Roughly half a year ago, a rather powerful individual found the Gourmet Pirates' headquarters, defeated all their top fighters with just a few blows, and took their families hostage.
This fellow demanded that the Gourmet Pirates provide large quantities of high-quality ingredients every week, or the hostages would be tortured.
Out of desperation, the Gourmet Pirates researched the technology for raising Hedorahs. To preserve enough food for the Hedorahs, they began driving away fishermen.
Unexpectedly, the "Absolute Fresh Seaweed" was particularly favored by the Gluttony Church, which rewarded them with many delicacies from the Gourmet World, significantly increasing the Gourmet Pirates' strength.
From then on.
The Gourmet Pirates embarked on a path of formalized cultivation.
Although it was forced.
Acido sighed, "When will this nine-to-five life ever end..."
From a free-spirited pirate to a corporate slave overnight – anyone would find such a drastic change unbearable.
"Enough complaining. Your life will become even more regulated once you're eating prison food."
"Uh... can I redeem myself? I'll tell you everything."
Elder Mo and Zhang Wei exchanged a smile and then said, "We'll see based on your performance!"
Finally, Zhang Wei learned.
There were about eighty abnormally grown Hedorahs, herded by the various leaders.
Acido was one of them, but unable to bear the loneliness, he abandoned his troops and came to Jiuluan Island to enjoy life.
"Eighty of them!"
Zhang Wei became excited.
With such a number, the replication time could be compressed to a single day!
Next were the specific locations of these Hedorahs.
Cang Ma cleared his throat, using his authority for personal gain, "Since the capture level of Hedorahs exceeds one hundred, surpassing the Gourmet Police's response capabilities, I will issue a bounty for the mission to crack down on the Gourmet Pirates, with confiscated materials as the bounty reward."
In reality, the Gourmet Police could only handle cases around level 15; anything higher was beyond their scope.
Furthermore, due to the war, the global food safety inspection joint departments had their authority greatly restricted. Many regions withdrew from agreements and refused the Gourmet Police's intervention.
Zhang Wei seized the opportunity, "In that case, I will not shirk my responsibility for this matter of safeguarding world peace!"
Strictly speaking, raising such dangerous sea beasts in the Human World posed a considerable safety hazard.
On one hand, fishermen might steal their catches. On the other hand, rampaging Hedorahs could easily devour the fishermen themselves.
Hedorahs over level one hundred could not be destroyed even by nuclear bombs. They could effortlessly annihilate super-large forces like the Kingdom of Clouds or the Northern Lands, with almost no one capable of stopping them.
It was a severe disaster for the Human World!
The interrogation continued, and Acido revealed more information about the Gourmet Pirates and the Gluttony Church.
As evening approached.
The moon rose into the sky, but...
Its color seemed a little off!
Xifeng pointed at the moon in astonishment, "Look, the moon is actually red!"
"A lunar eclipse? I've lived for over eighty years and have never seen such a wonder!"
Lunar eclipse?
Red moon?
Zhang Wei was suddenly startled!
He had been reincarnated for four years, and his memories of the original Gourmet Overlord were becoming blurry. He vaguely recalled that a strange moon signified...
The appearance of the Earth Full Course!
Elder Mo had clearly seen such a phenomenon before and immediately stated, "This sight is called the Moon of Seasons. It occurs once every five hundred years. Whenever this happens, all ingredients on Earth accelerate their maturation! It is a rare year of abundance!"
"As competition intensifies, a bloody storm will sweep through the Gourmet World, and even the positions of the Eight Kings may see some changes."
"What's more, to escape the fierce conflicts in the Gourmet World, or after awakening a taste for man-eating, they might launch assaults on the Human World!"
Elder Mo looked meaningfully at Zhang Wei, "Originally, I had calculated the time and intended for you to confront them."
"Me?"
Zhang Wei shrugged, "It doesn't matter."
However, Elder Mo said with a wry smile, "Your growth speed has far exceeded my expectations. You've lost your eligibility to fight the Four Beasts. Let's give this opportunity to other rising stars of the Human World, Qing Ying."
Saying this, he cast his gaze upon Xifeng and Wuyong.
"I think these two young men are quite promising."