"What is this, why is it so smelly?"
"Stinky tofu, it smells bad, but it tastes good!"
"It smells bad, but it tastes good?"
In front of the cauldron of boiling oil, a trace of disgust appeared on Sid's face, and he looked at the special captain Sam.
The meaning is simply self-evident.
However, the latter had no idea of trying it, and his eyes automatically glanced at the face of the soldier next to him.
Finally, seeing the soldier’s reluctance, Sam reminded him.
“This is an order.”
Shit!
This smells not much different from Shet, even more intense black lumps.
The soldier stepped forward with a look of death on his face and bought a bowl for five iron coins.
Six dollars in total.
Because beans are not yet grown in large quantities, tofu is still quite valuable.
It was covered with colorful juices. Under the disgusted eyes of the people around him, the soldier gently picked up a piece and swallowed it.
Hiss.
The crispy fried tofu skin suddenly split in your mouth, and the mixed juices rushed to your taste buds.
The moist and tender interior is wrapped with a hint of spicy chili aroma, which goes directly from the nasal cavity to Tianling Gai.
What does this smell like?
A tear suddenly appeared in the soldier's eyes, and his whole body trembled slightly.
Of course, I was choked!
There is no such thing as chili in the nutritious meals at Sunny Harbor Shelter.
After all, we are in a tropical climate. If you still eat spicy food, it is inseparable from getting angry.
But this taste
After swallowing it gently, the soldier picked up another piece, closed his eyes and began to chew it carefully.
This time, he tasted a faint new flavor in the spicy and rich fragrance.
That's the taste in memory.
When he was six years old, his father gave him a piece of Candy in exchange for it from the foundation's merchant ship.
But why does this stinky tofu have such a smell?
He opened his eyes and began to swallow the remaining tofu piece by piece with doubt, trying to find the secret.
However, until I ate the last piece, the aroma still lingered in my mind, making me unable to extricate myself.
"Delicious?"
Sid and Sam looked at each other, confused.
When the soldiers had tears in their eyes at first, they were a little lucky that they didn't try it themselves.
But then, with this development, why did it continue to eat faster and faster?
The two of them are not ordinary residents. They have been to many gathering places and shelters, and they have never seen such strange food.
"It's delicious, very delicious. Can I buy another bowl?"
A trace of desire appeared in the soldier's eyes, and the cook behind the stinky tofu stall burst into laughter.
Just now, this person actually gave him one-thirtieth of his experience.
A lot, really a lot.
You must know that he is now at level six, and the experience gained from upgrading has increased several times.
Normally, you can only accumulate so much experience in a day, and it is basically impossible to improve your level.
And now as long as these people can come and try a bowl, it feels like they are not far from upgrading!
“Buy ten bowls at a time, I’m on sale, you only need four iron coins per bowl!”
“Buy!”
Hearing this, Sid waved his hand, Just give everyone a bowl.
Including the soldier who had already eaten a bowl before, he was also given a new bowl of stinky tofu.
At this moment, the chefs at other stalls nearby stared with their eyes wide open and started talking.
“Fuck, these people look like they’ve never eaten anything in their lives. Aren’t they all pretty good at pretending before?”
“It’s bad, they’re full of stinky tofu now. , how can we earn experience?”
“Look at the leader, who was so disgusted before, but now he is squatting on the ground and eating like a starving ghost.”
"Wait a minute, if they come to eat at our remaining stalls, everyone has to make an agreement. Each person can only buy once."
"Okay, anyway, the first time will give you more experience!"
"No problem, hurry up and ask the fluttering moth to bring people over."
The stinky tofu stall did not even have a table, and a group of people just squatted on the ground and devoured it.
Many people choked and coughed, but they still couldn't help but take one bite after another, tasting the pleasure of the juice splashing in their mouths.
Is it that delicious?
Of course!
Sid had completely forgotten his previous dislike and ate faster than his assistant Pine next to him.
He even took a sip of the juice in the bowl and stood up with his lips smacking.
“Boss, another bowl?”
"Gone!"
"Gone?"
Looking at the other stinky tofu still floating in the pot, Sid didn't understand what the other party meant.
Pulling moths were still nearby and explained in time: "If you finish buying, others will have nothing to eat. There are many equally delicious snacks over there, why don't you go and try them?"
“So that’s it!”
Sid suddenly realized.
Indeed, if there is no limit to such delicious stinky tofu, then if one person buys it, he can hoard it and sell it again to earn the price difference.
Set a uniform price and everyone can only buy one bowl.
The owner of this stall is quite nice. He is much more conscientious than the greedy bosses in Qinggang New City!
With the members of the mission who had finished eating the stinky tofu, Sid quickly walked to the next house.
This time it was small wontons, and each person still had a bowl.
A group of people sat on the open table of the stall and devoured their food. It only took less than three minutes for them to get up and walk to the next restaurant.
The purchasing power of a piece of gold is quite strong.
Even if you take them to Sunny Harbor Shelter, you can still trade a lot of supplies.
However, in this Tianyuan territory, its purchasing power seems to have weakened.
When there was only the last copper coin left in his hand, Sid was shocked to find that he and others had eaten from more than ten stalls.
Based on the average price of four iron coins, twelve people would have to pay 5 copper coins to eat from one stall.
Even now, some stalls have given discounts to the envoy team, otherwise they would have been completely wiped out.
“Are you full?”
“Are you full?”
Sam originally wanted to say something against his will, but after loosening his belt, he felt like he could do it right away.
The remaining warriors licked their mouths, including Pine, with expressions of unfinished expression.
“But it’s our money.”
“It’s okay. I also brought a piece of gold with me when I went out. Let’s exchange it for it!”
Sam generously took it from his trouser pocket. He pulled out a small gold nugget, just the same size as Sid's previous one.
This was Edmund's secret instruction to him before he went out to see if he could buy some weapons in the Tianyuan Sanctuary to study, or buy some super weapons that were specialties here before they could be deciphered.
Now it is taken out and exchanged for money to eat.
No psychological pressure, okay.
“This piece can be exchanged for seventy copper coins!”
Pulling Moth’s eyes lit up.
Good guys, they are indeed a group of rich people. This piece of gold weighs at least 80 grams.
"Change, please trouble Mr. Wang Yang!" "No trouble, no trouble!"
The moth threw off his legs and ran towards the logistics department.
He felt that if he was one step slower, the cooks behind him who were waiting for experience would kill him with their eyes.
Taking advantage of this gap, the envoy team came to sit down at the stall where they had eaten before.
Although they had a great time eating, they did not forget the most important purpose of their trip.
Sam coughed lightly and quietly took out the contact device from his arms.
This is used to communicate with the industrial core. The closer the distance, the stronger the communication signal.
When we approached the western suburbs, the communication signal continued to rise.
At this time, we arrived at the Tianyuan territory.
"Well, why is this still a half-dead signal?"
Sid glanced at it and frowned.
It stands to reason that the further west you go, the stronger the signal grid should be.
But now there is still only one grid displayed, which means that everyone is not close to the core.
In other words, it is farther away from the core.
"Maybe the Tianyuan Shelter did not take away our core, and the previous inferences were wrong."
"It's possible." Sam quickly clicked a few more times to confirm, He nodded and said: "There was no response. It seems that the person who took the core was not the Tianyuan Sanctuary."
"That's just right. Our mission today can be regarded as completed."
As this The highlight of the trip was that since the core was confirmed not to be in the Tianyuan Refuge, they had no other way to investigate.
You can't go to the other party directly and say carelessly that we know the core is with you, so if you hand it over now, you can forget about it, right?
This method of blowing up the beard might have been feasible half a year ago, but not now.
The disappearing lightning wall is the best example.
If they dare to threaten, I am afraid that tomorrow these lunatics will teach the remaining walls, and even the shelter below the ground, an unforgettable lesson.
“The only remaining tasks are to detect explosives and bring back some scarce commodities.”
"Let's search for explosives first."
Taking back the device used to transmit signals to the industrial core, Sam took out the analyzer with explosive fragments stuck in it.
This is a traceability device made from the explosive fragments.
By irradiating the material of the internal fragments, the same wave can be generated if there is a homologous object nearby.
After receiving this same wave, based on the magnitude, you can infer how much inventory the other party has.
However, the accuracy is definitely not very good, but this is the limit that Sunny Harbor Shelter can achieve in just a few days.
This is the first time they have seen this strange substance, and they cannot even analyze the principle of explosion.
"Is there any?"
"No."
Sam shook his head in disappointment and stared blankly at the display marked '0' on the device.
In fact, it's not a big problem. How could such a precious explosive be casually placed within the monitoring range?
As long as they consciously place it in the signal shielding room, this device will have no effect at all
Wait a minute
The numbers start to move!
In less than ten seconds, watching the number suddenly change from '0' to '1', Sam's face flashed with excitement.
I didn't expect that the other party really didn't care about this thing, and they could actually detect it.
Indeed, we still can’t find where the things we are exploring are, but in the future, we can always locate the same wave!
As long as we can bring back some samples from here, one day we will be able to decipher the principles of this substance.
Be sure not to alert the enemy.
After detecting the number, the task is equivalent to completion.
But just as Sam was about to turn off the device and take it back into his arms, the numbers on it began to beat rapidly.
From 1 to 10, it only takes about a moment.
Then the number was like a rocket, and it exploded in less than ten seconds!
Outrageous?
Holy shit!
Looking at the four-digit number '9999', Sam was dumbfounded, and Sid next to him was also completely stunned.
What does this mean?
According to the calculations of the guys in the shelter's research room, it took about ten units of this material to blow up the lightning wall.
Then the 9999 detected now means that the other party is fully capable of taking Qinggang Shelter.
No, 9999 is not the final value, but the detected upper limit value.
Those same waves are still returning, but this device is no longer capable of receiving and analyzing them.
Could it be that they have the ability to lead the entire city to self-destruct?
This discovery made the two people who knew about it feel thorny in their backs, as if there was a bomb sitting under their butts.
But it has no impact on other soldiers nearby who are still waiting to change money to continue eating.
Soon, a familiar figure came into their eyes.
The moth rushed back with the money as fast as he could, with sweat still unwiped from his forehead.
“Keep eating, still.”
“Eat, we can’t affect the overall situation anyway.”
The two looked at each other, and they could see each other’s eyes. The helplessness.
In less than half a day, two tasks have been completed, which should be a good thing.
But when they think about the other party's hidden strength, they can't be happy.
Who would have thought that such a huge threat was brewing in a place called primitive man.
This is not good news for Sunny Harbor Shelter.
The sun sets in the west.
After the heavy rain, the fiery red morning glow spread all over the sky, as if it was burning.
Standing on the observation deck at the top of the first floor of the shelter, I watched the envoy team get back on the carriage and leave.
Sumo couldn't help but smile.
"They have left?"
"They are gone. In fact, if we try to persuade them to stay, they will probably stay another night."
Chen next to him Shen also smiled.
"That's not necessary. This group of people is not really here to talk about cooperation anyway."
Sumo shook his head and asked curiously: "How much gold did we receive in total today?"
< br>“Three hundred and sixty grams!”
They really are a bunch of rich people.
Among the preparation materials for Adventurer Terminal, the most difficult one to find is gold.
Even though they were allies of Pingtan Shelter and Giant City Shelter, they didn't have much inventory in hand.
The territory used several tons of supplies before they could even get about two kilograms from the transaction.
But now.
With just a team of emissaries from Sunny Harbor Sanctuary, they can come up with more than three hundred grams, which is enough to meet the needs of a thousand adventurer terminals.
“Let’s try again next time. I feel like this won’t be their first time here.”
With the core of the nuclear power industry that can solve the urgent need, a little gold is no longer enough to make Somo excited again.
In order to prevent these people from detecting the signal emitted by the core during the day.
He also deliberately drove a motorcycle airship and took the core all the way to the west, just to deceive others.
Now.
With this group of people leaving, it shouldn’t be too abrupt to use the system to erase the signal transmission.
"Let Lu Kuan come to me and tell him"
"There is a big surprise!"
(End of this chapter)