One man and one dog, wandering in the world of Monster Hunter

Soon, the chestnut-scented dumplings that Link ordered were placed on the table, along with a cup of sweet and refreshing tea.

Chestnuts are a specialty produced near Jieyun Village. These chestnuts are huge, have golden flesh, taste sweet, have a very high starch content, and are rich in natural energy.

After grinding it into powder and mixing it with fully beaten glutinous rice balls, eating it can not only temporarily increase the upper limit of life and energy, but also increase defense.

It tastes good, but it exceeds the calorie limit. It can cause high blood sugar levels for normal people, and it can cause indigestion when paired with glutinous rice.

The glutinous rice balls are a warm, jade-like brown, while the chestnut grains dotted among them exude a natural brown-red color. The two complement each other and are pleasing to the eye. They exude a faint glutinous rice fragrance, which is intertwined with the sweet aroma of chestnuts to form a unique and tempting aroma.

Link picked up a bunch of rabbit dumplings and took a bite.

The glutinous rice balls have a soft, smooth texture, which contrasts sharply with the granular texture of the chestnuts, making every chew full of layers.

The sweetness of chestnuts and the fragrance of glutinous rice complement each other. While tasting, people can feel the rich sweetness of chestnuts while retaining the delicate and smooth texture of glutinous rice.

In terms of taste, the glutinous rice dumplings are compact and elastic, not easy to break, and can leave traces of glutinous rice between the lips and teeth after eating, adding to the pleasure of tasting, while the chestnut particles provide a rich taste experience, making the whole dumpling more rich and three-dimensional.

[Ding, eat chestnut glutinous rice ball, upper limit of vitality +50, upper limit of energy +50, defense +50, limited to 72 hours]

The three strings of dumplings did not last long in front of the hunter's powerful stomach function. They were quickly swallowed and digested completely. Then, the system prompt sounded.

As the specialty cat food of Yanhuo Village, although Rabbit Dumpling has a bad reputation among hunter groups, the functions of the cat food are not reduced at all, and the attributes it adds are all the same.

Cat food is one of the specialties of this world. It is said to have been invented by Felyn in ancient times. It is a delicacy made by mixing monster flesh and blood with medicinal herbs using a special cooking method. The energy contained in this food will only stay in the human body for a period of time, so no resistance will be produced. Hunters usually spend a little money to have a meal before hunting to increase the success rate of the hunt.

Of course, a certain time traveler felt that this was more likely an alternative form of last meal before execution.

Monster Hunter is, after all, a monster hunter.

Or Monster Hunter?

The relationship between hunter and prey is not decided by the hunter alone. Compared with weak humans, monsters with strong bodies may be more like hunters.

But this is just Link's personal idea. In this world, the success rate of hunters' hunting is far higher than the failure rate. Moreover, with the existence of hunters' guilds, the suicidal behavior of novice hunters taking skinning knives to challenge powerful monsters has long been eliminated.

This meal of rabbit dumplings is already Link’s third breakfast today. Don’t ask why he can eat so much, it’s because of his hunter physique.

After eating the rabbit dumplings, seeing that the accompanying cat had not arrived yet, Link took out the map of the abandoned shrine from the backpack on Matsutake's back, spread it out on the table, and began to make a hunting plan.

Hunting in reality is not as simple as in the game.

In the game, you just need to know where to go and who to kill.

In reality, hunting is a very tedious task.

A famous person named Bei once said: Giants are prey, and I am the hunter.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Before going hunting, you must first understand the local ecological environment and the habitats of various creatures. Otherwise, if you break into the lair of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, you will just have to wait to become its excrement.

The Abandoned Shrine is a hunting area not far from Yanhuo Village. It got its name because there was a large abandoned shrine in the mountains. It is said to have been built by an ancient country in the distant era, and was later abandoned for unknown reasons.

The scope of the abandoned shrine covers more than a dozen hills around it, where countless powerful monsters live. In addition to the fang beast species, there are also many bird dragon species and flying dragon species monsters.

The Blue Bear Beast, which is Link's target for this mission, is just at the bottom of the food chain there and can only bully some weak fish and hardworking bees.

In the past few years, Link has been hanging around there a lot and marking it on the map.

The originally neat map had become colorful under Link's description. If other hunters saw it, they would definitely think it was someone's unwanted toilet paper, the kind that would be too dirty to even be used for wiping butts.

However, this map is the result of Link's hard work. The locations marked on it are all local specialties and material points. Once there, even if Link doesn't bring anything with him, he can survive for several years.

Of course, the premise is that you don’t encounter extremely dangerous monsters.

There are three places circled in red on the map. These are the territories of powerful monsters that live deep within the Abandoned Shrine.

It is also a restricted area that ordinary hunters are strictly prohibited from entering by the Hunter Guild.

Apart from these three places, other places are scattered with the locations of large monsters' nests, which were recorded by Link himself.

As a large ecosystem, a hunting area will naturally not have only one or two monsters like in the game, but will be a common habitat for dozens or even hundreds of monsters.

Link's quest target, the blue bear beast with a broken arm armor, lives on the outskirts of the abandoned shrine according to the quest client.

"Well, judging from the fact that the Blue Bear likes to eat fish, this Blue Bear should have built its den not far from the stream."

His finger slid across a stream on the map, the only source of water flowing through the mountains, and upstream of it, called the stream, was a large maple forest, which was another hunting ground.

"It is said that the monster we are hunting this time wandered over from there. It is an individual that failed in the fight for a mate, so it seems to be a relatively weak individual."

Recalling the contents of the mission, Link made up his mind to go to the abandoned shrine and take a look at the fishing spots first.

Large monsters like Blue Bear Beast, in addition to honey, like to eat fresh fish the most.

As Link is a gourmet, the fishing spots are naturally marked on the map. Occasionally, when he has nothing to do, he can go and cast a few rods and catch two fat fish for lunch. It is a nice thing. He can also explore the movement trajectory of the mission target along the way. Why not?

You have to know that Link is a gourmet first and a hunter second. For him, what to eat for lunch today is much more important than hunting.

In his words, "Only when you are well fed can you have the strength to hunt."