in the Ice Hell Plains. Although its capture level was only 1, it was a rare delicacy.
Purified by the Treasury Hall, this Ice Cream Bee was exceptionally strong, its large abdomen plump and alluring.
As soon as it saw Zhang Wei, it threateningly raised its backside, its stinger aimed remotely at Zhang Wei.
A light slash of his palm.
The torso, limbs, and head of the bee all fell.
Zhang Wei peeled away the outer skin of the abdomen, revealing the milky-white bee meat inside, which was also the sweetest ice cream.
Holding up the ice cream, he crushed two eggplants with his other hand, evenly sprinkling the resulting powder on top.
Putting the chocolate ice cream into his mouth, Zhang Wei let out a comfortable hum.
"Refreshing!"
"This flavor is rich and mellow, the milk and chocolate flavors perfectly blended, sweet to the heart!"
"Although the capture levels of the two ingredients are not high, their combination is marvelous."
He waved his hand and summoned over a dozen more Ice Cream Bees, plucked a dozen eggplants, and ground them into powder. This slightly satisfied Zhang Wei's appetite.
"Pity, it's just too little."
"With my current appetite, a normal dish could be at least two tons, equivalent to the meal of a thousand people."
"Converted to Level 1 Ice Cream Bees, I would need to eat at least three hundred to be full. And this is considering the Ice Cream Bees from the Treasury Hall are plump and large; ordinary ones would not suffice even in eight hundred quantities."
This quantity was not much. In the world of Gourmet Captures, people were generally big eaters. Some stronger Gourmet Hunters could consume a tens-of-meters-long beast in one meal.
Constant prompts echoed in his ears.
[Collection Complete: Cocoa Eggplant]
[Replication Time: 32 days]
[Collection Complete: ...]
...
[Replication Time: 1 day]
Adhering to the philosophy of taking what's available, Zhang Wei showed no mercy, sweeping through hundreds of eggplant plants.
Normal cocoa eggplants were only half the size of a palm, but the ones in the display cases had swollen to the size of a child's arm.
"It's still early, let's get some more."
[Collection Complete: Water Radish... Replication Time... 45...]
[Collection Complete: Tiger Skin Watermelon...]
[Collection Complete: Sweet Cabbage Heart Leaves...]
Zhang Wei swept through a large area like a whirlwind, clearing it completely.
In local dialect, it was called "stripping the garden."
Hundreds of collections of four types of vegetables were compressed into a single day, and their quality was significantly improved.
"The Cloud Kingdom has a rich variety of vegetables, and their quality is extremely high. If I can gather more, I should be able to make extremely high-quality fruit salads or vegetable platters."
"With the standard of vegetables in the Cloud Kingdom, they can definitely be added to my menu along with the Wuxiang dish."
"This way, the dishes for my Chinese grand banquet will have one more item."
Seeing figures approaching in the distance, Zhang Wei slipped away.
He leaped dozens of meters high, shooting out like a cannonball.
But as Zhang Wei crossed the electric fence, a tingling current surged, paralyzing him for 1-2 seconds!
"As expected, this electric fence is not so easily crossed. It can shoot out so high without the need for a conductor to extend it..."
"And the electricity is extremely strong. Even with my physique, I was almost suppressed. It's far more powerful than the Eight Forms of Thunder Control!"
At the same time, alarms blared, and four nobles soared into the sky!
They rushed towards Zhang Wei's direction.
However, from the central area to the perimeter wall was at least 6 kilometers. Even with extreme speed, it would take over 30 seconds!
Expecting ordinary guards to stop Zhang Wei for 28 seconds was as absurd as dreaming.
Freed from the electricity's grasp, Zhang Wei leaped again and disappeared into the vast night in a flash.
The four nobles arrived at the alarm point and, seeing the dejected guard, understood.
"The intruder escaped?"
"Lord Claude, it is our dereliction of duty."
"The electric fence didn't work?"
"It worked. Four Electric Rats were overloaded and fainted."
Lord Claude was startled: "Four Electric Rats overloaded? That voltage is something even I couldn't withstand. Being knocked out on the spot would be a light consequence! In that case, his strength should be above mine!"
"How long did the aerial lightning net control him? Fifteen seconds? Or ten?"
The guards stammered for a while...
"It shouldn't be more than five seconds. As soon as we arrived, he had already flown away."
"Less than five seconds!"
Lord Claude hissed, disbelievingly asking, "Are you sure?"
"The brothers can testify. The ambush point was only about 180 meters from here. We rushed over as soon as we heard the alarm. It absolutely could not have been more than five seconds!"
"Did you see his appearance?"
The guards shook their heads.
The faces of the four nobles were extremely grim. Despite setting up an inescapable net, the intruder had still easily escaped.
The outer areas were fine, but the object in the core area was related to the lifeline of the entire Cloud Kingdom and must not be lost!
"Deploy twenty more Electric Rats, and double the number of aerial lightning nets. In a few days, the fertilizer will be ready. We absolutely cannot afford any mistakes!"
...
Returning to Tam's shop, Zhang Wei's heart was still pounding.
Since his transmigration, he had never encountered such a powerful attack. In those one or two seconds, Zhang Wei completely lost control of his body!
If he had been in intense combat, those one or two seconds could have determined life and death!
"No, I need to find a way."
"I must improve my body's resistance."
Zhang Wei's current situation was low HP, but decent physical resistance, and very weak magic resistance.
He had encountered similar problems before. When he killed the Ice Plains Dragon, he was almost trapped by its cold breath and narrowly escaped.
"Improving resistance..."
"Achieving a significant increase in the body in a short time is difficult, but not impossible."
"I can try to make some supplements with exclusive food effects..."
"Most of the ingredients in the Treasury Hall are for replenishing blood, nourishing qi, and strengthening bones. I need to stock up again!"
Zhang Wei pondered for a moment.
He stared blankly at the map on the wall.
"Damn it, I was too clever for my own good."
"If I want ingredients, why not just buy them?"
"The Cloud Kingdom's scale is much larger than Mo City, so its resources are likely richer!"