Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 271 270: Food crisis? There is no such thing!

A considerable amount of time has passed since Lin Beixuan founded his mansion. In terms of accumulation, he is actually not inferior to anyone at the same level, but he still lacks a few talismans if he wants to break through.

At present, there are seven talismans in the Beima shrine outside the Great Wall, namely the temple-guarding stele, the house-guarding pestle, the Liuhe seal, the black wind banner, the tiger talisman, the disaster-removing flag, and the Taibai Yin Sutra.

After collecting the nine kinds of talismans, he could begin to summon the gods at the Beima shrine outside the Great Wall.

But Lin Beixuan was not just thinking this, he was planning to gather all the talismans used in the three shrines, and then use the power of the three shrines to invite a sufficiently powerful secular god.

He had learned from many sources that the stronger the secular god he invited, the more help it would be to him when he was in the god-inviting stage, because the divine power possessed by a powerful secular god would be of much higher quality than that of an ordinary secular god.

If the Kaifu realm requires quantity in terms of power, the Qingshen realm requires more quality.

With high-quality divine power at hand, the probability of one being able to condense divine organs would be greater than that of others.

With his background, even if he couldn't invite a great vulgar god, he would at least have to invite a vulgar god that ranked top in the vulgar god atlas.

Lin Beixuan was thinking about this when he heard Wu Huo's voice not far away.

"General, the tents have been set up!" Wu Huo trotted over to Lin Beixuan and said, "We don't have much food and water left. We can only have enough for one meal today."

He had just checked the inventory and found that the food the marchers had brought was almost gone. They said it was enough to last for one meal, but in reality there was probably only half a piece of coarse bread per person.

In fact, he had raised this issue long before. After Lin Beixuan entered the body of the Kuhe God for two days, the problem of food and water has become more urgent.

It wouldn't be a big deal if everyone was just hungry for a few days, but if there was no water, coupled with Luozhou's current weather, someone in the team would probably fall down in less than a day.

"I know." Lin Beixuan said lightly.

"You don't have to worry about food and water. Where do we store them?"

Wu Huo didn't understand why Lin Beixuan asked this question, and pointed to a tent with a guilty conscience.

"When we are on the road, the food and water will be distributed to everyone and each person will carry some. When we are resting, we will agree to put them together."

Lin Beixuan looked in the direction of Wu Huo's finger and nodded.

"take me."

"okay."

Wu Huo scratched his head and led the way in front. After Lin Beixuan recovered a lot of strength, he followed slowly behind.

The two men came to a tent and Wu Huo lifted the curtain.

Lin Beixuan looked inside through the opened curtain and saw that the room was empty except for a few grain bags wrapped in white cloth in the corner.

Lin Beixuan frowned slightly, walked forward and opened the grain bag, and found that there was very little food in it. As for water, there were only a few bottles of water gourds. He shook them gently in his hand and could clearly hear the sound of water inside.

Wu Huo stood there somewhat awkwardly, pursed his lips and explained.

"We have been using it very sparingly, but it still can't sustain the consumption of more than 200 people."

"I don't blame you. I didn't pay enough attention to these things. It turns out that food has become so scarce!" Lin Beixuan said with some self-blame in his tone.

He seldom paid attention to food matters on weekdays. But when the food issue in the team was put before him, he realized the serious consequences of such negligence.

"Feel sorry!"

Lin Beixuan apologized to Wu Huo and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely solve the problem of food and water."

Wu Huo looked at the determined look in Lin Beixuan's eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

"I naturally believe in my general!"

Although he was wondering in his heart how Lin Beixuan would solve this problem, he did not ask in the end and chose to trust the other party unconditionally.

Since the general said there is a way, then there must be a way.

Lin Beixuan asked Wu Huo for a tent, then summoned the infant spirit to protect the body, and lit the soul-driving incense himself.

In the air, a shrine quietly appeared in the corner of the tent. The incense smoke rose from the incense, lingering around the shrine, forming a thin layer of mist, which added a lot of mystery and solemnity to the shrine.

Lin Beixuan glanced at the shrine, and suddenly narrowed his eyes, noticing the changes on the surface of the shrine.

'The damaged parts of the shrine seem to have been repaired, and the whole thing has become much cleaner.'

Lin Beixuan looked at the shrine carefully with curiosity.

From the time this shrine was first known to the present day, it has undergone two changes.

When he first entered the secular world, he would see this shrine every time he died and was resurrected. Later, it would also appear when he lit soul-driving incense to drive his soul back to the world.

At that time, the appearance of the shrine looked quite simple and rustic, and many places were damaged.

The second change is the appearance and body of the statue in the shrine.

No matter how you looked at it, the appearance of the statue inside was blurry and the body was incomplete.

However, it was not until he opened his palace that the appearance of the statue gradually became clearer and took on his own look, and the body also began to incorporate the features of the owners of the shrines in his palace.

After the third change, the entire shrine has become much more refined and tidy. When you look at it, you can feel a faint aura of majesty.

Looking at the statue inside that looks exactly like me, it seems weird no matter how I look at it.

"It seems that if I have time, I can study this shrine. It may contain many secrets about the connection between the secular world and the real world."

Lin Beixuan was thinking, and he fell drowsy under the influence of the soul-chasing incense.

……

……

Wu Huo strolled in the camp and finally sat down where some dry firewood was piled. He lowered his big head and looked like he was thinking.

At this time, a guard came over.

"Lieutenant General, I followed your instructions and took people to look everywhere, but I couldn't find any water or prey."

Wu Huo raised his head and sighed, "Those brothers who went out to look for food will not have to go again when they come back. The general said he would have a way."

When the guards heard this, their expressions looked a little strange.

"That's what the general said last time."

"Hehe, don't you believe the general?" Wu Huo coughed twice and glared at the other party with wide eyes.

"I believe it, but we really can't delay it any longer this time."

"I know. Don't worry. If the general says there is something, then there will be something. Remember to tell others to trust the general."

Wu Huo raised his foot and kicked the guard on the butt, causing him to stagger.

"okay!"

The guard was not angry after being kicked, but ran away with a smile.

Looking at the other person's departing back, Wu Huo sighed.

"This is enough for more than 200 people. Now that Luozhou is so dry, where can we find so many things?"

Even though I believed in Lin Beixuan in my heart, how could I really say that I was not worried at all?

Even a rough guy like him could realize that once all the food was eaten, they would only face a slow death. How could the others in the team not know this? Although everyone trusted Lin Beixuan, once people got hungry, they would lose a lot of rationality.

At this time, Shen Tingmiao also came and sat down next to Wu Huo.

The two looked at each other and could see the worry in each other's eyes.

The sky gradually darkened, and not a single star could be seen in the gray and cloudy sky. The whole world seemed to have fallen into deathly silence.

People who went out to look for prey and water came back one after another. They didn't dare to stay outside at night because some of the starving ghosts' followers liked to come out at night.

A bonfire was lit in the camp and many people gathered around it. Under the dark sky, the light of the burning flames brought people a lot of warmth and comfort.

The firelight danced, illuminating everyone's face.

Ajiu lay in Yinggu's arms, looking at the scene of more than two hundred people sitting around the campfire, and felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Just as he was about to speak and make some sound, his mother covered his mouth.

Yinggu lowered her head and shook her head at him sternly.

The child didn't understand this, but as an adult, how could she not understand the situation?

Those strange people are looking forward to it, but they are also afraid that their expectations will eventually turn into deep disappointment. It is a complex and contradictory emotion.

Yinggu clenched her fists slightly and looked at Guan Shuo and others from the same village. She saw that their expressions were similar to hers.

"Tread, step, step..."

At this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly appeared, breaking the lingering atmosphere among the crowd.

After hearing the sound, everyone looked in the same direction and saw Lin Beixuan slowly walking in from the darkness.

The eyes of the strange people fell on Lin Beixuan's calm face, and their hearts couldn't help but skip a beat.

They subconsciously thought of the worst-case scenario.

When Wu Huo saw Lin Beixuan waving at him, he quickly stood up and ran forward.

"General, could it be that..."

Wu Huo looked a little bitter and sighed: "Alas, this is not your fault. We should have brought more food and water."

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "What are you talking about? I have already prepared all the food. I have put it all in the tent you took me to. You can take people over to count it and see how long it will last. Then give me the statistics so that I can prepare in advance."

"..."

After hearing this, Wu Huo was a little unresponsive for a moment.

“Found…found it?”

Lin Beixuan slapped Wu Huo hard on the shoulder with such force that Wu Huo's whole body tilted and fell to the ground.

"Don't just stand there, go take a look, and then get ready so that everyone can have a good meal."

Lin Beixuan smiled and moved away from Wu Huo, sitting down next to Shen Tingmiao.

It was not until they saw Lin Beixuan's smile that the originally oppressive atmosphere instantly dissolved, and a smile appeared on every stranger's face.

"Hahaha, I knew the General would have a solution!"

"Tsk, someone told me before that the general's words might not be taken seriously..."

"That's called reverse thinking. The less I believe, the more I believe. You know shit."

After Lin Beixuan arrived, the depressing atmosphere among the crowd sitting around the campfire disappeared and they gradually became lively, which was completely different from before.

Wu Huo got up from the ground happily, called a few people and hurried towards the tent.

A big hand lifted the curtain and saw that the tent, which was originally empty and used to store food, was now full of things.

only……

The smile on Wu Huo's face slowly disappeared, and he became a little confused and puzzled.

"What are these?"

He walked over to a few cartons with "Old Style Pickled Cabbage Beef Noodles" written on them, touched them with his hand, and sniffed them with his nose.

"Is this filled with food?"

He picked up the box and felt it was light, not at all as heavy as he had imagined. He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Then he walked over to some boxes with labels of potato chips, chocolates, candies, etc., opened one, took something out and placed it in front of him to examine it.

Looking at these exquisitely designed things with cute little people painted on them in his hands, Wu Huo felt like his brain was freezing.

"Can these things be eaten?!"

Wu Huo tried to put a piece of something with chocolate written on it in his mouth and took a bite, but he couldn't taste anything, and the thorny things on it were a bit irritating.

He spat out the wrapped chocolate and a wrinkle formed on his forehead. But before he could feel melancholy, he heard shocked and excited shouts from the side.

"Oh my god, this is polished rice, there's not even a husk in it. I've only seen this at the rice merchants in the village when I was a kid!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Huo immediately turned around and saw several brothers he had called over surrounding a dozen bags weighing dozens of kilograms and exclaiming in surprise.

The shouting inside the tent naturally attracted the attention of many people outside, and they all opened their tents and poked their heads in.

Wu Huo also saw clearly what was in the bags. He suppressed the shock in his heart and waved his hand to drive away the strange people who were sticking their heads in.

"Go, go, go, this is an important grain storage area. No one is allowed to come in without the general's permission."

After driving away the people, Wu Huo turned his attention back to the bags of snow-white rice.

Compared to those boxes that he didn't understand at all, rice and flour obviously had a higher status in his heart.

"With these, we don't have to worry about food!" Wu Huo's worried look disappeared at this moment, and he laughed heartily with his mouth wide open.

At this moment, Lin Beixuan suddenly walked in from outside.

He first glanced at Wu Huo and his companions who were in high spirits, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he picked up a box of instant noodles.

"We're having this today. I bought over twenty boxes. It should be enough for us to have one meal."

Wu Huo tilted his head to look, somewhat confused as to why Lin Beixuan valued that thing more. Could it really be eaten?
Lin Beixuan smiled and said nothing. He just asked Wu Huo to arrange for people to set up a few iron pots and pour the barreled water he brought from the real world into them. After the water boiled, they tore open the packages one by one in front of Wu Huo, revealing the golden dough inside.

Wu Huo seemed to realize something as he watched Lin Beixuan tear open the package. He took out the chocolate that he had spit on the ground from his arms, and tore the thorny strips with his big hands, instantly tearing a hole and revealing the black stuff inside.

"So this is how you eat this thing!"

Wu Huo picked up the chocolate and threw it directly into his mouth. A strange bitterness and sweetness immediately spread in his mouth, making his eyes suddenly light up.

At this moment, the instant noodles were cooked, and the rich aroma drifted into everyone's nose. Just smelling it made people drool uncontrollably.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the pot.

Lin Beixuan looked at this scene and couldn't help but chuckle, with a soft light flashing in his eyes.

“It’s time to let my people experience the impact of food on modern industrial production lines.”

(End of this chapter)