For two million tons of supplies, the average person might not have a concept.
A single train car carries only about 65 tons. A whole freight train, with over forty cars, can transport about 3,000 tons.
This means these supplies would require filling exactly 700 trains!
However, in the Great Culinary Era, such advanced tools did not exist.
A donkey's carrying capacity is about 60 kilograms.
If donkeys were equipped with wooden carts, their capacity could quadruple to 240 kilograms.
Replacing pack animals with yellow oxen, the carrying capacity would be 600 kilograms.
Ten 'Grade 3' draft horses pulling a cart could carry 150 tons.
These supplies would require 14,000 carts to transport them all at once. Piled together, they would truly resemble a mountain!
Xiao Hu asked, "You don't need carts? Does Mr. Zhang have other means of transport?"
"Yes, spatial equipment."
Xiao Hu thought for a moment and asked, "May I ask, how large is the volume of your spatial equipment?"
Spatial equipment doesn't involve weight; its carrying capacity is related to volume.
Converted to volume, it's roughly over three million cubic meters.
How to put it...
It could fill a skyscraper over 350 stories tall.
If one truly possessed such spatial equipment, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a small world. Take Haru's backpack, for instance, its size is barely over a hundred cubic meters.
Zhang Wei pondered for a moment.
He decided to hide some of it.
Three and a half million cubic meters was simply too astonishing.
"300,000 cubic meters!"
The scene instantly fell silent. Everyone stared at Zhang Wei, dumbfounded.
Xiao Hu swallowed with difficulty, "Could you please repeat that? I didn't quite catch it."
"300,000 cubic meters... why do you all look so surprised, as if you've never seen the world?"
"This... this world, we truly haven't seen before."
Neither the Black List nor the Northern Lands had ever heard of spatial equipment with such capacity.
The connections and insight of the King of Northern Chefs were indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people like themselves!
Xiao Hu said, "Could you demonstrate it?"
"I'm not questioning you. The life and death of the Northern Allied Forces are at stake, and I must be cautious."
Zhang Wei thought and added, "Certainly. My spatial equipment has a defect; it cannot store living things. Please note this."
"Don't worry, they are all processed ingredients!"
They arrived at the supply warehouse.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Zhang Wei extended his hand...
Anything his hand touched instantly vanished from its spot.
As Zhang Wei moved, the warehouse gradually became empty...
A large warehouse like this, holding about ten thousand cubic meters of goods, was cleared in just over ten minutes.
The onlookers exchanged bewildered glances.
Being able to store ten thousand cubic meters would already be a rare treasure!
If the Northern Allied Forces had ten such spatial equipment, they would never have to worry about the transportation of supplies again.
"Let's go, to the next warehouse."
Xiao Hu, as if waking from a dream, immediately said, "Oh, oh, oh... alright."
Everyone followed behind.
They whispered amongst themselves.
Clearly, another legend would be added to that of the King of Northern Chefs.
Zhang Wei took a whole afternoon to store the goods from thirty warehouses.
This was already an extremely fast pace. Zhang Wei's mind was filled with the repetitive actions of reaching out to touch boxes, storing, reaching out, touching boxes, storing...
"Releasing items from the Treasure Hall takes only an instant, with a single thought."
"But storing requires physical contact."
"If it were living things, they would also need to be compliant..."
"Although it's said to have infinite space, the speed of storage is still too slow."
"It's like a swimming pool with only a single straw for an inlet. Theoretically infinite space is limited by the speed of storage."
However, he couldn't think of a good solution for the moment.
He would have to deal with it later.
...
Sunlit Mountain Heavenly Pond
After a month's absence, the water surface remained as clear as jade.
"We'll escort you this far. Master Chef, please take care on your journey. There are many scattered troops from the Cloud Country along this route; you must be extremely careful."
Hurricane patted his chest, "Don't worry, with me here, no one will be able to harm the Master Chef!"
"The fate of the Northern Allied Forces is at stake. If anything happens on the way, be sure to send word back."
"Understood."
Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of logistics personnel.
Zhang Wei and three others leaped into the Heavenly Pond!
Ever since he learned of spatial equipment in this world, Zhang Wei had stopped concealing the storage capabilities of the Treasure Hall.
He just hadn't displayed it as dramatically as this.
However, given Zhang Wei's current status and position, possessing two miraculous items was reasonable. Zhang Wei no longer had to worry about his 'golden finger' being exposed.
Not long after Zhang Wei departed, a mysterious old man with a goatee appeared by the spring, still holding that book, "Tales of Northern Heroes"!
"King of Northern Chefs - Zhang Wei, officially enters the battlefield!"
"Heroic youth, youthful hero..."
"Will he be the protagonist of this campaign?"
"Truly worth looking forward to..."
Zhang Wei's image was vividly depicted on the pages.
The old man possessed quite good drawing skills.
Biting the tip of his pen, the old man murmured, "His food seems quite delicious~ No, no, how can I let this delay the important task of writing the book... Deliciousness requires patient waiting."
...
...
Three thousand miles north of the Northern Lands lay an extremely vast Gobi Desert.
It was named the Arid Stone Plateau.
The climate here was extremely harsh. Cold currents from the Frozen Hell Plains slammed into this place, causing the nighttime temperatures to drop below minus 40 degrees Celsius!
During the day, the sun blazed like fire, not only dispelling all the cold currents but even raising the ground temperature to the point of frying eggs.
The diurnal temperature difference was at least one hundred degrees!
Extremely drastic!
Even more severe was the fact that it was almost entirely rock and gravel, with not a speck of soil.
Coupled with knife-like gusts of wind, very few plants could survive here.
The scarcity of food made the survival pressure here immense. Both herbivorous and carnivorous animals were far more formidable than elsewhere.
Amidst the wind and sand, two tiny figures pressed forward resolutely.
A sponge, and a starfish...
"Pah~~"
Swirl Sponge spat out a mouthful of sand, complaining aggrievedly, "Ugh... I hate it here! I don't like such a dry place. I'm almost turning into a dry sponge."
"Complaining solves nothing."
"You really are..."
Starfish, wearing a conical hat, showed no expression.
Its voice was extremely calm, "The food we brought is only enough for five days. The energy reserves in our bodies are for the return journey."
"Got it... find the Path of Hunger within five days."
Sponge looked at the Arid Stone Plateau, which looked the same for hundreds of miles, and slumped, "This place looks exactly the same. How would anyone know where the Path of Hunger is."
"There isn't even a specific location, it's like finding a needle in a haystack."
Sponge took out that book and grinned at Starfish, "Do you think the road is wide or narrow, paved with cement or asphalt, are there road signs, and are there small taverns next to the signs..."
"Boring!"
"Speaking of boring, you're the truly boring one! You can barely say two hundred characters a day! If this continues, your language skills will degenerate!"
*Plop...*
Sponge's incessant chatter abruptly stopped.
Uchiha Star suddenly realized something was wrong, electricity crackling all over its body!
It turned back to see that Starfish had inexplicably disappeared!
"Sponge... Sponge?"
The initial hand seal for Chidori Flow was ready. It cautiously scanned its surroundings, softly calling Sponge's name.
"I'm here~"
The voice came from far away.
Starfish looked around...
"Look down~~"
Starfish: .........
Sponge's complaining voice drifted up from the deep pit: "Damn it, in the middle of nowhere, there's actually a sewer..."