The animals on the seventh level underground had acute senses of taste. While Zhang Wei was dissecting the giant crab, another group of uninvited guests arrived. When he looked back, a pack of rabbit-sized creatures was gathered around, gnawing on the shell. The robust giant crab shell was slowly disappearing under their efforts.
[Discovered Catchable Ingredient: Miniature Elephant]
[Edibility Level: 90]
[Capture Level: 55]
[Description: At the bottom of the food chain on the seventh level of the Gravity Well, these are new products of regular elephants under immense gravity, their bodies compressed from giant elephants seven meters tall at the shoulder. Their delicious essence is highly concentrated, and their nutritional value is very high.]
[Description: Due to reduced size and weight, their enormous ears allow them to glide short distances on the seventh level. Their sharp tusks can dig into the unyielding ground of the seventh level to excavate hiding burrows.]
Zhang Wei examined them closely. Although these elephants had low capture levels, their tusks were exquisite, about the size of two index fingers. They could pierce the crab shell, creating fragments which they then consumed. Zhang Wei stepped forward and scooped one up. The other miniature elephants scattered, their large ears flapping like giant bats.
"Whoa, little guys are quite fast, aren't they?"
But Zhang Wei didn't give chase. Instead, he turned back to continue processing the giant crab. Just as Zhang Wei had guessed, these little creatures didn't go far, hiding in a dark corner nearby, peeking at Zhang Wei. Seeing him busy, they scurried back, using their tiny tusks to prod the crab shell.
"Just like in the natural world."
"I remember watching nature documentaries where after a bear hunted prey, a group of foxes, wild dogs, and the like would linger nearby, snatching scraps while the bear was focused on eating."
"Bears are slow, and they don't care about these insignificant creatures, so they let them watch. After the bear finishes eating, the leftovers like bone fragments, entrails, and torn meat become theirs."
"If there's still food left, occasionally scavenging vultures would join in. In short, in the wild, no food is wasted."
Zhang Wei smiled knowingly. He suppressed the urge to capture them and systematically processed the giant crab, piling the shells together. Zhang Wei also deliberately left behind a good amount of crab meat, as well as the most fragrant crab roe and guts…
After finishing, Zhang Wei leaped high into the air and vanished.
Upon seeing this scene, the miniature elephants became even more reckless, heading straight for the pile of crab roe Zhang Wei had left and gorging themselves. The nutritional value of the crab roe was more than ten times that of the shell, and the taste was unparalleled!
But they failed to notice the slender threads beneath their feet…
That's right!
It was a trap!
Zhang Wei yanked hard…
*Patada…*
Nothing happened. The miniature elephants were still joyfully devouring the crab roe. Zhang Wei looked at the broken threads in his hand and was speechless.
"I didn't account for the gravity. The weight of a single miniature elephant is over 20 tons, plus the seventy-fold gravity… that's over a thousand tons per individual, not to mention the crab shells, all combined likely exceeding a million tons."
"Although these threads are extremely tough, they couldn't withstand such exaggerated pulling force!" Besides this, there was also the dirt covering the thread network, which added hundreds of thousands of tons.
The exaggerated gravity here made ordinary matter extremely fragile. Many items were crushed by their own weight before they could even be used.
"Damn it…"
"Uninteresting…"
Zhang Wei was helpless and resorted to the crudest, most brutal method!
Thunder Control Technique, wide-area paralysis!
Lightning swirled in his hands, but it couldn't travel far from his body, and manipulating it here was extremely difficult, making it impossible to complete the skill.
"This…"
"What is going on now!"
Looking at the liquid oxygen flowing beneath his feet, which had formed a smoke-like state due to high pressure… Zhang Wei recalled his limited physics knowledge. It seemed… liquid oxygen couldn't conduct electricity; it had no mobile electrons.
Alright…
Hand-to-hand capture. He sprang from the shadows, charging through the panicked miniature elephants, like a weasel jumping into a chicken coop. The harvest, however, was substantial. In a short while, he caught dozens, though even more escaped…
Following the tracks of the miniature elephants, the liquid oxygen beneath his feet became denser. The bone-chilling cold made Zhang Wei shiver.
"The boiling point of oxygen seems to be minus one hundred and fifty degrees Celsius… but this clearly isn't."
"It has something to do with pressure as well…"
"Semi-liquid… semi-high-pressure gas… truly a peculiar geographical environment."
With a sweep of his hand, he found that fish were also surviving in this river of liquid oxygen!
[Discovered Catchable Ingredient: Mini Saw-Toothed Shark]
[Discovered Catchable Ingredient: Vanilla Bobo Eel]
[Discovered Catchable Ingredient: Cold Light Oxygen Bomb]
…
No need to say anything!
He wouldn't let a single one go!
Zhang Wei discovered a characteristic: the meat of the Mountain Giant Crab seemed to be a highly sought-after food on the seventh level. Both the miniature elephants and the mini saw-toothed sharks were very fond of it. It had a fishy smell that humans had low recognition for, but it was a massive temptation to carnivorous animals. Zhang Wei speculated it might be due to special lysine, acidic polysaccharides, purines, and cholesterol within it.
[Discovered Catchable Ingredient: Insulin Snake]
[Capture Level: 70]
[Edibility Level: 60]
[Description: A snake that secretes highly concentrated insulin. After attacking a target, the highly concentrated insulin promotes the target's absorption of sugar, causing hypoglycemia and fainting. Some exceptionally strong animals also use insulin snakes to help digest excess sugar.]
Another strange creature. Using insulin as venom…
The human brain needs sugar as fuel. Once hypoglycemia sets in, it stops working. However, blood sugar that is too high is also bad; excessively high blood sugar puts immense pressure on the body, reducing the durability of organs. For example, the cardiovascular system, liver, gallbladder, spleen, and stomach… Diabetics have damaged pancreases, unable to control the sugar in their blood vessels, leading to chronic hyperglycemia. Therefore, in the early stages of diabetes, there might not be any special symptoms, and few patients take care of their bodies. Once their organs begin to fail under the pressure, it becomes irreversible. This includes heart attacks, strokes, arteriosclerosis, blindness, edema, and gout… All are the states of the body's organs when they can no longer bear the load.
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[Discovered Catchable Ingredient: Sevenfold Yuan Water!]
[Capture Level: 175]
[Edibility Level: 150]
[Description: Formed by the aggregation of water millions of times denser than normal water, possessing millions of times its weight but only the same volume. Under specific circumstances, Sevenfold Yuan Water can disperse into ordinary water, so be careful when consuming it to avoid being exploded by the dispersed water!]
[Note: Consume with caution if your Gourmet Cells are below level 150. Typically, two milliliters are sufficient to meet a normal person's water needs for thirty years.]
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Found it!
In the deepest part of the liquid oxygen river, Zhang Wei found more solidified Sevenfold Yuan Water!
Here, Zhang Wei had to prepare protective measures, or he would risk fainting from oxygen poisoning and even death at any moment. The Sevenfold Yuan Water was beneath the riverbed and felt like steel to the touch! In reality, it was hidden under the cover of oxygen. The oxidation reaction here was extremely strong, forming an unknown substance to support the Sevenfold Yuan Water.
"The volume isn't small…"
Combined with the gravity, one cubic decimeter of Sevenfold Yuan Water weighed seventy thousand tons. The black sphere in front of him was a crystal that even light couldn't penetrate! It was about a cubic meter in size! Seven hundred million tons!
"It's really a good thing for exercising."
"Since the Execution Waterfall, I haven't encountered such heavy matter."
"It's like… a perfect barbell!"
He reached out to grab it, veins bulging on his hand!
*Plop~*
His hands even sank into the water sphere.
"I forgot, although it's spherical and feels incredibly hard, that's due to its density. In essence, it's still a ball of water."
"Lifting it with my hands… is still too difficult."
"Using a spoon…"
Seriously, what kind of spoon could possibly scoop this thing up! Ordinary matter would break under seventy times the gravity, let alone hold it.
With a wave of his hand, he grabbed it.
The White-skinned Gourd!
"Suck it up!"
He channeled his power into the White-skinned Gourd, which acted like an ordinary vacuum cleaner. However, the water sphere remained completely still…
Pushing harder!
The White-skinned Gourd emitted a groaning squeak…
*Bang!*
It shattered!
Zhang Wei clicked his tongue. "What a shame, such a useful spatial item."
But it was alright; the gourd vine had settled in the right side chamber, so there were plenty more of these.
Treasure Bag reminds you: Remember to collect after reading.